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Kyouko Hori (堀 京子 Hori Kyōko?) is the female protagonist of the Horimiya series. She is a student in Class 3-1 of Katagiri Senior High School.

On the surface, Hori is presented as the energetic, outgoing, and smart girl in school. But behind closed doors, lies a different image from the one she presents herself when in the face of friends.

Diligent in both academics and simple housework, it wasn't until Hori discovers a new side of someone who's just like her, and that person happens to be none other than the "gloomy otaku" classmate of Class 3-1, Izumi Miyamura, the latter whom she met by chance when he brought her brother home after a minor accident outside.

As the two got to know one another and decided to keep each other's real personalities from their inner circle, a friendship between them blossoms, which gradually turns into love, and they officially become a couple.

Later in the story, Hori is married to Miyamura (which officially makes her Kyouko Miyamura) and they have a son together.

Appearance[]

Body

Hori is a beautiful teenage girl who stands at average height and has a slender build. She has wavy, chestnut brown hair that falls at her upper back with bangs swept to the right, leaving two chin length fringes to frame both sides of her face. Followed by this, she has a fair complexion and large golden-brown eyes.

According to her father, Kyousuke, Hori greatly resembles her mother during the latter's high school years.

Outfits

Hori wears her uniform in accordance with the seasons. During the cold winter months, she can be seen wearing a long sleeve buttoned up shirt with either a grey colored vest or sweater, and a blazer. If she were to wear her uniform with the vest, then she would roll up the sleeves of her buttoned up shirt. Whereas for the warm summer months, she's seen wearing a short sleeve button up and will sometimes wear a red bowtie with it. It is also said that Hori has the tendency to wear her gym shorts underneath her skirt.

It is also worth mentioning that Hori wears a light amount of makeup when she is in school, and she usually keeps her hair down.

When Hori isn't at school, she doesn't wear makeup and is usually seen wearing casual but practical clothes. From plain T shirts to leggings to jeans. On top of that, Hori is also seen putting her hair up in a variety of ways. Usually ranging from ponytails, pigtails, braids, a bun or her hair back with a hairclip.

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Personality[]

Hori is generally known for her bright, energetic, and jovial personality. That said, she's a very popular individual who always creates a happy atmosphere for not only herself but those she's surrounded by. On top of that, she's extremely smart. Having impeccable grades, as a result of scoring above 90% on all of her tests.

Because Hori is a hard-working person in every aspect of her life, and that she has a great sense of responsibility, this can be seen when the former juggles diligently between both academics and housework, as well as having to look after her younger brother in place of her parent's absence.

Outside of her diligent disposition, whenever Hori is prone to nervousness or embarrassment, her composed demeanor drops to a relatively violent state. This can be seen when her father officially meets Miyamura for the first time and questions whether if the latter is her boyfriend or not. As a result, he gets hit in the face with a hot ladle by a flustered Hori.

Although Hori can sometimes act out violently, it is said that she can be pretty aggressive when it comes down to cleaning ears, clipping nails, as well as giving massages. And because of this, both her friends and family fear her quite intensely, including Miyamura himself. The latter also mentions that when Hori has a Q tip, it looks like a lethal weapon when she wields it.

Another aspect to her personality is her "sadomasochist" tendencies. Because Miyamura (being the kind boyfriend he generally is) is a gentle sweetheart to her, she prefers it when he puts on a "bad boy" or "abusive boyfriend" persona, as a means to personally satisfy her. This is seen whenever she wants him to yell at her or physically hit her. Much to the latter's dismay. Although Miyamura caves in and sheepishly accepts her request, that is--whenever Hori becomes stubborn, Hori can be seen enjoying the treatment and is left refreshed afterwards.

An additional aspect to her personality is when she shows visible signs of jealousy at the point when Miyamura had changed his look and became the source of popularity among female classmates. Because of how increasingly popular Miyamura is, after the latter decided to ditch the glasses and cutting his hair short, Hori's intense jealousy causes both Tooru Ishikawa and Yuki Yoshikawa to bestow the name "Hannya" or Goddess of Jealousy onto the former. Though, Hori remains indifferent to such. However, Hori does not hold any ill will towards Miyamura associating himself with women, so long as, in her words, he doesn't love another man.

Etymology[]

  • The name Kyouko means "capital city" (京) (kyou) and "child" (子) (ko).
  • After her marriage with Izumi Miyamura, Kyouko's married name Miyamura means "temple, shrine, palace" (宮) (miya) and "town, village" (村) (mura).

Trivia[]

  • Hori stands at around 163 cm (5’4”) and weighs 48 kg (in Chapter 21: SOS, note that the weighing scale says 41 kg), which is the same as Izumi Miyamura.
  • Hori does not wear any makeup when she's at home.
  • Hori's zodiac sign is Aries, same as Izumi Miyamura.
  • Hori is double jointed.[3]
  • Hori can't eat/is allergic to blueberries.[4]
  • Hori dislikes stew.[5]
  • Hori is terrible at tongue twisters compared to Miyamura, even though her grades are always better.[6]
  • Hori's favorite anime is Riho's World.
  • Unlike Miyamura, Hori loves horror movies.
  • Hori is a masochist (a person who derives gratification, sexual or otherwise, from the pain or humiliation of themselves) as she asks being shouted/hit at by Miyamura.[7][8][9]
  • Hori dislikes citrus flavored foods (such as grapefruit), but would still eat mikan (a type of citrus fruit).[10]
  • Hori won second place in the Horimiya character popularity contest on November 17th.
  • Hori often took baths with Kakeru Sengoku in the past, but it is hinted that they stopped doing that only by the time they reached teenagerhood.
  • Mari Haruno (Hori's Brazilian V.A.) is married to Thiago Córdova (Izumi's Brazilian V.A.).
  • Hori is the youngest (not oldest) of the characters in her grade.
  • Remi's nickname for Hori "Kyon Kyon" is shared with Sohma Kyo, one of the main characters in "Fruits Basket".
  • She prefers Miyamura to cheat on her with a woman than with a man, and shows jealousy when she detects him approaching men.

References[]

  1. Horimiya Manga: Chapter 89 (p. 5).
  2. 2015 birthday artwork
  3. Horimiya Manga: Chapter 13 (p. 3)
  4. Horimiya Manga: Chapter 13 (p. 5)
  5. Horimiya Manga: Chapter 15 (p. 17)
  6. Horimiya Manga: Chapter 25 (p. 19)
  7. Horimiya Manga: Chapter 43 (p. 12; 24-27)
  8. Horimiya Manga: Chapter 46 (p. 2; 9-10)
  9. Horimiya Manga: Chapter 54 (p. 14-16)
  10. Horimiya Manga: Chapter 57 (p. 27)

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