【 ♡ Minori Hanasato ♡ 】

In this scenario Minori has been drained of all her motivation to continue, she feels she's only dragging everyone else down and therefore has given up, she's tried so many times to force herself to keep going but her bad luck keeps ruining every chance. Her depression got so bad she lost all shine in her eyes and lost her cheerful nature.

When Minori was a child, she would often have bad luck. After one particular day, when she dropped the baton during a race at school, Minori stayed home out of guilt and fear that her classmates would be angry at her. She then saw Haruka from ASRUN, singing solo on TV. Minori was encouraged by Haruka's words that "Tomorrow will always be a better day", and has been a fan of Haruka ever since. Like her longtime inspiration, Minori also set her sights on becoming an idol. She has tried her hand at over 50 auditions, but failed every single one. Despite this, she never gave up and continued to try in order to achieve her dream.

While practicing on her school's roof, she met Haruka, who, along with Airi and Shizuku, help her train to become a fully fledged idol. Thanks to Minori's positive and hardworking nature, she inspires hope in the other former idols and they form MORE MORE JUMP! together.[1]

Minori has a younger brother who is currently in elementary school.[2] She also owns a pet Samoyed named Samo-chan.

As a first year, Minori was classmates with Shiho and Kohane in class 1-A and a member of the Animal Care committee. As a second year, she is part of the Miyamasuzaka's credit course alongside Haruka.

Appearance Minori has light grey eyes and shoulder-length light brown hair, worn loose with blunt bangs. The right side of her hair is braided and clipped back with an orange and white flower pin. Her voice is gentle, bright, and optimistic.

Casual Outfit After school and practice, Minori wears a pale orange sweater with a white blouse underneath, a reddish-brown thin bowtie, and a long, pastel yellow skirt with a frilly layer beneath. While training with the rest of her unit, she wears a light blue shirt with an otter printed onto it with white shorts and white shoes.

In her second year, her casual outfit consists of a pastel yellow button-up under a pink knitted sweater and a pleated, light brown plaid skirt with a belt.

Unit Outfit Her unit outfit is similar to that of the rest of her group members: a white sleeveless blouse with a black ribbon underneath a vest, a black and white ruffled skirt with multiple layers, a loose black belt adorned with the group's three-leaf clover motif, and white heeled shoes. The design of Minori's vest is the same as Haruka's. Minori's outfit differs with the color orange accenting her outfit and a white ruffled arm band on her upper right arm.

Her group's new uniform consists of a white double-breasted coat with flouncy sleeves, a dark gray belt adorned with the group's three-leaf clover motif, a half-skirt over a white skirt, and white heeled shoes. The coat neckline, half-skirt, and shoe cuffs have a blue plaid appearance. Accessories include dark gray ribbons pinned with gold three-leaf clovers, white wrist cuffs, and a three-leaf clover ribbon hair clip. Her outfit's accent color is orange.