Hotaru Ichijō

Hotaru Ichijō (一条 蛍) is one of the main characters of Non Non Biyori. She is a fifth grade student who transfers into Asahigaoka Branch School from Tokyo due to her father's work transfer.

Appearance
Hotaru is the tallest girl in the school (161 cm). She has neat collarbone-length black hair that has bangs hanging above her forehead and swept to the right, brown eyes and it is easy to tell that she appears to look older and more mature for her age.

Personality
Hotaru is full of curiosity and interested in the village's life. She also has a crush/obsession on Komari Koshigaya due to Komari's petite appearance. Hotaru has a mature and "older sister" type of personality who is quite responsible and many of the characters often count on her, though she freaks out easily. However, when at home, she becomes really childish, especially around her mother, as shown in "I Became a Pampered Child", but people think she's just being modest when she says that.

Background
Hotaru lived in Tokyo before moving to the countryside due to Mr. Ichijō's work transfer that she had come to Asahigaoka several times previously when she was younger because her relatives live nearby.

Etymology

 * The name Hotaru means "firefly" (蛍).
 * In "We Made Friends With Fireflies", Hotaru befriends a firefly as a reference to her name.
 * Hotaru's surname Ichijō means "one" (一) (ichi) and "article" (条) (jō).

Trivia

 * Hotaru has a dog named Pechi.
 * Hotaru has slowly matured as the series progressed.
 * Hotaru is 161 cm tall.
 * Hotaru has a whole room full of Komari plushies.
 * She also made plushies of Renge, Natsumi, and Suguru
 * Hotaru's family got to the country side by an airplane.
 * Renge Miyauchi's nickname for Hotaru is "Hotarun".
 * Hotaru refers to Komari as "Senpai" and sometimes Koma-chan Senpai or just Komari-Senpai.

Quotes

 * "W-Well that's not j-just a mess... T-There might be land mines...!" (Episode 6)
 * "I just want to pet that little head..." - Hotaru to Komari Koshigaya  (Episode 8)