Vital stats swiped from the first tankoubon:

Birthday:	August 8
Astrological Sign:	Leo
Grade at start of series:	8th
Blood type:	O
Favorite food:	Ice cream
Least favorite food:	spicy food
Favorite class:	Biology
Least favorite class:	Music
Extracurriculars:	Kendo (Japanese fencing) team
Hobbies:	Playing with Hikari, her dog
Specialties:	Kendo, talking to animals
Favorite color:	Red
Career Hopes:	Seeing-eye dog trainer
Family:	Mother three older brothers (Satoru, Masaru, Kakeru) Father (on training trip)
Magic Element:	Fire

<ChunHyang> So what's Hikaru like?
<Satsuki> Well, let me bring up the character
          profile blurb from the first tankoubon...
          "A good example of a pure, honest, and
          simple girl.  Although she is vertically
          challenged, she can jump very well.  She
          is good at attacks using a sword because
          she has been learning kendo since she was
          a small child."
<ChunHyang> Oh, a swordsman, eh?  I would
            like to spar with her sometime...
<Asuka> I'll vouch for the simple.  She's
        simpler than BakaShinji!
<Rei> This is a RayEarth page, Asuka, don't
      bring Ikari-kun into it.
<Asuka> First wa damattete!
<Tomoyo> Hikaru-san has a fiery personality,
         although she isn't quite up to Asuka's
         level.
<Asuka> WHAT!?
<ChunHyang> And Asuka can't cast fire spells!
<Satsuki> If Asuka casted Blazing Arrow (honoo
          no ya), the whole place will burst into
          flames!
<Shinji> If she could case Scarlet Lightning
         (akai inazuma), it would be enough to fuel
         a positron rifle for a darn long time......
<Rei> that would be useful for us...
<Asuka> ENOUGH!  
<Alice> From my limited association with
        Hikaru-san through rika, I say that she is
        the type that loves everyone for who they
        are, and hates seeing other people hurt.
<Yang> A very self-sacrificial type.  Very
       dangerous to leave alone if emotionally
       unstable.  Wonderful companion if you are
       down. 
<Satsuki> Bright, happy, loyal, kind,
          dedicated to justice.  I would say she's
          got pretty much all of the "typical main
          character" characteristics.  Especially
          because she can be too kind
          at times.
<Asuka> man, she's SHORT!
<Rei> ..... but not as short as Clef....
<ChunHyang> And her energy makes up for it.
<Shinji> She would be a good point guard on
         a basketball team.  Fast, and boy can
         she jump!
<Alice> One problem is that she is a little
        too naive..... don't know much about
        relationships.
<Satsuki> Probably because her three brothers
          are so strict in thinking that the
          boyfriend-to-be must be approved by all
          three AND must start by writing to each
          other through an exchange of diaries.
<ChunHyang> ..... I do agree that she is a
            wee bit TOO naive, though.
<Alice> But being the main character.... in
        the end....
* Satsuki muffles Alice.
<Satsuki> That's a spoiler.  We'll let Asuka
          tell them in the chameleon text below.


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<ChunHyang> What's so special about her?
<Asuka> She's the LAST Pillar
        of Cephiro!
<Rei> Not only that, she was the one
      responsible for the death of the Pillar
      system.  She believed that everyone had
      equal rights to take care of their country,
      and abolished the Pillar system.
<Shinji> She's so strong.... 
<Asuka> you should be strong like her.  Not
        that you ever would be. :P
<Shinji> ....... --#
<Misato> Asuka!  Don't harass Shinji!
<Asuka> I can if I want to!