
Akira Toudo is the daughter of the owner of an airline company. Ranked 6th in 10th grade. She is very fond of Hikari, and often won't do anything unless Hikari wants to do it also. She is very enthusiastic about her afternoon tea.

~!She was good friends with Yahiro and Kei as a child, but due to Yahiro's protective and somewhat selfish behavior (and a misunderstanding Yahiro never corrected), she avoids him as best she can. We later find out that the reason she is so fond of Hikari, is because as a child, Hikari was the only one who could stop her from crying. She loves Tadashi and later accidentally confesses this to him.!~

Hikari Hanazono has always been second to Kei Takishima. When they were six years old, their pro-wrestling loving fathers introduced them to each other. Assuming that she was the best in wrestling, young Hikari challenged Kei to a wrestling match only to be thoroughly defeated by him. 
Ever since that fateful incident, Hikari swore to beat Kei in school grades, sporting events - anything. To do this, she has enrolled in the same school as Kei since elementary. Now she attends Hakusenkan, an ultra elite school, that costs her carpenter father a lot of money. 
Hikari and Kei are the top two students in the school, with Kei holding firmly to that number one position. While Hikari considers Kei to be a rival and important friend, she is completely unaware that Kei loves her. The story primarily focuses on Hikari and her constant attempts to defeat her one and only rival, Kei, and how she finds love in their rivalry.

**Height:**163cm

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She was part of the seiyuu unit with [Shizuka Itou](https://anilist.co/staff/95093/) called "Hitomi Nabatame to Shizuka Itou" (生天目仁美と伊藤静) under Geneon's cosmic★motion label. Together they are known by the name Hitoshizuku (ひとしずく).

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!-  Ailyth in "Valkyrie Profile: Toga wo Seou Mono"
- Akatsuki Ayase in "Drama CD Rakka Ryūsui" (Drama CD)
- Alicia in "Bullet Witch" (VG)
- Amy in "Soulcalibur VI" (VG)
- Amy Sorel in "Soul Calibur IV" (VG)
- Amy Sorel in "Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny" (VG)
- Ashlotte Maedel in "Soul Calibur IV" (VG)
- Atlas in "Rockman ZX Advent" (VG)
- Ayano in "Luminous Arc 2: Will" (VG)
- Bazett Fraga McRemitz in "Fate/Tiger Colosseum" (VG)
- Becky/Rebecca Welsh (Candy Cane) in "Rumble Roses XX" (VG)
- Bitou Raimu in "Subarashiki Kono Sekai" (VG)
- Black Swan in "Honkai: Star Rail" (VG)
- Catria in "Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia" (VG)
- Catria in "Fire Emblem Heroes" (VG)
- Chespin in "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" (VG)
- Elza in "Monster Monpiece" (VG)
- Gerda (Red) in "Dragon Quest VIII"
- Irina in "Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time" (VG)
- Johanna Mason (Jena Malone) in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (live-action film)
- Karen in "Blazer Drive" (VG)
- Konishi Mitsuki in "Subarashiki Kono Sekai" (VG)
- L'Arachel in "Fire Emblem Heroes" (VG)
- Margery Daw in "Dengeki Gakuen: Cross of Venus" (VG)
- Maria Torres in "Hospital.: 6-nin no Ishi" (VG)
- Maxine in "Suikoden IV" (VG)
- Milly Kiliet in "Star Ocean: First Departure" (VG)
- Mono in "Shadow of The Collossus" (VG)
- Myuria Tionysus in "Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope" (VG)
- Nihilister in "Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)"
- Oshawott in "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" (VG)
- Ouka Hayasaka in "Busou Renkin" (Drama CD)
- Raquel Applegate in "Wild ARMs 4" (VG)
- Rhyme in "Subarashiki Kono Sekai" (VG)
- Rimururu in "Samurai Spirits Sen" (VG)
- Rimururu in "Samurai Spirits Zero / Samurai Shodown V" (VG)
- Rimururu in "Samurai Spirits Zero Special / Samurai Shodown V Special" (VG)
- Ruko Ayase in "Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Cosplay Hajimemashita" (VG)
- Rune Kodaira in "Karakuri Doji Ultimo" (Vomic)
- Saki Haruna in "Chou Ginga Sendan -Infinity-" (VG)
- Saki Honjou in "Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3 -Kowareyuku Machi to Kanojo no Uta-" (VG)
- Sena Aoi in "CHAOS;HEAD" (VG)
- Sig in "Granblue Fantasy" (VG)
- Storyteller (Leo) in "DEARS Juuni Seiza Monogatari [Zodiac Tales] ~Artemis Side~ Omnibus" (CD)
- Symmetra (Satya Vaswani) in "Overwatch" (VG)
- Undead Princess in "Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time" (VG)
- Undead Princess in "World of Final Fantasy" (VG)
- Viola in "Soul Calibur V" (VG)
- Werther in "Chou Ginga Sendan -Infinity-" (VG)
- Xerneas in "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" (VG)
- Yukiji Katsura in "Hayate no Gotoku! Ohimesama Produce Taisakusen Boku Iro ni Somare! Gakkouhen"
- Yuma Tonami in "Aquapazza -AQUAPLUS Dream Match-" (VG/arcade)
- Yuma Tonami in "ToHeart2 Portable" (PSP)
- Yuma Tonami in "ToHeart2" (PS2)
- Yuuya Fukushima in "Love Berrish!" (drama CD)
- Zoroark in "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" (VG)!~

Her whole life, Hikari Hanazono has been consumed with the desire to win against her school rival, Kei Takishima--at anything. He always comes out on top no matter what he does, and Hikari is determined to do whatever it takes to beat this guy...somehow!
 
At age 6 Hikari lost to Kei in an impromptu wrestling match. Now, at 15, Hikari joins "Special A," a group of the top seven students at a private academy, for the opportunity to trounce the guy who made her suffer her first defeat.
 
(Source: Viz Media)
 

Included one-shots: 
Volume 1: Mikansei Chorus 
Volume 11: Shoku no Miyako (Food Paradise) 
Included specials: 
- Vol.8 Special Short; The Hana to Yume 2006-09 
The short is about what Kei was like as a child, and when he and Hikari first met. 
- Vol.9 Special Short; The Hana to Yume 2007-01 
The short is about when Yuhiro meets Sakura. 
- Vol.16 Special Chapter; The Hana to Yume 2008-05 
The chapter is about Hikari and Kei's middle school days.

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