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Kaito Ayatsuji
Voiced by: Atsushi Ono (Japanese), Luis Galindo (English)
A normal human who is famous for being able to match Blazers with just pure swordsmanship.
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parent: When he finally wakes up from his coma, he immediately asks Ikki to marry Ayase and take over the dojo. Ayase immediately issues a Dope Slap.
- Badass Normal: Unlike Ikki, who at least has some minor physical enhancing abilities; Kaito is a true example due to being an ordinary human who is able to fight Blazers with his own swordsmanship skills.
- Blood Knight: Being a Retired Badass, he doesn't get to participate in many sword fights. When he fights Kuraudo, he's actually thankful he can fight once more.
- Counter-Attack: His swordsmanship is based on countering the enemy.
- Good Parents: One of few known examples in the series, while Kaito trains Ayase in order for her to takeover the dojo, he is nevertheless a caring father towards her.
- Handicapped Badass: Is still able to land a hit on Kuraudo despite his heart disease which has been severely weakening him.
- Hidden Depths: Although his sword style is for the purpose of protecting others, he's been longing for a Worthy Opponent.
- Master Swordsman
- Red Baron: Is known as "The Last Samurai", which is appropriate in the setting of the story.
- Weak, but Skilled: The ultimate example due to being an ordinary human.
- Worf Had the Flu: Downplayed. Even if he was in his prime, beating Kuraudo might be out of the question due to the latter's insanely fast reflexes.
Edelweiss
Rank: Unknown
Device: Unknown
The strongest Blazer and swordswoman in the world, as well as an invincible criminal. She's also one of the strongest Desperados.Device: Unknown
- Affably Evil: Subverted. If it weren't for her temporary alliance with Rebellion, it'd be hard to tell that she was a rogue Blazer rather than an ideal knight. Although, she couldn't care less about their plans and is just returning a favour. She's not exactly evil, per se. She just happens to be a criminal.
- Outside of battle, she's actually a nice person. It really makes you wonder what exactly happened 15 years ago that made such a person become the no. 1 criminal in the world, considering she actually let Ikki, Stella and co. stay at her cottage when they went looking for her.(After she put them in a contract that is.) and one of her hobbies is making sweets during her free time. On the other hand, she's probably killed a lot of people for varying reasons. And when asked why she took up swordsmanship, her answer? She needed it for diet. Yep, you read it right people, the Best Swordsman in the World picked up the Way of the Sword because she was getting fat as a kid.
- Beat Them at Their Own Game: When Ikki tries a Vibroweapon technique on her, she sees through it and uses a stronger version of that technique, meaning she essentially used Blade Steal on him.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Delivers one to Ikki, who knows he can't win and only tries to stall her so Shizuku can save Alice.
- Curb-Stomp Cushion: Ikki not only manages to survive her strongest attack, he actually manages to wound her. A few drops of her blood are found on the pavement where she stands.
- The Dreaded: Even Kurono is terrified of her.
- Dual Wielding: She wields two swords gracefully, giving her the illusion of having wings.
- Lightning Bruiser: Even Ikki can't follow her movements, despite being able to see through the techniques of some A-rank Blazers.
- Master of Your Domain: Her swings are faster than most people can perceive because she moves all her muscles in a specific way. Just partially copying this technique allowed Ikki to become achieve Super-Speed without Ittou Shura.
- Master Swordswoman: This is an understatement considering Ikki could only scratch her at best.
- Meaningful Name: Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) is a white flower that grows in the Alps and is a symbol in that location.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: While she's not evil, her favor to Rebellion causes her to fight Ikki, which resulted in him learning her swordplay and muscle techniques. Several of his opponents would have been impossible to beat if it weren't for these skills.
- Noble Demon: She actually doesn't care about Rebellion's agenda and is only helping them out because of a favor they did for her. She offers to let Ikki and Shizuku retreat because they have no hope of winning.
- Razor Wind: She can create damaging vacuums in space with nothing but strength and precise swordplay.
- Superpower Lottery: Zigzagged. She's a Desperado, but her Noble Art doesn't enhance her combat ability.
- Supreme Chef: Her pastry skills are good enough to impress Ikki, who normally doesn't like sweets.
- Sweet Tooth: A very big one. In fact, the reason why she picked up swordsmanship was because her family was worried she was getting fat because of all the sweets she ate when was younger.
- Villain Respect: Edelweiss uses her strongest technique to defeat Ikki, out of respect for his swordsmanship and determination. He manages to see through it, survive and draw her blood.
