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{{Character Info
|title = Kei Nijimura
|colors = JoJolion
|image = [[File:Kei Nijimura Infobox Manga.png]]
|ja_kanji = 虹村京
|birthname = Kei Kira
|namesake = [[Keicho Nijimura]] {{S|[[Diamond is Unbreakable|Part 4]] character}}<br />{{nihongo|10,000,000,000,000,000|京|kei}}<br />{{nihongo|Rainbow|虹|niji}}
|alias = Kei Nijimura {{S|fake name}}
|stand = [[Born This Way]]
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|age = 22<ref name=JJLC11P30>{{Ch|JJL Chapter 11}}, p.6</ref>
|birthday = ~1989
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|gender = Female
|nation = Japanese
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|occupation = [[Higashikata Family]] Housekeeper
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|family = [[Johnny Joestar]] (great great grandfather)<br />[[Yoshiteru Kira]] (father)<br />[[Holy Joestar-Kira]] (mother)<ref name=JJLC16P28>{{Ch|JJL Chapter 16}}, p.28</ref><br />[[Yoshikage Kira (JoJolion)|Yoshikage Kira]] (brother)
[[Josuke Higashikata (JoJolion)|Josuke Higashikata]] (brother from Yoshikage's part)
|status = Alive {{S|Part 8}}
|mangadebut = {{Ch3|JJL Chapter 6}}
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{{Quote|That [[Higashikata Family]] knows something.|Kei Nijimura|{{Ch|JJL Chapter 17}}}}
{{Nihongo|'''Kei Nijimura'''|虹村 京|Nijimura Kei}} is a side character featured in the eighth part of the ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' series, ''[[JoJolion]]''. Appearing as an antagonist in the "[["Paisley Park" and "Born This Way" (story arc)|Paisley Park and Born This Way]]" story arc, she then becomes a neutral character.
Kei is the [[Higashikata Family]] household's housekeeper. She is eventually revealed to be the daughter of [[Holy Joestar-Kira]] and thus [[Yoshikage Kira (JoJolion)|Yoshikage Kira]]'s younger sister. Kei is a [[Stand]] User who wields the autonomous, chilling Stand, [[Born This Way]].
==Appearance==
Kei is a beautiful young woman with long, black hair which is normally tied in a bun with the exception of her meeting with Josuke with her hair down.
She wears a maid's uniform consisting of a black blouse and a white apron decorated with two pins that resemble lightning bolts and the letters G and U on each pin. And on her head, she wears a chin-strapped black hat also decorated with the letters G and U.
Her pantyhose are patterned with stars, and her shoes were designed with a bow-knot.
When confronted by Josuke, it is revealed that she bears a [[Joestar Birthmark|star-shaped birthmark]] near her left shoulder.
Since "Nijimura" is merely an alias, her true last name is likely either "Joestar" or "Kira".
==Personality==
[[File:Nijimura_maid.png|thumb|left|Kei as an emotionless maid]]
Kei typically performs all the duties expected of a maid and shows no emotion whatsoever. It is eventually revealed her emotionless demeanor is a facade when Josuke asks her if she attacked him on the Higashikatas' orders. Kei reacts harshly to this, showing that she hates the Higashikatas, calling them "the goddamn Higashikatas". She also threatens to kill Josuke if he approaches Holy because she is revealed to be Holy's daughter, shedding tears and becoming more emotional.<ref name="JJLC16P21,23">{{Ch|JJL Chapter 16}}, p.21, 23</ref>
After Josuke finally gives into her demands, she breaks down and reveals that they knew each other in the past, and she is surprised that he has really lost all of his memories. She also points out the seams in his halved eyeballs and tongue.<ref name="JJLC16P28-29">{{Ch|JJL Chapter 16}}, p.28-29</ref>
Kei's great love for her mother is shown again when she cares for the comatose Holy at [[TG University Hospital]], cleaning her up and referring to her as "mama" as she does so.<ref name="JJLCh102p35">{{Ch|JJL Chapter 102}}, p.35</ref>
==Abilities==
===[[Stand]]===
{{main|Born This Way}}
Kei's [[Stand]] Born This Way is an automatic Stand that activates when the person she has targeted opens something. It manifests as a humanoid Stand riding a motorcycle that produces extremely cold winds, capable of freezing water vapor in the air.
{{StandBox
|Part=JJL
|Image=BornThisWayAv.png
|Name=[[Born This Way]]|JPN=ボーン・ディス・ウェイ
|Debut={{Ch3|JJL Chapter 12}}
|Type={{ST|Auto}}, {{ST|AH}}
|Ability=Freezing Wind
|power=C|speed=B|range=A|persistence=A|precision=E|potential=E
}}
==History==
===Background===
[[File:Kid Kei.png|thumb|left|Kei as a child]]
Kei is born from the union between [[Holy Joestar-Kira]] and [[Yoshiteru Kira]], and she is [[Yoshikage Kira (JoJolion)|Yoshikage Kira]]'s little sister.
