Fan Casting Kaori Kojima in Akira: Part 1

A 19-year-old Japanese student from wealthy New Tokyo who falls in love with Travis despite the chasm between their worlds. Kaori is the film's moral compass—she sees the good in Travis when no one else does and begs him to leave the violence behind. Kaori's ethereal beauty and quiet stillness make her death devastating. When a sniper's bullet meant for Travis strikes her instead, her final, bittersweet smile as she cups his face is the moment the film's tragedy crystallizes. She is the normal world Travis can never return to.