Sasaki Kojiro

**Sasaki Kojiro** is a Japanese swordsman who is regarded as one of the best swordsman in the world, only rivaled by Miyamoto Musashi. Born in the Sengoku period, Kojiro became one of the foremost swordsman in Japan and rivals with Musashi. The two would eventually have a climatic duel at Ganryujima. Musashi ultimately prevailed in the duel, and Kojiro died as a result.

Centuries later during the Apocalypse War, Kojiro was one of many great individuals brought back from death to battle to protect Earth from destruction. As a reward for his service, Kojiro would be granted the ability to reincarnate after death with all of his memories intact. With the many lives he lived, Kojiro would travel the world and hone his swordsmanship even further, though he was bound by fate to always meet and clash with Musashi in each life. In each lifetime, Kojiro would retain his name and appearance.

## Appearance

### General Appearance

Kojiro was a Japanese male with dark purple hair, indigo eyes, and pale skin. Kojiro was a solidly built man though he was very lean and somewhat androgynous looking. Kojiro stood at 5'10" and weighed 154 lbs. Kojiro was considered an incredibly beautiful man, with others stating that his beauty outstripped that of some of the most beautiful women in the world. Upon meeting him, Aurelius believed that Kojiro was a fairy or yōkai and was completely surprised that Kojiro was completely human. Throughout all of his reincarnations, Kojiro has always maintained the same appearance.

Kojiro had a head of thick, straight dark purple that was soft and silky. Kojiro's hair was a very dark purple, so much so that it appeared to be more black that it was purple at times. Kojiro's hair was extremely long with it ended at his waist when he didn't tie it back in a ponytail. Kojiro parted his hair in the middle and he had long bangs that ended at his shoulders which framed his face. Kojiro typically tied his hair into a high ponytail which was tied at the top of his head like a topknot.

Kojiro had large monolid eyes that were somewhat upturned. Kojiro's eyes were a bright color of indigo that were considered very beautiful and compared to the ocean. Kojiro's eyes were almost always relaxed and half-lidded, though there was an element of playfulness in them. Kojiro's eyes were often compared to those of a cat's and his gaze was like that of a predator. Although normally playful, when in battle Kojiro's eyes were much more serious and fierce. Kojiro had long and thick eyelashes with thin eyebrows.

Kojiro had a heart-shaped face that had sharp and androgynous facial features. Kojiro had a somewhat wide forehead, high and defined cheekbones, average size ears with detached lobes, a small, straight, and sharp nose with small nostrils, soft, full lips that were a light pink in color, straight and blindingly white teeth, a strong and sharp jawline, and a strong chin that ended in a rounded point. Kojiro was unable to grow facial hair and thus was completely clean shaven. Kojiro was stated to be an extremely beautiful man with a very pretty face. Kojiro's skin was porcelain white without any flaw on it. Kojiro's face was very androgynous to the point that it would be easy to mistake him for a woman and very much fit the mold of a "pretty boy" or "ikemen."

Kojiro was tall for a Japanese man and he was solidly built, if much more slim than one would normally assume him to be. Kojiro had a long and slender neck, a delicate collarbone, somewhat broad shoulders, long and mildly toned arms, small hands with long and slender fingers, a toned chest, a flat abdomen with toned muscles, a very narrow and slim waist, and long and toned legs. Kojiro's skin was smooth and soft, aside from his mildly callused hands from years of swordsmanship. Kojiro was completely devoid of body hair aside from his scalp hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes. Kojiro was apparently quite well-endowed, at least from what others have claimed of him.

Contrasting his almost feminine appearance, Kojiro had a surprisingly deep voice that was very rich, smooth, and melodic. Kojiro had a strong Japanese accent, though his travels left him extremely articulate in most languages. Kojiro's voice was normally very gentle and cheerful, however, it could also be quite threatening in the right circumstances. Kojiro also had a rather sharp and almost barking laugh.

Kojiro's demeanor was very confident, almost bordering on arrogant. Kojiro carried himself in an extremely dignified way that was extremely self-assured and his standard expression was a gentle smile. Kojiro seemed rather gentle and easygoing at most points, having an easy grace to his movements. Kojiro's posture was straight and upright, though it was not rigid and he looked relaxed. Kojiro's expression and mannerisms scarcely changed in battle unless he was enjoying a battle very much or he was in mortal peril. In the case of the former, he tended to smile manically and his face radiated happiness. In the case of the latter, Kojiro's face became much more stern and serious, with prominent frown or scowl.

