Kanagi Izumi

* School Uniform
* Magical girl

## First Appearance

### Debut

Persona Record - Chapter 4 (Cameo)Puella Persona Magia Q - Chapter 19 (Short Story #2) (First appearance)

Persona Record: Magi Arena - Chapter 6 (Supporting)

**Kanagi Izumi** is a supporting character in Persona Record Series. She is a magical girl who wants equality and peace. Unselfish and full of justice, her charisma attracts people to her appearance and the strength of her words. Since she must earn her living expenses in order to support her poor family, she is immersed everyday in her multiple part-time jobs.

## Background

It's shown that the people in west Kamihama have a poor impression of those of the east. In the past, Kanagi wondered how the people of the east could improve that impression. One day Kyubey appeared before her and offered her a contract. Kanagi told him she wanted to change everyone's opinions of Daitou Ward, and that she believes the cause is Kamihama's history. She asked Kyubey to erase the history of Kamihama. Kyubey asked if she's sure about that, saying the change Kanagi could wish for could occur tomorrow, or hundreds of years in the future. Thinking about it, Kanagi agreed that even changing Kamihama's history won't actually change people's opinions of Daitou.

Kanagi decided that if there's something she can improve herself, she wants to know about it. She then made her wish to Kyubey: "I wish to know the reason why everyone hates Daitou". From that wish, she obtained the power to read minds...and also learned there was no reason why people hated Daitou. Kamihama's history and the poor safety of Daitou caused people to hate it without knowing why. Kanagi realized that Kamihama doesn't see individuals, they just see the circumstances around them. This causes a cycle of people getting hurt.

## Appearance

Kanagi has short white hair and gray eyes.

### Magical girl

Her clothes consist of a sleeveless female soldier uniform with yellow buttons and black fur trim. At the waist tie a black belt with a golden buckle. She wore a white shawl with an officer-style brooch on both shoulders. On her head was a small white hat, gold buttoned with a small black fur. She wore black tights with long white shoes. On her right eye was a gray ellipsoidal soul gem, whose right eye had only changed to purple, replacing her original eye color.

## Personality

Kanagi is brave and loves justice. She has the responsibility to support her poor family by working part-time for several days. With her talent it can attract more people. With her love for her hometown, Daito makes her efforts to protect her ward in peace and without hatred from the people of other wards in Kamihama.

## Abilities

Kanagi's personal magic lets her read minds. However Kanagi has to transform and be close to do so.

## Doppel Description

"The Doppel of demolition. Its form is a hearth lion. The master of this emotion is coolheaded, but her Doppel is burning with endless rage. Its form is a rampaging lion that rends all around it to pieces with its gnashing teeth. It refuses to forgive the smallest of injustices and demolishes anything it deems irrational. Strictness incarnate, it may target others simply for living in Kamihama, so its master must take care when summoning it, lest it hurt her allies. If she continues to use this Doppel, she may become similarly unforgiving. It may be uncontrollable, but its master half agrees with its judgement."

## Relationship

### Ikumi Makino

Kanagi and Ikumi work part-time as maids at the same maid cafe.

### Yachiyo Nanami

Kanagi and Yachiyo are allied magical girls, although they are from different wards and are hostile to each other, but they also form a relationship with the two wards as a magical girl together.

### Persona-Users

Kanagi has joined forces with Persona-Users to defeat the reformed Strega.

## Trivia

* The appearance of Kanagi's doppel is based off the Lion Dance, a traditional form of dancing in a costume in Asian countries.
* According to the design note, the Doppel's weapons are bronze soads. They are probably the same as those used mainly for ritual purposes in ancient Japan.
* The description of Kanagi's doppel is a reference to "The Cat Office, a short story by Kenji Miyazawa.
	+ The story is about a cat who works at an office with other cats (as if they were humans). Since the cat gets cold easily he sleeps in the fireplace. This causes him to be covered in soot, and so he is known in the story as the "soot cat". His co-worker cats look down on him for this, and ultimately bully the soot cat in the workplace. In the end of the story a lion, implied to be the boss of the cats, secretly observes the workers and reveals himself. He then declares that the office is shut down. The last line of the story is the narrator saying "I half-agree with the lion." (ぼくは半分獅子に同感です.)
* Her "maid name" at her cafe is Maid Nagitan.
* The characters of her last name mean "harmony" (和) and "fountain" (泉) respectively.
* The characters of her first name mean "ten" (十), "seven" (七) and "night" (夜) respectively.

## Gallery

Daito Academy UniformKanagi and MifuyuKanagi and MitamaMagical girl formKanagi's doppel (Catacombe)SwimsuitKanagi Ui Mitama Karin and KyokoKanagi and MelMaid UniformVampire ver. (Halloween costume)Kanagi Momoko Mel and Kanae