Kirito

Kirito (キリト Kirito) is the main protagonist of the Sword Art Online light novel series. He was chosen as one of the 1000 beta testers for the Closed Beta of «Sword Art Online», the first ever VRMMORPG for the Nerve Gear. His real name is Kirigaya Kazuto (桐ヶ谷和人 Kirigaya Kazuto).

Personality

Kirito is someone who isn't good with words as said by Klein and can be quite direct. This is due to him not having many friendships and closing others off, because of his love for computers. As such he can come off as a rude person to others such as Lisbeth and Sinon. He sometimes actually seems to enjoy angering people as well.

However, Kirito is actually a kind person who just is misunderstood. Despite the general population opinion towards Beta Testers in SAO, he refused to abandon another player in trouble. This is only strengthed after the Black Cats of the Full Moon demise. He also comforts others who are scared or down such as Silica after she lost Pina. He claims to help some female players in SAO beacuse they remind him of his sister, who he feels guilty for believing he forced her into kendo. These kind acts have earn him respect and affection from many girls. Kirito, unlike usual male heroes, isn't very dense as he was able to tell Lisbeth was going to confess to him before Asuna interrupted.

Kirito is also a very emotional person and lets his emotions control him from time to time. The deaths of Sachi and Black Cats of the Full Moon haunted him until his marriage with Asuna. He snaps when Asuna's character was killed by Heathcliff. This worries his friends and allies as Kirito is someone who would let guilt ruin his life if not comforted. He also tries to hide his abilites not wanting uneeded attention.

After escaping SAO, Kirito attempts to repair his relationship with Suguha, his cousin. This shows Kirito is now attempting to make up for his past mistake of ignoring her, showing a sense of maturity. Kirito, later in the series, is shown to be a calm and mature player who can be teasing as well (something that annoys Sinon to no end being his main target).

Background

Born October 7, 2008, Kirigaya Kazuto was adopted by his aunt and uncle a year after his birth when his biological parents died in an accident. Raised by his foster parents as a son, he originally trained with his cousin in the neighborhood kendo dojo under their grandfather's tutelage. Due to his aunt's influence as an editor for a computer systems magazine, however, Kazuto fell in love with computers and dropped kendo after two years.

Kazuto has immense skill as a programmer, managing to build a computer from parts during elementary school, finding his erase records in the national registry at the age of ten, as well as managing to stop the SAO server from deleting Yui by converting her program into an object and storing her into his Nerve Gear as environmental data.

He currently lives with his family, adopted by his aunt and uncle after his parents died, though his uncle is often not around. He was raised as their son with his cousin as his sister. He was originally trained in kendo by his grandfather but had little interest in it, and as a result his sister began to cover for him.

Abilities

Sword Art Online (SAO)

• Level: 96
• HP: 18500
• Main Equipment:
  • ​「Anneal Blade」 (One Handed Straight Sword - «Secret Medicine of the Forest» Quest's reward)
  • 「Queen's Knightsword」 (One Handed Straight Sword - Dark Elf Queen's 9th floor Quest's reward)
  • 「Elucidator」 (One Handed Straight Sword - 50th Floor Boss drop)
  • 「Dark Repulser」 (One Handed Straight Sword - Player-made by Lisbeth)
  • 「BlackWyrm Coat」 (Leather Coat - Player-made by Ashley) - Last black coat
  • 「Coat of Midnight」 (Leather Coat - 1st Floor Boss drop) - First black coat
• Skill Slots: 12
• Equipped Skills:
  • One Handed Sword - 1000 «Mastered»
  • Dual Blades «Unique Skill» - 1000 «Mastered»
  • Blade Throwing - 967
  • Parry - 1000 «Mastered»
  • Battle Healing - 944
  • Searching - 1000 «Mastered»
  • Tracking - 963
  • Hiding - 1000 «Mastered»
  • Night Vision - 908
  • Extended Weight Limit - 949
  • Sprint - 870
  • Fishing - 604

One Handed Sword Skills

• Horizontal Square
• Flashing Penetrator
• Reaver
• Slant
• Vertical Square
• Vorpal Strike
• Weapon Break
• Deadly Sins
• Sonic Leap

Unarmed Skills

• Martial Arts
• Flash Hit
• Embracer
• Meteor Break
• Escape «Mastered»

Dual Blades Sword Skills

• Double Circular
• Starburst Stream
• The Eclipse
• Snake Bit

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