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* CatGirl: She invokes this in her personality, and the two tufts of hair atop her head that resemble cat ears. In the anime, she even [[ExpressiveHair waggles them]] while teasing Stella.
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* ArcherArchetype: Shizuya fits the bill, but is an antagonist rather than an ally.
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* DelicateButSickly: She may have had a chronic illness since birth, but it doesn't detract from her looks and curvaceous body.
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* DelicateButSickly: DelicateAndSickly: She may have had a chronic illness since birth, but it doesn't detract from her looks and curvaceous body.
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* ItAmusedMe: The reason she ''doesn't'' tell neither Stella nor Ikki about them sharing a room together.
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* ItAmusedMe: The reason she ''doesn't'' tell neither either Stella nor or Ikki about them sharing a room together.room.
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Teacher of Year One - Class 1 and Ikki's previous homeroom teacher. She was one of the few teachers that sympathized with Ikki's plight but due to her weak constitution, she couldn't do anything against the other teachers.
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Teacher of Year One - Class 1 and Ikki's previous homeroom teacher. She was one of the few teachers that who sympathized with Ikki's plight but due to her weak constitution, she couldn't do anything against the other teachers.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Yuri spills out quite a mouthful of blood shortly after her introduction as Ikki and Stella's homeroom teacher. They take her to the nurse's office afterward and she tells them this happens on a regular basis. Seems to be mostly PlayedForLaughs, though students do tend to worry about how much she coughs up.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Yuri's introduced, she informs her students about the upcoming duels while exhausted and then vomits blood.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Yuri's introduced, she informs her students about the upcoming duels while exhausted and then vomits blood.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Yuri spills out quite a mouthful of blood shortly after her introduction as Ikki and Stella's homeroom teacher. They take her to the nurse's office afterward and she tells them this happens on a regular basis.regularly. Seems to be mostly PlayedForLaughs, though students do tend to worry about how much she coughs up.
* DelicateButSickly: She may have had a chronic illness since birth, but it doesn't detract from her looks and curvaceous body.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: WhenYuri's Yuri is introduced, she informs her students about the upcoming duels while exhausted and then vomits blood.
* DelicateButSickly: She may have had a chronic illness since birth, but it doesn't detract from her looks and curvaceous body.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When
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* NiceGirl: She's a kind person in general, and is one of the few teachers who backed Ikki up, with him explicitly stating she is the main reason he is able to attend the academy in the first place.
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* KarmicJackpot: As the only teacher who treated Ikki kindly in his first year, she's implied to be one of the few, if ''only'', teachers to not be fired by Director Kurono.
* NiceGirl: She's a kind person in general, and is one of the few teachers who backed Ikki up, with him explicitly stating she is the main reason heis able to can attend the academy in the first place.
* NiceGirl: She's a kind person in general, and is one of the few teachers who backed Ikki up, with him explicitly stating she is the main reason he
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* AchillesHeel: His "Area Invisibility" only makes him and his arrows invisible to the naked eye, so if his opponents uses [[AreaOfEffect Ao[==]E]] attacks with an added SplashDamage, he's basically screwed. Also, if his opponents are keen enough, they can sense his position as well.
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* AchillesHeel: His "Area Invisibility" only makes him and his arrows invisible to the naked eye, so if his opponents uses use [[AreaOfEffect Ao[==]E]] attacks with an added SplashDamage, he's basically screwed. Also, if his opponents are keen enough, they can sense his position as well.
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* BarbaricBully: He's Ikki's primary tormenter at Hagun Academy. Not only did he have Ikki hospitalized during the latter's first year, but he manages to mock him in their duel towards the end of volume 1.
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* BarbaricBully: He's Ikki's primary tormenter at Hagun Academy. Not only did he have Ikki hospitalized during the latter's first year, but he manages managed to mock him in their duel towards the end of volume 1.
* CantCatchUp: [[spoiler:Volume 17 reveals that he's been undergoing training for an eventual rematch against Ikki as {{Revenge}} while also believing that the latter was only "lucky" to defeat him in Volume 1. It seems that Shizuya has not been getting the memo of Ikki's accomplishments this late into the series, never mind that he's a [[ScrewDestiny Desperado]].]]
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* CombatPragmatist: He takes full advantage of his long-range Device and his ability to become transparent to take down his melee orientated opponents. He's also not above TrashTalk and mind games to emotionally devastate his opponents as well.
* ConfusionFu: With the ability to become invisible and having the advantage of range to hit his opponents at unexpected angles makes Shizuya a formidable foe.
* CripplingOverspecialization: While "Area Invisibility" and the use of his weapon, Oborotsuki, gives him an advantage against opponents like Ikki, Kirihara can be located if the opponent either uses wide-area attacks or are keen enough to sense his position. As a long-range fighter, he is also helpless against those who specialize in close-range attacks.
* ConfusionFu: With the ability to become invisible and having the advantage of range to hit his opponents at unexpected angles makes Shizuya a formidable foe.
* CripplingOverspecialization: While "Area Invisibility" and the use of his weapon, Oborotsuki, gives him an advantage against opponents like Ikki, Kirihara can be located if the opponent either uses wide-area attacks or are keen enough to sense his position. As a long-range fighter, he is also helpless against those who specialize in close-range attacks.
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* CombatPragmatist: He takes full advantage of his long-range Device and his ability to become transparent to take down his melee orientated melee-orientated opponents. He's also not above TrashTalk and mind games to emotionally devastate his opponents as well.
* ConfusionFu:With the Shizuya's Blazer ability to become invisible and having the advantage of range to hit his opponents at unexpected angles makes Shizuya him a formidable foe.
* CripplingOverspecialization: While "Area Invisibility" and the use of his weapon, Oborotsuki, gives him an advantage against opponents like Ikki, Kirihara can be located if the opponent either uses wide-area attacks orare is keen enough to sense his position. As a long-range fighter, he is also helpless against those who specialize in close-range attacks.
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* CripplingOverspecialization: While "Area Invisibility" and the use of his weapon, Oborotsuki, gives him an advantage against opponents like Ikki, Kirihara can be located if the opponent either uses wide-area attacks or
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* DirtyCoward: Acts brave and "heroic" while he has the absolute advantage, and sadistically brutalized Ikki. However, the moment Ikki could fight back and had a chance of beating him, he breaks down and begs for mercy.
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* DirtyCoward: Acts brave and "heroic" while he has the absolute advantage, advantage and sadistically brutalized Ikki. However, the moment Ikki could fight fights back and had has a chance of beating him, he breaks down and begs for mercy.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: He mocks Ikki for forfeiting against him last year, though he did the same against an opponent in the Sword Art festival. He also calls Ikki a coward for being "afraid" of fighting him but is [[VillainsWantMercy soon begging for mercy]] as the latter was able to counter against all of his arrows.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: He mocks Ikki for forfeiting against him last year, though he did the same against an opponent in the Sword Art festival. He also calls Ikki a coward for being "afraid" of fighting him but is [[VillainsWantMercy soon begging for mercy]] as the latter was able to can counter against all of his arrows.
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* PsychoForHire: Downplayed in that he's not an assassin, but he was hired by [[spoiler:the Kurogane clan]] to obstruct Ikki. Given his attitude, it's unlikely that he needed anyone to tell him to torment Ikki anyways.
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* PsychoForHire: Downplayed in that he's not an assassin, but he was hired by [[spoiler:the Kurogane clan]] to obstruct Ikki. Given his attitude, it's unlikely that he needed anyone to tell him to torment Ikki anyways.anyway.
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* RedRightHand: A meta example. While all of the character stat sheets show a complete illustration of those it presents, Kirihara's the only one that presents him as a crude sketch, which is obvious that he's not a good person. [[spoiler:He does, however, gets a proper illustration in Volume 17.]]
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* RedRightHand: A meta example. While all of the character stat sheets show a complete illustration of those it presents, Kirihara's the only one that presents him as a crude sketch, which is makes it obvious that he's not a good person. [[spoiler:He does, however, gets a proper illustration in Volume 17.]]
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* UnskilledButStrong: {{Downplayed}}. While Kirihara does have a certain degree of skill in archery to fire his arrows, he mostly relies on the flawless camouflage of his Noble Art to beat his opponents. This gets [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in his fight against Ikki, who the latter manages to see through his invisibility, leading Kirihara practically defenseless as he keeps trying to spam his attacks which Ikki is also able to counter his arrows with ease.
* VillainousBreakdown: He completely breaks down after Ikki gains the advantage during their fight. Since his invisibility isn't working anymore, Kirihara uses his Million Rain attack to launch multiple arrows at once, but it's ineffective. Kirihara then starts wildly darting around to find an escape, all while [[VillainsWantMercy begging for mercy from Ikki]]. As a last resort, thinking Ikki is going to kill him, Kirihara starts crying and screams that he forfeits the fight. Ikki only leaves Kirihara with a small cut on the nose, but this is enough to make Kirihara faint from shock. The result is that Kirihara's reputation takes a massive blow after he's exposed as a DirtyCoward.
