Kirawus

Kirawus, Kiraushi in Japanese, is a recurring, but not major, character from the manga Golden Kamuy. Kirawus survived the Ainu gold hunt and is last seen living in America with the minor character Kimpusu and his friend Toshiyuki Kadokura trying their hands at early motion pictures (1910-1920) in America.
==Canon==
Kirawus was born in a kotan within Kushiro Subprefecture some unknown years before the start of Golden Kamuy, (his exact age is one of the only few debated in GK fandom as a whole, most are more concrete: most fans say he's late thirties/early forties.) When he was a child, he was given the proper nameThere's a custom of trying to protect babies from the spirits that bring disease by giving them disgusting names, like Si taktak ("clamp of feces") or Ekasiotonpuy ("grandfather's butthole"). When a child is six years old and already has their personality formed, they give them a name based on what the child has done in their lives.
This article uses material from the “Ainu” article on the Golden Kamuy wiki at Fandom and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License. Kirawus, meaning "horned," since he played with deer antlers as a child. The deer connection is frequently seen in fanart.
In the 1890s or thereabouts, he traveled with Tetsuzou Nihei (a future tattooed convict important later) to hunt game. Some fanworks for both characters take place during this short period.
When Anehata Shiton, another tattooed convict, came to his kotan and violated an animal, Genjirou Tanigaki was falsely accused as the perpetrator and later had to be proved innocent by Asirpa, Saichi Sugimoto and their group. This arc introduced him as a minor character to fans.
Later, after a locust swarm devastated his village's food supply, his search for a job led him to be recruited into Toshizou Hijikata's squad as their Ainu translator. It's there he met Kadokura and the two became friends, with them both not being good at hand-to-hand combat or of particularity high intelligence. They're often called useless by Shinpachi Nagakura, though this is not true, as their involvement made it possible for Asirpa to secure the Ainu Land Deed during the manga's final arc. Him, Kadokura and Mansur became somewhat of a trio for fans due to their interactions during this arc and the epilogue. 
==Relationships==
By far Kirawus' most popular pairing, (coupling in Japanese-speaking GK fandom,) is with Toshiyuki Kadokura, forming Kadokura x Kirawus. Their Concave and Convex nature attracts fans.
Kirawus is also associated with the rest of Toshizou Hijikata's squad, dubbed Hijisquad by some English-speaking fans.
==Popular Tropes & Fanon==
[freeform tags, headcanons]
TBA
==Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta==
[discourse, trivia, popular memes, character analysis, fan reactions, really anything]
===Characterization===
It's been noticed by fans that since becoming Kadokura's friend, Kirawus has been portrayed more effeminately, (The PixivEncyclopedia says this makes him the Hijisquad's "Heroine.") During the Town of Reunions arc, he's mainly seen relieved Kadokura is safe from the battle at the brewery instead of trying to participate in the fight. The Battle of Hakodate arc, however, paints him as badass once more when he shot down a Japanese warship with a single canon.
This effeminacy can be seen the most in fanworks where he is the bottom to Kadokura. In both English and Japanese-speaking GK fandom, fans often choose one or the other to portray him. In English-speaking fandom, since Kirawus tops more than he bottoms, this is less seen through still is.
==Example/Notable Fanac==
TBA
==References/Further Reading==
* on Golden Kamuy Wikia
* on PixivEncyclopedia
Category:Golden Kamuy Characters