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Kojou Akatsuki (暁 古城(あかつき こじょう) Akatsuki Kojō) is the male protagonist of the story. He is the older brother of Nagisa Akatsuki and the childhood friend of Yuuma Tokoyogi. Although he appears to be a normal high school student studying in Saikai Academy, he is actually the fourth primogenitor; the strongest vampire in existence, an immortal demon thought only to exist in legends. He became a vampire and the fourth primogenitor only three months before the beginning of the story. For much of the story, he cannot remember how he became a vampire and gets an intense headache when he attempts to. Yukina Himeragi is sent from the Lion King Organization to observe him and to eliminate him if he is deemed dangerous.

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Appearance

Kojou is a normal-looking 16 year old boy. He has dark silver-blue hair and blue eyes which turn red when he is either aroused or angered. He is usually seen wearing the Saikai Academy school uniform which consists of a white button up shirt and black pants. He also wears a blue under shirt and a white hoodie. Since he is a vampire and tends to avoid daylight, he has fair skin. He has well-toned muscles and a "well-endowed" body.

Gallery

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Personality

Kojou is a kind, empathetic person, who goes out of his way to help others. He is also an intelligent, sly and carefree individual.

Underneath his relaxed demeanor, however, Kojou has a quick temper which is frequently triggered when he's made fun of or talked poorly about by other characters. Kojou also has a very serious side of him which becomes more and more apparent as the series progresses. When angered, Kojou becomes a quite fearsome adversary. Kojou has indomitable willpower and a supernaturally strong charisma which has attracted the attention of both admirers and allies, allowing him to even befriend his enemies. Kojou is shown to care and worry about his sister a lot. He is however generally oblivious to the romantic feelings that others have of him due to his strong siscon nature. In which he marries those he considers his little sisters, so in a way he is a siscon

History

Kojou was a normal human until he first met Avrora the 12th Kaleid Blood and became her blood servant, a pseudo vampire. Since then, he spent his daily life with her but those days didn't last long until she ordered him to destroy her and became the fourth primogenitor. In addition, he lost his memories regarding the incident and the days they spent together. However, he later regained some portions of it after fighting Giada, the third primogenitor disguised as Avrora using the No.14 Grimoire in attempt to recover his lost memories. He fully regained his memories alongside Asagi after Yukina performed a ritual on them.

He first met Yuuma when he was trying to retrieve Nagisa's hat which was stuck on a branch at the end of a cliff. He looked for Yuuma at her regular spot where she used to hide and watch both siblings everyday and asked for her help. Without waiting for a respond he quickly grabbed her hand and got back the hat together. However, after they did so Kojou nearly fell off the cliff only to be saved by her, he later thanked her and said that she's pretty strong. A while later after everyone introduced themselves. He first met Motoki and Asagi during middle school.

He first met Avrora at Fairy's Coffin. Kojou used his body to protect his sister and Avrora from the terrorist attack leaving him on the verge of death. Avrora admired his courage and turned Kojou into her blood servant. Avrora ordered him to destroy her alongside "Root" and chose him as the 12 Kaleid Blood's successor.

When Kojou was in middle school, he participated in his school's basketball club and seemed to have performed very well, winning a city championship and Most Valuable Player. However, Kojou's skills were so high that it became nearly impossible for his other teammates to keep up with him and eventually gave up, leaving it to Kojou to win the games for them. During one game, Kojou was trying to score a point when one of his opponents attempted to stop him with a foul. As a result, both Kojou and the opposing player were injured. This forced Kojou off the gym for the rest of the game, which meant his teammates would have to be relied on. But because they were so dependent on Kojou, all they did was just let the other team win. Kojou was so shaken by this incident that, shortly after, he quit the basketball club. Even though he isn't part of the club anymore, he is still sometimes shown playing basketball in the light novels and anime.

Plot

The Right Arm of the Saint

Returning from a study group, he senses that a girl is following him. He tries to lose her, but then spots her being harassed by demons. A fight ensues, and Kojou steps in before things escalate further. He then catches a glimpse of her panties and she leaves in disgust, but drops her wallet. Inside contains her student ID and name, Yukina Himeragi.

They meet again the next day, where she explains her task and the significance of him being a primogenitor. One night, the two head to a convenience store, when an explosion occurs. They investigate the source and discover Rudolf Eustach and Astarte. They began to battle, but it abruptly ends when Kojou loses control of his familiar.

