Akiho Senomiya

Akiho "Aki" Senomiya is the main female protagonist of the visual novel and anime series Robotics;Notes. She is a third-year student at Tanegashima High School and the President of the Robot Research Club. She is also Kaito Yashio's childhood best friend. Akiho is a dedicated fan of the in-series anime, Gunvarrel, and her dream is to complete the GunBuild-1 giant robot of the same name, which was started by her sister, Misaki. Like Kai, Akiho suffers from the mysterious Elephant Mouse Syndrome which causes her to experience a few seconds over the course of several minutes, leaving her in a comatose-like state throughout. The syndrome occurs when she experiences extreme physical stress or is otherwise overexerted.

She is voiced by Yoshino Nanjo in the Japanese version of the anime and Lindsay Seidel in the English version.

Appearance
Akiho is a young woman with matching brown hair and eyes. Her slightly wavy hair is tied in a ponytail and she is usually seen in her school uniform, even while working on her robots. Akiho also carries around a pair of armless glasses that she likes to equip when making anime references.

Personality
Hot-blooded and headstrong, Akiho is quick to act and rarely considers the practicality of her decisions. She is extremely energetic and enthusiastic, being determined to finish Gunbuild-1 before she graduates despite the odds being very much not in her favour. Her determination manifested at a young age, when she swore to her sister Misaki to finish what she started. However, Misaki coldly told her that she would never be more than mediocre at robot building, and it has been Aki's goal to prove her sister wrong ever since.

Aki is a proud fan of action mecha anime, particularly Gunvarrel, which Gunbuild-1 is based off. She has a habit of quoting or making references to various mecha anime, such as Mobile Suit Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion. When the Robotics Club is brought to JAXA for the first time, Aki initially believes it to be a set-up similar to the latter anime, even pulling a pose frequently done by Gendo Ikari, which Subaru recognizes as a 'Gendo Pose'. While generally kind and friendly, Aki often gets into disagreements with the other club members, particularly Kai and Subaru, being consistently frustrated by their lack of motivation and willingness to give up so easily.

Aki is shown to often let her emotions and personal feelings get the better of her; initially, she turns down JAXA's offer of cooperation, as to work with them would mean to cease work on Gunbuild-1 and start on a new robot from scratch, something she doesn't want to do. As a result, she ends up learning the hard way that what would have been a masterpiece nine years ago isn't so impressive anymore, with everyone considering the finished Gunbuild-1 a piece of junk. Initially, she is reluctant to let Gunbuild-1 go, but after talking it over with Subaru, Nae and Kai, Aki accepts JAXA's offer to work on Gunbuild-2, having realised that she was just being sentimental and that building a new robot won't change her original dream.

Skills & Abilities
As the only member with serious engineering ability, Akiho is largely credited with the construction of the Robotics Club's projects. Her love of robots has helped drive and motivate her to complete impressive constructions in a remarkably short time.