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Kirito

Personal Information
Name (Kanji/Kana)	桐ヶ谷和人
Name (Romaji)	Kirigaya Kazuto
Display Name (Kanji/Kana)	キリト
Display Name	Kirito
Epithet	The Black Swordsman The Twin Blade Swordsman Beater Detective-kun
Age	14 (Beginning of Aincrad arc) 16 (End of Aincrad arc, Fairy Dance arc) 17 (Phantom Bullet arc)
Gender	Male
Height	172 cm (59 kg)
Race	Spriggan
VRMMO Games Played	Sword Art Online ALfheim Online Gun Gale Online Project Alicization
Affiliation	Former Solo player (SAO) Black Cats of the Full Moon (Former) (SAO) Knights of the Blood (SAO)
Family	Kirigaya Midori (Aunt, Stepmother) Kirigaya Minetaka (Uncle-in-Law, Stepfather) Kirigaya Suguha (Cousin, Stepsister) Yuuki Asuna (Girlfriend/in-game Wife) Yui (In-game Daughter) Unnamed Grandfather (Deceased)
Occupation	High School Student
Media
Voiced By	Matsuoka Yoshitsugu (Japanese) Bryce Papenbrook (English)
First Appearance
Novel	Volume 1 Chapter 1
Manga	Volume 1 Chapter 1
Anime	Episode 1

Kirito (キリト Kirito^?) is the main protagonist of the Sword Art Online light novel, anime and Manga series. His name, Kirito, was taken from his real name Kirigaya Kazuto (桐ヶ谷和人 Kirigaya Kazuto^?). "Kiri--" from Kirigaya and "----to" from Kazuto. He was chosen as one of the 1,000 beta testers for the Closed Beta of «Sword Art Online», the first ever VRMMORPG for the NerveGear.

Appearance

Real World / Sword Art Online / Project Alicization Avatar

Kirito's SAO Closed Beta Avatar.

During the beginning of the game and during the beta-testing phase, Kirito's avatar had the appearance of a ridiculously handsome protagonist from some fantasy animation, looking older than he actually was. In the light novel, it was stated that he (and probably Klein, too) had set his in-game height equal to that of his height in the real world to prevent the extra height from hindering his movements.
In the full version of the game, a few moments after Kayaba Akihiko informed the players that they were given a gift from him, which turned out to be a «Hand Mirror», all player avatars were changed to reflect their real life appearances. After this change, Kirito's SAO avatar had slightly long but neat black hair and black eyes. His delicate face showed no trace of masculinity, allowing people to easily mistake him for a girl.^[1]^[2]

Kirito as the Black Swordsman.

After the initial stages, he becomes well known in SAO as the «Black Swordsman» (黒の剣士 Kuro no Kenshi^?) due to his tendency to wear black clothing. His clothes in Sword Art Online consisted of black pants with a black belt that had a large silver buckle, a black V-necked shirt that was worn underneath a black trench-coat with gray lining going down the sleeves and black boots with silver plates to protect his shins. He has a silver plate worn on his coat, which was on his left side, and a pair of black fingerless gloves. He wears a strap, that goes over his right shoulder and under it to wrap around his left side, that holds at first just his Elucidator and then his Dark Repulser as well. He uses two swords after his Sword Skill «Dual Blades» is revealed, the black «Elucidator» and the white «Dark Repulser». He later donned the red and white uniform of the Knights of the Blood after being defeated by its leader Heathcliff in a public duel and being forced to join his guild.
In the real world he has a tendency to gravitate towards dark colored clothes.

Kirito's avatar in Alicization Beginning and Chapter 3 of Alicization Running.

In the beginning of Project Alicization, he wore a hand-sewn pale blue short sleeved shirt with a V-shaped cut on the chest which was tied with a light brown cord along with trousers and hand-sewn leather shoes. Two years later, after he became a valet in the Master Sword Academy, he wears the standard gray uniform, like all first years and non-elite swordsmen do. In the second year of the academy, after he becomes one of the 12 elite swordsmen in the academy and is allowed to choose a color for his uniform, he wears a pitch black uniform.

