Ayano Kannagi

"I hate to disappoint you, but if you think I'm intimidated by your virtual fire magic, you're crazy. And I promise you this much; I'll die before I hand over the sacred name and title of the Kanangi clan to some random family."

- Ayano Kannagi Ayano Kannagi is the main female protagonist of the light novel and anime series Kaze no Stigma. She is the future head of the Kannagi family, the inheritor of Enraiha and the daughter of the current head Juugo Kannagi. She is also the second cousin of Kazuma Yagami and Ren Kannagi, as well as the love interest of the former.

She is voiced by Ayumi Fujimura in the Japanese version of the anime and Cherami Leigh in the English version.

Appearance
Ayano is a young girl of average height with long red hair and red eyes. She is normally always seen wearing her school uniform, though she is seen changing her outfit on occasion.

Personality
"Kazuma: If you ask me, you're a stubborn, spoiled brat. Ayano: I AM NOT! Kazuma: Once you've made up you're mind about something, you won't change it even if all the evidence proves you wrong. Ayano: What? Take that back."

- Ayano and Kazuma argue Ayano takes her role as the next head of the Kannagi family very seriously. She's brash, short-tempered, impetuous and easily as arrogant as her cousin. She rarely thinks things through, preferring to charge in blindly to situations and believing that any problem can be solved with brute force. Whenever a problem arises for the family, Ayano is usually unable to see that it was the very policies of the Kannagi family that caused the problem in the first place, believing that there is nothing wrong with the way the Kannagis do things. She can also be very stubborn, sometimes refusing to admit when she's wrong even if all the evidence points against her.

Despite claiming to hate Kazuma, Ayano develops a crush on him, but gets angry when he flirts and makes a move on her and is prone to throwing fits of rage when he gets close to another woman, making her a tsundere. She later comes to realize that she is actually in love with him. Kazuma is also the only person she sees as stronger in power and presence than even her own father.

Ayano also has something of a sweet tooth, spending a lot of time at cake shops after school and gorging herself on sweets, especially if she's in a bad mood.

Trivia

 * Cherami Leigh, who voices Ayano in the dub, also voices Shana in seasons 2 & 3 of Shakugan no Shana. The two share numerous similarities, including wielding flaming swords and having tsundere personalities. Additionally, both lose their love interest (Kazuma Yagami and Yuuji Sakai, respectively) to the dark side and attempt (successfully) to turn them back over to their side.
 * In a way, Ayano is also similar to Natsu Dragneel and the Human Torch, in that all three of them have fire-based powers which reflect their hot-headed and impulsive personalities. Coincidentally, Cherami Leigh is perhaps best known for voicing Lucy Heartfilia.