Maki Nishikino

Maki Nishikino is one of the main characters from the ''Love Live! School Idol Project'' franchise.

Maki is a first-year at Otonokizaka High School. Her image color is red. She is a member of BiBi, a sub-unit under µ's.

In the AWA fics, Maki is a student at the AWA Academy.

Appearance
Maki has a red medium hair that reaches her shoulders and has lavender eyes.

Personality
Maki has the qualities of a tsundere, and she has a hard time admitting her true feelings to her peers. She also has somewhat childish beliefs, as demonstrated by the group finding out that she still believes in Santa Claus.

Maki is also quite stubborn. This was shown when she was invited to play at the beach, as she was withdrawn from the group and not interested in playing with them.

Maki was initially portrayed as a loner in the first few episodes, and spent her time alone in the music room.

Her personality often clashes with Nico Yazawa, such as when she called Nico stubborn during Season 2 Episode 4. Rin, however, tells her "You're one to talk", implying that Maki is stubborn as well.

Clubs and Hobbies
Maki is skilled at playing the piano, and is the composer of µ's. She is also their vocal coach. Her other hobbies are photography and stargazing. Her special skill is achieving full marks on tests. She also became the Idol Research Club's vice president after the third-years graduated.

Trivia

 * One of her famous lines is "Nani sore? Imi wakannai.", literally meaning "What's that? I don't understand you" or "I don't get it".
 * For some unstated reason, her summer uniform's cardigan is not yellow (like the others), but a shade of gray.
 * In the anime, Nico is the only member of μ's Maki addresses using honorifics, specifically "Nico-chan".
 * The lowest score she has ever obtained for a test was 68, which led to an argument with her father and almost being forced to leave μ's. Her father only relented after the other members visited Maki's house to persuade him to let her continue her school-idol activities. Umi, being an heiress to a family business as well, was instrumental in convincing him.
 * This conflict was not shown in the anime adaptation at all, with her father seemingly supportive of her activities by letting them use their holiday homes as well as sending her to the airport in the movie.
 * As well as the piano, Maki is also very skilled at playing the flute, having performed at a recital in the past. For some unknown reason, it is unaddressed in the anime and manga, and is found in ~μ's Member Q&A~.
 * In the manga adaptation of School Idol Diary, she is shown to have a maid.
 * Maki has seen the Harry Potter movies, but it is unknown whether or no she has also read the books. She comments on some of the scenes so scary she "had to close her eyes".


 * While it was not said how she got into Otonokizaka in the anime, it was her parents' decision in the manga.
 * In addition to this, in the manga, she wanted to go to UTX and bonded with Nico because of this.