Isshiki Nakiri

Isshiki Nakiri (色今切, Nakiri Isshiki) is redeemed as a prodigious person at Tōtsuki Culinary Academy, and is dubbed, トツキの王様の召喚劇, meaning, Totsuki's King Of Shokugeki, Totsuki no ōsama no shōkan geki. Because of his stratgetic plays and intelligence, he graduated Middle School and attends Totsuki in the arts of gathering those BEYOND the culinary world. He consistently hones his skills to create an aptitude of flavor, aroma, and bring uniqueness in ways incomprehensible. By honing his skills, Isshiki can reach new heights, and shatter what he once was; to develop himself, to become better and stronger. He is in the 100th generation of Tōtsuki Culinary Academy. He is the current 6th seat of The Elite Ten Council. He plays a very critical role as a heroine in Shokugeki No Soma.

## Appearance

Isshiki has long, black hair complimented by Hazel to Rose Gold colored eyes. He wears normal clothing and traditional clothing sometimes.

He normally has a bag of pocky on him for snacks. Isshiki wears some exotic clothing. He often wears blazers, cardigans, chinos, Khakis, alongside his necklace. His bodily build is mentioned as extremely fit; coming in at about 5'9 - an average height. Despite this fact, he wears exotic and high class clothing at casual instances, a luxury italian belt given to him by his father.

## Personality

Isshiki is more of an aloof, fairly laid-back demeanor at casual instances.  He is considered very charming and charismatic by most people, making him quite popular with women. He holds himself with high regard due to his pedigree. Though not as conceited as Erina, Isshiki does like to illustrate the difference in abilities between himself and his rivals. As an expert in the field of molecular gastronomy, he highly values not only the culinary aspect of cooking but the artisan aspects as well. To Isshiki, to be a successful chef in the modern world, a chef must exercise both of these traits to the highest potential. As such, his cooking reflects this, showing the true artistry and beauty behind the ingredients that makes up his dishes. He highly values tenacity, spirit, and courage, especially those who display such mettle in the face of adversity. He has taken a special interest in the 92nd Tōtsuki Generation which currently hosts a wide variety of students who come from various backgrounds and have continued to innovate and exceed his expectations. Isshiki is famous for his uncanny cooking skills and sly cunning beneath his benevolent and silly personality, along with his care for his Polar Star *kouhai*. With the vegetables grown on the Polar Star plantation, Satoshi (Whom Isshiki asks for ideas sometimes) has helped to sell the vegetables to local kitchens and even goes out of his way to teach personal classes at the DEF Kitchen. He's quite pessimistic and prone to self-loathing. Isshiki can be stubborn and taciturn, usually refusing to interact with new people that he meets. Isshiki thinks himself as an average Cook, though it's shown not to be the case; one of the greatest accomplishments was defeating Eishi Tsukasa in a 5-0 one sided match. During an encounter with Megumi Tadokoro, Isshiki vowed to make sure she said delicious to his cooking. Ever since defeating Ikumi back in Episode 6 easily, it seemed Isshiki had finally lived up to Erina's expectations, going in a intense toe to toe Shokugeki against her that ended in a tie. This placed a 13 year old Middle Schooler Totsuki Isshiki, at Elite Ten level. This more then exceeded the rest of the school's expectations, being known around the world as a prince.

## Childhood

Isshiki was born as the younger brother of Alice/Erina Nakiri, showing great promise in younger ages of his childhood. At age 7, he was taught the Crossed Knives technique, explained by Asahi that it should only be used as a trump card in bad occasions/tight spots. Isshiki vowed to his cousin and sister that he was gonna take the top spot at Tōtsuki Culinary Academy, and surpass Erina, Alice, and even Asahi. To confirm this, at age 12, Isshiki went up against members of Noir, sweeping them in a 6-0 match against Sarge. Keep in mind, Isshiki was 12 during the time of this Shokugeki. From age seven, he asked Eishi Tsukasa to train him in French Cuisine - which Tsukasa happily accepted. He encountered People such as Takumi Aldini and trained under. Later learning their techniques by studying. Pooling knowledge in anyway he can. Isshiki than went to Tōtsuki Culinary Academy, being allowed to skip the entrance exam due to his family pride - the Nakiri family. He later joined the Rebel Vs. Central Régiment de Cuisine and battled Azami Nakiri and his Central team. . He is a member of The Jewels Generation's Top 9 - taking the top spot.

## Cooking Style

It's hard to pinpoint Isshiki's sweet spot in cooking, but he has specialties in a lot of Cuisines.

He has his Crossed Style Technique, alongside his Sword Dance, and Molecular Gastronamy. Of course, his nose can pinpoint seasonings and sauces.

He can whip up unqiue, high class exotic dishes.

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* **Cross Knives** - Isshiki has a superhuman ability to increase his skill by absorbing the essence contained within cooking tools used by other chefs if he wins the tools through competition or if they are willingly given to him to use. While it's unclear whether he retains the abilities of other chefs when he is not using their tools, the Cross Knives ability gives him an exceptional and flexible range of culinary ability. The number of chefs he has defeated only amplifies his natural power. He often uses inspired Knives off the chefs he faces so he can be pinpointed. Though, this isn't a superhuman ability to Isshiki.

**Acute sense of smell**: An ultra-acute sense of smell that can measure the quality of ingredients and the progress of a dish while it's being cooked.

**To Pull off the Impossible.** Isshiki has the keen intellect of doing things in the culinary world that are known to be impossible. Such as perfectly replicating Soma's Eggs Benedict fit for a Queen with ease, during his Shokugeki with Soma, Isshiki didn't use his 'superhuman' abilites, and made an Ace's Benedict, submerging them both together to form one.

## Citations

* *(to Tsukasa Eishi after defeating him 5-0) 'You played a good game, Tsukasa-chan. Not good enough. I don't know what your intentions are, but I'm taking you down, and Central along with you.'*
* *(To the Noir group, after sweeping them easily in a match.) 'So, you're gonna let Nakiri Erina go**.***
* *(To Rindo and Momo) 'There's always hope in Cooking. Megumi-Senpai tried to get that into your heads. I beat Tsukasa-San, 5-0. She put all her heart and soul to make sure that happened. I'm going to make you say Delicious to my Cooking. Than, Nene is next!'*
* (To Mana and Erina) 'I'm not letting you two fall in that curse. I'll make you say Delicious, right here and right now! Erina, I challenge you to a Shokugeki!'
* *(to Nene) 'It's not a fluke... Yukihira-Chin beat you, so I'll do the same! You're not superior to me, or to anyone. If I win, you give me your seat on the ten.*
* *(to Shinomiya) 'Shinomiya-Senpai! I want to challenge you to a Shokugeki! that way, I can prove my worth.'*
* *(to Momo after defeating her) 'So... Momo-senpai, You lost the wager. Mada Mada Dane.'*

* *(to Soma, Mana, Erina, Hisako, Asahi, The Nakiri Family, The Fans, Alice.) "This, is the true power of hard work. I present, Ace's Eggs Benedict fit for Royalty. I'll show you the true power of myself."*
* *(to Erina) 'Erina. You've been shattered by the god tongue....How am I able to be happy when I make you say delicious and defeat you with that look on your face? Besides: My goal is simple - To make you say delicious to me and Yukihira-san's cooking! With that blush everytime he talks to you on you're face, how could you not freak out and lecture him? You love him, don't you? You longed for his heart -- and that's what your gonna get.'*

## Shokugeki Records

Ikumi Mito/Hisako Arato | A dish the world has never seen. | Ace's Eggs Benedict fit for Royalty | Isshiki wins, 7-0.