Tenma calls her Nanobana-san, but Nanobana asked why Tenma was so formal when he used to call her Kinako. She practiced with Tsurugi, and was seen to easily steal the ball from him and Tsurugi compliments Nanobana that she can play as a defender. Then, Nanobana asked Jeanne to play with her. Wonderbot tried to Mixi Max her with Jeanne, but it failed. In episode 19, she and the other members of Raimon met with Jeanne d'Arc. She was happy then when she was chosen to be one of those to time travel with the Raimon team. Daisuke explains that they need to go Jeanne d'Arc's era and Nanobana volunteers herself to Mixi Max with her, as both of them are girls. Everyone then comes to the other soccer training place and talks about what they have to do next. Suddenly, Nanobana decides to switch her uniform, and was about to remove her soccer uniform in front of everyone when Midori, Aoi and Akane stopped her, after which Tenma and Shinsuke suddenly turned to the opposite direction.
Fei explained that this is probably the cause of Time Paradox. Hamano explains that when they were away, Nanobana was in the team, serving as the ace striker.
Tenma, Shinsuke, Aoi, Midori and Akane thought that she was a new manager but she explains that she's Raimon's new ace striker as she reveals her shirt number being number 10 and shocks Shindou and Tsurugi. Though, when she enters the clubroom, she is shown to have worn the Raimon soccer uniform and happily says, "Captain! Welcome Back!" to Matsukaze Tenma, who had just returned. She first appears in episode 18 in which she was shown running towards the clubroom in her school uniform. In order to protect Fei from Feida, Asurei brought back the young Kinako to his timeline, as Fei didn't know who she was. She married Asurei Rune, and had a son called Fei Rune. Nanobana Kinako originally came from the future.
In a few episodes, she is seen to be very careless of what she does, and does things that other people have to say sorry about. In episode 21, it was shown that she gave the position of being Mixi Maxed instead to Kirino, since she understood Kirino's will and desire to help. She is also quite kind and a little bit childish, though this masks her personality of being serious and understanding. She seems to be very positive and sunny most of the time. When she first appeared in episode 18 she was really cheery and joyful to become a Raimon player. Her cape is red and she also sports a sword with this outfit. In King Arthur's Era, she wears a white, brown and black knight uniform. Her eyes turns bright blue and her headband is now gray instead of orange. When Mixi Maxed with Master Dragon, her hair grows longer and turns blonde. She doesn't wear any headband but instead it is tied up into a ponytail. When she's an adult, her hair grows a little longer and she's matured. Nanobana is quiet small if compared to her teammates. She also wears an orange ribbon tied around the collar of her white shirt, dark purple shoes, black socks and still wears the generic blue skirt just like the other female Raimon members. Unlike the commonly seen female uniform of Raimon, she wears a cream colored vest on top of her white shirt. She has long, milky brown, silky, straight hair and brown eyes which are exact to Fei Rune's. "Kinako and Master Dragons' miximax brings fantasy soccer to life!".Shoots and dribbles are also her specialties even though she's a defender." Profile Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone Japanese version 5.1 Inazuma Eleven GO VS Danball Senki W.