Nina Kamiyama

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**Nina Kamiyama** (になかみやま, *Nina Kamiyama?*), formerly **Karen Amamiya** (かれなまみや, *Karen Amamiya?*) is the main protagonist of Not Your Idol, first appearing as the lead singer and center of idol group Pure Club.

## Appearance

Nina has dark chestnut hair which she styles into a messy bowl cut, pinkish skin with a hint of gold and lustrous hazel eyes. She is typically seen wearing the male school uniform while at school consisting of a hazelnut brown blazer, checkered gray pants, a dark colored necktie and dress shirt and brown loafers. Her casual outfits when outside of school usually consisted long-sleeved tops or hoodies and baggy pants and a set of light colored pajamas while at home. Her most defining characteristic is a long, deep scar running along her right wrist.

During her time as a Pure Club member, her hair was long and silky and reached until her lower back, and she was typically seen wearing a ruffled dress with ribbons on her hair and outfit, as well as flats with long straps. Her casual attire usually consisted of cute, brightly colored blouses, frilled dresses and skirts.

## Personality

Though initially open, kind, polite and friendly, her traumatic experiences have led Nina to coming off as cold, rude and blunt, often insulting those whom she finds irritating straight to their faces. She appears to be ignorant to most people’s feelings, and as a result of this, also continuously ignores negative things others have to say about her. She appeared to be anti-social, rarely opening up to or even speaking to other people unless she found them irritating, and mostly wore a listless expression on her face at the start of the story.

However, this is a facade Nina puts on to isolate herself from others. In reality, she is scared of the people around her. Having been assaulted during her time as an idol, Nina keeps away from most people and often experiences hallucinations and intrusive thoughts that alter her behavior. Having completely altered her appearance to appear masculine, Nina does not like being associated with women, nor does she want to be referred to as one, claiming that women put on a weak front in order to be protected by men.

Nina appears to get flustered fairly easily, shown with some of her interactions with Hikaru Horiuchi. As the two build on their relationship and grow closer to each other, Nina begins to open up to Hikaru, telling him about some of her past experiences as an idol and expressing to him her feelings of grief, sadness, and even fear. Though Nina initially did not trust people easily, it is through her interactions with Hikaru that she begins to open up to other people and regain their trust, as such she becomes more vocal about her feelings and puts off her usually silent and intimidating facade.

Nina has also been portrayed as kind and compassionate in later parts of the story. Though Nina appears to be greatly irritated by Nagasu Miku for most of the story, she has openly shown concern for her, and upon learning her true objectives, questions her if they are what she really wants and even tries to help her despite her (Miku's) strong feelings of jealousy towards her.

## Quotes

* *(To her Okita) 'Skirts... girls don’t wear them for the likes of guys like you.'*
* *(To Nagasu Miku) 'Idols... can cheer people up and inspire them. But it's not just about giving to others. I received other things in return. That is what an idol really is. If what you share with others is simply being exploited... you're not an idol.'*
* *(To Nagasu Miku) 'Nagasu... if you're truly like that... why do you like Horiuchi so much? He's kind, isn't he? It's comforting to be with him. And you know he'd never do anything to hurt us. You talk of exploiting others... but you're the one being stolen from!'*

## Gallery

Kamiyama as she appears on the cover of Sayonara Miniskirt.Kamiyama as she appears on the opening colour page of volume 1 as Pure Club member Karen Amemiya.Kamiyama as she appears on the cover of the magazine, Natalie.Kamiyama on the key visual for the official release of Chapter One.Kamiyama on the key visual for Sayonara Miniskirt.Kamiyama on the key visual for the official release of Chapter Two.Kamiyama on the key visual for the official release of Chapter Three.Kamiyama as she appears in the manga.
## References

1. ↑ Not Your Idol Volume 1 Chapter 1
2. ↑ Not Your Idol Volume 1 Chapter 2
3. ↑ Not Your Idol Volume 2, Chapter 6

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