Akiko Koike

**Akiko Koike** is another tadpole in the *Wonderland* series. She too was a mental patient in Chou Mori Institution. Akiko is from the third generation of tadpoles.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

Akiko has light plum-colored hair with a ponytail tied to the left side of her head.

### Personality

Akiko feels like she is isolated from everyone because of what she is. She actually enjoys using her powers and doesn't like Yukio Miwa and the more responsible tadpoles are trying to reign her in. Akiko seems to have some psychopathic tendencies, making the other tadpoles not trust her so easily.

## Back Story

It is revealed in a flashback that Yuzuru first got into Tandeki's tadpole program by injecting Akiko with one of their various drugs.

## Storyline History

### Deep Blue Wonderland

Akiko is being trailed by Emilia Kishitani because she is a tadpole. Annoyed with being followed around, the girl commands Emilia to go away at first, but then makes her tell her why she's been following her around. When Emilia tells her about Nebula, Akiko makes her take her to where Shinra, Shingen, and the rest of Nebula are. When they get there, she along with the other tadpoles learn the truth about what they are.

### Wonderland Chaos

Emilia and Shingen tell Akiko and the other tadpoles because Satoshi is dead, they can now hear thoughts when they are close to one person. Akiko asks about this for confirmation, making Emilia nervous. She and the other tadpoles end up in another experiment for the Tadpole Project. Akiko is later seen with the other tadpoles at the library when Tetsu calls them out to tell them that he doesn't trust Nebula and that they should find the other tadpoles for themselves.

Later in "Midori", Akiko and the other tadpoles learn that Celty can neutralize their powers when she is nearby them. She learns about Azusa Kibuishi's death from Mikado. Akiko, along with the other tadpoles, can now increase a person's desire. In the new experiments, she's much smarter and can see the future. Akiko is seen looking for Mikado along with the other tadpoles when he goes missing.

In "Girls", Akiko is revealed to be using her powers to chase off the landlord of her apartment whenever he comes over to pay rent. It is also implied that she is not alone due to her responding to someone knocking on the floor at her. She also has some resentment towards her stepmother whom she calls, "that woman". Akiko is later seen at Russia Sushi with the other tadpole girls trading stories of how they ended up at Chou Mori.

### Caged Wonderland

Akiko and the other tadpoles take part in a mock sports day to test out the effects of Kratos on their bodies.

### Black Swan Wonderland

Akiko has another experiment performed on her. She doesn't feel pain anymore because of it. When Emily dies, Akiko controls a small spirit familiar around.

### Edge of Wonderland

Akiko is pulled into another experiment where she can't get a chalky taste out of her throat. She is later pulled into another experiment where she ends up sick as a dog. She does get better when Masaomi Kida becomes a player and turns back time. After she is given the antidote, Akiko can now see the last moments of person's life before they died in her dreams. She and the others don't know how long it's going to last.

### Tadpole Diaries II

Akiko makes it back home after another day at school. She opens the fridge and realizes there is no food again. Akiko is wondering how to get food for a low price when there was a knock on the door. She thinks it's the landlady coming to get her money. Turns out, it's a neighbor warning her about someone wandering around their neighborhood. Akiko thanks her and the woman leaves. She goes down the hall and senses another tadpole. She goes into her room and talks to someone under her bed. Akiko promises that they will meet the others soon.

### Dark Alice in a Dark Wonderland

Akiko reveals that she already knows where one of the tadpoles is. She leads them back to her apartment to find them. Akiko is upset when he is not there. Everyone looks around for the new tadpole. They find a boy seemingly asleep on a park bench. After the child returns to his boy, Akiko speaks up and says this is her brother, Yusuke Koike. It is revealed that she has been keeping him under her bed.

## Tadpole Powers

### Primary Traits

Akiko has the power to control a person's mind.

### Secondary Traits

In *Wonderland Chaos*, Akiko can now hear the thoughts of one person nearby her, much to Emilia's horror. She can also sense other tadpoles nearby. It may be implied that her senses have been heightened just like the other tadpoles. On top of that, she can communicate telepathically with the other tadpoles. Takes to the latest developments of the experiment, Akiko now can't get high, drunk, or sick. Another experiment now eliminates her need to sleep. The next new experiment lets her eat like a horse. The next experiment take away her ability to feel pain. After Emily's death, Akiko gets small familiar spirt to control.

The side effects of the antidote lets Akiko see the last moments of person's life before they died in her dreams. Akiko can talk to animals.

### Augmentations

Now thanks to the drug, Cutie Aphrodite, she can now attract the opposite sex to her and make them fall in love with her. Thanks to the new experiments, Akiko is much smarter and can see the future. She can also move things with her mind. After the Kratos experiment, she's much more athletic.

## Relationships

### Yusuke Koike

*Main Article: Yusuke Koike*

Yusuke is Akiko's younger brother. She's kept him hidden under her bed.

### Emilia Kishitani

*Main Article: Emilia Kishitani*

Emilia was following Akiko around, spying on her for Nebula until the girl caught her and made her take her to their party. She seems to be afraid of the tadpole girl.

## Trivia

* Akiko is inspired by Hester Ulrich from the show, *Scream Queens*.