Matsuri Kazamaki

* Female
* Male

**Matsuri Kazamaki** (風巻祭里, *Kazamaki Matsuri*) is a main female as well as male protagonist of Ayakashi Triangle. They are a descendant of a ninja exorcists family and the reincarnation of King of Yamato. While protecting Suzu Kanade from Shirogane, they were turned into a girl.

## **Appearance**

In his original form, Matsuri is a good looking boy with scarlet eyes and scarlet messy hair.

Matsuri wears a black ninja armor consisting of gauntlets finishing of fingerless gloves, a sort of golden ring between the left shoulder and elbow, pants, red sandals with black socks. And the rest covers the torso but not the arms and finishes with a piece of cloth going down to around the pelvis. Along with a sort of decorative shuriken under the collar with a red stone at its center.

Finally, Matsuri also has a little red four-bladed windmill that can be used in combat and transform into a ninja exorcist outfit as well as a katana with a golden pommel and tsuba and a black hilt.

In genderbent form, the eyes stay the same but the hair becomes white with bluish and pinkish highlights tied in a sort of spiky ponytail.

Matsuri's red four-bladed windmill is seen as a sort of adornment in the ponytail (like a hair stick). As well as still wears the choker since it's used to transform in and out of the ninja exorcist attire.

## **Personality**

Matsuri is a kind person and considerate of others, an attitude that was shown since his childhood when he played with Suzu and the ayakashi.

Matsuri doesn't usually care what others say and tries to help their loved ones, this being more evident with Suzu.

Due to his work as an exorcist ninja, he has developed a protective attitude, so he feels obligated to protect his loved ones, be they friends, family, or ayakashi.

However, while aware of his or her own feelings for Suzu, she has been shown to be insecure and lack confidence in her own self.

## **Powers & Abilities**

The Kazamaki family specializes in wind jutsu, and as a ninja exorcist, Matsuri posses both ninja and exorcists skills.

### **Substitution Jutsu**

Matsuri is able to teleport elsewhere, while leaving a wood log behind.

### **Exorcist Ninja Art: Wind Kunai**

Matsuri generates wind around the sword and launch it in the form of kunai.

### **Kazamaki-style Exorcist Ninja Art: Scattering Whirlwind Bloom**

Using a pinwheel, Matsuri generates wind in their hand launching it downward tearing to tear enemies apart.

### **Exorcists Ninja Art: Heavy Wind Blast**

Using the same pinwheel. Matsuri generates wind launching that literally blows enemies away.

### **Luminous Wind Blast of Love**

A combined attack with Suzu. This attack combines the ninja exorcist arts with the powers of the ayakashi medium. This attack is so powerful that it can defeat older ayakashis humanoid Jinyo such as the Gogyosen.

## **Relationships**

### **Suzu Kanade**

Suzu is Matsuri's childhood friend, they both played with the ayakashi since they could both see them.

Yet, after Matsuri began working as an exorcist ninja. The friendship between the two diminished, as Matsuri tried to keep the ayakashis away from Suzu, something that bothered Suzu.

After the truth about Matsuri's attitude was discovered, they both became friends again.

With the passage of time Matsuri realized that he was in love with Suzu, managing to confess his feelings to her later.

### **Shirogane**

At first, Matsuri wanted to exorcise Shirogane since he wanted to eat Suzu,

Shirogane would transform him into a woman, and Matsuri would prevent Shirogane from obtaining his old form. Which had then created a rivalry between the two.

However, with the passage of time both get along better.

### **Seigen Kazamaki**

Matsuri has always lived with his grandfather due to his mother's work, Matsuri has great affection and respect for his grandfather, since he was the one who would teach him all about his skills as an exorcist ninja.

### **Matoi Kazamaki**

Matsuri and his mother don't see each other much because his mother lives in Tokyo working as an Exorcist Ninja. Seeing her son turned into a girl by the Gender Swap technique, Matoi shown to be very perverted when she gropes Matsuri's breasts and touching his groin as well later having a sex with her son while bathing.

### **Soga Ninokuru**

Soga and Matsuri are rivals yet are also best friends, as both have practiced their skills since they met, Matsuri often tells Soga everything such as, his crush on Suzu.

Although for Matsuri, Soga has a strange behavior when they are together, he still has great affection for him.

### **Reo Korogi**

Reo is Matsuri's engineer and his partner, Matsuri trusted her, even though she didn't have much experience. Which Reo appreciates very much.

## **Etymology**

* The name **Matsuri** means "Festival, Ritual, Offer prayers, Celebrate, Deify, Enshrine/Enshrining, Worship".
	+ Matsuri's name comes from "festival"(祭) (**matsu**) and "village" (里) (**ri**).
* Matsuri's surname **Kazamaki** means "wind, breeze, way, manner, blaster, gale, gust, sirocco, method" (風) (**kaza**) and "volume, roll, reel, book" (巻) (**maki**).

## **Trivia**

* Matsuri has normal grades in school.
* Muga Ninokuru thought female Matsuri looked a lot like his (Matsuri's) mother (Matoi).

## **References**

1. ↑ *Ayakashi Triangle Manga:* Chapter 88.5 Page 2
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ayakashi Triangle Manga Dub