Editing Aki Hikowa

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{{Quote|You are an idiot. [[Jacob Keyes|The Captain]] rates the honorific 'sir'. You will render that honorific or I will plant my foot in your ass!|Lieutenant Hikowa, angrily reprimanding [[Ensign]] [[Ellen Dowski|Dowski]] for her thoughts of mutiny and lack of respect towards Keyes.}}

'''Lieutenant Aki Hikowa''' was a [[human]] of Japanese ancestry<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 196'' (''"Lieutenant Hikowa cursed quietly in Japanese."'')</ref> and an officer of the [[UNSC Navy]]. She had a long and slender appearance with long black hair.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 140''</ref> She was also known to be cool handed and quite proficient in combat operations in spite of a slightly aggressive nature and hot temper.

==Biography==
===''Iroquois'' and Sigma Octanus ===
In [[2552]], [[Lieutenant]] Hikowa was weapons officer aboard the {{UNSCShip|Iroquois}} under [[Commander (UNSC)|Commander]] [[Jacob Keyes]]. She was a first-rate tactical officer<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 8''</ref> and had survived several battles with the [[Covenant]] prior to serving under Keyes, but she seemed to have all the deliberation of a sleepwalker. However, after the victory at the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] she was markedly more enthusiastic about her job, and proved to be a useful officer.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 213''</ref>

===''Pillar of Autumn''===
Hikowa transferred to the recently promoted [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] Keyes' next command ship, the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}. She met Keyes upon his first arrival on the ship and gave him a rundown of the ordnance aboard the ''Autumn''.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''pages 272-275''</ref> She resumed her role as tactical officer during the Fall of Reach. At the Battle of Installation 04, she escaped the ''Autumn'' aboard the same Bumblebee escape pod as Keyes, with the rest of the bridge crew, and the Marines assigned to guard it.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 44''</ref> She remained immobile and expressionless when the corpse of [[Isna 'Nosolee]] floated towards her after Keyes shot it; she merely brushed it away.

On Installation 04, she was captured by the Covenant with Keyes when the group was betrayed by [[Ensign]] [[Ellen Dowski]] who led a group of Covenant to them, not knowing that they would not take prisoners. Hikowa was about to confront the [[Treason|traitor]] Dowski when one of the [[Sangheili|Elites]] killed her by shooting her in the forehead with a [[Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol|Plasma Pistol]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''pages 87-88''</ref>

==Trivia==
Aki means "Autumn" or "Bright" in Japanese.

==Gallery==
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File:Hikowa.jpg|Lieutenant Aki Hikowa
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''

==Sources==
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