Ichika Orimura

Ichika Orimura, also known as Orimu and I-kun, is the main protagonist from the IS: Infinite Stratos series.
== Charactah Account ==
Ichika is the only male in the entire series who has been able to pilot an IS since its introduction. Ichika currently is a 1st year student at the IS Academy in Class One, where he serves as Class Representative as well as Vice-President of the Student Council in the IS Academy. He is the younger brother of Chifuyu Orimura and the older twin brother of Madoka Orimura.
Having been raised (suggested to be Spartan-trained) by Chifuyu, Ichika learns to be polite to all the girls and respectful to those older than him, and is generally very kind. However, he does not take any insults to his family or his country lightly, as shown when he first met Cecilia, she was commenting on how a commoner from Japan could handle the class representative, he remarked that her country isn't anything special (he even ask when was the last time her country won the award for worst cooking). Also, in the manga (and some parts of the light novel) Ichika tends to be rude when he is angered (he named Lingyin "ironing board" and idiot during their fight of the "Sour pork" promise. When Laura slapped him, he reacted angrily by shouting at her why she did that, and when she used the VT System to copy Chifuyu's data and Yukihira, he wanted to punch Laura, without her IS, as much as he could). He believes, when questioned by Laura, that his strength is his freedom to choose and helping those around him. This is shown when he chose to protect a ship of fishermen who were illegally poaching during the mission against the Silver Gospel.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* IS: Infinite Stratos
* IS: Infinite Stratos 2
* IS: Infinite Stratos 2 Long Vacation Edition - The Memories of One Summer
* IS: Infinite Stratos 2 - Infinite Wedding
* IS: Infinite Stratos 2 - World Purge Arc
* IS: Infinite Stratos Encore - Sextet in Love
=== Light Novels ===
* IS: Infinite Stratos
=== Manga ===
* IS!
* IS: Infinite Stratos (Comic Alive)
* IS: Infinite Stratos (Sunday Gene-X)
* IS: Infinite Stratos - Official Anthology Comic
* IS: Infinite Stratos - Sugar & Honey
=== Video Games ===
* Infinite Stratos: Archetype Breaker
== Trivia ==
* Ichika's IS unit name, "Byakushiki" (meaning "White Expressions" or "White Type") seems to come from the variation of Gunpla's Hyakushiki. The wings that spread after its recognization during Episode 2 has the same concept as the ZGMF-X10A Freedom/ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom, or ZGMF-X42S Destiny.
* While most of the harem girls are foreigners (except for Houki Shinonono and Kanzashi Sarashiki, who holds the role of the Japanese bishoujo), Ichika is designed as an average Japanese male. Despite this fact, he is considered as an attractive harem lead by many female fans.
* Byakushiki's IS core is IS Core #001, which is the same core used by Shirokishi, the 1st generation IS.
* He is voiced by Koki Uchiyama who also portrays the following characters in almost the same profile.
** Banagher Links from Gundam Unicorn, where Ichika's beam saber pose action is similar to the Unicorn's beam saber pose while it's in NT-D mode.
** Rean Schwarzer from The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, both in appearance and personality.
* The Byakushiki's 2nd shift is very similar to the ZGMF-X42S Destiny in that its main weapons are similar: a high-energy beam sword, hand energy weapon which resembles the Palm Cannon, an energy shield and a high particle beam cannon.
* Although Ichika is a personal IS user, he is not a IS Representative Candidate, because of him being the only male, thus spawning debate at the UN as to whether he is allowed to take part in certain operations and be given the status of a representative candidate.
* He is largely oblivious towards the feelings held by the women surrounding him, even when those said girls can recognize each other's feelings for him right away. However, he seems to acknowledge Houki's feelings at certain times, possibly harboring feelings for Houki as well.
* Out of all the heroines, he has never had a fight with Charlotte in an IS battle, only a duel.
* Ichika has a similar appearance to Shinn Asuka from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY.
* Ichika's Byakushiki and Shinn's ZGMF-X42S DESTINY Gundam are also very similar. Both of them always use a long sword as their main weapon.
* In an inconsistency in the anime production within episode 2, Ichika is seen wearing the school uniform.  Then immediately after a camera pan in Chifuyu and Maya's place, he is now seen wearing an IS suit.
* The reason why Ichika stopped practising kendo was that he needed to attend a part-time job.
* Ichika is usually (almost always) to blame for everything by the other girls and his older sister, even when he didn't do or say anything. This usually leads him to have to buy them something or go out with them.
* Many of Ichika's friends have compared his personality to that of an old man.  
* He has a similar appearance to Ryotaro Nogami, but his hair is a custom version of Yuuta Togashi's hair.
* In volume 12, it is revealed that he is an artificial "human" being who was born as part of the "Orimura Plan", also called the "Mosaic Project"
* After two incidents where Ichika tried to roast something with autumn leaves, Chifuyu prohibited him from making fire.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Ichika Orimura at Infinite Stratos Wiki
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