Arata Hinohara

For other uses of Arata, see Arata (disambiguation). "Hinohara" redirects here. For other uses, see Hinohara (disambiguation).

Arata Hinohara (日ノ原 革, Hinohara Arata) is one of the main characters of story, along with Arata. He was an ordinary troubled teenager pulled through another dimension to the world of Amawakuni where he is put into a contest to become the world's emperor. Both main characters are named Arata but modern Arata goes by Hinohara to avoid confusion when both boys converse. He is also called the Emperor of Hinowa (日ノ輪の大王, Nichino wa no Daiō).

Appearance
Hinohara has blonde hair and grey-ish colored eyes. Wears a school uniform consisting of tan dress pants a brown tailor jacket with a white dress shirt underneath. (The uniform has resemblance to Yuu Watase's first hit Fushigi Yûgi heroine Miaka's school uniform). Sometimes he wears athletic clothes consisting of jogging pants and windbreaker.

Personality
Hinohara begins as a shy, tortured soul who is continuously bullied throughout his early teenage years by his ex-best friend Masato Kadowaki. Hinohara is easily liked because of his easy-going attitude and good sense of justice. During the time of his bullying, he isolates himself from his family to not draw attention to the issues circling around him. Finally, the bullying intensifies to the point of him taking a year off from school. When he begins high school, its a new start and he begins to quickly make new friends until things take a turn for the worst when Kadowaki arrives. The bullying restarts and when Hinohara wishes he had never been born he is pulled into Amawakuni. He is frightened of his new surroundings, and horrified that he is blamed for Himeou's death which he angrily protests against. Hinohara's time in the new world helps him grow as a person as he begins to find himself and put trust in others. He grows stronger and after years of being bullied, strongly refuses to let the Twelve Shinshou treat ordinary citizens in a similar manner. His character change can be credited partly to Kotoha who teaches Hinohara that he should love himself and how his life does have meaning-protecting those who can't protect themselves. Hinohara has a sense of humor that is shown throughout fragments of the story.

Amawakuni/Japan Arc
Arata Hinohara is starting his first year of high school at the story's beginning. His sister Nao Hinohara barge into his room calling him. His parents are shown anxious for him returning to school after a year of withdrawing from middle school; he replies that things will be different. On his way to school, he takes a train and witness man molesting a woman and she accused a student. Hinohara help the student by claiming her the real suspicious. The groper manage to escape out of the train, but Hinohara catch up to him and attack him from behind. The student admire Hinohara's brave action and reveal his name Suguru Nishijima so they can be friend. At his new school, he was also admire by his classmate and was now called a hero. Hinohara begins to make several friends and seems relieved that school is going well until Masato Kadowaki appears. Hinohara horribly witness seeing Kadowaki have transfer to his school to bully him again. Kadowaki torment him everyday, but Hinohara stay compose in order for not to get involve. While his classmate are having P.E, Kadowaki purposely confront him by vulgarly talk to the other student by saying Hinohara runs faster in the track and field than him. Hinohara stirs up with anxious comment to himself Kadowaki was only jealous of him. He had a flashback to where Kadowaki and Hinohara on the track team and were best friends. He heard the other students are talking behind Kadowaki's back saying his speed wasn't good enough to be on the track team. He thought if he can speed down on the track, he can save Kadowaki's reputation. However, after it was done, Kadowaki angrily yell at Hinohara for looking down on him and Hinohara didn't intend to do that and this the bullying begans. The bullying became so severe Hinohara withdrew from his final year of middle school. Hinohara's new friends distance themselves to not become targets themselves. He search up on the internet finds out his classmate are also badmouthing him behind his back. He was in anger of how things are now will be the same as in middle school. Suguru call him to confort and Hinohara was glad to hear Suguru calling him. Later on, Hinohara called Suguru to talk about his problems but fear that Suguru will be involve in this mess. Suguru regard this and promise each other they will do their best. The next day, Hinohara saw his desk is fully covered with glue and look at Kadowaki thinking he did this, but Kadowaki replies that he wasn't the one who did this and bully him again, Hinohara continue to calm down. At school dismiss, the teacher give Hinohara a tool to remove the glue on his desk and Hinohara breaks after discovering Suguru put glue all over his desk and tells Kadowaki he "never liked" Hinohara to begin with. Hinohara flees from the school and screams about wishing he had never been born when he is pulled into the Kando Forest: switching places with the other Arata.

Upon entering Amawakuni, he meets Kotoha - who cannot see that he is a different person due to a spell cast by the forest: he still appears to her as the other Arata. Kotoha tells him they must flee since he is blamed for causing Himeou's death. The two manage to sneak back to her village where Hinohara learns from Arata's grandmother that he may be the wielder of the family Hayagami that has been in her family for generations. He finds the situation ridiculous, but is forced into trying to wield the Hayagami when Kannagi, the Shinshou who struck down Himeou, takes Kotoha hostage and falsely calls Hinohara the murderer of Himeou, the high priestess. Hinohara manages to awaken the Hayagami and drives Kannagi off. However, Kannagi makes a surprise attack on Hinohara and Kotoha later. The two are dragged back to the capitol where Hinohara is sentenced to Gatoya, the prison where criminals are cast into to die.

Abilities
Tsukuyo (ツクヨ, Tsukuyo)


 * Kisara
 * Raisenha
 * Sousei no Hinowa

Relationships

 * Kadowaki: Hinohara's ex-best friend. Kadowaki had a bad home life and through these circumstances hated for others to look down upon him due to his pride. Both boys ran track together in middle school where they became friends. Hinohara was the better runner and the one time he let Kadowaki win infuriates Kadowaki; who believed Hinohara was looking down on him. Kadowaki begins bullying Hinohara maliciously, but it is hinted out of jealously not hatred. His anger grows so intense, the Six Shinshou sense it from their world and drag him over where he becomes Hinohara's main rival for emperor.


 * Kotoha: Hinohara's love interest. Kotoha's kind nature helps bring introverted, bullied Hinohara out of his shell and begin to trust in others. Although Kotoha sees Hinohara as the blue-haired Arata, she is quick to note the differences. He falls in love with her, and she too begins to fall in love with Hinohara over time. Kotoha is often kidnapped since she is Hinohara's biggest weakness.


 * Mikusa: At first she hated Hinohara and wants to avenge Himeou's death. She attacks Hinohara thinking that Hinohara was the one who killed Himeou but later Hinohara proves his innocent and as the series progress her opinion on Hinohara changed and begins to fall in love with Hinohara.


 * Arata: Despite having the same name, the two are complete opposites. Arata has never had family outside his grandmother and Kotoha so he was able to live freely without being tied down. While Hinohara is very close to his family and all his actions reflect this. Hinohara takes matters more serious and looks into situations closely; while Arata is overly curious and doesn't take caution.

Trivia

 * When translated from kanji, Emperor of Hinowa (日ノ輪の大王) means Great King of the Sun Ring.