Kuya

* Normal
* Human
* Battle
* 4-Koma

**Kuya** (空耶, *Kuya*) is one of the romanceable characters in Ayakashi: Romance Reborn. He belongs to the Dawn Faction.

## Profile

This lazy self-identified “author” has the ability to fall asleep anytime, anywhere. He claims napping helps him construct stories, but no one’s ever read anything from him... His childhood friends, Koga, Shizuki, and Toichiro, often get on his case about his lethargy, but Kuya always comes through when it counts.

## Appearance

Kuya is a young man with tan complexion, bluish black hair with lighter streaks and yellow-golden eyes. He wears a feather earring in his right ear. His clothes are mostly navy blue - a kimono without sleeves, pants, with lighter blue scarf. He also wears red Geta sandals and red bead necklace.

In his Ayakashi form he has big raven wings.

His monk accessories are a reference of him being a monk in his past life.

## Personality

Kuya is lazy and strongly prefers to sleep over any other activity, he also dislikes work and avoids any effort. However, it is not absolute as when he approves of something, he helps. He can be stubborn and make crude or overly direct comments but it isn't deliberately mean of him. He's loyal to his friends and is willing to come to aid if needed.

## Biography

**Spoiler alert! Major spoilers beyond this point.**

Kuya was born in the mountains, but left his birth place and was picked up by Teach' and taken in. While staying there he met Koga, Toichiro and Shizuki. After Teach's death, he's been staying at Koga's mansion.

In his childhood he was considered different from the other tengu who all have dark eyes and black hair. Due to his yellow eyes they feared him. Kuya' yellow eyes and blue hair are due to his past life: he is a reincarnation of a human that had tengu blood. Due to the ostracism he left and joined Teach', but when Teach died Kuya not lost the place to call home but also was tormented by regret that he left Teach' to his demise.

## Abilities

**Weapon:**
* **Hand fan:** a fan with aYatagarasu drawing.

**Ayakashi abilities and power:**
* **Ayakashi transformation:** He can change his appearance into human and ayakashi.
* **Wind Control:** he can control the wind with his fan.
	+ **Cyclone:** He can create a strong cyclone

## Relationships

**Teach**
He was the first one to be with Teach' and was very close to him. When he died Kuya felt guilty for not being able to save him and is still tormented by the guilt that he was not there to help.

**Koga Kitamikado**
He met Koga at Teach's. Koga is his closest friend and Kuya trusts him greatly - which is reciprocated. After Teach died, he went to Koga's house to stay there knowing that Koga would take him in. Despite Kuya's general laziness, he's willing to do a lot for Koga.

**Aoi**
Aoi and Kuya argue a lot. Aoi is constantly angry at Kuya's unwillingness to do anything. Kuya reciprocates the dislike since he prefers to just nap in peace and perceives Aoi's nagging as hypocritical as they share similar circumstances.

**Futaba Saotome**
Initially they don't talk much and he is quite short with her or ignores her altogether, sometimes he also leaves his mess for her to resolve, but with time he warms up and starts to support her cause wholeheartedly. He becomes a reliable ally for her and they' eventually become good comrades. Sometimes Kuya advises her or tries to comfort her in his own ways.

**Yura**
Kuya like to share tea and giving food to the birds with Yura. He likes Yura because he's quiet.

**Shizuki**
He said that Shizuki and him are the same because according to Kuya, both were looking a place to have a home. He is one of his childhood friends.

**Toichiro**
They both stayed at Teach's and are childhoold friends.

## Etymology

* The name **Kuya** in Japanese means "sky" (空) (**ku**) and "question mark" (耶) (**ya**).
	+ In Filipino however, it just means "big brother" - a fact that the fandom finds hilarious, but was likely unintended by Voltage.

## Trivia

* Kuya's favorite food is Oji's rice omelets.
* Kuya's hobby is sleeping.
* His fan was given to him by Teach. Its made out of Aloeswood.