Akisame Kōetsuji

is a philosophical Jujutsu master, one of the senior members/the third oldest master of Ryōzanpaku and Doctor of the Ryōzanpaku who the first master is also willing to train Kenichi Shirahama (although he is the least considerate of Kenichi's feelings). 
==Physical Appearance==
Akisame is a man of above-average height and messy black hair. He is almost constantly seen in his hakama. Despite his relatively small physique, he has developed his muscles' build and definition to perfection. He most heavily prides himself in his small and well-groomed mustache. A unique trait in his appearance is the dull and nearly solid white pupils of his eyes.
==Personality==
Despite having a very kind and understanding appearance, Akisame is noted to be the strictest out of all the teachers at Ryōzanpaku. Despite the grueling training Akisame forces on Kenichi, Kenichi often runs home to him in times of trouble, screaming "DORAEMON!" (coincidentally while Akisame is eating dorayaki) in a parody of the recurring running gag from the manga of the same name. According to Kenichi, he is capable of unspeakable brutality. His training often involves the usage of various machines that restrain Kenichi's arms and legs, forcing his limbs into unnatural positions that often leave Kenichi in an exhausted mess, a running gag that often ends with Kenichi trying to run away whenever he sees Akisame's crazy training machines.
While normally a composed and collected individual, at times he has shown anger, such as when he learned about how Ogata trained his disciple to use a method that could easily kill an inexperienced user. According to Ma Kensei, whenever Akisame says "Eh, I don't want to", his stubbornness becomes unrivaled to the point where no amount of compensation can change his mind, and according to a flashback, Akisame refused all manners of payment for a statue he crafted offered by a rich country leader (much to Miu's distress,) and even sent the assassins and professional thieves hired to steal the statue back beaten up and replied with an "Eh, I don't want to" note. Despite all this, Akisame is normally the most rational person in Ryozanpaku, but other than this calm and composed side, Akisame has also shown that he is no stranger to anger. After finding out what happened to Shigure during Yami's plan to begin the Eternal Setting Sun, he stated that she acted selfish and reckless, but then smashed his workplace and angrily stated to the other masters that even though they won't kill the Yami members, they will make them wish they were dead in return for what they've done.
Kōetsuji believes that Masters should not interfere with their disciples' battles, and often has to convince Sakaki not to instantly pulverize those who ruffle Kenichi's feathers. However, like all the other masters at the dojo, he worries about Kenichi as well. He later believes that Kenichi will climb the ladder of a true martial artist and has on some occasions praised his disciple whenever he impresses him, such as when Kenichi saved a congresswoman from an otherwise lethal attack in the fight against Alexander Gaidar. He has also been shown to believe that there should be a relationship built on trust between the master and the disciple and has shown to especially despise the ways of Yami, whose masters raise their disciples to lead them onto the path of Asura, stating in his first battle with Alexander Gaidar that staining the soul of children with darkness is something that he will never forgive.
He appears to hold a grudge against Takeda's master James Shiba, presumably because James often pokes fun at Akisame's "inferior" mustache. This grudge escalated to the point of an actual rivalry, seen when the two wagered their own mustaches in a battle between their disciples. Akisame quickly defeated his opponent, and though Akisame chose to let Shiba go, after seeing him only shave a small amount off, he became enraged and ordered Shigure to "shave all the hair off his body." The one thing Akisame cannot stand is green peppers, reacting with an expression of distaste when Kensei threatened to cook only green peppers and beef for dinner, and picking out green pepper after green pepper out of Kensei's Qing Jiao Rou, depositing them in Apachai's bowl. He also has a habit of scratching his mustache after he lies. He has no trouble using his friends as guinea pigs to come up with new techniques.
==Skills==
Akisame has repeatedly shown himself a remarkably skilled man. While a specialist in defensive methods of battle, Akisame is an extremely powerful man who should the need come, can easily cause great harm to his opponent. He once accidently dislocated a man's shoulder, claiming it to have been an unwanted habit. Sakaki, who is roughly as mighty a martial artist as himself, has stated that he wouldn't want to face Akisame in a real fight as one of them would definitely die.
