Hinata Kinoshita

Hinata Kinoshita (ひなた) is one of the new idols introduced in THE iDOLM@STER: Million Live! series. She is voiced by Nao Tamura.

Personality
A girl who speaks in a northern dialect, Hinata is a calm idol who takes her job very seriously. She does not seem to resent being treated like a child but instead uses this as an appeal point in her work. Being a vocal idol, she uses her singing voice to push her farther as an idol.

Though her specific birthplace still remains unknown, Hinata most likely comes from Hokkaido, which is a northern prefecture of Japan that is rather rural. This might be what shaped Hinata's personality-- she is kind, honest, simple, pure, innocent, and quite mature. She shows kindness to all and doesn’t mind if she's lost, as long as she can do her best and have fun with everyone. In short, she is a saint.

Hinata seems to be able to accurately predict the weather and uses it to sway the Producer in their work. However, she tends to get lost in numerous situations, leading her to be anxious in certain settings.

Etymology

 * Hinata's surname Kinoshita means "tree, wood" (木) (ki) and "under, below" (下) (shita).

Trivia

 * Hinata is also one of the few idols that believes Chizuru Nikaido's lies and calls her "Chizuru-ojousama". She is also the only idol that calls Momoko Suou “senpai”. Hinata also calls Ami Futami and Mami Futami “master” and “teacher”.
 * Since Hinata might be from Hokkaido, she's still not used to the city life where thousands upon thousands of people cramp together in one area and seem to be in a constant hurry. Also, the fact that the city has so many buildings makes her feel like if she ever gets lost among them, she couldn’t find a way out ever again, so she sometimes asks the Producer to hold her hand so that she won’t get lost.