* VillainousBreakdown: He completely breaks down after Ikki gains the advantage during their fight. Since his invisibility isn't working anymore, Kirihara uses his Million Rain attack to launch multiple arrows at once, but it's ineffective. Kirihara then starts wildly darting around to find an escape, all while [[VillainsWantMercy begging for mercy from Ikki]]. As a last resort, thinking Ikki is going to kill him, Kirihara starts crying and screams that he forfeits the fight. Ikki only leaves Kirihara with a small cut on the nose, but this is enough to make Kirihara faint from shock. The result is that Kirihara's reputation takes a massive blow after he's exposed as a DirtyCoward.
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* UnskilledButStrong: {{Downplayed}}. While Kirihara does have a certain degree of skill in archery to fire his arrows, he mostly relies on the flawless camouflage of his Noble Art to beat his opponents. This gets [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in his fight against Ikki, who the latter manages to see through his invisibility, leading leaving Kirihara practically defenseless as he keeps trying to spam his attacks which Ikki is also able to counter his arrows with ease.
* VillainousBreakdown: He completely breaks down after Ikki gains the advantage during their fight. Since his invisibility isn't working anymore, Kirihara uses his Million Rain attack to launch multiple arrows at once, but it's ineffective. Kirihara then starts wildly darting around to find an escape, all while [[VillainsWantMercy begging for mercy from Ikki]]. As a last resort, thinking Ikki is going to kill him, Kirihara starts crying and screams that heforfeits will forfeit the fight. Ikki only leaves Kirihara with a small cut on the nose, but this is enough to make Kirihara faint from shock. The result is that Kirihara's reputation takes a massive blow after he's exposed as a DirtyCoward.
* VillainousBreakdown: He completely breaks down after Ikki gains the advantage during their fight. Since his invisibility isn't working anymore, Kirihara uses his Million Rain attack to launch multiple arrows at once, but it's ineffective. Kirihara then starts wildly darting around to find an escape, all while [[VillainsWantMercy begging for mercy from Ikki]]. As a last resort, thinking Ikki is going to kill him, Kirihara starts crying and screams that he
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: He delivers an epic CurbStompBattle towards Kirihara at the end of volume 1.
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* CastingGag: He's ironically voiced by Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka, who's usually typecast into NiceGuy HaremGenre roles.
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* {{Bokukko}}: She uses the gentle-masculine Japanese pronoun of "Boku" as opposed to the feminine of "Watashi" or "Atashi" to refer to herself. Justified in that as the only child of a traditional martial artist ''and'' the HeirToTheDojo, her father raised her as if [[WantedASonInstead he wanted a son rather than a traditional daughter]].
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* BoobsOfSteel: Like Stella, Ayase is quite stacked and is the heiress to her father's dojo.
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* BoobsOfSteel: Befitting her status as the most powerful female-warrior of Third Year, Toka's breasts are as stacked as she is powerful.
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* CounterAttack: Her sword technique is based on this.
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* CounterAttack: Her sword technique is based puts an emphasis on this.counter-attacks.
* HidingBehindYourBangs: Her bangs almost completely cover her right eye. Due to her shyness around boys, she gets so anxious she can barely look at Ikki at first, but gets over it after they start to train together.
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* ShrinkingViolet: Seems {{Subverted|Trope}}. Ayase is noted to be one at first, shown shy and gets very nervous around boys. However, her nervousness seems to disappear when she was too nervous to approach Ikki. Quickly trains as she becomes {{subverted}}.comfortable around Ikki when they practice sword techniques together.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Not only is he a jerk to Ikki, but he also tries to slander Stella by claiming her match with Ikki was fixed. Stella doesn't like Kirihara personally when she first meets him, and learning about the nature of his Noble Art and weapon of choice increase this dislike.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Not only is he a jerk to Ikki, but he also tries to slander Stella by claiming her match with Ikki was fixed. Stella doesn't like Kirihara personally when she first meets him, and learning about the nature of his Noble Art and weapon of choice increase increases this dislike.
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** His first name is translated as "Still Arrow", referencing hisOborotsuki.Oborotsuki.
** His title is "The Hunter", which fits his fighting style and Blazer ability.
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** His title is "The Hunter", which fits his fighting style and Blazer ability.
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The Japanese representative to the Olympics for Blazers, as well as a KOK [[note]]King Of Knights[[/note]] top contender, Nene is an extremely popular Blazer. She comes to the school on a teaching commission from Kurono and she immediately set her 'sights' on Ikki. [[spoiler:Like Ikki, she's a Desperado.]]
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The Japanese representative to the Olympics for Blazers, as well as a KOK [[note]]King Of Knights[[/note]] top contender, Nene is an extremely popular Blazer. She comes to the school on a teaching commission from Kurono and she immediately set her 'sights' on Ikki. [[spoiler:Like Ikki, she's a Desperado.]]
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* CombatHandFan: Her device.
* {{Crouching Moron Hidden Badass}}: Comes off at first as an incompetent comic relief buffoon. Later turns out to be an immensely powerful A-rank Blazer.
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* CombatHandFan: Her device.
Nene's device consists of a pair of iron fans.
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* {{Jerk with a Heart of Gold}}: Comes off at first as a petty and immature troll who does nothing but sexually harass female and male students alike. Later turns out to be willing to help out the heroes.
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* {{Jerk with a Heart of Gold}}: ImpossiblyLowNeckline: Her kimono tends to hang off her shoulders.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Comes off at first as a petty and immature troll who does nothing but sexually harass female and male students alike. Later turns out to be willing to help out the heroes.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Comes off at first as a petty and immature troll who does nothing but sexually harass female and male students alike. Later turns out to be willing to help out the heroes.
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* {{Gainaxing}}: Kagami's large breasts wrap around Ikki's arm when she hugs him. This causes Stella to [[GreenEyedMonster get instantly jealous]] and pout.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Not only is he a jerk to Ikki, but he also tries to slander Stella by claiming her match with Ikki was fixed. Stella doesn't like Kirihara personally when she first meets him, and learning about the nature of his Noble Art and WeaponOfChoice increase this dislike.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Not only is he a jerk to Ikki, but he also tries to slander Stella by claiming her match with Ikki was fixed. Stella doesn't like Kirihara personally when she first meets him, and learning about the nature of his Noble Art and WeaponOfChoice weapon of choice increase this dislike.
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* WeaponOfChoice: It's very fitting for a DirtyCoward who's afraid of taking pain to use a bow for long-range attacks.
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* ShesGotLegs: Made prominent as Ikki corrects her sword stance to better fit her father's sword technique for the female body.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Kirihara's loss to Ikki at the end of volume 1 as it revealed to everyone his true cowardly nature, which also cost him his GirlPosse.
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* IllGirl: On the very first day, she coughs up a lot of blood, which usually causes a MassOhCrap from her students.
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* CryCute: Good grief, she needs a hug ''badly'', especially after she cries adorable Tears of Relief after Ikki saves her father's dojo.
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* RainOfArrows: His "Million Rain" attack causes one arrow to explode into many. [[spoiler:It's taken UpToEleven when Kagami multiplies it up to ''ten'' times.]]
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* RainOfArrows: His "Million Rain" attack causes one arrow to explode into many. [[spoiler:It's taken UpToEleven when [[spoiler:Then Kagami multiplies it up to ''ten'' times.]]
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* {{Trickster Mentor}}: TricksterMentor: She acts as this for Stella in LN volume 5. She refuses to teach Stella anything and merely beats her up in an effort to force Stella to figure things out on her own.
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* TokenEvilTeamate: He's pretty much this among the Hagun students, [[spoiler:especially when the [[{{Eagleland}} Union]] comes to invade Japan in Volume 17]].
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* ParasolOfPrettiness: She's always carrying around a frilly parasol that plays up her gracefulness.
* ParasolOfPrettiness: She's always carrying around a frilly parasol that plays up her gracefulness.
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!!Faculty
[[folder: Director Kurono Shinguji (née Takizawa)]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarikoHigashiuchi (Japanese), Creator/KellyManison (English)
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->Rank: A
Device: Unnamed\\
Nickname: World Clock\\
The new director of Hagun Academy, Kurono is a young woman in her mid to upper twenties. In learning of Ikki Kurogane's situation, she immediately fired all the faculty who were in on the plot and altered the curriculum to end any chance of discrimination using school policies.
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* BenevolentBoss: She's always friendly and understanding in her charges.
* BigGood: She is the benevolent director of Hagun Academy.
* CoolTeacher: She has taken a liking to Ikki and supports his dream of becoming a strong Blazer.
* DarkIsNotEvil: She wears a black suit and is one of the good guys.
* GunsAkimbo: She wields a pair of black and white guns.
* TheGunslinger: She is extremely capable of using guns in battle.
* HappilyMarried: Confirmed by Tsukikage, who mentions that her last name used to be Takizawa. Not only that, but she has a child.
* HealingHands: Her time manipulation can be used to reverse wounds.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: She didn't use her Noble Art in her offscreen duel with Ikki, instead of relying solely on close combat ability.
