Alias: Mizuchi “Water Dragon”
Age: 21
Specialty: Elemental magic; specifically water, though he has some power over air, fire, and earth, too
Weapon: Throwing knives and a small dagger
Day job: Freelance journalist for a local newspaper
Personality: Kyou is generally a laid back, go-with-the-flow type of guy. He is not easily stressed and tries to keep a level head under pressure due to the fact that, as an elemental magician, temper tantrums could lead to burning buildings. When meeting new people he is slow to warm up to them, but once he does he is a fiercely loyal companion and a dedicated friend. Because of his reserved nature, people often think he is always serious, but Kyou actually has a dry, sarcastic sense of humor (though he often does not catch subtle jokes or innuendoes). Overall, he has a mellow, but likeable personality.
Brief History: Kyou Ikeda was born and raised in Fukushima, Japan as the only child of a middleclass family. He lived a normal life with the usual ups and downs of childhood… except for the fact that he could manipulate the world around him. Ever since he was a small child, he was able to move and alter water, and when he got older he grew control over the dirt beneath his feet, the wind that tousled his hair, and the fire that crackled in his camping pit. He always kept his ability a secret for fear that someone might see him and think he was odd. After all, none of the other children at school could make rain fall upwards instead of down. So, he decided to only practice toying with the elements in solitude.
For years Kyou never knew what to do with his strange powers, but one day when he was seventeen, he encountered his first demon near a river: a tanuki. The spirit did no harm, but it’s sudden appearance startled him to the point of summoning a small wall of water between himself and it, scaring the tanuki away. It was on this day that he began considering the use of his powers for supernatural warfare.
Intrigued by this newfound world of spirits and monsters, Kyou started actively seeking out demons. He stopped troublemaking poltergeists from disrupting phone lines and causing chaos, and as he grew more comfortable with his own abilities, he began taking on larger, more powerful creatures. It was all fun and games until someone got hurt.
After a year of hunting, Kyou made a deadly mistake. He exorcised the children of Jorogumo, the spider woman, from a family’s house. The demon mother was filled with rage and took her revenge on Kyou by murdering his mother. He was devastated, but instead of quitting he was only filled with resolve, training to use more powerful magic and even bladed weapons in battle. He vowed to stop as many demons as he could so no one else would have to suffer as he did.
