Verde Hayato

* 2022
* 2005 (Child)
* Manga

## **Hikari Fighter**

**Verde Hayato** (一文字 ベルデ, *Hayato Berude*) is the cousin of Takeru Hayato, Anikage Hayato and Jeanne Hayato.

## Family

*Main article: Seventeen/Hayato Clan*
* Ted Hayato - Father
* Ann Hayato (deceased) - Mother
* Mei Hayato - Grandmother
* Kai Hayato - Grandfather
* Wataru Hayato (deceased) - Uncle
* Akane Hayato - Aunt
* Takeru Hayato - Cousin
* Anikage Hayato - Older Cousin
* Jeanne Hayato - Younger Cousin

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Darkness Manipulation**: Verde can manipulate, absorb and resist darkness energy.
* **Rainstorm Creation**: Verde had the ability to create rain storms around him, its range depending on how much darkness he had absorbed. Usually the rain was only in a small area surrounding him due to his unwillingness to hurt others.
* **Persona Summon**: He is able to do this in the Dark Hour, the Midnight Channel and the Metaverse.
	+ **Wild Card (Stagnant)**: Just like the protagonist, unlike him, he can only use two Personas. Jeanne claims that this is because Verde never trusted anyone, so he got one Persona for his lies (Melchizedek), and one for his sadness (Magatsu-Izanagi).

### Abilities

* **Stealth Proficiency**: Verde is able to discreetly follow a target or arrive where said target will appear without notice.

## Transformation

**Knight Brace**: Verde transforms two ways, one was by using the Knight Brace and the other was using the Travel Sphere ability to switch between forms. When using the Knight Brace as Tsurugi, his transformation scene was in front of a dark background and Tsurugi's rise was through a dark tunnel of crystal walls. As Hikari, his back ground was bright yellow and Hikari's rise was first a dark prismatic design which changed to silver/yellow color upon his growth.

Tsurugi's riseHikari's riseFull Transformation (Tsurugi)Full Transformation (Hikari)Transformation via willpower
## Forms

* Normal
* Tsurugi

**Hikari Fighter**

Stats
* **Maximum Flight Speed**: Mach 10
* **Maximum Running Speed**: Mach 2.5
* **Maximum Underwater Speed**: Mach 3
* **Maximum Underground Speed**: Mach 1.8
* **Maximum Jumping Height**: 750 m
* **Arm Strength**: 92,000 t
* **Grip Strength**: 80,000 t

Abilities
* **Arb Gear**: Hikari can don the Arb Gear by calling on the power bestowed by Arb to conjure the Armor of the Hero. Although it looks like the Armor of Revenge, it does not affect his mind and empowers him.
* **Travel Sphere**: Hikari can transform into a ball of blue light even in human form, when he didn't have the Knight Brace this was his method of transformation.
* **Size Change**: Hikari was able to switch between human size and his normal size at will, it is usually done in a travel sphere.
* **Energy Transfer**: Hikari can transfer energy to allies, such as Space Trigger.
* **Yo-kai Sign** (妖怪サイン, *Yōkai Sain*): Like other Y10 inhabitants, Hikari is capable of erecting an Galaxy Sign.
* **Yo-kai Willpower** (妖怪念力, *Yōkai Nenriki*): Hikari possess telekinesis abilities.

Techniques
Via Knight Brace

Special
* **Knight Shoot** (ナイトシュート, *Naito Shūto*): Hikari can charge his Knight Brace with lightning and fire a blue beam with a crystal-like texture. This can also be fired by immediately placing his hand on the Knight Brace without the need to charge, used on Queen Jen and Outrageous Rein.
* **Knight Beam Blade** (ナイトビームブレード, *Naito Bīmu Burēdo*): Hikari can summon the Knight Beam Blade from his Knight Brace. It is shown to be more powerful than the Solar Blade when Hikari (as Hunter Knight Tsurugi) shattered it by force.
	+ **Blade Shot** (ブレードショット, *Burēdo Shotto*): Hikari can charge up the Knight Beam Blade and swing it, firing an energy beam that can destroy a monster.

Physical
* **Knight Kick**: Hikari can kick from the sky with his leg.
* **Knight Punch** (ナイトパンチ, *Naito Panchi*): Hikari can punch the enemy with his fist.
* **Knight Chop** (ナイトチョップ, *Naito Choppu*): Hikari performs a chop with his hand.

Other
* **Energy Reflector**: Hikari can catch enemy bullets and fire it back to them. Used against Outrageous Rein.

Combination
* *to be added*

**Appearances**: Super Hero Galaxy Fight: The Outrageous Conspiracy

**Hunter Knight Tsurugi**

Hikari takes up the alias **Hunter Knight Tsurugi** (ハンターナイトツルギ, *Hantā Naito Tsurugi*) when he wears the Arb Gear. The armor was originally called the **Armor of Revenge** (復讐の鎧, *Fukushū no Yoroi*) when bestowed upon him after the destruction of Planet Arb, filling Tsurugi with hatred. It later became the **Armor of the Hero** (勇者の鎧, *Yūsha no Yoroi*) when Hikari had regained his heart as an Yo-kai Hero.

Stats
* **Weight:** 153.0 kg

Abilities
* **Assimilation**: Hikari can merge with a human like many other Y10 inhabitants. Thus reviving them but as stated in Volume 5 Chapter 22, he merged with Verde to use him as a vessel to act freely on Earth in order to defeat Bogarl. Verde later became his actual human host.

Techniques
Special (Via Knight Brace)
* **Knight Shoot** (ナイトシュート, *Naito Shūto*): Hikari first thrusts his right arm in the air, which crackles with blue electricity, then bringing it to his chest and covering it with his left palm. He then fires the beam with his arms in a "+" shape, but his left hand is behind the right one, instead of in front. Can destroy monsters in one blow. In *Legend of the Crimson Sun*, it's stated that it's color is comparable to white light.
* **K​night Beam Blade** (ナイトビームブレード, *Naito Bīmu Burēdo*): From the Knight Brace on his right hand, a yellow blade can form. Can slice through monsters with ease. It is more powerful the Solar Blade which it shattered.
	+ **Blade Shot** (ブレードショット, *Burēdo Shotto*): When the Knight Blade is formed, Hikari can fire a powerful energy blast from it.

Physical
* **Knight Punch** (ナイトパンチ, *Naito Panchi*): An enhanced punch attack.
* **Knight Chop** (ナイトチョップ, *Naito Choppu*): An enhanced karate chop attack.

Combination
* *to be added*

**Appearances**: *Legend of the Crimson Sun* Volume 5 Chapter 22 *Super Hero Galaxy Fight: The Outrageous Conspiracy* Chapter 2, *Season 4B* TBA, *Season 14* TBA

### Outfits

4

*For all of Verde Hayato's outfits, see Character Outfits*
* *to be added*

## Notes

* According to Jeanne and Anikage while in Mementos, Verde smells like coffee.
* The gun Verde uses is a SIG Sauer P230 with a detachable suppressor.
* Verde himself hints at the idea of having the same potential as the protagonist in a conversation between him and Akio in Café Sakura-hime, before jokingly shrugging it off.
* Verde is left-handed. In Tales from Café Sakura-hime, when meeting Goro Akechi for the first time, Verde shakes hands with his left hand.
* According to the Team Tardis Incorporated: Official Online Character Guide and Tales from Café Sakura-hime, Verde cannot sing.
	+ It's revealed later in Tales from Café Sakura-hime that lost the ability to sing after he learn how to throw his voice.
* The Character Guide shows that Verde has the Plex application on his phone.
* In the Character Guide, it states that he's a fan of horror movies.