Hikaru Hitachiin
常陸院 光 Hitachīn Hikaru
Gender	Male
Age	16
School	Ouran Private Academy
Clubs	Ouran High School Host Club
Nationality	Japanese
Birthday	June 9th
Star Sign	Gemini
Blood Type	B
Hair Color	Auburn (Dyed Dark Ash in Chapter 53)
Eye Color	Golden Brown
Occupation	First-year High School Student
Favorite Subjects	Chemistry, Physics
Favorite Foods	Italian food & "Super-spicy" Food
Family	Kaoru Hitachiin(twin brother) Yuzuha Hitachiin(mother) Mr. Hitachiin(father) Kazuha Hitachiin(grand-mother)
Manga Debut	Chapter 1
Anime Debut	Episode 1
Japanese Voice(s) English Voice	Soichiro Hoshi (early drama CDs), Kenichi Suzumura (Japanese anime and later drama CDs) Todd Haberkorn
Actor	Takagi Shinpei

Hikaru Hitachiin is one of the Hitachiin twins. He is in class 1A with his twin brother Kaoru. Hikaru is considered the leader twin and is very bad at controlling his feelings, very unlike Kaoru.

Contents 1 Character 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 History 5 Family 6 Quotes 7 Trivia

CharacterEdit

Hikaru Hitachiin is one of the Host Club members in the Ouran High School Host Club series. He and his twin brother, Kaoru Hitachiin, are introduced when Haruhi Fujioka stumbles upon the host club. Hikaru is in class 1A along with his brother and Haruhi, making him (and his brother) major rivals for Haruhi's time. The customers at the Host Club that request Hikaru and Kaoru appear to like the "brotherly love" that they pretend to have. Also a common game to be played at the host club is the "Which one is Hikaru?" game. Aside from Tamaki, Haruhi has been one of the only other people able to tell the twins apart.

AppearanceEdit

Hikaru's uniform is a periwinkle blazer, white shirt, black pants, and a black tie with a purple stripe (the typical Ouran uniform). He has short, auburn, and somewhat messy hair (in the anime it's red/orange and quite spiky), though he dyed his hair dark ash (in chapter 53 of the manga) to make it easier to tell the difference between him and his twin brother, Kaoru. He has dyed it pink before, as well (and blue soon after to confuse the Host Club customers). Hikaru parts his hair to the left (Kaoru's hair is the opposite, his hair is parted to the right). Although they mention that they switch parts every day, the parting is consistent unless they are purposely trying to confuse people (which has definitely happened before). Hikaru has topaz eyes, making him look somewhat like a devil, which is fitting since he is the "little devil" type of host, together with Kaoru. His face is thin, and he has pale skin. He is 177 centimetres (5'10) tall. 

PersonalityEdit

Both Hikaru and Kaoru are mischievous and playful, but Hikaru is the more boisterous one, as well as being selfish, stubborn, and immature. Even when separated from Kaoru, he basically acts in the same manner, as if he were there. Haruhi states this in the show, although because he no longer has his brother to occupy him, he can become rather destructive. Hikaru is rather childish, and doesn't know how to interact with other people besides his brother since they both spent so long shutting out the rest of the world. It is said that Hikaru has a feeling for Haruhi too as seen in Episode 16 where Hikaru gets jealous of Haruhi and Arai.

HistoryEdit

Hikaru and Kaoru were born as twins (of course) and spent all of their time together, only recently learning to open up and become friends with other people. Their mother is a wealthy fashion designer, whom both of them seem to take after in appearance, and have grown up to be much like her in personality and fashion skills as well. Their father on the other hand manages a computer software company and doesn't seem to resemble them at all. Mr. Hitachiin is refered to as a "ghost" because he is often not noticed, doesn't interact with his sons much, and is also very quiet. As a child, Hikaru grew up never being apart from his brother and they both became very codependent on each other. All through grade school, he and his brother refused to accept anyone into their "world" if they couldn't tell the two twins apart, and it upset them that no one could honestly do so. They kept to themselves until Tamaki asked them to help him create a host club. At first they refused, but they eventually joined after Tamaki trying relentlessly to tell the two apart. Hikaru is now friends with everyone in the club, and is very protective of them. He seems to be easily upset by being reminded of his somewhat secluded childhood (other than being with his brother) and throws his emotions at people insensitively, since he is so used to being with just his brother. For example, in the anime he gets slapped by Haruhi, when being rude to her old friend, Arai, and he yells at her, leading to him running to his room with Kaoru following to see if he was alright.

Later, in Chapter 50, Hikaru gets mad because all Haruhi would talk about is Tamaki, and how she wished he could go back to France to see his mother. Hikaru consequently storms off, shortly followed by Kaoru. After expressing his frustration to his brother and asking why he felt this way, Kaoru smiles and says, "Hikaru, it's because you love Haruhi. You love Haruhi, as a woman. Isn't that why you feel jealous of Tamaki?" Hikaru just looks at him, dumbly.

