Kazehara Kyosho

**Kazehara Kyosho**, known as **KAZEHARA** from *Part 3* onwards, is the main antagonist of both Part 1 and Part 3, and is considered the main antagonist of the TaTe's Bizarre Adventure series as a whole.

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

Kazehara is the father of Tiziano Terro, the main protagonist of Part 5, as well as a handful of other illegitimate offspring.‎

## Appearance

Kazehara's physical appearance was the same as that of a man in his late twenties. with unnaturally pale skin This can easily be confused with being unhealthy and easily ill. The long hair is dark blonde and the ends of the hair that cover the face slightly. and has sharp, crimson eyes.

In Part 1, Kazehara clothing resembles a veteran's uniform. It consists of a long sleeve teal shirt with large pins attached to both sleeves with dark brown pants and ocean blue buttons.

In Part 3, Kazehara 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 *KAZEHARA’s World* story arc. In most depictions of him, KAZEHARA's outfit is tinted crimson.

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

## Personality

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

Kazehara’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, Kazehara set for himself the goal of becoming the strongest, then the most powerful being on Earth. To do so, Kazehara 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, Kazehara constantly sought to become more and more powerful. Kazehara enjoys being in a position of power and has repeatedly stated how great he felt being in a dominating position. On the contrary, Kazehara 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

**Demonic Strength**: Kazehara 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**: Kazehara is extremely fast, as shown during his fight with Taiyo when he moves at imperceptible speeds, moving so quickly that even Takeo and Akinori couldn’t perceive his blisteringly fast movements, the latter even remarking that he was in "a different dimension"

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

**Demonic Regeneration**: Kazehara 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**: Kazehara 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 Kazehara's charisma. As explained by Tatsuya, the parasite will gradually consume the victim's brain.

**Healing:** Kazehara seems to possess the ability to heal other people's wounds, as he is able to completely cure Alejandro'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**: Kazehara is a cunning and charming individual. In addition to Vision Users, whom Amir and Tatsuya 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 Breathing Style - will negate the sustaining force's presence and disintegrate the long-unliving body.

**Takeo's Body**: When he first acquired Takeo Kushihara'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 Takeo 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 Kazehara's fight with Tatsuma when Kazehara kicked with his wounded left leg, the entire left side of his body shattered against Tatsuma's Sword.

**Unarmed Combat Proficiency**: Kazehara'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**: Kazehara is wielding a one of powerful Blood Demon Art named, **Combat Form**. Kazehara's Blood Demon Art can adopt a more monstrous and battle-esque form, with a dark-red scale-like mass covering most of his body.

* **Anemokinesis**: As an Anemo user, Kazehara can manipulate powerful torrents of air and whirlwinds, and replicates it with his movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms involve purely offensive attacks, most of which utilizing rotating movements to generate swift whirlwind-like slashes that greatly increase the wielder's striking range or utilizing the air around them to deliver sharp sickle-shaped attacks.
	+ **Chronokinesis**: Kazehara's Elemental Ability is ability to stop time, allowing only himself, Kazehara and anyone with the same power, to act within the duration of stopped time.