Inoue Hikaru

Inoue Hikaru (井上ひかる) is a member of Hello Pro Kenshuusei under Hello! Project. She joined on May 5, 2013 alongside five other girls at the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ event.

Early Life
Inoue Hikaru was born on August 31, 2000 in Mie, Japan.

2013
On May 5, Inoue was introduced as a member of Hello Pro Kenshuusei alongside Tanaka Karen, Inaba Manaka, Mikame Kana, Fujii Rio and Mashiro Kana at the Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~Haru no Koukai Jitsuryoku Shindan Test~ event.

On June 8 and 15, Inoue participated in Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~6gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~.

2014
Inoue participated as a backup dancer in the Berryz Koubou Debut 10th Anniversary Concert Tour 2014 ~Real Berryz Koubou~.

Personal Life
Education= When Inoue joined Hello Pro Kenshuusei, she was a first year middle school student. As of April 2014, she is currently attending her second year of middle school.

Here is a list of nicknames that was used to refer to Inoue Hikaru:
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 * Hikarun (ひかるん): Official nickname, given her since Hello Pro Kenshuusei.

Profile
Stats=
 * Name: Inoue Hikaru (井上ひかる)
 * Nickname: Hikarun (ひかるん)
 * Birthdate:
 * Birthplace: Mie, Japan
 * Blood type: B
 * Height: 155.6cm
 * Hello! Project Status:
 * 2013-05-05: Hello Pro Kenshuusei Member
 * Hello! Project groups:
 * Hello Pro Kenshuusei (2013-Present)
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 * Specialty: Monomane, Drawing portraits
 * Hobbies: Napping, Basking in the sun, drawing illustrations, looking at clouds
 * Motto: "Ishi aru tokoro ni michi wa hirakeru" (意志あるところに道は開ける)
 * Favorite Food: Shark fin
 * Favorite Color: Pink, White
 * Favorite Sports: Basketball, Swimming
 * Favorite Hello! Project songs: "Hatsukoi Cider", "♡Momoiro Kataomoi♡"
 * Looks Up To: Tsugunaga Momoko

Hello Pro Kenshuusei

 * Ten Made Nobore! (Debut)
 * Oheso no Kuni Kara Konnichiwa / Ten Made Nobore!

Trivia

 * She and Tanaka Karen are the first Hello! Project members to be from Mie prefecture.
 * She wanted to join Hello! Project after going to a Berryz Koubou live and being so moved that she started crying. She also wanted to join because Tsunku's lyrics resonated with her.
 * She wants to be an idol that brings smiles to everyone, and moves people.
 * For her, the hardest thing about being a Hello Pro Kenshuusei was when she couldn't sing her given solo parts well, it seemed like they were going to get left out.
 * She thinks she won't lose to any other member in her ability to sing cool and hitch the really low pitches as her specialty.
 * Her favorite day of the week is Monday.
 * She believes in Santa Claus.
 * Rhythm is difficult for her.
 * She wants to sing "Hatsukoi Cider" by Buono!.
 * Her rival in Hello Pro Kenshuusei is Inaba Manaka. They're generation-mates, but also Manaka's singing and dancing stand out among all the KSS. Manaka has lot of cuteness and is idol-ish, which Hikaru doesn't think she has much of.
 * She says that it so much fun and makes her happy to perform at Nama Tamago and see people supporting her, so she wants to continue her activities in the program.
 * She admires Tsugunaga Momoko. Earlier at a play, she saw her singing and she looked so cool that Hikaru started crying. Her admiration for her and desire to be like her makes her want to put forth more effort into singing and dancing and hopefully debut someday.
 * In the future she'd like to debut in any way possible, be it in a new unit or Morning Musume or anything else.
 * Tsunku's comments: "I want to teach you more strength in dancing. I definitely want you to work on smaller muscle movements to get the rhythm down. Singing is on the next floor up. Start with the rhythm first."