Kikuri Hiroi

Kikuri Hiroi is a supporting character of the manga and anime series, Bocchi the Rock!, and the protagonist of the spinoff manga Bocchi the Rock! Gaiden: Hiroi Kikuri no Fukazake Nikki. She is the bassist and the vocalist of the band, SICK HACK. Kikuri has long dark pink hair worn in a side braid tied with a dark brown ribbon and magenta-purple eyes. In the manga, she wears a hanafuda card earring depicting a lotus in both ears. She wears a simple green dress with a black and white jacket over it and a pair of geta. In the manga, the lower half of her dress has numerous lycoris radiata/spider lily flower patterns. She also wears black nail polish on both her fingernails and toenails and is often shown with sharp teeth. In the manga, she has a tribal circle-looking tattoo on the back of her right hand. As a kōhai in the college days of Seika Ijichi, Kikuri is drunk in most of the scenes during the series. For that reason, she is often fined for causing trouble such as breaking the equipment during concerts, and because of that, she drinks more liquor, so although she earns income at her concerts, she is always short of money. Once when she was drunk in front of the station, she happened to meet Bocchi who was trying to sell tickets. Despite Bocchi's initial resistance due to her altered state, they eventually bonded, and Kikuri made her perform an improvised session live on the spot where she noticed Bocchi's talents. It was then that a more empathic and mature side of her was first shown. At that time, after visiting the performance of Kessoku Band with a ticket purchased from Bocchi, she frequently appeared in STARRY. However, she still proves herself to be an annoying guest due to her frequent drunkenness. Unlike today, where she behaves freely, Hiroi had a reclusive, gloomy personality until high school. The reason she started drinking was to suppress the tension of concert performances. She sees a lot of qualities that overlap with her former self in Bocchi and occasionally gives advice as a senpai bandsman. Even so, when she does not consume any alcohol for a long period, her gloomy personality gradually returns depending on her alcohol level.