Sayaka Nishizono

Sayaka Nishizono (, Nishizono Sayaka) is a character featured in Lost Judgment. She is a second-year student at Seiryo High School and captain of its dance club, the Seiryo Rabbits.
==Profile==
===Attire===
Outside of practice, Nishizono wears the standard female Seiryo High uniform. During practice, she wears a white T-shirt with the Seiryo Rabbits logo embroidered, navy blue trousers with orange cuffs, and navy blue sneakers with white shoelaces.
==Background==
Nishizono joined the Seiryo Rabbits after witnessing Takumi Hiiragi dancing. He appointed her to be the captain after he stepped down. As a member of the Rabbits, she danced in many shows, once of which was witnessed by Yurie Norizuki, who decided to retire as an idol upon seeing how much the Rabbits enjoyed dance. Nishizono made a deal with Norizuki where whoever wins the National Dance Jam gets to confess to Hiiragi.
At some point, she received information about the Professor's website, and created an account under the same username as her Chatter account, "DancingBunny" (, Odoru Usagi). One day, she was caught using her phone in class, which was confiscated by Kaoru Komekado while she was browsing the Professor's website.
==Involvement==
===Lost Judgment: 2021===
Nishizono is approached by Kyoko Amasawa with Takayuki Yagami to have him help her team in the absence of their advisor Komekado. Yagami shows them some dance moves which they incorporate into their routine ahead of the Ijincho Citywide Dance Regional preliminaries. After a few lessons, she is asked by Yagami of the rumor that a member is a "sugar baby," but she dismisses it. At the competition, she is more motivated by Hiiragi's presence and the Rabbits win. Afterwards, Norizuki tells her the Rabbits are not a threat without Maika Takanashi.
The next day, she ends up venting at her clubmates. She also feels pressure from having to create the next dance routine by herself, since Komekado is not present to help with choreography, but Yagami helps her regain her composure and creates a routine with help from a book. After practice, she informs him of Takanashi possibly being the sugar baby. Takanashi returns the next day and Nishizono is nervous about their competition after seeing a video of their routine. When they arrive at the regional finals, Norizuki arrives to ask if she saw the video yet. Though initially worried, the Rabbits take first place again.
Norizuki's comment of the weaker dancers dragging the team down weighs on her mind as some of the younger Rabbits struggle to get in rhythm for their new routine ahead of the national preliminaries. Maria Minami suggests excluding one of the first years, but Nishizono insists on keeping everyone even if it means defeat, as otherwise they would not be able to dance with enjoyment. Hiiragi arrives to let her know he has something to tell her after the preliminaries are over. After the Rabbits take first place in the preliminaries, Nishizono accompanies Hiiragi to a café, where he tells her he already has a girlfriend. Nishizono is disheartened by the news and unable to attend practice sessions, ending her perfect attendance streak.
Minami tries to contact her, and Nishiono does not respond to her calls, but responds to one of her texts saying she is not ill. She makes a request on the Professor's website to end Hiiragi's relationship in hopes of regaining her motivation. She receives a response, not noticing it was from an account named the "Professsor." She agrees to meet at Plage, where she discovers she was duped by Amasawa and Yagami. They interrogate her and she tells them of what happened with Hiiragi, her request to the professor, and that he told Norizuki the same thing after, but denies requesting Norizuki be injured. Yagami then asks Nishizono to return when she's ready.
Nishizono eventually returns, but she is still feeling down and unfocused. Norizuki eventually arrives and tells her of how she was inspired by the Rabbits to enjoy dancing, and asks her to be in top shape so she can compete against the team she looked up to. Nishizono regains her drive and begins practicing again, and is wished luck by Komekado. At the meet, she asks Yagami if the fight that broke out was related to the request to harm Norizuki, and is glad he was able to protect her. Although intimidated by Misaki High's prefect routine, the Rabbits are able to perform and become the national champions. Norizuki congratulates afterward, and the two look forward to a rematch at the next dance meet.
Nishizono and Takanashi are called by Yagami for help in rescuing Kotoko Itokura, as he needs to avoid the police getting involved. She finds the car that took Itokura away and phones Yagami its location, then informs the other students that Itokura has been found.
==See also==
*Dance Club
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Lost Judgment Characters
Category:Seiryo High School