Nikolai Matsky

Nikolai Kitano (北野にっこう) is an agent of the Russian Mafia. He was born in Japan to a Japanese father and a Russian mother, who ran a farm on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō. Nikolai is an extremely talented contortionist but has lived in the lower class for most of his childhood. At age 18, he enlisted in the KGB and became a spy in the Omega Order. While stationed at the Omega Order's Altair base, he fell in love with another contortionist, Elodie Duchamp. Nikolai was born with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Symptoms that affect Nikolai include looser, stretchier skin and ligaments. He has used these symptoms to help him in training to become the (self-appointed) "Most Flexible Man in the World". However, he is more prone to dislocations &mdash; which he has also utilized in his acts, once he learned how to control them. He has also had below-average muscle strength for most of his childhood, although this is more likely due to poverty and malnutrition. Nikolai is one of an elite couple of contortionists who has successfully attempted a 360-degree split.

Name
Nikolai's family name, "Kitano" means "north field" in Japanese. Although his official given name is "Nikolai", he often went by the name "Nikkō" while growing up in Japan.