| “ | The mirror does not lie. It sees all strengths and faults. | „ |
| ~ Chizuru Kagura |
Chizuru Kagura is one of the main characters of King of Fighters franchise, who hosted The King of Fighters '96 as a sub-boss and becomes one of the 3 Sacred Treasures along with Kyo and Iori in the Orochi saga.
She is voiced by Akiko Saito, Yukiko Sugawa and Sayaka Ōhara.
She is one of the six mascots created for SNK, with the other four being Terry Bogard, Mai Shiranui, Kyo Kusanagi, Iori Yagami, and Ryo Sakazaki.
Biography[]
Chizuru is a young woman among the two heiresses of the Yata clan, and the other is her twin sister Maki Kagura. As the heiress of Yata, she grew up as a priestess and was given responsibility for keeping Orochi's complete diligent seal. One night, Gonitz visited their home with the intention of destroying the seals. Maki faced him, but because of the power of their tribes, they could not fight Orochi without the help of two other clan, and Goenitz was too powerful one of the Heavenly Kings, she lost and suffered fatal injuries. Goenitz destroyed the seals and leaves and satisfied a small but released Orochi. Before her death, Maki passed the responsibility of the seal to Chizuru, asking her to join the three clans again to defeat Orochi.
Ten years later, Chizuru became a very successful and prestigious business woman under the family named Kagura. Since the beginning with Geese Howard, she has secretly tracked The King of Fighters tournaments and held a tournament in 1996, hoping to let the other two heirs Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami help her replace the broken seal. Although both Kyo and Iori were protesting, the three of them successfully completed their mission at the climax of The King of Fighters 97. She hosted another King of Fighters tournament in 2003 with similar intent to previous attempts. However, during the tournament, it was revealed that Chizuru was under the control of the mysterious puppet operator Botan, a member from the past.
Ironically, she eventually used the power of the Yata Mirror to take advantage of her power to fight against the fantasy of her sister Maki as a deputy boss in the game. Eventually, she got rid of Botan's control and tried to restore Orochi's seal, but Ash Crimson stole her power before she could. She survived the attack, but could no longer participate in the battle, demanding that Kyo's self-proclaimed disciple Shingo Yabuki fill her position in the "King of Warriors". She talks to Benimaru Nikaido and keeps in touch with current events and Ash's actions. When Ash disappeared in the King of Fighters XIII, her power came back.
Before the start of the King of Fighters XIV tournament, Chizuru felt an evil threat that distorted the real structure and worried that Orochi's soul might be included in Verse. After Verse was defeated, Iori contacted her to come to Hungary to go to the Orochi reform. Chizuru called Kyo and they re-closed the weakened Orochi.
Personality[]
Having to watch her own sister murdered in front of her, Chizuru took that trauma and focused on sealing Orochi, becoming very serious. After Orochi was sealed, however, she started to lighten up thanks to Mai, King, and King's brother, Jan.
Abilities[]
- Divination - As a priestess, she can foretell some future events. She can also learn a person's history with said power.
- Mirror Image - Chizuru can create copies of herself. The copies, when created, may only move, attack and disappear. With little effort, Chizuru can make the copies attack more than once or create more than one copy. She can also switch places with one of her copies, an ability usually used to follow up on an attack from her copies with another attack of her own. It is implied that she doesn't master this ability, yet. If any of her mirror images get hit, Chizuru will receive the damage and her copy will disappear. Her sister, Maki, for comparison, is not limited in this way. Her copies act more like projectiles, if they are hit by one they will negate each other, and they are impossible to be stricken physically.
- Reflector - By the power of the mirror, Chizuru can reflect projectiles.
- Energy Manipulation - Chizuru can use energy to send enemies away.
- Seal Powers - With the Yata Mirror, Chizuru can seal her enemy's special powers and abilities for a few moments.
- Create Shadow - Chizuru can use the power of the Yata Mirror to create shadows of living or dead beings. She used this power in KOF 2003 to create Kusanagi, a shadow of Kyo, and also to create a shadow of her own sister, Maki.
- Seal - Being of Yata heritage, Chizuru can use her powers to seal Orochi in another dimension.
- Telepathy - Using the Yata Mirror, Chizuru can speak into other people's minds. She can also temporarily possess people for similar purposes.
- Teleport - While Chizuru's ability to disappear and reappear in a different location isn't mentioned, Ash gains this ability after stealing her Yata Mirror, as shown in the endings of KOF 2003 and KOF XI. The distance the user can cover is very far, as shown in KOF XIII where Ash was able to teleport onto Sky Noah.
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Trivia[]
- Chizuru resembles Jun Kazama from Tekken, they both have white headband and black hair.
