Tenma Unomiya

Tenma Unomiya (鸕宮 天馬) is an exorcist and Kijin (貴人)of the Twelve Guardians. He is the second youngest male member of the Twelve Guardians and he is also considered the most powerful exorcist in the group.

Appearance
Tenma Unomiya is a short young man with long maroon hair and hetero-chromatic eyes, purple to his right and green to his left. His outfit consists a long black uniform with a few red and yellow thin lines. His neck is covered by a glowing yellow light in the borders of his collar. He has a belt that has a heptagon in front, one on each side with the color red and four glowing yellow lines. His whole arms are covered by slightly loose sleeves, and hands covered by black gloves with a red circle and glowing yellow outline.

Personality
Tenma is described as calm and cool-headed. As shown, he did not panic during chaos. He often smile in front of his enemies to ridicule them. He has also shown confidence with his strength when he volunteered to help Kankuro Mitosaka instead as he believes it will be faster that way.

He have a tendency of not listening to others when he has an interest to something but was still considered pretty handy to have around.

He is able to easily get in other people's nerves as shown when he asks Miku Zeze about her age which also struck a nerve with Subaru Mijetima. And it can also be noted that he likes calling others using nicknames he just came up rather than their names like calling Rokuro Enmado a Runt, Flatty to Benio Adashino, Money Grubber to Ujii Kengo and etc.

He also has a sweet tooth, as he has an extreme fondness for Mitarashi Dango. This extends to even making a deal with one of the Heavenly Commanders Kengo Ujii to give him a years worth of dango in exchange for taking out a few impurities and buying all the available dango on a certain store without even caring if he is paying too much for it.

Twelve Guardians
In the Anime, although not much interactions were shown, Tenma does acknowledge them as comrades but he prefers to do the hard work for he believes it will be much faster and effiecient that way.

Twin Star Exorcists
In the Anime, the first time they met, Tenma instantly called Rokuro a runt and Benio a flatty. During the last episode it shows that he does acknowledge them as seen when he questioned Rokuro and Benio why they were giving up already when they were planning to surpass him and the other Guardians.

Anime
Although he can be briefly seen when the Twelve Guardians assembles on Episode 20 and 21, His first official appearance was really on Episode 28 where he was ordered to bring the Twin Star Exorcists and Sae to Kyoto. Upon his arrival, He shoots using what looks like an Air Fissure Bullets and easily defeated Kinasa, who attacked the Twin Star Exorcists, and closed the massive dragon spot in the area. He then traveled with them to Kyoto.

He later participated in the Heavenly Blue Earth Ritual in hopes of permanently closing the dragon spots, being the one in the middle to channel the spell and having the Twin Star Exorcists to protect his area. But unfortunately, Tenma and the others were trapped when Kuranashi turned the Spell Ritual against them and was only freed when Sae returned to the Ama No Mihashira.

He is present when Mikage Tsuchimikado announced that he will be the acting Head Exorcists while Arima is missing and was later seen participating in finding Arima like the other Heavenly Commanders.

In Episode 33, He was shown buying all the Mitarashi Dango on a certain store and later attended the 12 Guardians Meeting about the Mikage's Oracle stating that Arima Tsuchimikado has passed away. He then ordered the other Guardians to find Kuranashi and he will be the one to take his head hoping that Kuranashi will prove a little challenged as he was supposed to be the strongest basara.

In Episode 37, After Mikage Tsuchimakado explained the details of the Rikujin Shinka Ritual to the other three Guardians present, Tenma suddenly arrived and quickly agreed with his plan, however things went against planned as Kuranashi then counters their spell by lifting the city and sending Giant Kegare to the 12 Guardians.

As Kuranashi's Scheme continues, Tenma fights off giant kegares like the other Guardians. He is then approached by Kengo Ujii who is asking to clear out the Kegares in his assigned areas for he will answer Kankuro's call for help against Yamato to which Tenma agreed in exchange of a year's worth of dango.

He is then later seen still fighting the more larger Kegares with him using his Sword as a flying hoverboard. After the Kegares were defeated, Tenma and the other Guardians then continues the Rikujin Shinka Ritual to safely return the Floating Narukami City back to its right place but unfortunately it is then revealed that it was all part of Kuranashi's Masterplan. With the 12 Guardians weakened from fighting of Kegares and casting the ritual, Tenma and the others were successfully trapped by Kuranashi's own spell, with Tenma saying that he will not forget Kuranashi's name.

Like the other Guardians who were absorbed, Tenma's weapon was used by Kuranashi during his fight with the enraged Tatara, with Kuranashi commenting that The Kijin Tenma Unomiya's weapon was effective as expected.

In Episode 50, An illusion of him or possibly his spirit appeared with the others to Rokuro and Benio to cheer them up when they were trying to stop Abe No Seimei's plan. After Rokuro and Benio manage to stop Abe No Seimei, Tenma and the other Guardians were freed. Later He was seen at a rooftop eating Mitarashi Dango while discussing with Arima Tsuchimikado how everything turned up.

Manga
In the Manga, Tenma first appeared on Chapter 34 where he was seen relaxing in a hotspring. He asks Rokuro if he was one of the Twin Star Exorcists as his face was unfamiliar and comments on Rokuro's opinion that everyone got the same will he has. Soon, He was later seen on Taigetsurou with the other Twelve Guardians with their House Representatives that is gonna give Rokuro the chance to join one of the families. As the meeting progress, He then comments that Miku Zeze's uncle owe Rokuro an apology for scorning him and the Adashino House but also that Rokuro needs to go the Magano in the island to see how delusional for him to say that he will settle scores with Ijika Yuto.

By the time Rokuro and the assigned families are preparing to enter Magano, Tenma soon appeared with Cordelia informing them of his arrival and was asked by Shimon why is he here and that Rokuro and Mayura don't need Tenma's Babysitting for he was assigned as their protector. As the battle progress, Tenma saved Rokuro from a giant impurity and he later took Rokuro back at the clinic and explained to him the details about Abe No Seimei, King Of Impurities and how Magano was created.

He is frequently mentioned through the next chapters specifically when Narumi Iroroi shared his opinion of the Twelve Guardians' ranking in strength and when Ikaruga Shimon is suggesting the best possible houses for Rokuro to join.

When the first match ups have been decided, Tenma's opponent is Ikaruga Shimon and their match will be the 10th fight of the first round of the tournament.

Powers and Abilities
He is labeled as the strongest among the Twelve Guardians, he can slice his enemies with his sword with ease and bring total destruction in its surroundings without using any talisman enhancements.

He wields a Short White Sword that theoretically can transform into the Gold Red Sword he also uses which appears to have the ability to grow and shrink any time he wanted. Also, the sword can float too and it seems like he can fly when his sword grows big enough to be used as a Flying Hoverboard.

He is so powerful that he defeated Kinasa with one slash from his white sword and he closed the massive Dragon Spot without using any sealing talisman, which other Guardians need to seal it. Some say that Tenma may not actually know how to use Talismans because they are useless to him.

He seems to be able to use Air Fissure Bullet or some kind, but it is still unclear for it was just seen used once as greetings when he faced Kinasa in the anime.

Quotes

 * It's something that Churchill said, "You must look at facts because they look at you"
 * I'm not gonna forget your name! You cocky little schemer!
 * What happened to getting stronger than us? hhmm?

Trivia

 * Tenma's name contains the kanji for "cormorant" (鸕), "shrine" (宮), and "pegasus" (天馬).
 * Tenma is said to be the strongest of the Twelve Guardians.
 * Often mistaken as a girl.
 * His hair is relatively shorter in the manga.