Nikei Yomiuri (Chained Hope)

"You said it wouldn't happen.. to think I believe in what you said.."
Nikei is a journalist with great passion for it and it seems that's what he cares about the most. Often turning normal conversations into interviews without even realizing. Also writing down most of what he sees as to not forget a "scoop" later on. He also is shown to be very suspicious and untrusting and will often get very upset if what people convinced him into believing happens.

He considers his job his life and does it most of the time sometimes ignoring his needs to write. Speaking to many celebraties and writing of many events, he likes to discuss with people he trusts about it. He is trying to find someone who helped him from his bad childhood to so far no success.

Chapter 1
Nikei arrives with the rest of the cast on the island and joins some others at the beach. He collects seashells and Sayaka eventually joins in with him. When the killing game is announced he locks himself up temporarily and refuses to leave the room for a bit. He spoke with Akane and even interviewed her and started to get back with the group after that. In the storage area, Nikei and Setsuka were assigned to keep watch there. Nikei ended up cutting his hand and recieving aid from Keiji, he seemed upset about this mostly cause he needed that hand to write. Before the concert he visited Mikado for a bit with Akane and Maki also showing up for a bit before they went on to the concert. During the concert Nikei really felt with the group and was having a good time, still looking around though out of natural suspicions just to keep an eye out. When the first body was discovered, Nikei, like the others was worried of what was to come.. During the trial Keiji pressured Nikei which led to him snapping at one point but he calmed himself down and moved on.

Chapter 2
Nikei once again was distrusting of everyone but didn't lock himself up just stayed in the corner of the boat as it sailed. There he met Yuki for the first time, he didn't make a great first impression showing how he intended to stay away from everyone though. Later he went to look around the boat when he thought everyone was gone running into Akane again. She tried like last time to make him trust people but it didn't work like last time and he pushed it off with "Maybe later, but not yet..". When the ship arrived Nikei went out to the woods to be away from the exploring group, there he made a stick platform he slowly rised up and worked on making it into a treehouse. When arriving to the hotel he was approached by Sony who wanted to have someone help her pull a prank, after the while of loneliness he decided it might be a good idea and started to set one up.. after the prank was pulled off he decided it was nice being with the group again and joined them later speaking and even including himself on the "Bros day" with some of the guys and Sony. When the body was discovered he had clear anger and disapointment in himself for trusting what the others said of how it won't happen.

Sayaka
Was the first person he did something with while there as they held a bit of a competition at the beach for collecting shells. Later was one of the targets for Nikei and Sonys prank and Sayaka ended up helping him work on the treehouse making them friends.

Akane
Akane always seems to come around when Nikei is having problems trusting people. He does appreciate it in a way but isn't really sure what to think most of the time. He has interviewed her though and he really enjoyed that because he doesn't get to experience it like he used to. Akane became the first(and maybe only) person to get "Nikei Yomiuri's legal permission to use his catchphrase". Seeing him making friends Akane joined conversations he was in.

Keiji
Keiji did help Nikei when he cut himself but he isn't too sure how to feel after being pressured by him in the trial, he doesn't dislike him but most of the time they are alone together it's awkward silence.

Sony
Nikei's "prank buddy" who helped pull off a prank on some group members and also spent the bro day with him and some others. Nikei was glad she helped him feel more happy in the group but by the discovery of the body he begins to regret trying to trust anyone again.

Kaito
When he began to become more social in chapter 3, one of the people he spoke to was Kaito. They discussed their jobs and why and how they choose their paths. He learned how Kaito illegally got into his job but resisted writing it down for him. They later went onto gamble and shop together.