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!!Level Fives
[[folder:Rhinoceros Beetle 05 '''(SPOILERS UNMARKED)''']]
!!Teitoku Kakine (Beetle 05)
!!![[BigCreepyCrawlies Rhinoceros Beetle 05]]
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->''[[IAmWhatIAm "My name is Teitoku Kakine, Academy City's #2 Level 5 and the user of Dark Matter."]]''

During the Ichihanaran Festival Arc, the original Teitoku Kakine is revealed to still be alive after Accelerator tore him to pieces at the end of their first battle. He shows he can create a new body made fully out of Dark Matter, and is also able to make clones of himself in the shape of insects, like rhinoceros beetles, that can carry out orders on his behalf.

However one of these beetles, referred to as [[YouAreNumberSix Rhinoceros Beetle 05]], [[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming ends up breaking away from the original's control]] (later implied to be due to [[SpannerInTheWorks Rikou Takitsubo's AIM Stalker]]). After spending time with Last Order and Fremea, [[ArtificialIntelligence Beetle 05 is eventually able to gain his own sense of self]] and [[SplitPersonalityTakeover replaces the original Teitoku Kakine]] as the new dominant personality of the #2 ranked Level 5.

'''Note: For sake of clarity, this version of Teitoku Kakine will be referred to as "Beetle 05"'''.

For tropes regarding the original Teitoku Kakine, please see [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ACertainMagicalIndexDarkSide here]].

* ArtificialHuman: He is a beetle (later human) comprised completely out of Dark Matter. He can't even claim to have assimilated the original Kakine's organs, since it's later shown that the Kakine produced out of those retains the original's personality.
* AIIsACrapshoot: He's not a robot, but his mannerisms and behaviour before and after he goes rogue resemble one. Also subverted, in that he crapshoots from evil to [[HeelFaceTurn become one of the good guys.]]
* AndIMustScream: For most of [=NT7=], his keychain form is taken over by Rensa #29 and used to manipulate Fremea to further the Agitate Halation Project, with him being unable to move or warn her about what's happening.
* BadassAndChildDuo: Once he gains self-awareness, Beetle 05 takes it upon himself to [[{{Protectorate}} protect both Fremea and Last Order.]] Most of his on-screen time in [=NT6=] is him being led around by the two and trying to keep them out of danger.
* BadassBoast: Besides his [[IAmWhatIAm above quote]], he also gives a short and simple one [[PreAsskickingOneLiner right before he battles Rensa #29]]:
-->'''''Beetle 05''': "Do not underestimate a Level 5."''
* BadassMindsThinkAlike: He and Touma team up with nary an introduction in the Learning Core to protect Fremea from Rensa #29.
* {{BFG}}: Like the other Dark Matter beetles, he possesses a spring-loaded cannon inside his horn which can fire shells that explode on impact.
* BigDamnHeroes: Twice:
** First at the climax of the Ichihanaran Festival Arc, where he saves Accelerator and Mugino from a [[FromASingleCell constantly-regenerating Kakine]] by taking over the Dark Matter Network, becoming the new "Teitoku Kakine" in the process.
** Second at the climax of the Agitate Halation Arc, revealing to Rensa #29 that [[IAmNotLeftHanded taking over a single Dark Matter clone means nothing]] when you can [[SelfDuplication self-duplicate,]] and that his other 50 clones have just finished [[WheresTheKaboom disabling the bombs she'd tried to detonate around the Learning Core.]]
** He also becomes the subject of a new rumour in Academy City, which states he would come to help if anyone in trouble were to call "Help me, Rhinoceros Beetle!"
* BigCreepyCrawlies: His beetle form is the size of a car. He's not really that creepy though.
* BishonenLine: A heroic example. Just as he takes over the original Kakine, his form as a rhinoceros beetle breaks apart to reveal a human form that's identical to Kakine (sans [[BlackEyesOfCrazy the eyes]]). [=NT7=] shows that other beetles he creates are able to assume the human form.
* CloneAngst: His arc in [=NT6=] is mainly spent struggling with his identity, trying to reconcile who 'he' is compared to the original Kakine and worrying that the original's influence will eventually take back control.
* ExactWords: Part of what gets him to rebel is misinterpretation of what his orders were from the original, one of which is "protect residents from anything dangerous". [[AIIsACrapshoot He then concludes that Kakine and the other Dark Matter beetles count as 'dangerous' and attacks them]], while the original targets including Last Order and Fremea are residents to be protected. Again, it's speculated that Takitsubo's influence is behind what led to this malfunction.
* FriendToAllChildren: Just see his interactions with Last Order and Fremea. The rumour that he'll come to help anyone in trouble also seems to be directed towards children as well.
* FunSize: He's able to resize his rhinoceros beetle form into one that fits on a keychain that Fremea keeps with her.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: {{ZigZagged}}. His eyes as a beetle turn from green to red to show he's broken free of the Dark Matter Network, at which point he becomes an ally. Once he fully becomes Teitoku Kakine and assumes his human form, his eyes turn back to green, contrasting him against the [[BlackEyesOfCrazy original Kakine]].
* SelfDuplication: Like the original post-revival, Beetle 05 possesses the ability to create clones of himself using Dark Matter. He even states that unlike the Misaka Network, he doesn't need his 'primary' body as [[IAmLegion his consciousness exists in]] ''[[IAmLegion all]]'' [[IAmLegion of his clones.]] That said, he's careful not to create too many [[HoistByHisOwnPetard to avoid risk of a clone breaking off]] and trying to do what [[SplitPersonalityTakeover he did to the original.]]
* SecretlyDying: Being cut loose from the original Kakine meant that Beetle 05 can't replenish his body with Dark Matter anymore. Throughout [=NT6=], cracks slowly spread across his body to show his deterioration. Subverted at the end when his body does shatter...only to reveal his [[BecomeARealBoy human form within.]]
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: At the end of [=NT6=], he assumes the identity of Teitoku Kakine and is referred to as such in later novels.
* TookALevelInKindness: As noted by Accelerator, Beetle 05 is Teitoku Kakine with his [[PetTheDog kind aspects]] brought to the forefront.
* TheWorfEffect: He puts up a good fight, but is ultimately outmatched against Rensa #29 once she brings out [[SuperMode Accelerator's Black Wings,]] leaving Touma to fight her on his own.
* YouAreNumberSix: His first appearance in the Ichihanaran Festival Arc is as a nameless Dark Matter Beetle, simply called Rhinoceros Beetle 05. Averted after the end of the arc, where he adopts the identity of Teitoku Kakine along with his name.

