| Relationships |
Ichijou Masaki[]
Masaki and Kichijouji
Masaki is Kichijouji's greatly trusted best friend. They met when Masaki rescues Shinkurou during the NSU's attack in 2092, the same event which earned Masaki the title "Crimson Prince". After being taken in by the Ichijou family after he was orphaned, Shinkurou has dedicated himself to his best friend and savour, viewing himself as Masaki's strategist.
Shiba Tatsuya[]
He feels a blatant rivalry with Tatsuya. He feels beaten, not as much in CAD related skills, as in strategy in the AD 2095 Nine Schools Competition. He admits in Volume 5, Chapter Friendship, Trust and the dubious Lolicon that their defeat was a consequence of his obsession with beating Tatsuya in his own turf. His wish to redeem himself manifests in being obsessing over his manuscript for the Thesis Competition of AD 2095 in the hopes of beating Tatsuya.
In Volume 27, when he received the mail from Tatsuya much to his surprise, which had contained the basic blueprint for activation sequence of a new magic, without much thoughts he serious started working on it.
At the press conference, after the successful testing of new developed strategic class magic, Ocean Blast, Kichijouji publicly announced Tatsuya is a co-developer of this magic without holding back.
Yoshida Mikihiko[]
He also feels a rivalry with Mikihiko. This may be based on losing to him in terms of speed, but more likely originates from being defeated in tactics in the AD 2095 Newcomers' Monolith Code final.