Kamito Kazehaya

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Kamito Kazehaya
Personal Information
Kanji	カゼハヤ・カミト
Romanisation	Kazehaya Kamito
Alias	Ren Ashbell (レン・アッシュベル, Ren Asshuberu?) Demon King of the Night King of Lust[citation needed] Demon King Solomon's Successor Reincarnation of the Demon King Second Coming of the Demon King
Age	16
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Contracted Spirit(s)	Restia Est
Affiliation	«Ordesia Empire» «Instructional School» (former member) «Areishia Spirit Academy» «Team Scarlet»
Occupation	Assassin (formerly)[citation needed] Elementalist Student
Media
Voiced By	Makoto Furukawa
Voiced By (English)	Max Mittelman
First Appearance
Novel	Volume 1, Chapter 1, Part 1
Manga	Chapter 01
Anime	Episode 01

Kamito Kazehaya (カゼハヤ・カミト, Kazehaya Kamito^?) is the main protagonist of the Bladedance of Elementalers series. Thought to be an impossible entity, Kamito is one of the only male elementalists in the world. On the order of Greyworth Ciel Mais, the headmistress of Areishia Spirit Academy, Kamito transferred into the aforementioned academy in order to participate in the «Blade Dance».

Three years prior to the start of the story, Kamito disguised himself as a girl using the name, Ren Ashbell (レン・アッシュベル, Ren Asshuberu^?), to participate in the «Blade Dance», where "she" earned the title of «Strongest Blade Dancer» (最強の剣(ブレイド)舞姫(ダンサー), Saikyō no Bureido Dansā(Tsurugi Maihime)^?) as well as the adoration of all the main heroines among other aspiring elementalists.

Appearance

In his younger days, he was considerably shorter apparently only reaching Restia's height. By the time he became Ren Ashbell, his hair had grown long after escaping the Instructional School. Apparently, in female clothing, no one would even suspect he was male; Greyworth took exceptional notice of this, mistaking him for a girl when they first met (which was him tried to assassinate Greyworth), and even proceeding to disguise "him" further as her maid for a time, during which his already long hair was managed by Greyworth herself.

When he became Ren Ashbell (and at Elemental Festa as Himeragi E. Arsage) at age 13, he had gorgeous long black/brown hair which extended down to his hips, mysterious dark eyes, and a dignified lovely face. He stood roughly at Restia's height (having not grown an inch) and dressed in a foreign-styled attire with a large slit inserted at the edge of the pants. Ironically, his "beauty" as Ren Ashbell had also become something of a legend; this was part of his reason for trying to cover up his past as the sheer horror of having men approach him at the dance party after he won the Blade Dance to try and woo "her" is a traumatic memory.

In the present time, he has shorter hair and often wears a black leather glove over his left hand to disguise Restia's spirit seal. Initially, he had a gruff appearance due to his travels. After enrolling, he wears a white custom-made Areishia Spirit Academy uniform especially prepared by Greyworth herself (as he is the only male student, there is only one type of this uniform). When he became an impromptu member of the Sylphid Knights, he wears a badge on the collar of his uniform with the image of the Wind Elemental Lord on it. He is now exceptionally tall, especially compared to Restia, who three years ago was his equal in height. Apparently, he can still pass as a girl even after maturing physically as a male. In fact, he managed to sneak right into the Divine Ritual Institute, which only Princess Maidens may enter and walk around without arousing any kind of suspicion whatsoever.

Background

Kamito's Training as an Assassin

Being an orphan from the islands off the coast of Quina and the Demon King cultists sees him to be the successor of Solomon, he was trained by the Instructional School in the way of assassinations, alongside countless others, including Jio Inzagi. Being an assassin never requires emotions, as emotions are useless in the cult's objective, so he was trained to not show it. There, he met and got partnered with Restia Ashdoll, taking her as the Vorpal Sword. She taught him emotions, in exchange of her wish, to eliminate the corruption seen by her predecessor Ren Ashdoll.

Assassination Attempt on the Dusk Witch

The Instructional School tasked him to eliminate Greyworth Ciel Mais, the Dusk Witch. But he failed, captured by her. In retaliation, he was forced to work for her, and also forcing him to crossdress as her maid, while training him on her style of fighting.

The Blade Dance

During the Elemental Festa, Greyworth forced him to crossdress first as the Legendary Idol Priestess, Himeragi E. Arsage. He was forced to join an edition of Elemental Festa, as he can calm the rage inside the Elemental Lords. He succeeded, and left as fast as he appeared. Later on, Himeragi's legend grew on, only on par or equal with Ren Ashbell's popularity, maintaining the cover story that Himeragi availed an early retirement. The mention of Himeragi's name, alongside Ren's, made Kamito embarrassed.

