Hanon Hôshô

Hanon Hôshô
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Name: Hanon Hôshô (宝生 波音 Hôshô Hanon)
Race: Mermaid
Age: 14 14 (Manga Volume 1-4) 15 (Manga Volume 1-7) Blood Type: O Height : 152 cm ( 5,0)
Birthdate: Wednesday, May 24, 1989 (confirmed)
Physical Information
Gender: Female
Hair Color: Blue
Eye Color: Blue (mermaid), Brown (human)
Personal Information
Star Sign: Gemini
Hobby: Shopping
Talent: Applying Makeup
Alias: Mizuiro (light blue) Pearl Voice
Favourite Subject: Japanese
Least Favorite Subject: Physical Education
Favorite Color: Aquamarine
Favorite Flower: Cherry Blossom
Favorite Food: Cheesecake and cream
Least Favorite Food: Nattô
Favorite Type of Boys: Talented Boys
Image songs: Ever Blue, Mizuiro no Senritsu
Profession: Mermaid Princess
Relationships
Best Friends:  Rina and Lucia
Love Interests: Tarou Mitsuki, Nagisa Shirai
Friends: Mermaid Princesses, Aqua Regina, Nikora, Hippo, Madame Taki
Enemies: Dark Lovers, Gaito, Mikeru, Mikeru's Servants, Black Beauty Sisters
Production Information
Voice Actress: Hitomi Terakado
Position in the Series: Deuteragonist

Hanon Hôshô (宝生 波音 Hôshô Hanon) is the deuteragonist of Mermaid Melody.

History

Anime

Hanon has appeared in many anime episodes.

Pichi Pichi Pitch

Hanon, unlike Lucia, came onto land to escape from the water demons. They destroyed her kingdom and the mermaids that had been living in it fled.

Hanon first meets Lucia at school, in Episode 1 of the anime. where they become best friends, When Lucia and Hanon met Rina, all of them became best friends. Hanon falls in love with their music teacher Taro Mitsuki, whom he adoringly refers to as "Tarō-chan". She also owns a pet jellyfish named Pura-chan.

Pure

Later, after Mitsuki decides to fly to Germany to continue studying music and deal with the issue of love. Before he leaves to catch his flight, he leaves Hanon some sheet music for a composition he wrote for her. The wind blows the envelope containing the sheet music out of her hands at the airport and a boy named Nagisa Shirai finds it. When he discovers that Hanon is the rightful owner and he starts trying to impress her. Later on, Hanon makes the decision to be with Nagisa (episode 31 in Pure) and they kiss under the starry sky.

Manga

Coming soon...

Personality

Hanon is a kind and friendly mermaid, but acts much more different when it comes to boys. At first, she thought it was wrong to love humans, but after falling in love with Taro Mitsuki, she changed her mind. Hanon is a love expert when it comes to boys and is obsessed with fashion and make-up. She also loves to go shopping for clothes and lots of stuff.

Appearance

Hanon has brown eyes in her human form, but she has aqua blue eyes in her mermaid form. Her human form has a darker, more azure color than her mermaid form, and the accessories are different. She always wears a blue shell necklace around her neck containing her Aquamarine Pearl.

Forms and Aspects

Hanon's main form is her Mermaid Form. To stay on land, Hanon needs to use her Human Form and is able to switch from both forms back and forth by getting wet or drying herself. To transform into her Idol Form, Hanon shouts out Mizuiro Pearl Voice using the power of her pearl to ward off enemies.

Human Form

Her human form is significantly different from her mermaid form. Hanon's long aqua hair has the same hair style, but becomes shorter and grows darker. She also has brown eyes in her human form. She usually wears a pair of barrettes with flowers on the hinge ends, crossed like an 'X' in her bangs, and she is seen in many outfits. Standing at 153cm tall, she is the second shortest mermaid princess after Seira.

