Nikki Kimura

**Nikki Kimura** (木村二希) is a student in Hope's Peak Academy's Class 88-A, and a participant of the Chaotic Murderous School Life, featured in Danganronpa: Order of Chaos. Her title is the Ultimate Metal Singer (超高校級の「メタル歌手」lit. *Super High School Level Metal Vocalist*).

## Name Etymology

Nikki's first name has the kanji 二 (ni), meaning 'two', and 希 (ki), meaning hope. Her name could be roughly read as 'Second Hope', emphasizing her role as the second playable protagonist. It would normaly written as 'Niki', but she adds the extra 'k' because she thinks "it looks way cooler". She was given this name in reference to Nikki Cross and Nikki Sixx.

Her surname, Kimura, consists of the kanji 木 (ki), meaning 'tree', and 村 (mura), meaning 'village'. This surname was chosen as a tribute to the deceased Hana Kimura.

## Appearance

Nikki is of short stature, the shortest after Akari Sato, has pale skin and green eyes. She has wavy brown hair that with a length up to her chest, and she wears her hair untied. She also has a ahoge hiding between her bangs, the mostly reacts whenever she's feeling strong emotions. She wears black eyeshadow and lipstick, pink blush, and usually paints her nails blue.

She wears a school uniform, although this is not the one she used in middle school and rather the outfit she wore on her band's latest comeback. It consists of a white button up shirt with short sleeves, with some unbuttoned buttons down to her chest, an asymmetrical black vest that sports her band's logo on the left, black shorts, a regulable half-skirt with a blue tartan pattern and a tie that matches said skirt. She wears black Chuck Taylors above knee thight fishnet socks.

She has a black basic choker that she describes as "a part of her own flesh", thus implying that she never takes it off, a fishnet sleeve on her right arm, a silver ring bracelet decorated with a blue stone on her left arm.

## Personality

Nikki is a complex individual with a multifaceted personality. On the surface, she can come across as brash, confrontational, and even mean. She's not one to hold back her opinions, and will speak her mind no matter what. Nikki can be reckless at times, not fully considering the consequences of her actions before taking them. She can act before thinking, which can get her into trouble.  She dislikes being addressed by her surname and prefers using people's first names, as she thinks it's more personal.

However, despite her tough exterior, Nikki is not as confident as she may seem. She is easily paranoid and fearful of messing up or failing, with this fear being the only thing that can stop her from being impulsive.

Nikki is also known for her strong emotions and mood swings. She can go from happy to sad to angry in a matter of minutes, and her emotions can be triggered by the smallest things. This makes her very hot-headed, and she can easily get into arguments with others. Nikki has a tendency to use strong language and can even intimidate others, although she rarely follows through with her threats.

Despite her abrasive personality, Nikki can be quite loyal to her friends. She has a unique way of showing affection, often calling her friends by nicknames and playfully teasing them. She can act tough towards her friends, especially if they annoy her, but she genuinely cares about them and will always have their backs.

## Talent and abilities

### Ultimate Metal Singer

As the Ultimate Metal Singer, Nikki has a natural talent for singing the heavy metal music genre, wich showed when she shifted from singing J-Pop to Metal. This can include performing death growls, metal screams, and being so loud she can be heard by the whole floor when screaming, other than the ability to sing itself. It is said that her high pitched metal screams are so loud and shocking that even casual listeners and fans usually faint when hearing them. She also writes her band's songs, this making her skilled with words.

 **Japanese**

 **Spanish**

### Sewing

Nikki states than she learned basic sewing techniques when she began training to be an idol, this to prevent costume malfunctions to ruin a show for her. This also makes her able to sew shut an open wound.

### Enhanced Hearing

Nikki's hearing skills have been enhanced as a result of performing very loud music in very loud stages. She's able to hear sounds people around her wouldn't, and can recognise people's voices when there are talking all at the same time and even tell what every single one of them are saying.

## Trivia

* Nikki was actually created as a Player Character in a Danganronpa Roleplay in the Roll20 platform, making her also the first character created for Danganronpa: Order of Chaos.
* Nikki is from Shōtō, Shibuya, Tokyo.
* Apart from sharing surnames (although their meanings are different), she also shares her birthday, June 8th, with Seiko Kimura.

## References

1. ↑ **Roll20**: Community Forums: Applications (April 15th, 2021)