* ItAmusedMe: The reason she ''doesn't'' tell neither Stella nor Ikki about them sharing a room together.
* RealityWarper: The reason her Noble Art, World Crisis, is banned is that it can permanently damage the space of the area it's used on.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: One of her first inclinations as director was to fire all of the teachers and faculty who had a hand in keeping Ikki Kurogane held back the previous year.
* RetiredBadass: She won the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival and became one of the third top-ranking Blazers in the King of Knights A-League before she retired.
* TheRival: Was one to Nene.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the anime's first episode, when Stella is going to burn Ikki out of anger, Kurono calmly leaves her office. She comes back in after the situation quickly blows over.
* ShutUpHannibal: In response to Tsukikage's ShutUpKirk line in his section, Kurono reminds him that it's too soon for him to declare victory since his students have yet to win the tournament.
--->'''Kurono:''' "In that case, I can still crush your ambitions through my students, without having to do anything myself."
* SmokingIsGlamorous: She is often seen smoking a cigarette.
* WhatTheHellHero: She calls Ikki on what he did when he first encountered Stella in their apartment in Volume 1.
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[[folder: Yuri Oreki]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IzumiKitta (Japanese), Creator/MollySearcy (English)
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->Rank: C\\
Device: Unnamed\\
Nickname: Violet Pain\\
Teacher of Year One - Class 1 and Ikki's previous homeroom teacher. She was one of the few teachers that sympathized with Ikki's plight but due to her weak constitution, she couldn't do anything against the other teachers.
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* BadassTeacher: She puts up a decent fight against Ikki in Volume 0, to the point of disarming him when he uses Ittou Shura.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Yuri spills out quite a mouthful of blood shortly after her introduction as Ikki and Stella's homeroom teacher. They take her to the nurse's office afterward and she tells them this happens on a regular basis. Seems to be mostly PlayedForLaughs, though students do tend to worry about how much she coughs up.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Yuri's introduced, she informs her students about the upcoming duels while exhausted and then vomits blood.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Seems like she doesn't get enough sleep despite constantly laying in bed due to losing so much blood.
* FirstNameBasis: She has students address her by her first name.
* GenkiGirl: Invokes this trope, despite her constitution.
* IllGirl: On the very first day, she coughs up a lot of blood, which usually causes a MassOhCrap from her students.
* InsistentTerminology: If you don't address her as Yuri-chan, she'll ignore you.
* NiceGirl: She's a kind person in general, and is one of the few teachers who backed Ikki up, with him explicitly stating she is the main reason he is able to attend the academy in the first place.
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: She vomits one liter of blood per day.
* RapunzelHair: Her long hair reaches down to her waist.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She often treats Ikki fairly from day one.
* SenseiChan: She tries way too hard to act cute in front of her students.
* {{Synchronization}}: Her special ability allows her and her opponent to share the same pain. This works in her favor because she's more used to feeling pain than most people.
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[[folder: Nene Saikyou]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukaIguchi (Japanese), Creator/HilaryHaag (English)
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->Rank: A\\
Device: Unnamed\\
Nickname: Demon Princess\\
The Japanese representative to the Olympics for Blazers, as well as a KOK [[note]]King Of Knights[[/note]] top contender, Nene is an extremely popular Blazer. She comes to the school on a teaching commission from Kurono and she immediately set her 'sights' on Ikki. [[spoiler:Like Ikki, she's a Desperado.]]
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: She is the third top-ranking Blazer in the King of Knights A-League and a teacher at Hagun Academy, and is also a badass fighter.
* ColonyDrop: Houdou Tensei uses gravity to drop space debris on the enemy, which is banned because it's as powerful as a nuke.
* CombatHandFan: Her device.
* {{Crouching Moron Hidden Badass}}: Comes off at first as an incompetent comic relief buffoon. Later turns out to be an immensely powerful A-rank Blazer.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Dark brown hair and eyes.
* DualWielding: She has two fans.
* EarlyBirdCameo: She has a prominent appearance in the first episode watching Ikki and Stella's duel.
* FlashStep: Has a version of this where she uses confusing footwork to make her opponent unconsciously fail to register her movements.
* GravityMaster: She can control gravity to weigh down her opponents or drop meteors.
* HimeCut: She has this hairstyle to provide her with the image of a Japanese lady.
* HotForStudent: She propositioned Ikki within 5 minutes of meeting him. One of the main reasons she accepted the teaching commission was because she'd get to be around young men all the time.
* {{Jerk with a Heart of Gold}}: Comes off at first as a petty and immature troll who does nothing but sexually harass female and male students alike. Later turns out to be willing to help out the heroes.
* OlderThanSheLooks: She's at ''least'' near Kurono's age as they were both in the same year but she looks like a 12-year-old.
* RapunzelHair: Her hair is about as long as she's tall.
* SkinshipGrope: She does this to Stella in episode 10, describing her breasts as "huge" and "super soft."
* {{Trickster Mentor}}: She acts as this for Stella in LN volume 5. She refuses to teach Stella anything and merely beats her up in an effort to force Stella to figure things out on her own.
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!!Students
[[folder: Kagami Kusakabe]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Yuka Aisaka (Japanese), Creator/ShannonEmerick (English)
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A 1st-year student who starts a newspaper club.
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* AlliterativeName: '''K'''agami '''K'''usakabe.
* CuteBookworm: While debatable of the "bookworm" part, Kagami is nevertheless a beautiful girl with a curvaceous body.
* EarlyBirdCameo: She appears during Ikki's bout with Stella in the anime's first episode.
* {{Gainaxing}}: Kagami's large breasts wrap around Ikki's arm when she hugs him. This causes Stella to [[GreenEyedMonster get instantly jealous]] and pout.
* IdiotHair: She has a couple of hair strands sticking out from the top of her head.
* IntrepidReporter: She is always seeking out stories and data about up-and-coming Blazers, to the point where she made the novels' stat sheets.
* SelfDuplication: [[spoiler:How her Blazer ability works, and it's not just limited to [[MesACrowd herself]], but her Noble Art, "Raise Up", can also multiply the effects of other ''Noble Arts'' as well.]]
* ScaryShinyGlasses: She gets these when she feels like she's uncovered a big story, or uncovered some juicy gossip.
* SheKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:She's knocked out and tied up by Alice when she discovers the identities of all the Akatsuki members.]]
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: It shows how she manages to create the stat sheets out-of-universe.
* StealthExpert: She is heavily implied to be one, especially when she witnesses Ikki's non-tournament duel with Kuraudo without being noticed by anyone.
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[[folder: Shizuya Kirihara]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka (Japanese), Creator/BlakeShepard (English)
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->2nd Year\\
Rank:C\\
Device: Oborotsuki\\
Nickname: Hunter\\
The Hunter. He was a top-ranked student last year, considered the best among the freshmen at the time.
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* AchillesHeel: His "Area Invisibility" only makes him and his arrows invisible to the naked eye, so if his opponents uses [[AreaOfEffect Ao[==]E]] attacks with an added SplashDamage, he's basically screwed. Also, if his opponents are keen enough, they can sense his position as well.
* AesopAmnesia: [[spoiler:In volume 17, he's shown to not changed his fatalistic outlook after his defeat, and only sees Ikki's victories as the latter being ''lucky'' rather than skilled.]]
* AintTooProudToBeg: Was in literal tears just moments before Ikki slashed at him.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Due to his over-reliance on his Noble Art, he'll never amount to Ikki, a fact that Stella acknowledges to Shizuya. Both fall under CripplingOverspecialization, but Ikki uses his head to overcome his weaknesses while Shizuya shuts down the moment his invisibility fails him.
* AntagonistAbilities: {{Invisibility}}, StealthExpert, ImprobableAimingSkills, and LongRangeFighter. The perfect counter to Ikki's melee fighting style.
* ArcherArchetype: Shizuya fits the bill, but is an antagonist rather than an ally.
* BarbaricBully: He's Ikki's primary tormenter at Hagun Academy. Not only did he have Ikki hospitalized during the latter's first year, but he manages to mock him in their duel towards the end of volume 1.
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:He hasn't made an appearance since the first volume, but has reappeared ''sixteen'' volumes later where he's been training for an upcoming rematch against Ikki.]].
* CastingGag: He's ironically voiced by Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka, who's usually typecast into NiceGuy HaremGenre roles.
* CheatersNeverProsper: He was initially a crowd-favorite and everyone knows that he cheats, ''especially'' Ikki.
* ChickMagnet: Until the ending of his duel with Ikki.
* CombatPragmatist: He takes full advantage of his long-range Device and his ability to become transparent to take down his melee orientated opponents. He's also not above TrashTalk and mind games to emotionally devastate his opponents as well.
* ConfusionFu: With the ability to become invisible and having the advantage of range to hit his opponents at unexpected angles makes Shizuya a formidable foe.
