Chikara Horadori

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## Name

*"Why should humans die? What a waste it is to perish..."*
—Chikara's opinion about eternal youth in his Somnium
**Chikara Horadori** (法螺鳥 力, *Horadori Chikara*) is a supporting character in *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative*.

Chikara is the Director of the Horadori Institute of Genetics and is connected to the Half Body Serial Killings.

## Design

Chikara Horadori has an ugly face. The thinning hair on top of his head is blond, and his forehead unnaturally takes up an half of his face. He wears a pair of exaggerated red framed glasses, and his facial features are all in the lower half of his face. On his chin there are some black beards running along the midline of his face.

Chikara is wearing a white lab coat with a black and white horizontal striped shirt underneath. He is also wearing a pair of red thin pants and a pair of blue white-soled sneakers.

## Personality

Upon first interacting with Horidori, he appears to be an eccentric scientist with great ambitions for humanity. His Somnium shows a rather cooky side of his personality, showing erratic gleeful jubilation at the prospect of being able to advance humanity. He constantly speaks on the betterment of humanity and the irradiation of disease and even death through his research.

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However, Horadori's true nature is revealed in how he treats others. He is deeply apathetic to the pain and struggles of others, as he is seemingly indifferent towards the great suffering he causes others, particularly the subjects of his research in gene therapy. In the memory of some of his victims, he appears to be gleeful to inflict pain. He isn't afraid to use blackmail, kidnapping, and torture to achieve his goals, suggesting that he views those actions as justifiable as a means to achieving his goals, or that he simply lacks the capacity to empathize consider the morality. He additionally harbors a bias against people with criminal histories, despite his own many crimes. He also appears to have little care for relationships, as he has been divorced for many years and cheated on his ex-wife when they were still married.

As a member of the Order of Percent (a splinter of Naixatloz) he is a fervent believer in simulation theory, the idea that observable reality is nothing but a simulation, and that a higher level of reality must exist. In accordance to the beliefs of the Order, Horidori does not wish to escape the simulation, but to take advantage of its limited nature and treat it like a playground. His desire to attain immortality stem from these beliefs.

## Personal Status

### Affiliation

* Horadori Institute of Genetics
* Order of %
* Naixatloz (formerly)

### Occupation

* Director of Horadori Institute of Genetics

### Family

* Unnamed ex-wife
* Unnamed daughter
* Jin Furue (son)
* Tokiko Shigure (ex-lover)

### Associates

* Horadori Researchers (underlings)
* Uru Somezuki (kidnapping and imprisonment victim)
* Mizuki Kuranushi (subject of experiments)
* Shoma Enda (subject of experiments)
* Gen Ishiyagane (subject of experiments)
* Mizuki Date (effect of experiments)
* Lien Twining (former employee)

### Interest/ Hobbies

* Research
* Experimentation
* Collecting Hats

### Likes

* Deoxyribonucleic Acid
* Simulation Theory
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### Appears in

* *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative*

## Actors

### Relationship with Tokiko

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### Founding the First-Generation Horadori Institute of Genetics

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### Institute Shut-down

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### Involvement of Half Body Serial Killings

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## Gallery

Chikara's profile imageChikara's profile from 6 Years AgoChikara's concept artChikara in the character trailer for *nirvanA Initiative*Chikara denies about watching the Bats490 videoChikara seen in Wink Psync executed by RyukiChikara in his Somnium, Nefarious InstituteChikara's dance in his SomniumChikara's right half corpse at Sekiba HighChikara's left half corpse at Yoyagi ParkChikara's appearance in the Neurotic Inception Somnium
## Trivia

### Etymology

* His full name is a pun on "underground laboratory", where **Chika** comes from "underground" (地下) and **Rahoradory** comes from English "laboratory".

## Navigation

 Locations | **Tokyo**
*Chiyoda District*: Police Headquarters (Boss's Office, Psync Room, Interrogation Room) • Sunfish Pocket • Sekiba High
*Chuo District*: Horadori Institute of Genetics (Underground, Hostage Room) • Naixatloz Japan Branch (President's Office, Cathedral)
*Koto District*: Harbor Warehouse District • Date Residence
*Minato District*: Studio Dvaita • Aioen Orphanage • Ikume Shrine • Kumakura Office • Sejima Residence • Central Hospital
*Shibuya District*: Lemniscate Entertainment Offices • Yoyagi Park
*Shinagawa/Kabasaki District*: Matsushita Diner • Sagan Residence • Enda Residence • Kabasaki Chemical Plant
*Shinjuku District*: Golden Yokocho (Marble, Brahman World Cuisine) • Misetan Department Store • Tokyo National Stadium
**Side Ryuki:**
Dispossessed • Anyone Imagines • Ought to Know • Nothing to Be Done • Go • Farewell
**Komeji and Shoma Route:** Joy for Anguish • I Found Me • Past Its Ken
**Explosion Route:** Smiles for Tears • Well-Known • The Mind of God • Not All A Dream • She Was the Universe
**閭｡陜ｶ荵句､｢邱ｨ Route:** 遐ｴ邯ｻ逋ｾ蜃ｺ • All This Happened, More or Less
**Side Mizuki:**
Alone • Pass Mildly Away • End Where I Begun • Traveler • Left Behind • The Expense of Spirit
**Gen and Amame Route:** All Living Things • Of Arms and Of Man • Who's There • All That We Are
**Kizuna and Lien Route:** Bid the Soldiers Shoot • Sweet Silent Thought
**Resolution Route:** Hell • Visions • In Truth • Births • The End of Craving • Braver Than All Flowers

## References

1. ↑ Nefarious Institute
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/Uchikoshi\_Eng/status/1552982295937941504