Miharu Hirano (平野 美晴 Hirano Miharu?) is a playable character in the Tekken series of fighting games. She made her first playable appearance in Tekken 4 as a palette-swap for Ling Xiaoyu and returned in Tekken Tag Tournament 2, with her own character slot.
Biography
Miharu is Xiaoyu's best friend and schoolmate at Mishima Polytechnical School. Outside of school, she enjoys spending time with Xiaoyu's pet Panda and mutual friend Alisa Bosconovitch.
Personality
Although Miharu is featured very little in the series story, from her few appearances she is shown to be upbeat and energetic with a warm personality.
Appearance
Miharu is a Japanese teenager with soft facial features and brown eyes. She wears her hair short with feathered ends, and the color ranges from a bright auburn in Tekken 4 to a darker auburn that more favors brown in her Tekken Tag Tournament 2 appearance.
Outfits
Main Article: Miharu Hirano/Outfits
In her Tekken 4 and (Alisa and Xiaoyu's) Tekken Tag Tournament 2 endings, she wears the Mishima School uniform for girls.
In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Miharu wears a beachy outfit consisting of a bikini top with horizontal multi-colored stripes, blue denim shorts, and pink sandals. She has a purple baseball cap with heart-shaped sunglasses on top. She has a rainbow-colored bracelet on her right wrist and a brown bracelet along with a thin black band and a gold bracelet on her left. She also has blue nail polish on fingers and toenails.
Story
Tekken 4
Prologue
Note: Miharu's Tekken 4 prologue, epilogue, and ending cutscene are identical to Ling Xiaoyu's.
Xiaoyu was a junior at Mishima High School. She still lived, studied and trained as a ward of the Mishima Zaibatsu. But lacking any particular goals, Xiaoyu grew tired of her everyday routines.
However, one day, she received an anonymous e-mail that warned her of Heihachi's evil intentions and the danger to her life. Xiaoyu replied to the e-mail, but she did not receive any further messages from the anonymous individual.
Xiaoyu's intuition told her that Jin, who had been missing since the last Tournament, could have sent the message. She believed the message and started to suspect Heihachi and the Mishima Zaibatsu.
Upon hearing the announcement of the next Tournament, Xiaoyu made the decision to enter, hoping to be reunited with Jin and to unveil the truth behind Heihachi and the Mishima Zaibatsu.
Tekken 4 Ling Xiaoyu Miharu Hirano Ending
Epilogue Text
Xiaoyu defeated Heihachi. No one foresaw this outcome. Soon thereafter, Xiaoyu learned of Heihachi's many evil deeds. He was clearly guilty of supporting the raid on G Corporation. The evil nature of the Mishima Zaibatsu was finally revealed.
Ending Description
Xiaoyu, who is now the Chief Executive Officer of the Mishima Zaibatsu, is visited by Miharu. Miharu confesses that she failed all of her college entrance exams. Xiaoyu then offers her a job at the Mishima Zaibatsu. Xiaoyu wants Miharu to help her build the amusement park of her dreams.
Other Appearances
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Miharu appears in Alisa's, Kuma's, Panda's, and Xiaoyu's endings. She is a playable character through DLC.
Profile
A cheerful and laidback* high school girl. She's best friends with her classmate from Mishima Polytechnic, Ling Xiaoyu, and the two hang out often together. She learned much of her fighting style by watching Xiaoyu, but may hold her own set of skills.[2][3]
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Miharu's Arcade Ending
Ending Description
Miharu, Xiaoyu, Panda, and Alisa are all walking down a street, heading towards an amusement park. Miharu and Xiaoyu have a discussion on when they last went to an amusement park and Xiaoyu doesn't seem to recall. Alisa remarks to Panda that the two seem very close. The four then arrive at the entrance of the amusement park and Alisa receives an advertisement from a man. She excitedly shows it to the others: it offers to pay people to partake in filming nearby. The group accept the offer. Suddenly, a commotion occurs nearby, and Alisa and Panda go to check it out. Xiaoyu then tells Miharu she remembers the last time they went to the park, but it was when Miharu broke up with her boyfriend and she didn't say in case it upset Miharu. The actors nearby then start applauding and celebrating as Miharu takes a picture with Xiaoyu. The two then wonder what the gig is about.
- Ling Xiaoyu
- Alisa Bosconovitch
- Lili de Rochefort
- Panda
- Jin Kazama
- Wang Jinrei
- Heihachi Mishima
- Kuma
- Roger Jr.
- Alex
Gameplay
Miharu was originally identical in gameplay to Xiaoyu the only difference being their hitbox sizes. Upon being reintroduced in Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Miharu was given differences in damage output, mobility, and animations for several attacks she shares with Xiaoyu. Miharu also has several moves that Xiaoyu had previously "forgotten".
Fighting Style
She practices the same martial arts as Xiaoyu, which are based on Baguazhang and Piguaquan.
Moves
Character Relationships
- Ling Xiaoyu - Her best friend.
- Panda - Her friend.
- Jin Kazama - Her friend.
- Alisa Bosconovitch - Her friend (non-canon).
Quotes
Etymology
Miharu Hirano is the name of an old school friend of Katsuhiro Harada [4].
- The name Miharu means "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "clear weather" (晴) (haru).
- Miharu's surname Hirano means "flat" (平) (hira) and "field, wilderness" (野) (no).
Trivia
General:
- Miharu is one of the two Japanese characters (the other being Ganryu) who is currently not connected to either the Mishimas, Kazamas or the Manji Clan.
- Like Jin Kazama, Miharu also calls Xiaoyu "Xiao" as a nickname.
- There is a 1st Dan ghost of Asuka Kazama in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection called "Miharu Hirano".
- She is also one of Miharu's partners (in the green, yellow and orange ranks) in Ghost Battle in Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
- Ling Xiaoyu can be customized to resemble Miharu in Tekken 6.
- After completing Ling Xiaoyu's story mode, Miharu is selectable by pressing O (4). Miharu, however, cannot fight against herself. If another player attempts to select Miharu, they will get Xiaoyu in her school uniform instead.
- Due to a bug in the coding, Miharu has a smaller hitbox than Xiaoyu thus granting the player an exploitable advantage if they choose to play as her rather than Xiaoyu.
- Miharu's partners in Ghost Battle (in order from lowest to highest ranks) are Leo Kliesen, Panda, Asuka Kazama, Alisa Bosconovitch and Ling Xiaoyu.
- She is the only character where all her ghost partners are female (although Leo's gender is ambiguous).
- Her ending is the third scene in the interconnected endings between Asuka, Lili, Kuma, Panda, Alisa, and Xiaoyu.
- For her Item Move, Miharu will push the opponent forward then she will proceed to take a selfie with the opponent before they fall to the ground.
Other:
- In Tekken the Pachislot 3rd, she is wearing the school uniform featured in Tekken: Blood Vengeance.
- Miharu's Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Player 1 outfit is used as a costume for Hyper Dimension Neptunia's DLC character Tekken.
Gallery
See Also
References
- ^ Katsuhiro Harada @Harada_TEKKEN, Twitter, 4:21 PM Jun 13, 2024. Note that information is not stated in-game and only comes from a database of information provided by series developer Katsuhiro Harada.
- ^ Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U profile.
- ^ *Typo present in original text.
- ^ https://twitter.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/75518023871643648