* CripplingOverspecialization: While "Area Invisibility" and the use of his weapon, Oborotsuki, gives him an advantage against opponents like Ikki, Kirihara can be located if the opponent either uses wide-area attacks or are keen enough to sense his position. As a long-range fighter, he is also helpless against those who specialize in close-range attacks.
* CruelMercy: Downplayed in that the teachers probably would have healed him regardless if he was dealt a fatal injury, but Ikki chooses not to injure him at all with his winning blow, instead just barely grazing his nose to make him faint from the horror in front of the school. This ends up humiliating Kirihara more than if he did receive an injury.
* DirtyCoward: Acts brave and "heroic" while he has the absolute advantage, and sadistically brutalized Ikki. However, the moment Ikki could fight back and had a chance of beating him, he breaks down and begs for mercy.
* DramaticIrony: [[{{Sadist}} He relishes inflicting pain onto others]], but can't stand to endure pain himself. [[spoiler:All it takes is a tiny one millimeter cut to the nose to make Kirihara faint.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: He appears during the first episode of the anime watching the battle between Ikki and Stella.
* EvilRedhead: He has red hair and he isn't the nicest person.
* FatalFlaw: His overconfidence and utter reliance on his Noble Art causes him to lose his duel with Ikki.
* FauxAffablyEvil: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, since he lacks the self-control to feign kindness for long periods. He claims he's a FriendlyRival to Ikki, but he can't keep up the facade for more than a few sentences before insulting his supposed "friend".
* GreenThumb: The anime gives him the ability to summon a forest, which gives him more vantage points.
* HateSink: His constant humiliation and violence towards Ikki are supposed to make Stella and the readers/viewers cheer for the protagonist when he finally wins.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His Noble Art against Ikki and creating a stir in their duel by having the audience chanting Ikki's nickname ends up causing Stella's inevitable AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. Ikki uses this as his HeroicSecondWind to finally defeat Kirihara and crush his overconfidence.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He mocks Ikki for forfeiting against him last year, though he did the same against an opponent in the Sword Art festival. He also calls Ikki a coward for being "afraid" of fighting him but is [[VillainsWantMercy soon begging for mercy]] as the latter was able to counter against all of his arrows.
* {{Invisibility}}: His overall Blazer ability; especially his Noble Art, ''Area Invisibility'', grants this not only to Kirihara but also to his arrows as well.
* {{Jerkass}}: Not only is he a jerk to Ikki, but he also tries to slander Stella by claiming her match with Ikki was fixed. Stella doesn't like Kirihara personally when she first meets him, and learning about the nature of his Noble Art and WeaponOfChoice increase this dislike.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: After getting away with tormenting and beating the crap out of Ikki in their Selection Match, Kirihara gets his first major comeuppance when Ikki overpowers him at the end of said match.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: He delivers an epic CurbStompBattle towards Kirihara at the end of volume 1.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Kirihara's loss to Ikki at the end of volume 1 as it revealed to everyone his true cowardly nature, which also cost him his GirlPosse.
* LongRangeFighter: Kirihara's fighting style is mainly composed of being completely invisible to his opponents, and shooting them with magic arrows.
* MeaningfulName: His first name is translated as "Still Arrow", referencing his Oborotsuki.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Hunter is a ''very'' scary name.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: His mockery of Ikki for being "The Worst One" during their duel ends up causing Stella's ShutUpHannibal and Ikki's HeroicSecondWind.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** In their first year, he delivers one to Ikki, in front of [[AdultsAreUseless a room full of teachers]] when the latter was forbidden from fighting back, for fear of expulsion. [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction The teachers in question gave him detention for putting Ikki in the hospital.]]
** He does this again to Ikki in their Selection Match, peppering the latter with his arrows in non-fatal places.
* OhCrap: When Ikki has his HeroicSecondWind and gains the upper hand against him.
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:In Volume 17, he intends to fight Ikki again after the events of their Selection Match.]]
* PsychoForHire: Downplayed in that he's not an assassin, but he was hired by [[spoiler:the Kurogane clan]] to obstruct Ikki. Given his attitude, it's unlikely that he needed anyone to tell him to torment Ikki anyways.
* RainOfArrows: His "Million Rain" attack causes one arrow to explode into many. [[spoiler:It's taken UpToEleven when Kagami multiplies it up to ''ten'' times.]]
* RedRightHand: A meta example. While all of the character stat sheets show a complete illustration of those it presents, Kirihara's the only one that presents him as a crude sketch, which is obvious that he's not a good person. [[spoiler:He does, however, gets a proper illustration in Volume 17.]]
* SlasherSmile: Gives a disturbing one as he continues to torment Ikki in their battle.
* SmugSnake: He gets extremely cocky around Ikki, having qualified as a Hagun Academy representative for the Seven Star Sword Art Festival the previous year, and claiming Ikki ran away from him during a fight. Ikki later clarifies to Stella that he simply chose not to fight back. Doing so would have given the previous director an excuse to expel him, due to pressure from his family not wanting him to be there at all.
* StarterVillain: He is the first villain Ikki encounters in Volume 1 as well as the series in general.
* StealthExpert: What makes Kirihara so terrifying is his Blazer ability to become invisible and that he uses a bow to shoot opponents from a distance makes him the strongest student in his first year.
* TokenEvilTeamate: He's pretty much this among the Hagun students, [[spoiler:especially when the [[{{Eagleland}} Union]] comes to invade Japan in Volume 17]].
* UnskilledButStrong: {{Downplayed}}. While Kirihara does have a certain degree of skill in archery to fire his arrows, he mostly relies on the flawless camouflage of his Noble Art to beat his opponents. This gets [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in his fight against Ikki, who the latter manages to see through his invisibility, leading Kirihara practically defenseless as he keeps trying to spam his attacks which Ikki is also able to counter his arrows with ease.
* VillainousBreakdown: He completely breaks down after Ikki gains the advantage during their fight. Since his invisibility isn't working anymore, Kirihara uses his Million Rain attack to launch multiple arrows at once, but it's ineffective. Kirihara then starts wildly darting around to find an escape, all while [[VillainsWantMercy begging for mercy from Ikki]]. As a last resort, thinking Ikki is going to kill him, Kirihara starts crying and screams that he forfeits the fight. Ikki only leaves Kirihara with a small cut on the nose, but this is enough to make Kirihara faint from shock. The result is that Kirihara's reputation takes a massive blow after he's exposed as a DirtyCoward.
* VillainsWantMercy: The moment Ikki saw through him, and by extension his techniques, he wastes no time begging for mercy. He outright screams for Ikki not to harm him, to the disgust of his GirlPosse.
* WakeUpCallBoss: He sets the pace for foes that have an overwhelming advantage against Ikki's pure melee style, to the point where he fared better than the ''Sword Eater'' himself.
* WeaponOfChoice: It's very fitting for a DirtyCoward who's afraid of taking pain to use a bow for long-range attacks.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: While he does shoot Ikki, Kirihara purposefully avoids finishing shots to drag out Ikki's suffering, which screws him over once Ikki regains his composure.
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[[folder: Renren Tomaru]]
->'''Voiced by:''' [[Creator/MaoIchimichi M.A.O]] (Japanese), Creator/TiffanyGrant (English)
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->2nd Year\\
Rank: C\\
Device: Mach Grid\\
Nickname: Runner's High
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has a notable tan complexion compared to the other Japanese cast.
* {{Bokukko}}: Uses the pronoun "Boku" when addressing herself.
* BoyishShortHair: Has short spiky hair to go with her tomboyish personality.
* ShesGotLegs: Considering her usual attire of wearing gym shorts, her tan legs are quite toned and supple.
* SpeedBlitz: She's able to move around the field so fast that'll create afterimages.
* SuperSpeed: Accumulates speed by taking steps, including hops.
* PassionateSportsGirl: She loves sports.
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[[folder: Ayase Ayatsuji]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuuKobayashi (Japanese), Chelsea Ryan [=McCurdy=] (English)
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->3rd Year\\
Rank: D\\
Device: Hizume\\
Nickname: N/A
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* AdaptationDyeJob: The manga and light novels have her hair black. In the anime, her hair is a very dark shade of blue.
* AlliterativeName: '''Aya'''se '''Aya'''tsuji
* BadassAdorable: While a coldly beautiful and skilled warrior, her sadness and vulnerability concerning the loss of her father's dojo and childhood home makes one want to hold and protect her.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: While she's certainly kind, her constant failure to beat Kuraudo causes her to resort to cheating against Ikki.
* BoobsOfSteel: Like Stella, Ayase is quite stacked and is the heiress to her father's dojo.
* {{Bokukko}}: She uses the gentle-masculine Japanese pronoun of "Boku" as opposed to the feminine of "Watashi" or "Atashi" to refer to herself. Justified in that as the only child of a traditional martial artist ''and'' the HeirToTheDojo, her father raised her as if he wanted a son rather than a traditional daughter.
* CheatersNeverProsper: She sets up a rather intricate minefield with her Noble Art and forces Ikki to exhaust Ittou Shura before the match starts. Despite this, she ends up losing not because her cheating got exposed but because her guilt distracts her from fighting properly.
