Akeno Himejima

**Akeno Himejima** is a first-year college student at Kuoh Academy and one of the many female supporting characters of *Misfit DxD*. She is the daughter of Baraqiel, a Fallen Angel Cadre and Shuri Himejima, a member of the Himejima Clan, making her a Nephilim. She is Rias Gremory's Queen as well as her best friend. Akeno is one of Kuoh Academy's **Two Great Ladies** alongside Rias. She is also one of Jolo Toussaint's fiancées.

## Appearance

Akeno is a beautiful young woman with a voluptuous figure, very long black hair and violet eyes. Her hair is usually tied in a long ponytail, reaching all the way down to her legs with two strands sticking out from the top and sloping backward, with an orange ribbon keeping it in place.

Like most of the girls at Kuoh Academy, she wears the customary Kuoh Academy girls' school uniform, along with black calf-length socks.

As revealed in the visual book with her data , her body measurements are [B102-W60-H89 cm] [B40-W24-H35 in]. Her body weight is [54 kg] [119 lbs] while her height is 168 cm (5 feet 6 inches).

In the anime, during battles, she often transforms her clothes into a traditional miko attire, consisting of a white *haori* with red accents, a red *hakama*, and a pair of *zōri* with white *tabi*.

When she first revealed herself as a Fallen Angel in front of Issei in Volume 4, she reveals one Devil wing and one Fallen Angel wing. This later changes to six Fallen Angel wings with the aid of two bracelets (no longer required) given to her by Azazel. In True Volume 2, it changes to eight Fallen Angel wings. In this form, it is stated by Yuuto Kiba that she looks like a high tier Fallen Angel; possibly a Cadre.

## Personality

She is first seen to be a very elegant and gentle woman, embodying the principals of the ideal Japanese woman: "Yamato Nadeshiko". However underneath her calm atmosphere, she is shown to be highly sadistic in battle and doesn't show any mercy or remorse towards the enemies she slays, casually keeping up her smiling elegant persona over an enemy's death and showing an expression of pleasure and lust upon delivering them pain.

As a result of seeing her mother be killed in front of her eyes and her father being unable to save her, Akeno developed a hatred for Fallen Angels, she has developed a sense of self-loathing towards her Fallen Angel nature, for it was the reason her was mother killed which led her to sever ties with her father, going into exile before being saved by Rias after Akeno's maternal relatives nearly killed her. Due to this reason, she emphasizes with those who have suffered under the hands of Fallen Angels like Asia, who were manipulated and killed by the Fallen Angel Dohnaseek. However, she seems to have developed a sort of kinship with the Fallen Angels Raynare, Kalawarner, and Mittelt after they had allied with them (it is later revealed that they are also her cousins via her uncle Azazel). She was worried that Jolo would dislike her due to her Fallen Angel nature but fell in love with him after he told her he still liked her. With Jolo's help, she was able to overcome the sadness of her mother's death and reconcile with her estranged father, renewing their familial bond. Due to Jolo helping her, Akeno's love for him deepened considerably as she confessed her feeling for him.

While she originally had no interest in dating men due to her past, she began to take an interest in Jolo, thinking of him as a hot classmate. She has stated that Jolo is the first boy she has ever felt such feelings for as she is shown to have a desire to further her relationship with him. She also loves to tease Jolo and Rias, as she loves to make Rias irritated by flirting with Jolo. Akeno has also stated that she has some masochism in her as well, as she is only masochistic towards Jolo in contrast to her sadistic nature in battle. She is shown to be quite vulgar, flirting with Jolo as such and doesn't care if Rias knows or saw her doing the act as she tried to have sex with him while also trying to help Jolo further his relationship with Rias, but does care enough to not steal him away from her. After falling in love with him, she becomes very seductive and is obsessed with having an affair with Jolo whenever she finds a chance, which is often interrupted by Rias and some others.

