Genshiro Saji

Genshirou Saji is a supporting protagonist in the light novel and anime series High School DxD. He is a second-year student at Kuoh Academy. He is the secretary of Kuoh Academy's Student council and Sona Sitri's Pawn. He is a friend and rival of the main protagonist, Issei Hyoudou. At times he is also an occasional ally, to the Occult Research Club.  He like Issei, also has a Sacred Gear and within it carries one of the Evil Dragons and one of the Five Dragon Kings, called Virtra. His goal is to help Sona, his master, establish a Rating Game so that all people regardless of Race would participate in.
He is voiced by Yuichi Iguchi in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Kyle Phillips in the English version of the anime.
==Appearance==
Saji is a young man with short blonde hair and grey eyes. He wears the Kuoh Academy boys' school uniform, albeit without the blazer and his sleeves are rolled up.
==Personality==
Saji's personality is overall quite similar to Issei's, and he is Issei's parallel in the Student Council. He looks at Sona with the same lustful eyes which Issei looks at Rias with and cares deeply for his comrades. Saji is also very loyal to Sona, going as far as to say that Sona's dream is his dream and tries his best to help her fulfill her dream of building a Rating Game School that is open to everyone, regardless of status.
However, Saji can also be rather cocky; he initially doesn't think much of Issei, boasting to him that he took up 4 of Sona's pieces, only to be shocked by Issei taking up all of Rias's. Overtime, however, their relationship mellows more into a friendly rivalry, not unlike the one between Rias and Sona. Notably, Saji always refers to Issei by his last name, Hyodou, as opposed to the Occult Research Club, who all call him by his first.
Ultimately, Saji's heart is in the right place more often than not; he is deeply saddened upon hearing Kiba's tragic past, albeit comically, to the point that he instantly agrees to help Issei and the others destroy the Holy Swords, when he had previously been reluctant due to fear that Sona would punish him.
==History==
Not much is known about Saji's history, other than at some point before the series, he was reincarnated into a Devil by Sona, and joined the Student Council in the process.
==Attributes==
===Powers===
Demonic Power: Saji has all the powers and abilities common to Devils, including the power to cast spells.
Promotion: Being a Pawn, Saji can use promotion to temporarily gain the traits of a Queen, Rook, Knight or Bishop.
Preternatural Durability: Saji is shown to have a high level of Durability, able to take punches from a Scale Mail Issei, assaults from Evil God Loki and continuing despite the intense pain he suffered.
===Abilities===
Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Saji is shown to have some skills in hand-to-hand combat, able to hold back against Bedeze Abaddon.
==Equipments==
===Vritra's Sacred Gears===
Saji has a total of four Sacred Gears each resides a part of the spirit of one of the Five Dragon Kings, the Prison Dragon, Vritra. Vritra's consciousness was fully awakened when Saji had collected the remaining Sacred Gears in volume 7. Each Sacred Gear has it's own unique ability.
*Absorption Line : Saji's initial Sacred Gear. It takes the form of a small lizard with a deformed face that appears on the user's hand and has the ability to make lines of connections to absorb power from opponents. It can also connect the opponent to another object to transfer their power to that object, and the lines can also be used to swing around. Absorption Line has also demonstrated the ability to drain blood from enemies as well.
*Blaze Black Flare : One of Vritra's Sacred Gear that he obtains after his training in Grigori. It curses people with Vritra's deadly black flames that will continue to burn no matter how people try to.
*Delete Field : One of Vritra's Sacred Gears and has the ability to take away the opponent's powers.
*Shadow Prison : One of Vritra's Sacred Gears that allows Saji to use Vritra's shadowy aura to restrain his opponents.
Vritra Promotion: A form Saji could enter by using all four of his Sacred Gears in tandem. In this form Saji is covered in black flames that takes the form of the Black Dragon and can use all four abilities of the Sacred Gear at the same time. However, Saji was unable to control this form as it would make him go in a berserker-like state, with Issei being the only one who can maintain his sanity.
*Malebolge Vritra Promotion : Saji's irregular Balance Breaker which he obtained by fusing with Vritra. It takes the form of a Black Dragon Armor similar to the Scale Mail, with tentacles that absorb an opponent's aura and turns them to ashes. The black flames have also been enhanced to the point that they are able to counter the flames of Incinerate Anthem. It is said to be a perfect counter for Incinerate Anthem and holds curses so powerful that no one can survive them.
==Gallery==
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==External links==
* http://highschooldxd.wikia.com/wiki/Genshirou_Saji
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