ALfheim Online Avatar

Kirito's ALO Avatar

Kirito's initial appearance was that of a default «Spriggan», which he chose because of the race's black-themed equipment. Instead of the normal black forelocks hanging from his head, his black hair stood in natural spikes. His large eyes appeared mischievous, and he had pointy ears and dark grey-ish blue wings. He is equipped with a large broadsword, intended for larger players, like «Imps». He will occasionally dual wield using his experience from SAO.

Kirito's ALO Avatar, after converting back.

On June 23, 2025, he changed his previous spiky hair style into his old SAO style due to Yui's request. The reason for the request was that it was hard for her to sit on the spiky hair. Later, he also acquired a new coat and switched his broadsword to a new long sword, with an extra one in his inventory.
In late December, 2025, he obtains the «Holy Sword Excaliber», and uses it as his second weapon when dual wielding, but only in extreme cases, as he promised to himself not to use the sword for personal gain.

Gun Gale Online Avatar

Kirito's avatar in GGO is the rare «M9000» type, which is speculated to be the result of an extremely rare occurrence of the system misinterpreting the player's brain waves (the system identifies the gender of the player via their brainwaves, but, on rare occasions, due to some impulse, it chooses the appearance of the opposite gender). It is an avatar that many male players dream of having, due to its female appearance. He retains his black hair, which now flows down to his shoulders. He has a pale skin and crimson lips, and shining black eyes, fringed by long eyelashes. If one did not know better, it would be easy to confuse him with a female. This often causes great confusion to people, such as Sinon.
He is equipped with a 5.7mm FN Five Seven handgun and «Kagemitsu G4» photon sword.

Personality

Kirito is someone who is not good with words, as said by Klein, and can be quite direct. This is due to him not having many friends 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. Sometimes, he actually seems to enjoy angering and teasing people as well. Also, from time to time, Kirito can be quite overconfident thinking he can do things others can not.
He is almost always a calm and collected character, rarely showing any signs of distress. When Kayaba Akihiko appeared in SAO and announced that it has become a Death Game, Kirito showed only a slight reaction and was able to quickly accept the new conditions of the game, while many others panicked. He has shown different moods throughout the series; at times being rather cheerful, while being gloomy at others. When in a battle, he becomes incredibly fierce and aggressive. Sometimes, his fierceness is up to the point where he loses control of himself and is even unable to recall what he had done.
However, Kirito is actually a kind person who is just misunderstood. Despite the general population opinion towards Beta Testers in SAO, he refused to abandon another player in trouble. This is only strengthened after the Black Cats of the Full Moon's 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 because they remind him of his sister, who he feels to have forced into kendo and feels guilty for that. These kind of acts have earned him respect and affection from many girls. Kirito, unlike usual male heroes, is not very dense as he was able to tell that Lisbeth was going to confess to him, before Asuna interrupted them.
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 had haunted him until his marriage with Asuna. Sachi's death in particular had a huge affect on his personality, and motives; making him very distant from others for a while. This worries his friends and allies as Kirito is someone who would let guilt ruin his life, if not comforted. Kirito temporarily loses his will to live when Asuna's character was killed by Heathcliff. He also tries to hide his abilities, not wanting unneeded attention.
A person with incredibly strong resolve, Kirito will do anything and everything in his power to accomplish something that's important to him, without any hesitation. When Asuna was being held in Alfheim, Kirito was bound and determined to set her free and, when Yui confirmed that she detected Asuna being at the top of Yggdrasil, he immediately tried to fly up to the tree, which had already been found to be an impossible task, and tried to fight his way to the top by himself.
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, her being his main target).

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)
- 「Coat of Midnight」 (Leather Coat - 1st Floor Boss drop) - First black coat
- 「Blackwyrm Coat」 (Leather Coat - Player-made by Ashley) - Last black coat
- 「Throwing Pick」 a type of weapon that is small, easily concealed.

