Azusa Kiichi

**Azusa Kiichi** (鬼壱 あずさ?) is a Taimanin from the Future Era who had become a powerful semi-immortal swordswoman, a merger between human and demon.

## Appearance

Azusa is a petite and good-looking girl with short brown hair and irises on her eyes colored with a gradient from violet to peach.

Her Taimanin suit are cloths with pink and orange with white outlines around her arms, legs, narrow covering on her breasts and lower torso, and a pink ribbon on her neck.

## Background

A thousand years prior, Azusa was the captain of the Kujijuu, a elite battalion within the Taimanin. She had a long rivalry and friendship with fellow Lost Sword Style user Rinko Akiyama, who saw her like a big sister.

## Abilities

Azusa is a very formidable and strong Taimanin, with levels equaling and matching that of the strongest sword-users within their ranks.

* **Magi Physiology**/**Chi Sensitivity** – Like all Taimanin, Azusa is a trained member of the Magi sub-species of humans with the ability to absorb chi and harness it for supernatural powers.
	+ **Superhuman Agility** –
	+ **Superhuman Speed** –
* **Master Swordsmanship** – Like her rival Rinko Akiyama, Azusa is an extremely skilled warrior wielding the **Lost Sword Style** (逸刀流, *Ittōryū*?) swordsmanship technique. She is equal in skill with Rinko, who has fully mastered the sword art.
* **Demonic Powers** – Azusa is able to merge herself with her own inner demon, making her more powerful than she had ever been, while keeping her own humanity.
	+ **Limited Immortality** – As such, Azusa is able to live for a thousand years with barely any physical change.

## Etymology

* The name **Azusa** is written in hiragana (あずさ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (梓, 梓沙, 梓紗, 梓彩, 亜寿沙, 亜寿紗, 亜津沙, 亜津紗, 亜津彩, 安寿紗, 安津沙, 愛津紗 or 愛寿沙), it could possibly mean:
	+ 梓 - "catalpa", a tree with large heart-shaped leaves, clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers, and long, slender seed pods, native to North America and eastern Asia and cultivated as an ornamental.
	+ 梓沙 - "catalpa" (梓) (**azu**) and "sand" (沙) (**sa**).
	+ 梓紗 - "catalpa" (梓) (**azu**) and "thread, silk" (紗) (**sa**).
	+ 梓彩 - "catalpa" (梓) (**azu**) and "color" (彩) (**sa**).
	+ 亜寿沙 - "second, Asia" (亜) (**a**), "longevity, congratulations, one's natural life" (寿) (**su**/**zu**) and "sand" (沙) (**sa**).
	+ 亜寿紗 - "second, Asia" (亜) (**a**), "longevity, congratulations, one's natural life" (寿) (**su**/**zu**) and "thread, silk" (紗) (**sa**).
	+ 亜津沙 - "second, Asia" (亜) (**a**), "haven, port, harbor, ferry" (津) (**tsu**/**zu**) and "sand" (沙) (**sa**).
	+ 亜津紗 - "second, Asia" (亜) (**a**), "haven, port, harbor, ferry" (津) (**tsu**/**zu**) and "thread, silk" (紗) (**sa**).
	+ 亜津彩 - "second, Asia" (亜) (**a**), "haven, port, harbor, ferry" (津) (**tsu**/**zu**) and "color" (彩) (**sa**).
	+ 安寿紗 - "peace, quiet" (安) (**a**), "longevity, congratulations, one's natural life" (寿) (**su**/**zu**) and "thread, silk" (紗) (**sa**).
	+ 安津沙 - "peace, quiet" (安) (**a**), "haven, port, harbor, ferry" (津) (**tsu**/**zu**) and "sand" (沙) (**sa**).
	+ 愛津紗 - "love, affection" (愛) (**a**), "haven, port, harbor, ferry" (津) (**tsu**/**zu**) and "thread, silk" (紗) (**sa**).
	+ 愛寿沙 - "love, affection" (愛) (**a**), "longevity, congratulations, one's natural life" (寿) (**su**/**zu**) and "sand" (沙) (**sa**).
* Azusa's surname **Kiichi** means "demon, ogre, daemon" (鬼) (**ki**) and "one" (壱) (**ichi**).