Kurisu Makise

Kurisu Makise (牧瀬紅莉栖, Makise Kurisu) is a young and extremely talented neuroscience researcher. She is found dead on the eighth floor of the Akihabara Radio Hall on July 28, 2010 by Rintarō Okabe, but is later found by the same person unscathed a few days later. The paradox created by this event leads Rintarou to advance his research on time machines, and the discovery of the possibility that text messages can travel backwards in time.

Appearance
Kurisu is an 18-year-old girl with long brown hair (red in the anime) and gray pupils. She prefers to let her hair hang loose.

She has an unusual fashion statement, with her outfit composed of a fully-buttoned white long-sleeved polo shirt, a red tie, a khaki sweater and black shorts. Kurisu's sweater is worn so that the back portion dangles to her back and is only kept from falling by a pair of belt-like accessories on her arm. There is a white belt around her waist. She also wears black stockings, and a pair of black boots complete her outfit. These are the uniform of Ayamein Highschool for Girls, where she studied on a study abroad program.

Personality
Unlike people of her age, Kurisu has shown a more mature attitude, usually calm and collected even when someone is acting tense in front of her. However, she can also show a much more timid side at times. She has been described as a tsundere by Rintaro Okabe time and again.