[[folder:Etsu Aihana]]
!!Etsu Aihana
!!![[ShroudedInMyth "The Dark Side's Bane"]]
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[[caption-width-right:132:Now, ''I will lend you Etsu Aihana.'']]

The mysterious sixth Level 5 Esper. Not much is known about this person, not even their gender. When the Daihasei Festival committee was searching for the Level 5s in Chapter 43 of the Railgun manga (''Railgun T'', Episode 1), despite all the other Level 5s being located, the sixth couldn't be found, which had been expected to some degree since there are multiple people that claim to be him. The sixth also appeared in the tenth volume of the New Testament, when a mass message was sent to the Level 5s requesting their participation in the elimination of Touma Kamijou and Othinus, with the sixth's response being silence and toying with the phone. They are frequently impersonated, with at least three fakes appearing in the series.

New Testament 12 reveals that their name is "Etsu Aihana", and that they employ Yokosuka the Organ Crusher to distribute their identity to those in need. Their motivation for this is currently unknown, though it's suggested that they're just trying to help people.

* AmbiguousGender: When Touma encounters them, he thinks their voice sounds like a young boy, but at the same time it also sounds like it's been artificially altered somehow, so there's no guarantee.
* TheFaceless: There is never a description of what they look like. Even when Touma physically encounters them during the events of Genesis Testament 2, all Touma could see was a silhouette due a visual distortion preventing any identification. Even when the scenery visually returns to normal and fully exposes them, Touma pays no attention and moves on to face Anna.
* TheGhost: For an extremely long time, there was absolutely nothing known about them except that they had to exist because a 7th Level 5 existed. It actually becomes a plot point in New Testament 12; several people impersonate #6 because no-one knows anything about them. The end of the volume reveals that Aihana deliberately and secretly distributes their identity to those in need. They finally make a proper physical appearance in Genesis Testament 2, although there's still no description of what the person looks like because [[TheUnreveal their visual presence is distorted]].
* GuileHero: If the end of New Testament 12 is any indication, they may be this.
* HelpingWouldBeKillstealing: The reason Aihana hasn't helped their imposters directly is because Aihana claims it's meaningless unless the imposters solve their problems themselves. Yokosuka calls them out on this, saying they looking down on them.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The ''ITEM'' spinoff reveals that Aihana has been meddling in the Dark Side of Academy City for quite a while.
* LegacyCharacter: Distributing their identity to other people creates this effect.
* MasqueradingAsTheUnseen: Aihana's way of helping other people is by arranging the use of their identity, which no-one knows anything about.
* NoNameGiven: Like everything else about the character. New Testament 7 had an imposter #6 that introduced himself as "Etsu Aihana", but this was believed to fake until New Testament 12 revealed that "Etsu Aihana" actually is the real name of the sixth Level 5 esper.
* RedBaron: The ''ITEM'' spinoff reveals that the Dark Side calls Aihana the Dark Side's Bane for constantly disrupting its activities.
* RunningGag: Expect any mention of #6 to be very quickly glossed over.
* SupportPartyMember: Compared to the other Level 5s, their abilities can't be used for offensive purposes. It's a form of SuperEmpowering where they can transform someone into their ideal self, as long they use the name "Etsu Aihana" while doing so. Of course, this means they have no form of combat capabilities, meaning they even lose to an injured Touma in a fist-fight.

[[folder:Gunha Sogiita]]
!!Gunha Sogiita
!!![[ComboPlatterPowers The Attack Crash]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:'''GUTS!''']]

->Voiced by: Creator/KengoKawanishi (Japanese), Creator/MattShipman (English)

The seventh Level 5 esper, Gunha is a Gemstone, an esper who was born with his powers. His ability is nameless and absolutely impossible to define, though it allows him to create strange explosions, attack at twice the speed of sound, and recover from being shot in the head or heart with no pain. He is classified as the lowest Level 5 precisely because nobody understands his immense power, and thus they can't even guess where he really ranks. He has a strong sense of justice and believes that everything can be solved with '''GUTS'''.

