Hinako Ninomiya

Hinako Ninomiya (二ノ宮 ひな子 Ninomiya Hinako?) is Ranma Saotome's scatterbrained English teacher. The first part of her name, "Hina", means "young bird", while "ko" is a common feminine name ending, usually meaning "child", from the word kodomo. "Ninomiya" is broken down into "two princesses," which is a reference to her adult and child forms.Hinako's adult form as a tall, shapely woman is what she would likely have looked like had she not been sickly as a child, although her child form is more reflective of her true emotional and psychological age. In both forms she has long dark hair (medium ...