Hanakawa Hinadori

**Hanakawa Hinadori** (花河雛鳥, *Hanakawa Hinadori*?), also known as **Riot** (ライオット, *Raiotto*?), is a character introduced in *Toaru Kagaku no Railgun SS3*. She is a young esper and one of the agents working for a mysterious network of people known as Blue Blood.

## Etymology

Her given name, Hinadori, means "baby bird", something which she dislikes.

## Appearance

Hanakawa Hinadori is a small, elementary school aged girl, with semi-long blonde hair and a flat chest.

After shedding her disguise while escaping from Misaka Mikoto's group, she wore a light blue leotard with long, skintight sleeves and pointe shoes, which looked delicate and not meant for outdoor use. While in custody, she wore baggy pajamas which apparently made her look her age more.

## Personality

She is ruthless when it comes to her job and will try her best to carry out her orders. She prefers to be called Riot over her real name, Hanakawa Hinadori, considering it as unfitting for her and disliking her given name's meaning of "baby bird".

## Background

At some point in the past, she became involved with Blue Blood. As an outsider tied to the organization by profit and a pawn which could be thrown away at any time, she was meant to quietly handle dirty work which would snap the group's members out of their delusions if they found out.

## Chronology

### Toaru Kagaku no Railgun SS3

*Main article: Toaru Kagaku no Railgun SS3*
## Abilities

Hinadori has a very powerful form of high-level Telekinesis, which she can use to manipulate things several kilometers away from her. However, her form of Telekinesis cannot affect living cells, so she cannot use it directly on living beings and it can be disrupted by the presence of living tissue, such as not being able to manipulate objects covered in an exploded watermelon, as its cells were still alive. Therefore, she fights enemies by using it to manipulate inorganic objects such as knives, hammers, etc. She can do things like have her self-defense gun hover in midair to target the enemy from a blind spot, and use various tools like screwdrivers and scalpels as projectiles. She's implied to be capable of altering the trajectory of her own bullets, although she notes it takes time to achieve focus to that level so it's hard for her to do it in the middle of a fight. Hinadori can also use her telekinesis to remotely control two leather biking suits as puppets. The suits are used with gloves and face-covering helmets to hide the fact there isn't a real person inside. Hinadori's telekinetic control is good enough to control the movements of both suits and to operate a shotgun carried by the suits while having the suits drive in a motorcycle. She can also use her Telekinesis to deflect attacks while controlling the suits, for example, she deflected Mikoto Misaka's iron sand sword to the side.

Hinadori can use a tracksuit, facemask, running shoes and a set of dried skin to disguise herself as an old man, and she can use her Telekinesis in the suit to enhance her movements, moving too quickly for a real old man. Hinadori can use her telekinesis to manipulate the clothes of others. While only used to momentarily distract Mikoto and Sakibasu before attacking them by breaking their skirts, it's suggested the ability could be used to do things like trip targets by affecting their shoes or strangling people with their own collars. Hinadori can even use Telekinesis to grab and manipulate the air itself. By changing the density of the air she can bend light and sound to create simple illusions like mirages. She can also attack enemies with an invisible blast of compressed air with Category 5 wind speeds. However, forcibly bringing air under her control is very taxing, taking some time to prepare and leaving her exhausted afterwards from psychological stress. Additionally, Hinadori cannot accurately control air that is mixed with small living things such as large quantities of bugs.

### Other Abilities

During her face-to-face encounter with Misaka Mikoto's group, she wielded a pump-action shotgun, and a self-defense handgun as a last resort, shaped like a stapler and small enough to hide in her sleeve, which operated similar to a fire extinguisher.