Kujou Kamaji

Kujou Kamaji (Japanese: 九条鎌治) is a supporting character in Genshin Impact. He is a younger brother of Kujou Masahito and adoptive sister of Kujou Sara. He is the redeeming official of the Kujou clan & the Tenryou Commission after his father, Kujou Takayuki, tarnished The Kujou clan's reputation for the sake of power. He is Chisato Hiiragi's love interest, but after Matsuura from Kanjou Commission took an opportunity to replace her position as a representative of Kanjou Commission, his relationship with her is doomed to be kept apart.
He is voiced by Matt Shipman in the English version.
== What Makes Him an Ensemble Dark Horse? ==
* It shown that Kujou Kamaji was in love with Chisato Hiiragi, daughter of Hiiragi Clan. Unfortunately, in Ayato story quest Act I: The Firmiana Leaf Falls, Matsuura seeks an opportunity to arrange the marriage between Chisato and Kamaji, so that he can usurp her position of being a head of Kanjou Commission. Kamaji had to decline the marriage offer because Chisato also facing a dilemma for being in charge as a representative. The fact that Chisato and Kamaji's fathers were corrupt officials who were previously the head representative of the Kanjou and Tenryou Commissions respectively were not a coincidence.
** In the same story quest, Kamaji sports a halo from the lighting, when he at first have given an opportunity to marry Chisato. Unfortunately, he has to decline the proposal because he know that Chisato has an issues regarding her clan and Kanjou Commissioner's bad reputations. This also gave an opportunity for Shinnojou, the Kanjou Commissioner guard who fell in love with Chisato.
* Kujou Kamaji, unlike his father, Kujou Takayuki, is a responsible individual, seeing Kujou Clan's reputation tainted by his father's corruption made him deeply ashamed of the clan's reputation after choosing to turn blind-eye, becoming an accomplice by inaction. In Raiden Shogun story quest Act I: Reflections of Mortality, he wanted to atone the commission's crimes by challenge the Raiden Shogun, despite knowing he's no match against her. Fanbase adores how much guts he had to attempting to solo Raiden Ei, being the most badass Genshin NPC ever. 
** In the same story quest, he has a gut to challenge Raiden Shogun in attempt to atone his clan's reputation, in spite of being a mere mortal, and was predictably bested. This directly contrasts to his kidnapper, Susumu Takatsukasa, who wanted to be a head-representative of Tenryou Commission but was too scared to fight The Shogun by himself. Making Kamaji much more admirable in comparison and earned the clan's redemption. 
** This also directly contrasts with his father, who believes loyalty to the Shogun requires an authority so that he can secure and abuse his position whatever the cost. Unlike Kujou Takayuki, Kujou Kamaji was driven by responsibility and honor.
*Compared to Kazuha who blocked Musou no Hitotachi, Kamaji, who had some guts to challenge Raiden Shogun to restore the clan's honor and reputation despite knowing that he'll be bested, was underappreciated by other characters so much that he became popular by the Fanbase more than the in-universe characters, cementing him as memetic badass.
== Trivia ==
* Kujou Kamaji is one of the ensemble dark horses originated from Genshin Impact in Inazuma Story Arc along with "Enjou", Ms. Hina, Lyudochka Snezhevna, and Hanachirusato.
* Kujou Kamaji's English VA, Matt Shipman, is a husband of Brittany Lauda, the English VA of Chiori.
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