Mermaid Form

When in her mermaid form, Hanon has long, wavy, blue hair with two stars in her bangs. She wears an aquamarine clam-shell bra, and a bracelet around her upper left arm. On her darker blue tail, and on her wrist, she wears double navy blue pearl bracelets. She wears a shell locket containing her pearl around her neck just as she does in all her forms, and star earrings.

Idol Form

Hanon transforms into her Idol Form, Mizuiro (Aqua) Pearl Voice, so she can defeat enemies with her songs. Her idol form consists of a short light blue strapless dress, with gloves and boots to match it. The dress is light blue and the skirt is sky blue with three layers and ruffles. Her gloves and boots are baby blue with pearl bracelets on her ankles and wrists. She still wears her star barrettes, earrings, and like all the other mermaid princeses, her shell necklace.  

In the second-half of the series, Hanon, and get new upgrade outfits by the sea goddess, Aqua Regina, making them even more elaborate. Her boots and gloves now have an extra layer and there are ruffles on her top piece. The bottom two layers of her skirt are a lighter shade of blue and the top layer stays the same shade. Her hair grows longer, darker and much more wavier. Hanon does not gain another accessory like Lucia and Rina, but still keeps her star barrettes. Hanon and Lucia's Idol Form are very similar with a few slight changes. As it is true with all the mermaid princesses, Hanon's second transformation is more powerful than the first one and enables her to defeat the Black Beauty Sisters with her new songs.

Powers

Like the rest of the mermaid princesses, Hanon needs her pearl in order to transform into her idol form. Her pearl is also needed in order to summon Aqua Regina. When in her idol form, her voice is transmitted by a microphone like object called the E-pitch and is used to defeat the enemies.

She says "Love Shower Pitch!" in the anime, whereas in the manga she says "Pretty Sugar Pitch!" in order to defeat enemies.

Her image songs are 'Ever Blue' and 'Mizuiro no Senritsu'.

Transformations

Hanon's transformation is very much like Lucia's. Her pearl transforms into her E-pitch microphone. Boots appear on her feet then her gloves. Then she holds her microphone and strikes a pose.

After Aqua Regina gives the trio the upgrade in outfits, Hanon's can transform into her second idol form. The first part to transform is her top. Her skirt is slightly longer than her old one and her boots and gloves have an extra layer. A new noticeable accessory on her is a long, blue bow tied on the back of her waist. Her microphone also transforms into a more intricate design.

Voice Actresses

• English: Brittney Karbowski
• Taiwanese: 錢欣郁 / Qián Xīn Yù
• Korean: 신소윤 / Sin Soyun
• French: Mélanie Dermont
• Greek: Χρυσούλα Παπαδοπούλου / Chrysoúla Papadopoúlou (Speaking), Βασιλική Ρόρρη / Vasilikí Rórri (Singing)
• Italian: Patrizia Mottola (Speaking), Francesca Daprati (Singing)
• Japanese: Hitomi Terakado
• Spanish: Elena Palacios (Speaking) , Maria de Juan (Singing)
• Portuguese: Carla Garcia
• Serbian: Jelena Đorđević Popović / Јелена Ђорђевић Поповић (Speaking) , Aleksandra Bijelić Aleksijević / Александра Бијелић Алексијевић (Singing)
• Malaysian: N/A
• Singaporean: N/A
• Hebrew: מיכל רשף / Michal Reshef (Nickname: Michelle Green)
• Cantonese: 梁少霞,林元春 (Episode 73)
• Tagalog: Olive Madredejos

Gallery

Find more images here: Hanon Hôshô/Gallery.

Etymology

Hanon's name when written in Kanji is 宝生 波音 (Hosho Hanon).

波 means waves and 音 means sound.

宝 means treasure and 生 can kind of translate to life.

Trivia

• She is the oldest of the main trio of herself, Lucia and Rina, in that order.
• Hanon's blood type is A.
• Like all South Atlantic mermaids, Hanon was born on a Wednesday.
• Hanon and Sara are the only mermaids to have had two love interests in the whole series.