From the Warlord's Empire

The Amphisbaena

Labyrinth of the Blue Witch

Fiesta for the Observers

Return of the Alchemist

Kaleid Blood

The Tyrant and the Fool

The Black Sword Shaman

Bride of the Dark God

After finishing afternoon classes, Kojou is approached by Yume, who came to visit him at school to show off her new uniform. After placing an order in a park café, he spots his father, Gajou. Later in their apartment, Gajou explains that he came to pick up Nagisa and bring her to their grandmother for homecoming, as well as to perform purification rites for Nagisa.

After seeing off Gajou and Nagisa at the airport, Kojou and Yukina encounter Tobias Jagan at the arrival hall. They learn that Dimitrie Vatler has departed from Itogami Island without their knowledge, and believe it may be related to the ongoing civil war in the Chaos Zone.

Returning to their appartment, Kojou and Yukina prepare lunch and discuss about the conflict in the Chaos Zone. Kojou soon receives an unusually heavy package from Dimitrie Vatler. Though suspicious, he and Yukina decide to open it, and discover a girl inside. They invited Astarte, who also brought along Kanon Kanase and Nina Adelard, to examine the unconscious girl. They later identify her as Celesta Ciate.

The 4th Primogenitor on the run

Kojou becomes more worried about Nagisa after not hearing news about her in days. He becomes more concerned when a corrupted image of a magic circle is sent to his phone.

The Knight of Sinful God

The Roses of Tartarus

Golden Days

The War Of Original Vampires

Holy Knight of the Sunset

Broken Holy Spear

Truth Theory: Kingdom of Valkyria

Never-ending Night Banquet

Reunion of Vampire Princess

Abilities

Despite being relaxed, he has repeatedly shown himself to be very intelligent, intelligent and quick to learn; Although these traits are not usually shown because they tend to charge without thinking, but can be impressively logical, observational, deductive and tactical. These traits made him an excellent leader.

Enhanced Vampiric Abilities: Kojou possesses heightened Vampiric abilities including supernatural strength, durability, agility, consciousness, speed, senses , regenerative abilities, pheromones, endurance and immortality. Being the Fourth Primogenitor his incredible powers are far above most Vampires. Kojou is absolutely immortal, which means that he does not get old or sick and will recover quickly from any damage he receives, even from beheading or complete incineration. Kojou can use part of his beast vassels powers inb his left hand he use lighting, he can also turn his entire body, part of his body or other materials into mist.

  • Eyesisght: as a vampire kojou's eyesisght is much better allowing him to see things what irregular humans cannot see like small details.
  • Reflexes: As a former basketball player, kojou has fast reflexes.
  • Cleansing: A spell that alters the laws of physics and magic fundamentally allowing its user to warp reality, it is the creation of Cain the Sinful God.
  • Shikigami Summoning: After Vol 16 Kojou has learnt to use Shikigami in combat, summoning a Shikigami using a Talisman although he poured too magic into it and caused it to destabilise and explode.
  • Familiar Summoning: Kojou has twelve familiars who are manifestations of his vampire's powers. Initially, these familiars would not obey Kojou completely and would often go crazy. This is due to the fact that he refused to drink human blood and, therefore, would not recognize him as their master. However, he was able to control his familiars and summon them properly once he drank blood. In the penultimate volume, no blood was needed to be consumed to be controlled, Ownership was obtained by Avrora selecting Kojou to be successor to the blood of "Kaleid Blood". In reality he did drink blood from the rings on his 10 blood servants fingers and then drank Avrora's and Yukina;s blood after making his vassals obey him completely.

Fighting Way: After many fights kojou has learned to fight by himself at first his fighting style was bad but now its good.

Precognition: Kojou was able to glimpse the time ahead when his comrades were killed, due to him recalled back the memories of previous similiar event after been repeatedly experience the similiar situation while he is trap in Onrai Island which make him see the of what will happen. This can only be seen in volume 16 that kojou glimpsed the future.


