Nozomi Kako

"Too bad... It seems the party is already over. We arrived too late."

- Nozomi Kako

Nozomi Kako is a character in the manga and anime series World Trigger. She is a an A-Class Border Agent, the leader of Kako Unit.

Appearance
Nozomi is a young woman with long hair parted in the middle, and thin eyes. She has a mole on the left side of her face, right under her lips.

When in Trigger Mode, she wears a skinny black jumpsuit which has a purple design resembling a leotard on it, and also has her unit's emblem, over the left side of her chest. It has long sleeves which cover most of her arms (except for her wrists and hands). She also wears long, laced boots.

Outsite of combat, she has been seen wearing a black jacket over a light-colored shirt and black pants.

Personality
Kako is a laid-back person. She was also shown to be ashamed of not being able to get to the battlefield with her unit sooner, showing seriousness in her work. She is quick to point out flaws in something, shown when commenting on Mikumo Unit's fourth rank battle, she criticized Ninomiya for being too slow in making decisions and analyzing the situation. She seeks to form a team full of pros with surnames starting with "K".

Masataka Ninomiya
They are former teammates, and appear to have a bad tension between them, as Kako is critical of Ninomiya's analysis.

Masato Kageura
Kageura appears to dislike Kako, as her calls her a "phantom hag". Kako seems to be playful towards Kageura, however. They even fought over Yūma, as she wanted to recruit him and Kageura wanted to battle him.

Yūma Kuga
She wanted to recruit Yūma to her unit due to his skills and his surname starting with a "K", as she wants to form a team of pros with surnames starting with K, and even jokingly considered "recruiting him by force".

Kuniharu Kakizaki
They appear to have a friendly relationship, as they refer to each other by their surnames followed by the honorific "san" (a sign of respect), but when Yūma asked if she tried recruiting him, due to his surname also starting with "K", she said Kakizaki "wasn't [her] type".

Quotes

 * (To herself) "Too bad... It seems the party is already over. We arrived too late."
 * (About recruiting Kakizaki) "Kakizaki-kun is… Not really the right type for us"

Trivia

 * "Nozomi" (望) means "hope".
 * "Kako" (加古) is a river in Hyōgo, Japan. It is also a Japanese World War II cruiser named after said river.
 * She likes driving, apples, making fried rice, and people with talent.