Homare Kinesaki is a female supporting character from High School Fleet, known as a supply officer, torpedo operator, and cooking committee member aboard the ship, with the nickname Hotchan.
Homare Kinesaki is the elder of the Kinesaki twins and is recognizable by her diamond-shaped rice-cake hair ornament and a pink apron decorated with a shrimp illustration.
She belongs to the accounting and provisions section, but also helps operate torpedoes and prepares meals for the crew.
Her favorite phrase is "Learn new things by studying the past", which fits her love of traditional crafts and old recipes.
She has a strongly old-fashioned taste and a notably resentful personality.
Personal Information
Name: Homare Kinesaki
Nickname: Hotchan
Gender: Female
Affiliation: Accounting and Provisions Section
Roles: Supply officer, torpedo operator, cooking committee member
Birthday: June 16
Zodiac sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kinesakiya, a wagashi shop ship affiliated with Kurihama Port
Height: 156 cm
Blood type: A
Preferences and Skills
Hobbies and special skills: Making traditional Japanese sweets, home gardening, deck gardening
Favorite food: Miso soup, daifuku
Disliked food: Foie gras
Best subject: Home economics, especially cooking and nutrition
Weak subject: Social studies, and society in general
Favorite color: Dark crimson
Favorite phrase: Learn new things by studying the past
Personality traits: Resentful, traditional in taste
Qualification: Level 2 certified skilled worker in Japanese confectionery production
Voice actor: Kanae Ito
Homare is the older sister of the Kinesaki twins, and her family runs Kinesakiya, a branch of a long-established traditional confectionery business in Yokosuka that dates back to the Meiji era.
Her upbringing in a wagashi family deeply shaped her interests and talents.
When she was young, she obtained a recipe book from the Edo period.
Since then, one of her favorite hobbies has been reviving old methods of making traditional sweets from historical recipes.
Homare has a distinctly Japanese-style aesthetic and prefers traditional things in both taste and attitude.
She is also described as the more grudge-holding twin, which makes her easy to distinguish from her sister.
Despite her quiet domestic skills, she has a memorable emotional side.
This comes through in both her gardening hobby and her personal relationships.
Like Mikan Irako and her younger twin sister Akane Kinesaki, Homare helps provide meals for everyone on board.
Her skills in cooking and confectionery make her a natural fit for food-related duties.
Because of her family background in sweets, the school originally hoped to assign her to the supply ship Mamiya when she enrolled.
However, she and Akane both declined that assignment.
Homare enjoys raising plants, and she even maintained a small garden aboard the ship.
She grew shiso and green beans as part of her onboard deck gardening.
This little garden was blown away during the depth charge deployment in Episode 3.
The loss left her feeling heartbroken.
In Episode 10, Homare reveals that just before the training cruise, a childhood friend confessed his feelings to her.
Instead of replying, she ran away without giving him an answer.
Although they later exchanged messages, she eventually received a reply saying that he had found someone else he liked.
It is one of the more bittersweet details about her character.
Homare and Akane are twins, but several details make Homare easy to identify.
She wears a hair ornament at her temple, leaves the hair at the back unbound, and wears a pink apron with a shrimp design.
Her personality is also a clue.
Homare is the more resentful one, and her tastes lean more strongly toward traditional Japanese style.
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