Houki is a first year student at the IS academy and has been friends with Ichika since they were kids though they have not seen each other for six years. She has a very long ponytail. Her place of resident is home to a kendo dojo and she has been interested in kendo since she was young. Houki even competes in kendo competitions at a national level and was the winner of the national tournament that was hosted one year before the story of Infinite Stratos began. She is part of the kendo club at the IS academy. Houki harbors feelings for Ichika. She pilots the Aka Tsubaki IS.   History: Prior to the start of the main series, she was a childhood friend of Ichika. Her place of residence is home to a kendo dojo and she has been interested in kendo since she was young. Houki even competes in kendo competitions at a national level and was the winner of the national tournament that was hosted one year before the story of Infinite Stratos began. Her older sister Tabane is the creator of the IS yet Houki hates her because six years ago, Ichika agreed to become her boyfriend if she could win the national kendo tournament of their grade. However, the day of the tournament was also the day the IS were introduced to the world. Because of their links to Tabane, Houki's family was placed under government protection and Houki was forced to withdraw from the kendo tournament. Since that incident, Houki has hated her sister for moving her away from the boy she loves and abandoning their family. 

Japan engineered an armed powered exoskeleton "Infinite Stratos" (IS) and it became the mainstream of weapons. Since only women can operate IS, women dominate the society over men. Orimura Ichika is a 15 year old boy and accidentally touches an IS placed in the IS pilot training school. He is found to be the only man who can operate IS and forced to enter the training school. Ichika's busy school life surrounded by girls has begun.

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An American voice actress, ADR director, and script writer affiliated with Funimation and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks.

Monica's father is from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, and when she was young, her family would often visit there. She would translate for her younger brother some of the European Spanish-dubbed cartoons which included anime like Doraemon and Dragon Ball Z, often imitating the various characters. Monica studied ballet, tap, and jazz, but transitioned to musical theater when was 12. She studied acting through high school as well as college at the University of Houston. She's cited voice actor inspirations from The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Beavis and Butt-head. She was working on a theater show with Jason Douglas, who suggested she audition for ADV Films. Her first voice-over role was a walla in the 1999 dub of Martian Successor Nadesico.

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__Height:__ 157 cm 

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Co-hosted the popular weekly radio show Odoroki Sentai Momonoki Five (おどろき戦隊モモノキファイブ) with fellow seiyuu [Eriko Nakamura](https://anilist.co/staff/103983) from 2009 to 2017.
She got married to a person from outside the industry in 2015.
On September 5, 2024, she announced that she was starting her own voice talent agency, [i.nari](https://inari-inc.com/), which would also be representing her going forward.

__Non-anime roles:__
- Neve - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Red Hood - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Celia - Tevi (VG)
- Emilie - Genshin Impact (VG)
- Judith Lanster - The Legend of Heroes Series (VG)
- Brigitta Lycaon - Metaphor: ReFantazio (VG)
- Vita - Honkai Impact 3rd (VG)
- Saeki Kazuko - YanOta: The Delinquent and the Otaku (Drama CD)
- Evelyn Chevalier - Zenless Zone Zero (VG)

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On a hot day of summer vacation, Charlotte's plan to spend time alone with Ichika at his house is somewhat ruined when Cecilia gets the same idea, later followed by Houki, Lingyin and Laura. The next day, Houki helps out at a summer festival being held at her family's shrine and is surprised when Ichika shows up. 

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A program called "World Purge" sends illusions to all the girls about their ideal fantasies.

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An extended version of the second season's first episode, which is under the same title.

Picture drama included on the BDs for Infinite Stratos 2.

Japan engineered an armed powered exoskeleton "Infinite Stratos" (IS) and it became the mainstream of weapons. Since only women can operate IS, women dominate the society over men. Orimura Ichika is a 15 year old boy and accidentally touches an IS placed in the IS pilot training school. He is found to be the only man who can operate IS and forced to enter the training school. Ichika's busy school life surrounded by girls has begun.
 
Note: The light novel stopped publishing on 2011 and resumed its publication a year later under a new label, Overlap Bunko. Due to this, the light novel changed illustrators, with CHOCO being the new illustrator of the series.

In the near future, Japan creates an armored suit called Infinite Stratos, IS for short, for outer space usage but was later used as a military weapon until it was finally incorporated as a new sport. The one drawback to the IS is that it can only be piloted by a female, or so people thought, until Orimura Ichika came along. As the younger brother of the famous pilot, Orimura Chihuyu, who represented the nation of Japan and went undefeated her whole professional career, Ichika is the only male in the entire world who can pilot an IS. He was accepted into the IS Academy where all the students are female except for him and he has to train to become a pilot. He is surprised to see that his teacher is none other than his sister Chihiyu and is almost annoyed by all the attention he is getting as the only guy on campus. Almost every girl around him is fighting against each other to gain Ichika’s heart and with all the flirting going around, he barely has time to master using his IS. 
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A 4-koma manga based on Yumizuru, Izuru's Infinite Stratos.

An anthology comic of Infinite Stratos by various mangaka.

An anthology comic of Infinite Stratos by various mangaka. 
#Cover illustration: Nakayama Miyuki 
#Color illustrations: Tachibana Yuu, Yoshikazu Miwa, Tsurusaki Takahiro, Takuan. (たくあん。) 
1. Sono Kyoukai no Ue ni Tachi (Thin Red Line) - In the Night (その境界の上に立ち〈シン・レッド・ライン〉 -In the Night) [Asakawa Keiji] 
2. Maigo Neko (まいごねこ, Lost Cat) [Shinozuka Atsuto] 
3. Best Wars. (ビーストウォーズ。) [BLADE] 
4. Mucha suru ne! Chifuyu-nee! Himeta Omoi (無茶するね! 千冬姉! ～秘めた想い～, That's Unbelicable! Chifuyu-nee! Secret Feelings) [Kazahana Chiruwo] 
5. Toaru Nichijou no Ryouri Taiketsu (とある日常の料理対決, A Certain Ordinary Cook-off) [Ishigami Kazui] 
6. Laura to Ichika to Chifuyu-nee (ラウラと一夏と千冬姉) [Kon Takuto] 
7. Fukuramu♥Omoi (ふくらむ♥おもい) [Yamaki Rin] 
8. Kore ga ICHIKA Quality. (これが ICHIKA クオリティ。, This is Ichika Quality) [Higata Akatsuki] (陽方暁) 
9. Goetsu Doushuu (ごえつどうしゅう, Having To Share With Rivals) [Benjamin (Kuromasa Shisei)] 
10. CECILIA♥CECILIA [Yoshijima Ataru] (よしじまあたる) 
11. English [Akahoshi Kenji]

Houki Shinonono