### Primary Outfit

Kojiro's primary outfit was that of a violet kimono that was tied with a darker purple obi, a black haori with gold accents, a black hakama, white tabi, and black zōri. Kojiro typically had his sword kept in a large scabbard that was strapped around his back. Despite the sword's immense length, Kojiro could draw the blade without any problems.

## Attributes

### Abilities

#### Physical Abilities

**Peak Human Strength**

**Peak Human Speed**

**Superhuman Reflexes**:

**Peak Human Agility**:

**Peak Human Endurance**

**Peak Human Senses**

#### Mental Abilities

**Gifted Intellect**:

* **Adaptability**:
* **Fast Learner**:
* **Fast Processing Speed**:
* **Exceptional Memory**:
* **Observation and Perception**:
* **Logical Reasoning**:
* **Strong Intuition**:

**Mimicry**:

#### Spiritual Abilities

**Fearlessness**:

**Extrasensory Perception**: Kojiro had a sort of "sixth sense" that alerted him to nearby danger and the general direction in which it was occurring. It also makes him more perceptive of his general area. It allowed Kojiro to perceive supernatural phenomena and also acted as a thing that improved his instincts.

**Qi Control**: Kojiro was capable of using qi for a variety of purposes. While not as versatile in scope as magic or psionics, qi was very useful for fighting and martial arts, being energy used through physicality and it was something that anyone could acquire naturally through training and meditation. Kojiro was very adept at using qi and his qi and had qi that was both plentiful and very powerful while having extremely fine control.

