Kio

**Kio** (鬼 (き) 王 (おう) , *Kiō*?) was a oni Ayashimon. He is the founder and first chairman of the Enma Syndicate, which he formed to see to it that Ayashimon have a future in Japan. Having come to rule over Kabukicho's underworld up until his passing, Kio became hailed as the **Great Oyabun of Shinjuku** (新宿の大親分, *Shinjuku no Dai Oyabun*?).

## Appearance

### Human

As a human, Kio appeared as a large middle-aged man. He had short hair and possessed a very menacing face; having a veined forehead, a brow ridge, wrinkles around his eyes that are squinted, prominent double-set cheekbones, and a lip lined mouth with sharp teeth. His attire mainly consisted of wearing formal suits.

## Personality

Kio was a Ayashimon who sought to unify his country in order to build towards a bright future for his people. Throughout his time serving as first chairman of the Enma Syndicate, Kio remained very devoted to his cause by putting his gang first above anything else and acted very quickly, as he believed that time was not on his side. This ultimately led to his death as he gave whatever finances he earned to his associates and subordinates to keep the Enma Syndicate running instead of using the money to make regular infusions to keep himself alive. Kio's responsibilities in his duties were also more important than his role as a father to his only daughter Urara. Nevertheless, he cared very much for her, having kept her existence a secret out of concern that his enemies might target her and made sure that she was taken care of by Hashihime.

Kio respected those with a fierce tenacity and would engage in fights to see if his opponent had such a quality. He was known to not be the type of person to force others into serving him, such as using the ritual duel, and always gave those he viewed worthy the choice of following him. Wanting to be on good terms with other organizations to form alliances, Kio made sure to avoid having his subordinates cause any sort of grudges. Kio was also a passionate individual, as shown when he gave Kotton his bike. When angered, Kotton stated that an enraged Kio could spark natural disasters.

## History

Believing that the Ayashimon race is doomed if everyone across Japan did not cooperate with each other, Kio made it his goal in life to fix this by building an organization that would unify the whole country. This organization came to be founded as a yakuza gang known as the Enma Syndicate that was formed from the many gangs in Kabukicho, such gangs being the Kori Hotel Group, Ayakashi ☆ B-Stars, and the Todoroki Alliance, whose leader Kio fought and requested to join in his cause after acknowledging his tenacity. Since becoming the chairman of the syndicate, Kio quickly rose to power within Kabukicho's underworld, having been officially recognized as its ruler, and greatly influenced society.

Unknown to the Enma Syndicate, Kio sired a daughter named Urara out of wedlock and kept her existence a secret to avoid having his enemies target her. Due to his important role in Kabukicho, Kio could not afford to meet with her and entrusted his closest confidant Hashihime with the task of attending to her every need.

Prioritizing on his subordinates and associates, Kio deprived himself of making regular infusions of money in order to keep the Enma Syndicate running financial the more it grew over time. As a result, Kio became hospitalized as he was slowly dying. He is then visited by Kotton who offers to use the Todoroki Alliance's earnings to save his life. However, Kio rejects this donation since the amount to keep an oni alive would have to be large in quantity and states that he was fully prepared for when the time came for him to accept his fate, but also added that he would try to remain alive until he sees his ambitions through to the end.

On February 1990, Kio ultimately succumbs to his poor health and dies.

## Legacy

Before passing away, Kio left behind a will entitling that his top executives be given his assets and that Doppo Akari would be made his successor. A funeral was then held where the yakuza from across the Kanto region gathered together to pay their respects and discuss matters on appointing Kio's successor. It was late at the funeral that Doppo showed up with Kio's will in hand, along with the lawyers in charge of it, to announce his rightful place as the second chairman of the Enma Syndicate.

After two years had passed, Kio's absence as the keystone to maintaining the balance of power within Kabukicho would lead to the district becoming a warzone amongst gangs. With Doppo acting as second chairman, the Enma Syndicate in which Kio had hoped to path a way for a bright future for all Ayashimon became reformed into a vicious organization that seeks to rule Kabukicho with an iron fist.

After hearing her father's death over the news, Urara was personally escorted out of Shinjuku by Hashihime and spent the remainder of her life surviving on her own. At some point years later, Urara speculated that Kio was murdered by an unknown assailant and swore to find and take revenge on the person responsible, as well as to reclaim the family crest, the one memento Kio left behind that she believes is rightfully hers to inherit, and wipe out the Enma Syndicate, having held them accountable for losing her father. However, following her confrontation with Doppo, in which she had come to realize her true feelings, Urara put aside avenging her father in her goal to take down the Enma Syndicate but still wished to find out more about him.

## Abilities and Powers

Kio served as the most influential Ayashimon of his time, so much that his death sparked an imbalance of power in Kabukicho. He was capable of taking down the Todoroki Alliance's leader Kotton without receiving so much as a single scratch on his body or show any signs of exhaustion afterwards. According to Kotton, Kio was said to be capable of making men fall to their knees with just one glare and could cause natural disasters when he unleashes his rage. Kio's race as an oni also gives testament to his capabilities.

## Trivia

* "Kio" (鬼王, ***"Kio"***?) means "Demon King".

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