| “ | Partner! You've gotta stop befriending these kind of guys! I'm saying this as your best friend, trust me! |
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— To Saiki Kusuo about Shun, Volume 0, Chapter 06 | ||
| Nendou Riki | |
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| Character Name | |
| Full Name | Nendou Riki |
| Kanji | 燃堂 力 |
| Furigana | ねんどう りき |
| Aliases | Baron Cola (by Yuuta) |
| Personal Info | |
| Age | 17 years old |
| Birthday | May 9 |
| Sign | ♉ (Taurus) |
| Blood type | O |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 191.3 cm (6’3”) [1] |
| Weight | 79 kg (174.2 lbs) |
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| Occupation |
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| Education | |
| School | PK Academy |
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| Media | |
| Novel Debut | Extra Stories of Psychics |
| Manga Debut | Chapter 01 |
| Anime Debut | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| English Voice | David Wald |
| Japanese Voice |
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| Live Action | Arai Hirofumi |
Riki Nendou (Japanese:
Appearance[]
Riki is sinister in appearance, so most of his classmates avoid him, assuming he is a bad person. His defining physical attribute is the scar on his left eye, something that can be used to differentiate between him, his father, and his mother, who all have the same faces. His hair is cut in a weird way with his bangs colored yellow while the rest is black. In school, he wears the standard PK Academy uniform but keeps his uniform open, showing an orange t-shirt. Outside school, he mostly wears collared shirts. He has a moustache, which he originally grew to match the moustache of his favorite comic book villain, Baron Cola.
Personality[]
Riki's dominant trait is his apparent lack of intelligence. He has bad manners and typically needs things to be explained to him countless times, then still cannot understand them.[5]
Though his looks often lead people to assume that he is a delinquent, Riki is generally kind and well-meaning, which Kusuo himself acknowledges. Riki’s kindness is seen when he rescues a girl who had rejected his advances from drowning and accepts her apology for harshly turning him down. He also saves Kaidou Shun and Hairo Kineshi. He dotes on Koriki No. 2, a hamster he got from from Kusuo, and the two get along so well that he sometimes takes the hamster with him to school. He is willing to help his classmates, gives pointers in cooking class, and shares his coffee anmitsu with Saiki during the Okinawa trip. He cares deeply for his family, often visiting his father's grave despite never having met him and wanting to get a job so he can buy a gift for his mother, though he lacks the competency to keep the job for long. Ultimately, he has a heart of gold and a brain of mush.
A flaw in his generally kind personality is his perverted behavior toward women, including Teruhashi Kokomi (he gave her his outfit choice for her that appears inappropriate, and highly lacks fashion sense, in Chapter 127) and has a preference of dating those with stunning features, such as curvy waists and nice body parts, as stated in Chapter 171, similar to Toritsuka Reita (whose spirit guardian is the former's late father).
Abilities[]
- Athletic Strength - Similar to Hairo Kineshi (despite that he is surpassed), Nendou has incredible strength that, while not on Saiki's level, is superhuman compared to normal people.
- Ignorant Limitation Transcendence - Nendou has shown to do impossible feats just by being too stupid to know that he can't: he is able to twist his neck like an owl, stay hydrated with a can of corn pottage, and approach Saiki without being detected by his telepathy.
History[]
When Riki is a freshmen, he starts out as a bully who constantly picks on Kusuo and copies his notes. He later changes and becomes Kusuo's stalker after thinking that Saiki was the one who saved him when he was framed by Takahashi. Later that day, Riki becomes a protector of Kusuo, scaring any people passing by Kusuo and constantly pestering Kusuo to eat ramen when school ends. In a time skip, Riki is a sophomore along with Kusuo and Shun, and the three are grouped together with Kusuo seen in the center. The students think that Kusuo is the leader of their group.
Quotes[]
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Trivia[]
- 燃堂 力 (Nendou Riki) can also be read as “Nendou Ryoku” , which is the Japanese term for telekinesis.
- The kanji for his first name, 力, means “power”.
- His childhood dream was to be a carpenter.
- In his profile, Riki's blood type is said to be either O or B.[6]
- Kusuo explains that the reason he cannot read Riki's mind is because the speed of Riki's thinking is the same as the speed he talks.
- Shun's mother considers him a genius (along with Kusuo) because they finished a workbook that she gave them quickly.
- Although Riki is dumb, he can be very smart whenever Shun lies about his "power", as stated by Kusuo.
- His guardian spirit is an "old hag", as stated by Toritsuka Reita.
- He is the only character whose mind Kusuo can't read, so Kusuo never knows what's going on inside of his head.
- He is seen having a preference for curvy girls, almost turning down the “love letter” he got from one of the female students.
- Had his first kiss with Takahashi when attempting to give him mouth-to-mouth after Takahashi faked a sickness to skip the school assembly.
References
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| v · e | Nendou Family | |
| Members: | Takeuchi Riki · Nendou Midori · Nendou Riki | |
| Miscellaneous: | Nakanishi Kouta · Koriki No. 2 | |
| v · e | 2nd Year | |
Class 1- :
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Kihachi Bunta · Nishi Soujirou · Sugiyama Haruo · Tanaka Ichirou | |
Class 2- :
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Itano Yoriko · Ooshima Yuuji · Oohori Kouichi · Satou Hiroshi · Shinoda Takeru · Nakanishi Shinya · Maeda Takayuki · Suzumiya Hii · Toritsuka Reita | |
Class 3- :
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Aiura Mikoto · Akechi Touma · Hairo Kineshi · Kaidou Shun · Kuboyasu Aren · Mera Chisato · Murata Shuuji · Nendou Riki · Saiki Kusuo · Saiko Metori · Sawakita · Takahashi · Teruhashi Kokomi · Yokota Jaga · Yumehara Chiyo · Zolbe Kageyukouji Saberlight | |
Class 4- :
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Haruno Akio · Hotei Tomotaka · Tanihara Kenji | |
Class 5- :
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Kumi Kouji · Matsuda Ippei · Mikami Aiko · Mishima Nobuaki | |