Hikawa

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Name	Hikawa
Game	Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Reason	Shijima
Demon Sponsor	Ahriman

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Chief Technical Director of a large communications company called Cybers, and a high-ranking officer of the Gaea cult. He is also a Devil Summoner.

Hikawa is said to be the one actually responsible for the occurrence of the Conception. After finding the Scripture of Miroku and recreating the spinning drum of Amala, he deciphered the symbols which foretold the possible coming of the world's end in order to create a new one. Hikawa placed Amala Terminals in several key locations to form the Amala Network, which was part of his preparation. The process then came to pass after rituals were performed, and the only safe place was Shinjuku Medical Center.

After the emergence of the Vortex World, he organizes the Assembly of Nihilo, which becomes one of the two strongest demonic forces around (the other being the Mantra). His dream is a world of silence, where the dangerous passion of man is neutralized, and everyone is at one with the world: this, he calls the Reason of Shijima.

Hikawa is a mysterious man because he deliberately stays underneath the radar. He was able to hold a powerful position in a prominent communications company without leaking a hint as to his true belief. After the Conception occurs, many believe it to have been the work of the ancient Assembly of Nihilo; no-one suspects that it was actually Hikawa.

He is a man devoted to the Reason of Shijima from the very beginning and acts accordingly. Every move he makes is calm and calculated as he swiftly moves his way towards realizing his vision of a new world. But also like Shijima, he is utterly emotionless in his actions, using Yuko as his pawn and destroying all resistance with no hesitation and minimal effort.

Hikawa describes his Reason to the Demi-Fiend as preventing the flame of passion (which warms and nourishes) from turning into a blazing inferno of consuming desire (which destroys). He is ignorant, however, of what his Reason would mean: the flame of passion would actually be extinguished, denying the entire world of positive emotions like love and joy. If the Demi-Fiend opposes him, however, his last words reflect his final revelation: "It's so quiet...too quiet..."