She also has a weak side to her once she removes her mask of being an *Onee-Sama*, what is left is her true side of "depending" on a man which is generally Jolo and her father Baraqiel after reconciling with him. If danger arises to them, she will become depressed or it can also lead to a rise in her tension.

Despite being seductive toward Jolo and acting like a mature young woman, Akeno is still innocent and emotional towards love and acts like a girl her age whenever she is on a date with Jolo. However, this still does not stop her being seductive and flirting with Jolo.

## History

Akeno is the only child of Shuri Himejima, a Shinto priestess and Baraqiel, a Fallen Angel and one of the leaders of the Fallen Angel organization, Grigori. As a child, Akeno was close to her mother as her father was mostly away on missions and fell into despair when she witnessed her mother's death, blaming Baraqiel for not being able to protect her. After the death of Shuri, Akeno stayed with her mother's relative before being kicked out due to her Fallen Angel blood.

At the tender age of 10, without food or money, Akeno journeyed throughout Japan using her skills to purify evil spirits that she learned from her mother in order to survive, doing so for a year and a half. When she stumbled into a certain town, Akeno indirectly saved a human that was contracted with a Devil from the Gremory Clan. Fearing that the Devil would kill her due to her Fallen Angel heritage, Akeno decided to hide from them. Later, while trying to leave the town, Akeno was suddenly attacked by her relatives from the Himejima Clan who came to kill her. Before her Grand-Uncle Suou Himejima could land the decisive blow, Rias, and her father's Bishop, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, appeared and talked Akeno's family out of killing her with two conditions; first Akeno is to never enter the territory under the Himejima Clan and second, to always stay beside Rias. She then moved into the Gremory Palace where she was taught various things from studies, to how a lady should act as well as deepening her bonds with Rias, becoming her best friend in the process. She had also become acquainted with Sona Sitri around this time.

Upon entering Junior High, Rias received her Evil Pieces and made Akeno her first servant. Two years before the series, she entered Kuoh Academy alongside Rias and helped her in re-establishing the Occult Research Club becoming its Vice-President. Akeno and Rias went to the Kyoto trip during their second year, Rias enjoyed every moment of it, however, they didn't plan a proper schedule and therefore there were places that she wasn't able to visit like the Nijou-jou, Rias was so upset that she stomped her feet at the railway station as Akeno tried to calm her down. Also during their second year, Akeno and Rias organized their club as a haunted house for the school festival, they even used real ghosts as Rias requested friendly Youkai looking for jobs to plan the decorations. This, however, got them in a lot of trouble with Sona who scolded them for using the real thing.

## Powers & Abilities

### Physical Abilities

#### As a Nephilim

**Nephilim Physiology**: Akeno was born to a human mother and a Fallen Angel father, who was one of the first and strongest Fallen Angels in existence, making her a Second-Generation Fallen Angel/Human hybrid. With it, she gained her father's signature ability; Holy Lightning.

* **Holy Lightning** (雷光, *Raikō*): Akeno's signature skill that she inherited from her father: Baraqiel. Akeno combines the power of light and lightning to create Holy Lightning. Akeno can make high-density lightning strikes on her opponents.
	+ **Holy Lightning Dragon** (, *Raikōryū*): Due to her constant draining of Isami's Dragon aura, she has gained the ability to shape her Holy Lightning into the form of an Asian Dragon, which can move as if it was alive. It has been shown to be immensely powerful, devouring large fragments of rocks and erasing one of Grendel's fireballs. In Volume 19, Akeno can create five large holy lightning dragons. In True Volume 2, Akeno can shape her holy Lightning into the form of a five-headed Asian Dragon.

* **Fallen Angel Mode** (, *Datenshi Mōdo*): This is a special fallen angel form, which Akeno achieved through making her *Holy Lightning* blood denser. In this form, she gained six black fallen angel wings which strengthens her Holy Lightning, making her appear more like a Top-Tier Fallen Angel. At first, it required the usage of two special bracelets created by Azazel, however, she soon became able to enter this form on her own. In True Volume 2, Akeno's strength increases to the point of gaining eight black wings.
* **Flight**: Uniquely, Akeno has two different methods of flight, the first being her bat-like wings as a reincarnated devil or fallen angels wings due to her heritage.

