Alice Nakiri (Shokugeki)

**Alice Nakiri** (薙切 愛里寿, *Nakiri Arisu*?) is a 92nd Tōtsuki Generation student, alumna, and the former 6th seat of the Elite Ten Council in the manga only . She is the daughter of Sōe Nakiri and Leonora Nakiri, the maternal cousin of Erina Nakiri, and one of the major characters of the series.

## Appearance

Alice is a fair-skinned girl who almost entirely inherited all her beautiful physical traits from her mother with short, silver hair that has a longer left hair strand where it initially reaches the bottom of her chin before it has lengthened where it now reaches the top of her collar (by the time of the Autumn Election Main Tournament), red eyes that are drawn a little differently from the other girl characters' where it has much more pronounced irises (her eyes take on a more cartoonish shape whenever she is making fun of someone) and large breasts with buttocks like Erina Nakiri. Although she exceeds her cousin by a couple of inches.

Unlike most of her fellow classmates, who wear a standard Tōtsuki uniform jacket, Alice wears a cream-colored Tōtsuki uniform vest instead. Her cooking uniform is a short-sleeved chef's uniform with blackish gray cuffs and collar.

## Personality

As a member of the prestigious Nakiri family, Alice holds herself with high regard due to her pedigree. Although not as conceited as Erina Nakiri, Alice does like to illustrate the difference in abilities between herself and her rivals. As an expert in the field of molecular gastronomy, Alice highly values not only the culinary aspect of cooking, but the artisan aspects as well. To Alice, to be a successful chef in the modern world, a chef must exercise both of these traits to the highest potential. As such, her cooking reflects this, showing the true artistry and beauty behind the ingredients that makes up her dishes. Alice is intelligent as this has been shown through her inventions in her lab. She understands food like none other. Coming up with new technology and devices for cooking is something worth noting.

Unlike her cousin, though, Alice is much more friendly and cheery and talks to her rivals casually, sometimes merely to poke fun at them, something she inherited from her mother. She also tends to pout when she does not get her way. She is also a modern girl, eager to talk about love and gossip, even with the incredibly socially-dense Erina. She is also very cunning, able to manipulate Erina using reverse psychology to keep her at a local public pool, despite the latter's initial disgust at the location. She's a bossy person, usually ordering Ryō Kurokiba to do nearly everything for her, and taking complete charge of Jun Shiomi's seminar at the Moon Banquet Festival, much to Akira Hayama's displeasure.

In spite of her smug and jovial demeanor, Alice is quite irascible when people disagree with her. She tends to overreact when she is unhappy, and is prone to throwing childish tantrums when things don't go her way. However, most of these are temporary and she will quickly return to normal in a few minutes.

## History

### Childhood

Alice was born to Sōe Nakiri and Leonora Nakiri. Because her father was a Nakiri, she was raised in the Nakiri Mansion alongside her cousin Erina Nakiri, who was the same age as her. The two often played together, though Erina bullied Alice. Some events that stuck out in her mind many years later included Erina taking away her doll at the age of three and saying the birthday cake she baked for Erina's fourth birthday tasted horrible. Though Alice was skilled at her young age, most people who talked to her constantly asked about Erina. Seeking to better herself, at the age of five, Alice asked her father to take her with him to Denmark to learn the field of molecular gastronomy. Before leaving the mansion, she bid farewell to her cousin, promising to send her letters when Erina asked her to. While she was in Denmark, Alice began to make a name for herself, eventually becoming one of the top experts in molecular gastronomy by the time she was nine years old.

During her time in Northern Europe , rumors had spread inside of the Tōtsuki International building of a local restaurant gaining popularity recently. Interested by this rumor, Alice searched for this restaurant and eventually came upon a local pub. When she entered the joint, she was greeted by a young boy who told her that he was a chef of the restaurant. This boy, Ryō Kurokiba, was the head chef of the pub and Alice took immediate interest. Bringing her mother to the pub, Alice expressed her desire to have him as her aide like Hisako Arato was to Erina, though phrased it as if she was adopting a stray dog, much to Ryō's annoyance. Alice convinced him to duel her with the condition of becoming her aide should he lose. In their very first duel, Alice won. Not satisfied by the result, Ryō constantly challenged Alice to numerous cooking duels over the course of two years until he finally won for the first time. Despite her loss, Ryō finally called her milady for the first time, recognizing her talents. Alice invited Ryō to come with her to Tōtsuki Academy which he gladly accepted.

### Life in Tōtsuki Culinary Academy

Eventually, upon entering the middle school level, Alice entered the Tōtsuki Culinary Academy where she quickly became a powerhouse figure of her class. Though often overshadowed by her more highly acclaimed cousin, Alice still sought to stand at the top of Tōtsuki. During her second year in the middle school section, Alice challenged the Cutting-Edge Cooking RS to a *Shokugeki* to claim their clubroom. In a decisive, one-sided match, Alice won. Eventually, Alice completed middle school and entered into the high school section of Tōtsuki Academy.