Ichika Amasawa

Appearance
Ichika has straight scarlet hair that is tied into twin-tails and laced with red ribbons, and gradient dark-red eyes. She is seen so far wearing formal school attire consisting of an orange blouse paired with an unbuttoned crimson blazer with a blue ribbon, a short-length white sailor striped pleated skirt, and black thigh-highs. Ichika has the seductive charms to even tempt Ken Sudō to believe her words for a moment based on how she conduct herself in feeling him up with one tiny hand movement.

Personality
Ichika has a very mischievous and enthusiastic personality, devilishly teasing every character she has interacted with so far, even when it angers them. Because of that, she was described by Kikyō Kushida to have a rotten, smug, condescending attitude. Ichika is overly playful with her choices of wordplays, not taking what she said in the open seriously when it is all in fun amusement to the former by evading someone's question or telling a bold-faced lie. Ichika has a whimsical manner of doing things, choosing to act according to her impish impulse, not always but sometimes following through with whatever she proposed unless it is of interest to her after careful deliberations. In a way, Ichika was believed to be strictly judgmental, acting quick to change her mind and decision at any moment in time during the middle of negotiations. She is perceptive on understanding what people may think of her based on her action, quickly pointing it out on what to say to that before they get a word on expressing their thought about the former. Ichika can come off as quite provocative with her shrewd remarks, making others feel stingy by the way she acts around them without caring of how others may judge her as.

In that regard, Ichika can be often seen as a little bit tolerant to what people's words are towards the former on how they describe her to be such as when Kiyotaka even calls her some sort of demon for doing whatever she pleases recklessly while spending his private points on things. She has a lot of self-confidence and overvalues herself a lot when people requests for her service in making a deal, demanding more in return through conspiring with them. Ichika has a habit of speaking casually with a relaxed tone in all sorts of situations she finds herself in unless the former felt upset and offended by what she heard. She is like a misfit within her classroom where nobody bothers to reach out to the former and befriend her socially. Despite having amazing communication skills, Ichika admits she was still suck at making friends with the people in her class. Nonetheless, Ichika is thoughtful about her way of life back in the White Room and the peers she got to know there that matters a lot to her more than Kiyotaka being her idol of worship. She dislikes seeing outsiders like Kikyō Kushida get in the way of expelling Kiyotaka as people like them have no right to interfere except for those who're rightfully involved such as herself.

Background
Not much is known about Ichika's history except for the fact she was raised in the White Room as a member of the 5th generation. It was later revealed in her monologue that she was born using in-vitro fertilisation as test-tube/IVF babies, from the parents that, according to her, are said to be geniuses. When she was finally old enough to understand how the world works around her, the one thing she learns about her parents was the fact they were extreme talented. As such, Ichika considers herself as an incredibly blessed child born with the qualifications to become a genius like them. Other than that, she doesn't know or recall anything about her origins outside of that birth. She has never once seen her parents' faces or met them throughout her life. In spite of remaining clueless about her parents, Ichika shows no interest or care in ever finding out where her parents are now, what they're doing and why they had chosen to put her in the White Room. She had described her way of life in the White Room to be monotonous where a talented person like her wasn't welcomed. It was solely because Ichika's existence itself runs in direct conflict with that of the White Room, which served to nurture children's talent not by one's excellent genetics like her, but by the environment they were raised in.

For the White Room, Ichika felt she was surely just another experiment to them. While she was not really all that opposed to being an experiment, Ichika can't help but find herself pondering if the White Room actually think they'll succeed with their objective. Ichika concluded a long time ago how it's nigh impossible to completely homogenize intellect, personality, and ethics together, always believing that her existence alone serve as the greatest proof of that. Ever since she was a child, Ichika has been proud of being different from those around her, though she never showed it. She would kill off the light in her eyes and indifferently pretend to go through the processes that were taught to her, all the while questioning the significance of the White Room's existence. It was said that Ichika harbors doubt on whether she truly want to grow up dedicating her life to furthering the White Room's ideals and teachings. Ichika reflects if she really possesses the resolve to put forward her life on the line, toiling day after day daily, desperate to become the world's utmost example of a successful upbringing. With that way of thinking in mind, Ichika rambled on how kinda pathetic it was as she thought White Roomers are better off wanting to live more freely the way they desired themselves to be.

