Honoka

Honoka (Hiragana: ほのか, Rōmaji: Honoka) is a high school student and martial artist who made her debut in the 2015 title Dead or Alive 5 Last Round.

Appearance

 * See also: Honoka's Costumes

Owing to her status as a Japanese schoolgirl, she constantly wears a school uniform including the blazer, as well as a glove that has a winking skull and crossbones logo on the back of the hand. She possesses shoulder length hot pink hair as well as reddish eyes. Her face and overall build (namely her height) is similar to that of Marie Rose, although unlike her, she possesses a significantly large bust. Besides her swimwear, she dresses relatively modestly, which could be due to her innocent nature and grandmother's influence.

Personality
Having been raised all her life by her gentle and loving grandmother, she is a sweet, easygoing kind of girl… but when she sees a fight, she cannot contain her excitement - or the mysterious power surging within her. Honoka has a strange knack for instantly learning any fighting move she sees. She has kept this power hush-hush, but has been itching to test it out in secret. Her victory quotes indicate she doesn't even know the origin of her powers and seeks to find out about it.

Etymology
Little known about Honoka's name came from, her name matches a fire motif, which explain the source of her power cause her heating up for some reasons if she keeps fighting.

Marie Rose
Although none of the details have been released yet - such as how long they've been friends, how they met, or how they interact with each other - Honoka is friends with Marie Rose, even sharing a special interaction as well as being Tag Battle partners.

Raidou
It's unknown what their exact connection is, but she is apparently tag partners with Raidou. It might have something to do with Honoka having the ability to copy moves from other fighters by just looking at them doing it, which Raidou is well known for. They also both have that mysterious red mist energy, which might be the source of their move copying power. She may have met him in the past, as she seemingly recognized him in their tag team victory pose, but didn't know from where.

Ayane
As seen in during Tag Mode, they seem to know each other. Although Ayane herself seems unaware that Honoka might have a connection with the kunoichi's evil father, Raidou.

Gameplay

 * See also: Honoka's Command Lists

Honoka studies her favorite moves and fighting styles, and combines them into a unique style which she calls “Honoka Fu”. Since her build is that of an average teenage girl, her moves, while skilled, may not always pack the same punch as the fighter she learned them from. In her Hissatsu-no-Kamae stance, however, she is imbued with an unbelievable strength and becomes capable of techniques she has never seen from any other fighter.

Dead or Alive Series

 * Dead or Alive 5 Last Round (Playable, 2015)

Also known as

 * Super Secret Fighter Chick - Dead or Alive 5 Last Round

Fighter quotes

 * Dead or Alive 5 Last Round

Musical themes

 * Our Little Secret - Dead or Alive 5 Last Round

Trivia

 * In her Japanese bio, it was mentioned under her hobbies that she enjoys partaking in onsens (Japanese bath houses/hot springs). This was localized outside Japan as simply being "taking hot baths" due to there not being a word in English that accurately translates the Japanese term "furo."
 * In the Japanese version of her debut trailer, there was an extended scene featuring a mirror match on Zack's Island featuring two Honokas (in the New Challengers bikini and the Premiere Sexy bikini) conducting Rock-Paper-Scissors on each other, with New Challengers Honoka using rock to beat Premiere Sexy Honoka, then Premiere Sexy Honoka beating New Challengers Honoka with scissors, and then using scissors on each other, before showing her gravure scenes. This was most likely cut from the international trailers due to the Premiere Sexy costume set and the accompanying gravure scenes currently being Japanese-exclusive (where they acted as Day One DLC).