Kyou Kai

Kyou Kai is a deuteragonist and tritagonist in the historical seinen anime and manga series, Kingdom. She is the second lieutenant of the Hi Shin Army having been with them since their days as a fledging 100-Man Unit and currently a Commander in the Qin Military and the leader of her own eponymous named 5000-Man strong Kyou Kai Unit. 
She is one of the strongest individuals within the series due to her incredible genius as a tactician and her inhuman abilities as a warrior with her being one of the strongest sword masters in the world.
In the anime, she is voiced by who provides the voices for Utahime Iori from Jujutsu Kaisen, Farnese De Vandimion from Berserk, Yoh Asakura from Shaman King 2021, Kyoko Kirigiri from Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Diana Cavendish from Little Witch Academia, Emi Yusa from The Devil Is a Part-Timer!H/ataraku Maou-sama!. In the live action films, she was portrayed by .
==Appearance==
==Personality==
Kyou Kai is quiet woman, sometimes says very little or nothing unless she is giving out tactical advice to either Shin or Ten. While showing little care for them, Kyou Kai holds disdain for those who are clueless about her clan. As a trained assassin, Kyou Kai will not hesitate to kill anyone who gets in her way. Others who have seen her inhuman talent with the sword have called her a "monster" as she cuts down her opponents with ease. Since accomplishing her quest of vengeance, she has grown warmer towards her comrades as they find her more approachable now.
==​Quotes==
===Said by Kyou Kai===
===About Kyou Kai===
==Powers and Abilities==
===Physical Abilities===
*Superhuman Condition:
*Master of Qigong: With a lifetime of Shiyuu training, Kyou Kai can control and manipulate her Qigong, a millennia-old system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial-arts training.
Breathing Empowerment
**Chi Augmentation
**Chi Sensing
*Superhuman Strength: Kyou Kai is a walking powerhouse as she can cut adult size men in half with a single swipe of her blade and armored soldiers as if they were made of paper, pierce through a master of chi's reinforce skin with ease.
*Superhuman Speed:
*Dancing Step:Kyou Kai possess speed that not even the human eye can perceive.
*Superhuman Reflexes
*Superhuman Stamina:
*Superhuman Endurance:
*Superhuman Agility: Kyou Kai shows off her perfect balance while dodging Shin's Sword thrust. 
*Refined Senses:
**Killing Intent Perception: Kyou Kai can sense the incoming killing intent of others.
*High Recovery & High Regeneration:
**Adaptive Development: First shown during his fights with Rin Ko of Ren Pa's Four Heavenly Kings, Shin surpasses and broke through his limits each time with his opponents with his monstrous development while in the midst of vicious combat.
**Accelerated Development:
*Stealth Expert:
*Expert Dancer: Kyou Kai is a supreme specialist in ritual sword dancing occasionally offering a pray in the form of her dances as a descendant of Shiyuu priestesses.
===Fighting Style===
*Expert Combatant:
*Master Swordswoman: Hailed as the strongest of her generation, Kyou Kai is one of the greatest sword masters in the series. She is a dangerously fearsome and talented master swordswoman in Clan Shiyuu's style of swordplay. Capable of killing multiple opponents within a single move, splitting them in half in an instant and exhibited total control of her blade when she skillfully cut Shin's clothing without harming him in the blink of an eye and later cut him down with a single stroke during their duel.
*Priestess Dance: noted by the elders of the Clan Shiyuu to be the most talented practitioner of her generation, Kyou Kai ...and fought the Bushin, Hou Ken of Zhao's Three Great Heavens...
displays her mastery as she killed multiple Shiyuu masters during her battle with Clan Yuu
*
*Proficient Hand-to-Hand Combatant
*Leadership: 
===Miscellaneous Abilities===
*Horse Riding Aptitude
*Medical Intuition: Particularly skilled in the esoteric applications of medical qigong, Kyou Kai is one of the resident medical experts and healers in the Hi Shin Army.
*Fear Inducement:
*Survivability:
*Indomitable Will:
===Weapons===
*Ryoku Sui: 
===Weaknesses===
==Relationships==
*Kyou Shou (adoptive older sister/mentor)
*Kyou Rei (adoptive little sister/subordinate)
**Kyou Shiki (adoptive little sister)
*Ri Shin (Best friend/love interest)
*Ka Ryo Ten (close friend/comrade)
*Bi Hei (comrade)
*Bi Tou (comrade)
*Taku Kei (comrade/former leader)
*En (comrade/colleague)
*Ga Ro (comrade/colleague)
*So Sui (comrade/colleague)
*Kou (comrade/student)
*Bi Hei (comrade/colleague)
*Suu Gen (comrade/colleague)
*Shou Sa (comrade/colleague)
===Antagonistic Relationships===
*Yuu Ren (archenemy)
*Hou Ken (martial archenemy)
==Trivia==
*Like Yo Tan Wa and many other female characters, Kyou Kai's character was historically a male. Qiang Lei was an ancient B.C. Qin general tasked to defeat the State of Zhao alongside Yo Tan Wa/Yang Duan He and Kan Ki/Huan Yi.
*Kyou Kai has appeared in over 18 arcs of the series with exception of the Escape from Zhao Arc, ''
*Prior to announcing her intent to have Shin's children, Kyou Kai was falsely taught by her sister Shou that babies are made when a man and a woman team up, climb a mountain, and make something explode. But Ten quickly explained to her how babies are really made. Afterward, she couldn’t face or even be near Shin for a while.
*Kyou Kai is one of the youngest commanders in the Qin Military.
*Kyou Kai is an absolute terror when it comes to subjects of food and comfort. 
**During her journey of vengeance, she instantly beat up, crippled, and robbed two thugs when she saw they had food.
**She routinely "asks" other Hi Shin members out of their food during campaigns.
**She tactically tricked Shin into sharing a newly discovered hot spring with her later knocking him out with Ten's help.
**She is always the first on in line whenever rations are handed out.
== External Links ==
* Kyou Kai on Kingdom Wiki
* 原泰久/HaraYassa 
* キングダム Official Website
* キングダム展 －信－　公式サイト
* キングダム/Kingdom pixiv
* ShinXKai on Shipping Wiki
* Kyou Kai on Love Interest Wiki
* Kyou Kai on VS Battles Wiki
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