* CounterAttack: Her sword technique is based on this.
* CryCute: Good grief, she needs a hug ''badly'', especially after she cries adorable Tears of Relief after Ikki saves her father's dojo.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the anime's first episode, Ayase watches Ikki's bout with Stella.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: She stalks Ikki by hiding under trees and when she is discovered, Ayase gets shocked and trips into a pond.
* {{Foil}}: She's a lower-ranked knight with a famous sword style who has suffered hardship and defeat just like Ikki. However, while Ikki continues to maintain his optimism and determination, Ayase eventually resorts to cheating to try and win. Also unlike Ikki, she's very close to her father which is a contrast to the chilly relationship in Ikki's family.
* HeiressToTheDojo: Unfortunately, she has to get the dojo back.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Ikki asks Oreki to decline to punish her for her cheating, but Ayase reports herself anyway.
* OhCrap: She is surprised when Ikki and his friends discover her hiding under the trees.
* PeekABangs: Her bangs seem to almost completely cover her right eye.
* RazorWind: She can use her ability to cause a delayed version of this.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Towards Kuraudo for putting her father in a coma.
* SemanticSuperpower: Her Blazer ability is to manipulate the concept of "Wounds", allowing her to make any wounds inflicted onto a living being or inorganic object by her Device more severe.
* ShesGotLegs: Made prominent as Ikki corrects her sword stance to better fit her father's sword technique for the female body.
* ShipperOnDeck: She fully supports Ikki and Stella's relationship, and provides Stella with much-needed advice and assistance.
* ShrinkingViolet: Seems to be one at first, shown when she was too nervous to approach Ikki. Quickly becomes {{subverted}}.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: She stalks Ikki because she wants to get tips for her sword technique. Though her father states that she did develop a crush, she's already stopped stalking him by then.
* YamatoNadeshiko: She's described as this by Ikki upon their first meeting.
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[[folder: President Toka Todo]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HisakoKanemoto (Japanese), Creator/StephanieWittels (English)
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->3rd Year\\
Rank: B\\
Device: Narukami\\
Nickname: Raikiri
The Student Council President of Hagun Academy. This bespectacled young woman is among one of the strongest Blazers of her generation at Hagun Academy.
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* TheAce: She was one of the previous Hagun representatives to the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival and is the strongest one in the school until her match with Ikki.
* AccentRelapse: When she gets angry at the student council members for goofing off, she switches to her accent.
* AlliterativeName: '''Tou'''ka '''Tou'''dou
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: She's the StudentCouncilPresident and Hagun's strongest fighter.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She can see electrical brain signals to predict her opponent's actions.
* BadassAdorable: A sweet, cuddly, kind and cheerful big-sister who cares for and looks after her juniors like a loving mother who also happens to be a walking abbatoir that can carve through armies like a hot knife through butter.
* BenevolentBoss: Being student council president doesn't prevent Toka from being very down to earth, respectful, humble, and kind to everyone.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: A sweet, loving and kind-hearted mother to orphaned children, and irrefutably the deadliest and most ''feared'' warrior of her generation.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: She's an easily flustered big sister who is prone to hilarious accidents, but is the greatest warrior throughout the academy to not only make Ikki and the Seven Star Sword King nervous, but is able to [[OneHitKill one-shot]] her opponents by calling down the lightning.
* BlindWithoutEm: Has poor eyesight without her glasses.
* BoobsOfSteel: Befitting her status as the most powerful female-warrior of Third Year, Toka's breasts are as stacked as she is powerful.
* ChildhoodFriends: She sort of grew up with fellow student council members Kanata and Utakata
* CuteClumsyGirl: Her non-combat appearance involves tripping while carrying a huge stack of papers.
* {{Determinator}}: She has a very strong motivation to win than most people, including Ikki, since she is fighting for her orphanage.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Downplayed. She isn't exactly blind but her Reverse Sight activates because of her poor eyesight after taking off her glasses.
* EveryoneHasStandards: She detests being used as an UnwittingPawn in turning against Ikki.
* FlashStep: She also uses the same trackless step as Nene. Since they both trained under the same master.
* FriendlyRival: With Ikki and Stella in the selection tournament.
* FriendToAllChildren: She's a hero to her orphanage and fights for their happiness.
* TheGlassesComeOff: She takes off her glasses whenever she gets serious.
* HonorBeforeReason: While she acknowledges during her battle with Ikki that if she dodged his attack she would win, yet chooses to instead face his strike head on.
* IaijutsuPractitioner: Her signature technique, Raikiri, uses magnetism to boost the power and speed of her draw. [[OneHitKill It's so powerful]] to the point that the previous Seven Stars champion didn't want to be hit by it.
* IdiotHair: She has a cowlick standing atop her head.
* TheKlutz: Outside of battle, she's ''very'' clumsy.
* LightningCanDoAnything: She can use it to enhance her muscles, read her opponent's brains, and enhance her iaijutsu.
* MsFanservice: Essentially the third-year equivalent of Stella when it comes to "embarrassingly comedic situations" and adorably-sexy official art.
* NiceGirl: Toka is a kind-hearted girl who was inspired by her late parents' upbringing to gain power so that she can be a strong and loving mother to orphans and children who are born less fortunate than she was.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:She gets this expression when Ouma not only NoSell both of her strongest Noble Arts, but witness the amount of scars on his body that tells out harden experience.]]
* PowerIncontinence: She can't touch electronic devices due to her high bioelectricity content which will short-circuit them.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Very much so. Shown in her detest of being an unwitting pawn in the scheme against Ikki.
* SingleStrokeBattle: Her match against Ikki is decided in a single strike, and she loses. She has no hard feelings about it.
* ShadowArchetype: To Ikki; both are kind-hearted and the ''finest'' warriors of their respective genders, yet whereas Ikki's kindness stems from the sadness of abuse by cruel and still living parents, Toka's kindness comes from the warm and loving upbringing of her late-parents.
* ShockAndAwe: Her element, which she's very versatile in use, allowing her to be a menace at all ranges.
* StudentCouncilPresident: She serves as the leader of Hagun Academy's student council.
* UnwittingPawn: In volume 3, she discovers that she's being used by the Ethics Committee to discredit Ikki. Fortunately, the scheme is exposed shortly after their duel.
* TheWorfEffect: She's a very powerful Blazer who can make both Ikki and the Seven Star Sword King nervous in a fight, but her one-sided defeat at the hands of [[spoiler:Ouma Kurogane]] really shows just how powerful the latter is and how his own training methods and real-life battle experience have created a significant gap between them.
* WorthyOpponent: With Ikki, which is why she's uncomfortable with being used as an UnwittingPawn in the Ethics Committee's scheme against him.
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[[folder: Treasurer Kanata Totukubara]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa (Japanese), Creator/ShelleyCaleneBlack (English)
->3rd Year\\
Rank: B\\
Device: Unnamed\\
Nickname: Scharlach Frau
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* ArrangedMarriage: Kanata reveals to Ikki in Volume 0 that she is in an arranged marriage, and after her final year at school she'll be wed and likely have to move to her betrothed's home country.
** Taking this into account, her hilariously awkward questions about kissing and the like become HarsherInHindsight, as Kanata hasn't even learned the ''name'' of the guy she's going to marry, much less fallen in love with him. She probably hoped that by asking Ikki (who's in a strong, healthy, and loving relationship) rather detailed questions about his bond with Stella, she could somewhat experience what it means to be in love with someone.
* ExtraOreDinary: Her Noble Art allows her to use shards of her sword to damage her opponent from the inside.
* EyeObscuringHat: Her eyes are always obscured by her hat.
* TheGadfly: Despite being raised as a proper lady, she loves to have fun and mess with people whenever she can.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blonde hair and has a friendly personality.
* HiddenDepths: On the surface, Kanata seems like a standard LadyOfWar: polite, proper, kicking ass when need be, and not much else. What most people don't know is that she's also a fun-loving prankster who's eager to know what it means to be in love and doesn't quite know how kissing works.
* {{Ojou}}: Kanata was born into a wealthy and influential family, and is expected to take part in ensuring its continued success. Part of the reason she isn't as bitter as she ought to be about her ArrangedMarriage is that she knows that her family does a lot to help the people of Japan, and this is her way of contributing to their efforts.
* ThePrankster: She admits to Ikki that she enjoys pranking other people for fun, and often went along with Utakata's schemes when they were younger.
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!!Faculty
[[folder: Director Kurono Shinguji (née Takizawa)]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarikoHigashiuchi (Japanese), Creator/KellyManison (English)
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->Rank: A
Device: Unnamed\\
Nickname: World Clock\\
The new director of Hagun Academy, Kurono is a young woman in her mid to upper twenties. In learning of Ikki Kurogane's situation, she immediately fired all the faculty who were in on the plot and altered the curriculum to end any chance of discrimination using school policies.
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* BenevolentBoss: She's always friendly and understanding in her charges.
