Misaka Mikoto

**Misaka Mikoto** is a main heroine in *Toaru Majutsu no Index* and the main protagonist of *Toaru Kagaku no Railgun*, its first spinoff. She fought Saki Tsuzura from Arcan Heart in the first episode of Mini Rumble 2nd Round.

## Description

Mikoto is the daughter of Misaka Tabigake and Misaka Misuzu. She entered Academy City in elementary age, and distinguished herself as a child prodigy, initially starting out as a Level 1 and climbing her way up to a Level 5 esper. This made her a perfect candidate for the Sisters Project, which held the intent of cloning her for military use. Mikoto willingly gave a DNA sample to the researchers of the project after being told that it would help people who suffer from muscular dystrophy, a fatal disease.

She later enrolls in Tokiwadai Middle School at the age of 12, and soon becomes a Level 5. In her first year, she lost a 10,000 yen bill due to A Certain Vending Machine, probably explaining her propensity for kicking it. In one fateful event, she saved her future friend Shirai Kuroko from a robber by using her 'Railgun' ability. Kuroko eventually enrolled at Tokiwadai as well and gained great affection for Mikoto. Mikoto later became roommates with Kuroko in Room 208 - despite Kuroko being her junior - after Kuroko 'legally' removes Mikoto's previous roommate who was supposedly ill-natured towards Mikoto. Being a Level 5 esper as well as a student with consistently high grades, Mikoto is known as **Tokiwadai's Ace**.

## Trivia

* According to the interview on Kamachi Kazuma featured in *Toaru Majutsu no Index no Subete*, the author states Mikoto is the one whom he would want to choose as his friend among all Index characters.
* According to an interview her birthday is May 2, making her a Taurus ♉. Mikoto (and her clones) have blood type AB. Mikoto shares her birthday with her voice actress, Satou Rina whose birthday is also May 2.
* According to *Toaru Kagaku no Railgun - Misaka Mikoto Maniax*, Mikoto's three sizes are B78 W56 H79. She was also born in Kanagawa Prefecture, where her mother lives.
* Mikoto has been ranked first on the annual light novel guidebook *Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!* female character rankings for five consecutive years (2010-2014), a record achievement for any light novel character. She ranked second in the 2015 poll but regained the top rank in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
* She came in first in the *Toaru Sakuhin no Convention* character poll of the *Toaru Kaki no Campaign* event.
* In "A Certain Collaboration," a crossover-novel written by Kamachi Kazuma and Fushimi Tsukasa, author of *Oreimo*, Kousaka Kirino, the main heroine of *Oreimo* hailed Mikoto as "The Pride and Heroine of Dengeki Bunko."
* The China-based video sharing site Bilibili has several references to Misaka Mikoto. The name of the site originated from Mikoto's nickname "Biri-Biri." One of the site's features includes giving "coins" for user contributions, which is a reference to her frequent usage of coins when using her Railgun. Lastly, the site celebrates Mikoto's birthday every 2nd of May.
	+ In addition, users of this site are ranked from level 0 to 6, with level 6 only available by paying for a VIP account, which may be a reference to the Esper levels.