Tokiko Shigure

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## Name

*"The intersection between the warp and weft... that's where the seam can occur."*

*"It's a prophecy. It will be fulfilled eventually."*

—Tokiko's creed
**Tokiko Shigure** (時雨 兎紀子, *Shigure Tokiko*) is a supporting character in *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative*.

Tokiko is the President of the Japan Branch of Naixatloz and is acquainted with Jin Furue, the first victim of the Half Body Serial Killings.

## Design

Tokiko is a woman with purple eyes and hair, worn in a chin-length bob with long, side-swept bangs. She wears a ribbed purple turtleneck (similar to the one seen in Kaname Date's concept art) underneath a long-sleeved, form-fitting white jacket. She also wears black gloves and leggings with a subtle diamond pattern along the sides. Her shoes are purple and white heels.

## Personality

Tokiko describes herself as having lost all emotions after a suicide attempt that left her hanging between life and death for a period of time. She comes across as cold and at some times mentally unstable. A member of Naix since her early twenties, she truly believes that the world we live in is only a simulation. She became even more convinced of this after her suicide attempt.

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In the past, Tokiko was perfectly capable of expressing sympathy and remorse for others, and had been a caring mother to her son Jin (even though she was not part of his life directly), as well as something of a mother figure to Uru Somezuki. She strongly cared for her son, and was so distraught over his condition that she agreed to go along with Chikara's plan to harvest organs from an innocent child. Despite being party to the child's kidnapping and torture, Tokiko felt pity for Uru, and grew to care for the boy, attempting to comfort him by teaching him the ways of Naix. It was the shame and horror she felt for abetting to Uru's torture that ultimately drove her to make an attempt on her life.

Despite her apparent lack of emotion and her involvement in the various conspiracies throughout the game, Tokiko isn't malicious and isn't interested in causing undue harm onto others, and is instead solely focused on escaping the simulation. As such, she is staunchly against the Order of Percent's alternative teachings of exploiting the simulation for their own benefit. She expresses some sympathy towards the suffering of others and spreads the teaching Naix under the belief will help others, although she is entirely ambivalent if it ultimately causes those people to suffer further, and can arguably be seen as a form of exploitation and indoctrination on her part, and she isn't above using manipulation, coercion and blackmail to achieve her goals. Additionally, she continued to support Uru Somezuki even after becoming emotionally detached, and yet was instrumental in stopping his genocidal plan to infect the world with TC-PERGE. The seeming contradictions and overall mystery in her behavior make Tokiko somewhat inscrutable and difficult to comprehend. However, Tokiko is best understood with the understanding that her every action (especially the most inscrutable and contradictory) was made in service of her grand conspiracy of breaking and escaping the simulation; any concept of morality is irrelevant to understanding her actions, as her actions are entirely defined by this single goal. Any form of supposed malice or altruism on her part is in truth entirely utilitarian on her part.

## Characteristics

### Age

* 53-54 years old (Past)\*
* 59 years old (Present)

## Personal Status

### Status

**Resolution Routes:*** Deceased

**Ryuki Diverge Route:**

* Ascended

### Occupation

* President of the Naixatloz Japan Branch

### Family

* Jin Furue (son)
* Chikara Horadori (ex-lover)

### Associates

* Uru Somezuki (kidnapping and imprisonment victim, devoted Naix follower)
* Gen Ishiyagane (possibly Naix follower)
* Shoma Enda (former Naix follower)
* Amame Doi (blackmailee)
* Mamoru Bodai (bodyguard and secretary)

### Likes

* Flow of Water
* Flow of Time
* X
* Diamond Shapes
* Bugs (Glitches)

### Appears in

* *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative*

## Actors

### Background

Tokiko Shigure was born on February 15, 1966, and joined Naixatloz in her adulthood. In 1989 shortly before her 24th birthday, she had an affair with the then-married Chikara Horadori and became pregnant with their son Jin. Chikara requested Jin to be aborted but Tokiko refused, which resulted in Jin being adopted by the Furue family as Chikara believed the child would grow to resent and eventually blackmail him. In exchange for giving Jin up, Tokiko moved up the ranks at Naix.

Though Tokiko was no longer Jin's legal mother, she kept tabs on his life, learning that he contracted tumors on the right-half of his body at the age of five. Distraught that her son was ill, she agreed to Chikara's plan of kidnapping a child with DNA similar to Jin and have him "donate" his organs. The two kidnapped six-year-old Uru Somezuki from Aioen Orphanage, having found that Uru was a match, and kept him locked up in an underground basement of the Horadori Institute of Genetics, while his organs and right-side were transplanted to Jin.

