Hiromi Hongou

Hiromi Hongou (本郷 ひろみ, Hongō Hiromi) is one of the new characters appearing in the New Sakura Wars. She's the owner of a shop which sells many sweets. By the time Sotetsu Genan's endgame started, Hiromi became a member of the Imperial Combat Revue's Moon Division alongside Itsuki Saijou.

Appearance
Hiromi is a beautiful well-endowed Japanese girl with long brown hair and gold eyes. She is wearing a white apron over a green yukata with birds represented on it.

Personality
Hiromi has a kind attitude with a soft and comfortable smile that makes many customers line up to the store just to see her.

Background
Hiromi is the clerk at Okashidokoro Mikazuki stationed around Ginza street. While she normally sells Japanese sweets, she is also hardworking at making new sweets. However, the new samples tend to cause bizarre effects when eaten, so they are feared by many.

Episode 7 : Stealth Mission! Tail the Date!
When Seijuro, Sakura and Klara go out to hang out together in the city, Reiji organizes a plan to ruin the date by having the other members of the Flower Division follow them and spy on them. Hiromi and her Moon Division comrade Itsuki join the Flower Division in the mission.

During the mission, Hiromi and Itsuki cross paths with a disguised Valery Kaminski and his ally Leyla who were also following Seijuro's trio. After Kaminski and Leyla leave the scene, Hiromi wonders if she has seen those people before.

Hiromi and the girls try to follow Seijuro's trio on a boat but were stopped by an employee as the boat was full. They then watch Kaminski and Leyla run jump over the river to try to land on the boat only to fail and fall into the river. Itsuki comments on how their fall in the water made a big splash with Hiromi agreeing with her comment.

When the Flower Division discovers that Klara was with Seijuro and Sakura, they realize that they weren't really on a date and that they were just taking Klara out. Hiromi and the girls drop their communication watches and leave the scene when Hatsuho asking the girls if they're ready for some fun. Itsuki says that she's really happy at the idea of hanging out with the Flower Division that she could die. Hiromi replies by saying that while she doesn't like to die, she wants to have fun.

Episode 12 : The Grand Finale! Hope for Tomorrow!
Following Valery Kaminski's death, Hiromi and her Moon Division comrade Itsuki are seen walking down in the streets of Tokyo.

Etymology

 * Hiromi's surname Hongou means "base, root, origin" (本) (hon) and "township, home town, village, native place, district" (郷) (gou).

Trivia

 * Hiromi and Itsuki Saijou's character concepts were done by Noizi Ito, the character designer of Shakugan no Shana and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.