Kasane Kujiragi

**Kasane Kujiragi** is a wielder of Saika in the light novel series, *Durarara*, and the *Wonderland* series. Although mentioned in passing in previous volumes, she first appears in person in volume ten as Jinnai Yodogiri's secretary and apparent niece and is later revealed to be the ringleader behind the organization that collectively operates under Yodogiri's name, thus making her the main antagonist of *Durarara!!x2*.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

Kujiragi is a young woman with long brown hair pulled up into a ponytail secured with a red bow. She wears glasses and a yellow skirt suit over a blouse and stockings along with Mary Jane pumps. She carries a large shoulder bag, and her brown eyes become red when wielding Saika.

### Personality

Kujiragi is shown to be a very quiet and composed individual who rarely shows emotion. Despite her manipulation skills, she is a terrible liar when doing so face to face. As a wielder of Saika, she is also very skilled in swordplay and is capable of enslaving anyone she cuts like Anri and Haruna. She also uses a different method of enslaving others which she refers to as "Branching." This method involves smelting knives and other bladed instruments with fragments of Saika's blade mixed in.

## Back Story

Kujiragi was born to the same family as Ruri Hijiribe and is the half-sister of Ruri's mother. However, she was sold to the original Jinnai Yodogiri in order to pay off some sort of debt her family owed. As such, she was raised by him through all of her life until Yodogiri eventually passed away. After this, she took on his identity and continued his work as an info broker but used 20-30 year old men as scapegoats while she played the role of the secretary. At some point, she acquired Saika, split it in half, and sold one half to Shingen Kishitani while keeping the other half for herself.

## Storyline History

### Edge of Wonderland

It is revealed that Kujiragi is the interloper in the Apocalypse game. It doesn't take Etsuko Asato long to figure it out. The doctor calls up the secretary. She asks why Kujiragi was interested in the game. The secretary claims that she's just observing because she is interested. Etsuko doesn't believe her, but asks for her help. Already, Kujiragi knows what she is going to ask. Later, she meets up with Mari Otomo in an café and asks her to go back home. The secretary touches her and makes her a Saika child. It's Kujiragi's voice that prompts the programmer to go back to Ikebukuro.

### Dark Alice in a Dark Wonderland

She starts to hear Saika and her children talking about a possible Saika baby.

## Relationships

### Ruri Hijiribe

Kujiragi is envious of Ruri for chasing her own dreams and happiness despite having the same non-human blood as she. Kugiragi's envy, however, does not reach the point of hatred.

### Shinra Kishitani

*Main article: Shinra Kishitani*

Kujiragi becomes interested in Shinra because of his purported love of Celty Sturluson, a being she considers an aberration. She is skeptical of the claim, but her own digging into the matter reveals the truth, and she develops an unrequited crush on Shinra, hoping he could love a monster like herself, too. She is amazed by his willpower and ability to break the Saika curse she put on him, but he reminds her that she would never have fallen for him if he had not loved Celty first.

## Trivia

* The name Kasane is written in hiragana (かさね), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (襲, 重音, 香沙音, 香紗音, 花沙音 or 花紗音), it could possibly mean:
	+ 襲 - "attack, advance on, succeed to, pile, heap".
	+ 重音 - "multilayered" (重) (kasa) and "sound" (音) (ne).
	+ 香沙音 - "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (ka), "sand" (沙) (sa) and "sound" (音) (ne).
	+ 香紗音 - "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (ka), "thread, silk" (紗) (sa) and "sound" (音) (ne).
	+ 花沙音 - "flower, blossom" (花) (ka), "sand" (沙) (sa) and "sound" (音) (ne).
	+ 花紗音 - "flower, blossom" (花) (ka), "thread, silk" (紗) (sa) and "sound" (音) (ne).

* Kasane's surname Kujiragi means "whale" (鯨) (kujira) and "tree, wood" (木) (ki/gi).

## Source

* https://durarara.fandom.com/wiki/Kasane\_Kujiragi