Kaedehara Kazuha/Lore

==Personality==
Kazuha is a polite and well-spoken person. Unlike other noble Inazuman clan members, he prefers going out and traveling rather than staying put indoors, something that he is able to do due to the seizure of his clan home. He once roamed Inazuma peacefully as a modest wanderer for a good portion of his life, teaching himself bladework and picking up other skills. Never seeking luxury, he is instead easily pleased just by sleeping on a sun-warmed rock. The time he has spent outdoors makes him attuned to nature and the wind, being able to "hear" and "smell" everything around him with absolute clarity. He can sense dangers, read people and track them down in an instant no matter how well they try to conceal it. Due to this sensitivity he prefers calm weather and never stays in one place for too long, having trouble sleeping for the former and having his skills stagnate for the latter.
Kazuha firmly believes that everyone is entitled to their hopes and dreams and that no one has the right to take them, not even a god. For this reason, he opposes the Raiden Shogun and those who support her. Despite his values, he isn't prideful and can acknowledge the strong fighting prowess and honorable conduct of those he personally disagrees with. He sees his friend's duel as honorable and noble, but also considers his subsequent execution by the Shogun to be both fair and justified. Kazuha is determined in his goals, pursuing them with thoroughness and cunning, but he also takes his time and is easygoing. He is very reflective and thoughtful about all matters, frequently pondering about various topics in his travels. He holds his relationships in high regard, immediately coming out of hiding for his friend and forever grateful to Beidou and Gorou for taking him in when he needed shelter. Kazuha frequently warns others of coming storms and possible trouble. He happily does simple errands, offers advice, and is willing to help others.
After the death of his friend and joining the Crux he was quiet and wouldn't speak to any of his crewmates, but he eventually warmed up to them and according to Beidou is fairly chatty. Kazuha has a poetic side and enjoys penning haikus, though he claims to not be especially talented at it. As a result of both traveling many places and sailing for long periods of time, Kazuha has grown particularly fond of readily available grilled fish and takes the time to prepare and finish his food slowly. While he is not picky about what he eats, he does not appreciate rushed meals or lazy cooking methods. His most prized possession is his sword that he keeps with him at all times, a source of pride for Kazuha as both an Inazuman and a samurai. He is also incredibly fond of red maple leaves, finding them beautiful and enjoys seeing them rain during autumn. When unable to view such sights, he frequently collects and carries them as a memento to ease any homesickness.
==Appearance==
Kazuha uses the medium male model. He has platinum blond hair with a single orange-red streak on his right. He has red eyes with a yellow hue at the bottom.
==Official Introduction==
A wandering samurai from Inazuma with a modest and gentle personality.
Beneath a youthful and carefree demeanor lies a heart that hides a great many burdens from the past. Seemingly easygoing, Kazuha has his own code of conduct.
Kazuha leads a wandering life, setting out on his journey in the day, and sleeps with the sky as his blanket and earth as his bed in the night. Wealth has never been his pursuit, and regardless of summer or winter, what he seeks has always been true peace in his heart. Despite the wilderness being his home, he never worries about the impending rain or storm. It is as if rainstorms are afraid of him, because they do not dare to cross his path.
Out of curiosity, someone asked about this talent and Kazuha answered with absolute honesty — reading the sounds of nature is a unique ability of his. People do not usually pay attention to the weather, so it is no surprise that they are unable to discover the signs it reveals. However, given Kazuha's skill, he can sense the arrival of snow and rain immediately with just a gust of wind or abnormal humidity. That is when he knows it's time to seek shelter.
Kazuha, who has traversed around the lands, has avoided countless torrents of storms and flashes of lightning. This time, however, what awaits him will be an unprecedented thunderstorm. This time, he will no longer seek refuge. He, the rain, and the lightning will meet at the intersection of fate, as destiny marks it.
"—— I hear a storm strike far and distant, with only a whisper light and faint. From the sky there falls no rain, thus here I shall still remain."
==Character Stories==
==Namecard==
==Constellation==
==Quests and Events==
==Character Trials==
==Character Mentions==
==Mail==
==Trivia==
* Kazuha is the first playable Inazuman character. Like Tartaglia, he was temporarily listed under Liyue Harbor on the official website, which is the region where the player first meets him, and was then moved to the newly added Inazuma section of the website on the Version 2.0 release.
* Kazuha wields the Fillet Blade in the cutscenes of the and the .
* Kazuha is the first playable character since the game's global release who did not get a special dish or a Teyvat Food Notes entry on his release.
** However, after Version 2.0 was released, his special dish All-Weather Beauty was added, alongside the addition of its base dish Dry-Braised Salted Fish.
* Despite hailing from Inazuma, because Kazuha was released before Inazuma was and his affiliation with the Crux, he uses Liyue talent books instead of Inazuman ones. He still uses Inazuman items for his ascension, although this is due to the fact that they released earlier with the Golden Apple Archipelago.
* In the Japanese voice-over, Kazuha speaks in an archaic register that is stereotypical of samurai in Japanese-language fiction, an example of . It includes, among other features, the humble first-person pronoun and regular use of as the .
