Hana

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Princess Sakura's retainer Samurai

Hoshidan

Jin Higurashi (Father) Kairi Higurashi (Mother)

Depicted as the stereotypical tomboy, Hana has a terrible sense of self-restraint. She heatedly argues with Subaki over who "Sakura's best subordinate" is. She cares a great deal about Sakura, even holding some resentment for Corrin because their kidnapping caused a great deal of sadness to her. However, she later apologizes to them for her hostility towards them. Though a tomboy, Hana still loves cute and girly things. When her friend Hayato receives a bunch of childish and girly gifts from his caretakers in the Wind Tribe, she gladly offers to take them off his hands. Although Hana is considered one of the best samurai in all of Hoshido, she does not boast about it; instead, she ensures that she never misses a single day of training. She takes training extremely seriously up to breaking point and near-obsession; she carries a huge supply of vegetables across a wide open field, she demonstrates her near-obsessive nature towards training, she will offer to spar with anyone to prove herself, and she attempts (but miserably failing) to adapt to the latter's training regime to match Effie's unnatural strength. This is due at least in part due to the fact that though she is a retainer to Sakura, she is also a noblewoman in her own right, descended from a long line of samurai who have served the Hoshidan royal family. Hana is also known to have a very odd sense of taste; Saizo once gives her a manjuu, which according to Saizo are not meant to taste particularly nice, and she comments on how great it tastes, much to his confusion. Hana enjoys cherry blossoms the most out of everyone ion the army, most likely due to them being the origin of Sakura's name.

Best friends with Sakura ever since childhood, Hana acts as one of her personal bodyguards. She is also a distant relative of the Hoshido royal family, fathered by a renowned samurai who once served King Sumeragi with the utmost loyalty. His loyalty never wavered even when faced with death, a fact that serves as a source of inspiration for Hana to follow in his footsteps.

Hana spent much of her younger years undergoing a strict training regimen, one that primarily revolves around her sneakily taking part in soldier practice sessions and practicing on her own in open fields. Her attention to her training is recognized by Sakura, who remarks that she is far more devoted and disciplined than most enlisted soldiers are. Even before becoming Sakura's retainer, Hana often took it upon herself to protect her, a fact that saw her sustaining injuries regularly. This strong bond of friendship is what eventually motivated Sakura into naming Hana one of her retainers with no hesitation, even in the face of opposition by ministers who belittled her friend.

Cherry Blossom Katana Kunai