Midori Morimoto

Overview

“

Muromachi, playtime is over. Let's do it.

”

— Midori Morimoto in "HIP 81: ULTIMATE TEAMWORK!!!!"

Midori Morimoto
Anime Manga
Biographical Info
Kanji	森本緑
Romaji	Morimoto Midori
Alias	Cool Beauty
Gender	Female
Professional Info
Occupation	Student (Formerly) Keijo Player
Rank	A-Rank
Abilities
Fighting Style	Infighter
Main Ability	Butt Hardening
Media Info
Manga Debut	Chapter 78
Anime Debut	Episode 8
Voiced by	Juri Kimura (Japanese) Lara Woodhull (English)

Midori Morimoto (森本緑, Morimoto Midori) was a student at Suruga Keijo Training School. She was ranked seventh in Suruga.

Upon graduating from Suruga, Midori officially becomes a Keijo player. Sometime later, she is able to advance to the A-Rank.

Appearance[]

Midori is a tall young woman. She has wavy, long mint green hair with yellow-brownish eyes.

Personality[]

Midori is calm and composed. She cares about her comrades, as seen when she advises Hikari. She shows sportsmanship since she is willing to congratulate Setouchi over their victory.

Plot[]

The East-West War Arc[]

She went to Shimizu Keijo Stadium to participate in a yearly event held by Suruga and their rival, Setouchi Keijo Training School, known as the "East-West War" to prove which one is better between the two. On the day of the race, Suruga lost the first match, but they won the second match. Thus the outcome would depend on the third match. She entered the match along with her teammates, consisting of Tae Yokosugi, Hikari Muromachi, and Maya Sakashiro. While Setouchi's third group was represented by Rin Rokudo, Saya Kogatana, Hanabi Kawai, and Nozomi Kaminashi.

Midori blocks Rin protects Hikari — Midori blocking Rin.

Before the match started, she told Maya that she didn't think their participation would be needed. While gazing upon Setouchi's students, she claimed to be Suruga's best, and stated that Setouchi would definitely lose. As the match started, Rin tried to attack Hikari, but Midori protected her by blocking Rin's attack. She told Hikari to keep focus.^[1]

A short time later, Midori engaged in a fight with Rin. Hikari then performed her trick, blinding Hanabi and Rin, while both of them vanished. Hikari and Midori suddenly ambushed Hanabi and Rin from behind.^[2] However, Hanabi and Rin immediately bounced back and countered them. Hanabi then managed to figure out that Hikari was just reflecting the sunlight to blind them. Despite this, by teaming up with Midori, they still managed to corner Setouchi.

Midori tells Hikari to stop playing around — Midori telling Hikari to stop playing around.

As Rin decided to handle Hikari, Hanabi attacked Midori. Rin then managed to remove the oil on Hikari's chest, thus Hikari could no longer use her trick. Midori approached and told Hikari to stop playing around. Hikari and Midori then performed their collaboration technique, "Hipp Train". By inserting herself inside Midori's swimsuit, they claimed that they were no longer two separated players, since they have been fused.

Hikari&Midori Fusion — Midori and Hikari fused.

Hikari and Midori began attacking Rin, and managed to corner her. They stated that their damage has increased. But soon, Hanabi came to help Rin, blocking Hikari and Midori. Despite this, Hanabi was barely able to hold them. However, Yokosugi was suddenly sent flying, bumping into Hikari and Midori. Surprised, Hikari got confused. But soon, Saya Kogatana introduced herself as the one who did it. Not impressed by Saya's introduction, Hikari splitted herself from Midori, asking Midori to handle Hanabi and Rin.

Kusakai teases Midori — Mio teasing Midori.

Hikari tried to get rid of Saya, but Hikari was defeated instead. Surprised, Midori showed her concern towards Hikari. However, as she was caught off guard, Hanabi and Rin assaulted her, defeating Midori.^[3] Later, Yokosugi was also defeated. Maya continued the final match. However, Maya was ultimately defeated by Nozomi, thus Suruga lost the eleventh East-West War competition.^[4] Later that night at the feast, Hikari and Midori approached Nozomi, congratulating her. Hikari then asked about Setouchi's training methods. But soon, Hanabi interrupted her, asking Hikari to introduce her to Suruga's male students. Midori stated that they couldn't do that. However, Mio Kusakai suddenly approached her, teasing Midori. Mio asked Midori to tell her name.^[5]

Abilities[]

Midori's butt.
Midori and Hikari perform "Hipp Train".

Midori was ranked seventh in Suruga. She is an Infighter who has the advantage to face off against the Outfighters.

Butt Hardening: She can somehow harden her butt. It's strong enough to block Rin Rokudo's attack.

Hipp Train (ヒップップ・トレイン, Hippuppu Torein): Midori and Hikari Muromachi are able to perform a fusion technique together. Hikari inserts herself inside Midori's swimsuit to combine their power. As such, they claim that they are no longer separate players, but one player who is able to perform Suruga's best chest and butt techniques. Their damage also increases twice.

Anime & Manga Differences[]

Episode 8[]

She is involved in a commotion with Setouchi's students. Whereas in the manga, she is not involved.

Episode 11[]

While heading to the Land, when the commentator calls out her name, she is nicknamed as the Cool Beauty (クールビューティー, Kūru Byūtī).

