Kanata Higa

Kanata Higa (比嘉 かなた) one of the main characters in the Harukana Receive series.

Appearance
Kanata has shoulder-length dark-brown hair, yellow-brown eyes, and a little tanned skin color. When playing beach volleyball, Kanata has her hair pulled up into a high ponytail. Like the other girls she has a shapely build but with a smaller bosom. She is also relatively short compared to most characters in the series.

Personality
Upon her debut, Kanata was initially somewhat withdrawn. This came from being relatively short compared to the other characters, which gave her a disadvantage at beach volleyball. Though Kanata's distancing makes her rather shy, quiet and reserved, she can behave eccentrically in unusual situations.

However, after meeting Haruka, she begins to open up while develops a new "outotsu" playing-style which lets her adapts her short stature with Haruka's height. As she and Haruka bond, she maintains her friendship with Narumi to which they believe it's stronger to win together than alone.

Kanata is also a loving owner to her pet turtle Kamekichi.

Background
Kanata is Haruka's first cousin through her mother's bloodline. She entered the world of beach volleyball through her mother's motivation and wanting to befriend Narumi. Although she is already an experienced volleyball player, several years ago she was forced to leave this sport because of her parents' death and psychological trauma.

This puts her and Narumi in a long depression because of the eventual breakdown of their volleyball pair, which is why Ayasa and later Haruka compare them to the ex-girlfriends. After Haruka moved in and opened Kanata up with her positiveness, Nevertheless, she began to regain confidence in her abilities thanks to her ever-strengthening bond with Haruka.

Relationships

 * Narumi Toi: Kanata's ex-partner. Though they moved on, Kanata still keeps their friendship through the "No Such Thing As Aces" belief which was passed on from Narumi.
 * Haruka Ozora: Kanata's new partner in volleyball and first cousin.

Etymology

 * Kanata's surname Higa means "ratio" (比) (hi) and "praise, auspicious" (嘉) (ga).





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