#### As a Reincarnated Devil

**Reincarnated Devil Physiology**: After she was reincarnated into a Devil, Akeno gained all of the signature abilities of the Queen piece.

* **Immense Physical Strength and Defense**: As a Queen, Akeno possesses enhanced strength and defense through the Rook trait of her Queen piece, but due to Akeno never resorting to physical confrontations, it's unknown how her physical prowess compares to Koneko.
* **Immense Physical Speed**: As a Queen, Akeno has the Knight speed enhancement through her Queen piece. In Volume 24, Akeno was capable of evading many of Zhu Bajie's attacks with ease.
* **Enhanced Magical Power**: As a Queen, Akeno can strengthen her magic and demonic powers using the Bishop aspect, which she has shown to be the most adept at using in combat.
* **Great Demonic Power**: Akeno has great potential in using demonic power, comparable to her King, Rias despite being a reincarnated Devil, being the second strongest in the peerage Riser acknowledged that pre-training, she among Rias' peerage could face his peerage. She became one of the first three to be promoted to Middle-Class, Azazel stated she rivals High-Class Devils. Akeno enhanced her powers to the point of being able to defeat an army mass-produced Evil Dragons.
	+ **Elemental Demonic Power**: Akeno excels in using natural elements such as lightning, ice, fire, and water. She is able to create thunder clouds using her demonic power, making lightning bolts rain down on her opponents. She could freeze Cerberus' flames in an instant and target ice spears at her opponents. In Volume 14, much like her Holy Lightning Dragon, Akeno can also form Asian Dragon made out of fire and ice, sending them at her enemies;
		- **Lightning**: Akeno originally specialized in Lightning Demonic Power alone before she began using her Holy Lightning ability where Akeno adds Power of Light. Her strikes were shown to cause immense lasting pain as well as paralysis, at its strongest show to be powerful enough to obliterate a whole building.
		- **Fire**: Akeno is seen to can perform Fire Demonic Power through Asian Dragon;
		- **Water**: Akeno has shown to be able to summon a vast amount of bodies of water, large enough to fill a swimming pool.
		- **Ice**: Akeno is capable of freezing her target and create ice into spikes and projectiles. She is shown creating a blizzard that instantly freezes even fire.
	+ **Defense**: She has been shown to be able to use magic to strengthen the power of her defense by focusing on the Rook trait of her Queen piece, to protect herself as well as others from powerful attacks;
	+ **Teleportation**: Akeno has demonstrated the ability to teleport herself and others;
	+ **Cloth Manipulation**: Usually when Akeno needs to use all of her magic power, she alters her clothes into a Shinto priestess attire that gave her the epithet, "Priestess of Thunder". She also uses this to repair hers or the clothes of others.
* **Flight**: Uniquely, Akeno has two different methods of flight, the first being her bat-like wings as a reincarnated devil or fallen angels wings due to her heritage.

### Magic

**Expert Magician**: Akeno has shown herself to be skilled in the use of magic with her, Rias and Rossweisse being the top magic type specialists in the Peerage (before Rossweisse left). Her magic abilities are enhanced through the Bishop trait of her Queen piece.

* **Summoning Magic**: Akeno has some skill in summoning magic, being able to instruct Asia in its use. She is shown to summon up to six Imp-like familiars that are useful in recon. Her ability to summon creatures was strengthened after she entered the Himejima household and strengthened her Himejima blood, thus allowing her to summon legendary Youkai like **Ura** and **Ibaraki Doujou**.
* **Purification**: Akeno has the power to purify evil spirits which she learned from her mother. However, since she lacks Senjutsu prowess, her ability is inferior to Koneko's and Kuroka's.

