Fritz Nakashima

**Fritz Nakashima** is the main protagonist of *The Chronicles of Japan*. He is a Fiend Slayer in the Fiend Slayer Corps, who joined to find a remedy to turn his sister, Winter Nakashima, back into a human and to hunt down and kill fiends, and later swore to defeat Envy Kibutsuji, the Queen of Demons, in order to prevent others from suffering the same fate as him.

## Characteristics

### Age

* 12 (Season 1)
* 14 (End of Season 3)

## Affiliation

### Occupation

* Coal Burner (formerly)
* Fiend Slayer

### Combat Style

* Water Breathing
* Moon Breathing

### Partner(s)

* Winter Nakashima
* Ichika Nakamura
* Eden Yamamoto

## Personal Status

### Relatives

* Wendy Nakashima (Mother)
* Winter Nakashima (Younger Sister)
* Nadea Nakashima (Older Sister)

## Appearance

Fritz is a young man of average height with fairly pale skin and an athletic, muscular physique. He has ruffled, black hair and green eyes with white pupils that appear lighter around the lower section of his irises. Fritz first appears wearing a checkered, black-and-sea-foam-green haori over a red robe and black pants. He occasionally sports a turquoise scarf and is seen with circular, white bands looped around his calves. He also wears a distinct pair of hanafuda earrings, with the image of the rising moon over a mountain.

## Personality

Fritz is very kind by nature and has been described by others as having very gentle eyes and a compassionate persona. He exhibits a great deal of determination and will not give up once he has a goal to achieve; the best example of this being his relentless quest to find a cure for Winter. Even though he is relatively strong on his own, Fritz isn't opposed to asking others for help when he needs it. He is very protective of his friends and even more so of his younger sister. However, despite his kind and understanding nature, Fritz does have a limit to his tolerance and has a distaste for rudeness and cowardice as he easily becomes annoyed by Oliver Tanaka's constant whining, and angered by Omar Takahashi's barbaric actions.

## Abilities

**Enhanced Smell:** Fritz possesses an extremely sharp sense of smell. Before becoming a Fiend Slayer, Fritz was known in a village as a boy who has an extremely strong sense of smell. He is able to pick up even the most subtle of scents and track their location with terrifying accuracy over long distances. It is strong enough for him to smell the Opening Thread, the slight pause in an enemy's movement which allows him an opening in which to strike. His sense of smell is so keen that he can perceive his surroundings through scent alone.

**Enhanced Strength:** After his training at Mount Sakitaru, Fritz has gained incredible arm and leg strength and has demonstrated a great use of it, jumping over the humongous Hand Demon, and leaping over buildings effortlessly. Fritz also casually broke Hiroto's arm and later shattered Omar's ribs and sent him flying, all with a single punch. With his katana, he could slice through gigantic boulders and entire trees. While training, Fritz is capable of doing hundreds of push-ups at once along with a plethora of other strength-related exercises.

**Hard Skull:** Fritz has an innately strong skull, which the Temple Fiend compares to a rock. During certain situations, he can headbutt the opponent hard enough to stun them or knock them out completely, in some situations even cause their head to bleed upon impact. Managing to hit the Temple Fiend twice in a row without being stunned shows he is capable of doing it more than once.

**Immense Speed & Reflexes:** Fritz possesses tremendous speed and reflexes; even before entering Final Selection, he is shown being able to travel faster than the eye can see and outpace Chiyo, an extremely skilled swordswoman who was initially able to easily move faster than Fritz can process. Furthermore, he can react to the blistering movement speeds of demons even before he started using **Total Concentration Breathing.**

## Fighting Style

**Master Swordsman:** Fritz was always shown to be a sword-fighting prodigy, starting out with skill rivaling Chiyo, one of Ichika Nakamura's strongest students and surpassing him in half a year's time and avenging his death by defeating the Hand Fiend. Despite being Mizunoto-ranked, his skill with the sword was superior to many of his seniors, even to the point of defeating two Lower Ranked members of the Fourteen Kizuki. His improvement in swordsmanship is also exceptional, shown when he could take on Upper Rank demons months after recovering from injuries and not having experience in fighting enemies of that caliber in the past. This is evident as he managed to keep up and defend from Eden's fierce onslaught of sash attacks as well as Gyutaro's attacks, despite the latter being immensely skilled in wielding his pair of Kama and possessing over a century of experience in wielding it. Eleanor Takumora commented that accomplishing such feat was equivalent to 5 to 10 years of harsh training.