- Weak, but Skilled: Downplayed in comparison to other Desperados. Her Noble Art can only make death contracts, which have little application in battle, meaning she can only rely on her swordsmanship and powers common to all Desperados.
- Winged Humanoid: Takes on metallic "wings" as part of her ultimate attack.
- World's Strongest Woman: In terms of wielding a sword, though it's unknown if she's the strongest Blazer period.
Prime Minister Tsukikage Bakuga
The current prime minister of Japan.
- Affably Evil: Nobody who meets him in person would ever think he'd be a man who would side with terrorists as part of a convoluted plan to join the Union. Even Kurono, who has hard evidence, found it hard to believe. He uses this to his maximum advantage to give Akatsuki good PR.
- Crystal Ball: His device is a crystal ball that can see past and future events.
- Devil in Plain Sight: He happily acknowledges his horrific behavior, but nobody believes him until it's too late.
- Evil Old Folks: He was Kurono's teacher when she was in the Blazer academy.
- Graceful Loser: Despite Akatsuki's loss, he's hopeful that Ikki's potential as a Desperado will increase Japan's chances of surviving the next world war.
- Insane Troll Logic: His plan hinges on the unlikely event that the Union welcomes Japan despite his collusion with Rebellion, a terrorist organization.
- Knight Templar: He is so absolutely convinced in Japan's utter superiority to the rest of the world that he truly believes igniting world war three by engaging in horrific criminal activity is truly in the best interests of Japan and its citizens, going so far as to say the territories conquered by Japan in world war two (Hawaii, the Philippines, and large swathes of Chinese soil, among other things) are Japan's territory by birthright. He is then completely incredulous when anyone points out the obvious flaws in this world view. (Like the fact that the "Japanese strength" he's boasting about is actually the strength of an international group of terrorists, most of whom aren't Japanese to begin with, and that the "weak" students who were brutalized were the very Japanese, he boasts are superior.) This is a facade for his true goal of getting Japan to join the winning side of the next World War, though he fails to see a major flaw in his plan.
- A Lighter Shade of Black: Played with. He's less personally antagonistic towards the protagonists compared to the Kurogane Clan and doesn't discriminate based on rank, but his plan does have some dark ramifications, since it would result in Japan joining the imperialistic Union for the sake of minimizing their casualties in the inevitable world war. He's also more willing to work with terrorist organizations like Rebellion to get what he wants. In contrast, the Kurogane Clan just wants to maintain the social order of Japan, but brutally oppresses low-rankers out of fear that any success on their part could disturb that order.
- Obliviously Evil: He can't begin to comprehend how ordering a terrorist attack on a school in his own country, and on students composed almost entirely of his own citizens is a bad thing. He does acknowledge that it's unpleasant to be attacked but completely fails to see how the attack itself is wrong.
- President Evil: He was elected Prime Minister, and Kuruno points out in volume 5, chapter 1 that his personality is exactly the same as Prime Minister as it was when he was her teacher.
- Shut Up, Kirk!: Pulls this on Kurono when she confronts him regarding his plans to ignite world war three by using Rebellion and Akatsuki to commit terrorist acts.
- Tsukikage Bakuga: "Things have reached the point where I can not be stopped by a simple school teacher like you. Know your place, and do your duty as a school teacher should!"
- Stoic Spectacles: He wears glasses, and does not show emotion.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: His Noble Art predicted that the Union and League would go to war, resulting in the Union winning and destroying Japan. By forming Akatsuki, he hoped to ditch the League and join the Union to prevent Japan's destruction.
Iris Ascarid
An A-Ranked Blazer in the League of Mage-Knight Nations and also a former fourth-ranked in KOK A-League known as the Black Knight. She's also Or-Gaule's sister.
- Cain and Abel: She's the Abel to Or-Gaule's Cain, wanting to put an end to her brother's evil.
- Mystical White Hair: Like her brother, she has white hair. She's also a Desperado who has broken the chains of fate, granting her far greater magic power than even the strongest of normal Blazers.
- Powered Armor: Her Device takes the form as a full set of black armor.
- The Quiet One: She usually responds by nodding and rarely speaks.
- Rei Ayanami Expy: Short white hair? Check. Red eyes? Check. Stoic and quiet demeanor? Check. Has a supernatural quality that makes her stand out among regular people? Check.
- The Stoic: She's usually very calm, almost never changing her facial expression.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: She's very calm, stoic, and quiet, yet also kind and protective of others.
