Hinaji Kasukabe

Hinaji Kasukabe (春日部ひなじ, Kasukabe Hinaji) is a character in Advance! Kitakou Broadcasting Club. He was also initially the partner of Noto in the Noto-sama games, but was replaced by Yamato after he wound up with a girlfriend.

Appearance

Hinaji is a boy around Noto's age (though somewhat taller) with short, messy blond hair. It is said in his first full appearance that his hair is actually bleached and that he wears contacts, with a vague flashback shown of him with shaggy black hair and glasses to show the contrast in his appearances from junior high and high school.

He initially wears a white uniform shirt, a tan sweater vest, and deep blue slacks. After the second Kitakou game though, he wears a brown vest and burgundy slacks with the white shirt. In some instances, he is also shown to wear an orange longsleever underneath the uniform shirt, and a pair of long orange socks with white-and-brown shoes.

Profile

A geek skilled in computer technology (and a first year in the Information Processing department), he was a pessimistic and shy otaku in junior high, as well as having been fat. After entering high school, he changed his entire appearance though stayed an otaku and still found it tough to talk to girls. Though he seems to be nice, his reactions can be extreme.

Though he is rather unlucky with girls in the early part of the series, he later winds up with a girlfriend, Sanuki.

Relationships

Noto Kanazawa

Main article: Noto Kanazawa

After getting a glimpse of a "girl" named "Nono" (in actuality Noto in drag for the role in a school film), he became infatuated with her and tried to confess his feelings while crashing the shooting of the film, though he wound up quickly finding out the hard way that she was actually a guy.

His confession scene inspired Miyako to change the script of the film and edit it in, making him the lead. Miyako and Suzuka then approached him with the offer to join the broadcasting club, which he accepted due to his attachment to Noto.

Later in the series, after Noto snapped and changed in personality, Hinaji wound up becoming his servant and would assist him in his revenge, even though he too would be picked on.

Udonko Sanuki (Sanuki)

Main article: Udonko Sanuki

Trivia

• As he is modeled after Saitama, his surname is based off of a city in that prefecture.