 She is a native of the lost island Alchemi.

She is a silent person that usually looks unapproachable because she prefers to read and be alone instead of spending time with her classmates. She is very confident and serious about her decisions which is another reason she stands out most of the time. Gradually as the story progresses, she slowly opens up to some people around her because the main protagonist Katagaki Naomi was the first person to ever reach out and trying understand her. She is also very old fashioned and uncomfortable using electronic devices like her phone.

A thirteen-year-old apprentice witch, leaving her home village to spend a year on her own. She has no visible magical abilities other than communicating with her cat and broom-flying (at which she is still a novice). She is excitable, innocent, and by turns eager and shy. Some of the earlier concept drawings of Kiki closely resembled the original longer hair illustrations by Akiko Hayashi. It was eventually decided to cut her hair short due to the extra difficulty for animators.

She is a Hyper Linear staff member and self-proclaimed idol. She jokes about her name, that could be pronounced «Okaeri» (おかえり, «Welcome home») forgetting the «Ishi» part of her name.

**Height:** 156 cm

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Minami Hamabe

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