Familiars

Name Description Image
First Familiar: Mesarthim-Adamas (Aries Prote / The Divine Sheep of Adamantine) It is a sheep with more than ten thousand diamonds that cover its entire body. This familiar is able to manipulate diamonds.
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Second Familiar: Cor Tauri-Sucinum (Taurus Deutera / The Ox Headed King Of Amber) Familiar of amber with an ox head, whose body is composed of lava. This familiar is able to control lava.
Cor Tauri Sucinum A
Third Familiar: Al-Meissa Mercury (Gemini Tritos / The Serpentine Dragon of Mercury) Al-Meissa Mercury is a two headed serpent-like dragon. This familiar is able eat spaces or dimensions.
Al Meissa Mercury A
Fourth Familiar: Natra-Cinereus (Cancer Tetartos / The Carapace of Silver Mist) It is a silver crayfish with blue flames on it's claws. This familiar is capable to render anything ethereal by producing mists.
Natra Cinereus A
Fifth Familiar: Regulus-Aurum (Leo Pemptos / The Lion of Gold) It is a lion-like familiar who has bright red eyes and has a lightning-like mane. This familiar is capable of control lightning.
Regulus Aurum A
Sixth Familiar: Minelauva Iris (Virgo Hektos / Rainbow Flames of the Dark Princess) The War Maiden (Valkyrie) that holds the rainbow-coloured sword of light. This familiar can Manipulates laws of nature.
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Seventh Familiar: Kiffa-Ater (Libra Hebdomos / The Black Sword of Abraded Night) A gigantic demon sword over 100 meters in length. This trident-like sword is capable of manipulating gravity.
Kiffa Ater A
Eighth Familiar: Shaula-Viola (Scorpio Ogdoos / Purple Scorpion-Tiger) It is a man-eating tiger that is wrapped up in purple flames. It can do many things.
Shaula Viola A
Ninth Familiar: Al-Nasl-Minium (Sagittarius Enatos / The Bicorn of Deep Crimson) It is a bicorn having glowing purple eyes, black-colored skin, purple fire-like mane and has glowing plate-shaped armor floating around its neck. This familiar is capable of manipulating sound.
Al Nasl Minium A
Tenth Familiar: Dabih-Crystallus (Capricornus Dekatos / The Goat of Glinting Eyes) The whole body is covered with silver crystal scales. It has the form of an Ichthyosaur with one crystal horn that resembles that of a goat's. It's ability is mental and spiritual manipulationg.
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Eleventh Familiar: Sadalmelik-Albus (Aquarius Hendekatos / The Water Spirit of White Steel) It is a combination of an undine and a snake. This familiar is capable to manipulat phenomenon.
Sadalmelik Albus A
Twelfth Familiar: Alrescha-Glacies (Pisces Dodekatos / The Bewitching Princess of Azure Ice) It looks like a mermaid. It can manipulate water and ice.
Alrescha Glacies A

Trivia

  • All of Kojou's familiars have names inspired from constellations.
  • Kojou is prone to seasickness, as shown in Volume 9.
  • Kojou uses his fifth familiar, Regulus Arum, the most often.
  • Kojou seems to take an interest in gravure idols, which was mentioned by Nagisa in Volume 1.
  • Kojou's parents are divorced.
  • Despite being The Fourth Primogenitor and living on Itogami Island, Kojou is an unregistered demon.
  • Kojou appears to enjoy gaming and is quite good at it, as mentioned in Volume 16.
  • Kojou was initially meant to have black hair.[Citation needed]
  • In the light novel's art, Kojou's eye color tends to switch from blue and red. This could symbolize Kojou's slow transformation into a human boy to a full blown Primogenitor. However, his change in eye color only occurs when he's angry, aroused, or using his familiars.
  • Kojou has a habit of resorting to violence when very angry, further proving his temper.
  • Kojou obtained his 12 Blood Slaves without them being used to control his 12 Beast Vassals ( Avrova, the 11th girl willingly relinquishes the ownership of the Beast Vassals to Kojou. after he used the first 10 girls to resurrect from death)
  • Fight4real (the 2nd opening of Strike the Blood) blatantly foreshadows Kojou's death and rebirth.
  • Since it is a secret that Kojou Akatsuki is the new Fourth Primogenitor, he is exempt from wearing the ID Bracelet.

Notes

  1. Yen Press' translation of Volume 8 stated that Kojou's birthday was at the beginning of April, in the middle of Golden Week. However, Golden Week takes place from the end of April to early May. This is likely a translation error.

References

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