Kaito Onogi

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**Kaito Onogi** (小野木 海斗, *Onogi Kaito*?) is a second-year student at Kazemai High School and a member of the kyudo club. He and Nanao Kisaragi are cousins.

## Appearance

Kaito is a tall young man with tanned skin, which often gets him mistaken for a soccer player by many. He has straight, short dark red hair and sharp red eyes. He is usually seen frowning. According to his answer on a questionnaire, he has narrow shoulders like his father.

## Personality

To people who don't know him well, Kaito comes off as short-tempered, overly serious, and aggressive. He is easily riled up, especially when Nanao calls him Kacchan or when he perceives someone not to be taking something as seriously as he does. He is blunt with his words and not afraid to say what he really thinks. He tends to jump to conclusions. This causes people to be afraid of him. A large part of his current personality might be due to being treated as someone scary ever since he was little due to his intimidating face.

However, he is also fiercely loyal to those he becomes close to, such as confronting the Sugawara twins when they insult Minato Narumiya, as well as taking care of Nanao. He greatly respects those deemed worthy, such as Masaki Takigawa. He is a good observer, such as noticing Seiya Takehaya's issues with kyudo. He often serves as the straight man to the antics of others. His fellow members tease him for being a *tsundere* much to his annoyance. He is good with cats and has a white cat named Lucy.

## History

When Nanao was getting in trouble with boys and girls alike in kindergarten because of his looks, his mother and aunts ask Kaito to act as his bodyguard because of his intimidating looks and aura. This worked when they were in elementary school together. They went to different middle schools, but still had extracurriculars and cram school together. Kaito was in the kyudo club in middle school. Though he was chosen for the individual tournaments, he never took part in team tournaments, which Nanao suspects were because his devotion to kyudo made the other club members, who only wanted to have fun, distance themselves from him.

## Story

### Kyudo Club Information Session

Kaito arrives at the kyudojo for the information session. His intimidating aura causes the girls surrounding Nanao to back away. He tells him not to block the entrance, but Nanao keeps calling him Kacchan, annoying him. Kaito complains about having to go to the same school and being in the same club as him. Nanao asks if he isn't going to join the soccer club since its members tried to recruit him, but he is set on doing kyudo and accuses him of doing kyudo just to wear a hakama. Nanao brushes it off and tells him to work hard as well, annoying him further.

Kaito is introduced to Seiya Takehaya by Nanao as his cousin. He finds Seiya familiar and asks him which middle school he went to, but Seiya only says that he wouldn't recognize the name, as it is a private school that isn't around here. He changes the subject and tells the two of them to change clothes as he wants to start soon. Kaito isn't satisfied with the answer, but entrusts his equipment to him and leaves for the waiting room.

During Tomio Morioka's lecture on the basics of kyudo, Ryouhei Yamanouchi and Nanao are giggling together, causing Kaito to get a sour look on his face. Tomio asks for three people to demonstrate shooting technique, and Seiya, Kaito, and Nanao volunteer, but Nanao is called to go to the office, so Minato Narumiya is picked instead. The group is pulled aside to the wall as the other students touch the equipment.

Kaito approaches Minato with an arrow, telling him that he should change into a gym uniform and put on a *muneate*. He asks him what the pull strength of the bow he used was and to hold out his left arm so he can do a *yazuka* measurement. Minato protests, pointing out that he never said he would do it and that he heard Ryouhei also has some kyudo experience in class. Kaito responds that it will still be dangerous for him and that Tomio had said it would be natural for him not to hit. Minato continues to protest, and Kaito, fed up, tells him to just do it and asks if he is ashamed to be not much of an archer. Minato is rendered speechless, and Kaito takes this opportunity to measure his *yazuka* and verify the length of the arrow.

Once the preparations are finished, the three line up at the *shajo* entrance to perform *nyujo.* When Minato shoots, he does it too early and misses. The earliness of his shooting causes Kaito to delay his movements, and he also ends up missing. He manages to hit with his second arrow. After the session is over, Kaito waits for Minato to finish changing clothes and then approaches him, asking him why he shot so early, since it made him unable to get into *yugamae* in time. Minato snaps that he didn't mean to do that. Kaito scoffs, calling that a lame excuse, and asks him if he isn't ashamed to be an archer for doing such messy shots in front of the targets. Minato tells him that he already isn't an archer anymore, shakes him off, and leaves.

### Kyudo Club Practice

Tomio summons Kaito along with other members with kyudo experience. He says that he wants them to participate in the upcoming Prefectural Tournament. As there are not enough members for team competitions, they will only be doing individual competitions. Everyone seems okay with this except for Seiya, who also requests that the boys do team competitions. Kaito objects to this, asking him if he knew how terrifying it is for beginners to stand in front of the targets, and that even if they let Ryouhei join, they would still have only four people out of the required five for a team. Seiya says that there is still one person who is planning on joining the club and asks if they cannot wait until the deadline for club applications. Kaito is confused about who he means, then gets angry when he realizes that he means Minato, who had not shown up since that first day.

Kaito snaps that he has no idea what *hayake* is, but he cannot acknowledge someone who ran away from kyudo as his teammate, that he and Seiya can aim for the top in the individual competitions, and that there is no point in letting someone at Nanao's level participate in the first place. Seiya insists that Minato has more natural ability, making him even angrier. Startled by this, Ryouhei asks Nanao to help defuse the situation. Nanao asks Kaito if he wants him to expose his secret, flustering him, and he asks what secret he is talking about. Nanao then tells Kaito to give him his sports drink since he is thirsty, but Kaito refuses. Nanao replies he will then ask "Sakurako-chan" and "Maki-chan." Kaito gives in and tells him not to bother other people. Nanao thanks him, calling him Kacchan again, which riles him up and their "comedy routine" begins once again.

## Shooting Technique and Ability

Kaito has a deep love for Kyudo, but his skill lags behind. Creating a point of insecurity for him. What he lacks in talent, he aims to make up for with sheer dedication.

## Relationships

### Nanao Kisaragi

Kaito is very close with Nanao, acting more like brothers to each other than cousins. They protect each other; with Kaito fighting off any bullies who pick on Nanao for his pretty boy aesthetic, and Nanao keeping Kaito out of trouble. Despite being so different in personality and interests, they spend all their time together.

### Masaki Takigawa

Kaito looks up to Masa as the big brother he never had, and is territorial of his approval. They met while Kaito was in middle school when a college-age Masaki protected Kaito from bullies at the shrine. At first, Kaito didn't even know Masaki did Kyudo, but when he discovered that Masaki was a Kyudo master Kaito asked him for tutoring, but was declined. Kaito is confused by Masaki's perplexing motives, like taking on Minato who ran away from Kyudo, and being so depressed despite seeming so friendly.

### Minato Narumiya

Kaito is not the most pleasant person in communication, so it is not surprising that these two have problems in communication. This becomes important after he learns about the acquaintance of Minato and Masa, as Kaito regards Minato as a dangerous opponent in the “struggle” for the status of Masa's best and most important pupil.

## Trivia

* Kaito's favorite food is umeboshi. His least is chocolate.
* Hobbies include games and books.
* Kaito owns a cat named **Lucy** (ルーシー, *Rūshī*?).
* Is a cat person (obviously). He thinks Lucy, is the cutest cat in the world.
* Likes the sea, because of the hoverboard.
* If he had the chance to time travel, he would choose to go to the past. He would like to go to the Sengoku Era (1467-1573) and become a military commander.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Kyudo Boys Questionnaire
2. ↑ Tsurune Volume 1, Chapter 1
3. ↑ Tsurune Volume 1, Chapter 2