Quotes[]

(To Hikari Muromachi) "Muromachi, playtime is over. Let's do it."^[6]

Races & Events[]

Events[]

Events participated:

Races[]

This includes official races, unofficial races, and trial matches:

Midori Morimoto and Hikari Muromachi vs. Hanabi Kawai and Rin Rokudo (Stalemate, Interrupted)
Midori Morimoto vs. Hanabi Kawai and Rin Rokudo (Loss)
Midori Morimoto vs. Fuyuyu Tsurugi (Loss)

Trivia[]

Her name literally means "green forest".

References[]

↑ Chapter 78, pages 6-15
↑ Chapter 79, pages 15-18
↑ Chapter 82, pages 1-4
↑ Chapter 86, pages 1-15
↑ Chapter 87, pages 6-10
↑ Chapter 81, page 5

Navigation[]

[1] Chapter 78, pages 6-15

[2] Chapter 79, pages 15-18

[3] Chapter 82, pages 1-4

[4] Chapter 86, pages 1-15

[5] Chapter 87, pages 6-10

[6] Chapter 81, page 5

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Keijo Players
Chubu
Niigata Branch	Shiho Aikawa (A-Rank)
Chugoku
Hiroshima Branch	Kazane Aoba (A-Rank) • Kotone Fujisaki (A-Rank) • Suzuho Kato (S-Rank)
Tottori Branch	Yamato Ishikawa
Kansai
Hyougo Branch	Sumire Sakuragi (A-Rank) • Ai Shinonome (A-Rank) • Suika Akamatsu (A-Rank) • Nozomi Kaminashi (A-Rank) • Sayaka Miyata (A-Rank) • Rin Rokudo (A-Rank) • Yuko Oshima (C-Rank) • Shizuka Matsuoka (B-Rank)
Kyoto Branch	Kyoko Shirayuki (A-Rank) • Miyo Harada (A-Rank) • Inoue (A-Rank) • Hanabi Kawai (A-Rank) • Saya Kogatana (A-Rank) • Atsuko Yoshida (A-Rank)
Nara Branch	Usagi Tsukishita (A-Rank)
Kanto
Chiba Branch	Jin Mutou (B-Rank) • Meiko Ginya (A-Rank)
Funabashi Branch	Rio Kosugi (B-Rank) • Kigawa • Aota • Mitsuko Hoshi • Yoshinaga • Kogure
Ibaraki Branch	Hikaru Hoshide (S-Rank)
Saitama Branch	Mizuho Ogane (A-Rank) • Naki Kujaku (S-Rank)
Tokyo Branch	Fuyuyu Tsurugi (Prize Queen) • Kukuru Kashiwaba (S-Rank) • Yui Hikage (A-Rank) • Mami Kiriwatari (A-Rank) • Itou (A-Rank) • Ishii (A-Rank) • Mimori (A-Rank)
Kyushu
Fukuoka Branch	Tajima (A-Rank)
Kagoshima Branch	Non Toyoguchi (A-Rank)
Tohoku
Aomori Branch	Kaoru Oshiri (A-Rank)
Others
Branch Unknown	Akari Fuyuzora (A-Rank) • Ami Tokishita (A-Rank) • Ayase Kurogiri (A-Rank) • Haruka Edogawa • Hayashi (A-Rank) • Hikari Muromachi (A-Rank) • Hikaru Nakamura • Kaho Fuyuzora (A-Rank) • Kanaeda (A-Rank) • Kitagawa • Kuriyama (A-Rank) • Kuriyama (A-Rank) • Mari Murata (B-Rank) • Mashita (A-Rank) • Maya Sakashiro/Kaya Sakashiro (A-Rank) • Maya Takanashi • Megumi Natsume (A-Rank) • Mei Furui • Midori Morimoto (A-Rank) • Minamiyama (A-Rank) • Mio Kusakai (A-Rank) • Misaki Umibe (A-Rank) • Mitsui • Miwa (A-Rank) • Miyashita (A-Rank) • Nae Sawaki (A-Rank) • Nami Nanase (A-Rank) • Namiki Morishita (A-Rank) • Noguchi • Noguchi (A-Rank) • Okada • Omoe Kanou • Rei Mizushima • (A-Rank) • Sae Kamimura • Sakaguchi • Sanae Hououin (A-Rank) • Sugita (A-Rank) • Takeuchi • Tamaki Matsui (A-Rank) • Yamawaki • Youko Yamamoto
Five Butts	Fuyuyu Tsurugi (Prize Queen) • Ikumi Yuzuki (S-Rank) • Misaki Rindou (S-Rank) • Naki Kujaku (S-Rank) • Hikaru Hoshide (S-Rank)
Former Keijo Players
Prize Queen	Nagisa Ujibe • Reiko Fujisaki
S-Rank	Miku Kobayakawa • Riko Ichikawa • Sanae Kirieda
A-Rank	Hitomi Hokuto • Tsubasa Furukawa
Rank Unknown	Ayako Sakashiro • Minamino

Suruga Keijo Training School
Notable Staff	Ayako Sakashiro
Alumni
Notable Alumni	Kaya Sakashiro (Rank 1) • Maya Sakashiro (Rank 2) • Sanae Hououin (Rank 3) • Hikari Muromachi (Rank 4) • Ayase Kurogiri (Rank 5) • Nami Nanase (Rank 6) • Midori Morimoto (Rank 7) • Mai Itoeda (Rank 8) • Kei Higuchi (Rank 9) • Akari Fuyuzora (Rank 10) • Kaho Fuyuzora (Rank 11) • Saki Hanayama (Rank 12) • Tae Yokosugi (Rank 13)