Over time, Tokiko felt sorry for Uru and visited him frequently, teaching him the ways of Naixatloz and becoming nearly overwelmed by her shame over her involvement in Uru's torture, she had an ephipany and came to understand the meaning of Moksha herself. She began uploading pre-recorded holograms of her Naix lectures, as well as a holographic message to be played many years from now intended for an entity she referred to as the "Frayer". Naix later created the Bats490 video and began recruiting new potential members, one of them being Shoma Enda, whom she personally witnessed the experimentations on, as well as Gen Ishiyagane to some degree. Tokiko later wrote a series of reports that told of her backstory and her connections with both Jin and Uru, in which she clearly wrote was specifically written for the Frayer, and had locked in a hidden safe in in the cathedral underground of Naix Japan.

### Past

On February 9th, 2020, Uru murdered Jin with the idea of bringing "Nirvana Initiative" to fruition. He approached Tokiko with the plan, having based it off of Naix in order for humanity to ultimately reach Moksha. Tokiko agreed and allowed Uru to use her money.

Two days later on February 11th, 2020, ABIS agent Kuruto Ryuki questions Tokiko over the discovery of Jin's body at the studio. Tokiko also asks Ryuki if he was the Frayer, before denying any connection Naix had to the QR video from the studio.

On February 14th, 2020, Tokiko went to the abandoned Kabasaki Chemical Plant in the Kabasaki District to support Uru, who had kidnapped Kizuna Chieda. They are confronted by Mizuki Kuranushi and Kaname Date, who witness Tearer's unmasked identity for the first time.

On the next day, which is her 54th birthday, after Date takes Kuranushi to the hospital, Tokiko returns to her office and finds Ryuki watching her pre-recorded lectures before sneaking up on him.

### Present

Six years later on February 10th, 2026, Tokiko witnessed Amame Doi using the slicer to kill Uru. She threatens her and forces her to help bring the Nirvana Initiative to fruition. While Amane brought Uru's left-half to the stadium, Tokiko hid the right-half inside the ritual platform in the Cathedral.

On February 12th, 2026, Tokiko is visited by Ryuki, who enquires on the discovery of Chikara's right-side that was found six years ago. She accompanies Ryuki to ABIS to be psynced, but Ryuki only found that she had minimal connection to Gen and Shoma, and her conversation with Amame isn't elaborated upon. Though Tokiko does not explain anything, she asks Ryuki to come by her office at 10pm that night.

Tokiko subsequently returns to the slicer and commits suicide while having Amame carry out the rest of her plans. Amane received no orders regarding the left-half of Tokiko's body and left it on the slicer, while placing the right-half on the president's desk. Later that night as Ryuki goes to visit Tokiko at 10pm, he discovers the half-body on the desk.

On February 13, 2026, Tokiko's left-half that was left on the slicer was discovered by Mizuki and Lien.

On February 22, 2026, Tokiko's pre-recorded message for the Frayer was discovered in her office by Mizuki and Bibi, which contained a "Nil Number" for the entity.

### Ryuki Divergence

After the player returns to February 11, 2020, Tokiko asks Ryuki if he was the Frayer, which allowed the player to enter the "Nil Number" the player received on February 22, 2026. However by doing so, the world began to "glitch" and Ryuki met Tokiko in a simulation space. Tokiko began questioning Ryuki as to why he even knew the number, as it was neither told to him (but rather both Mizukis) nor was the pre-recorded message containing the message intended to viewed until at least 2026.

Confirming this to be a "logical paradox", she explains that what Naix believed about the world was true, and that her motive for threatening Amame and committing suicide was all meant to lead the Frayer, or the player themselves, to this very moment. She offers the Frayer an opportunity to tell Ryuki all the details about the case that they have learned before leaving and ascending to Moksha.

Since the Frayer told Ryuki everything, Uru was arrested shortly after Chikara's death and had long since been sent to prison. Since Tokiko's ascendance, Tokiko had been officially classified by the government as "missing" as of 2026, according to Date.

## Gallery

Tokiko's profile imageTokiko's profile from 6 Years AgoAn early design for TokikoTokiko's concept artTokiko in the character trailer for *nirvanA Initiative*Tokiko Shigure and her bodyguard Mamoru BodaiTokiko's hologram set in her officeTokiko's expression changed when explaining her theoryTokiko's right half bodyTokiko's left half bodyTokiko in Ryuki DivergeDitto
## Trivia

### Etymology

* Tokiko's surname **Shigure** is a goroawase pun on 490.

### Genetal

* Both Tokiko Shigure and Takero Matsushita, a character who is mentioned in *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES*, are born on February 15th.

## 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