Iris (Fire Force)

**Iris** (Japanese: アイリス) is a character from the *Fire Force* series. She is a sister originating from The Holy Sol Temple, and a member of the Special Fire Force Company 8. Unbeknownst to her, she is both the Eighth Pillar and the Doppelgänger of Amaterasu.

## Appearance

Iris is a young girl of average height with short blonde hair and blue eyes and a slender yet curvy and well-endowed figure that she tends to cover under her clothes. She wears a habit, which consists of a tunic, covered by a scapular, a veil, light sandals, long light gloves, stockings, and a brooch with a cross-like symbol engraved on it. Parts of her outfit are coated with blue lines to signify her being part of a Special Fire Force. While on the battlefield, she tops her outfit with a neck protector and (sometimes) a gas mask. Underneath her clothing, Iris wears a light bra and underwear, the latter of which has the cross-like insignia on them. When she was younger, Iris was seen wearing a necklace with the cross-like insignia as a charm. Her outfit also contains what appears to be shoulder guards. When Iris carries out a purification ritual, she dons a revealing light dress. When in civilian clothes she tends to wear conservative yet cute dresses and blouses.

## Personality

Being a sister, Iris has a strong belief in religious faith. She is very courteous to others, but is relatively shy. Iris is a caring and kind-hearted person, wishing to help and give support to everyone in need, despite the circumstances at hand. Though somewhat incompetent in a fight, she shows bravery on the battlefield, being able to stand unfazed against an Infernal. She was shown to be rather private with her feelings and tends to prioritize the security and comfort of others first. Iris is timid but is motivated by her beliefs in religion. Iris has also displayed an amount of childish curiosity, pushing buttons without thinking and expressing jealousy over the other members of Company 8 visiting Asakusa. She can also be naive, bordering on ditzy, as she could not tell the difference between two Tamaki's despite the real one using her ignition ability and the other having a deep voice, only recognizing the real one when her lucky lecher lure activated. Despite her shyness, she has shown to have a dry wit often making snide remarks about some of her teammates such as Maki's romanticism, and calling Shinra out on a few of his lewder tendencies.

## Plot

During her childhood, Iris attended The Holy Sol Temple alongside Hibana, where they prayed for most the days and worship the Sun God. When the church caught fire, she and Hibana looked on as all the sisters were incinerated, leaving the pair as the only sisters to survive the incident. Shielding her little sister's eyes, Hibana decides they should run away together. Hibana eventually left Iris in order to become Company 5's Captain. Iris herself later joined Company 8 and was helped to extinguish the Infernal on the group's first mission.

## Abilities

As a sister from the Holy Sol Temple, she is fully qualified to perform prayers believed to allow Infernals to pass on peacefully as they are destroyed. Iris is also able to quickly treat a bullet wound, proving she has a degree of skill in first aid and medical knowledge. Despite her lack of power, she has shown to be a quick-thinker under pressure. Both creating a distraction when needed and being willing to bludgeon a trained assassin into unconsciousness.

After the emergence of the stone pillars that proved the discovery of all eight Pillars, Iris has awakened Third Generation ignition abilities, however she is only able to generate small embers from her fingers, signifying her debut and inexperience at controlling fire.

As of Chapter 238, Iris has shown the ability to grant herself and her allies an unprecedented level of immunity to flames, manifesting as a protective aura of heat around those the ability is affecting. It was potent enough to completely negate the damage from the dangerous shockwave Shinra Kusakabe's abilities produce when performing light-speed kicks. It's been noted by several characters to share some similarities to Pan Ko Paat's Ignition Ability.

## Gallery

The Special Fire Force 8th Company, all young people, in their business suits. From left to right: Takehisa Hinawa (25), Iris (15), Arthur Boyle (15), Shinra Kusakabe (15), Maki Oze (17), and Akitaru Oubi (29).
## Trivia

According to her Character Profile in Volume 3:

* Iris' favorite food is tomatoes while she doesn't dislike any sort of food in particular.
* Iris' favorite type of music is gospel music.
* Iris' favorite animal is a sheep and her favorite colour is light blue.
* Iris prefers people who are honest and have a dream.
* Iris highly respects Hibana, dislikes people who don't cherish life, and finds violent people scary.
* Iris' hobby is gardening, and her daily routine consists of praying, watering plants, and studying pastry recipes.
* Iris' dream is world peace.
* Iris' foot size is 23cm (9 in) and her eyesight is 1.5.
* Iris' favorite subject is national language, while her least favorite is mathematics.

## See also

* List of anime girls age 15
* Fire Force