Hikari Kamakura

**Hikari Kamakura** is an eleventh-generation Wind Peacekeeper and the female protagonist/deuteragonist of UnitEleven. Born in Okinawa, Japan, Kamakura was sent to Rellandan at the age of eleven to live with her grandparents in the Bottom West neighborhood of Northport, eventually being selected by the Peacekeepers to become the next Wind Peacekeeper.

## Appearance

Hikari is an above average height young adult woman, standing at 5 feet and 7 inches tall. Being half Akumare, she bears tan skin as well as the trademark mole on her forehead, usually concealed by her hair. Due to her Taekwondo training she is physically in shape and possesses a toned, curvaceous figure as a result of frequent exercise. The muscle she put on has her clocked at 151 pounds in terms of overall weight. She typically dons a short haircut, and at a certain point tells Kazuo that she wears it short only because long hair inconveniences her during fights. Over the course of the story, her hairstyle frequently changes due to her indecisiveness when it comes to her hairdo. Before selection, her hair was originally black, though eventually she dyed it scarlet red in an attempt to reinvent herself. After selection, her hair permanently becomes dark green in her passive state, and in her active state her hair glows a bright cyan.

Hikari can most commonly be seen wearing a hoodie and sweatpants, especially in public in the area that she lives in, in an attempt to ward off any unwanted attention. However, later on down the line, her wardrobe begins to expand and she becomes more fashionable, choosing to wear track jackets more often than anything else. When at home and lounging about, she tends to be light on clothes, usually resorting to a tank-top or a hoodie and shorts.

## Personality

Out of the four main Peacekeepers, Kamakura is considered the most proactive. Much more of a leader than a follower, her independence from a young age forced her to often forge her own path as she never had anyone to follow behind. Despite her skills when it comes to fighting, she generally dislikes having to resort to violence to defend herself, only doing so out of necessity and to survive. As a result, her fighting style revolves around trying to finish fights as soon as possible, leaving no room for her opponent to respond. As time progresses, she grows to appreciate fighting more as it becomes less of a necessity for her to survive in everyday life.

To people she isn’t close with, she can seem distant or even hard to approach, and she tends to have a short fuse with strangers who try to give her a hard time. Even when she gets to know certain people, including Sage, she may sometimes be hesitant to interact with them. These behaviors stem from trust issues that developed as she stayed independent throughout her life and also met people over the years with false intentions.  However, once she gets close with someone (ex. Ria or Sage) she becomes easy to talk to and tends to lighten up, being much more easy going and showing another side of herself that most don’t get to see. She also gets very affectionate towards those she's close to, exemplified by her calling Sage by his real name when almost nobody does, due to the fact that she likes how it sounds. In contrast with Sage and as another example of her overall independence, she is very rebellious and heavily critical of authority figures, placing the blame on them for the condition of the neighborhood she lives in.

Hikari is also extremely determined for someone placed in her situation. Whereas Sage lost hope from a young age in a similar situation, Hikari decided not to let anything get in the way of her pursuit of happiness.

## Relationships

### Sage Rellandawn

Her relationship with Sage took years to develop. Initially, the two first encountered each other in sixth grade, which is where she learned his real name during first day of school roll call. Being that the two were some of the only Akumare at that school, she managed to remember who he was despite the fact that the two never interacted significantly until their senior year of high school.

Around the beginning of senior year, the two began to talk for the first time because of the reasons mentioned above. Over the course of the school year, the two would sit at the same lunch table by themselves, interacting with each other but as nothing more than acquaintances. According to Hikari, it was primarily because she believed Sage had nothing interesting going on in his life due to his nonchalant façade. However, after the two become Peacekeepers, the two begin to have full conversations for the first time. During these conversations, Sage asks Hikari if she can teach him how to fight as well as she can, and the two begin training and hanging out outside of school. As she gets to know Sage and trains with him, she sees that Sage has been concealing true personality as well as his interests and passions. Once she sees who he truly is she begins to develop an attraction to him, which at first is one sided as Sage considers her a close friend during the early goings of the story. But after the Retrieval incident, Sage begins to realize that he has mutual feelings for her as well.

Hikari spent years of her life living independently and having to rely on herself to provide for and protect herself, and while she was used to doing so, always wanted someone else to be there for her. Likewise, Sage had a similar upbringing in which he was forced to provide for himself often but was less keen on the idea of having a running mate in life. When the two began to grow close, Sage expressed a desire to be there for her no matter what, even if he was almost powerless compared to her. Hikari began to realize that she found someone that she could trust, which enhanced her feelings for him.

## Background

Kamakura was born to an Akumare mother and Japanese father on the Japanese island of Okinawa. Tragically, her mother fell victim to the Akumare curse mere months after her birth, leaving her father to raise her on his own. Because of the circumstances surrounding her conception, Hikari was heavily neglected by her father, and he proceeded to marry another woman who gave birth to her younger brother. Now with another child to focus on, Hikari was paid no attention by her parents and was seen as the redheaded stepchild of the family. She did become close with her younger brother early on, but as the two grew older they began to drift away from each other. Similar to Sage, she was forced to live independently from a young age, to potentially a higher degree than Sage did. At the age of 13, she got into an argument with her dad, and was told by her father that if it wasn’t illegal he would’ve already put her out onto the streets, which was the last time she willingly interacted with her father.

A year later, as Kamakura was getting set to start high school, Hikari was sent to Rellandan to live with her maternal grandmother in the capital city of Northport. Knowing the dangers of living in the city and especially the neighborhood she lived in, once she moved there she began to take extra steps to protect as well as discipline herself, taking up Taekwondo as a way to get stronger and set up a routine. As time progressed, she began to become the caretaker for her grandmother rather than vice versa, adding another level of responsibility to her life.

## Trivia

* Hikari has stated to Kazuo that one of her goals is to eventually return home to Okinawa one day. Sage, confused by her desires, wonders why she would ever want to return there, but hasn't revealed why.
* Kamakura, at the beginning of every altercation, individually cracks each of her fingers as a sort of warmup.
* She also has quite poor short term memory, and can forget information that was given to her as soon as 15 seconds after the fact.
* It is revealed early on in the story that she is a Sonic the Hedgehog fan, and wears white gloves from time to time as a sign of that fact.
* She is in possession of a diamond ring that was supposedly owned by her mother according to her father, and she has yet to wear it. She tells Ria that she won’t wear it until “the time’s right”.