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. Despite this 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, Kanata has a very flippant attitude towards the LRFes, admitting 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 an 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 that they could 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, he seems to struggle with a sense of "self," or lack thereof. 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 and white sneakers.

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. Onstage, he is very exuberant, often jumping around and clapping his hands. In contrast, when serious, he will have a more neutral, contemplative look on his face, and when talking to or thinking of his brother, sometimes furrowed brows and an adoring appearance with a slight flush.

Practice
At band practice, Kanata wears a white zip hoodie with a turquoise hood and accents over a white button-up inside a lime green graphic-tee. On each wrist he has two bracelets—one yellow, one pink—and wears dark blue pants with white sneakers that have lime green stripes on the sides.

Stage
Kanata's onstage outfit consists of an open black jacket with yellow color block designs that read εpsilonΦ on his right sleeve, "VIVID" over his front, and "NOISE" on his left sleeve, which also has a black strap wrapped around it just under his elbow. The jacket is worn over a white graphic-tee with text on it that is layered over a plaid green shirt. The outfit also consists of dark blue jeans that have two rips on each leg to reveal a bright yellow underneath, which are worn with a hanging yellow and pink cloth belt. The pants are tucked into high-top yellow and black sneakers that have bright pink laces and accents.

Instrument
Kanata's standard instrument is a 4-string bass guitar with a vivid green pickguard, a black body with large grey polka dots, and the εpsilonΦ logo on its head, which he plays with a sparkly green guitar strap.

Etymology

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

Trivia

 * Kanata is scared easily by horror movies; he loses his appetite and is unable to go to sleep after watching one with Tadaomi.
 * Together with Haruka's name, "Haruka Kanata" together means far away, representing their separation as siblings as the years went on.