Miki Hoshii (星井 美希 Hoshii Miki) is an idol at 765 Production who initially appeared in THE IDOLM@STER (Xbox 360) and her latest appearance was in THE IDOLM@STER STELLA STAGE.
She is voiced by Hasegawa Akiko.
Personality[]
Miki Hoshii, also known as "The Visual Queen" by her in-game fans, is the main heroine in the Xbox 360 release of the game, aside from Haruka. At her age, Miki is a very lazy and laid-back character, never taking anything seriously. Despite this behavior, she has above average grades in school, as well as good looks for her age, which makes her receive many confessions of love from boys at her school. Because of this, Miki believes she can reach top idol rather easily.
Before her debut as an idol, Miki slept all day at 765 Production, and skipped her lessons from time to time.
Miki has blonde hair and green eyes. She wears a a green beach-shirt with a blue butterfly on it. She wears a jean mini-skirt and orange shoes. While Awakened, it is revealed that her hair is actually naturally brown but she dyes it blond. She cut it short due to the Producer's wishes. She has a white beach-shirt, a pink mini-skirt, and brown shoes. Regardless of what design she wears, she wears a silver necklace with six stars with her name on the middle.
Throughout the franchise's history, Miki has served as the archetype for all other third characters in each series' main trios, including being younger than the rest of the main trio (Shouta Mitarai and Tsubasa Kashiwagi), a blonde hair (Tsubasa Ibuki and Meguru Hachimiya), a short hair (Mio Honda and both Tsubasas), to a moderate bust size.
Background[]
Miki's family consists of herself, both her parents, and an older sister. Miki's father is one of the senators of Japan, and her mother is a mayor in the neighboring town. Both her parents tell Miki that due to their jobs Miki doesn't have to worry about her future and can live a relaxed life, and this is one of the reasons why she is always so lazy. Miki's older sister is called Nao (菜緒) and is very successful, studying in college to one day become a high school teacher. Even though Miki is a very lazy person, sometimes she will do anything in her power to be better than her older sister.
Hobbies[]
She likes to make friends and do nail art. Her handedness is her right hand.
Etymology[]
- The name Miki means "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "hope" (希) (ki).
- Miki's surname Hoshii means "star" (星) (hoshi) and "well, mine shift, pit" (井) (i).
- Miki has the kanji for "star" (星) in her last name (星井), so she tends to have many star elements tied to her. For example, her burst in THE iDOLM@STER 2 features prominent stars in the background.
Trivia[]
- Miki loves onigiri, especially the ones her mother makes.
- Miki sometimes likes to brag about her bust size, especially to Producer.
- Miki has a strong passion for cellphone accessories.
- Sometimes Miki thinks of Chihaya Kisaragi as an older sister or a role model. This is particularly true in THE iDOLM@STER relations manga.
- Even though considered to be very lazy, when it comes to running away from something, Miki can be extremely fast.
- Miki is confident in herself and in her body, and because of that she doesn't mind wearing revealing stage outfits or people looking at her.
- Miki has an unrequited crush on the Producer, and thus doesn't mind if he tries to touch her inappropriately.
- Much like Ami Futami and Mami Futami, Miki speaks about herself in third person, referring to herself simply as "Miki".
- When Miki addresses Ritsuko Akizuki, she calls her "Ritsuko...-san," as she almost forgets to add the san honorific.
- In the The iDOLM@STER (Xbox 360) through THE iDOLM@STER ONE FOR ALL, Miki's ingame model and/or artwork depicts her with brown eyebrows, implying that she dyes her hair blonde. However, in the Anime, Million Live!, Platinum Stars, and onward, her eyebrows match her blonde hair in the respective adaptations.
- Since THE iDOLM@STER: Live for You!, there has been no mention or hint regarding Miki having a different hair color.