Although aware of her mother's [[Rock Disease|illness]], Kei took no part in helping Yoshikage steal and keep the [[Locacaca]] from the [[Locacaca Smuggling Organization]]. Instead, wary of the Higashikatas, she infiltrated the Higashikata Family, posing as an unrelated maid and taking the name "Nijimura" to investigate their secret.
After the earthquake of March 11, Kei discovers the [[Equivalent Exchange|supernatural properties]] of the soil near the [[Wall Eyes]], which can exchange parts between two buried objects.
===Meeting Josuke===
{{Main|JJL Chapter 7}}
{{Main|"Paisley Park" and "Born This Way" (story arc)}}
Upon entering the Higashikata household, [[Josuke Higashikata (JoJolion)|Josuke Higashikata]] is coerced into taking a family photo. Kei appears and attempts to remove his hat, causing Josuke to feel threatened, and ask who she is. [[Norisuke Higashikata IV]] answers for her and introduces her as the Higashikata family's housekeeper. When Norisuke shows Josuke around the house, he tells him to ask Nijimura for anything he needs. Later, as she helps [[Yasuho Hirose]] exit the premises, she relays a message from Norisuke, stating that Yasuho is not allowed near the Higashikatas' house again.
[[File:kyo & josuke.png|thumb|Kei realizes that Josuke is a mix between her brother and a second person]]
Seeing that Josuke has investigated her family tree and taking him for an enemy, Kei unleashes her Stand, [[Born This Way]], on Josuke just as he decides to go see Holy. Nonetheless, Josuke escapes Born This Way and surprises Kei standing near the hospital. Kei tries to summon Born This Way one last time by tossing an opened pen to Josuke but [[Soft & Wet]] knocks her out before it can attack. Josuke manages to defeat her, but Kei stays aggressive and warns Josuke not to approach her mother. Josuke decides to be diplomatic and concedes, leading Kei to trust him. Examining his face, Kei notices that Josuke's eyes and tongue are in fact a blend of two organs.<ref name="JJLC16P28-29" />
[[File:KeiFruits.png|thumb|left|Kei demonstrating the [[Equivalent Exchange]]]]
Kei subsequently leads Josuke to the Wall Eyes and shows him that he is a [[Equivalent Exchange|fusion]] of her brother [[Yoshikage Kira (JoJolion)|Yoshikage Kira]] and [[Josefumi Kujo|another person]]. She demonstrates using a lemon and a tangerine, burying them underneath the soil. She then unearths the fruits and then slices each of them in half, showing some of their sections swapped.
===[[Every Day Is a Summer Vacation (story arc)|Every Day Is a Summer Vacation]]===
After [[Jobin Higashikata|Jobin]] returns from his trip, he gives souvenirs he's bought from the trip to his family, including Kei and Josuke. He gives Kei an Oscar statue from a trip to Southeast Asia, which [[Hato Higashikata|Hato]] grows jealous of.
===[[Hato Brought Her Boyfriend Home (story arc)|Hato's Boyfriend]]===
When Hato brings her boyfriend [[Tamaki Damo]] home, Kei is the first to be liquefied by Damo's [[Vitamin C]] as she tries to wipe off strange hand prints on the windows and furniture of the house. She spends the rest of the fight in a liquefied state.
===[[Endless Calamity (story arc)|Endless Calamity]]===
[[File:keiphone.png|thumb|200px|right|Kei listening to Yasuho's plea for help]]
During [[Tooru]]'s pursuit in the Higashikata household, [[Yasuho Hirose|Yasuho]] immediately eats a Locacaca fruit after realizing that Tooru himself is the user of [[Wonder of U]], who is then causing the calamity. She proceeds to use [[Joshu Higashikata|Joshu]]'s phone to contact Kei Nijimura. At the [[TG University Hospital]], Kei takes care of her [[Holy Joestar-Kira|mother]] in bed until she receives Yasuho's call. Yasuho tells her to hand the phone to [[Josuke Higashikata|Josuke]] as soon as possible. Kei notices that Holy has written notes about Josuke and his whereabouts and thus Kei is now able to go find Josuke in the secret [[Locacaca]] lab.
In the Locacaca laboratory, the Stand [[Wonder of U]] manages to take down Josuke and nearly incapacitates him. As it approaches Josuke, [[Born This Way]] breaks into the room and freezes [[Soft and Wet]]'s bubbles, which then strikes Wonder of U multiple times. Kei then enters the laboratory. At the Higashikata household, Tooru realizes that there is something in Soft and Wet's bubbles that Josuke himself does not know.
