Hannah Kobayashi’s friends believe that the last texts before the disappearance were fake because they do not contain emojis

Friends of missing Hawaii woman Hannah Kobayashi believe the latest series of text messages family members and friends received from the photographer’s cell phone are suspicious and “didn’t sound like her.”

“I had text messages with her and the ones in these screenshots don’t feel like her,” Ariana Ursua, 30, a Hawaii-based freelancer told The Post. She met Kobayashi in 2017 at the Whole Foods she worked at in Maui.

“All the texts I have with her — they have emojis. She has a very distinct way of messaging,” Ursua said, noting that Kobayashi would typically end messages with heart emojis, stars, butterflies, waves, rainbows and similar.

She also said that Kobayashi, while a “genuine, free spirit”, is not someone who just randomly disappears.

“Personally, I have always felt that I can trust her – she is truly one of the most caring people I know. If it was voluntary (that she disappeared) she would have made it known. She would have known she was texting,” said Ursua, who said she last spoke to her friend on Oct. 17.

“I don’t feel like she’s the one who worries people. She wouldn’t just joke out of nowhere. Usually at parties, she’s the one who makes sure she says goodbye to her friend,” she added.

“She literally texted me about Burning Man 2025 next year. She literally wrote about New York in October when she was due in November. She loved to dream and make those dreams come true.”

Kobayashi flew from Maui to Los Angeles on Nov. 8 and was scheduled to depart on a connecting flight to New York City, where she planned to visit her aunt 42 minutes later.

She and her ex-boyfriend were booked on the same flights but were expected to separate when they arrived in New York, Kobayashi’s sister, Sydni Kobayashi, told CNN last week.

But Kobayashi never made the second flight.

On November 9, Kobayashi was then spotted in a bookstore an hour away from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said the investigation found the missing of her connecting flight was “intentional.” It was reported by The Sun.

On November 10, a YouTube video surfaced showing Kobayashi at the LeBron XXII Trial event at the Nike store at The Grove in Los Angeles. Kobayashi shared a photo of the event on his Instagram.

On November 11, Kobayashi texted her mother saying she had not arrived in New York. Text messages from November 11 sent from her phone to friends and family have also surfaced.

“Deep Hackers deleted my identity, stole all my money and have been on my mind since Friday,” said a text message to a friend.

Another said: “I was tricked pretty much into giving away all my money…for someone I thought I loved.”

Another read: “I’m just really scared of the love and the redwoods if they call me and I know I’m meant to be there I’m guided there like you have done before… I risking my freedom if it goes wrong for me she.”

She also sent her aunt in New York, Pidgeon, a text that said, “I just finished a very intense spiritual awakening,” Pidgeon said.

The ex-boyfriend, who has not been officially named, reportedly made it to New York.

Kobayashi’s former roommate, Allisa Peterson, 29, who lived with her for three months in 2022 in Maui, also told The Post that she is suspicious of the text messages.

“What was most concerning was the use of the word ‘she.’ October 5.

Since Hannah was last heard from on November 11, the internet has speculated about her whereabouts, with some claiming she was brainwashed by a cult or blackmailed by African hackers.

Her father, Ryan Kobayashi, 58, died of an apparent suicide on Sunday, November 24, six days after his daughter was reported missing. Los Angeles County coroners confirmed Monday that he jumped from an LAX parking garage while searching for his missing daughter.

“It feels really weird how cryptic (the messages are) considering how not cryptic Hannah is. At least the Hannah I know,” Ursua said. “I’m praying she’s still alive.”