Hiiragi

"I really love nice guys, you know... But, of course, you should be careful! See, if you're too nice... It could be bad for your health!!"

- Hiiragi

Hiiragi (柊, Hiiragi, lit. "Holly") is the Captain of Moon Tree's Fifth Division, and a passionate follower of Sakaki.

Appearance
Hiiragi's character is a young man sporting a Japanese-style yellow robe with a revealing top. He has medium length golden blonde hair with red streaked bangs. Hiiragi is often perceived as a male due to his character using a male model, while else wise referring to himself as a lady.

Personality
Hiiragi acts nice, but sometimes has a viper tongue. He has rapid mood swings, acting almost sickly sweet one moment, but can seem infuriated the next. He speaks in an especially feminine manner until he gets angry, at which point his speech turns rough and impolite.

Basic Info
In real life, Hiiragi is a fashion designer named Fumihiko Yuki (由紀文彦), who works in a small office in Kyoto. A latent homosexual, Fumihiko originally created Hiiragi from a fashion perspective, and considered himself simply to role-playing until he met Sakaki, where in which afterward he began referring to his character Hiiragi as a female.

.hack//G.U. Games
Hiiragi first appears after meeting Haseo during the AIDA Server Incident when Haseo and Pi travel to Moon Tree's @Home to ask Zelkova for assistance. Instantly turned off by the aggressive Adept Rogue Hiiragi's dislike only grew as he watched him interact with his idol "Lord Sakaki".

From there Hiiragi then later entered the Holy Palace Tournament, where after the first round he stumbled upon Sakaki who was having a meeting with the AIDA-infected Bordeaux. Unsure of why Sakaki would meet with a notorious PKer, Hiiragi kept her mouth shut on the matter. During the second round, Hiiragi hereafter referred to as she fought against Team Haseo. Though powerful hermagic proved to be a problem, Haseo was prepared for it, and able to win the match. Angry at being disgraced in front of Sakaki, Hiiragi swore revenge. Following the fight, she then came across Sakaki and Bordeaux again; and this time confronted Sakaki about it. Sakaki shrugged her off by saying he had a good reason for his actions.

After Sakaki used Innis to turn Moon Tree's @Home into another AIDA Server, Hiiragi took up arms to defend it from Haseo and the rest of G.U. She fought to the best of her ability, but was still defeated. Recognizing she as a kindred spirit, Endrance told Hiiragi that, just because she loved Sakaki, there was no excuse for ignoring her evil actions. Realizing the truth in Endrance's words, Hiiragi told Haseo to stop Sakaki, then faded away.

Much later, Hiiragi helped Haseo defeat Cubia's Gomoras at Morrigu Barrow Wall along with Matsu, Sophora, and Kaede. When Haseo speaks to them, Hiiragi reveals that he intends to stop playing as Hiiragi, and create a new PC. On the last day day of R:2, Hiiragi reappears with Matsu and Sophora to wish Haseo goodbye.

.hack//G.U. Returner
Hiiragi is briefly seen at Δ Hidden Forbidden Festival with Sophora, holding masks that resemble Sakaki.

Trivia

 * Hiiragi's Fans are named Peach Blossom, a level 60 fan equipped with critical +25%.
 * His character is the tallest Captain of Moon Tree at 6'2".
 * Hiiragi believes that there are three kinds of people in the world: "men, women, and men with a woman's heart".
 * Hiiragi's Holy Palace arena team is named Glazing Love.
 * During the intro cut scene to the Holy Palace Tournament fight with him, the Commentator refers to him as a male before getting a sharp "I'll kick your ass." Afterwards, Hiiragi is correctly referred to as "she" for the rest of the fight. Though Haseo and others later in the series such as Endurance as well as even memoirs from the game itself would actually refer to Hiiragu as him. Though this may as ots currently unknown only exist within the English Version of the game.
 * Hiiragi uses onee-kotoba (お姉言葉, lit. "older sister speech"), a way of speaking in Japanese commonly associated with flamboyant or effeminate individuals.