Kazutora Hanemiya
The name Kazu means “One” and Tora means “Tiger“. His surname, Hanemiya means “feather”.
Back in the happy days, Kazutora Hanemiya along with his friends Mikey, Draken, Keisuke Baji, Mitsuya, and Pah-Chin built up the Tokyo Manji Gang. Therefore, he’s one of the founding members of Toman. Although, some circumstances led him to join Valhalla, which was very devastating for everyone especially for Baji.
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Appearance
He has a lean figure with average height. Kazutora looks very tiny as compared to Keisuke Baji. And when both of them are standing together, Kazutora looks like a pipsqueak. His skin is covered with tattoos and he has a beauty mark under his sandy-colored eyes. Kazutora first appeared wearing the same school uniform as Takemichi (Chapter 40).
Kazutora is often seen wearing oversized clothes of neutral colors. His hair is shaded, blond and black. On the other hand, in the past when he was still affiliated with Toman, Kazutora rocked a pompadour hairstyle (Chapter 43). As an adult, his hair has grown long and turned mostly black with highlights of yellow in them. He is also be seen wearing different outfits as an adult and ties his hair into a ponytail in some instances.
Kazutora also wore the Valhalla Gang uniform during Bloody Halloween. The uniform involves a white bomber jacket and a black t-shirt inside. He also matches it with black pants. Valhalla’s logo which is “The Headless Angel” can be seen on the back of the jacket (Chapter 51).
Kazutora also appeared on the cover of Vol. 8 of the Tokyo Revengers Manga. He had a similar appearance when it comes to his hair and tattoos but his outfit was different. He can be seen wearing a long jacket with cropped sleeves that had white streak patterns. He also wore a red belt and baggy pants, as well as some gold bracelets (Manga Cover Vol. 8).
Kazutora Hanemiya
Character Info
Alive
Birth: September 16, 1990
Age: 15 (Past)
27-28 (Present)
More Information
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black & Yellow
Eye Color: Sandy
Height: 174cm
Weight: 60kg
Blood Type: AB
Affiliations
Valhalla – Number 3 (Former)
Tokyo Manji Gang – Founding Member (Former)
Appearances in ANIME/Manga
Manga: Chapter 39
Anime: Episode 14
Personality
Kazutora has a very tragic childhood. His parents abused him a lot and he was forced to choose between his Mom and Dad forcefully as domestic abuse (Chapter 55). He has been very sincere to the Toman gang until the events of those nights which tore his soul apart.
His mental health is in a fatal state and he’s only fifteen, yet is super close to losing his sanity. The adventure with Keisuke Baji turned into a memory that always haunted him and it left such a deep impact on his brain. He remains very quiet and his emotions are well-managed after going to prison for the second time.
After getting out of reform school, Kazutora’s personality has been warped into a state of insanity. He was more aggressive than ever and went on to join hands with villainous characters such as Hanma. As he reached adulthood, however, Kazutora starts to become normal and even expresses concern whenever the people he cares about are in danger.
Strengths and Skills
Risk-Taker
He stood up against the strongest character in the series, Manjiro Sano. He is audacious enough to punch Manjiro right on his face. We get to see his real action and potential when the Tokyo Manji Gang stood up against Valhalla. Kazutora’s insanity makes him quite strong, he’s willing to take risks even if it includes harming him.
Kazutora isn’t willing to abide by the rules either. When Hansen tried to serve as an overseer, Kazutora attacked him and said that Valhalla will torture Toman to death (Chapter 51).
Fighting Prowess
As a founder of Toman and Valhalla’s Number 3, Kazutora is strong enough to knock out a member of the Ikebukuro Criminal Black Members with just one punch (Chapter 51). During Bloody Halloween, with the help of 2 other members of Valhalla, Kazutora was able to hit Mikey in the head with a pipe and knock him unconscious for a short amount of time (Chapter 54). This is an incredible feat in itself, as Mikey is capable of destroying entire gangs by himself and Kazutora landed a huge hit on him.
Because of his unstable mental condition, Kazutora is quick to use dirty tactics and even go to extreme lengths just to defeat his enemies. This was shown when Kazutora suddenly stabbed Baji behind his back, resulting in a fatal injury that later led to Baji’s death (Chapter 57).
Influence
Kazutora has a lot of influence considering he is Valhalla’s Number 3 member and led the anti-Toman force within the gang. He has the ability to give orders to high-ranking members such as Chonbo and Chome and low-ranking subordinates as well (Chapter 54).
Kazutora is also a founder of the Tokyo Manji Gang and was the former Attack Unit Leader of Toman along with Baji (Chapter 42). He gained widespread respect when he was in reform school and used this influence to create the anti-Toman Force. With all of this taken into account, Kazutora has a bigger amount of influence when it comes to the world of delinquents compared to some of Toman’s Captains.
Facts
- Kazutora easily gets intimidated when he does something wrong.
- His mental health is unstable.
- He went through serious domestic abuse as a child.
- He has issues regarding controlling his emotions.
- Kazutora was very happy in the Tokyo Manji Gang.
- After getting arrested during Bloody Halloween, Kazutora gets a 10-year sentencein the Juvenile Detention Center (Chapter 64).
- Kazutora also helped Takemichi in escaping Kisaki in an alternate timeline (Chapter 74).
Past/History
Two years before the Bloody Halloween Incident, Kazutora was riding with the other founding members of Toman as they were bickering about who had the best bike among all of them. They start a race to the shrine where Baji comes up last because he was riding with a sleeping Mikey (Chapter 63).
