Inazuma Kurai

* Part 1 (Anime)
* Part 1 (Manga)
* Part 3 (Anime)
* Part 3 (Manga)

Brandon McInnis (English)

**Inazuma Kurai**, known as **INAZUMA** from *Part 3* onwards, is the main antagonist of both Part 1 and Part 3, and is considered the main antagonist of the KaKa's Bizarre Adventure series as a whole.

After becoming a demon and later a Vision user, Inazuma has gathered around him many minions and is responsible for many major events of the series, from the death of Capira Boruto to the Boruto Family's sudden acquisition of Vision power, and his legacy persists throughout the series.

In Part 1, Inazuma is a prodigious martial artist who trained under Tsune martial arts training ground, And later He becoming a demon and quickly promoted as Chomei-ranked demon, Inazuma used black-colored lightning Blood Demon Art that combine with his martial art style.

In Part 3, Inazuma is the wielder of the immensely powerful Electro Vision. And command his numerous subordinates.

Inazuma is the father of Carlo Calvino, the main protagonist of Part 5, as well as a handful of other illegitimate offspring.‎

## Appearance

Inazuma is young man of average height and an athletic, muscular physique. with long white hair, and sharp, almond-shaped eyes. His irises are cat-like in appearance and colored green.

In Part 1, Inazuma wore a red haori over a black-colored nagagi kimono that expose his chest and abs with a navy blue baggy hakama pants. He also wears toe-less leggings that are black in color.

In Part 3, Inazuma dons a jacket with a tight tank-top underneath, as well as chaps with an exposed crotch. His face is now in full-view, This is his form during the beginning of the *INAZUMA's World* story arc. In most depictions of him, INAZUMA's outfit is tinted green in color.

He also wears a necklace covering his neck scar and Thunderbolts motifs above his feet and on his pant legs, His Electro Vision can be seen on his belt, but he quickly stopped sporting them after his first stairway confrontation with Mike.

'Shadow' INAZUMA's first appearance
## Personality

Inazuma is consistently manipulative and violently domineering, and has repeatedly shown a lack of conscience and empathy.

Inazuma’s most recognizable characteristics are his boundless ambition and his love of power. Abused by his father, being underpriviledged and having lived in the most miserable living conditions, Inazuma set for himself the goal of becoming the strongest, then the most powerful being on Earth. To do so, Inazuma used anything or anyone that he could in order to further his goals, disregarding any kind of morality that would restrain the range of actions available to him. Using either manipulation, seduction, or plain violence, Inazuma constantly sought to become more and more powerful. Inazuma enjoys being in a position of power and has repeatedly stated how great he felt being in a dominating position. On the contrary, Inazuma never tolerated that someone could stand up to him or equal him in power, and was enraged and deeply disturbed at the thought several times.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities:** As a Chomei-ranked Demon, Inazumais an extremely powerful demon, having been able to defeat Hachiro Kadomatsu and Kairairu Bakudan and numerous Demon Slayers in the past. Inazuma possesses incredible abilities and attributes, most notably his martial arts prowess, which can outmatch the swordsmanship of even the most skilled Demon Slayers, and his ability to sense **Fighting Spirit** which allows him to predict his opponent's attacks and discern their weaknesses, making him nigh-unbeatable if they are unable to create a countermeasure against this ability.

**Demonic Strength:** Inazuma possesses incredulous physical strength, which has been showcased multiple times, most notably when he punches or kicks, which is strong enough to break the ground and easily kill people.

**Demonic Speed & Reflexes:** Inazuma is extremely fast, as shown during his fight with Taiyo when he moves at imperceptible speeds, moving so quickly that even Capira and Pitaro couldn’t perceive his blisteringly fast movements, the latter even remarking that he was in "a different dimension". This is further exemplified from the fact that he could move in bursts of speed so fast that he appears to teleport, which he frequently displayed, managing to do so even for Tanjiro who can smell the future.

**Demonic** **Durability**: As a demon, Inazuma's body is exceedingly durable as he harbors an extremely high concentration of stone mask power. During his fight with Taiyo, the Demon Slayer had trouble cutting various parts of his body despite using a katana and possessing superhuman physical strength, showcasing Inazuma's immense durability.

**Demonic Regeneration:** Inazuma possesses one of the most incredible regenerative abilities in the series due to his eating a lot of humans, which he displayed constantly. He was capable of instantly recovering from slash wounds both minor and severe and even limbs slashed off by his opponents with little effort.

**Flesh Buds:** Inazuma is able to manipulate his hair to create parasites, which he can then insert into a human's head, to control even those that he cannot otherwise manipulate usually. These flesh buds pierce through the skull into part of the brain, making the victim compliant to Inazuma's charisma. As explained by Kasuke, the parasite will gradually consume the victim's brain.

**Healing:** Inazuma seems to possess the ability to heal other people's wounds, as he is able to completely cure Roohi's wounded foot by simply touching it. The origin of this power remains unknown, though it could be an extension of his transmutation capabilities or self-healing factor.

**Enhanced Charisma**: Inazuma is a cunning and charming individual. In addition to Vision Users, whom Albert and Kasuke suggest he recruits through charm or charisma, he has seduced many women throughout his life.

**Demonic Body:** All of this, however, is at the expense of having a body sustained by sheer willpower alone, rather than vital energy. A sufficiently powerful force of vitality - specifically sunlight or the Ripple - will negate the sustaining force's presence and disintegrate the long-unliving body.

**Capira's Body:** When he first acquired Capira Boruto's body and resurfaced from the ocean, he was unable to use the full power of his Stand, and had to acquire blood from a live Boruto to compensate and fully synchronize. Once this weakness was negated, he managed to grow significantly stronger, as did his Vision. His stolen body, being half-mortal also had a slower regeneration rate than his original one. This weakness was found on the left side of his body. In the climax of Inazuma's fight with Kazuna when Inazuma kicked with his wounded left leg, the entire left side of his body shattered against Kazuna's Sword.

**Unarmed Combat Proficiency:** Inazuma's most notable attribute as a human and as a demon is his extraordinary skill in unarmed combat and bare-fisted martial arts. After becoming a demon, his hand-to-hand combat prowess was further augmented to the point he could fight effectively at speeds faster than the eye can see while fully utilizing his bare-fisted martial arts skills for both offense and defense against the most powerful of Demon Slayers. Furthermore, when combined with his Blood Demon Art and superhuman physique, every single one of his punches and kicks become extremely lethal, with each blow being capable of shattering the ground or breaking ribs, making him an extremely dangerous opponent.

**Blood Demon Art:** Inazuma is wielding a one of powerful Blood Demon Art named, **Dark Thunder Art**. Inazuma's Blood Demon Art grants him special electrokinetic abilities which allow him to generate and manipulate black colored lightning and electricity from his flesh and blood.

* **Electrokinesis:** As an Electro Vision user, Inazuma can manipulate lightning and electricity, specifically swift strikes and movements akin to lightning ripping through the sky, and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms involve utilizing blinding speeds and immensely fast attacks to overwhelm the enemy in an instant.
	+ **Chronokinesis:** Inazuma’s Elemental Passive is ability to stop time, allowing only himself, Inazuma and anyone with the same power, to act within the duration of stopped time.

## Trivia

* Inazuma ranked 4th place in the first popularity poll.

## Etymology

* The name **Inazuma** (稲妻) means "lightning"
* His surname **Ku** (空) means "clouds" and **Rai** (雷) means "thunder".