Ichika Takatsuki

is one of the two main characters (alongside Kaito Kirishima) in the 2012 original anime Waiting in the Summer.
Ichika is an alien from another world who arrived on Earth, along with her computer assistant Rinon, to visit her dream land, but she later accidentally crash-landed via her spaceship and subsequently injuring Kaito from the impact, which almost killed him. However, she quickly intervened and healed Kaito's near-death injuries.
She later joins in as a student in Kaito's own school, who is within Remon Yamano's same class, and later stays at Kaito's own home throughout the series, and later joins in with the rest of the group including Kanna Tanigawa, Tetsuro Ishigaki, and Mio Kitahara. However, as an alien, Ichika is under the radar of an anti-alien organisation known as the Federation, and as such she attempts to hide her true identity from her own friends.
Ichika is voiced by in Japanese, who voiced other character including Asuna Yuuki from Sword Art Online, Kyoko Hori from Horimiya, Haru Okumura from Persona 5, Eina Tulle from Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Mary Sioux from Saga of Tanya the Evil, Zero Two from Darling in the Franxx, and Fortuna from Re:Zero. She is voiced by in English, who voiced Mary Saotome in the Sentai dub of Kakegurui, Yamato from Kantai Collection, Sylphynford Tachibana from Umaru-chan, Ersha from Cross Ange, Satone Shichimiya from Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions!, and Mine from Akame ga Kill.
==Appearance==
Ichika has violet eyes, long red hair wrapped in a little ponytail on the left side with bangs hanging on the right, and square-rimmed spectacles that are a tool to help her read earth language. She only brought her school uniform, therefore she frequently borrows or purchases clothing from Nanami Kirishima. She frequently appears with her mate, Rinon (Ichika's pet).
==Personality==
Ichika is a kind, courteous, and amiable young lady who cooks weird meal combinations, but it is still appetising. Her acts may appear strange to others since she is an extraterrestrial who is unfamiliar with life on Earth, yet she is eager to rectify herself, if only to disguise her alien status.
Because Nanami Kirishima, Kaito's older sister, asked her to look after Kaito, she still treats him like her younger brother despite being aware of his sentiments. She gradually becomes conscious of her own feelings for him as time goes on.
==Background==
Ichika, a foreign student, abruptly changed schools and is now attending Kaito Kirishima's high school. In reality, she is an extraterrestrial who has come to Earth in search of her ideal place to live. When her spacecraft crashes, she intervenes to protect Kaito from harm, and inevitably healed his near-death injuries.
She is a third-year student in Kaito's high school, just as Remon Yamano, Ichika's "best friend," and she presently resides at Kaito's home after he unwittingly offers for her to do so.
Throughout the series, Ichika bonded with other friends including Mio, Tetsuro, Remon, and Mio, as she joined them where they were filming their own movie, while she tried to hide her true identity as an alien in front of them sans Kaito.
Such effort, however, would almost fail as Ichika attempts to hide her true identity, but her sister Emika Takatsuki would later reveal it to the rest of the group as she arrived on Earth. Making matters worse is when Ichika was in the pursuit of an organisation from her own planet known as the "Federation", who explicitly disallowed its own lifeforms to interact with Earthlings, and as such would arrest Ichika under their own laws.
After convincing Emika, as well as halting the Federation's attempts of retrieving Ichika, the latter later leaves Earth, and promises to see Kaito and the rest of her group again, as revealed that she is able to return.
==Abilities==
*Regenerative Capabilities - Through the usage of nanomachines from her cells, Ichika is able to heal grievous injuries by transferring through it via contact including kissing, which she demonstrated it after Kaito was badly injured from the impact of her spaceship.
*Domestic Expertise - Despite hailing from another planet, Ichika is proficient in domestic duties, including cooking. She is also a proficient cook, despite using rather bizarre food combinations, where the foods she cooked are still considered edible.
*Master Pilot - Ichika is able to pilot a spaceship, as she uses it to travel to Earth.
==Trivia==
*Ichika's surname, Takatsuki, means "valuable moon".
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