Hana (花）is the Japanese word for flower. Katakana (ハナ), Hiragana (はな)
This project was made as a tribute to Hana Kimura, who first inspired my life-changing journey to learn Japanese. As learning Kana is often the first step in learning Japanese, I thought it would be fitting to name this project in Hana's honour.

Hana was a professional wrestler who crossed over into the mainstream in Japan, before taking her own life on May 23, 2020 after being mercilessly abused online. The situation surrounding the death of Hana represents a much larger problem that we must solve together. The internet and social media should be used as platforms to support eachother, instead of destroying one another. We must choose to be better than that. The social media companies must choose to be better than that.

Hana used the catchphrase, "Minna chigatte, minna ii" (みんなちがって、みんないい) which translates to "Everyone is different, everyone is good." (she preferred "everyone is special" in English.) Please be kind to eachother, and please don't forget Hana. Forever our funky leader, yes sir!

If you are able, please support the "Remember Hana" initiative to help eradicate cyber bullying by visiting rememberhana.com or purchasing one of her t-shirts at Hana Kimura's Pro Wrestling Tees store

"Flowers never pick themselves"