Hana

Hana is one of the three main protagonists of Satoshi Kon's Tokyo Godfathers.

Biography
Hana is a trans woman, and a former drag queen. She was raised by her foster mother "Mother", another drag queen who took her in after she grew up in foster care as an abandoned child. Hana began to work in "Mother's" drag bar as a singer, but she left after attacking a rude customer who called her an "old fart". Sometime afterward, she met with Gin and Miyuki, and they began their living in Tokyo as homeless people.

Appearance
Hana appears to be a tall woman with dark hair (which she keeps in a hair wrap), dark eyes, and fair skin. She often wears a dark high neck dress, with a shirt on top, followed by a long cardigan, and finally, a long yellow shawl. On her lower half she wears dark trousers, leg warmers, and what appears to be boots. She accessorises with earrings, a scarf, red make up, and fingerless gloves. Previously her appearance when working at the bar was that of a tall, fair skinned, blonde woman, who wore a sparkling red, form fitting dress, with heavy dark make up.

Personality
Hana has a caring and motherly personality, especially towards abandoned children. She dreams of being a mother and she believed that Kiyoko (the baby) was a gift from God. She can also be a bit of a drama-queen, often breaking down in tears when a sad subject is brought up, but she also knows when to be serious and she is a very genuine and loving person.

She takes taking care of and supporting Miyuki (a homeless 15 year old girl) seriously, trying to make sure she has access to books to both keep up her education, and show her that she's loved.

Hana has a habit of trying to make others happy, even to the detriment of herself, comparing herself to the blue demon that sacrifices itself to bring the red demon happiness.

She appears to have a love of music and singing, enjoying the nativity songs, and later singing in both English and Japanese to Kiyoko. Hana also appears to have a talent for creating Haiku poetry, creating them on the spot when inspiration strikes her.

History
Hana is a trans woman, stating that god made a mistake by accidentally putting her in a male body. She tells Gin and Miyuki that she was abandoned as an infant, never knowing her mother, and grew up being moved between various institutions and foster homes. At some point, it seems that she met Mother, the owner of a hostess bar where young women, including trans women and drag queens, could work. Mother seems to have become a foster or surrogate parent for Hana, and they seem to have a very close and loving family relationship. Through her work at the bar, Hana seems to have met a gentleman called Ken, and they began a serious committed relationship. After a bar fight where Hana punched a rude patron, she left her job at the bar to avoid causing more trouble for Mother, and moved in with Ken fulltime. At some point, Ken slipped on a bar of soap while bathing, which resulted in his death, which suggests he suffered a serious head trauma. Reeling from grief and feeling that she couldn't return to Mother's bar, Hana became homeless, which is where she met Gin and later Miyuki. Hana's homelessness has had a serious impact on her health, which caused a need for hospitalization. The doctor explains that the major reason Hana's health is failing is from poor nutrition and her strenuous lifestyle out on the streets. Simple illnesses like bronchitis can be fatal to the homeless due to inadequate nutriti on lowering their immune systems, causing symptoms similar to Hana's, such as coughing up blood.

Trivia

 * She likely returned to the bar she used to work under the wing of "Mother"
 * Mother asks Hana whether Ken was a victim of AIDS, this suggests that Hana's relationship with Ken took place in the late 80s-90s.
 * Hana is a common Japanese unisex name meaning flower, often written with the kanji 花 or hiragana はな