Kirika Yuumura | |
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Basics | |
English Name | Kirika Yuumura |
Romanized Name | Yūmura Kirika |
Japanese Name | 夕叢霧香 |
Hair | Black |
Eyes | Reddish-brown |
Gender | Female |
Group | Noir |
Nationality | Japanese |
Appearance | |
First appearance | Maidens with Black Hands |
Last appearance | Birth |
Voice Actors | |
Japanese | Houko Kuwashima |
English | Monica Rial |
French | Hélène Bizot |
Spanish | María Teresa Hernández (Latin America)
Jaione Insausti (Spain) |
German | Kathrin Filzen |
Portuguese | Luciana Baroli |
Kirika Yuumura is an assassin who worked with Mireille Bouquet under the codename Noir. Much about her past is mysterious, even to her; she experienced severe retrograde amnesia almost immediately prior to meeting Mireille, and since then has recovered only fragmentary memories. Despite her young age, memory loss, and a certain naiveté, Kirika possesses the skills of a superbly-trained killer. Her preferred weapon is a Beretta M1934 pistol, although she's an expert at killing people with whatever is at hand. Kirika has an enigmatic, glacial, troubled, solitary, grim, ruthless, stoic, brooding, and extremely creative personality.
Appearance[]
Kirika is a small teenager with a deceptively frail and waifish appearance. She has short black hair worn in a chin-length bob and large reddish-brown eyes. Throughout the series, Kirika's eyes become shrouded in darkness with an emotionless expression. Her usual outfit is comprised of a white jacket, light green shirt, blue skirt and ruby shoes.
In the episode "Daily Bread", she wears overalls with the Wu-Tang Clan logo on them. During the Noir ritual she wears a very short golden dress identical to Chloe’s.
History[]
Kirika's real name, parents, and place of origin are never explained. At a very young age, she was chosen by the secret society Les Soldats as a candidate for Noir, a duo of elite female assassins who would represent one of the organization's most powerful instruments of control. She began her training almost immediately and achieved her first two kills at the age of eight, when she took the lives of Laurent and Odette Bouquet. Odette's final words were a request that Kirika take care of her daughter Mireille, also a Noir candidate, through the difficult trials the candidates would face.
At around the age of fifteen, Kirika was brought to Japan under a false identity as a normal student. An unknown event caused her to experience near-total amnesia, and thereafter, she could recall nothing of her life with the Soldats - although her training and her instincts remained untouched. She was left with just enough clues to contact Mireille Bouquet, and convince her to search for answers with Kirika. Mireille only agreed because she believed the reason for her parents' murders was part of the same puzzle.
The two gradually uncovered the existence of Les Soldats, their own status as candidates for Noir, and finally, their connection to one another. Mireille, despite having found her parents' murderer, could not bring herself to kill her partner. After seeing their quest to its conclusion, they returned to Paris to live not under the thumb of the Soldats, but as they saw fit.
Trivia[]
- Kirika bears a striking resemblance to Ein from Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom. In fact, she may have been inspired by Ein from the Phantom of Inferno visual novel, which was released a year prior to Noir They share a similar appearance and both are skilled assassins.
- Kirika and Mireille also bear a slight resemblence to Sorawo Kamikoshi and Toriko Nishina respectively from the light novel and anime Otherside Picnic. Being that Otherside Picnic has yuri undertones, they may have been at least partially inspired by the protagonists of Noir.