SKILL SLOTS^[5]

One Handed Sword

Dual Blades

Blade Throwing

Parry

Battle Healing

Mastered

967 / 1000

Mastered

944 / 1000

Searching

Tracking

Hiding

Night Vision

Extended Weight Limit

Mastered

963 / 1000

Mastered

908 / 1000

949 / 1000

Sprint

Fishing

870 / 1000

604 / 1000

One Handed Sword Skills

Horizontal Square
Vertical Square
Vertical Arc
Slant
Vertical
Horizontal
Vorpal Strike
Deadly Sins
Sonic Leap
Rage Spike
Snake Bite

Martial Arts Skills

Flash Hit
Embracer
Meteor Break
Escape

Dual Blades Sword Skills

Double Circular
Starburst Stream
The Eclipse

Alfheim Online (ALO)

HP: 400
MP: 800
New Equipment:
- Black Iron Great Sword - Large Black Sword bought in Sylvain. Replaced by a new Long Sword in the 7th Volume.
- Long Sword - A Long Sword that replaced the Black Iron Great Sword as his main default sword.
- Excaliber - The strongest sword known in the SAO/ALO Universe.
Equipped Skills:

SKILL SLOTS^[5]

One Handed Sword

Blade Throwing

Parry

Battle Healing

Searching

Mastered

967 / 1000

Mastered

944 / 1000

Mastered

Tracking

Hiding

Night Vision

Extended Weight Limit

Sprint

963 / 1000

Mastered

908 / 1000

949 / 1000

870 / 1000

Fishing

604 / 1000

Outside System Skills

Arms Blast (from SAO) - Destroys a weapon by attacking the weakpoint of one with a powerful blow.
Spell Blast (from ALO) - Intercepts a spell using a sword skill.
Skill Connect (from ALO) - Allows Kirito to chain his sword skills.
Bullet Deflect (from GGO) - Allows Kirito to deflect bullets with his sword.

Gun Gale Online (GGO)

Equipment:
- Kagemitsu G4 - A blue light saber created by GGO developers on a whim to imitate a classic movie.
- FN Five-seven - A semi-automatic pistol use to close in distance between the enemy.
Note: Many of his skills have been demonstrated in ALO and GGO, except they mostly function without system assist and depend on Kirito completely.

Underworld (UW)

Life: 3289 (Chapter 1)
Object Control Authority: 48 (after the battle with the goblins)
Sword styles:
- Aincrad style - a style that Kirito invented due to his knowledge of Sword Skills in SAO. Moves used so far:
  - Sharp Nail - (3-hit combo)
  - Sonic Leap - (1-hit strike) a charge-type sword skill that dashes toward the enemy to deal a downward strike
  - Horizontal - (1-hit strike) a simple sword skill slashing horizontally
  - Snake Bite - (2-hit combo) two left and right swings that target the opponent's weapon, with a chance of breaking the weapon.
  - Vertical Square - (4-hit combo) a mid-level sword skill tracing the shape of a square.
  - Spining Shield - (defensive skill) a skill that makes the player's sword be spinned at such a fast rate that it creates a transparent shield out of the sword.
  - Note: He is able to use any of his Sword Skills from SAO, but, currently, he can only use up to 4-hit skills.
- Serlut Style - a style that Kirito learnt from his mentor, Sortiliena Serlut:
  - Whirl Current- a two-handed Sword Skill capable of performing two hits.
Equipment:
- Goblin Sword - a sword that Kirito stole from an unnamed goblin and used in the fight against «Ugachi».
- Blue Rose Sword - Shared for a brief time with Eugeo until he got his own equivalent sword made of a Gigas Cedar branch that received the most life from the Gods Solus and Terraria.
- Wooden Sword - Kirito's own sword that is made of a branch of the Gigas Cedar. It is equal to Eugeo's Blue Rose Sword. It is black in color.
- Spirit Iron Chain - (only during Chapter 6)