Kazuo Nikoyama

* Act 1 (Manga)
* Act 1 (Anime)

**Kazuo Nikoyama** (二 (に) 子 (こ) 山 (やま) 和 (かず) 央 (お) , *Nikoyama Kazuo*?) is a major character in Magilumiere Co. Ltd. series, written by Sekka Iwata and illustrated by Yu Aoki.

Originally a student with a passion for magic, he would be hired by Shigemoto due to his coding skills. He was the engineer for Magilumiere alongside Hibiki. He currently works at Sakuragi Planning along with his co-workers from Magilumiere.

## Etymology

* The name **Kazuo** means "*harmony/peace*" (和) (**kazu**) and "*center*" (央) (**o**).
* Kazuo's surname **Nikoyama** means "*twin*" (二子) (**niko**) and "*mountain/hill*" (山) (**yama**).

## Appearance

Niko is a short person.

His hair is long, reaching to the neck, being tied at the back and being green in color although his eyebrows are black. He usually wears a pair of glasses at all times.

He normally wears a green checkered formal shirt and blue pants. He usually carries his laptop in case an eradication emergency occurs.

During his time as a student he used to wear his hair shorter and his school uniform which consisted of a formal shirt with a tie. After graduating he wore his characteristic checkered shirt with a T-shirt with the words **Mon and Hon**.

## Personality

Niko is a shy person unable to talk to the people he has just met. This shyness usually passes when there is a subject related to magic involved, for example magical girl costumes, broom models, magic spells, etc.

When he is not shy, he is usually a person who is passionate about magic and his work devoting hours of study to fields of magic such as specific outfits for magical girls, broom calibration, spell casting, magic circle coding, wand designs, etc.

He usually has great knowledge in different areas of magic being considered a genius, a great programmer and operator.
Due to his passion for magic and magical girls, he usually has a great respect for famous people in this field, so he would feel intimidated that together with his shyness, it would make it impossible for him to approach his heroes.

## History

During his school days, he became interested in everything related to magical girls, so he practiced replicating the spells that he used to see on television, at some point he would enter a magical programming contest which he would not win since he sent more pages than required, disappointing him and vowing not to work as a programmer because he didn't want to hate his hobby.

One day he would meet Shigemoto and Kaede, who would recruit him for Magilumiere, seeing his work in the programming contest, although at first he would refuse after hearing Shigemoto's words, he would convince him and he would end up joining the company.

## Relationships

**Coworkers at Magilumiere:**

* Kouji Shigemoto: Niko would have great respect and admiration for Shigemoto so he would swear not to fail him in doing his job. They maintain a good relationship being considered friends and often argue for hours about Shigemoto's dresses.

* Kaede Midorikawa: Kaede and Niko have a good friendship by going to Karaoke or attending events together with Shigemoto.

* Hitomi Koshigaya: Although at first they did not usually get along due to their different personalities, over time they began to forge a good friendship, Niko being the only one who understands Koshigaya's indications about magic spells.

* Kana Sakuragi: Niko was happy with her arrival as he was able to design a completely new outfit for the first time, after that they both started to trust each other so they are both good friends.

* Akane Makino: They have a good relationship.

* Iroha Akasaka: They have a good relationship.

* Hibiki Yamimori: From the beginning, Niko would be delighted to meet an engineer as talented as Hibiki than he would be to meet him, despite his arrogant attitude Niko still admired him and wanted to work with him. After the Tonomori incident and Hibiki being hired at Magilumiere, Niko would be excited to talk to him since he finally feels that he can talk to someone about magic.

**Allies and Friends:**

* Hana Ginji: Niko highly respects Ginji's work as a magic broom engineer, Niko often treats her with respect and admiration.

* Nishina: They usually have a good relationship by being allies.

## References

*Magilumiere Co. Ltd.* Manga: Chapter 20 (p. 7).
*Magilumiere Co. Ltd.* Manga: Chapter 20 (p. 4).
*Magilumiere Co. Ltd.* Manga: Chapter 29 (p. 7).