* Kazuha is familiar with the Watatsumi Army and the resistance led by Kamisato Ayaka, Thoma and Yoimiya, as outright stated and/or implied in the and the respectively.
** Kamisato Ayaka references Kazuha's friend, and implies that she knows Kazuha when the Traveler notes that they are aware of Kazuha's friend.
** After Kazuha and Beidou fight at the front line alongside the Watatsumi Army, Sangonomiya Kokomi welcomes him back to their group.
*** Additionally, Kazuha has worked with Gorou before, as Kokomi remarks that they had gotten along well while he was with the resistance.
* Kazuha is seemingly able to perceive that the Traveler is from another world, as is suggested by his dialogue in the , making him one of the few characters who found out without being directly told.
* Kazuha, along with Xiao, Xianyun and Kinich, are the only characters who can perform an Elemental Skill midair.
* Kazuha's return animation after casting his Elemental Skill and after performing his fifth sword strike and Charged Attack differs from his normal return animation. Instead of throwing the sword away, Kazuha seals the sword in a scabbard as a mitsudomoe glows at his sheath hand.
* Kazuha is one of the three event-exclusive 5-Star characters to not receive a Story Quest on release, the others being Shenhe and the Wanderer.
** Of the three however, he eventually received a Story Quest with Version 2.8.
* Most Inazuma trees that can be bought from Realm Depot are hinted to be named by Kazuha (see Furnishing Mentions).
* Kazuha is one of only a few characters who have been seen wielding more than one element, though it was temporary for him. During the , Kazuha wielded both from his own Vision and from the Masterless Vision that belonged to his friend.
* Kaedehara Kazuha is known by these aliases or titles:
** Kaedehara Kid (by Juza)
** Captain of the Royal Guard of the Immernachtreich (by Fischl)
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===Etymology===
* Kaedehara () means "maple grove" (lit. "maple field") and Kazuha () means "a myriad of leaves."
** The character literally means "ten thousand," but it is often used to more broadly mean "a number which is vast and difficult to fathom."
** Kaedehara can also more broadly mean "original maple". The word , meaning "original" is the same as in .
* Kazuha could be named after the Man'youshuu () — the oldest collection of Japanese poetry. All of Kazuha's Elemental Burst voice-overs are snippets of poems from the Man'youshuu.
* In Chinese, the first word of Kaedehara Kazuha's name meaning "maple" is a homonym of the word , which means "wind". Furthermore, contains the word in it. The same wordplay is found in Japanese, although only in written form.
* His constellation, Acer Palmatum, is the of the , which his character design revolves around.
* In his Vision Story, Kazuha contemplates a mantra: "If one's heart is empty, all under heaven is empty. But if one's heart is pure, all under heaven is pure." This mantra is likely a reference to mantras from the , a popular sacred text in many schools of Mahayana Buddhism, including Japanese Zen schools, which were the standard religion for samurai. In this context, realizing one's heart is is equivalent to achieving (perfect happiness and quietude), the ultimate goal of Buddhism.
** Chinese and Japanese equivalents for the in-game mantra roughly translate to "If one's heart is empty, all things in heaven and earth are empty; if one's heart is pure, all things in heaven and earth are pure." A subtle but important difference from the English translation is not only all things under heaven but also those in/of heaven are essentially empty. It is a typical Buddhist tenet against Eternity, which is the theme of Inazuman chapters.
===Haiku===
In his Character Demo, Kazuha recites the following . In the English, Chinese, and Japanese versions, the poem follows the 5-7-5 syllabic structure.Bilibili: 
Language	Poem
English 	Solitary cloud,Shadow in the setting sun,Stirs the drifter's heart.
Japanese	
Chinese 	
Korean 	
* In the Chinese version, the "Solitary Cloud" or could refer to the Guyun Stone Forest, where Kazuha appears to be in during the start of the trailer. The Guyun Stone Forest is also where Beidou's fleet The Crux can be found.
===Other Poetry===
* Kazuha's Elemental Burst voice-overs are excerpts of poems in the , a legendary poetic collection compiled in 759 AD by Ootomo no Yakamochi:
** "Fallen leaves... adorn my night!" is from Book 8, Poem 1586 .
** "Clouds hide... the birds call!" is from Book 9, Poem 1703 .
** "As one with wind and cloud!" is from Book 12, Poem 3178 .
* In the Japanese voice-over for Something to Share: Maple Leaves, he recites a tanka-type poem (with the rule of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables): .
** The work was composed by , one of the Thirty Six Poetic Sages of Japan. It was incorporated in the , a classical anthology of one hundred famous Japanese poems.
** An English translation (with 5-7-5-7-7 syllables) by Clay MacCauley is:In the mountain depths,Treading through the crimson leaves,The wandering stag calls.When I hear the lonely cry,Sad (how sad!) the autumn is.Wikisource: Hyakunin Isshu
* The above quotations are one of rare instances where a character in the game quotes texts from real-life books. Similarly, Zhongli and Ganyu quote real-life Chinese texts in their Chinese voice-overs.
==Other Languages==
===Character Title: Scarlet Leaves Pursue Wild Waves===
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