Kanata Nijo

Kanata Nijo (二条 奏) is a second-year student who is currently in high school. He is also the younger twin brother of Haruka Nijo, as well as the bassist of the band εpsilonΦ.

Personality
Kanata is cheerful and outgoing, with a talkative personality that allows him to make friends easily and be popular among his peers. He is very assertive with everyone that he meets, giving them nicknames and speaking casually, sometimes to the extent of being regarded as pushy. However, despite his friendliness, Kanata is not particularly close with anyone, as his sociable personality is merely a front to ensure that his brother, whom he loves deeply, stays friendless and alone with only Kanata by his side.

Although Kanata is talented at the bass, he doesn't care much for it, viewing it only as a tool to keep him close to his brother, as he believes they are "connected" when onstage together. Similarly, regarding the LRFes, Kanata has admitted that what's most important to him is playing music with his brother, rather than winning.

Kanata likes to have control of the situation and is a self-proclaimed "good judge of character," which he uses in order to manipulate those around him to isolate his brother. Consequently, he dislikes when he cannot understand something or someone, such as Yamato Tsubaki or Ryo Akebono.

In order to alienate Haruka, Kanata takes advantage of Haruka's anger towards his actions and uses it to portray him as a violent, antisocial outcast to others. Kanata seems to derive joy from seeing his brother suffer, but also often refers to their childhood, when they had a much better relationship, suggesting that he misses being close as they once were, but does not think they can ever be like that again.

Despite the careful hold Kanata has on his true emotions most of the time, he gets very serious whenever it seems like his brother might be "taken away" from him, or when reflecting on his and his brother's relationship. When serious, Kanata drops his voice, speaking in a calm and measured manner.

While Kanata appears to have a strong personality, in reality, he struggles with a sense of "self." Ryo has commented on how his music appears to be a copy of someone else's—likely Haruka's—rather than a reflection of Kanata's own emotions. So much of Kanata's life revolves around Haruka—his personality, music, and even looks—to the extent that it is unclear if Kanata even realizes that this is a problem, or would recognize it as such.

Appearance
Kanata has light green, downturned eyes and short green hair with turquoise highlights that curls at the ends which he wears with tied back bangs. He has small hoop earrings on both his ear lobes and his right helix. For his casual clothing, he wears a beige cardigan sweater that has lavender stripes around both sleeves over a periwinkle button-up, a purple and yellow striped tie, and a silver collar chain. He also wears grid-patterned faded-blue pants with a hanging blue and periwinkle belt and green shoes.

Kanata is very expressive, often seen with a wide smile and gesticulating while he talks. When he is disappointed or sad, he dons puppy-dog eyes and an exaggerated frown. However, when serious, he will have a more neutral, contemplative look on his face, and when in regards to his brother, furrowed brows and an adoring appearance with a slight flush.

Etymology

 * The name Kanata means "play music, complete" (奏).
 * Kanata's surname Nijo means "two" (二) (ni) and "article" (条) (jo).