To Ichika, she would hate to spend the rest of her days and life locked up in such an idealistic world sought after by the White Room. When she first heard about the success story of Kiyotaka Ayanokōji and how he was a being whose preeminent success stood out from the rest of the White Room, Ichika was skeptical and didn't believe whatever they say to her regarding him. This was due to all her painstaking efforts she had taken to make herself appear the best among the White Room students, doubting how Kiyotaka could even possibly scored far higher than her in every way possible. However, after seeing the data of Kiyotaka, meeting and talking to him in person, Ichika had finally come to acknowledge how special of an existence he truly was to her and the White Room. Nonetheless, Ichika apologizes to Kiyotaka in her mind that although she really want to side with him, the former understood that's just not how fate is going to play out between them. Her reason for not supporting Kiyotaka was since there are those who she have known for a very longer period of time back in the White Room than him who Ichika recently got to know or talk to after enrolling into Advanced Nurturing High School. Understanding this much about her feelings, Ichika realizes she was being way more compassionate than she thought she was.

Through this reflection of herself, Ichika felt she'll be looking on from a distance as one of Kiyotaka's faithful admirers who respects him once 'that time' finally comes where she reaches a decision. In short, Ichika will be on the lookout to prevent any 'outsiders' who is not involve with the White Room from trying to get Kiyotaka expelled as she doesn't want them to interfere.

Abilities
In contrast to her appearance, Ichika has high physical abilities and academic abilities having an A in both of those categories on OAA. Ichika described herself as a powerful girl who happened to be stronger than most of the boys in the school. This was evidently the case as Kiyotaka regarded Ichika's physical strength to exceed even that of Ken Sudō and Kakeru Ryūen. He believes that neither of the two powerful men could stand a chance in winning a fight against her due to the variety of refined techniques she was trained in to overwhelm them. This was more or less indicated when Ichika was able to easily toy with and one-sidedly handle both Suzune Horikita and Mio Ibuki all on her own without problem despite having already sustain a heavy physical injury to her body prior to the match against the two. She was able to strongly dish out a painful blow to her targets like Kushida without the latter quickly reacting to that incoming attack on time until it was too late to do so upon realizing that they've been hit. Ichika views highly of her own abilities that not even Tsubasa was on equal footing with her after testing each other's physical strength.

Along the way, she is also known to be intelligent and cunning, which is acknowledged by Kiyotaka himself to be comparable to Arisu Sakayanagi. She was able to keenly see through whatever strategy Kikyō Kushida was scheming to do whereby recording the battle Kiyotaka had with Tsubasa Nanase as evidence to get him expelled. Her academic prowess was sought out by Horikita as being enough to save Ken Sudō from expulsion during the Partner Exam when he couldn't survive on physical strength alone to tackle the test. Ichika would go so far as to use violence on Kushida to force the latter in not only revealing her true personality to the former but also giving up on the plan as well. She seems to be very well-informed and knowledgeable of people's past history and dealings, particularly the meeting between Kushida and Nagumo. She has remarkable deduction skills, correctly guessing what Kushida had planned in mind beforehand if her group falls at the bottom of the leaderboard during the Uninhabited Island Exam. In terms of speed and stamina, Tsubasa almost thought Ichika and herself were evenly matched against each other.

