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Ikumi is another first-year student who specializes in meat-based dishes, and later, in meat-based donburi. She is often called "Nikumi," a portmanteau of the Japanese word for "meat" and her given name, although she strongly dislikes when most people use this nickname (Her family name, "Mito" is also a reference to the English word "meat."). Although initially an antagonist, she later becomes a close friend of Soma and the denizens of the Polar Star Dormitory. She is considered very beautiful and is known for her provocative and revealing attire, often cooking in little more than a bikini. She is the presumptive heir to a large meat distributor, and is used to using exceptionally high quality ingredients in dishes she makes. She first appears early in the manga while attempting to take over the Don Research Society's clubroom at Erina Nakiri's order. Her callous behavior led Soma to challenge her to a beef bowl themed Shokugeki, under the stipulation that she would join the Don Research Society if she lost. Despite using the highest of high grade beef cuts, she lost because she didn't make it in such a way that the whole bowl could be eaten at once, with the beef on top ending up filling the judges' stomachs so well that they couldn't finish the rice underneath. She was forced to join the Don society and grew to respect bowls, to the point of primarily making beef bowls during the Autumn Election. After defeating her in a shokugeki, Ikumi also developed an obvious crush on Soma and often goes out of her way to help him (despite her tsundere tendency to claim otherwise)