Hibiki Ganaha (我那覇響 Ganaha Hibiki) is an idol from 765 Production who is

originally from Okinawa. She was introduced in THE iDOLM@STER SP.

In THE iDOLM@STER SP: Perfect Sun, she was originally a rival idol from 961
Production. Hibiki joined 765 Production as of THE iDOLM@STER 2nd Vision. She has
been available in all the 2nd Vision console games, and the mobile games THE
iDOLM@STER Million Live! and THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! Theater Days.

She is voiced by Manami Numakura (沼倉愛美 Numakura Manami).

Hailing from Okinawa, Hibiki Ganaha is an energetic girl with a deep love for
animals. Hibiki is incredibly confident and optimistic, going as far as to describe
herself as being perfect in her iDOLM@STER 2 character intro. While she often takes
rivalries with other idols seriously, she has a very friendly nature and will often
unconsciously make friends with others as a result. Her high energy level makes her
an exceptional athlete, formerly being the head of her table tennis club in
Okinawa, although she prefers indoors sports as a result of being sensitive to the
heat. In SP, she's been considered the "Dance Master" of 961 Production, which
would continue into 765 Production, where she has the highest Dance stat of all
playable idols in One For All.

Hibiki joined 765 Production following a fight with her brother, which caused her
to cut herself off from her family until she could help finance them by becoming
Top Idol. Her family consists of her mother and her brother, who is described as
being incredibly similar to the Producer. Hibiki's family is incredibly important
to her, which includes the wide variety of animals she raises all by herself (see
below). Being away from her family can often make her homesick, which causes her to
appreciate the connections she has with her pets, her fellow idols, and her
Producer.

While often marketed as a cool, dancing prodigy, she's rather gullible, evidenced
by her willingness to believe President Kuroi's numerous lies at face value of the
course of SP. Additionally, she's easily teased as well, evidenced by her
interactions with other idols, particularly often via skits in radio shows such as
THE IDOLM@STER STATION!!! and THE IDOLM@STER MUSIC ON THE RADIO.

Her Okinawan heritage is extremely important to her and is often represented

through her speech. Hibiki will often use words that confuse those unaware of the
Okinawa dialect, such as greeting others with "Haisai" ("Hello!") and reassuring
others with "Nankurunaisa!" ("Everything will work itself out!"). Hibiki has also
been shown to be great at both housework and cooking meals, with Okinawan dishes
such as chanpuru and somin-tashiya being among some of her specialities. Her
hospitality has been expanded upon in the Puchimasu! manga series, where she'll
occasionally don Kotori Otonashi's clothing and help around the agency.

In THE iDOLM@STER SP, Hibiki has a habit of singing with her eyes closed during
live performances. However, this quirk has not since been brought into later games.
Hibiki dislikes wearing Cute and Girly outfits, which ironically, her attribute in
Cinderella Girls is Cute.
Between THE iDOLM@STER SP and THE iDOLM@STER 2, Hibiki's three sizes shrank. Since
this only happened to her, some fans theorize that Kuroi was lying about her three
sizes.
Hibiki loses her pets almost all the time, thus asking for help from Takane Shijou
and Miki Hoshii to look for them. Other idols help her as well in the anime.
In THE iDOLM@STER SHINY FESTA: Funky Note, it is revealed that she is actually
pretty smart (to Producer's surprise) when she helps the Futami Twins with their
homework.
Hibiki is a crybaby, usually being the only or one of the first to cry in dramatic
and even comedic scenes such as in the movie, or when she loses her pets in the
anime and dramas.
In very early screenshots of THE iDOLM@STER SP, Hibiki had thick eyebrows.
Hibiki often uses the Okinawan greeting "Haisai" (which is generally used by
males), rather than "Haitai".[8]
She shares the same birthday with Noriko Shiina.
The character Isma from the manga series Berserk is said to be inspired by Hibiki,
as stated by its late author Kentaro Miura himself during an episode of NHK’s
MAGNet TV show. [9]