Kikoru Shinomiya

BIRTHDAY

September 7th[1]

GENDER

Female

HEIGHT

157 cm[1]

HAIR COLOR

Blonde

EYE COLOR

Green

OCCUPATION

First Division Officer Third Division Officer (formerly)

Kikoru is a petite and fairly short young girl with long blonde hair that is styled in two ponytails on the sides, decorated with two black bows, big green eyes and she possesses a rather skinny yet athletic physique.[2] Considering her overall appearance and her hairstyle, she resembles her mother Hikari Shinomiya very much.[12]

On duty, Kikoru wears the usual combat suit of the Defense Force along with his usual arsenal.[13] With Numbers Weapon 4 as her new personal weapon, Kikoru dons a light-colored scaly suit with a long skirt. It has both of Izumo Tech's logos (the one for weapons at the end of the skirt and the regular one at the top) and the 004 insignia on the chest.[14]

Her casual attire consists of a long gray dress.[2]

When Kikoru was a child, she had slightly shorter hair with the same hairstyle as today.[15]

Kikoru appears as an arrogant and prideful girl[2] who is very confident in her ability to look down on people and humiliate those she deems inferior without second thought.[5][16] Kikoru is also a very persistent and determined person, working hard to constantly improve herself and becoming stronger and more useful whenever she can. Even towards superior officers, she still manages to show her confidence, although in a much more polite and less arrogant way.

Despite this more evident trait, Kikoru deeply cares about her comrades and does whatever in her power to avoid casualties or injuries whenever she's on the battlefield. She is also a loyal person, showing gratitude towards Kafka Hibino for saving her, and keeping her secret. Even if it's hidden by her pride and unafraid nature, she cares for her allies well-being and goes as far as needed to ensure their safety or simply to support them.

It is revealed that Kikoru used to be very fond of her parents' work as Defense Force members, and this brought her a desire to join the Force herself. However, every since Hikari Shinomiya's death, Kikoru grew a hidden yet large sense of insecurity that brought her to push herself to get stronger and stronger, in order to keep the promise made to her mother. This, in tandem with Isao Shinomiya's extremely high expectations on Kikoru, causes her to constantly feel the need to get stronger to avoid the death of anyone around her. Her relationship with her father and everything regarding her family as a whole seem to make her insecure and hesitant, easily breaking down in despair. This feelings obviously increased ever since Isao's death with her desire to get stronger growing again due to living the same trauma twice. Hidden in Kikoru's subconscious, in fact, lies her obsessive desire of being praised by her parents and granting their approval, fueling her will to become stronger in order to prove to be worthy of their praise.

Kikoru appears to be very polite and professional wh