* TheAce: Despite his [[UnskilledButStrong lack of control]] of his abilities, Gunha is also noteworthy in being the only Level-5 Esper who wasn't experimented on to get enhanced to that state.
* ApathyKilledTheCat: Has no desire to find out how his powers work and how to make better use of them, and even how to properly fight, as he thinks [[LeeroyJenkins barreling his way through]] is the way a man should fight. When he rushes into a situation, he never stops to ask what is going on and even brushes off people trying to explain the situation to him.
* AttackAttackAttack: His philosophy is to charge into situations without hesitation and punch any bad guys in sight, relying on '''GUTS''' to power through. [[LeeroyJenkins He even brushes off people trying to explain the situation to him.]]
* BarrierWarrior: [[spoiler:Created a path through Mikoto's countless black lightning bolts with an invisible force to allow Touma to reach her and stop the Level 6 Shift. The downside is that Gunha received damage for every lightning bolt this barrier took.]]
* BeyondTheImpossible: He specializes in regularly ignoring the laws of physics. While other Espers subtly bend reality to make their powers work, his is the only one that completely and blatantly ignores the laws of physics with no known explanation. For example, he ''punched lightning''. Some fans have calculated that particular lightning bolt [[spoiler:(launched by Misaka who was 2% of the way into her Level 6 shift and out of control)]] to have enough power to level a small island!
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:He saves Touma from being crushed by a large ball of metal scrap controlled by Mikoto, who is under the effects of the Level 6 Shift attempt done on her.]]
* BloodKnight: He likes fighting strong opponents. [[spoiler:After seeing the dragon inside Touma, he admits he wants to fight him some day.]]
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Happens with Yabumi Haratani. Whenever Gunha gives out an explanation for his powers, Haratani ends up calling him on it, followed by Gunha responding with a dumbfounded variation of "Then what did I just do?" Gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Mikoto.
* BornWinner: The strongest Gemstone, of which only about 50 exist in the world. And because he's a Gemstone, his powers are ''completely natural'', as opposed to the other Level 5s.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: In the ''Railgun T'' anime season, Gunha's Rising Sun flag shirt has been replaced with a completely red one (in his Daihaseisai attire (see above image), his shirt becomes white). This is due to the how the flag was originally a symbol of UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan, thus seen as offensive towards other Asian countries like South Korea and China.
* CallingYourAttacks: "Amazing Puuunch!" He sometimes adds words like "Super", "Ultra", or "Giga" to the attack name.
--> '''Yokosuka''': Please, just beat me with an attack that sounds like it's worth losing to at least. Not that Amazing Punch attack.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Even moreso than Touma. He's constantly wandering around Academy City helping people in need and will never turn down a request.
* {{Chuunibyou}}: He may have genuine powers, but he still fits for being really out of touch with reality and thinking he is a superhero, making everyone think he is a total weirdo.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's in his own little world where he's a superhero saving the world from bad guys, with '''GUTS!''' When Mikoto tried her railgun attack on him, his first reaction was to scold her for taking an arcade coin out of the arcade. In New Testament Volume 7, while [[spoiler: heroes from all over Academy City were rushing to try to save Fremea and attacking each other as a result, Guhna was in the middle of it all unaffected by the project, and defending trees.]]
* CoatCape: Tends to wear his jacket like a cape. Appropriate since he thinks he's a superhero.
* ComboPlatterPowers: His power is stated to be impossible to define, and manifests in a variety of ways, including as a DeflectorShield powerful enough to block Mikoto's electric attacks, a HealingFactor that can stop his bleeding and even reset his bones, a [[SuperScream scream loud enough to cushion his fall and make the surroundings rattle, forcing everybody nearby to cover their ears]], NighInvulnerability, [[StuffBlowingUp the ability to create a strange explosion around him that throws people away]], SuperSpeed, and SuperStrength.
* {{Determinator}}: He repeatedly gets back up during his fight with Ollerus despite being totally outclassed.
* DishingOutDirt: When he realizes he's facing an [[ShockAndAwe electric esper]], he decides to switch to earth attacks, because "electricity is weak to earth, right?" At which point all the concrete and steel in the area starts bending to his will.
* DoubleJump: One of his many abilities, but all things considered it's probably one of the tamer ones.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Appears unnamed in one of the memories of a Level Upper user (possibly Yabumi Haritani) during the AIM Burst phenomenon in Chapter 15 of the Railgun manga, well before Gunha's actual first appearance in Chapter 44. Witnessing Gunha's amazing power appears to have been the catalyst for that esper to use the Level Upper in the first place.
* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: Spoofed. See ItRunsOnNonsensoleum below.
* FastballSpecial: Subjects Touma to one while [[spoiler:trying to save Mikoto from Gensei's Level 6 Shift Project.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Touma. Mikoto even wonders if they know each other after Gunha is able to withstand her electrical attacks. [[spoiler:Railgun Chapter 63 (adapted to Railgun T, Episode 11) has them meeting and teaming up to subdue a supercharged and "not herself" Mikoto.]]
* ForGreatJustice: Making the world a kinder and gentler place..... one ass-kicked villain at a time.