As every last member of the group arrives at the shrine, Mikey asks Kazutora why he didn’t ask for their help when the Black Dragons caused him trouble. With Mikey in the lead, Baji proposes to create a gang that’ll fight the Black Dragons and create a new era for delinquents. They agree on the name Tokyo Manji Gang and Kazutora along with Baji, becomes the Attack Unit (Chapter 63).
On August 13th, 2003, Kazutora hatches up an idea to give Mikey the best present ever and discusses this with Baji. The two agree on the plan where they’ll steal a CB250T motorcycle by breaking into a shop. As they force themselves in, they get caught by the owner. In a state of panic, Kazutora smacks the man in the back of the head with a wrench. Baji then realizes that it was Shinichiro, Mikey’s older brother, and terror consumes their expressions (Chapter 44).
Kazutora goes into a state of mental shock and blames all of this on Mikey. The police arrive and Kazutora takes full responsibility which saved Baji. Shinichiro died during this incident and Kazutora was sent to reform school (Chapter 45). There, he met Chonbo and Chome and went on to create the anti-Toman force and later on created Valhalla (Chapter 54).
Affiliations
Relationships
Chifuyu Matsuno
As an adult, after getting out of prison, Kazutora Hanemiya decides to work under Chifuyu Matsuno. Since his emotions are well-managed now, he leads a better life full of conscience (Chapter 193).
Kazutora also helped Chifuyu in bringing down Kisaki in an alternate timeline. Both of them were the only ones that tried to end the corruption within Toman (Chapter 73). This, however, cost Chifyu his life (Chapter 74).
Takemichi Hanagaki
Despite having beef back in the days, Takemichi Hanagaki and Kazutora Hanemiya get along well. Since a lot of stuff happened which led Mikey to have a wave of different emotions. Mikey decided to live his own life, in the way he wants. Therefore, in the future, Kazutora Hanemiya asks Takemichi Hanagaki to look after Manjiro as he might become corrupt (Chapter 197).
Keisuke Baji
Kazutora became friends with Keisuke Baji during their time in the Tokyo Manji Gang. They both got in trouble big time when they were caught red-handed stealing a bike and killing Manjiro Sano’s brother (Chapter 45).
After some time, Kazutora leaves the gang and builds up Valhalla that was created to destroy the Tokyo Manji Gang. However, in the fight between Toman and Valhalla, Keisuke Baji ends up killing himself to leave a sign. The death of Keisuke Baji left a deep impact on Kazutora’s mental health. Although it changed Kazutora as well! He becomes a normal person in the future (Chapter 64).
Tokyo Manji Gang
Kazutora Hanemiya is one of the founding members of the Tokyo Manji Gang along with Mikey, Draken, Keisuke Baji, and Pah-Chin. All six of them were very happy together (Chapter 63). Initially, Kazutora was very loyal to his gang though, some circumstances lead him to change the gang. It left such a deep impact on his mental health as well.
Plot
Kazutora first appeared when Takemichi asked Yamagishi about Valhalla’s structure, where he was one grade higher than Takemichi in the same school (Chapter 40). Kazutora then brings Takemichi to Valhalla’s hideout where they encounter Baji brutally beating a bloodied Chifuyu, so that he can prove his loyalty to Valhalla (Chapter 41).
They acknowledge Baji as a member of Valhalla and send Takemichi back to Mikey with a message (Chapter 42). As the fight between Valhalla and the Tokyo Manji Gang is about to start, Hansen, a member of the Ikebukuro Criminal Black Members is declared as an overseer by Mikey. Draken and Kazutora become the representatives of their respective gangs but have a heating argument. This leads to Kazutora getting pissed off and punches Hansen to the ground with a maniacal grin on his face (Chapter 51).
The two gangs charge at each other and Kazutora fights Mikey along with Chonbo and Chome. In the beginning, the three of them overpower Mikey and make him fall to his knees several times (Chapter 54). Mikey loses his cool when Shinichiro was mentioned and knocked out all three of them with one kick (Chapter 55).
Later on, Kazutora stabs Baji in the back and is almost beaten to death by Mikey (Chapter 57, Chapter 60). Baji then stands up and stabs himself proclaiming that he will not die at the hands of Kazutora, but Mikey continues to attack Kazutora helplessly. Mikey recounts the past after seeing Baji’s charm and stops (Chapter 63). As Bloody Halloween comes to a close, the police arrive and both gangs leave the vicinity. Kazutora stays with Baji’s body and bows at Mikey as a symbol of asking for forgiveness (Chapter 64).
As an adult, he works for Chifuyu Matsuno and helps him in his business which is a pet shop (Chapter 193). He reveals to Takemichi that Mikey might take a path leading to darkness. He knew that Takemichi was the only person who could help Mikey. Kazutora helps Takemichi in digging out information about Bonten and in finding the whereabouts of Mikey (Chapter 197).
Voice Actor
Shunichi Toki
To Be Updated
Shunichi Toki is Kazutora Hanemiya’s official Japanese Voice Actor in the anime adaptation. Shunichi-san is known for his roles such as Akane Aoi from Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, Leo de la Iglesia from Yuri!!! On Ice, and Kiyoshi from Kimetsu no Yaiba.
Final Verdict
Even though Kazutora Hanemiya is one of the main antagonists in the anime, yet he was a part of the Tokyo Manji Gang at some point in his life. But due to some unfortunate circumstances, he had to leave the gang and build up Valhalla. This caused a rift between him and the rest of the founders but his story is proof that everyone is worth giving a second chance at life.
References
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Manga Cover Vol. 8
- Tokyo Revengers Anime: Episode 14
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 39
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 40
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 41
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 42
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 44
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 45
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 51
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 54
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 55
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 57
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 60
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 63
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 64
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 73
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 74
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 193
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 197
