kyouka Izumi

name

Kyouka Izumi

birthday

November 4

gender

female

race

japan

sexuality

Bisexual; attracted to women; attracted to men

Appearance

Kyōka is a short girl with black hair that is tied into two low twin-tails with flower pins and blue eyes, in which a notable trait of hers, much like almost every member of the Port Mafia, is that her eyes used to be very dull. However, after meeting Atsushi Nakajima and being together with the Agency, her eyes have been shown to become clearer. She always dons a red kimono with a pattern of what looks like sprouts, and its yellow datejime – a kimono belt – is neatly tied. She wears long white socks and sandals; while on her arms, she appears to wear yellow and red wrist pads. In addition, Kyōka carries with herself a tiny rabbit doll, together with her cellphone attached to a necklace

height

148 cm

personality

While with the Port Mafia, Kyōka's personality is similar to that of a doll. She lacks all emotions and is ruthless when she is ordered to perform a duty. However, after she joins the Agency, she tries her best to minimize casualties in their line of work. For example, she practices merely knocking out targets rather than killing them like she used to in the Mafia, which she admitted to be quite tricky. Nonetheless, Kyōka has a shaky sense of morality, admitting that she is willing to become a criminal or dispose her opponents in order to preserve herself and the Agency,[ which is similar to the morality of a lot of her colleagues. She can also be quite vengeful as she was not above killing Ryūnosuke Akutagawa to prove to herself that he was wrong about her, indicating her dark nature can easily take over if the situation calls for it. Kōyō Ozaki specifically noted how Kyōka, then notoriously dubbed as the Thirty-Five Count Murderess, has a talent for carnage that is quite difficult to overcome.[ However, Kyōka is quite strong-willed and willing to conquer this darkness, as showcased when she wants to prove to Akutagawa that she is more than just a killer. Much like Atsushi, she used to believe that she was worth very little and that she deserved to die for her crimes. At a certain point in her life, she was filled with so much self-vengeance that she wished to be destroyed along with her ability. Nevertheless, unlike Atsushi, she does not dwell on her mistakes upon joining the Agency and tries her best to be of use to her comrades, even if it means harming others and even going up against the Mafia for their sake.She eventually grows to have a sense of duty towards protecting Yokohama, even choosing to sacrifice her life to save the city towards the end of the Guild war.

skills

Kyōka's ability, Demon Snow, allows her to materialize a female sword-wielding phantom, known as Demon Snow, which only follows orders coming from a mobile phone she always carries on her person. It appears that it only listens to orders from another person on the other line and it does not comply to Kyōka's own wishes. Anatomy Knowledge: Kyōka appears to have knowledge on human anatomy and physiology, specifically when she threatened to sever Demon Snow's third cervical plexus to subdue it for life if it were a human. Acupuncture: Though she mostly used the concept for threatening Mushitarō Oguri to cooperate with her and Atsushi, Kyōka might have some knowledge about the methods of acupuncture. Acrobatics: Kyōka has shown immense physical capabilities, making superhuman leaps and slicing people with immense force, even without her ability. Sword Play: Kyōka is skilled with a sword. Infiltration Skills: As an ex-assassin, Kyōka has excellent infiltration skills. This includes lockpicking doors, disabling security systems, and putting on a disguise.

backstory

According to Kōyō, before being an orphan, Kyōka supposedly lived happily with her parents. But ultimately, it was Demon Snow itself who killed them. Her father, after resigning from being a government agent, become a freelancer who worked for the assassinations of several important people. Her mother was, like her, an assassin who wielded the slaughtering ability Demon Snow One night, while Kyōka was out playing, several assassins came to try and kill both her mother and father. While all the assassins were quickly killed by the pair, an unknown ability user who could use body possession through blood took control of Kyōka's father first and used him to try and kill the young Kyōka. While Kyōka's mother had cut him down with Demon Snow before he could harm Kyōka, soon her mother was put under manipulation as well. Before her death, Kyōka's mother transferred her ability Demon Snow to Kyōka in order to protect her, using a technique she had learned from an ability user who could manipulate shadows. However, due to the suddenness of the attack, the transfer of the ability was not perfect and so Kyōka's cell phone, given to her by her mother days before her death, became an intermediary for control of the ability. Since then, the Port Mafia took her in and presumably served under Kōyō as her protege. Shortly after joining the Mafia, she sought out Akutagawa after hearing rumors that his ability could cut through anything and begged him with desire in her eyes, to cut down Demon Snow to avenge her parents’ deaths and to then kill her. It was presumably this encounter where Akutagawa found sympathy in Kyōka to give her a meaning to live by killing instead of wishing to die.

relationships

Kyoka' mother Kyōka was given a cell phone by her mother days before the latter's demise, which Kyōka treasures and always keeps with her as a memento of her mother, even after she joined and later defected from the Port Mafia and after she gains considerable control over Demon Snow. Though Kyōka initially despised Demon Snow for slaying her mother and her father, Kyōka admits that she did not actually wish to hate it. In a vision, Kyōka encounters her mother, who correctly acknowledges Kyōka's desire to use her ability to protect others. Upon learning that her mother passed down Demon Snow to her in her final moments, Kyōka shed tears and realized how Demon Snow is an embodiment of her parents' love rather than their mere killers, later leaning affectionately on her materialized guardian Ozaki Kōyō Though Kōyō is extremely protective of Kyōka, Kyōka's opinion on Kōyō appears extremely vague. However, she is willing to go against her in order to protect Atsushi, and Kyōka firmly disagrees with Kōyō's opinion that she is a "flower of darkness". In this regard, Kōyō was forced to kill Atsushi to pay for "blinding" Kyōka with the light; hence, Kyōka tricked Kōyō into attempting to kill her without letting her on with murderous intent and summoning Demon Snow to spar with Kōyō's Golden Demon. Nevertheless, Kyōka tended to realize her dark nature due to Kōyō's words, who told her how Kyōka kills someone in her way without coercion or negotiation during their brief clash. Kyōka remained persistent in defying Kōyō and going back with her, though she almost succeeded in returning to the Mafia once Kōyō revealed to Atsushi how Demon Snow killed her parents.

relationships

Ryunosuke Akutagawa During her time in the Mafia, Kyōka recognized Akutagawa's power and once sought him to kill Demon Snow and herself during her time in the Mafia. Though it was unknown how this event unfolded, Kyōka and Akutagawa turned to have a hostile relationship. The mafioso believed that Kyōka served no other purpose in life but to kill and urged her to stop breathing otherwise. As a result, Kyōka carried out assassinations as ordered by Akutagawa by controlling Demon Snow through her phone, which she wished never to do again. Ōgai Mori Kyōka appears to have considerable knowledge of the Mafia boss and has shown terror towards him when she saw him in casual clothing with Atsushi. She later further described him to be fearsome, though she came to conquer such fear in exchange for helping the Agency fight for Fukuzawa's sake and protection Ichiyō Higuchi It is unknown whether Kyōka and Higuchi worked together in the Mafia under Akutagawa's command, but Higuchi appears to be well-aware of Kyōka being the Mafia's former assassin. Meanwhile, Kyōka seems indifferent towards Higuchi and threatened to cut off her arm if she did not divulge the information on the virus-stricken boss' sickroom passcode. When Higuchi avowed her utter loyalty to the Mafia, Kyōka seemed to almost carry out her threat, though she was unable to due to Akutagawa's arrival