* GenreRefugee: He talks and acts like he's TheHero of a {{Sentai}} anime or a Saturday morning cartoon in a series far more mature and realistic that that. Considering that he's the HeroOfAnotherStory, he might not be far off the mark, but nonetheless, this is not his story.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: His high school teacher notes that he misses school to help people all the time (just like [[TheHero Touma]]), yet we've barely seen any of it.
* HiddenDepths: Despite coming off as a HotBlooded IdiotHero whose first plan of attack is to punch his opponent, Gunha can sometime be calm and tactiful, especially when the battle becomes more intense. [[spoiler:After Misaka's Level 6 shift is disconnected from Exterior, Gunha is able to deduce the difference between Misaka's power from then and now, and that Touma's Imagine Breaker will not have any effect on it.]]
* HonorBeforeReason: Despite having super speed, he always announces his presence, attacks head-on, and refuses to attack from behind, saying that a true warrior wouldn't sink to dirty tactics. This is also the reason why he sees no reason to learn how his powers work and how to properly fight.
* HotBlooded: Everything is fighting with '''GUTS''' for him.
* HowDoIShotWeb: An unusual example in that he knows how to use his powers, but he has no idea how they work (Touma is the only one in the series with similar issues). Ollerus tells him that he might have stood a chance in their fight if Gunha actually knew how his powers worked and took better advantage of them.
* IdiotHero: He acknowledges this, but claims it is irrelevant.
* ImmuneToMindControl: Misaki is able to mind-control him... for about five seconds, before it ''shatters''.
-->'''Gunha:''' Oh! I can move.\\
''[beat]''\\
'''Misaki:''' What?
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum:
** Even in a series that runs on magic and TechnoBabble, his powers are singled out as being one big "Screw You" to every known law of physics. Even the Kiharas, a group with hundreds of world-class researchers dedicated to the study of Esper powers, have no freaking clue how his powers work.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d. At one point, he gives the same kind of fake scientific explanation for his abilities as everyone else does, only to be met with a flat statement that what he just said was completely impossible and makes no sense. It turns out that he has absolutely no understanding of the science behind his powers and was making up explanations.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Even he of all people realized he should retreat when faced with the [[TheDreaded Tokiwadai]] [[BadassNormal Dorm Supervisor]].
* LargeHam: Makes dramatic speeches all the time and announces his arrival like a superhero.
* LightningBruiser: Can move at twice the speed of sound and punch lightning out of the air, smash through giant masses of rubble, and catch Mikoto's railgun with his ''teeth'' (albeit while she was holding back).
* LeeroyJenkins: Whenever he sees a situation, he just charges in fists swinging and doesn't even ask what is going on.
* MadeOfIron: Can keep fighting after severe injuries like getting his heart pierced.
* MeaningfulName: His names can be translated as "Supremacy of the Military Court".
* NiceGuy: By Level 5 standards, a pure, good-hearted, and righteous boy like him is a veritable ''saint.''
* NowThatsUsingYourTeeth: He catches a railgun from Mikoto using ''his teeth''. It was only at 30%, but still...
* OddFriendship: While they didn't have the best first meeting, [[spoiler:he befriends Junko during the events of the ''Astral Buddy'' manga, with her inviting him for tea.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** Even Gunha cringes in fear when he sees what the Tokiwadai Dorm Supervisor did to Misaka.
** [[spoiler:Seeing the near end result of Mikoto's Level 6 Shift and seeing the dragon come out of Touma's arm]] were serious enough to get him to speak clearly and calmly and say they can't just jump in without a plan.
* ShockAndAwe: [[spoiler:After battling Misaka and Junko, he learned how to make electricity himself.]]
* ShoutOut: In his first appearance in SS Volume 2 ([[RunningGag and in the Railgun manga and in the Fanfare side story]]) he makes a dramatic speech that is immediately followed by [[{{Sentai}} explosions of colored smoke behind him]].
* SmarterThanYouLook: He identifies when an electric esper is using an ion sheath to defend herself, which is not exactly something an IdiotHero needs to know.
* StunnedSilence: His reaction to hearing [[spoiler:Touma's near-suicidal plan to finally end Mikoto's Level 6 Shift.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: Compared to the other level 5 espers, who are all basically walking supercomputers. Gunha's only strategy is to charge in and start swinging unless someone manages to miraculously convince him that there's a better option. Ollerus outright admits that Gunha would have beaten him if the Level 5 had understood the true nature of his own power.
* UseYourHead: Headbutts a ''steel girder'' thrown at him [[spoiler:by a berserk Mikoto]] to knock it away and laughs it off without a scratch.
* VerbalTic: He believes in being '''GUTSY''' over everything else to such a degree that he tries to insert something about '''GUTS''' in as many of his sentences as he possibly can.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: He wears a shirt emblazoned with the Rising Sun in the Light Novel and Manga illustrations.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Believes everything can be solved with punching and '''GUTS!''' If they aren't working, then you just need more of them.
-->'''Gunha:''' She needs more guts, I'll inject her with some.\\
'''Touma:''' That's not the issue here.\\
'''Gunha:''' No, she's just acting out after straying from the right path, but with some guts...\\
'''Touma:''' Please listen!
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: He resolves a dispute between two cheer squads by [[MegatonPunch punching]] the stage the cheer squads are fighting over, with them on it.
* WideEyedIdealist: He thinks the world is a simple place where good and evil can be easily distinguished and all he has to do is beat up the bad guy.
* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler:Following their team up against an out of controlled Misaka, Gunha acknowledges Touma's power and wishes to battle him one day]].

