Akira Kazama

"*As expected of my sister!*"
—Catchphrase of Akira Kazama

**Akira Kazama** (風間 明. *Kazama Akira*) is a student of Class 1-E located in Kunugigaoka Junior High School, being taught by the four teachers of Class 1-E. If one were to count Korosensei as the "official" homeroom teacher for the entirety of Class E, then Korosensei would be the only "person" aside from his sister Hibiki Kazama for help with work. Characterized by his very weird sister complex, he is usually the reason why Class 1-E gets a bad reputation from the other classes (aside from the other branches of Class E), because of his relationship, which can get very unhealthy for many years. Currently, he is involved with the assassination of Korosensei just to buy a house so that he and his sister can live together.

## Appearance

Shown with a pale complexion, he has long black hair like his sister which has the end look as though it is burning, red eyes that look as though he is ready to kill, and appears to be very skinny. So skinny in fact, that when looked at a distance, he appears as though he hasn't eaten anything for a week, and to make things worse, because of his pale complexion, he is usually the target for crossdressing mostly by the work of Tomoe Akechi and Haruna Takenaka, much to his dismay.

For his clothing, he wears a uniform which appears as though he's in the Japanese Armed Forces partly due to his admiration for his sister who also wore a military uniform. The uniform is red in appearance, has a leather belt, and what appeared to be white holding to carry his sword (which is *very illegal*). Most notable is the hat he wears, on it is the Mon of the Oda clan, the Oda mokkō mon, which shows that he, along his sister, self-proclaim themselves as members of the Oda clan. Other than this, he has a black cape to put it at an end. Aside from his very odd uniform, he still wears the standard Kunugigaoka Junior High School uniform, albeit the light-yellow cardigan version instead of the blazer.

## Personality

Akira Kazama is, in the words of Korechika Hōjō, "a brother is a bit too attached to his sister". This heavily shown to be the case, as whenever Akira Kazama in the story, he seems to be with his sister all the time. And it can cross all the way to stalker mode, as Akira is basically the reason why Hibiki has few friends so far. In fact, saying that he's attached to Hibiki is a bit of an understatement, it's more of a "creepy stalker being in the presence of his own family member" (in Masashige Azuma's words), and that saying is true most of the time. Granted, he still respects his sister's privacy, and even knows what she can accept and what would not.

Shown to feel worthless when compared to his sister, Akira would (try) to compare his actions with that of his sister, especially when he shouts it all out constantly, to the point that it's not even fun anymore, but it's just sad. Perhaps it might be false, but Akira knows that it's not really fun, trying to deprecate himself in order to make his sister look good, often thinking about why is he even praising his sister when she wouldn't even acknowledge him? But for Akira, he has to keep that mask of idiocy so that his sister can rise up above the others, which in this day and age, won't work at all.

When Akira Kazama isn't taking his time to praise his sister every hour of the day, he is usually seen with Hajime Oda, and it's simply because of Hajime's surname being "Oda", and because both Hibiki and Akira are fans of Oda Nobunaga, Akira is a bit disappointed that Hajime isn't the "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven" and instead is just some normal student. Besides that, the two of them get along well because both Hajime and Akira can relate being "normal". Well, normal when they have a tentacle monster as a teacher.

## History

Born in Kazama family along with his sister, Akira was expected to live a more normal life, but as life would show, it's a double-edged sword. Akira's father, Morinari Kazama, recently lost his job and is unemployed, which combined with this increased alcoholism, made life a little worse for Akira and Hibiki. It led to a change in Hibiki, which is the reason why she wants to act tough in comparison to her brother. Already, both of them are fascinated by the history of Oda Nobunaga, and wished to emulate themselves as the next generation of the Oda clan, not in a family that has a drunkard of a father and an overworked tired mother.

It took a long time, but at the time when the Kazama siblings are around twelve years old, they are already hated because of their violent tendencies and because of how Akira Kazama would frequently annoy everyone by telling of how great his sister is. To top it all off, they claim descent over an old clan from the Sengoku Jidai, and everyone would say that the Kazama family originated as simple farmers who just so happened to be prevalent during the Genpei War. And by the time they are fifteen, suffice to say, they are not that accepted due to their disruptive behavior.

As Akira Kazama started to get himself ready for Kunugigaoka Junior High School, he started to question his own personality, becoming self aware, but over time, he would try his best to remove such thoughts. It during his time in Kunugigaoka Junior High School that Akira would be very infamous, because when he heard someone insult his sister, his first response was to punch the student unconscious and kick him in the head. That would get him into trouble, and even moreso as he is "defending [Hibiki]'s good name", which in turn made him known for having a type, which involved his sister.

## Abilities

**Intelligence**: His esteem aside, Akira is shown to have fairly high intelligence, being the student who managed to complete about three tests in his semester alone, but he let himself to join Class 1-E just so he could help his sister.

**Leadership** : When Akira Kazama has to start acting like a leader, it is clear that he is skilled at showing his more leadership skills, although he claims that if his sister is involved, than he's going to look like a subordinate compared to the general that is his sister.

**Marksmanship**: Surprisingly, when compared to his sister, Akira is shown to be proficient in marksmanship.

**Speed**: It's probably due on part of his physique, but it has been shown that Akira Kazama is among Class 1-E's most fastest students in terms of speed, ranked eighth amongst the other nine students.

## Quotes

"*Compared to me and my great sister, I'm just a bug when she is the bird! I'm merely a rock meant to be stepped on- WAIT NO! THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I WOULD AGREE ON!*"
—Akira Kazama, just mere moments until he realizes on what he is saying.

## Etymology

* Akira's surname **Kazama** means "wind" (風) (**kaza**) and "while, time, interval, space" (間) (**ma**).
* His first name **Akira** means "bright" (明), however, the name has many different meanings depending on the Kanji used.

## Trivia

* Because of how his last name sounds like "**Hazama**", there is a running joke within Class E that Akira Kazama and Kirara Hazama are related by blood. This joke isn't that well-appreciated from Akira himself.

## Behind the Scenes

* He is physically based off of Oda Nobukatsu from Fate/Grand Order.
* His first name comes from Akira Kurosawa, while his surname comes from Jin Kazama of Tekken.