Chikage Kushinada

Chikage Kushinada (櫛灘 千影 Kushinada Chikage) is a YOMI member, the disciple of Mikumo Kushinada and a first-year student at Koryo's High School who is a Japanese child prodigy that practices Kushinada style jujutsu. 
==Appearance==
Chikage is a young girl with long black hair that she has tied on one side down to her upper back in the front and long fringe in the front of her face. She is usually seen wearing her school uniform and, like Mikumo, she has a melancholy face. However, when around Kenichi and his friends and getting to know them better, she shows more emotions. In her "Child Mode" she shows more emotions of an innocent and cute girl who is obsessed with sweets and acts like a normal girl her age when she has fun.
==Personality==
Most of the time, Chikage displays a melancholic face in YOMI and seems to be a loner who doesn't socialize with the other members. When in public, she sees herself as normal, despite being a prodigy, and others as inferior, similar to the views of fellow YOMI member Radin Tidat Jihan. Chikage is described by Miu Fūrinji as being the same as she was when she was Chikage's age and Miu says this because Chikage's eyes are the same as hers back when she was young, although she says that Hayato Fūrinji (Miu's grandfather) took her on his trip of "justice" to prevent Miu from going down the wrong path because her ki is Dou, which causes her to grow dangerous urges to kill within her. Miu believes that only she can stop Chikage from going down the Satsujinken path because she understands Chikage the most because of their similar past.
Later, it is revealed that she has a really big sweet tooth (due to being denied sweets because of her special Jujitsu training) and, after much interaction with Kenichi Shirahama and his friends, develops a child personality, which she switches to when she tries to have fun. When with her master, she switches to "Yami Mode" and becomes a cold-blooded fighter. Though she is highly knowledgeable, she tends to be naive and lacking in common sense.
She at first displayed desire to kill Kenichi, but over time saw him as a friend and even showed concern for his wellbeing. She also became heavily embarrased after forgetting her fight with Kenichi that, for a time, she ran away from at every opportunity. It is heavily implied that she is starting to become "normal," shown when, after chapter 365, her eyes have lost their cold and emotionless look at school, and she tries various methods to act her age. Haruo Niijima, whom she appeared to have developed a certain bond (that was mostly due to Niijima exploiting her naive nature and baiting Chikage in with whatever he says) with, has also begun considering the idea of making her a member of Shinpaku Alliance.
Due to her interactions with the first real friends Chikage has ever made, it has caused her to become unable to kill when ordered to do so by her master, as shown when she attempted to kill Ukita numerous times, stating it was fun with him and Kenichi that she wanted to kill them quickly so they wouldn't have to suffer, but her body isn't responding normally and can't kill him despite having thrown him so many times. Ukita stated it's because her heart won't allow her to do so, knowing of the good in her.
Chikage is revealed to be incredibly naive, despite her profound knowledge in many areas. For example, she believed that though a seed takes four months to bloom, if she planted a seed 4 months old, it would bloom the day after tomorrow. Kenichi corrects her about this, but Chikage murmurs to herself that there is 'no time.
After her break down the last time in battle it seems to have gotten colder as she when she fought the Shinpaku Alliance without hesitation, second thought or remorse. However, after hearing the Elder's words reach her, she seems to have snapped back to her senses again. Also, she seems to have developed a sense of honor from her experiences with Kenichi as she refused to let the armed YOMI to gang up on Shinpaku Alliance and went so far as to stop them herself. She stated that she is doing that for the honor of her master, even if it against her wishes. 
== Skills ==
While being the youngest member of YOMI, Chikage is by no means weak as she's proven to be very strong for her age being able to take on fully grown men twice her size and weight with little effort and hold her own against master-class opponents for a brief time. A very perceptive master named Akisame Kōetsuji noted she's a prodigy in several things, stating she can become a master in a short time.
*Genius Intellect: Chikage is a child prodigy with profound knowledge in many areas where she has shown herself to be a very keen observer and powerful analyst, able to quickly understand the nature of a person's character. However, while having extensive textbook knowledge, her understanding in regular life is very limited. As her knowledge is very general and the fact that she has very little experience outside of her training, she can be incredibly naive, such as when she believed that though a seed takes four months to bloom, if she planted a seed 4 months old it would bloom the day after tomorrow. As revealed by Chikage herself, Chikage has a photographic memory and perfect recall as she has been keeping records of everything she encounters in school and from the Shinpaku Alliance in her head rather than on text.
*Innate Talent: In addition to her sharp mind, Chikage's talent also extends to her physical performance. Despite her age, Chikage has shown immense proficiency in the Kushinada Ju-jitsu, able to defeat opponents far bigger than herself in height, muscle mass and size with relative ease. She is also able to deflect numerous swords hung upside down and come out with only one scratch, with her master saying she was distracted.
*Enhanced Strength: Despite her small size, Chikage has great physical strength, having hurled full-grown men twice her size with ease and tossed someone as large as Kōzō Ukita several times like he was nothing. Chikage is able to throw four members of the Disciples of the Hachiō Executioner Blade.
*Enhanced Agility: Chikage is able to reach high and long distances such as jumping off the ground and getting to the roof of the school. When fighting Kisara Nanjō, she was able to easily outmaneuver her and even move at a speed that looked as if she made clones of herself.
*Keen Senses: Akisame Kōetsuji makes note of the rumors he heard about a genius ju-jitsu martial artist, proved to be Chikage, whose greatest skill in Ju-jitsu was her ability to instantaneously recognize an opponent's center of gravity, a feat he considers miraculous.
Category:Female
Category:YOMI
Category:Jujutsu Users
Category:Sei
Category:Miu's Rivals
Category:Kisara's Rivals
Category:Satsujinken
Category:Former Villain