!!Other

[[folder:Maika Tsuchimikado]]
!!Maika Tsuchimikado
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->Voiced by: Creator/MisatoFukuen (Japanese) and Creator/LaraWoodhull (English)

Motoharu's younger step-sister, Maika is a maid-in-training and Touma's next-door neighbor.

* AllLovingHero: Even as a young child, she aspired to help everyone.
-->'''Maika''': Helping everyone live their lives with a smile is the most wonderful dream I can think of.
%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* CovertPervert: Likes YaoiGenre and incest romance manga.
* DoubleEntendre: Take this however you will...
-->'''Maika''': "The air conditioner's damaged today, so I'll be coming over. Also, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything I think my Aniki will be making noise tonight]], so please pardon us."
* HeartwarmingOrphan: Revealed to be her backstory in [=NT7=].
* HiddenDepths:
** When Maika offers advice to Touma on how to hide a runaway girl, she was referring to Index.
** As shown through an Indian Poker Dream card in the ''Dream Ranker'' arc, it's implied that she knows that Motoharu is attracted to her as NotBloodSiblings and she likely reciprocates those feelings. Also, she might be annoyed by her adoptive brother's perversion as well.
%%* {{Kawaiiko}}
* LastNameBasis: To show how carefree and uncaring towards authority Maika is, she is characterized as habitually referring to people by their family names ''without'' adding the polite "-sama" suffix that a maid is ''required by professional conduct'' to do.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Has no idea about the Magic Side, the Dark Side of Academy City, and about Motoharu's adventures. [[spoiler: Her death gets faked and later Motoharu's death is faked without her noticing.]]
* {{Meido}}: Without ''any'' of the professionalism that comes with the job, though. Can be explained by her still being in training.
* MoralityPet: To her brother, Motoharu.
* NotBloodSiblings: [[spoiler:Motoharu didn't even have a sister originally. However, when he was about to spy on Academy City for the Magic Side, it was suggested to him to take a girl with him and pretend they were siblings, all to make his cover story more plausible.]]
* OddFriendship: Gets along quite well with Himegami.
* ServileSnarker: Unlike a normal maid, not only does Maika shows absolutely ''no'' subservience towards the people she serves, but openly teases them about subjects that might cause discomfort. Nevertheless, she is friendly enough about it to not cause any lasting offense.

[[folder:Ayame Fusou]]
!!Ayame Fusou
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->Voiced by: Creator/YukoNatsuyoshi

An esper girl who participated in the riots caused by the Agitate Halation Project. She apparently has a day job as a stage performer and has sound related abilities.
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* AdaptedOut: Her supposed appearance in one of Mikoto's dreams is cut in the adaptation by the request of Motoi Fuyukawa, ''Railgun'' mangaka for unknown reasons. She was only referenced by Mikoto at the end of Episode 18 of Railgun T.
* AttentionWhore: She can't stand not being in the spotlight.
* ExposedToTheElements: She wears a bikini top, baggy pants, and shoes in November. This is apparently her stage outfit. Others comment that she doesn't seem to notice the cold.
* GlassShatteringSound: Even while under the effect of AIM Jammers Ayame managed to use her natural voice and resonance to destroy the internal semiconductors of the Reformatory's security robots, disabling them.
* HonorBeforeReason: Thinks getting everyone's attention is more important than victory or safety.
* KungFuWizard: While under the effect of AIM Jammers during the Reformatory's jailbreak challenge Ayame proves herself to be capable of defending herself from smaller wasp-like security robots using hand-to-hand combat.
* LargeHam: Loudly narrates everything she does, even in the middle of a fight, as if she were an announcer or a singer about to do a concert.
-->"Thank you for inviting me tonight! Let's get this one-man outdoor concert in the Learning Core started!! We won't stop until morniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnngggggggggggg!!!!!!"
* LeeroyJenkins: Her idea of "saving" Fremea Seivelun is to attack anybody in her path so that all of Fremea's "enemies" are gone.
* PungeonMaster: Talks in show business puns. She refers to herself as the star, her fights as a concert or performance, refers to Shizuri Mugino unexpectedly showing up to stop her as an ad-lib, etc.
* ShoutOut: The artist says her outfit brings to mind a girl out of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. She even wears an earring that is shaped like the magic lamp.
* SuperScream: By yelling into a megaphone or other sound amplification device, she can amplify her voice to the point of creating explosive shockwaves. She apparently requires the sound amplification devices, as when Shizuri Mugino destroys them, she makes no attempt to fight back with her regular voice.
* WithCatlikeTread: At one point, she tries to sneak around, but then says she can't stand not being in the spotlight and starts announcing her presence.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Maria Kumokawa]]
!!Maria Kumokawa
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Seria Kumokawa's younger sister, and Maika's friend and classmate. She was once Kagun Kihara's student and remained loyal to him even after he was branded a criminal. She is a Level 2 Esper. She plays a major role in New Testament Volume 4.

%%* ActionGirl
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She has a knack for figuring out how her opponents' powers work by watching them. [[spoiler: She was even able to roughly figure out how Marian Slingneyer's powers work even though she had no knowledge of magic. Marian complemented her for this.]]
* BadassBystander: She was just someone caught up in GREMLIN's takeover of Baggage City. [[spoiler: She defeats several of them before being taken down by Marian Slingneyer and rescued by the arriving Touma.]]
* BraidsOfAction: Her long hair is arranged in six braids.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Has a very strong sense of justice and cannot bear to ignore the suffering around her.
* CombatPragmatist: Will use anything available to win a fight, like [[UseYourHead headbutts]], or triggering explosions.
* DanceBattler: Fights using Capoeira, breakdancing, and pole dancing moves. Enhanced by her ability, Violence Donut.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: When her sister Seria asks if she's in love with Touma, she gets embarrassed and denies it.
* JumpedAtTheCall: In New Testament Vol. 8, when she runs into Touma's group preparing to storm GREMLIN's base, she immediately asks to join them in the coming battle despite barely knowing what is going on, but knowing GREMLIN has to be stopped.
* LeParkour: She's very swift and agile, able to weave through obstacles quickly.
* {{Meido}}: Again, she goes to the same maid-school as Maika.
* MurderousThighs: Often finishes her opponents with a head-scissors takedown.
* SecretKeeper: She doesn't understand the significance of this, but she is one of the only people who has seen [[spoiler: the Invisible Thing.]]
* ShowSomeLeg: She's not above exposing some skin to distract her opponents.
* SpinAttack: Violence Donut allows her to increase the centrifugal force of her movements. Since centrifugal force is inherent in almost all body movement, her ability also enhances her basic punches and kicks.
** RequiredSecondaryPowers: She doesn't have super durability, so she rarely goes past double the force to minimize the risk of injuring herself.
* ThouShaltNotKill: The only rule she follows in a fight is that she refuses to kill and she even objects to her teammates killing.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Kagun Kihara. She even follows him when [[spoiler:he becomes a zombie.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Is terrified of One-Eyed Othinus after witnessing the Majin's power and cruelty.

