Aki Hikowa

Lieutenant Aki Hikowa was a human of Japanese ancestry and a member of the UNSC Navy. She had a long and slender appearance with long black hair.

Biography
In 2552, Lieutenant Hikowa was weapons officer aboard the under then-Commander Jacob Keyes. She was a first-rate tactical officer 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.

Hikowa transferred to now-Captain Keyes next command, the. She met Keyes upon his first arrival on the ship and gave him a rundown of the ordnance aboard the Autumn. She resumed her role as tactical officer during the First Battle of Reach. At the Battle of Installation 04 she escaped the Autumn aboard the same Bumblebee lifepod as Keyes.

On Installation 04, she was captured by the Covenant with Keyes when the group was betrayed by Ensign Ellen Dowski. Hikowa was about to confront Dowski when one of the Elite's shot and killed her in the forehead with an M6D Pistol.