Koujun Kikuhiko

Koujun Kikuhiko is a minor character from the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun sidestories. He is a level 0 student of Academy City and a user of the Level Upper.

Background
Not much is known about him but for some reason he felt that he was looked down upon by Academy City and wanted to gain power as he was a level 0, because of this he seeked out the Level Upper no matter what it took.

Appearance
He is a hefty young man who sports a bowl cut.

The Level Upper Incidents
He appears during the height of the Level Upper incidents, trying to obtain a Level Upper for a price from thugs during Judgment's crackdown on it and it's users. The thugs have raised the price of the Level Upper and refused to give it to him even though he already pay for it, however he asked for his money back and as such he is assaulted by the thugs. He was about to be used as a test subject by the thugs for their powers (as they were Level Upper users as well), Saten Ruiko tried to stop them from beating up on Kikuhiko but was also powerless to stop them until Shirai Kuroko came to face the thugs.

In the manga Kikuhiko persuades Ruiko during Shirai's battle to run away as she cannot do anything to help as she was a level 0 herself, both he and Ruiko leave the scene before the arrival of Anti-Skill.

Kikuhiko later obtains the Level Upper by downloading it from a website. He uses it and he eventually falls into a coma just like the other users. During the rampage of the AIM Burst Kikuhiko can be seen in a ward having uncontrollabe fits just like every other comatose users of the Level Upper, he and the rest of the users later calm down after Uiharu Kazari plays the treatment program for the Level Upper all over Academy City.

His last appearance is during the special class held for some of the Level Upper users, during the entire day he does not talk much and like to keep to himself. During the lunch break he stays on the roof. Later during Yomikawa Aiho's training where everyone is to run around the track until they are unable to, Kikuhiko is seen as the last running around the track despite being the first one to say that he wanted to give up, Aiho uses him as an example on surpassing one's limit. After class he once again meets with Ruiko after the system scan on their abilities, here he blushes and greets Ruiko after saying the exact same thing as her: "Let's keep trying."

Quotes

 * (His thoughts within the AIM Burst)"That's why... All I can do is obtain one. All I can do is obtain one, no matter what it takes!"
 * "Let's keep trying."