Koharu Hinata

Koharu Hinata

Student Info
Role	Student
Class	2-1
Club	Cooking (12/2/15 – 8/18/2018) Martial Arts (12/1/15) Photography (3/15/15 – 11/15/15)
Persona	Social Butterfly (2/2/16 – 8/18/2018) Heroic (11/15/15 – 2/1/16) Loner (2/1/15 – 11/1/15)
Crush	None Senpai (9/18/15)
Strength	Incapable (2/1/16 – 8/18/2018) Very weak (11/15/15 – 1/15/16)
Appears	Unknown

Koharu Hinata is one of the removed female students that attended Akademi High School. She now appears as a background character in the town.

Appearance

Koharu wore the default female school uniform, unless customized by the player.

As of the March 1st, 2015 Build^[1], she had lime green hair worn in pigtails on both sides of her head and her eyes were lime green as well.

As of the February 8th, 2016 Build, she had clover green hair with messy pigtails and parted bangs. Her eyes were dark green. Her bust size was 1.1

As of the January 16th, 2017 Build, Koharu had messier pigtails and wore a green friendship bracelet on her right wrist.

As of the February 2nd, 2017 Build, Koharu wore green stockings and panties.

As of the June 1st, 2017 Build, Koharu had bright green hair.

Personality

Koharu had the Social Butterfly persona. She would happily pose for a picture if the player aimed their camera at her. If she saw a corpse or witnessed a murder, she would run to the nearest secluded area and call the police. Koharu's self-defense during a physical fight was very weak. She later became incapable of participating in physical fights against murderers.

Routine

At 7:05 AM, Koharu entered the school grounds. She walked to her locker at 7:10 AM and changed from her outdoor shoes to her indoor shoes. At 7:15 AM, she walked into the plaza, to the left side of the fountain, and gossiped with Yui Rio, Yuna Hina, Mei Mio, Saki Miyu, and Kokona Haruka. She would also gossip with Musume Ronshaku before the bullies were implemented.

At 8:00 AM, Koharu walked into Classroom 2-1 and sat at her desk. She started her morning classes at 8:30 AM, and left to go to the cafeteria to gossip at 1:00 PM.

Koharu walked back to class again at 1:30 PM and participated in cleaning time between 3:30 PM and 4:00 PM. Afterwards, she headed to the Cooking Club and stayed there until 5:00 PM. She then headed to her locker and changed from her indoor shoes to her outdoor shoes, then she lingered there until 5:15 PM, when she walked home.

In Buruza Town, Koharu walks around, looking at the scenery, and can be seen looking on the edge of the town, towards the ocean.

Trivia

Koharu's hairstyle was changed in the February 8th, 2016 Build because YandereDev thought that her previous hairstyle was "low budget" and "amateurish".^[2]
- It was changed again in the January 16th, 2017 Build.
- Then it changed again in the June 1st, 2017 Build.
Her name is a reference to the most popular female Japanese names in 2012, 5th popular being Koharu, 6th popular being Hinata.^[3]^[4]
Name 小春 Koharu means ”Late Summer”. Surname 日向 Hinata means ”Sunny Place”.
In older versions of the game, Koharu Hinata's name was Ritsu Taina.^[5] The placeholder name was inspired by Ritsu Tainaka from K-On!.^[6]
In the September 18th, 2015 Build, her crush was set to Senpai by mistake.^[7] It was fixed in the October 8th, 2015 Build.
Her male counterpart was Hayato Haruki.
Before the June 29th, 2016 Build, Koharu arrived on school grounds 4th in line on the right side, at 7:05 AM.
As of the August 18th, 2018 Build, Koharu has been removed from the game. YandereDev said that she (with the other rainbow students) will be put back into the game once the frame rate is stable, and if not, then she (along with the other removed rainbow students) will appear in 1980s Mode.
She was the only person not in the Martial Arts Club to have a Heroic personality. However, in the December 1st, 2015 Build, she was switched to the Martial Arts Club. In the December 3rd, 2015 Build, however, she was moved to the Cooking Club.
Koharu was once a Hero because she was one of the first students who entered the school, so she was a convenient person to test the Hero persona with.^[8] She is no longer a Hero as of the February 1st, 2016 Build.
If she, Hayato Haruki, and Sora Sosuke were in a club, they'd be in the Cooking Club.
Koharu and the rest of the Rainbow Six girls, as well as Oka Ruto and an adult woman, excluding Saki, appear in the town as of October 17th 2019.