* **Aura**: Kojiro could produce a powerful aura to act as a sort of protective barrier around him. It also gives Kojiro a sort of energy signature that can be sensed, with that signature essentially being the feeling of his soul.
	+ **Willpower**: Willpower is the ability to exert one's own will on others, taking the form of a terrifying presence or extreme pressure. The most common application of this is for intimidation, by exerting their will on someone they subject them to an immense amount of pressure that will either cause that person to back down or fail, in some extreme cases it has caused people to faint. It can be bolstered by someone's killing intent or bloodlust. It is essentially creating an aura that overwhelms others and stops them in their tracks.
* **Qi Techniques**
	+ **Qi Suppression**: Qi Suppression is the ability to suppress one's own qi so that it cannot be sensed.
	+ **Qi Attacks**
		- **Qi Beam**: Kojiro can fire a continuous beam of pure qi from either his body or focused through an object, though it costs a great amount of energy to initiate and it quickly burns through his qi to do so. Kojiro primarily channeled the beam through his swords. The power, size, and range of the energy beam depended on how much energy he put into the technique.
		- **Qi Blade**: Kojiro can envelop part of his body or an item he is holding with energy that sharpens to the point of being a blade. Kojiro's blades were sharp and only added to the sharpness of any existing blade it was used on. Kojiro used this to turn his hands or feet into emergency blades, turn mundane objects into viable weapons, or to super-enhance his bladed weapons to extreme sharpness. Kojiro could also use this to create bigger blades by extending the length of an existing blade artificially. The more energy that Kojiro used to create these blades the sharper the edge was or the larger it could be.
		- **Qi Blast**: Kojiro could fire a concentrated blast of pure energy from his body or weapon, though it costs quite a bit of qi and great control to do so. The power, size, and range of the blast depended on how much energy he put into the attack.
			* **Aura Explosion**: Kojiro is capable of compiling his qi into an aura which he then turns into a massive and unfocused explosion. Kojiro charges the qi inside of his body for a while before releasing it in an attack that is useful both for offense and defense. How much energy it uses and how destructive it is, depends on how much Kojiro charges.
			* **Qi Wave**: Kojiro performs a wave motion with his arm or a weapon which releases a blast of energy in a wavy arc-like fashion. It was somewhat similar to an Qi Slash but was more related to a Qi Blast.
		- **Qi Impact**: Kojiro could create a shockwave from any impact he made. This shockwave sent anything within the radius of the impact into the air and did damage to anything in that radius. Kojiro could also use it to cushion any damage he would ordinarily take from falling. The amount of energy consumed depended on the impact (such as how long he was falling or how hard he was striking) and how big he wanted the shockwave to be.
			* **Qi Strike**: Kojiro could use a variant of his Qi Impact with his strikes. Whether Kojiro punched, kicked, or otherwise hit something then he could use his qi to explode with that strike. This caused much more damage than a regular strike and also left a shockwave. How powerful Qi Strike is depends on how much energy he uses for it.
		- **Qi Slash**: When using a bladed weapon, Kojiro is capable of firing a slash of energy from the blade that goes for a fair bit of distance. Kojiro has mastered this such that Jaune could launch barrages of slashes without yielding. The power, sharpness, size, and range of the slash depended on how much energy Jaune put into it.
	+ **Reinforcement:** Reinforcement is the ability to use qi to strengthen, or reinforce, something. Kojiro is capable of using reinforcement on himself or on objects that he is touching. This allows Kojiro to bring the best qualities of something and magnify them, pushing them to their limits. It is essentially pushing his qi into an object or body part to enhance it temporarily. At a certain level, Reinforcement also allows one to harm spiritual or spectral bodies due to the nature of qi.
		- **Body Reinforcement:** The practice of reinforcing one's own body. Reinforcement allows someone to magnify their natural abilities, and how much they were boosted by depended on how much energy was used to do it. Masters of Body Reinforcement have been able to reinforce their bodies passively, so their natural limits are ignored at all times. This works to increase strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, reflexes, and the senses. While it can be used on the entire body all at once, it can be focused on a particular body part to enhance it immensely (such as focusing on one arm for added strength or focusing on the eyes so that one can see kilometers away or see in the dark). Kojiro is particularly good at reinforcement and has a masterful control of it. Kojiro has reached a point where he is always passively reinforcing himself on some level.
		- **Item Reinforcement**: Kojiro can channel his qi into an item that he is touching to make it even better than it was before. It is primarily used on weaponry so that said weapon does more damage, is more durable, and can make use of qi attacks. While simple in theory, using too much qi can destroy the object if it cannot handle the amount of qi being channeled into it. Reinforcement can also be used to "scan" an object to analyze it and find any deformities, which can then be fixed (i.e. scanning a broken computer to find what's wrong and then using reinforcement to get it working again). Kojiro is also very skilled at Item Reinforcement.
* **Qi Sensing**: Kojiro was able to sense the qi and auras of living organisms. As long as someone was not actively suppressing their energy, Kojiro could sense them. Kojiro could even sense those who didn't have those energies unlocked, simply sensing the faint signatures of their life force. Kojiro could also identify someone by their unique energy signatures. This allowed Kojiro to know who someone was whenever he sensed them reading the unique data of their soul to know who they were.

### Skills

#### Physical Skills

**Master Swordsman**: Kojiro is considered one of the greatest swordsmen in history, being tied with Miyamoto Musashi. Kojiro's skill with the sword is so great that he breaks the rules of physics. Despite not having any magical potential whatsoever and not making use of magical weaponry, Kojiro was able to do impossible feats through pure skill. Kojiro fought using the skill that he created himself, Ganryū, and he typically fought with a nodachi. Kojiro's swordsmanship had an element of flash to it, but it was also incredibly lethal. Kojiro was able to dual-wield blades, create gusts of razor wind, deflect and even slice through bullets, could do extremely fast Iai strikes, could unleash flurries of hundreds of sword strikes near instantly, change directions in an instant, and his skill was so great that he could even cut through the fabric of reality to a limited extent. Kojiro's speed with a sword was immense, to the point that he could strike so fast that it was invisible to the naked eye. Despite being something that should not be possible, Kojiro has even launched attacks simultaneously in that he somehow unleashed three strikes when he should only be able to strike once, essentially breaking reality to allow it to happen. Kojiro has regularly cut monsters and even people in half without breaking a sweat, cutting through their bodies like a hot knife through butter. Kojiro has even cut through auras and magic barriers without the use of magic, simply with his pure skill, speed, and power. Kojiro has reached a point where he has absolute clarity of mind and does not need to think when using a sword. Swordsmanship is as natural to Kojiro as breathing and so his movements are almost pure instinct and without thought, something only the best swordsman could ever achieve. Kojiro is known by the name of the Infinite Swordsman, reflecting his immense skill and ability.