[[folder:Gemstone Girl]]
!!Gemstone Girl
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A mysterious young esper who carries a suitcase chained to her wrist and is pursued by several people.
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* BornWinner: She is a Gemstone, meaning she was born with her ability.
* FakingTheDead: Touya fakes her death in an explosion to stop her pursuers from seeking her.
* MysteriousWaif: She never explains who she is, what's in the suitcase, and why those men were after her.
* NoNameGiven: Everyone refers to her as "Gemstone Girl" since she never reveals her name.
* PrecociousCrush: Becomes attracted to Touya Kamijou after he helps her.
* SuperScream: She can create a powerful noise that knocks people over.
* VaporWear: It is briefly mentioned that she wears only her dress and it barely covers her.

[[folder:"Etsu Aihana" (New Testament 7)]]
!!"Etsu Aihana" (New Testament 7)
A young man who claims to be the 6th Level 5 esper. Misaki Shokuhou quickly explains that he is just an attention seeking impostor.

Not to be confused with the "Etsu Aihana" appearing in New Testament 12.
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* AttentionWhore: Why he is impersonating the 6th Level 5.
* LargeHam: Loudly announces his arrival and name.
* MegatonPunch: A single punch from him can send a person flying.
* OneManArmy: Mows through a large group of espers with hand-to-hand combat.
* ThePowerOfActing: Is able to convince many people that he is the 6th Level 5 without even using any esper abilities. It likely also helps [[OneManArmy he's pretty damn strong]].
* RapidFireFisticuffs: His punches are blindingly fast and incredibly strong, like machine pistons.

[[folder:Hasami Hitokawa]]
!!Hasami Hitokawa
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->Voiced by: Sayumi Watabe (Japanese), Creator/EmilyNeves (English)

Debuting in ''Manga/ACertainScientificAccelerator'', Hasami is a level 2 pyrokinetic esper with severe depression issues. She tried and failed to kill herself shortly before the start of the series, and the fake Anti-Skill officers who recovered her finished the job on the way to the hospital. Esther Rosenthal implanted a ''Huotou'' (a type of necromancy) into her body, and she soon after animated as a zombie under Esther's command.

* DrivenToSuicide: She internally mocks herself for being so incompetent she even screwed this up. The DA agents don't exactly help, claiming that suicide is a sin [[{{Hypocrite}} as they're killing her]].
* HumanResources: Like the other dead espers, she was slated to be used as the core of a robot with esper abilities.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Even more so than Esther. Esther often has more important things on her mind than clothing, but Hasami simply does not have the programming to understand the need to cover up.
* InterrogatingTheDead: Esther initially uses necromancy to revive only her brain and memories, so she and Accelerator can figure out what's going on. When Accelerator pokes the brain-shaped ball of electricity that was summoned, he gets a harsh dose of Hasami's memories.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: After having her living mind replaced with the spell, she acts robotically and with cold emotion, deferring to her master's command and no one else. She actually shares mythological background with a golem, being animated by a scrap of paper with instructions written on it. It is not clear if she can still access the memories she had when she was alive.
* PlayingWithFire: While alive, she was a level 2 pyro. It is unknown if she retains this ability after being revived.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:"Etsu Aihana" (New Testament 12)]]
!!Shinka Kanou
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A Level 0 and childhood friend of Frenda Seivelun. In New Testament 12, he decides to investigate what happened to her after not having contacted her in ages, running afoul of the heroes and villains in the process.
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* ActionSurvivor: He doesn't really have fighting skills and makes it through most situations by ducking and hiding. He does get to punch out St. Germain.
* DramaticIrony: He appears in Academy City to look for Frenda after he lost contact with her, while readers [[spoiler:are already aware of not only her involvement with Academy City's Dark Side, but also her violent death delivered by Mugino.]]
* DudeLooksLikeALady: The artist said he intentionally designed him so he could be easily mistaken for a girl.
* {{Expy}}: According to the artist, he's one of Lain from ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain''.
* IdentityImpersonator: During his investigation, he pretends to be Etsu Aihana, the #6 Level 5, which intimidates most people into leaving him alone and gives him some authority. Emphasis on the "most":
** When he first starts using the identity, he runs into a girl who has the same idea. The two of them try to intimidate each other with the name of the #6, only to realise that the other person had the same idea and run away.
** Then there are the people who simply aren't intimidated by Level 5s. When Shinka tries it on Stephanie, she threatens to demonstrate her esper containment skills (learned from her time in Anti-Skill). When he tries it on Touma, not only does Touma respond by casually asking if Shinka knows Accelerator or Mikoto, he unintentionally intimidates Shinka into running away by mentioning his name (apparently, Touma has now become TheDreaded to Academy City).
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: He had no idea Frenda was a member of Academy City's Dark Side.
* MisplacedRetribution: When he finds out Frenda had been killed by Shizuri Mugino, St. Germain tells him not to blame Mugino, but to blame Touma Kamijou for not being there to save her despite being a hero. When he attempts to attack Touma, Shiage Hamazura intercepts him and calls him out on his flawed thinking. Fortunately, he realizes he was being a fool and turns on the true villain, St. Germain.
* MoralityPet: He was one of the only people Frenda truly cared for.
* TastesLikeFriendship: Upon meeting him, Touma buys him some bottled water since he just finished running away from Stephanie and Shiage. St. Germain also gives him some water when they converse with him, leading Shinka to wonder if he looks constantly dehydrated.
* TookALevelInBadass: He was once a total crybaby and easily frightened. Then he goes on an adventure to discover what happened to his childhood friend and ends up punching out a powerful magician called St. Germain. Touma even calls him the true hero of NT 12.
* UnwittingPawn: St. Germain manipulates him into trying to fight Touma, believing Touma would be forced to kill him in self-defense and fall from grace, until Shiage sets him straight.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Himegi Matsuri]]
!!Himegi Matsuri