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==Chapters==
{{Appearance|BG=JJL|BG2=JJL2
|Chapters =
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 6}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 7}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 8}} {{Flash}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 10}} {{Flash}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 11}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 12}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 13}} {{Mo}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 16}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 17}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 18}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 26}} {{Mo}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 27}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 33}} {{Mo}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 34}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 43}} {{Mo}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 44}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 47}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 48}} {{C|Under Vitamin C's ability}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 49}} {{C|Under Vitamin C's ability}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 50}} {{Flash}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 53}} {{Cover}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 55}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 56}} {{Cover}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 58}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 59}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 61}} {{Mo}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 72}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 75}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 102}}
*{{Ch|JJL Chapter 103}}
}}
==Quotes==
{{Quotes|bg=JJL
|{{Q|The Higashikata Family... that family has secrets. In order to find those secrets and in order to protect my mother, I infiltrated that house as Nijimura the maid. The only living member of the Kira family left are my mother and I.|Kei Nijimura, {{Ch|JJL Chapter 17}}}}
|{{Q|You are you... I know that... It's the same for everyone in this world... you are your own self.|Kei Nijimura, {{Ch|JJL Chapter 17}}}}
|{{Q|I can say this decisively... I'm sure of it. Your true identity is my older brother, Yoshikage Kira... there's no doubt about it. But that's only part of you. There's another person. You are a fusion of Yoshikage's body and your own. Your minds are fused as well. Your spirit taken form, your Stand, it's different from the shape of Yoshikage's Stand. Your Stand is also a combination of two.|Kei Nijimura, {{Ch|JJL Chapter 17}}}}
|{{Q|Y-Yasuho, I understand... I know where Josuke is right now!|Kei Nijimura|{{Ch|JJL Chapter 102}}}}
}}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Kei Serving Breakfast.png|Kei serving breakfast
Kei Sniffing.png|Kei sniffing
File:Kei Beatdown.png|Getting beaten up by [[Soft & Wet]]
File:Kei Birthmark.png|Kei's Birthmark
File:NijimuraJosuke.png|Kei answering Josuke's questions
File:Kei Threatening.jpg|Kei Protecting Holy Joestar
JJL_Chapter_34.png|Kei with the Higashikata family, [[JJL Chapter 34]]
File:Kei attacked by Vitamin C.png|The first victim of [[Vitamin C]]'s attack
File:UJ2016May.png|''[[Ultra Jump]]'' 2016 Issue #5 (Title Page)
File:JJL Chapter 56clean.jpg|Ultra Jump 2016 Issue #8 (Title Page)
File:keimother.png|Kei caring for her mother [[Holy Joestar-Kira]]
File:keiyasuhophone.png|Kei being contacted by [[Yasuho Hirose]]
File:keihospitalsearch.png|Kei searching the hospital for Josuke
File:keibornthisway.png|Kei alongside Born This Way
</gallery>
==Trivia==
[[File:Kei Nijimura.png|thumb|200px|Her name spelled as "Kei" for the first time on the summary page of [[JJL Volume 24]].]]
*Her name references [[Keicho Nijimura]] from Part 4. Beyond their family names being the same, her given name continues a pattern: {{nihongo|"oku"|億}} from [[Okuyasu Nijimura|Okuyasu]] means 100 million (10<sup>8</sup>), {{nihongo|"chō"|兆}} from [[Keicho Nijimura|Keicho]] means 1 trillion (10<sup>12</sup>), and {{nihongo|"kei"|京}} means 10 quadrillion (10<sup>16</sup>).
*The G.U. on her clothing stands for ''Going Underground'', which was the original name for her Stand, [[Born This Way]].
*The hiragana spelling of her name was originally {{Nihongo|Kyo|きょう}} since [[JJL Volume 4]]. However, it was changed to {{Nihongo|Kei|けい}} as of [[JJL Volume 24]]. [[Hirohiko Araki|Araki]] noted that he hadn't checked the {{W|furigana}} for a long time.<ref>[[Ultra Jump]] December 2020 Comment</ref>
* In the Higashikata household, a few minutes before the harvest of the new [[Locacaca]] fruit, Kei is seen missing in the family photo taken when [[Jobin Higashikata|Jobin]] returns home from a business trip<ref>{{Ch|JJL Chapter 83}}, p. 30</ref> whereas she was initially shown being featured in the photo.<ref>{{Ch|JJL Chapter 34}}, p.1</ref> It is unknown if she was purposely erased from the photo for reasons yet to be revealed.
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