Hinano Kurahashi

Hinano Kurahashi is a student in Korosensei's Class 3-E in Kunugigaoka Junior High School.

Appearance
Kurahashi has short, wavy orange hair and olive-brown eyes (peridot green in the anime). She has a more petite frame than most of the girls in Class 3-E.

Personality
Kurahashi's personality is best described as "yurufuwa" (a person who is warm, gentle, and relaxing). She is an energetic and positive girl and is always seen with a smile on face regardless of whether she's trying to assassinate Korosensei, or whatever else. She's an animal and nature lover as shown in Chapter 56. She was also noted to be a "reliable assistant" for the group of boys who are on the path to becoming "sleazebags." This stems from the fact that she has older siblings who are all boys and as a result can handle even the sleaziest talk. She is a very soothing and calming person and is described as being innocent and genuine.

Etymology
Kurahashi (倉橋): Kura (倉) means "warehouse" and Hashi (橋) means "bridge." Her surname is also the name of one of the 47 ronin of feudal Japan.

Hinano (陽菜乃): Hi (陽) means "sun" which may be a reference to her cheerful personality, Na (菜) means "vegetable" and No (乃) refers to the Japanese possessive particle "no" (の).

Plot
Like the majority of Class 3-E, Kurahashi debuted in Chapter 1; however, she wasn't properly introduced until Chapter 56. In Chapter 56, she revealed to be good at biology as she held knowledge on what types of beetles would be in more demand and which ones wouldn't.

Abilities
Knifework: She is 3rd best ranked student in knifework along with Rinka Hayami on the girls side.

Biology: Kurahashi has extensive knowledge in Biology as noted by Nagisa and has even been shown to be able to interact with dolphins during the Summer Vacation arc.

Irina Jelavić
Along with Yada, she's one of Irina's favorite students. They are the only the students who know about Irina's past and true personality.

Tōka Yada
They are often seen together, and seem to be close friends.

Taiga Okajima
Kurahashi and Okajima share a prominent introduction in Chapter 56 and were paired together during Korosensei's "Nuru-nuru Assassination Test of Courage.

Tadaomi Karasuma
They are commonly shown together, and she's the student who attempts to interact with him the most. She has a crush on him.

Quotes

 * To (Maehara Hiroto) "Girls are the one that are expensive these days."
 * "Lately, the deep mountain stag beetles is usually the expensive one because they're still hard to breed."

Trivia

 * Her best subject is Biology, and her worst is Mathematics.
 * Her future goal is to become a zoologist.
 * Her hobbies are raising pets and collecting insects.
 * Her favorite kind of guy is "the one who can catch any kind of wild beast." The character book clarifies that by that she meant Karasuma, and that all of the students of the class are aware of her feelings for him.
 * She was called "Flouncy Stag Beetle" (ゆるふわ クワガタ) in chapter 91 while class 3-E training in using code names. The one who wrote her codename was Maehara.
 * In the "Girls you're interested in" ranking made by the boys in Chapter 19, she was ranked 3rd, with her appearance listed as her best point. In the anime, the comment next to her vote tally said "Calming; strikes charming poses".
 * In the art rankings of Volume 5, she was placed 1st among the female students. Korosensei comments she has an acute color sense, along with great skill for making handicrafts.
 * In the popularity poll of Volume 12, she was the highest ranked female student, at 8th place.
 * The character book reveals that, since she grew up surrounded by her brothers, she's used to how guys behave and as a result she has no fanciful thoughts about them.
 * Her past club before joining Class E was the Biology club.
 * Her favorite food is a Blueberry Yogurt Parfait.
 * Her most treasured possession is a complete collection of biology books.
 * In the tankobon extra, her statistics were listed as:
 * Physical strength: 2
 * Mobility: 3
 * Close-range assassination: 3.5
 * Long-range assassination: 2
 * Academic ability: 3
 * Characteristic skill: 4.5 (Lifeform knowledge)