KYOKO TOKIWA

Kyoko is one of Kaname's closest friends at Jindai High School and part of the ordinary teenage life Sosuke has been ordered to enter without attracting attention. Cheerful, observant and usually carrying a camera, she treats Sosuke's military behavior as bizarre rather than sinister because she has no idea how literal his background really is. Kyoko's presence matters because not every school scene can revolve around secrets, terrorism or Black Technology. She gives Kaname someone to talk to who is not part of Mithril's world and helps establish what a normal day at Jindai is supposed to look like before Sosuke inevitably does something catastrophic to it. When real danger reaches the students, that ordinary friendship gives Kaname something immediate and personal to protect.