Kouga Saejima

**Kouga Saejima** (冴島 鋼牙サエジマ コウガ, , *Saejima Kōga*?) is a direct descendant of the Makai Knights who inherit "the title of Garo" (ガロの称号, , *Garo no shōgō*?). With sharp intellect and exceptional physical prowess, he is a man worthy of bearing the highest rank of the Makai Knights, known as "**Garo**" (牙狼, *"**Garo**"*? lit. "Fanged Wolf").

At first glance, Kouga may give off a cold and calculating impression, but deep within his heart burns a passionate fighting spirit. He always carries the awareness of being the "Guardian" as the mission of the Makai Knights and relentlessly pursues the Horrors with excellent judgment and adaptability.

## Biography

Kouga is a young man who fights Horrors as a Makai Knight. 25 years old. It is a direct descendant of a family that has inherited the title of Garo, the highest rank of Makai Knight, and the golden armor that is the proof of it (there may be multiple Makai Knights with golden armor, but the title of Garo is given to only one), belonging to the eastern jurisdiction. His favorite Makai Sword is a straight, double-edged, long sword with no sword guard and is housed in a crimson scabbard. His crest as a knight is triangular, he wears a white coat, and the amulet he wears hangs on his left chest.

With a clear mind and outstanding motor nerves, he possesses an overwhelming fighting ability that can easily defeat the Prime Horror even if he is still alive. Because he is a poor talker and unfriendly, he often makes remarks that make Kaoru misunderstand and make him feel sick, but he is actually a kinder and warmer man than anyone else. At first, he said that Kaoru, who was soaked in horror blood, was the bait to attract horror, but in fact, he was determined from the beginning to break the rules and help Kaoru.

He is also stoic when it comes to food, and his favorite food is cornflakes. However, the best treat seems to be Gonza's home cooking. He has a large scar on his back, and in the novel "Dark Magical Knight Arc", after Taiga's death, he protects Jabi and suffers a scar on his back due to horror. Following in the footsteps of his late father Taiga Saejima, he became a Makai Knight (at this time, his hair had changed color from black to brown, but this was already inherited from his late mother, and that power manifested in order to protect Koga, who was carrying a dangerous fate).

He is usually clear-headed and calm, but when his father is humiliated, he exposes his anger, which he usually doesn't show, and turns hostility towards the person who humiliated him. After defeating Messiah and Kiba, he moved to the Northern Watchdog and continues to fight the Horror as a "guardian".

## RED REQUIEM

Appears in a port town under the jurisdiction of Akaza, receiving a mission to exterminate the Apostle Horror by order from the watchdog. Although he defeated Babil as soon as he arrived, he was as unfriendly as ever, and immediately clashed with Rekka, who was burning with a sense of rivalry. While pointing out the immaturity of defense and attitude, he recognizes her high ability.

## MAKAI SENKI

Praised for his achievements in annihilating all 7 Apostle Horrors, he became a Makai Knight attached to the Senate. After many battles, he is becoming an invincible existence as a Makai Knight. It seems that by growing through numerous battles, he has become able to explore the abilities and characteristics of horror from the residual thoughts of the scene. He has deepened his feelings for Kaoru, who was involved in the previous battle. After the battle with the Horror Cigarain, the man in the red mask is engraved with the "Mark of Destruction".

When he was a child, he was called **Shiro** (シロ, ***Shiro***?) at the Training Ground where he participated to become a Makai Knight. The decorations that have been attached to the chest of the coat since the first period belonged to the teammates at the training ground who lost their lives when they were attacked by Raizon. It turned out to be an ornament as a token of friendship given to each one by Wataru Shijima.

He clashed countless times with the man in the red mask, Fudou Sigma. He is taken in by Gannon and made into the core of Idea, but is saved by Kaoru's love and bonds with his allies such as Rei, Leo, Jabi, and Rekka. After defeating Gannon, he receives a blessing from the Senate as the representative of all Makai Knights. However, as compensation for the contract with Gajari, he will have to travel to the Promised Ground to find parts of Gajari's body.

In order to tell Kaoru about it, he calls Kaoru that night, but he feels an evil spirit rising from the mansion and rushes in.
Sigma, who has lost all his ideals and refuses to die peacefully as a human, challenges Koga to his final battle. Kouga, who knows that Sigma is Murasaki, fulfills his promise, "If Murasaki becomes a Horror, I will kill it." Stopping Leo, who tried to cut Sigma, he fought fiercely against Sigma while protecting Kaoru in the Saejima residence and wins.

After taking Kaoru into Garo and talking about everything and kissing her, he disappeared with white wings soaring high in the sky, leaving only a grain of golden light.

## Soukoku no Maryu

After *MAKAI SENKI*, Kouga will go to the Promised Ground to fulfill the contract with Gajari. As soon as he landed in the Promised Ground, he lost his Garoken, magic clothes, and Madou Ring. Unable to summon the armor until he regained the Garoken, he had no choice but to fight with the iron sword he had stolen from Judam's minions, but he was more than evenly matched with his opponent.

## Makai Retsuden

It seems that it was after jumping into the space-time distortion in search of Kaoru in *Makai no Hana*, and now he is wandering between space-time. Rekka and Rian, who were in trouble due to Zaji's attack, rushed in with Gouten wearing the armor of Garo. After slashing Zaji, he was still attacking even after becoming a residual spirit, but with his armor released, he annihilated him with a single stroke of the Makai Sword wrapped in Madou Flame. After hearing from Rian about another Garo (Ryuga Dougai) that exists in a parallel world, he asked Rian to leave a message to Rekka saying "I will definitely return" and disappeared into the light.

## Gekkou no Tabibito

He travels there to save Kaoru, who has been dragged into another dimension, but appears before Raiga who fights Barago.