* BigGood: She is the benevolent director of Hagun Academy.
* CoolTeacher: She has taken a liking to Ikki and supports his dream of becoming a strong Blazer.
* DarkIsNotEvil: She wears a black suit and is one of the good guys.
* GunsAkimbo: She wields a pair of black and white guns.
* TheGunslinger: She is extremely capable of using guns in battle.
* HappilyMarried: Confirmed by Tsukikage, who mentions that her last name used to be Takizawa. Not only that, but she has a child.
* HealingHands: Her time manipulation can be used to reverse wounds.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: She didn't use her Noble Art in her offscreen duel with Ikki, instead of relying solely on close combat ability.
* ItAmusedMe: The reason she ''doesn't'' tell neither Stella nor Ikki about them sharing a room together.
* RealityWarper: The reason her Noble Art, World Crisis, is banned is that it can permanently damage the space of the area it's used on.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: One of her first inclinations as director was to fire all of the teachers and faculty who had a hand in keeping Ikki Kurogane held back the previous year.
* RetiredBadass: She won the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival and became one of the third top-ranking Blazers in the King of Knights A-League before she retired.
* TheRival: Was one to Nene.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the anime's first episode, when Stella is going to burn Ikki out of anger, Kurono calmly leaves her office. She comes back in after the situation quickly blows over.
* ShutUpHannibal: In response to Tsukikage's ShutUpKirk line in his section, Kurono reminds him that it's too soon for him to declare victory since his students have yet to win the tournament.
--->'''Kurono:''' "In that case, I can still crush your ambitions through my students, without having to do anything myself."
* SmokingIsGlamorous: She is often seen smoking a cigarette.
* WhatTheHellHero: She calls Ikki on what he did when he first encountered Stella in their apartment in Volume 1.
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[[folder: Yuri Oreki]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IzumiKitta (Japanese), Creator/MollySearcy (English)
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->Rank: C\\
Device: Unnamed\\
Nickname: Violet Pain\\
Teacher of Year One - Class 1 and Ikki's previous homeroom teacher. She was one of the few teachers that sympathized with Ikki's plight but due to her weak constitution, she couldn't do anything against the other teachers.
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* BadassTeacher: She puts up a decent fight against Ikki in Volume 0, to the point of disarming him when he uses Ittou Shura.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Yuri spills out quite a mouthful of blood shortly after her introduction as Ikki and Stella's homeroom teacher. They take her to the nurse's office afterward and she tells them this happens on a regular basis. Seems to be mostly PlayedForLaughs, though students do tend to worry about how much she coughs up.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Yuri's introduced, she informs her students about the upcoming duels while exhausted and then vomits blood.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Seems like she doesn't get enough sleep despite constantly laying in bed due to losing so much blood.
* FirstNameBasis: She has students address her by her first name.
* GenkiGirl: Invokes this trope, despite her constitution.
* IllGirl: On the very first day, she coughs up a lot of blood, which usually causes a MassOhCrap from her students.
* InsistentTerminology: If you don't address her as Yuri-chan, she'll ignore you.
* NiceGirl: She's a kind person in general, and is one of the few teachers who backed Ikki up, with him explicitly stating she is the main reason he is able to attend the academy in the first place.
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: She vomits one liter of blood per day.
* RapunzelHair: Her long hair reaches down to her waist.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She often treats Ikki fairly from day one.
* SenseiChan: She tries way too hard to act cute in front of her students.
* {{Synchronization}}: Her special ability allows her and her opponent to share the same pain. This works in her favor because she's more used to feeling pain than most people.
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[[folder: Nene Saikyou]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukaIguchi (Japanese), Creator/HilaryHaag (English)
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->Rank: A\\
Device: Unnamed\\
Nickname: Demon Princess\\
The Japanese representative to the Olympics for Blazers, as well as a KOK [[note]]King Of Knights[[/note]] top contender, Nene is an extremely popular Blazer. She comes to the school on a teaching commission from Kurono and she immediately set her 'sights' on Ikki. [[spoiler:Like Ikki, she's a Desperado.]]
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: She is the third top-ranking Blazer in the King of Knights A-League and a teacher at Hagun Academy, and is also a badass fighter.
* ColonyDrop: Houdou Tensei uses gravity to drop space debris on the enemy, which is banned because it's as powerful as a nuke.
* CombatHandFan: Her device.
* {{Crouching Moron Hidden Badass}}: Comes off at first as an incompetent comic relief buffoon. Later turns out to be an immensely powerful A-rank Blazer.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Dark brown hair and eyes.
* DualWielding: She has two fans.
* EarlyBirdCameo: She has a prominent appearance in the first episode watching Ikki and Stella's duel.
* FlashStep: Has a version of this where she uses confusing footwork to make her opponent unconsciously fail to register her movements.
* GravityMaster: She can control gravity to weigh down her opponents or drop meteors.
* HimeCut: She has this hairstyle to provide her with the image of a Japanese lady.
* HotForStudent: She propositioned Ikki within 5 minutes of meeting him. One of the main reasons she accepted the teaching commission was because she'd get to be around young men all the time.
* {{Jerk with a Heart of Gold}}: Comes off at first as a petty and immature troll who does nothing but sexually harass female and male students alike. Later turns out to be willing to help out the heroes.
* OlderThanSheLooks: She's at ''least'' near Kurono's age as they were both in the same year but she looks like a 12-year-old.
* RapunzelHair: Her hair is about as long as she's tall.
* SkinshipGrope: She does this to Stella in episode 10, describing her breasts as "huge" and "super soft."
* {{Trickster Mentor}}: She acts as this for Stella in LN volume 5. She refuses to teach Stella anything and merely beats her up in an effort to force Stella to figure things out on her own.
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!!Students
[[folder: Kagami Kusakabe]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Yuka Aisaka (Japanese), Creator/ShannonEmerick (English)
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A 1st-year student who starts a newspaper club.
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* AlliterativeName: '''K'''agami '''K'''usakabe.
* CuteBookworm: While debatable of the "bookworm" part, Kagami is nevertheless a beautiful girl with a curvaceous body.
* EarlyBirdCameo: She appears during Ikki's bout with Stella in the anime's first episode.
* {{Gainaxing}}: Kagami's large breasts wrap around Ikki's arm when she hugs him. This causes Stella to [[GreenEyedMonster get instantly jealous]] and pout.
* IdiotHair: She has a couple of hair strands sticking out from the top of her head.
* IntrepidReporter: She is always seeking out stories and data about up-and-coming Blazers, to the point where she made the novels' stat sheets.
* SelfDuplication: [[spoiler:How her Blazer ability works, and it's not just limited to [[MesACrowd herself]], but her Noble Art, "Raise Up", can also multiply the effects of other ''Noble Arts'' as well.]]
* ScaryShinyGlasses: She gets these when she feels like she's uncovered a big story, or uncovered some juicy gossip.
* SheKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:She's knocked out and tied up by Alice when she discovers the identities of all the Akatsuki members.]]
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: It shows how she manages to create the stat sheets out-of-universe.
* StealthExpert: She is heavily implied to be one, especially when she witnesses Ikki's non-tournament duel with Kuraudo without being noticed by anyone.
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[[folder: Shizuya Kirihara]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka (Japanese), Creator/BlakeShepard (English)
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->2nd Year\\
Rank:C\\
Device: Oborotsuki\\
Nickname: Hunter\\
The Hunter. He was a top-ranked student last year, considered the best among the freshmen at the time.
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* AchillesHeel: His "Area Invisibility" only makes him and his arrows invisible to the naked eye, so if his opponents uses [[AreaOfEffect Ao[==]E]] attacks with an added SplashDamage, he's basically screwed. Also, if his opponents are keen enough, they can sense his position as well.
* AesopAmnesia: [[spoiler:In volume 17, he's shown to not changed his fatalistic outlook after his defeat, and only sees Ikki's victories as the latter being ''lucky'' rather than skilled.]]
* AintTooProudToBeg: Was in literal tears just moments before Ikki slashed at him.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Due to his over-reliance on his Noble Art, he'll never amount to Ikki, a fact that Stella acknowledges to Shizuya. Both fall under CripplingOverspecialization, but Ikki uses his head to overcome his weaknesses while Shizuya shuts down the moment his invisibility fails him.
* AntagonistAbilities: {{Invisibility}}, StealthExpert, ImprobableAimingSkills, and LongRangeFighter. The perfect counter to Ikki's melee fighting style.
* ArcherArchetype: Shizuya fits the bill, but is an antagonist rather than an ally.
* BarbaricBully: He's Ikki's primary tormenter at Hagun Academy. Not only did he have Ikki hospitalized during the latter's first year, but he manages to mock him in their duel towards the end of volume 1.
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:He hasn't made an appearance since the first volume, but has reappeared ''sixteen'' volumes later where he's been training for an upcoming rematch against Ikki.]].
* CastingGag: He's ironically voiced by Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka, who's usually typecast into NiceGuy HaremGenre roles.
