Kimi Nishino

Kimi Nishino (西野 貴未, Nishino Kimi) is Nishiki Nishio's girlfriend. Although she knows that he is a ghoul, her love and loyalty remains. She is also a student in the Medical Department at Kamii University and studying to become a doctor.

Appearance
A short hime-cut hair girl, she is a normal casual college student who attends the same school as Nishiki, Kaneki and Hide. She wears two matching bangles that Nishiki also wears as a couple.

Personality
She has become devoted to Nishiki after he unknowingly helped comfort her after losing her family in an accident. She is also discreet on keeping a secret for her affiliations with Nishiki and Kaneki, since helping ghouls (who are enemies of humanity) is a more severe offense than helping out human criminals.

Past
Kimi lost her parents and her younger brother in an accident. Around that time, Nishiki approached her and they started going out.

Prologue/Doves' Emergence
Kimi found Nishiki in his apartment after he had been heavily wounded by Ken Kaneki. At that moment, she found out that Nishiki is a ghoul. Nishiki attacked her, but he had to realize that the wounds had made him weaker than a human. Kimi allowed him to eat a bit of flesh from around her left shoulder, leaving a scar.

Afterwards, Kimi delivered the materials of last year's school festival to Hideyoshi Nagachika.

Gourmet Arc
After Kaneki had saved Nishiki from ghouls in the 14th ward and had brought him to Nishiki's apartment, Kimi attacked Kaneki because she mistook Kaneki for the "narcissistic man". Since Tsukiyama came to Kamii University, Kimi thought Tsukiyama was targeting Nishiki. She asked Kaneki to keep quiet about Nishiki, and in exchange, she would keep quiet about him.

Later, Kimi approached Kaneki for help at Anteiku because Nishiki's wounds weren't healing. Kaneki promised that he would find a way to help her and Nishiki. On the way back, she was attacked and caught by Tsukiyama.

When Kaneki and Nishiki went to a chapel where Tsukiyama held Kimi prisoner, they found her tied to a table. After Tsukiyama explained his intention of eating Kaneki while Kaneki eats Kimi, Kimi remained idle until Touka joined the fight and defeating Tsukiyama. After being untied by her rescuers, she noted Touka's kagune as very beautiful, stunning said ghoul.

Trivia

 * Kimi likes eating out, archery (her club activities during high school) and loves Nishiki.
 * Kimi likes eating fried soba and purchased melon bread.
 * Her name, Kimi (貴未), is composed of the first character of her parents' names -- Takashi (貴志) and Mie (未恵).
 * In Chapter 43, her family is said to have been killed in a plane crash. However, in her story in the third novel, the death of her family was the result of a traffic accident.
 * in Tokyo Ghoul Trump, she's featured as the "Six of Hearts".

Quotes

 * To Kaneki (about accepting Nishiki as a ghoul): “It’s true I was shocked… so in the beginning I was really puzzled on what I should do… but now… I think… I want to be by his side.”
 * To Touka (after seeing her kagune): “How beautiful…”
 * To Nishiki (after he attacked her): "Nishiki...you're a ghoul...?"
 * To Nishiki (as he bites her shoulder): "Nishiki-kun. ...When I first met you, Nishiki-kun, around the time when you called out to me, my father, mother and three younger brothers had all just died in a plane crash. I was the only one in Tokyo... When I thought of being all alone and unable to see my family again I became really sad. It was bad but I started to think I would be happier if I'd died too... But, Nishiki-kun, you came to my side and saved me... So, it's fine. Continue living."