Niki Shiina/History

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==Early Years==
Niki was born in Japan with both parents and no siblings. His father was a professional chef with his own cooking show. Niki was taught to cook by his father from a very young age. Niki's father also had a cooking show that Niki starred in as well when he was young. According to Niki, the show wasn't very popular and he was surprised that Tetora was able to recognize him from the show many years later. Niki has a condition that makes it difficult for his body to absorb nutrients, which causes him to become very hungry very quickly, and he needs to eat frequently if not constantly because of this. It is implied that he was born with this condition, although not confirmed as it is only briefly mentioned in some stories. He has expressed that he never feels full once he stops eating, and throughout different stories when he is very hungry there have been either physical or emotional consequences (passing out, becoming short tempered, biting Hiiro, etc.)
At an undefined age but before Niki was 14, his father became involved in some sort of scandal. The details of said scandal have not been confirmed, but it was bad enough to end his father's career as a TV chef. According to Eichi, the rumor was that he "did something to meat", but his explanation ended there as he deemed it unfit for children's ears. After losing his cooking show and credibility, Niki's father no longer felt comfortable living in Japan. When he decided to leave the country and instead live abroad in search of new ingredients and flavors, his wife wanted to stick by him and followed her husband. 
Niki, at the time, told his parents that he did not want to leave Japan. His reasoning was that he still had school, and all his friends there. While this is most likely true, internally Niki also did not want to learn how to live in a new country. He was not interested in adapting to a new way of life, culture, and language while also learning how to find food when he was already struggling in the country he was raised in. Because of this, his parents agreed to let him stay in Japan when they left. After this, Niki's only contact with his parents has been via phone-calls, letters, and occasional care-packages sent to him in the mail. It is unclear as to how frequently he had communicated with them, along with whether he speaks to them at all now. 
When Niki was 14 years old, he met Rinne Amagi. He was walking home, very hungry, worrying about what he would be able to eat for the next few days, and wondering if he was going to die of starvation before he could figure it out. While walking, he noticed an older boy on a bench who appeared to be unwell. Niki initially considered leaving him where he was, because he was already trying to keep himself alive, but his conscience wouldn't let him. He specifically felt as though he wouldn't be able to enjoy his food if he didn't try to help, and considered the possibility of being rewarded by this stranger as well. Although the stranger was initially responsive when Niki began speaking to him, he suddenly collapsed. 
Niki, upon seeing this, immediately thought that this stranger had died in front of him, and that the police would think he murdered him and take him to jail. Somehow Niki was able to bring him to his house, which was his attempt at hiding the body. We can safely assume that at one point Niki realized he was not dead, and just fainted. Because he himself faints if he doesn't have adequate nutrition, Niki cooked nikujaga with whatever he had in the house. When the stranger wakes up, they exchange names and he learns that the stranger is Rinne Amagi, a 17 year old who ran away from home. Niki feeds Rinne, and is grateful to be complimented for his cooking skills. With all the excitement of the situation leading up to him feeding the starving Rinne, he forgot about how hungry he had been on his way home. He passed out in front of Rinne this time, after saying this must be a fitting death for him since his father caused problems for other people.
Despite what Niki thought, he did not die, and instead opened his eyes to see various produce and ingredients laid out in front of him. Without thinking, he immediately started eating to appease his hunger. When he came to his senses, and asked Rinne where it all came from, Rinne said that he stole it. Because of that, Niki thought he was now an accomplice by eating the 'stolen' food, and was afraid that if Rinne were to be arrested he would tell the police about Niki's involvement. In reality, Rinne had begged Niki's neighbors, but after having just left his village where he was meant to be a monarch he believed that to have been theft. Even if the food had really been stolen, or on the extreme chance that a stranger dropped dead in front of me, none of the scenarios he feared so deeply would have come true, but he was young and scared of the law. 
Niki, thinking he was an accomplice to a crime, and Rinne, feeling a strong sense of duty for repaying this stranger's kindness to him, have not parted ways since. From that moment forward, Niki was no longer alone, and instead lived with Rinne. The two of them now searched for food and navigated the world together despite how young they both were. Despite being the younger one, Niki taught Rinne about many things that were completely knew to him. It can be assumed that despite their initial reasoning for sticking together, eventually Niki enjoyed not being alone anymore, while Rinne wanted to protect the person who saved his life.
After graduating from middle school (typically happens at age 14 or sometimes 15 in Japan), Niki chose to work instead of going to high school. Specifically, although having worked multiple part time jobs between that time and the current era, all his jobs involved food in one way or another. Because Niki wanted to become a chef, he decided that training his cooking skills was more important than going to high school would be. During this time, Rinne had frequently expressed his dream of becoming an idol, often asking Niki about them and watching videos together. Niki, who only knew about cooking up until that point, began researching together with Rinne. Eventually, a frequent customer at one of his part time jobs mentioned working as an executive for Cosmic Productions, to which Niki immediately began asking him if he could introduce Rinne to him. Eventually, this customer helped both Rinne and Niki enter the agency as their first step to becoming idols. 
Although Niki initially did not plan to do anything other than cooking, he wanted to help Rinne and became an idol together with him. Eventually they debuted together as a duo, with Rinne as the leader. Some time after, Niki's father argued with him about how he shouldn't be an idol. It is likely that the scandal his father was ruined by was because of rumors started by the idol industry, and he didn't want his son to go through the same thing. Being an idol was never important to Niki from the very beginning, and because Rinne was already working as an idol and successfully establishing a fanbase after the debut, Niki felt like he would be fine from that point on without him. This was the last time Niki worked as an idol until the establishment and debut of Crazy:b. Despite no longer being in a duo unit, Rinne and Niki still continued to live together and look after one another, Niki himself even mentioning that Rinne gave out the address to Niki's apartment for fanmail, and didn't even change it when he became a solo artist after Niki left.
==Enstars!==
Information about what the character did during the Enstars! year. 
==Enstars!! Year 1==
For a list of all story appearances, see Niki Shiina - Story Index !!
Information about what the character did during the Enstars!! Year 1. 
==Enstars!! Year 2==
For a list of all story appearances, see Niki Shiina - Story Index !!
Information about what the character did during the Enstars!! Year 2.
==Sources==
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