* CheatersNeverProsper: He was initially a crowd-favorite and everyone knows that he cheats, ''especially'' Ikki.
* ChickMagnet: Until the ending of his duel with Ikki.
* CombatPragmatist: He takes full advantage of his long-range Device and his ability to become transparent to take down his melee orientated opponents. He's also not above TrashTalk and mind games to emotionally devastate his opponents as well.
* ConfusionFu: With the ability to become invisible and having the advantage of range to hit his opponents at unexpected angles makes Shizuya a formidable foe.
* CripplingOverspecialization: While "Area Invisibility" and the use of his weapon, Oborotsuki, gives him an advantage against opponents like Ikki, Kirihara can be located if the opponent either uses wide-area attacks or are keen enough to sense his position. As a long-range fighter, he is also helpless against those who specialize in close-range attacks.
* CruelMercy: Downplayed in that the teachers probably would have healed him regardless if he was dealt a fatal injury, but Ikki chooses not to injure him at all with his winning blow, instead just barely grazing his nose to make him faint from the horror in front of the school. This ends up humiliating Kirihara more than if he did receive an injury.
* DirtyCoward: Acts brave and "heroic" while he has the absolute advantage, and sadistically brutalized Ikki. However, the moment Ikki could fight back and had a chance of beating him, he breaks down and begs for mercy.
* DramaticIrony: [[{{Sadist}} He relishes inflicting pain onto others]], but can't stand to endure pain himself. [[spoiler:All it takes is a tiny one millimeter cut to the nose to make Kirihara faint.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: He appears during the first episode of the anime watching the battle between Ikki and Stella.
* EvilRedhead: He has red hair and he isn't the nicest person.
* FatalFlaw: His overconfidence and utter reliance on his Noble Art causes him to lose his duel with Ikki.
* FauxAffablyEvil: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, since he lacks the self-control to feign kindness for long periods. He claims he's a FriendlyRival to Ikki, but he can't keep up the facade for more than a few sentences before insulting his supposed "friend".
* GreenThumb: The anime gives him the ability to summon a forest, which gives him more vantage points.
* HateSink: His constant humiliation and violence towards Ikki are supposed to make Stella and the readers/viewers cheer for the protagonist when he finally wins.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His Noble Art against Ikki and creating a stir in their duel by having the audience chanting Ikki's nickname ends up causing Stella's inevitable AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. Ikki uses this as his HeroicSecondWind to finally defeat Kirihara and crush his overconfidence.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He mocks Ikki for forfeiting against him last year, though he did the same against an opponent in the Sword Art festival. He also calls Ikki a coward for being "afraid" of fighting him but is [[VillainsWantMercy soon begging for mercy]] as the latter was able to counter against all of his arrows.
* {{Invisibility}}: His overall Blazer ability; especially his Noble Art, ''Area Invisibility'', grants this not only to Kirihara but also to his arrows as well.
* {{Jerkass}}: Not only is he a jerk to Ikki, but he also tries to slander Stella by claiming her match with Ikki was fixed. Stella doesn't like Kirihara personally when she first meets him, and learning about the nature of his Noble Art and WeaponOfChoice increase this dislike.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: After getting away with tormenting and beating the crap out of Ikki in their Selection Match, Kirihara gets his first major comeuppance when Ikki overpowers him at the end of said match.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: He delivers an epic CurbStompBattle towards Kirihara at the end of volume 1.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Kirihara's loss to Ikki at the end of volume 1 as it revealed to everyone his true cowardly nature, which also cost him his GirlPosse.
* LongRangeFighter: Kirihara's fighting style is mainly composed of being completely invisible to his opponents, and shooting them with magic arrows.
* MeaningfulName: His first name is translated as "Still Arrow", referencing his Oborotsuki.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Hunter is a ''very'' scary name.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: His mockery of Ikki for being "The Worst One" during their duel ends up causing Stella's ShutUpHannibal and Ikki's HeroicSecondWind.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** In their first year, he delivers one to Ikki, in front of [[AdultsAreUseless a room full of teachers]] when the latter was forbidden from fighting back, for fear of expulsion. [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction The teachers in question gave him detention for putting Ikki in the hospital.]]
** He does this again to Ikki in their Selection Match, peppering the latter with his arrows in non-fatal places.
* OhCrap: When Ikki has his HeroicSecondWind and gains the upper hand against him.
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:In Volume 17, he intends to fight Ikki again after the events of their Selection Match.]]
* PsychoForHire: Downplayed in that he's not an assassin, but he was hired by [[spoiler:the Kurogane clan]] to obstruct Ikki. Given his attitude, it's unlikely that he needed anyone to tell him to torment Ikki anyways.
* RainOfArrows: His "Million Rain" attack causes one arrow to explode into many. [[spoiler:It's taken UpToEleven when Kagami multiplies it up to ''ten'' times.]]
* RedRightHand: A meta example. While all of the character stat sheets show a complete illustration of those it presents, Kirihara's the only one that presents him as a crude sketch, which is obvious that he's not a good person. [[spoiler:He does, however, gets a proper illustration in Volume 17.]]
* SlasherSmile: Gives a disturbing one as he continues to torment Ikki in their battle.
* SmugSnake: He gets extremely cocky around Ikki, having qualified as a Hagun Academy representative for the Seven Star Sword Art Festival the previous year, and claiming Ikki ran away from him during a fight. Ikki later clarifies to Stella that he simply chose not to fight back. Doing so would have given the previous director an excuse to expel him, due to pressure from his family not wanting him to be there at all.
* StarterVillain: He is the first villain Ikki encounters in Volume 1 as well as the series in general.
* StealthExpert: What makes Kirihara so terrifying is his Blazer ability to become invisible and that he uses a bow to shoot opponents from a distance makes him the strongest student in his first year.
* TokenEvilTeamate: He's pretty much this among the Hagun students, [[spoiler:especially when the [[{{Eagleland}} Union]] comes to invade Japan in Volume 17]].
* UnskilledButStrong: {{Downplayed}}. While Kirihara does have a certain degree of skill in archery to fire his arrows, he mostly relies on the flawless camouflage of his Noble Art to beat his opponents. This gets [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in his fight against Ikki, who the latter manages to see through his invisibility, leading Kirihara practically defenseless as he keeps trying to spam his attacks which Ikki is also able to counter his arrows with ease.
* VillainousBreakdown: He completely breaks down after Ikki gains the advantage during their fight. Since his invisibility isn't working anymore, Kirihara uses his Million Rain attack to launch multiple arrows at once, but it's ineffective. Kirihara then starts wildly darting around to find an escape, all while [[VillainsWantMercy begging for mercy from Ikki]]. As a last resort, thinking Ikki is going to kill him, Kirihara starts crying and screams that he forfeits the fight. Ikki only leaves Kirihara with a small cut on the nose, but this is enough to make Kirihara faint from shock. The result is that Kirihara's reputation takes a massive blow after he's exposed as a DirtyCoward.
* VillainsWantMercy: The moment Ikki saw through him, and by extension his techniques, he wastes no time begging for mercy. He outright screams for Ikki not to harm him, to the disgust of his GirlPosse.
* WakeUpCallBoss: He sets the pace for foes that have an overwhelming advantage against Ikki's pure melee style, to the point where he fared better than the ''Sword Eater'' himself.
* WeaponOfChoice: It's very fitting for a DirtyCoward who's afraid of taking pain to use a bow for long-range attacks.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: While he does shoot Ikki, Kirihara purposefully avoids finishing shots to drag out Ikki's suffering, which screws him over once Ikki regains his composure.
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[[folder: Renren Tomaru]]
->'''Voiced by:''' [[Creator/MaoIchimichi M.A.O]] (Japanese), Creator/TiffanyGrant (English)
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->2nd Year\\
Rank: C\\
Device: Mach Grid\\
Nickname: Runner's High
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has a notable tan complexion compared to the other Japanese cast.
* {{Bokukko}}: Uses the pronoun "Boku" when addressing herself.
* BoyishShortHair: Has short spiky hair to go with her tomboyish personality.
* ShesGotLegs: Considering her usual attire of wearing gym shorts, her tan legs are quite toned and supple.
* SpeedBlitz: She's able to move around the field so fast that'll create afterimages.
* SuperSpeed: Accumulates speed by taking steps, including hops.
* PassionateSportsGirl: She loves sports.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Ayase Ayatsuji]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuuKobayashi (Japanese), Chelsea Ryan [=McCurdy=] (English)
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->3rd Year\\
Rank: D\\
Device: Hizume\\
Nickname: N/A
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* AdaptationDyeJob: The manga and light novels have her hair black. In the anime, her hair is a very dark shade of blue.
* AlliterativeName: '''Aya'''se '''Aya'''tsuji
* BadassAdorable: While a coldly beautiful and skilled warrior, her sadness and vulnerability concerning the loss of her father's dojo and childhood home makes one want to hold and protect her.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: While she's certainly kind, her constant failure to beat Kuraudo causes her to resort to cheating against Ikki.
