Minoru Hinata

Minoru Hinata (ミノル) is a main character in Digimon Survive.

Appearance
Minoru is a teenage boy with fair skin, brown eyes, and spiky brown hair. He wears a turtlenecked orange jacket with long sleeves and black stripes on the neck. The jacket's sleeves also have a red circle print on it, and a black vertical stripe, which also makes a border around the circle. He also wears grey shorts, black leggings, and black sneakers with green soles.

Description
Minoru is Takuma Momozuka's close friend and classmate. He is a stable person that hates getting in arguments. Minoru is talkative, can get along with anyone, is very optimistic and tells a lot of jokes. Minoru's friendliness keeps the group together; however, Minoru is very careless, which often gets him into trouble. Minoru wants to become a brave and powerful hero, like Falcomon.

Etymologies
Name used on the Japanese Digimon Survive official website and the February 27, 2022 Digimon Survive trailer.
 * Minoru Hinata ( ミノル)
 * Ja: Hinata (日向). A Japanese surname that means "sunny place" or "in the sun".
 * Ja: Minoru (ミノル). A Japanese gender-neutral name.


 * Minoru Hyuga ( ミノル)

Name used in , October 2018 issue and used in some English promotional material.
 * Ja: Hyuga (日向). May be from the (日向夏), in reference to his orange jacket.
 * Ja: Minoru (ミノル). A Japanese gender-neutral name.