Cathy Iwakura

Cathy Iwakura (岩倉 キャシー) is one of the main heroines and protagonists of the light novel series Kindred Hearts. She's also known by her full name, Catherine L. Iwakura (岩倉・L・キャサリン).
== Appearance ==
Cathy is a raven-haired teenage Esper with a well-endowed appearance. Her casual outfit consists of a dark turquoise long-sleeve shirt paired with a dark gray pleated miniskirt, a pair of white socks and brown loafers. During the events of Darwin's Game, Cathy wore a yellow T-shirt and a pair of denim shorts similar to Rachel's. Her pupils turns from black to light cyan when she uses her Sigil. On her hair is a hairpin decorated with a primrose jasmine. Thanks to her Sigil, the flower stayed alive, even during hot days.
== Personality ==
Cathy is a taciturn and calm girl. She rarely expresses herself, and she mostly spends her time alone, even with her friends. Despite being a cold-hearted person, Cathy is pretty sociable. She can be a little klutz sometimes. However, Cathy has a bad temper, especially when someone tries to molest her by grabbing her large breasts or thighs. She won't hesitate to kick her attacker in the crotch, regardless of gender.
== Abilities: ==
* Liquid Touch: A hydrokinetic Sigil which enables Cathy to generate and control water. She can also turn herself into liquid and permeate through porous surfaces. She can use her Sigil to perform sneak attacks and silent kills. Unlike Rachel and Nicole, Cathy's Sigil doesn't come with EX Skills, but she can amplify her Sigil using her mental strength.
* Ninja reflexes: Cathy is pretty quick and nimble when it comes to movement, since her father taught her ninjutsu skills when she was still 10 years old. She's able to sneak through guards and take out multiple enemies silently with throwing knives, as well as engaging enemies with hand-to-hand combat.
* Equipment: Coupled with her ninjutsu skills, Cathy is armed with a pack of throwing knives. When used in conjunction with her Sigil, Cathy is able to kill multiple enemies without being spotted.
== Gallery ==
CathyDGame.PNG|Cathy's appearance in Darwin's Game, after being frozen by Sui
== Trivia: ==
*Cathy was inspired by Minami Azuma from Tokyo ESP, Marie from Persona 4, Ruiko Saten from To aru Kagaku no Railgun and Yomi Takanashi from Black Rock Shooter. She was designed to be the cool and emotionless type with a rather dark background, as well as a water-based Esper to balance with Rachel's electric Sigil. Originally, Cathy was going to have blank gray pupils, but it was changed since it was too creepy. Her Sigil is based of Kinuho Wannai from To aru Kagaku no Railgun, with minor alterations.
*Her name may be inspired by Lain Iwakura from Serial Experiments Lain. Both Lain and Cathy are short-haired girls with lack of emotion. Her appearance slighty resembles Himeko Inaba from Kokoro Connect, Xingcai from Dynasty Warriors and Veronica Sawyer from Heathers.
*Cathy is an Asian-American. She was born from a Japanese-Chinese mother and an American father. Her family had a shrine, where Cathy used to work as a shrine maiden. She was banished by her parents because they thought that she was possessed by a youkai, and they were very religious. It is unknown what does the L in her middle name stands for, but it is speculated to be Lee.
*Like Rachel and Nicole, Cathy has a different voice actor in Darwin's Game. She was voiced by Hazuki Ogino in the anime, who voiced various anime characters such as Satori Kobayashi from To aru Kagaku no Railgun and Rozéal from Tower of God. She also lacks her iconic jasmine hairpin in the anime.
*During the events of Darwin's Game, she was saved by the same Esper who saved Nicole and Chiaki. She was lying on the concrete floor, frozen by Sui. Surprisingly, she was still alive and well, although Cathy caught a flu when she was on her way back to Sunshine City. She reunited with Rachel and Nicole eventually, and continued life as normal.
*Cathy has the largest breasts amongst all female characters in Esper Chronicles.
*Her favorite activities includes swimming, attending tea ceremonies, making Japanese sweets/wagashi and gardening. Like Rachel and Nicole, Cathy is a good singer too, since both of her voice actresses (Sachika Misawa and Cristina Vee) are singers. She's also good at speaking Chinese, since her mom taught her a lot back when she was still a kid.
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