**Water Breathing**: Taught to him by Ichika Nakamura, a previous Water Hashira and Water Breathing Cultivator, this was Fritz's initial Breathing Style. He became extremely proficient in it, enabling him to take on two members of the Fourteen Kizuki, namely Yua and Yui. However, due to his body not being suited to Water Breathing's techniques, Fritz decided to switch to the Hinokami Kagura as his main Breathing Style.

### Techniques

* **First Form: Water Surface Slash** - The user generates enough momentum to create a powerful single concentrated slash.

* **Second Form: Water Wheel** - The user leaps and vertically spins forward in the air while releasing a flowing attack in a circular motion.
	+ **Second Form: Improved, Lateral Water Wheel** - An alternate variation of **Second Form: Water Wheel** created by Fritz Nakashima that unleashes a horizontal spin instead of a vertical one.

* **Third Form: Flowing Dance** - The user swings and bends their blade in a winding motion along with their body and dances in a flowing pattern, slicing everything in its path.

* **Fourth Form: Striking Tide** - The user makes multiple consecutive slashes while twisting their body and sword in a flowing fashion to deliver multiple blows simultaneously.
	+ **Striking Tide: Turbulent** - An improved version of the **Fourth Form: Striking Tide**. The user increases the quantity of consecutive strikes and slashes along with improving its accuracy in order to contact a specific target during a chaotic situation.
		- **Fifth Form: Blessed Rain After the Drought** - The user changes the grip on their sword and decapitates the opponent in a single flowing strike that causes little to no pain. It is a “sword strike of kindness” used when the enemy willingly surrenders.
		- **Sixth Form: Whirlpool** - The user fiercely twists their upper and lower body, creating a whirlpool of air that cuts anything caught in it. Its effect and efficiently is enhanced underwater, where the user can draw water around their weapon to enhance their slashes.
			* **Whirlpool, Flow** - A combination of **Third Form: Flowing Dance** and **Sixth Form: Whirlpool** created by **Fritz Nakashima**. The user combines the footwork from **Flowing Dance** and the twisting movements of **Whirlpool**, resulting in the swordsman to perform an attack around the user and conjure a twisting, swirling, vicious flow of water to redirect projectiles from multiple angles.
		- **Seventh Form: Drop Ripple Thrust** - The user performs a precise, fast and accurate thrust with their blade.
			* **Drop Ripple Thrust, Curve** (き・ - A modified strike that hits from a specific angle corresponding to the sword's structure which nearly nullifies the impact and momentum of a moving object.
		- **Eighth Form: Waterfall Basin** - The user cuts the target vertically in a flowing motion which is most effective when they are falling downward.
		- **Ninth Form: Splashing Water Flow, Turbulent** - The user changes their footwork in a way that minimizes the landing time and surface needed when landing, allowing the user to move without limits. Ideal when fighting in a place with no solid foothold.

## Equipment

**Standard Nichirin Katana:** As a Fiend Slayer, Fritz carries around a standard sized and shaped Nichirin katana. His first katana was forged by Hotaru Haganezuka. Originally it has standard metallic color, but changed to deep black the first time he held it. It can also become bright red either with Winter Nakashima's Fiend Blood Art or when he actively turns it bright red through his Fiend Slayer Mark. His original hilt is a black ring connected to its core by lines with a border of the same color, which heavily resembles a wagon wheel in appearance. Along with his katana, Fritz has a standard sword sheath that is deep black in color. Fritz damaged or broke his sword a total of 3 times: the first in his fight with Yua when the latter's thread cut it in half, the second when Akemi punched it into pieces in a fit of rage, and the third during the fight with Eden when he chipped the blade after clashing with the Upper Rank.