Ikuno

Ikuno (イクノ, Ikuno) is one of the main characters in DARLING in the FRANXX series. She's a Parasite with codename "196" of Thirteenth Plantation, where she's partnered in boy-girl pair with Mitsuru to pilot a FRANXX called Chlorophytum.

He is voiced in Japanese by Shizuka Ishigami and in English by Leah Clark.

Appearance
Ikuno is a very poise girl with introvert qualities. She has deep purple hair tied into a short ponytail using a blue butterfly clip and bangs on either side of her weary green eyes. She wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses and has freckles under her eyes.

Personality
A very calm girl who prefers to keep to herself. An avid reader of books who can more often than not be seen with one in-hand. She is rather quiet and composed.

History
One of the children of the Garden and orphan like the rest, she has known the other since childhood and trained to become a Pistil until the beginning of the series. She struggled to activate Cholorophytum during the start-up ritual, eventually resulting in being unable to do so during their first mission. In light of this failure, she was encouraged by Ichigo to try and work better with Mitsuru in order to fulfill their duty, leading to her successfully managing to do so against the worm-like klaxosaur in Episode 4.

Etymology
Ikuno's nickname may use some of the numeral's readings from her real name "Code:196": i from 1 (, ichi), ku from 9 (, ku); meanwhile, no resembles hiragana "の" (no) when 6 turns 90-degree clockwise.