* Master Judoka: Akisame is easily recognized one of the most powerful practitioners of Judoka in the world. He has mastered all its various forms and styles and their respective techniques, whether it be modern or ancient. He is also equally well-versed in combat styles that draw influence from Judoka, as he was able to match and counters and grappling and striking skills of Alexander Gaidar using Combat Sambo, which is an enhanced version of Jujutsu that adds military forms into its techniques. The true extent of Akisame's skill is yet to be seen, yet in each confrontation with Yami member Alexander, he has maintained a calm and detached demeanor, able to fight on equal ground with him while splitting his attention or completely overwhelming Alexander once getting serious. Using his ki alone, Akisame can flip an opponent without actually touching them.
*Genius Intellect: Akisame has frightening powers of perception that allow him to seemingly know everything that is going on to every last detail even if he isn't there. He even knows when people are talking about him. He also has very good insight on people, often knowing if they are troubled or hiding something; he sometimes even knows what a person is thinking, which scares Kenichi. Akisame is also a quick study, able to quickly replicate Nijima's computer skills; shortly afterwards, Akisame trained himself into a "wizard" of computer skills. He is also a master of strategy games, having never lost a game of Othello, Shōgi, and Go.
**Polymath: Unlike most of the other masters of Ryōzanpaku, Akisame is a highly skilled and accomplished man in a variety of areas outside of martial arts. He is an expert in many fields of study including literature, philosophy, psychology, sociology, history, art history, anthropology, linguistics, and music. He is a famous and legendary artisan, who has mastered all forms of fine art, including calligraphy, painting, pottery, and sculpting. He is also a remarkable engineer and doctor, often using these talents to help the dojo get by or to further Kenichi's training. Akisame is also fluent in many languages, including Japanese, Russian, and English.
**Master Strategist and Tactician: In battle, Akisame is able to quickly analyze the situation at hand, consider past details, and discern an opponent's battle tactics and techniques. After doing this he can quickly think several moves ahead of his opponent and formulate the best counter strategy. Akisame is very resourceful, able to use a wide array of unorthodox tactics to accomplish his goal, most commonly seen from his training methods for himself and Kenichi. During his fight at Okinawa with one of Yami's weapon masters, he got in range of the enemy's long reach with his speed, applied countermeasures to avoid being harmed (such as hanging onto a chandelier using his toes), and forced his opponent's armor to vibrate, knocking him out.
**Medical Master: His medical skills are such that he is renowned for being able to heal seemingly any injury, new or old, even to the point of saving lives most doctors would deem lost causes. He also owns an orthopedic clinic and can reset and fix bones with ease. It is from his immense skill and knowledge of medicine and anatomy that he developed his unique physical conditioning methods. His skills in the medical field are so great that he was able to save Apachai's life while the latter had a hole in his side and even using tools from Shigure and performing the surgery on flight, Apachai's life was saved. He is known amongst the doctors as the "The medic demon". They're also quite afraid of him.
*Immense Physical Prowess: As a man who puts strong emphasis on physical conditioning, Akisame has trained himself to the absolute peak of human physical potential. This has come from 20 years of in-depth research and strict training. Transforming all his muscle into pink tissue, Akisame has reached the perfect balance between speed and stamina with strength and durability and has conditioned both to their highest possible level. Overall, he is able to easily overpower men twice his size and easily keep up with or outpace the fastest of opponent. With his great speed, being able to save a young Shigure from a falling boulder across a long distance, with Shigure's father remarking that he was even faster than himself. His speed allows him to quickly write Russian symbols legibly even when driving a motorcycle at high speeds. He has been noted as having inhuman strength for his size, seen from being able to easily overpower a man twice his size and using a single finger to push a bent street pole back into place.
==References==
Category:Ryōzanpaku
Category:Master
Category:Katsujinken
Category:Ryozanpaku Family
Category:S-Class Master
Category:Jujutsu Users
Category:Sei
Category:Male
==See Also==
*Akisame Kōetsuji (Tatakae!)