Kirito

> I'll never let anyone in my party die as long as I'm standing. That's the last thing I'd let happen!
>
> Kirito to Leafa, recalling his experiences from SAO

## Summary

**Kirigaya Kazuto** (桐ヶ谷 和人, Kirigaya Kazuto), born as **Narusaka Kazuto** (鳴坂 和人なるさか かずと, Narusaka Kazuto), and known as «**Kirito**» (キリト, Kirito) in «Sword Art Online» is the protagonist of the main Sword Art Online series. Kirito was chosen to be one of the one thousand beta testers for the closed beta of Sword Art Online, the first ever Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) for the NerveGear, and later joined the official version of the game. He thus became one of the 10,000 players who were trapped in Sword Art Online, where he remained a solo player for the majority of the game, willingly taking on the role of a Beater to reduce discrimination against other former beta testers, as well as actively taking part in Boss battles as one of the Clearers.

During his time in SAO, Kirito temporarily became a member of the Moonlit Black Cats after helping them safely escape a dangerous dungeon, but returned to being a solo player when a fatal error resulted in the death of the other guild members, driving him even further away from ties with other people. At some point in the game, Kirito became known as the «**Black Swordsman**» (黒の剣士, Kuro no Kenshi) due to his tendency to wear black clothing and remaining solo. Near the end of the game, Kirito's heart began to open up once more when he started meeting the one who would eventually become the love of his life, Asuna, and the two begin bonding with each other, growing as individuals in the process. With his newfound love and drive to see his loved ones in the real world once again, Kirito slain the final boss of the game, returning everyone to the real world.

After Sword Art Online, there were many other adventures he undertook with both Asuna and the allies he made in Sword Art Online, both in other virtual reality games, augmented reality, and a simulation of another world.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** **8-A**

**Name:** Kirito

**Origin:** Sword Art Online

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** 14

**Classification:** Human

**Power and Abilities:**

**Attack Potency:** **Multi-City Block level** with Incarnation and Release Recollection (At the very least comparable to his and Subtilizer's previous peak in power)

**Speed:** **Hypersonic+** combat speed (Was capable of swatting and deflecting bullets from an automatic rifle in GGO)

**Lifting Strength:** Possibly **Class 5** (Should be comparable to his SAO feats by floors 30-40)

**Striking Strength:** At least **Multi-City Block Class**

**Durability:** At least **Multi-City Block level**

**Stamina:** Athletic Human (Continued to fight even after taking punishment from Eiji. Defeated bosses in Ordinal Scale non-stop and without breaks throughout multiple nights) | Infinite physically (Virtual Reality Avatars can never get physically tired; limited only to the mental power of the person themselves), Superhuman mentally (Slept for three hours everyday in SAO, and most of his day consisted completely of fighting monsters non-stop. Halted his own death temporarily through sheer willpower. Was stabbed through the chest and was able to feel pain, but still trudged through with sheer willpower) | Same as previous | Virtually Infinite physically (Just like normal Virtual Reality Avatars, however the difference being that if one ran out of "stamina", they would begin taking damage to their Life), Vastly Superhuman mentally (Walked off having a chunk of his arm cut off, been pierced and cauterized by beams of light, and entire limbs coming off)

**Range:** Extended melee range with swords

**Standard Equipment:**

**Intelligence:** Though he is academically average

**Weaknesses:**

* Normally composed and calculated when fighting, but fights with reckless abandon when he gets emotional.
* Sword Skills have a small post-motion stun at the end of them in exchange for increased power (Though Skill Connect negates this weakness).
* Cannot fly in areas void of sunlight or moonlight (ALfheim Online Keys Only).
* Most of the time, to activate Sacred Arts, the user must chant out the words required to activate it. Sacred Arts require "spatial resources" to use, meaning that barren environments would lessen the effects of a Sacred Art (Alicization Keys Only).
* Using Enhance Armament or Release Recollection drains the weapon's Durability, which can only be restored when sheathed for long periods of time (Alicization Keys Only).
* The Night Sky Sword's Release Recollection expends the resources it gathered whenever Kirito uses intensive abilities or Sword Skills, forcing him to recharge once all the resources are used (Alicization Keys Only).
* Because of Incarnation's passive nature based on the imagination and willpower of the individual, at worst, if the user thinks a situation is hopeless or impossible to succeed, Incarnation will instead have a negative effect and make that situation true.

**Notable Attacks/Techniques:**

## Others

**Lose:**

LLENN (Sword Art Online) LLENN's Profile (GGO Kirito was used)

Homelander (The Boys) Homelander's Profile (Post-Goblin Fight/Human Realm Kirito was used against Comic Homelander, 8-B Incarnations, Speed was Equalized)

**Win:**

Gazef Stronoff (Overlord) Gazef's Profile (Kingdom's Treasures Gazef, ALO Kirito was used. Speed equalized)

Sergeant James Kinchloe (Hogan's Heroes) Kinch's Profile (Real Life Kirito was used, and both were unarmed)

Kratos (God of War) Kratos' Profile (End of Alicization/Star King Kirito and Ascension Kratos were used, and speed was equalized)

**Matches:**

Hawke (Dragon Age) Hawke's Profile (War of Underworld Kirito was used. Speed was equalized)

Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord) Ainz's Profile (War of Underworld Kirito when powered by the world was used)