Kagami Tsurugi/Ryuko

**Kagami Tsurugi (aka Ryuko)** (Japanese: 鏡劔) is a Japanese student at Collège Françoise Dupont introduced in Season 2 of *Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir*. She attracts the attention of Adrien Agreste as his fencing rival.

In "Riposte", after Kagami mistakenly thinks that she lost the fencing battle with Adrien, she is akumatized by Hawk Moth into **Riposte**, a fencing themed villain.

Later in "Oni-Chan", after seeing a picture of Lila Rossi kissing Adrien, Kagami is akumatized into **Oni-Chan**, a demon rose-themed villain.

In "Ikari Gozen", after she is made imprisoned by the titular villain, Ladybug gives her the Dragon Miraculous in order to both free her and defeat Ikari Gozen. When the Miraculous is inhabited by Longg, Kagami becomes **Ryuko**, a dragon-themed superhero who helps Ladybug and Cat Noir "during particularly difficult missions" in Season 3.

In "Lies", after realizing and confronting Adrien about how she thinks he's been lying to not spend time with her, Kagami is akumatized by Shadow Moth into **Lies**, a ghost-like supervillain with the ability to permanently paralyze anyone who has lied in their whole life.

## Trivia

* The name Kagami means "mirror" (鏡).
	+ In the Brazilian dub version, her name is changed to Kyoko, in which the name Kyoko means "mirror".
	+ In the Italian dub version, her name is changed to Katami, in which the name Katami could possibly mean "memento" or "souvenir".
		- The kanji Kata means "martial arts" in Japanese, which is also a reference to "Katana", a Japanese sword. The name Katami also has a secondary meaning, which is "remember" or "I remember".
	+ In Japanese culture, the Yata no Kagami is a sacred mirror and symbol of truth or wisdom (as mirrors only reflect what is shown).
	+ Her superhero name Ryuko means "dragon" (龍/竜) (ryuu) and "child" (子) (ko), which is a common ending for Japanese girl names.
	+ Part of the name Ko part can have multiple meanings depending on the kanji:
		- "Tiger" (虎) (normally read as "tora").
			* "Ryuko" is also the name of the protagonist from the Kill la Kill anime series.
				+ Ryuko and Kagami even have similar color schemes, prominently featuring dark blue and red.
* Kagami's surname Tsurugi (劔) is a type of Japanese sword.
	+ The Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi is a legendary sword that represents the virtue of valor. Both are one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan, along with the Yasakani-no-Magatama, a sacred jewel that represents benevolence.
* In fencing, the word "riposte" refers to a quick return thrust following a parry.
	+ A colloquial use of the word refers to a quick, witty retort to an insult or criticism. Another definition related to this is a "retaliatory maneuver or measure".
* Riposte reappears in the two-part special event "Heroes' Day".
* Riposte appears another time in "Gamer 2.0" for Gamer's powers.
* Kagami is the fourth known person of Japanese origins to wield a Miraculous succeeding her Miraculous predecessors Tomoe Gozen, Tentomushi and Sasuke Sarutobi.
* Kagami is the second superhero whose civilian identity is known by Hawk Moth with the first being Chloé Bourgeois as Queen Bee.
	+ But unlike Chloé, Kagami's identity is not known by the public.
	+ Despite Kagami's mother knowing her superhero identity as well, she was akumatized when Kagami became Ryuko.
		- Once she reverted back to normal, she forgot all about it.
* Ryuko is one of the few superheroes whose eyes are known to change when transformed, with her eyes becoming golden with yellow scleras with the others being:
	+ Cat Noir whose eyes are green on green sclerae.
	+ Mayura who has eyes with pink irises and scleras that are pink which fade into dark indigo.
* Kagami is the first known character to use the Dragon Miraculous by itself.
* As mentioned in "Ikari Gozen", Kagami's blood type is an "O" and her Chinese Zodiac sign is Dragon, meaning she is a few months or a year older than Marinette Dupain-Cheng whose Chinese Zodiac sign is Snake.
	+ In "blood type personality theory", a pseudoscientific Japanese belief, those with type-O blood are said to be "confident, self-determined, ambitious, competitive, and athletic", but also "unpredictable, self-centered, cold, aggressive, arrogant, and envious".
* According to Marinette's Instagram post, she celebrates Kagami's birthday with her.
* Kagami is one of the few Miraculous characters to have their birthdays revealed, in her case, it is November 20, according to an official post in Marinette's instagram account. Also, she is one of the few Miraculous to have their Chinese Zodiac sign and zodiac sign revealed, in her case, it is Dragon (in the English dub) and Scorpio (in the French dub), respectively.
	+ So this means that she was born on November 20, 2000, as the date is on the sign of Scorpio and on the Chinese Zodiac sign of Dragon. Also, she is stated to be 15 in "Ikari Gozen", which takes place on July 30, 2016.
* She is the seventh person to become to a Miraculous holder who was also an akumatized villain, following Nino Lahiffe in "The Bubbler", Alya Césaire in "Lady Wifi", Lê Chiến Kim in "Dark Cupid", Max Kanté in "Gamer", Chloé Bourgeois in "Antibug", Luka Couffaine in "Silencer", but excluding Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth, who akumatized himself in "The Collector" into the titular villain.
* As of "Frozer", like Plagg, Kagami is the only person that knows Adrien is in love with someone else. But unlike Plagg, she is unaware that Adrien is in love with Ladybug, who is actually Marinette Dupain-Cheng.
* In the Latin American Spanish dub, Kagami's name is changed to Agami. An Agamí (with a slight spelling change; an accent on the i) is a South American bird with black plumage and blue reflections.