Kenji Miyazawa

### Likes

Music, tempura soba, mitsuya cider, farming, animals, spending time with Keyaru, making friends, hugs, children, eating, helping others, love, flowers, gardening, daydreaming, adventure, cooking, parties

### Dislikes

Poverty, being without Keyaru, arguing, loved ones in danger, disrespect, failure, giving up, doubt, chaos, Bullet, breaking promises

## Relationships

### Partner(s)

Keyaru (Boyfriend)
Aru Akise (Former Crush)

## Voice Actors

### English

Lucien Dodge

**Kenji Miyazawa** (宮 (みや) 沢 (ざわ)  賢 (けん) 治 (じ) ,, *Miyazawa Kenji*) is a member of the Armed Detective Agency. He has the ability **Undefeated by the Rain**.

He serves as the protagonist of the *Christmas Dreams* arc.

## Description

### Appearance

Kenji is a young boy with gold eyes and short blond hair that reaches past the nape of his neck. His bangs are gathered at the center of his forehead and he has freckles across his cheeks.

He wears blue overalls that are cuffed and a black belt around his waist. His overalls are worn over a loose beige shirt that has tattered sleeves. He wears a black undershirt that has sleeves ending a little past the elbows. He wears an old straw hat around his neck. He usually goes barefoot but is sometimes shown wearing sandals.

His pajamas consists of a black sleeveless shirt with white lines, a white jacket and yellow board shorts.

His formal outfit is a white buttoned-up shirt, with a black tux, a black bow-tie with a white rose, black shorts, a black hat and dark brown boots.

His swimwear consists of yellow shorts with orange checkered shapes on it.

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### Personality

Hailing from a small rural village, Kenji is a simple but carefree and hospitable boy, who never fails to greet people with a smile on his face. It's because of this welcoming disposition that makes him quite popular with the residents in the city.

He carries an exceedingly optimistic outlook and always believes in the innate sincerity of others, regardless of what they may appear, say, or do. His obliviousness to the dangers some situations pose may be attributed to his rustic upbringing, but it's a mentality that has aided him in several investigations, given his high track record in solving difficult cases. Specifically, he interrogates suspects straightforwardly regarding their possible involvements in cases and, when they would naturally deny his allegations, Kenji would simply believe them and take his leave, even thanking them for their cooperation.

In addition, because Kenji is from the countryside, he is unable to comprehend basic urban concepts such as money and often has to rely on his rural instincts. This leads to more peculiar "methods" of the resolution, such as using his ability to beat culprits into submission, an act that has yielded him a fearsome reputation amongst the more suspect groups in the area. Doppo Kunikida notably claimed that Kenji's methods are far too peculiar to be used as an example for their newcomer to learn from.

Moreover, even among the eccentric characteristics of his fellow Agency members, Kenji's innocence tends to stand out. His frank and candid statements at times appear quite impossible to attain or consider. For instance, when asked what they can do for Atsushi Nakajima's entrance exam, Kenji cited various unorthodox suggestions like having Atsushi wrestle with him and other rituals from his hometown. Moreover, he tends to take interest in the city and its people, once being exceptionally amazed at Chūya Nakahara's hat not falling when he stood upside down.

Nevertheless, as part of the Agency, Kenji places his trust in their noble actions and intentions. He once agreed to join and help them in risking their lives to fight the Port Mafia for the sake of protecting the President, despite admitting himself that he does not fully know whether doing so is the right thing or not. Furthermore, Kenji's lighthearted optimism became a pivotal aspect in returning the Agency's spirits during their frameup, after he motivated them to surpass their current trial and rise back to the surface so long as they keep on living. From such instance, Kenji appears to also have a perceptiveness in grasping and understanding their serious situation, able to almost easily incite a 180-degree turn from his fellow members' pessimism into imbibing a sense of hope in them.

Despite this gentle and caring side of Kenji, he has a "menacing side". According to Kunikida, when danger, anger, or impending nightmares drive away the gentle side of Kenji, Kenji becomes a totally different person. This can be seen when Kenji heard about the Hunting Dogs' plan to torture Atsushi to spit out their plans for terrorism. Hearing about this torture changed the Kenji's nature -from being a calm and collective Kenji to a raging Kenji that is willing to do everything what it takes to help his friend.

## Powers and Abilities

### Undefeated by the Rain

*Main article: Undefeated by the Rain*
Kenji's ability, **Undefeated by the Rain** (雨 (あめ) ニモマケズ,, *Ame ni mo Makezu*), grants him superhuman strength. This lets him perform feats he normally wouldn't be able to do, such as lifting cars with ease or pulling street signs out of the cement. He can even rip a steel door from the same type as is used in high-security bank safes from the wall. It also seems to grant him superhuman durability, as he was attacked in the back of the head with a lead pipe and suffered no ill damage whatsoever (such a blow could damage or kill a person) and he mentions getting kicked in the head by cows all the time and seems to have survived with little to no damage.

The catch to his ability is that he is only able to use it on an empty stomach, and will fall asleep after eating.

## Etymology

* The name **Kenji** means "wise" (賢) (ken) and "calm down" (治) (ji).
	+ The kanji (治, *ji*) can also be used as a given name, pronounced as "Osamu" as in Osamu Dazai.
* The surname **Miyazawa** means "shrine" (宮) (miya) and "brilliant" (沢) (sawa/zawa).

## Trivia

* His family's motto is "If a cow defies you, strike it with something handy."
* The name of the rural village where he lived, Ihatovo, is a reference to the fictional land the real-life Kenji Miyazawa created, basing the name off his beloved Iwate Prefecture. In fact, the name lends from Esperanto.
* Kishō Taniyama, Chūya's voice actor, has taken to calling him MiyaKen (ミヤケン), while Mamoru Miyano, Osamu Dazai's voice actor, refers to him as ZawaJi (ザワジ).