**Master Knife Fighter**:

**Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant**:

**Skilled Archer**:

**Skilled Equestrian**:

**Skilled Acrobat**:

#### Mental Skills

**Master Tactician/Strategist**:

**Mathematics**:

**Philosophy**:

**Psychological Warfare**:

#### Social Skills

**Multilingual**:

**Deception**:

#### Other Skills

**Master Survivalist**:

* **Skilled Hunter**:
* **Skilled Fisher**:

### Techniques

#### Physical Techniques

**Afterimage**: Kojiro was capable of moving so fast that he left afterimages behind. While these afterimages can't actually do anything, it is useful for leaving one behind so the opponent is briefly distracted or confused, either allowing Kojiro to evade attacks or distract his opponent long enough for him to attack them. Kojiro has been able to move fast enough to leave hundreds of afterimages behind.

**Air Slam**: Kojiro leaps into the air and slams into the ground usually striking with his weapon all the while. This causes an immense amount of damage and causes a shockwave, but is easy to predict.

**Air Superiority**: Kojiro uses his strength to launch his opponent into the air and then leaps after them. While they are in the air, Kojiro unleashes a barrage of strikes: slashing them eight times with his sword, punching and kicking them higher into the air, slashing them five more times, slamming them back to the ground with his sword, and finally stabbing them from above with the full weight of his sword.

**Earth Splitter**: Kojiro focuses a great amount of his energy before slamming his weapon into the ground. This attack causes shockwaves that harm anyone hit by them and cleaves the ground in front of him in two.

* **Shockwave Slash**: Kojiro charges his energy for a second before slashing his weapon across the ground, causing a shockwave that travels across the ground in a line and harms anyone hit by it.

**Exploding Strike**: Kojiro charges all of his energy in his weapon, fist, or foot before unleashing an extremely powerful attack. This attack is extremely powerful but is very telegraphed and somewhat slow to perform.

**Hundred Slash**: Using a slashing weapon, Kojiro unleashes a barrage of rapid-fire slashes in a matter of seconds. These slashes are unfocused and mostly meant to be a volley of attacks of a varying amount of lethality.

* **Infinite Slash**: Kojiro uses his immense speed to slash around his body in an instant. While to the naked eye, Kojiro did not move an inch, in reality, he did hundreds of attacks in the span of a second. It is immensely tiring to do, and Kojiro spent years refining it.
* **Focused Hundred Slash**: Kojiro created a variant of Hundred Slash wherein he unleashes multiple slashes in nearly a single instant. Unlike a regular Hundred Slash, it is a focused attack that is targeted at vital spots.

**Hundred Stab**: Using a stabbing weapon, Kojiro unleashes a barrage of rapid-fire stabs in a matter of seconds. These stabs are unfocused and mostly meant to be a volley of attack with a varying amount of lethality.

* **Focused Hundred Stab**: Kojiro created a variant of Hundred Stab wherein he uses his speed to unleash multiple stabs in nearly a single instant. Unlike a regular Hundred Stab, it is a focused attack that is targeted at vital spots.

**Quickdraw**: Kojiro channels his energy for a moment and then unleashes an extremely powerful attack immediately after drawing his sword from its sheath, in a matter similar to iaido.

**Spin Attack**: Kojiro charges his energy for a second before spinning in a circle, slashing his opponents all the while. It is good for when surrounded by multiple opponents.

* **Tornado Attack**: Rather than spinning once, Kojiro continues spinning essentially becoming a human top that slashes anything that comes near him. Kojiro often ends this attack by slamming his weapon into the ground which causes a shockwave from the force it generates. It is very easy to get dizzy when performing the technique but it is very good for crowd control.
* **Lift Off**: Kojiro performs his spin attack but launches himself into the air while doing it.

**Stinger**: Kojiro thrusts forward with a massive and powerful stab. While it is an attack that is easy to predict, it is extremely lethal and once it lands it can do immense amounts of damage.

**Supreme Counter**: Kojiro waits for an opponent to attack him. Once it is done, Kojiro either dodges, blocks, or parries the attack away and prepares to counterattack. Kojiro then rapidly slashes his opponent nine times before putting all his power in a final powerful slash that sends them flying away.

