Kairi

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## Battle information

### Weapon

Orbal staff

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**Kairi** (カイリ) is a student in Class IX of the Thors Branch Campus in *Trails of Cold Steel III*.

## Profile

### Appearance

Kairi is a short young man with light brown hair and amber eyes. He is known for his androgynous appearance. Kairi wears the standard male uniform of the Branch Campus, consisting of a blue blazer, waistcoat, white shirt and black trousers. Kairi also wears brown slip-on shoes and a yellow chiffon.

### Personality

Every day, Kairi pursues his ideal to become an splendid, proud, Erebonian man in a bid to impress his noble father. He is self conscious about his looks, taking after his mother and looking more like a girl. His female peers regard him as 'cute' and Kairi endeavours to prove himself as a masculine figure, and is diligently hard-working.

### Background

Kairi is born in S.1190 as the son of baron living in the Lamare Province. When he was little, he was frequently sick. He chose to pursue a path in medicine to figure out why.

### *Trails of Cold Steel III*

At the age of 16, he enrolls at the Thors Branch Campus and joins Class XI: Military Finance under instructor Towa Herschel. Kairi is quite keen to prove himself as a capable 'man of Erebonia' and deliberately seeks out what, in his eyes, are the most 'manly' activities. Kairi joins the Eastern Tea Ceremony Club along with Musse Egret and Maya. Kairi is put in charge of the medical squad on the Derfflinger and receives some tutelage from Linde.

Kairi considers transferring to another club after believing learning how to pour tea isn't manly enough. Rean offers to help him learn the way of the tea ceremony and in doing so, learns more about Kairi's background. Rean states he thinks Kairi has grown as a man and leads the medical squad well, that he is good at perceiving and thinks that he is plenty manly already. This gives Kairi a confidence boost.

Kairi joins in the operation to find Calvardian agents in the capital, and also helps in the battle at the Gral of Erebos.

### *Trails of Cold Steel IV*

After the Great Twilight, Kairi is found in the Saint-Arkh Bracer Guild branch. Class VII initially presume it is a strong enemy, but they end up surprising themselves and Kairi when they barge in. He explains that he was teleported near the old capital by Thomas Lysander after the Gral of Erebos collapses. Kairi is using the Bracer Guild branch as a temporary base. He is amongst the students who help send the Soldats to Class VII in Hamel.

Kairi is later assisting the Main Campus students search for medical ingredients, and is working with Fritz. When they are attacked by monsters, Fritz orders him to get back, but Kairi doesn't back down and helps save Fritz. Fritz apologises for misjudging Kairi and underestimating him. Fritz later joins Kairi, Maya and Sandy for dinner in Mishelam.

### *Trails into Reverie*

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Kairi remains a member of the Branch Campus and a member of the Eastern Tea Ceremony Club. At the Branch Campus Academy Festival, the Tea Ceremony Club, who are holding tea sessions and having photographs taken with guests, gets far more female visitors than men, resulting in Kairi being chosen for photographs much more often. He has mixed feelings about it, but sees it as another barrier to get over as a man of the Empire. He later states he feels more like a mascot than a member of a club, but that also as a man of the Empire, he shouldn't waste time on such pointless complaints. Musse plots to have him dress in a woman's kimono.

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### Character Notes

#### *Trails of Cold Steel III*

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 **Masculinity**Knows that manliness is more than just looks. Joined Tea Ceremony Club to find his inner masculinity.

 **男らしさ**“男らしさ”は外見だけで決まるものでは無いと知り、まずは茶道を極めて自分なりの男らしさを追求しようと決心した。

#### *Trails of Cold Steel IV*

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 **Inner Strength**Kairi rescued Fritz with skillful use of his orbal staff. He may not look different, but he's started to develop an inner strength.

 **内なる強さ**魔導杖でフリッツの窮地を救ったカイリ。かつては帝国男子らしい見た目を追求していたが、内なる強さを知り成長していた。

## References

1. ↑ Erin Fitzgerald Twitter (accessed: October 24, 2019) at @ErinFitzgerald
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Trails of Cold Steel III*, Dengeki Character File Notebook.