Chizuru Kagura

Chizuru in Bleach the King of Fighters A15

### Job/Occupation

Bussinesswoman (owner of Kagura enterprises), priestess (protector of the Orochi seal), sponsor of The King of Fighters '96, '97 and 2003 tournaments (co-sponsor of 2003 tournament, along with Adel & Rose)

### Fighting style

Kagura style of ancient martial arts

**Chizuru Kagura** (神楽ちづる, *Kagura Chidzuru*), whose real name is **Chizuru Yata** (八咫ちづる, *Yata Chidzuru*), is a character from The King of Fighters series introduced in *The King of Fighters '96* as a sub-boss and the sponsor of the KOF tournament that year, and other introduced in *Bleach the King of Fighters EXTREME*. Her subsequent appearances in other tournaments tend to be as a normal participant. Her official nickname is "***Swift Shamaness***" (神速の巫女, *Shinsoku no Miko*).

Like Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami, she is a member of the clan that holds one of the three sacred artifacts that originally sealed the serpent monster Orochi 1800 years ago: the **Yata Mirror** (八汰鏡, *Yata no Kagami*). Due to the rivals' aggression towards one another, Chizuru is usually the one who has to keep the trio together. They form the ***Sacred Treasures Team***, whose endings often entail the canon events of any parties involved.

## Development

At the initial stages of development, she was referred to as the "Bell Girl," but before long she received the nickname of "Yuna" then finally received the more appropriate name that she has now. She was created in the image of anime and manga character Yoko Shiraki, from the *Ashita no Joe* manga series.

## Personality

Unlike the other members of the Sacred Treasures, Chizuru is well-mannered individual who speaks in a calm and collected tone. Having to watch her own sister murdered in front of her, Chizuru took that trauma and focused on sealing Orochi. She'll do whatever she can to keep Orochi sealed, even going as far as using The King of Fighters tournaments to bring the other two Sacred Treasures together, even without their consent. She becomes the voice of reason to the otherwise tumultuous Kusanagi and Yagami, having stopped their petty and mutually murderous vendetta on several occassions.

However, when her powers were taken, her will to fight was taken along with it. So far, the matter of losing her powers has not personally scarred or affected her in any way, and has even advised Iori on what to do and the implications when he lost his own powers to Ash Crimson that time.

## Powers

* **Divination** - As a priestess, she can foretell some future events. She can also learn a person's history with said power.
* **Mirror Image** - Chizuru can create copies of herself. The copies, when created, may only move, attack and disappear. With little effort, Chizuru can make the copies attack more than once or create more than one copy. She can also switch places with one of her copies, an ability usually used to follow up on an attack from her copies with another attack of her own. It is implied that she doesn't master this ability, yet. If any of her mirror images get hit, Chizuru will receive the damage and her copy will disappear. Her sister, Maki, for comparison, is not limited in this way. Her copies act more like projectiles, if they are hit by one they will negate each other, and they are impossible to be stricken physically.
* **Reflector** - By the power of the mirror, Chizuru can reflect projectiles.
* **Energy Manipulation** - Chizuru can use energy to send enemies away.
* **Seal Powers** - With the Yata Mirror, Chizuru can seal her enemy's special powers and abilities for a few moments.
* **Create Shadow** - Chizuru can use the power of the Yata Mirror to create shadows of living or dead beings. She used this power in *BKOF STRIKE* to create Kusanagi, a shadow of Kyo, and also to create a shadow of her own sister, Maki.
* **Seal** - Being of Yata heritage, Chizuru can use her powers to seal Orochi in another dimension.
* **Telepathy** - Using the Yata Mirror, Chizuru can speak into other people's minds. She can also temporarily possess people for similar purposes.
* **Teleport** - While Chizuru's ability to disappear and reappear in a different location isn't mentioned.

## Skills

* **Motorcycle Driving** - Chizuru is an avid motorcycle racer, and drives motorcycles as a hobby.
* **Management** - Chizuru is a business owner and has management skills that comes along with it. This ability also allowed her to organize a tournament such as KOF.

## Fighting style

Her fighting style is very soft, with moves that resemble traditional Japanese dancing. She employs her mirror images to perfection, using them to surprise and confuse her opponents. She does not use punches, instead choosing to use wide open-handed strikes. She can trap her opponent with one of her mirror images and strike him the way she sees fit, having both her image and herself causing damage to her opponent at the same time.

## References

1. ↑ Official character profile from *KOF anniversary website*.
2. ↑ The King of Fighters 2003: 3 Sacred Treasures Team Story from *KOF anniversary website*.
3. ↑ The King of Fighters '97: Iori Yagami Story from *KOF anniversary website*.
4. ↑ The King of Fighters XI: Kyo & Iori Team Story from *KOF anniversary website*.
5. ↑ The King of Fighters XIII Yagami Team Story from *Atlus website archived*.