Haruna

This article is about the crazy announcer girl with a duck bullhorn. For the actress, see Haruna Ikezawa.

Haruna is a human from DreamMix TV World Fighters.

I'm basically Junpei! With a bullhorn! And boobs! In fact, forget Junpei.

Haruna (ハルナ, born November 3, 1987) is the announcer for the World Fighters show and the assistant/co-anchor to Mujoe. Energetic to the point of hyper-activity, she tends to unintentionally beat the stuffing out of Mujoe in her excitement over upcoming matches. Her appearance on World Fighters marks her television debut, and she hopes the position will launch her career and propel her into stardom.

She comments on the in-progress fights using a bullhorn shaped like a duck. God knows why, but she uses it when announcing in the studio, too. Agh.

Games

DreamMix TV World Fighters

Voice actor: Risa Mizuno (Japanese)

As part of DreamMix TV's attempt to pull in more ratings for the television show World Fighters, extraordinary beings from many worlds were recruited to do battle on the show. Haruna was the announcer for these amazing matches, explaining the rules of World Fighters at the start of the broadcast by demonstrating on Mujoe.

At one point during a break between fights, Haruna performed a flying spiral punch that knocked Mujoe to the ground! She then spoke excitedly to the audience about how the previous matches had excited her, leading her to try a more dramatic entrance, then briefly paused to wonder where her co-anchor was. After seeing him crumpled on the floor, she commented warily to herself and continued, saying the next fight would be two-on-one!

After Mujoe recovered, he began speaking to the audience once again, but found that Haruna had disappeared! Just then, a giant disco ball dropped from the ceiling with Haruna hanging from it, who began speaking with the audience herself. Suddenly, the rod on the disco ball broke, sending both the ball and Haruna onto Mujoe, flattening him! With swirly eyes and duckies a-floating around her head, the dizzied Haruna finished the announcement for the next match before falling over backwards.

Once Mujoe recovered again, he began pacing back and forth, concerned that even after the champion had cleared all six stages, their current ratings still weren't high enough to please the sponsors and save World Fighters. This sent Haruna into hysterics, and she began crying! Mujoe attempted to console her, which reminded her that there was still one more fight to be had—something that baffled Mujoe, who thought her opponent count was off. Haruna then revealed that the Hige Hige Gang had prepared a flying saucer for him, and declared that he would be the final opponent! She then kicked Mujoe into the air, landing him upside-down in the pilot's seat of the saucer. He could only pound against the cockpit glass as his "stage" was set up! Haruna then announced Mujoe's entry into battle, and wished him good luck as the saucer rose into the air!

Mujoe lost, of course, and Haruna was not seen again. DreamMix TV World Fighters

The above summary was written by someone who does not speak Japanese, and some fine points may have been lost in translation. (Fair warning.)

Notes

• Unlike everyone else in DreamMix TV World Fighters, Haruna does not hail from any preexisting franchise, having been created specifically for this game.
• There are no personalized character endings for DreamMix TV World Fighters, meaning the interstatials starring Mujoe and Haruna make up the entirety of the game's "plot".
• Technically, Haruna can be heard after the credits finish rolling to give the player their game rank. Presumably this appearance doesn't count in "story" terms.
• Haruna shares a birthdate with her voice actress, Risa Mizuno.