Ichika's childhood was one fraught with feeling as if she were different than the other boys in her year. Her parents insisting on calling her 'boyish' and ignoring her choices when she would choose more colorful accessories only exacerbated this fact. Eventually, she realized that she was transgender, keeping this as a secret from her parents and most other students that she interacted with - only coming out to people that she knew she could trust, such as Hana and, eventually, the other High School Heroes.