* BoobsOfSteel: Like Stella, Ayase is quite stacked and is the heiress to her father's dojo.
* {{Bokukko}}: She uses the gentle-masculine Japanese pronoun of "Boku" as opposed to the feminine of "Watashi" or "Atashi" to refer to herself. Justified in that as the only child of a traditional martial artist ''and'' the HeirToTheDojo, her father raised her as if he wanted a son rather than a traditional daughter.
* CheatersNeverProsper: She sets up a rather intricate minefield with her Noble Art and forces Ikki to exhaust Ittou Shura before the match starts. Despite this, she ends up losing not because her cheating got exposed but because her guilt distracts her from fighting properly.
* CounterAttack: Her sword technique is based on this.
* CryCute: Good grief, she needs a hug ''badly'', especially after she cries adorable Tears of Relief after Ikki saves her father's dojo.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the anime's first episode, Ayase watches Ikki's bout with Stella.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: She stalks Ikki by hiding under trees and when she is discovered, Ayase gets shocked and trips into a pond.
* {{Foil}}: She's a lower-ranked knight with a famous sword style who has suffered hardship and defeat just like Ikki. However, while Ikki continues to maintain his optimism and determination, Ayase eventually resorts to cheating to try and win. Also unlike Ikki, she's very close to her father which is a contrast to the chilly relationship in Ikki's family.
* HeiressToTheDojo: Unfortunately, she has to get the dojo back.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Ikki asks Oreki to decline to punish her for her cheating, but Ayase reports herself anyway.
* OhCrap: She is surprised when Ikki and his friends discover her hiding under the trees.
* PeekABangs: Her bangs seem to almost completely cover her right eye.
* RazorWind: She can use her ability to cause a delayed version of this.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Towards Kuraudo for putting her father in a coma.
* SemanticSuperpower: Her Blazer ability is to manipulate the concept of "Wounds", allowing her to make any wounds inflicted onto a living being or inorganic object by her Device more severe.
* ShesGotLegs: Made prominent as Ikki corrects her sword stance to better fit her father's sword technique for the female body.
* ShipperOnDeck: She fully supports Ikki and Stella's relationship, and provides Stella with much-needed advice and assistance.
* ShrinkingViolet: Seems to be one at first, shown when she was too nervous to approach Ikki. Quickly becomes {{subverted}}.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: She stalks Ikki because she wants to get tips for her sword technique. Though her father states that she did develop a crush, she's already stopped stalking him by then.
* YamatoNadeshiko: She's described as this by Ikki upon their first meeting.
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[[folder: President Toka Todo]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HisakoKanemoto (Japanese), Creator/StephanieWittels (English)
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->3rd Year\\
Rank: B\\
Device: Narukami\\
Nickname: Raikiri
The Student Council President of Hagun Academy. This bespectacled young woman is among one of the strongest Blazers of her generation at Hagun Academy.
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* TheAce: She was one of the previous Hagun representatives to the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival and is the strongest one in the school until her match with Ikki.
* AccentRelapse: When she gets angry at the student council members for goofing off, she switches to her accent.
* AlliterativeName: '''Tou'''ka '''Tou'''dou
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: She's the StudentCouncilPresident and Hagun's strongest fighter.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She can see electrical brain signals to predict her opponent's actions.
* BadassAdorable: A sweet, cuddly, kind and cheerful big-sister who cares for and looks after her juniors like a loving mother who also happens to be a walking abbatoir that can carve through armies like a hot knife through butter.
* BenevolentBoss: Being student council president doesn't prevent Toka from being very down to earth, respectful, humble, and kind to everyone.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: A sweet, loving and kind-hearted mother to orphaned children, and irrefutably the deadliest and most ''feared'' warrior of her generation.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: She's an easily flustered big sister who is prone to hilarious accidents, but is the greatest warrior throughout the academy to not only make Ikki and the Seven Star Sword King nervous, but is able to [[OneHitKill one-shot]] her opponents by calling down the lightning.
* BlindWithoutEm: Has poor eyesight without her glasses.
* BoobsOfSteel: Befitting her status as the most powerful female-warrior of Third Year, Toka's breasts are as stacked as she is powerful.
* ChildhoodFriends: She sort of grew up with fellow student council members Kanata and Utakata
* CuteClumsyGirl: Her non-combat appearance involves tripping while carrying a huge stack of papers.
* {{Determinator}}: She has a very strong motivation to win than most people, including Ikki, since she is fighting for her orphanage.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Downplayed. She isn't exactly blind but her Reverse Sight activates because of her poor eyesight after taking off her glasses.
* EveryoneHasStandards: She detests being used as an UnwittingPawn in turning against Ikki.
* FlashStep: She also uses the same trackless step as Nene. Since they both trained under the same master.
* FriendlyRival: With Ikki and Stella in the selection tournament.
* FriendToAllChildren: She's a hero to her orphanage and fights for their happiness.
* TheGlassesComeOff: She takes off her glasses whenever she gets serious.
* HonorBeforeReason: While she acknowledges during her battle with Ikki that if she dodged his attack she would win, yet chooses to instead face his strike head on.
* IaijutsuPractitioner: Her signature technique, Raikiri, uses magnetism to boost the power and speed of her draw. [[OneHitKill It's so powerful]] to the point that the previous Seven Stars champion didn't want to be hit by it.
* IdiotHair: She has a cowlick standing atop her head.
* TheKlutz: Outside of battle, she's ''very'' clumsy.
* LightningCanDoAnything: She can use it to enhance her muscles, read her opponent's brains, and enhance her iaijutsu.
* MsFanservice: Essentially the third-year equivalent of Stella when it comes to "embarrassingly comedic situations" and adorably-sexy official art.
* NiceGirl: Toka is a kind-hearted girl who was inspired by her late parents' upbringing to gain power so that she can be a strong and loving mother to orphans and children who are born less fortunate than she was.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:She gets this expression when Ouma not only NoSell both of her strongest Noble Arts, but witness the amount of scars on his body that tells out harden experience.]]
* PowerIncontinence: She can't touch electronic devices due to her high bioelectricity content which will short-circuit them.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Very much so. Shown in her detest of being an unwitting pawn in the scheme against Ikki.
* SingleStrokeBattle: Her match against Ikki is decided in a single strike, and she loses. She has no hard feelings about it.
* ShadowArchetype: To Ikki; both are kind-hearted and the ''finest'' warriors of their respective genders, yet whereas Ikki's kindness stems from the sadness of abuse by cruel and still living parents, Toka's kindness comes from the warm and loving upbringing of her late-parents.
* ShockAndAwe: Her element, which she's very versatile in use, allowing her to be a menace at all ranges.
* StudentCouncilPresident: She serves as the leader of Hagun Academy's student council.
* UnwittingPawn: In volume 3, she discovers that she's being used by the Ethics Committee to discredit Ikki. Fortunately, the scheme is exposed shortly after their duel.
* TheWorfEffect: She's a very powerful Blazer who can make both Ikki and the Seven Star Sword King nervous in a fight, but her one-sided defeat at the hands of [[spoiler:Ouma Kurogane]] really shows just how powerful the latter is and how his own training methods and real-life battle experience have created a significant gap between them.
* WorthyOpponent: With Ikki, which is why she's uncomfortable with being used as an UnwittingPawn in the Ethics Committee's scheme against him.
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[[folder: Treasurer Kanata Totukubara]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa (Japanese), Creator/ShelleyCaleneBlack (English)
->3rd Year\\
Rank: B\\
Device: Unnamed\\
Nickname: Scharlach Frau
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* ArrangedMarriage: Kanata reveals to Ikki in Volume 0 that she is in an arranged marriage, and after her final year at school she'll be wed and likely have to move to her betrothed's home country.
** Taking this into account, her hilariously awkward questions about kissing and the like become HarsherInHindsight, as Kanata hasn't even learned the ''name'' of the guy she's going to marry, much less fallen in love with him. She probably hoped that by asking Ikki (who's in a strong, healthy, and loving relationship) rather detailed questions about his bond with Stella, she could somewhat experience what it means to be in love with someone.
* ExtraOreDinary: Her Noble Art allows her to use shards of her sword to damage her opponent from the inside.
* EyeObscuringHat: Her eyes are always obscured by her hat.
* TheGadfly: Despite being raised as a proper lady, she loves to have fun and mess with people whenever she can.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blonde hair and has a friendly personality.
* HiddenDepths: On the surface, Kanata seems like a standard LadyOfWar: polite, proper, kicking ass when need be, and not much else. What most people don't know is that she's also a fun-loving prankster who's eager to know what it means to be in love and doesn't quite know how kissing works.
* {{Ojou}}: Kanata was born into a wealthy and influential family, and is expected to take part in ensuring its continued success. Part of the reason she isn't as bitter as she ought to be about her ArrangedMarriage is that she knows that her family does a lot to help the people of Japan, and this is her way of contributing to their efforts.
* ThePrankster: She admits to Ikki that she enjoys pranking other people for fun, and often went along with Utakata's schemes when they were younger.
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