**Tsubame Gaeshi**: Kojiro's most famous and powerful technique. Kojiro swings his sword downwards with his full strength, before halting the descent of the blade and switch directions, striking upwards at extremely fast speeds. It is essentially a feint that allows Kojiro to unleash an extremely powerful attack at his opponent's blindspot. Kojiro is able to do it at speeds exceeding 124 mph.

**Upper Slash**: Kojiro essentially performs an uppercut, but instead of using his fist he uses a bladed weapon.

**Wind Strike**: Kojiro was capable of striking hard enough to cause powerful gusts of wind through sheer force. While not the most powerful of attacks, it was rather useful in a pinch.

* **Razor Wind**: Kojiro could use a variant of Wind Strike where he released blasts of razor wind with bladed weapons. This cost nothing Kojiro's stamina and was a useful ranged attack when Kojiro had no other option.

#### Mental Techniques

**Image Training**: Image Training was a technique that allowed one to "train" inside their mindscape. The way it worked was imagining a scenario such as a fight and running through what happens inside the mind. This uses the information about the hypothetical and everything and everyone involved in it. Kojiro was able to use this technique to picture everything he knew about his opponents and foresee how a fight would go between them. This allowed Kojiro to come up with strategies to fight them based on the reasoning he made in his mind. This is not perfect as it requires the knowledge that Kojiro has of someone and is based on what he thinks they would do, so it can lead him astray if he thinks wrong. Kojiro was capable of using a version of it during battles that essentially allowed him to predict his opponents' moves based on logical reasoning before they did them. This also allows Kojiro to run simulations in his head about his allies and friends, and predict how battles will occur. As long as Kojiro can imagine it, he will have a decent simulation of how it goes on.

### Arts

**Clear Mind (A Rank)**: When activated, this art removes any strong emotions or mental and spiritual interference that is affecting Kojiro. It essentially allows Kojiro to remain completely calm and collected, thus allowing him to be completely logical about what is occuring.

**Penetrate (B Rank)**: When activated, this art allows Kojiro to get past any defense for a single attack. Anything that can be used to block or deflect his attack is either ignored or broken to allow Kojiro an uncontested hit. It took a great amount of energy to use.

**Perfect Mimicry (C Rank)**: When activated, this art allows Kojiro to perfectly recreate whatever technique he views. No matter what, Kojiro is capable of reproducing the effects of a maneuver at least once. If Kojiro had the capacity to perform a technique naturally without the aid of this art's magic, then it is permanently part of his arsenal. If not a technique he could normally do, he could only do it after using the technique and would need to see it again in order to perform it.

**Unreadable Attack (C Rank)**: When activated, this art makes it so that no matter how much Kojiro attacks an opponent, they will never get used to his attacks. While normally an opponent should get used to fighting an opponent the longer the fight goes on and thus be able to read them, this art makes it so that Kojiro's opponent are never able to adapt to his strikes. While they can still dodge, block, and parry his attacks, it is like they are fighting him for the first time so they are never able to get a bead on his patterns or rhythm of attacks.

### Weaknesses

#### Physical Weaknesses

**Deaf Left Ear**: Kojiro was born with the inability to hear through his left ear. While his right ear worked perfectly fine, his left ear simply did not function at all. Kojiro had a harder time finding the sources of noises and it was easier to sneak on him. Kojiro was also more protective of his left side to compensate for the weakness. Although a rather glaring weakness, Kojiro is extremely skilled to the point that few could ever hope to take advantage of it.

#### Mental Weaknesses

**Stubbornness**:

**Arrogance**

## Paraphernalia

### Weapons

**Monohoshizao (B Rank)**: Kojiro's primary weapon was his extremely long nodachi, Monohoshizao. It was seven feet long long blade that was incredibly durable and immensely sharp, but was otherwise mundane. It was built with two hands in mind, though Kojiro has also been able to use a single hand to wield it with some effect.

**Throwing Knives**:

## Relationships

### Miyamoto Musashi

Kojiro and Musashi are eternal rivals in the way of the sword and are bound by fate to always meet one another in battle.

Kojiro and Musashi have lost count of how many duels they have had with one another and are even less sure of how many times they have killed one another.

Although Kojiro respects Musashi a great deal, he is still somewhat bitter about the way that Musashi defeated him in their original life. Kojiro often makes passive aggressive comments about Musashi when the duel is brought up and makes it blatantly clear that Musashi cheated to beat him.