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Kagaya Ubuyashiki (産屋敷 耀哉, Ubuyashiki Kagaya) is a major supporting character of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. He is the invalid but brilliant leader of the Demon Slayer Corps as well as 95th of his family line.
He is voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese) and Matthew Mercer (English).
Appearance[]
Kagaya has light skin, shoulder-length black hair and he has a curse mark that is slowly killing him that also makes his skin look as if it was rotting spreading down his face and covering his eyes making him unable to see, by the time of his death this curse had spread all over his body making moving nearly impossible. At Kagaya's death, Muzan Kibutsuji described him as having a smile that was similar to that of a Buddha.
He wears a plain black kimono secured with a tan-colored braided obi over a white juban. His also wears a white, calf-length haori with a unique design of gradient flames of the colors purple and salmon pink rising from the hem up to the half of the sleeves.
Personality[]
Kagaya is a kind man who loves his subordinates like his own children that he is still willing to go to extremes to see the monstrous Muzan Kibutsuji dead, subjecting the trainees to a potentially deadly selection process where they have to fight captive demons, while also memorizing the names and faces of every single Demon Slayer who dies.
A genius planner, he keeps Muzan and his forces at bay through a complex hiding system to defend his strongholds and sets plans to move and crush the powerful Twelve Kizuki of the demon forces. Captivating the love of his subordinates with his natural charisma, Kagaya uses himself, his wife Amane Ubuyashiki and his two eldest daughters as bait for Muzan himself to sacrifice all their lives in an explosion and give the Demon Slayer elites a chance to kill Muzan for good.
Abilities[]
Kagaya has a very unique ability. He might not possess combat abilities, and yet, he is respected by every single Hashira in the series. His heightened sense of foresight was crucial in avoiding casualties that could have crumbled the Demon Slayer Corps. He predicted that Daki and Gyutaro’s deaths would lead to the Upper Moon losing members after a very long time. This later led to Muzan Kibutsuji instigating the final war between him and the Demon Slayer Corps.
His calming aura was extremely soothing and even Muzan commented about him as seen when Kagaya was about to die due to his curse, Muzan said that "he had a smile similar to a Buddha" (Chapter 138).
Etymology[]
- The name Kagaya means "shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle, brilliance" (耀) (kagaya) and "" (哉) (ya).
- The Ya in "耀" is not included and is instead replaced by the kanji "哉".
- Kagaya's surname Ubuyashiki means "product/products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property" (産) (ubu), "roof, house, shop, dealer, seller" (屋) (ya) and "spread, pave, sit, promulgate" (敷) (shiki).
Trivia[]
- Kagaya's title by the Hashira as 'Oyakata-sama' is close to the West "my lord" or "your/his lordship".
- Kagaya shares the same Japanese voice actor (Toshiyuki Morikawa) and English voice actor (Matthew Mercer) with Seijiro Kikuoka from Sword Art Online.
- Toshiyuki also voices the main antagonist Naraku from the Inuyasha series. Ironically, in a manner, Naraku can be seen as a parallel version of Muzan Kibutsuji (both of them are manipulative and want to achieve "perfection").
- As stated by Kagaya, the disease currently ailing him is the curse inflicted on his family due to them birthing the "Original Demon". The sickness itself is a genetic disorder passed down from generation to generation in their family, it has effectively left the Ubuyashiki family with weak bodies and a lifespan of less than 30 years.
- Kagaya's father committed suicide when he was still 19, unable to bear the thought of having his troop members die over and over again. Kagaya's siblings also died, leaving him to inherit the position of family head at the age of 4 years old.
- Kagaya is a light counterpart to Muzan. In general, Kagaya and Muzan represent how a leader should and not act in a given situation.
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