Maki Nishikino

“	Imi wakannai (I don't get it)	„
	~ Maki's famous quote

Maki Nishikino is one of the nine main characters in Love Live!.

She is 15 years old and a first year in high school. Maki was born on April 19 and is an Aries. She has crimson hair and purple eyes. Her main color is red/red-pink. She is 161 centimeters tall, and her blood type is AB. She is part of BiBi, a mini idol unit.

She is voiced by Eriko Hori (aka Pile) in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Caitlin Glass in the English version, who also voiced Saki Nikaido in Zombie Land Saga, Vados in Dragon Ball Super, Kim Diehl in Soul Eater, Nefertari Vivi in One Piece, Mina Ashido in My Hero Academia, Haruhi Fujioka in Ouran High School Host Club, Machi Kuragi in Fruits Basket (2019), Cammy White and Decapre in Street Fighter IV, Kyoko Kirigiri in the Danganronpa anime, Miria Harvent in Baccano!, Winry Rockbell in Fullmetal Alchemist, Ryouko Kusakabe in Date A Live, Elma in Xenoblade Chronicles X, Evergreen in Fairy Tail, Deneve in Claymore, Retoree in Show By Rock!!, Sarasvati in Is This A Zombie?, Pipimi in Pop Team Epic, Rose in Tales of Zestiria, Ragna the Bloodedge (young) in BlazBlue: Alter Memory, 5pb in Hyperdimension Neptunia, Diancie in Pokémon, Sumomo in Sgt. Frog, Erica Fontaine in Sakura Wars, Takane Katsu in Burst Angel, Hitomi Kanzaki in The Vision of Escaflowne, Ameisha Kichougasaki in Love Tyrant, Souka in That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime, Dia Viekone in The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat, and Willow Schnee in RWBY.

Background[]

Maki comes from a wealthy family of doctors, and is somewhat pressured to become a doctor, like her parents, which would lead her into giving up music, which causes her to refuse to join µ's at first.

Because of Maki's wealth, it is discovered in Season 1 Episode 10 that her parents own a beach house. Therefore, μ's gladly insisted that Maki should go and ask her parents if they could use it, which they allow. In Season 2 Episode 2, it is revealed that her parents also owns a vacation house in the mountains.

Personality[]

Maki has tsundere qualities and has a hard time admitting her true feelings to her peers. She's also stubborn like when she was being invited to play at the beach. During the beach episode, Maki was withdrawn from the group and not participating in playing. It wasn't until Nozomi Toujou started a pillow fight in the middle of the night that Maki began to get involved.