However, since Ichika has far more superior knowledge and skills where she could effortlessly navigate through the forest with an excellent understanding of the terrain than her, she was able to strongly outmaneuver and outrun Tsubasa without problem. Ichika's speed and stamina was very exceptional to the point that Tsubasa at her best had troubled catching up to her from behind, unable to keep up with the former who continuously widens the distance between the two over time when being chased. As a girl who was once raised in the White Room for years while being part of the 5th generation, Ichika happened to developed very high-level interpersonal communication and collaboration skills unlike Kiyotaka. It was easy for Ichika to adopt the attitude of a high schooler and adapt to the school's environment better than Kiyotaka did. She could skillfully and deceitfully pull off an rich assortment of different facial expressions to show how talented she was with her acting performance in front of others. Kiyotaka admits it wouldn't be an overstatement to say that Ichika had extraordinary acting skills and the uncanny ability to put plans into action.

Quotes

 * (To Suzune Horikita): "I won't be convinced with just words alone~ I'll have to make sure of it with my own eyes."
 * (To Suzune Horikita): "Other than strong guys, I guess I like a guy who can cook, how's that?"
 * (To Suzune Horikita): "That's no good. I told you didn't I? That I like a guy who can cook? If I'm not partnering with a good cooking man, then what's the point in partnering at all?"
 * (To Suzune Horikita): "How ‘bout you try and make Sudō-senpai into a cooking pro now? I wonder if you'll have time for that though. I'm a popular girl, so like, if you're too slow I might settle on a partner already."
 * (To Suzune Horikita, Kiyotaka Ayanokōji, and Ken Sudō): "I get it I get it. Well then, I'll do you guys a special service. Normally I'd wanna pair up with a guy who's real good at cooking, but...if you can satisfy my tongue, I guess I can, like, pair up with Sudō-senpai for you since he's such a strong fighter and all."
 * (To Kiyotaka Ayanokōji): "From the fact that you've hidden your girlfriend's shoes, were you two doing lewd things?"
 * (To Kiyotaka Ayanokōji): "Ah, are you finally admitting it? Well, it's not like I don't understand your feelings of wanting to hide it, but I know about it already, so there's no need to lie to me, OK?"
 * (To Kiyotaka Ayanokōji): "I kept it a secret for now out of goodwill...But, I wonder if I shall reveal it?"
 * (To Kiyotaka Ayanokōji, and Kei Karuizawa): "This isn't good, a young couple alone with the door locked~"
 * (To Kiyotaka Ayanokōji, and Kei Karuizawa): "Well~ that's true. But when I look at you two, I feel something lewd between you."
 * (To Kei Karuizawa): "Your clothes aren't messy, and the bed is tidy, so it doesn't look like you were doing anything."
 * (To Kei Karuizawa): "I thought you would have an illicit sexual relationship for sure...I mean having sex."
 * (To Kazuomi Hōsen): "You want me to help you out again, huh? And on the uninhabited island? Are you thinking ’bout doing something vulgar?"
 * (To Kazuomi Hōsen): "Want to see my panties? You can sneak a peek at them under the table, yeah?"
 * (To Kikyō Kushida): "I know it may not seem like it, but I'm being pretty gentle with you. It totally shouldn't hurt that bad."
 * (To Kikyō Kushida): "Aaah, I really wanted to sit back and watch from a frontrow seat. I'm sure he'll defeat Nanase-chan without even hurting her. I reeeally wanted to see it~."
 * (To Kikyō Kushida): "I'd rather you not come to such a vulgar conclusion~. It's not that I ‘like’ him romantically or anything, it's more that I ‘love’ him…? No, I suppose it's much, much more than that… A feeling that goes far beyond the likes of love."
 * (To Kikyō Kushida): "I'll say it again. Ayanokōji-senpai is a very special person to me. I'll never allow him to get expelled by an outsider like you."

Name Etymology

 * The name Ichika consists of kanjis that mean "one" (一) (ichi) and "summer" (夏) (ka).
 * Ichika's surname Amasawa consists of kanjis that mean "heaven, sky" (天) (ama) and "marsh" (沢) (sawa).

Trivia

 * For the 2nd Year arc, when asked about her aspirations for the next year, she answered:  "To enjoy myself, obviously. Eating a lot of tasty food, falling in love. That's what being a student is about!."