Kanshi Kazamatsuri

Kanshi Kazamatsuri
Biographical Information
Status	Alive
Date of birth	November 5, 2006
Age	17 (Chapter 195) 16 (At some point between Chapter 132 - Chapter 141) 15 (Chapter 8)
Place of birth	Mountains
Physical Description
Species	Tengu
Gender	Male
Height	164 cm (5'5")
Weight	57 kg
Hair Color	Yellow
Eye color	Yellow
Organizational Information
Aliases	Kan (by Nico)
Relatives	Unnamed Mother Kakuraibo Ashizukayama (Father)
Affiliation	Otogi Household Kazamatsuri Family Asunaro High School
Occupation	Familiar Student
Appearances
Manga Debut	Chapter 7 (Cameo) Chapter 8 (Full Appearance)
Anime Debut	Episode 3
Portrayed by	Kohei Amasaki 日本語 Yui Tsukada (young) 日本語 Caleb Yen English Guido Gelardi italiano

Kanshi Kazamatsuri (風 (かざ) 祭 (まつり) 監 (かん) 志 (し) , Kazamatsuri Kanshi^?) is a major character in Witch Watch series.

He's a tengu and Kakuraibo's son. Kanshi is considered the strongest tengu of his generation.

He's Nico's childhood friend and later her familiar, along with Morihito, Keigo, Miharu and Ban.

Etymology

• The name Kanshi means "oversee/rule/administer" (監) (kan) and "intention/plan/motive/aspire" (志) (shi).
  • His name also means "supervision" (監志) (kanshi).
• Kanshi's surname Kazamatsuri means "wind/way/blaster/method" (風) (kaza) and "festival/ritual/celebrate/worship" (祭) (matsuri).

Appearance

Kanshi usually wears a long-sleeved shirt with shorts and gettas. He has spikey yellow hair with the sideburns shaved, and has yellow eyes with red eye makeup.

Personality

Following the nature of tengus, Kanshi is a person with great social skills, being able to create relationships with people he just met that same day. His social skills allow him to socialize with everyone, letting him form many relationships quickly.

He tends to see more about his own well-being than that of others. However, he still loves his friends very much, supporting them in whatever they need, showing that Kanshi is inherently a kind person. He also jokes quite often yet is reliable when people need him, and can be quite trustworthy with secrets, as shown by him being the first one Nico told about her crush on Morihito.

Kanshi is quite a lazy person, often procrastinating and using up the money his parents send him on recreational activites. Due to this, Morihito does force him to work several part-time jobs in order to pay the rent that he owes him. He also tends to be quite active and likes to do all sorts of things to entertain himself, like creating a Youtube channel, playing videogames with the Otogi household, or just simply talking with his friends.

History

Kan is the son of Kakuraibo, one of the heirs of the five great tengu.

Kanshi grew up in the mountains with his father. He met Nico during her training there, and they became friends. Some time after Nico left for her hometown, he would have several debts. Ibuki, Nico's mother, agreed to take on his debts for him, on the condition that Kanshi would have to travel and find Nico back in her hometown and become her familiar to protect her.

Relationships

Family

Kakuraibo Ashizukayama

Kanshi trusts and loves his father, not only because he has trained him since he was a child, but because he considers him his teacher and friend. Kanshi usually takes Kakuraibo's opinion very much into account and usually goes out of his way to make him proud.

Friends

Nico Wakatsuki

Nico is Kan's best friend. They both met in the mountains during their training, and have since then been friends until Nico returned to her hometown. Kanshi would follow her to become her familiar under her mother's request. Kanshi knows about her crush on Morihito so he usually helps her and acts like her older brother.

Morihito Otogi

Although their first meeting was not the most pleasant, they both joined forces to save Nico. From that moment on, they both began to live together, since they were both Nico's familiars. At first they both used to get along badly due to their ancestral conflicts, since tengus and ogres used to hate each other. However, thanks to Kanshi's social skills, they managed to get rid of their conflict. Over time, both became friends, making them both trust each other's abilities, and even fighting each other to improve their skills

Keigo Magami

Both of them get along well, and, due to their personalities, they can come together to do most activities or ideas together, even though it is likely that they will end up failing, like when they started a comedy group together. Kanshi usually drags him in social situations such as dates or gatherings of friends.

Wolf

They don't usually get along due to Wolf's personality.

Nemu Miyao

Kanshi and Nemu have a good friendship.

Miharu Kiryu

Kanshi often uses Miharu for various situations which often annoys Miharu. Despite that, both trust in the other's abilities and consider each other as brothers.

Momo Kuramochi

Both have a good relationship since Kanshi usually uses Momo to feel comfortable and relaxed.

Abilities

Kanshi using Wind Magic

• Wind Magic: As a tengu, Kanshi has the power to use magic to control the wind.
• Bird-Blackened Sky: Kanshi performs a handsign and summons a flock of crows that is friendly with to his position. He can speak with the crows that he summons to give them instructions and recieve information.
• Tengu Cloak: Kanshi summons a cloak that makes him invisible for seven seconds.

Equipment

• Shakujo Staff: Kanshi uses a ceremonial staff, also known as a shakujo. The tengu shakujo is a modified extendable and retractable staff used as a striking weapon and spiritual power amplification device. When imbued with spiritual power, it grows nine feathers and takes the form of a fan. Kanshi uses his shakujo to control the wind around him.

Trivia

• According to Miharu, Kanshi has a Kansai accent.