A young girl and Level 1 Esper discovered by Accelerator in the hospital while taking a break.
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* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler:Full Course ties her to a large cross after they recaptured her to ensure she doesn't try to escape again.]]
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:She gets taken by a fake Anti-Skill element.]]
* FantasticDrug: [[spoiler:She is the fantastic drug in question. Himegi naturally produces high grade ability body crystal secretions, classified as rank-A by Full Course. This unfortunately had terrible consequences on her body and made her Full Course's best ''flavoring agent'' during her imprisonment.]]
* MysteriousPast: Himegi's background is not known, except that she's a level 1 Esper and someone saved her life when she was young with her biological heart replaced with a mechanical one at some point.
* PimpedOutDress: She makes her introduction in a beautiful billowing floral wedding dress once the suitcase carrying her pops open. She later gets a more modest, but pointedly still gaudy dress complete with a tiara. [[spoiler:She gets a cocktail dress with diagonal ruffles along the lower half during her capture by Full Course.]]
* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:Without the mechanical implants and regular extractions by Full Course, Himegi would have died long ago due to the burden her body suffers from its overproduction and accumulation of body crystal secretions. Even then the implants are seemingly only good for a short while before they need maintenance, likely to keep Himegi compliant on Full Course.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Honoka Shirakinu]]
!!Honoka Shirakinu

A Child Error with Level 2 Pyrokinesis and close friend of Kimi in the past.
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* DePower: As part of the experimentation at the "power-boosting" lab, the alterations to her brain were meant to deliberately diminish her Esper ability, causing her to go from Level 2 to Level 1 within less than two years.
* PlayingWithFire: Her Esper ability was Pyrokinesis and a Level 2 at that.
* PosthumousCharacter: She's dead by the present in ''Railgun'' but her death and her actions leading up to it form a large part of Kimi's motivations.
* RedHerring: The initial flashbacks suggest Honoka, growing increasingly unstable from both the experiments and her weakening powers, deliberately tried to kill Kimi and the others while they were fleeing the facility in a moment of jealousy and was killed by security team in a bid of LaserGuidedKarma. [[spoiler:Kimi's later flashback, where she recalls the face Honoka made before knocking them off the stairway, the positioning of the clearly-armed security team and how she would have seen them coming first before anyone else, and the fact that the robots chasing them were designed to only capture, not kill, reveals she deliberately did it as a HeroicSacrifice to try and buy them time to escape another way.]]
* SanitySlippage: Her fiery yet kind temperament noticeably took a nosedive thanks to the brain experimentation performed on her, and not helping matters was that her ability was ''weakening'' rather than getting stronger (deliberately on the researcher's part, without her knowledge).
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Beginning Child]]
!!The Beginning Child
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The Beginning Child was the first scientifically-created esper and the prototype for the Power Development Curriculum. She had the ability to transform the environment around her into almost any climate, weather, and terrain -- including potentially lethal ones. She predates the ranking system for Academy City espers, but is believed to be the equivalent of a Level 5. Her appearance is described as that of a teenage girl with long black hair and sad, lonely eyes, wearing a uniform similar to a traditional Japanese ''hakama''.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Fought Awaki and almost killed her before Accelerator intervened.

* WouldHitAGirl: After disabling Mikoto and Kuroko with Capacity Down, he viciously beats them up before Wataru saves them.

* WouldHitAGirl: Viciously beats up Saten and then fights Kuroko intending to kill her.

[[folder:Beetle 05 '''(SPOILERS UNMARKED)''']]

However one of these beetles, referred to as [[YouAreNumberSix Rhinocerous Beetle 05]], [[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming ends up breaking away from the original's control]] (later implied to be due to [[SpannerInTheWorks Rikou Takitsubo's AIM Stalker]]). After spending time with Last Order and Fremea, [[ArtificialIntelligence Beetle 05 is eventually able to gain his own sense of self]] and [[SplitPersonalityTakeover replaces the original Teitoku Kakine]] as the new dominant personality of the #2 ranked Level 5.

