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Hanayamata

  • ハナヤマタ
Manga7.3803 votes10 volumes · 77 chaptersFinished
ComedySlice of LifeCGDCTIyashikeiPerforming ArtsSchool

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Normal appearance, normal intelligence, normal in arts and sports... just normal. This is the entirely normal 14-year-old, Naru Sekiya. While she admires "heroines" she continues to live a normal life until one moonlit night she meets a "fairy." This foreign girl then guides her into the extraordinary world of the yosakoi dance. (Source: Manga Time Kirara)

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Apr 23, 2011 to Feb 24, 2018

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  • Hana N. Fountainstand
    Hana N. Fountainstand94 fan favorites
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    Birthdate: May 2 Zodiac: Taurus Height: 144 cm Weight: 39 kg Blood type: AB Favorite flower: oxypetalum Hana is a transfer student from America. She is a very determined individual and stands out a lot because of her unique personality and her looks. She is, at first, mistaken for a fairy because of her foreign appearance by Naru. She is extremely passionate about yosakoi dancing after having seen a performance from when she visited Japan in the past. Although she continuously fails to recruit members into the Yosakoi Club, she refuses to give up as it is her dream. Eventually, her passion inspires Naru to help her out with the recruiting of the club.

  • Naru Sekiya
    Naru Sekiya80 fan favorites
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    Age: 14 Birthdate: April 2 Zodiac: Aries Height: 150 cm Weight: 45 kg Blood type: B Favorite flower: cherry blossoms Likes: reading, writing, drawing Naru is a 14-year-old middle school sophomore. She has been best friends with Yaya since elementary school and has known Tami since childhood. She loves fairy tales and greatly idolizes the heroines in the stories. She sees herself as a girl who is average in every way possible, but desperately wishes to change herself to be more like the girls from the fairy tales she reads. She is timid by nature and is slightly jealous of some of her peers, including Yaya, Hana, and Tami, as she thinks of them to be more interesting than she is.

  • Tami Nishimikado
    Tami Nishimikado30 fan favorites
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    Birthday: October 12 Zodiac: Libra Height: 155 cm Weight: 48 kg Blood type: O Favorite flower: Lily Tami is a 14-year-old middle school senior. She is Naru's childhood friend. She is the Yuihama Middle School Student Council vice president. Tami is also Machi's best friend and classmate. She is mild-mannered, beautiful and princess-like, and thus seen as an ideal perfect lady by her peers. Because of this, she became an object of Naru's admiration as she believes Tami is more interesting and unique. Tami comes from a wealthy family and had been studying ballet, piano, tea ceremony and flower arrangement since she was young.

  • Yaya Sasame
    Yaya Sasame26 fan favorites
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    Age: 14 Birthdate: June 1 Blood type: A Height: 158 cm Weight: 48 kg Favorite flower: red rose Yaya is Naru's best friend from elementary school. Since they were little, Yaya has been watching over Naru's timid character and understands her quite well. She is currently in the same grade as Naru. Yaya is very sociable and her appearance is very cute and pretty, making her to be popular amongst her peers. She is also in a band called "Need Cool Quality." She believes in chasing after what she wants to do and likes to take advantage of her youth while it lasts. As her best friend, Yaya is supportive of Naru and encourages her to work towards finding what she wants to do.

  • Machi Tokiwa
    Machi Tokiwa10 fan favorites
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    Birthdate: August 5 Zodiac: Leo Height: 163 cm Weight: 50 kg Blood type: B Favorite flower: sunflower Machi is a 14-year-old middle school senior. She is the Yuihama Middle School Student Council President. Machi is also Tami's best friend and classmate. She is shown to be act tough and serious, and has a strict and disciplinistic attitude but is weak against Tami. She has a rocky relationship with her older sister, Sari, who is a teacher at their school, and is against the idea of Sari becoming the advisor of the Yosakoi Club.

  • Ran Fueda
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