**Extrasensory Perception**: Kiba has noted that Akeno has particular skill in reading different kinds of energy flows, being able to tell how the spirits of Kiba's old friends were released from the orb, and sensing Vali's arrival.

**Stealth Expert**: As mentioned by Issei and Rias, Akeno has developed a skill to sneak behind people without leaving any presence. Rias mentioned that Akeno has learned a skill that allows her to avoid detection from Koneko's Senjutsu sensing ability.

**Master Chef**: Akeno is an extremely skilled cook, cooking delicous foods such as nikujaga, which reminded Baraqiel of Shuri. Her cooking skills are enough for her to be known as one of the Four Heavenly Kings alongside Miki, Rias, and Asia, cooking delicious foods, often competing with Rias over Issei.

## Equipment

**Queen Piece**: (女王の駒, *Joō no koma*): Akeno was reincarnated using the Queen Piece, which grants her the characteristics of a Rook, Bishop, and Knight. Although, she is more aclined to the Bishop trait, instead of the Rook and Knight.

**Bracelets**: Golden bracelets engraved with magical characters. An invention by Azazel that assisted the fallen angelisation of Akeno.

**Oni Mask**: The Devil mask allows Akeno to summon two six-meter tall demons. One named **Ura**, the famous evil Oni that became the head of its kind and lived in Onigashima; and second, **Ibaraki Doujou**, a legendary onigami who served as the right hand of Shuten Douji, one of the Three Great Youkai of Japan.

## Trivia

* Akeno's birthday is on July 21.
* The name **Akeno** means "vermilion red" (朱) (**ake**) and "from" (乃) (**no**).
* Akeno's last name, *Himejima*, means "Princess Island".
* Akeno has large breasts due to her Fallen Angel blood, as Azazel mentions in Volume 8 that female Fallen Angels possess seductive bodies. Azazel has stated that, even for a Fallen Angel, Akeno is exceptional.
* Isami in Volume 1 of the novels called Akeno "Yamato Nadeshiko" which means "personification of an idealized Japanese woman", or "the epitome of pure, feminine beauty".
* In Rating Game fighting-types, Akeno is considered a Wizard-type who is closer to a Technique-type.
* Akeno inherited her sadistic personality from her mother and her masochistic personality from her father.
* It was revealed in Ishibumi's other work, -SLASHDØG-, that Akeno is related by blood to Tobio Ikuse as cousins.
	+ Tobio's grandmother is a member of the Himejima Clan.
* Akeno, alongside Asia, have the most familiars in the series with both having six each.
* Akeno uploads videos to DeviTube about Japanese traditional performing arts.
* Akeno has a driving license.
* According to a questionnarire, her favorite type of man is one who is always smiling.
	+ She's proud of her black hair and breasts because they make Issei happy.
	+ She can do everything with ease.
	+ Her weakness is that she's not really good with men.
	+ If she didn't become a Devil, she would have became a priestess at some shrine.
	+ She likes having tea parties with Rias and Sona, shopping, and making pastries.
	+ Her one wish is to go to a deserted island with Jolo, so the two of them can enjoy a lifestyle where they spoil each other.
	+ She said if Jolo feels like having an affair, he can always tell her.
	+ She begins washing from her chest.
	+ She doesn't put on panties after a shower as a single bath towel is enough for her.
	+ Her erogenous zone is anywhere on her body.
* Her hobbies are food research and shopping.
* Her favorite thing is Japanese traditional clothing.
	+ This is reflected in her wish to wear a shiromuku, a pure-white wedding kimono worn by brides in a traditional Japanese Shinto wedding ceremony for her marriage with Jolo.
* In the "DxD" popularity election, she ranked third in the all-character category, second in the heroine category, second in the coupling category with Issei, and fifth with Rias.
* Among the Gremory peerage, Akeno excels at reading different types of energy flow.
* In the manga adaptation, she is called the "Vestal of Thunder".