He entered the Blade Dance 3 years ago, under the name Ren Ashbell. He defeated Velsaria Eva Fahrengart on the 1st round. Then qualified after defeating more priestesses. Then, he defeated countless priestesses with the Vorpal Sword in hand, giving him a slot on the Blade Dance. He was victorious on that Blade Dance, despite dealt with difficult situations, like fighting against Light element users, and the Elemental Lords are satisfied, but that costed him Restia Ashdoll, who left him. He spent 3 years on his search for her.

Present

After 3 years of travelling, he was summoned by Greyworth Ciel Mais, using information about Restia's location as bait.

Trivia

• There are only a few characters who know about Kamito's secret identity as the Strongest Blade Dancer, Ren Ashbell.
  • Greyworth Ciel Mais, the person who helped him become Ren Ashbell; 
  • Restia Ashdoll, Kamito's contracted spirit at the time.^{[citation needed]}
  • Fianna Ray Ordesia, accidentally, as she was saved from a berserk spirit by a non-crossdressing Kamito.
  • Jio Inzagi, presumably told by Restia. Used the name to taunt him.
  • Velsaria Eva Fahrengart, self-discovered when Kamito used the exact same skill that Ren Ashbell used to defeat her three years ago. Called him by the name privately.
  • Muir Alenstarl, Lily Flame,, all presumably told by Restia.^{[citation needed]}
  • Sjora Kahn, presumably told by Restia.^{[citation needed]}
  • Claire Rouge, finds out when Luminaris Saint Leisched tells her the connection between Restia and Ren Ashbell; this is later confirmed by Kamito himself. Later, Claire asks Kamito whether they should reveal his secret to the others but Kamito rejected it, saying that they should wait and he also doesn't want to dash their dreams of their ideal elementalist actually being a male the whole time.
  • Reicha Alminas, revealed that Fianna told her so that she could manipulate the scenes of the Blade Dance so that the general public doesn't discover the truth.
  • Rinslet Laurenfrost, she knew all along, as she saw his moves.
  • Ellis Fahrengart, the last member of Team Scarlet to know his true identity, as Kamito hid it to not spoil her admiration to Ren Ashbell. Only known after he stripped his gloves, revealing Restia's seal.
  • Rubia Elstein, as she stole his identity, acknowledged him to be the real one. Used the name whenever they are alone.
• He is ambidextrous, however, likely due to the location of their spirit marks, he always preferred to use the Vorpal Sword with his left hand, and Terminus Est with his right.
• The 'Elusion' from «Aqua Elusion» comes from the word Suiton (水遁, Suiton^?) which means a kind of ninjutsu that is specifically water-based.
• Kamito was invited into the Numbers twice. The first time was when he disguised as Ren Ashbell and won the previous «Blade Dance»^{[citation needed]} and the second time is during the latest Blade Dance as himself (Kamito).^{[citation needed]}
• Demon King Solomon's «Burial Chamber» has recognized Kamito as the Demon King's legitimate successor. This is confirmed due to the «Demon Slayer» being currently held within the chamber, as well as the chamber appearing at what it designates as the demon king's current base of operations: the academy Kamito currently attends.
• Kamito is the second person after Areishia to see Dragon King Bahamut's true form.
• Although you see Restia casually plucking feathers from her wings, these feathers have actually been valued as extremely rare in the human world and have been known to fetch a high price among aristocrats. Kamito, however, does not know the true value of these feathers so he just ends up throwing them away.
• Kamito has met six completely humanoid sprits so far: Est, Restia, Iseria Seaward,^{[citation needed]} the Water Elemental Lord's incarnation whom they had met on Ragna Ys, Scarlet's true form, Ortlinde,^{[citation needed]} Bahamut,^{[citation needed]} Dracunia's Dragon King, and the Queen of the Demon King City, Iris,^{[citation needed]} and Demon Spirit Vlad Dracul.^{[citation needed]}. Each and every one of them was a top-tier spirit with immense power.
• The Absolute Blade Arts required unifying the manipulation of divine power with the attack motion.
• He also dressed as Himeragi E. Arsage, as a miko, in Elemental Festa.
• He was the only Elementalist who won the Blade Dance twice. Once, as Ren Ashbell. The other being part of Team Scarlet.