* AIIsACrapshoot: He's not a robot, but his mannerisms and behaviour before and after he goes rogue resemble one. Also subverted, in that he crapshoots from evil to [[FaceHeelTurn become one of the good guys.]]

* BFG: Like the other Dark Matter beetles, he possesses a spring-loaded cannon inside his horn that can fire shells which explode on impact.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: His beetle form is the size of a car. Not really that creepy though.
* BishonenLine: A heroic example. Just as he takes over the original Kakine, his form as a rhinoceros beetle breaks apart to reveal a human form that's identical to Kakine (sans [[BlackEyesOfCrazy the eyes]]). [=NT7=] shows that any of the beetles he creates are able to assume the human form.
* CloningBlues: His arc in [=NT6=] is mainly spent struggling with his identity, trying to reconcile who 'he' is compared to the original Kakine and worrying that the original's influence will eventually take back control.

[[folder:Etsu Aihana (real)]]
!!Etsu Aihana (real)
!!![[TheGhost "Number Six"]]
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[[caption-width-right:132:Now, ''I will lend you Etsu Aihana.'']]

The mysterious sixth Level 5 Esper. Not much is known about this person, not even their gender. When the Daihasei Festival committee was searching for the Level 5s in Chapter 43 of the Railgun manga (''Railgun T'', Episode 1), despite all the other Level 5s being located, the sixth couldn't be found, which had been expected to some degree since there are multiple people that claim to be him. The sixth also appeared in the tenth volume of the New Testament, when a mass message was sent to the Level 5s requesting their participation in the elimination of Touma Kamijou and Othinus, with the sixth's response being silence and toying with the phone. They are frequently impersonated, with at least three fakes appearing in the series.

New Testament 12 reveals that their name is "Etsu Aihana", and that they employ Yokosuka the Organ Crusher to distribute their identity to those in need. Their motivation for this is currently unknown, though it's suggested that they're just trying to help people.

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!!!"[[TheGhost Number Six]]"

!!!''[[ComboPlatterPowers The Attack Crash]]''

* BornWinner: Being a Gemstone, he was born with his high level esper abilities.

* SuperpowerLottery: The strongest Gemstone, of which only about 50 exist in the world. And because he's a Gemstone, his powers are ''completely natural'', as opposed to the other Level 5s.

* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: He wears a shirt emblazoned with the Rising Sun.

[[folder:Number Six]]

The mysterious sixth Level 5 Esper. Not much is known about this person, not even their gender. When the Daihaseisai committee was searching for the Level 5s in Chapter 43 of the Railgun manga (''Railgun T'', Episode 1), despite all the other Level 5s being located, the sixth couldn't be found, which had been expected to some degree since there are multiple people that claim to be him. The sixth also appeared in the tenth volume of the New Testament, when a mass message was sent to the Level 5s requesting their participation in the elimination of Touma Kamijou and Othinus, with the sixth's response being silence and toying with the phone. They are frequently impersonated, with at least three fakes appearing in the series.

[[folder:Etsu Aihana]]

[[folder:Shinka Kanou]]

* InnocentFanServiceGirl: She lacks any real sense of modesty, and has no compunction about stripping down for maintenance wherever she happens to be. It's implied Hasuu [[DirtyOldMan made her that way on purpose]].

* MakeMeWannaShout: By yelling into a megaphone or other sound amplification device, she can amplify her voice to the point of creating explosive shockwaves. She apparently requires the sound amplification devices, as when Shizuri Mugino destroys them, she makes no attempt to fight back with her regular voice.

* MakeMeWannaShout: She can create a powerful noise that knocks people over.

* PrecociousCrush: Becomes attracted to Toya Kamijou after he helps her.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Can summon a vaguely angelic-looking dragon with her right hand to attack others and defend herself. [[spoiler:It's identical to one of the eight dragons that emerged from Touma's right arm to stop Mikoto's Level 6 Shift, something Mikoto recognizes.]] She indicates it's a rather new ability she didn't have before being imprisoned and it can be negated by Capacity Down, however. [[spoiler:Uiharu realizes after learning what Kimi's true esper ability is that the dragon is actually somehow feeding on the black hole generated by Kimi's ability as a power source, and when her power is negated by Capacity Down the dragon can't appear. However, by the time Uiharu figures this out, the dragon has grown strong enough that it can no longer be affected by Capacity Down.]]

* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: Even in a series that runs on magic and {{Techno Babble}}, his powers are singled out as being one big "Screw You" to every known law of physics. Even the Kiharas, a group with hundreds of world-class researchers dedicated to the study of Esper powers, have no freaking clue how his powers work.

* BoobsOfSteel: One of the most powerful characters in the series and has a huge rack.

* ComboPlatterPowers: His power is stated to be impossible to define, and manifests in a variety of ways, including as a DeflectorShield powerful enough to block Mikoto's electric attacks, a HealingFactor that can stop his bleeding and even reset his bones, a [[MakeMeWannaShout scream loud enough to cushion his fall and make the surroundings rattle, forcing everybody nearby to cover their ears]], NighInvulnerability, [[StuffBlowingUp the ability to create a strange explosion around him that throws people away]], SuperSpeed, and SuperStrength.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Even after befriending the others and having the opportunity to acquire clothes, she still wanders around barefoot.

* HasTwoMommies: She was raised by Uiharu and Saten until the end of ''Railgun S''.

* GirlInABox: [[spoiler:Is introduced this way; see HumanPopsicle below.]]