Hibari (ひばり) is a well-known fashion designer that was first featured in River City Girls. She is creepy, full of herself, and will require a specific payment from her customers for any of her fashion work.
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River City Girls[]
Acting on a lead obtained from Yōko, Kyōko and Misako head to Hibari's establishment in Uptown to speak with her directly, since one of Kunio and Riki's abductors was wearing a custom jacket made by the said designer. Unfortunately, none of the employees inside answered them on the designer's whereabouts. They had no choice but to leave. The two run into Kazumi Hasebe and Mami Shimada outside waiting their turn to request a custom-made outfit. According to them, an appointment with Hibari required an expensive golden offering, which neither Kyōko nor Misako could afford.
The duo make their way to Skullmageddon's pawnshop afterward and get an imitation golden cat statue for the paltry sum of ten dollars. Despite looking all beat-up and not made of real gold, this proves sufficient. They are able to confront Hibari, who vehemently denies any and all connection to the kidnapping of their boyfriends and a fight ensues. Upon being defeated, Hibari brings up the possibility that people who get abducted usually end up in the Downtown Slums. She opens up a secret passageway for them to use to get there fast.
River City Girls 2[]
Hibari is first mentioned by Sabuko in Ocean Heights as the person the protagonists should meet for disguises to get inside of Primo's restaurant.
She first appears at the shipyard with her men loading up crates onto a boat, though upon seeing the protagonists she appears annoyed and demands that they be killed. With her men defeated, Hibari is annoyed at the fact that there's nobody left to load her crates onto the boat. The protagonists ask her for a favor, though Hibari appears insulted and only agrees to do what the group wants only if they load the crates onto the boat for her. Hibari claims that they won't be able to get much work done looking so scrawny and tells them to come back when they're stronger.
Upon the protagonists returning from their workout with Kōichi Shimizu, the boat is already seen leaving as Hibari got tired of waiting. The protagonists convince Hibari to make them masks of Blaire and Tsuiko by loading more crates onto the boat while it was moving. From this point on, Hibari appears as an assist that can be hired.
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Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun Gaiden River City Girls[]
Hibari was to be played by Arisa Tsuruno, though the play would be cancelled due to one of the cast members testing positive for COVID.[1]
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