Hiiragi

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Character Profile
Name	Hiiragi
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Class	Macabre Dancer
Guild	Moon Tree
Offline
Name	Fumihiko Yuki
Age	22
Gender	Male
Media Information
English Actor	Doug Erholtz
Character Voice	Taiki Matsuno
First Appearance	.hack//G.U.: Reminisce

"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.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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Appearance

Hiiragi's character is a young woman sporting a Japanese-style yellow robe with a revealing top. She has medium length golden blonde hair with red streaked bangs. Hiiragi is often perceived as a male due to her character using a male model, despite her explicit clarification to the contrary.

Personality

Hiiragi acts nice, but sometimes has a viper tongue. She has rapid mood swings, acting almost sickly sweet one moment, but can seem infuriated the next. Due to her having a deep voice, Hiiragi often has to clarify that she is female.

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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 closeted homosexual, Fumihiko originally created Hiiragi from a fashion perspective, and considered the character simply to be escapist role-play until meeting the attractive Sakaki.

History

.hack//G.U. Games

Hiiragi met Haseo during the AIDA Server Incident when Haseo and Pi traveled to Moon Tree's @Home to ask Zelkova for assistance. Hiiragi was instantly turned off by the aggressive Adept Rogue and her dislike only grew as she watched him interact with her idol "Lord Sakaki".

She later entered the Holy Palace Tournament, after the first round she stumbled upon Sakaki who was having a meeting with the AIDA-infected Bordeaux. Unsure of why Sakaki would meet with a notorious PKer, she kept her mouth shut on the matter. During the second round, she fought against Team Haseo. Though her powerful magic proved to be a problem, Haseo was prepared for it, and was able to win the match. Angry at being disgraced in front of Sakaki, Hiiragi swore revenge. Following the fight, she came across Sakaki and Bordeaux again; this time she 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 her as a kindred spirit, Endrance told Hiiragi that, just because she loved Sakaki, there was no excuse for ignoring his 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 her, Hiiragi reveals that she intends to stop playing as Hiiragi, and create a new PC. It is unknown what happened to her after this.

.hack//G.U. Returner

Group (G.U — Hiiragi in Returner (Mid-Left)

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%.
Her 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 cutscene to the Holy Palace Tournament fight with her, the Commentator refers to her 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.
Hiiragi uses onee-kotoba (lit. older sister speech), a way of speaking in Japanese commonly associated with flamboyant or effeminate gay men.