Hibiki Kazama

"*Coming off against a tentacle monster? Heh, nothing impossible for the future Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, Hibki Kazama! Bow before the one who shall bring an end to your pathetic-*"
—Hibiki Kazama, just before she got whacked in the head.

**Hibiki Kazama** (風間 響. *Kazama Hibiki*) is a student of Class 1-E located in Kunugigaoka Junior High School, and the sister to Akira Kazama. With Korosensei as the "official" homeroom teacher for the entirety of Class E, this would mean that aside from her brother, Hibiki would count on Korosensei to act as her helper when it comes to more difficult work. Often characterized by her chūnibyō attitude, she would often make boastful claims and challenges as the next descendant of Oda Nobunaga, even though she is from a different family altogether and that she absolutely has no claim to be a member of the Oda Clan. That said, she does see the potential wealth gained from assassinating Korosensei as an opportunity to make the Kazama name recognized (though it's mostly because she cares for her family).

## Appearance

In her appearance, Hibiki Kazama is often known as the "shortest" of the class, not helped that her height is about 152 centimeters (or 4'9' in length). This is especially annoying for Hibiki who wants to be taken seriously, but unfortunately, it only makes her look like a child. Other than her short height, she has black hair like the feathers of a crow, and eyes of red like her brother.

In the clothing that she wears, just like her brother, it resembles that of a military uniform ripped straight from the Imperial Japanese Army. The military uniform itself is black in color, with a cap to top it off. Said cap has the mon of the Oda Clan, a very clear reference to how she claims herself to be either Oda Nobunaga reincarnated or as the descendant of Oda Nobunaga.

## Personality

If there can be anything said about Hibiki Kazama, it's that she the equivalent of a chūnibyō who hasn't grown out of that stage. Delusional yet somehow maintaining some part of sanity intact, Hibiki would often be characterized by her boasting and continuing to think that she's the reincarnation/descendant of Oda Nobunaga. Needless to say, many people don't take her seriously. She is even treated usually as a bit of a comic relief character for the more dramatic parts of the story, especially since Hibiki is often shown to provide a comedic lightheadedness to the story.

Due in part because of her delusions as a reincarnation of a warlord, Hibiki Kazama would take up the manners and personality of said warlord, even using the Oda Clan's mon as her personal symbol.

Aside from their moments of comic relief, Hibiki is shown to be an expert on firearms, and whenever Hibiki's starting to be serious, starts to act more cruel and quite calculating, being able to devise a plan which more often or not depends if certain environmental factors come into play. Case in point during a heatwave, in which taking advantage of Korosensei's heat exhaustion, Hibiki is able to take the initiative to have everyone use their firearms to kill Korosensei, but even with heat exhaustion, when the teacher has about the speed of a jaguar on steroids, it didn't work.

## History

While Hibiki Kazama would claim herself that she's actually the long lost descendant of Oda Nobunaga, it turns that it wasn't the case thanks to (as it turns out) Hajime Oda who just so happens to be the only one that actually knows what just went down. According to Hajime, Hibiki and her brother became like this because when Hibiki came across a history textbook detailing the history of Japan, she immediately became enamored by the figure Oda Nobunaga. And the more that she learned about Oda Nobunaga, it can be said that something inside of her started to form. It is one in which she sees herself not as the daughter of a father that would neglect them, but as the descendant of a famous warlord.

Soon enough, things would start to spiral out of control, as Hibiki would start to deny the fact that she has the surname Kazama, but rather her true surname is Oda, but it didn't really take that long until she got herself in trouble. About fifty times as she became a rather hated person due in part because of her insanity.

## Abilities

**Intelligence:** A surprising quality given her "insanity", Hibiki Kazama is shown to be smart, smart enough for her to plan out a strategy.

**Leadership:**

**Marksmanship:** Hibiki is ranked as number two in Class 1-E's best when it comes to marksmanship, this is likely due to training by Yoshinaka Watanabe. And true to her obsession with firearms, she is knowledgeable when it comes sto which firearm has the best range.

**Social Studies:** Due to her interest when it comes to history (mostly Japanese history), Hibiki Kazama is shown to be the best when it comes to social studies.

**Guitar Skills:** In her freetime, Hibiki is shown to be skilled with her guitar. Much likely is when she started to proficient with using the guitar after being inspired by rock-and-roll musicians.

## Etymology

* Hibki's surname **Kazama** means "wind" (風) (**kaza**) and "while, time, interval, space" (間) (**ma**).
* Her first name **Hibiki** means "echo, resonance, reverberate" or "sound" (響).

## Trivia

* One of Hibiki's favorite attempts to liquidate Korosensei is using a formation in which three thousand anti-sensei bullets would be fired in a designated area, à la Nagashino, referencing the Battle of Nagashino. Like all attempts, it failed.
* It's speculated that Hibiki Kazama might actually be self aware in that she knows she can't match up to the expectations of Oda Nobunaga, but then again, these are just speculations.

## Behind the Scenes

* She is physically based off of Majin Archer from **Fate/KOHA-ACE**.
* Her first name comes from Hibiki Ganaha of The Idolmaster series.
* Her surname comes from Jin Kazama of Tekken.
* Her birthday of October 16 corresponds with the day that Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang Dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Wu Zhou dynasty.
* Her ranking of ninety is based off of Zou Yuan from Water Margin.