Ichika Hoshino

Ichika Hoshino is a second-year student at Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy. She is the vocalist, guitarist, and lyricist[1] of the band Leo/need.

Ever since Ichika was a child, she loved Hatsune Miku and her songs. Ichika would often sing Miku's songs while playing the guitar she received from her father.

Ichika, Saki, Honami, and Shiho were friends as children. The group used to stargaze and play music, but after Saki was hospitalized, Ichika's relationships with Honami and Shiho became strained. Ichika still attempted to communicate with the two during middle school, but got little in response. After Saki returns to school and they visit the School SEKAI, the group slowly reunites and forms Leo/need, named after the meteor shower they watched together as children.

As a first year, Ichika was classmates with Saki and Haruka in 1-C. As a second year, she is classmates with Honami and Kohane in 2-A.

Although Ichika seems stoic at first glance, she is a quiet, modest, and kind girl who is always thinking about her friends. Adding to her kind nature, and despite her insistence, she is good at complimenting others. According to Honami, she doesn't always communicate very well with others.

At the start of Leo/need's Main Story, Ichika was listless, without much of a passion and was unable to gain the courage to bring her childhood friends back together, often wondering if things would continue this way. After Ichika discovers the School SEKAI, she gradually becomes more courageous and determined to reunite her friends. Once Leo/need is formed, Ichika becomes happier with her friends and more passionate about music to the point where she even asks Nene to teach her how to sing. She also tries performing on the streets to improve her skill. She enjoys spending time with her childhood friends and cherishes them deeply. In Resonating with you, Ichika's passion and determination grows even stronger as she realizes what she truly feels around her childhood friends.

Ichika loves Miku's songs and is always listening to them whenever she feels bored and looks at them for reference. She dislikes noisy places; for example, she doesn't enjoy visiting Phoenix Wonderland unless Saki goes with her.

According to her bandmates, Ichika used to be more courageous and impulsive when she was younger - for example, she would step in whenever Shiho was fighting with someone, even if she had no idea what the argument was about, and would also fight off Honami's bullies

Ichika has icy-blue eyes and long navy blue-black hair, worn loose and flying about. Her voice is calm and harmonious.