Kaito Hisakawa

"If you're gonna make the jump, then I'll be there to launch you forward."

- Kaito

Kaito Hideaki is the fifth heir of the Hisakawa Clan.

Appearance
Kaito has messy, short black hair with bangs, sharp blue eyes, and a light complexion. He dons a royal blue yukata with white wave patterns at the bottom and at the end of his sleeves. The right sleeve is rolled up to his elbow. His emblem is on the back of his yukata. He wears a red obi belt with black pants and knee-high boots.

Personality
Kaito is a strange but unique individual. Despite having a high status, Kaito was lazy, mellow, and shown an unwillingness to do anything. He was the slowpoke of the group, always being the one who comes in last without the care in the world. He rather stay in his bed instead of going outside to do work. However, despite this, Kaito is highly dedicated to helping anyone in need to the best of his abilities.

At times, he can be energetic or more adventurous when presented with something new or something that piqued his interests. He is someone who isn't afraid to gamble and willing to take risks, even over small and petty deals. It can sometimes lead to accidents or hilarious mishaps. He also has many childish personality traits. Like his love for sweets or use of inappropriate jokes and deadpan statements. Kaito is shown to have difficulty showing his true emotions, disguising it under a cold outer layer. It leads to him inadvertently pushes people away despite holding the best intentions for them.

Kaito has a love for music and food due to his time roaming around his hometown. He is admits to being a sadist. He doesn't mind seeing his friends hilariously being extremely mistreated in various ways. He can tend to quit easily on certain moments, leading to to his or someone's punishment. He still manages to handle the situation and enjoys it.

Kaito cherishes companionship and extremely cares for his friends. He isn't easily provoked and holds back his anger. Even when push to his limits, he chooses to endure it. No matter how angry or frustrated he is at the world, he knows it wouldn't change anything. As part of his testament to protect his friends, Kaito holds little value for his life. Despite it all of this, Kaito can show charismatic side and able to amassed a group of friends. He can make the people around feel more alive.

Background
Located in Mistral, Kaito was born in the hidden city of Sakiko. The only child to two loving parents, an architect and an musician. Lived in lower class of the city, his parents owned a music shop which was designed and built by his mother. His father did music classes for the locals, teaching kids to play music. During his childhood, his father would teach him to play the erhu and his mother would teach the basics of architecture. As a gift for his birthday, his father gave him his own erhu to play. Kaito was very delighted and quickly learned to play it.

At the age of nine, his father was arrested and executed by the corrupt Karasu Clan. The Karasu govern Sakiko and other settlements who followed the old traditions of Mantle before and during the Great War. This included the mistreatment of the lower class, use of slavery, and their insistence that their way of life is better. Those who oppose or potential to oppose were arrested or executed. Amongst the people who opposed was his parents. Despite being angry, Kaito chose to endure the pain given to him by the Karasu. After the lost of his father, his mother was forced to serve under the Karasu Clan, leaving Kaito alone. The music shop closed and he left Sakiko along with his father's erhu.

For the next two years, Kaito wandered across Anima, playing his erhu to the ears of Mistral. He was given the nickname "Boy of Great Harmony", for his music brought harmony between the lower and upper class. As he was passing through a settlement, he encounters Shouyou Kichiro, who heard rumors of a boy who brought harmony. Taking a liking to the child, Shouyou asked him to come with him. Kaito became Shouyou's second student of his newly opened school, where he learned basic swordmanship and academic skills. Shouyou's goal was to teach students to become the person they ideally want to be while struggling against themselves to find that. The first student was a passionate, energetic girl called Ume Kobayashi. The two became very close friends and sticked together. After gathering many students, whom were poor, it attracted the attention and scrutiny of the upper class and the Karasu.

One day, the Karasu Clan came to arrest Shouyou as he opposed as a potential risk. Despite the student's best efforts to stop them, the Karasu arrested Shoyou and burned their school.

At the age of sixteen, Kaito along with Ume and other students of Shoyou came together to start their own war against the Karasu to save their teacher. They fought against the Karasu for a year. During the battles that ensued, Kaito earned another nickname "Dark Dragon" known for his fierce fighting style and his semblance. In the end, they were able to wipe out the Karasu. By the time the conflict ended, Shouyou was already gone as well as his comrades, leaving Kaito and Ume as the only survivors. After burying their teacher and comrade's bodies, they went on their own separate ways. Kaito returned to Sakiko and was able to reunite with his mother and opened their music shop again.

Nurarihyon
Kaito's weapon is a full length blunt katana called Nuraihyon due to its average appearance but destructive properties. The katana's "tsuba" or guard is decorated with a dragon motif. The eye of the dragon holds a gravity dust crystal. The hilt is wrapped in a black fabric and the pommel is steel gray. With the use of aura, Kaito can increase or decrease the mass of the blade, allowing for heavy hits or quick strikes.

Toyotama
Toyotama is the Nurarihyon's sheath. At the end of the scabbard conceals a tanto which is used as a backup or a throwing weapon.

Strengths & Abilities
Kaito was known as the "Dark Dragon" due to his semblance and fierce swordplay. He is capable of turning the tide in battle. His biggest weakness is his rage. In the end, he is only a berserker who aims to defeat or kill his enemies. This leads to opponents who are equal or stronger than him to defeat him or hold him off.

Master Swordsmanship Specialist: His swordsmanship is rough but far from unrefined. He wields his sword one-handed with fair wide but quick chops. His swordsmanship isn't taught but developed by Kaito himself.

Weapon Expertise: Though he mainly prefers to make use of his swordsmanship, he is also well-versed in other kinds of weapons from melee to ranged. He can incorporate the use of almost anything he finds in a fight, frequently catching his opponents off guard by using his surroundings.

Enchanced Strength and Agility: Kaito has enhanced strength and agility, focusing his aura on this trait. He is capable of cutting through large pieces of machinery or drive his blunt katana through the skin of a Beringel. He is very nimble and his reflexes are great and is capable of dodging, deflecting, or sometimes, throw back projectiles. When his semblance actives, his speed and reflexes reach absurd heights, allowing him to quickly close in gaps between him and his enemy, or capable of shattering a sword midswing with his own sword.

One of his defining traits is his tremendous physical endurance. In a fight, Kaito fights without consideration of his life, most of the time, allowing him to fight without limits. It's also a testament to how little he values his own life. Due to his own semblance, he developed an high pain tolerance, allowing him to extending the duration of a fight.

Besides combat, Kaito is capable of playing an erhu, a two stringed instrument, to a great degree which earned his nickname "Boy of Great Harmony".

Semblance: Raging Storm
An passive semblance that can be actived at will. His aura changes from a royal blue to a midnight black and eye color changes from blue to gold. It immensely increases his agility however his sense of pain increases. For example, if an strike that does moderate damage will feel more stronger than usual. For every strike he lands on an opponent, electrical sparks fly off his blade. The semblance weakens the defensive properties of his aura, which could easily deplete his aura reserves if his aura gets hit.

Trivia

 * In Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
 * In Japanese 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, or 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly."
 * The tanto is named after Toyotama-hime, a descendant of Watatsumi. She is also known as Luxriant Jewel Princess. In legend, she is called Luck of the Sea and Luck of the Mountain.