FamilyEdit

Hikaru has a younger identical twin named Kaoru. A game the twins usually play with their customers is called the which one is hikaru game consists of them using identical caps to hide their hair (since they often part their hair to different sides) and "shuffling" before then asking the customers, "Which one of us is Hikaru?".

Often the two are requested for their "brotherly love" act. In episode five, it is revealed that fighting or arguing works just as well, as whenever the two start arguing their clients squeal with delight.

His mother is a famous fashion designer with her own company. Both twins seem to take after her in many ways, including their fashion skills, their appearance and their personality (although they jokingly said once that they fear for their future since they're shy like their father). She also has the tendency of confusing them, at first they minded that but later on they let her call them whatever she wanted, knowing that no matter how many times they told her who was who she would never recognize them. In the manga, it was revealed that she actually does recognize them but keeps pretending that she doesn't as her own personal game.

Hikaru's father runs a computer software company. He seems to be more down-to-earth than his wife and children and is often hidden in the shadows, being completely invisible to everyone else around him, even his own family. Haruhi even mistook him for Mrs. Hitachiin's escort. He is one of the few people who can tell which twin is which, even with them having their back to him. He gives advice to his children whenever he deems it necessary, and it shows he cares about the twins' feelings more than he lets on. Hikaru's grandmother is also a designer but she works on flower designs to the point of her own hair-do being full of flowers in an elegant and quite curious design, reason for Hikaru and Kaoru making fun of her sometimes. It is later revealed that the twins had created that hairstyle as a prank when they were only two years old. As kids they also tried to make their own design, drawing a flower design of their own, which their grandmother said she would use as toilet paper (her rudeness causing the twins to think of her as a witch who doesn't know how to be nice to people), nowadays--11 years later--he still keeps the drawing with her, and watching an amazing real flower design made by the twins, she says they are very talented. She also drives around on a motorcycle.

After Ouran ends, Bisco says that the twins' mother has another child, a girl named Ageha.

QuotesEdit

• (With and at Kaoru) "YOUR MOMMA WEARS TOO MUCH MAKEUP!"
• (To Kaoru) "Even if I searched the world over, no one could compare to you."

• (About Honey) "Well, there he is. Three days later, and he gives up.
• "Our mom put us in one of those [dresses] when we were little. We still get called her 'darling little girls' at our family reunions."
• (To Kaoru) "Sex Pixie!"

TriviaEdit

• In the manga and the anime, Hikaru and Kaoru's relationship is represented by a single egg with two plant stalks coming out of it. Later, to represent their individuality, two huge flowers bloom from the same egg. The flowers are exactly identical, save for their colouring, which makes them easy to distinguish.
• His voice is slightly lower than Kaoru's.
• Another way to tell them apart is whenever they were seen together, Hikaru is mostly on the right side and Kaoru's on the left (in the audience's view).
• Ironically, he is often less mature than Kaoru, but shows that he is capable of being a mature older brother after the two make up their fight over Haruhi.
• He has a character song along with Kaoru named "Bokura No Love Style".
• Opposite of his twin, Hikaru is the seme or pitcher twin.
• Honey calls him "Hika-chan".
• When upset with Kaoru, Hikaru turns to Mori-sempai for advice and companionship, whereas Kaoru is often seen turning to Honey-sempai.
• He tosses and turns a lot when he sleeps, and for example, in episode 15, "The Battle in Karuizawa!", Kaoru wakes up on the floor and later complains to Hikaru because he pushed him out of bed.
• In the manga, Hikaru dyes his hair an ash color in order for others to tell the twins apart.
• In episode 20, when Hikaru and Kaoru were children, they wore dresses. This scene also takes place in the manga, the explanation being that their mother started to design child's clothing for girls and boys and used her children as models.
• When the twins were younger, their mother used to dye their hair. Hikaru's hair was dyed with pink and Kaoru's was blue. Coincidentally, during their false fight, they dyed their hair of the same color as the ones when they were children.
• His ringtone is the closing theme to the Ouran High School Host Club episodes.
• Hikaru and Kaoru are 178cm tall (5'10").
• Hikaru shares his voice actor Todd Haberkorn with Italy from Hetalia Axis Powers, Kazuya Shibuya from Ghost Hunt Lord Aleister Chamber (Viscount of Druitt) from Black Butler, The Flamer from Shin-Chan, Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail, Death the Kid from Soul Eater, Ling Yao from Fullmetal Alchemist, and Firo Prochainezo from Baccano!
• The Hitachiin Twins have the same birthday as the Kurusu Twins from Uta no Prince-Sama.
• He wore in episode 22 along with the others, Tamaki Suoh not, a forehead protector. Just like the ninjas in the popular anime Naruto and Naruto Shippuden do.
• Hikaru's phone like some of the other hosts is blue to match his rose colour.
• He has been compared by many to Fred Weasley from the Harry Potter series
• Hikaru's seiyuu in the anime originally voiced Kaoru in the Drama CDs