Kakucho

Kakuchou (筆頭 鶴蝶,) is one of the 4 Heavenly Kings of Tenjiku.

Appearance
Kakucho is a young man of an average height. He has shaved hair and a large scar starting from the back of his skull going through his left eye, ending at the beginning of his ear. The same scar made him blind in his left eye. He wears Tenjiku's uniform without a shirt underneath, showing his muscular chest.

In the present, Kakucho's hair has grown out into a "Curtain Hairstyle." He still wears the same earring as the past. His outfit changes with each return to the present, but he most often wears a black suit with a jacket that extends down to his knees.

Personality
Kakucho is a very emotionally driven person and extremely loyal. His entire entity is to serve next to Izana, whom he swears to protect, and wishes for him to be saved. He isn't afraid to cry or publicly mourn, often acting on his emotions even if they get in the way.

History
As a young child, Kakucho happened to be close friends with Takemichi Hanagaki. Takemichi forgot about him as he grew up, but Kakucho did not.

Later on, due to an accident that left his parents dead and face heavily scarred, he ends up in an orphanage. He fashions a makeshift grave for his parents, but Izana Kurokawa meets him and knocks them down, telling him to forget about the dead and become his servant. Together as king and servant they will make the kingdom they call 'Tenjiku'.

His loyality lies with Izana and Izana alone during the fight against Smiley he tells Takemichi he wishes for Izana to be saved from Kisaki. During the fight between Toman and Tenjiku Izana in a craze orders Kakucho to be killed. Kisaki then shoots him once but after the first shot Izana jumps infront of him and takes 3 fatal blows. Izana tells him that he is the only one who hasn't made him feel alone and his body moved on it's own to protect him. Izana tells Kakucho to create the new era the one they dreamed about when they were kids before dying, as they were hand and hand.

Kakucho proceeds to live.

Authority
As a Heavenly King of Tenjiku and Izana's right-hand man, Kakucho's power is second only to the gang's leader. Thus, he is able to freely order its members.

Fighting Powers
Kakucho was the strongest member of Tenjiku according to Izana Kurokawa, this is shown by him taking down Souta Kawata or "Angry" while he was in the state of mind known as "The Crying Blue Ogre" which was strong enough to beat most of the other top executives of Tenjiku with little to no effort. After this takedown, he immediately rushed to Chifuyu Matsuno, Seishu Inui and Hakkai Shiba taking all 3 of these capable fighters down in one fell swoop.

Etymology

 * The name Kakuchou means "crane, stork" (鶴) (kaku) and "butterfly" (蝶) (chou).