Hitoshi Hanamura, also known as Neon, is a minor antagonist of Digimon Data Squad as he only appears in episode 8, The Singer's Secret.
He is voiced by Yuri Lowenthal, who also voiced Sasuke Uchiha.
Biography[]
Hitoshi is a childhood friend of Yoshino Fujieda. He was often ridiculed by his peers for his weight.
Years later, they were reunited when he becomes a well-known pop singer under the alias "Neon Hanamura". He rose to popularity which attracted the attention of DATS, the organization, unknown to him, Yoshino is working for, making Miki and Megumi jealous. Unknown to her, he is secretly using a Digimon named Keramon to manipulate digital information to widen the audience of his music, as well as manipulating statistics for downloads and rankings of his songs.
Marcus tries to reprimand Neon to expose his secret, but Yoshi interferes and tells Marcus off.
Commander Sampson realizes that Neon is actually illegally distributing his songs around the world while Keramon was manipulating him. He sends Marcus and Thomas to investigate, and orders Yoshi to stay out of this. But Yoshi disobeys the commander's orders and sneaks into Neon's house. She and Lalamon were eventually cornered by him and reveals his hidden secret, and Yoshi regrets about trusting him. He introduces Keramon to Yoshino and Laylamon, and they try to arrest Neon for the fraud he is, but were seized by Keramon. Marcus, Agumon, Thomas, and Gaomon then arrive onto the scene. Marcus punches Neon, stating that his career was a lie and nothing but a phony. If that wasn't enough, a photographer took a picture of the witness, exposing his true colors. Enraged that his cover was blown, Neon's anxiety of his crimes being exposed led Keramon digivolving into Chrysalimon.
After Chrysalimon is defeated, Neon witnesses Yoshino erasing a photographer's memory of the events. Realizing that she has to erase his memory as part of DATS policy including the times they shared together, he easily accepts his fate, although he has a regretful look on his face. It is presumed Neon was arrested for his crimes, leaving Yoshi heartbroken.
Neon (despite being arrested) made a cameo appearence in the final episode, A Final Farewell.
Trivia[]
- Neon shares his last name with Yosuke Hanamura from Persona 4. They are both voiced by Yuri Lowenthal.
