Hatsuho Shinonome

Hatsuho Shinonome is a supporting protagonist in New Sakura Wars.

Appearance
Hatsuho wears her red hair in a side ponytail tied up and pinned with a unique hair pin that her family sells at their family shrine, said to bring good fortune. She wears a red shrine maiden outfit, with the shoulders decorated by ropes, something that is again unique to her family shrine. Her clevage is exposed, although she binds her bust with bandages. Her arms are also covered in bandages due to the amount of cuts and nicks she recieved whilst fixing up the broken down Imperial Combat Revue Theatre stage.

History
In the past Hatsuho and Sakura Amamiya were childhood friends, as Sakura's father would deliver swords to Hatsuho's family shrine. The two would often play together, but after Sakura struggled to perform a ceremonial dance correctly, the two got into a disagreement, which caused Sakura to flee crying. Hatsuho deeply regretted the fight, and blames herself for Sakura and her fall out.

The two didn't see one another until many years later when Hatsuho had joined the Imperial Combat Revue after the Great Demon War, becoming one of the new members alongside Clarissa Snowflake and Azami Mochizuki under the supervision of Sumire Kanzaki.

Unfortunately with the core members missing, the Imperial Theatre was in a state of decline. Hatsuho was considering quitting as all their attempts to defend the city from demon attacks or put on a show ended up with abject failure and humiliation, earning mockery from not only the Tokyo populace they were trying to protect but also the Shanghai Combat Revue who had to come in and protect the city in their place.

However her desire to quit ended when Sakura Amamiya turned up and their friendship was rekindled. Although the girls still messed up all of their performances and many of their battles in their mugens, Sakura's can-do attitude made Hatsuho want to strive onwards.

With Sakura's childhood friend, Seijuro Kamiyama being placed as the captain, the hiring of mechanic Reij and the hiring of professional actress Anastasia Palma,the theatre begins to turn things around. Clarissa, who loves reading and writing is encouraged to pursue this path and become the new script writer, and Sakura makes leaps and bounds in both her acting skills thanks to Anastasia's influence and mugen combat. Hatsuho as a result feels like she doesn't bring anything to the table and that the team would be better off without her, seeing herself as easily replacable. Seijuro's kind words and encouragement help her to see her own self worth and although she still has some doubts, she manages to snap herself out of her depression and continue being her bright and brash self.

Trivia
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