| Mikoto Misaka | |
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| A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun character | |
 Mikoto Misaka as seen alongside her clones in an illustration from A Certain Magical Index. Art by Kiyotaka Haimura. | |
| First appearance | A Certain Magical Index prologue "The Tale of the Boy Who Could Kill Illusions – The_Imagine-Breaker." (序章 幻想殺しの少年のお話 The_Imagine-Breaker.) |
| Created by | Kazuma Kamachi |
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| Full name | Mikoto Misaka |
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| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Student |
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| Nationality | Japanese |
Mikoto Misaka (Japanese: 御坂 美琴, Hepburn: Misaka Mikoto) is a fictional character created by Kazuma Kamachi and first illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura. She is a major character in the A Certain Magical Index light novel series and the main protagonist of its manga spin-off series A Certain Scientific Railgun.
As an Academy City Resident, Mikoto is one of the most powerful espers in the city, ranking at Level 5 and possessing powers associated with electricity. Despite this, her personality comes off as brash, short-tempered, and often has a rough relationship with her younger friend Kuroku Shirai, though they do tend to get along at times. Though she appears as a major character in Magical Index, she plays a much larger role in the spin-off Scientific Railgun.
Mikoto was created as a means to show the social hierarchy in the world, as well as how powerful the main character is. In the early stages of development she was originally going to have long hair, something in which would apply to the titular character later on. There were also plans for her hair to act as a semiconductor to enable her railgun ability, but it was also scrapped.
She has been praised by both fans and critics alike for her personality and relationships with other characters of the series. Many pieces of merchandise have also been made using the character's likeness.
- ^ Loo, Egan (June 7, 2010). "Toaru Majutsu no Index's 2nd Season Green-Lit". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ "A Certain Magical Cast Announcement". Funimation. August 25, 2012. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
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