Kankuro Mitosaka

Kankuro Mitosaka is an exorcist and Seiryū (青龍) of the Twelve Guardians.

Appearance
Kankuro has blue eyes and azure hair. He wears a black military uniform with over-sized sleeves (manga); covering his hands. Besides being an exorcist, he is also a doctor to the residents and exorcists residing in the island; where he wears traditional doctor's clothes. After an accident in the past which forced him to purify an impurity at the cost of his students' lives, he started wearing a face mask.

Underneath his mask, the seal of the Impurity Eater is shown on his mouth in the form of stitches and is eventually removed during his battle with Rokuro. When using the Impurity Eater, his teeth temporarily become sharp.

Personality
Kankuro is a calm and easygoing person; but tends to get mad if he senses that he is being underestimated.

He is considered to be one of the kindest members of the Twelve Guardians, a notable example of his kindness is during his time with the sick children of the Sahanasaki Class with Kengo noting that the children were happy to having been touched by his warmth. He is very caring towards the Sahanasaki Class, to the point of being too focused on teaching and spending time with them rather than his own training, as mentioned by one of the nurses. However, after their deaths by his own hand, he became emotionally scarred for years, which resulted in him sealing the Impurity Eater and never used it again until his battle with Rokuro.

Kankuro greatly despised the Impurity Eater, the same technique he used to kill the impurity along with the children it took as hostages, because to him, it is nothing but a curse which symbolizes his abominable memory and the weakness inside him. This also means that he hates himself, to the point where Kengo stated he is fighting in a way to suggest he doesn't care if he dies. However, thanks to Rokuro and Kengo, he is finally able to move on from his past and accept the power he once despised.

It is often shown that he likes to tease Kengo by calling him "Ken-chan" (which was his nickname during childhood). He often uses Kengo as his test subject for his experiments (possibly dissecting since he uses a scalpel), he once tricked him into accepting his offer of aid to quickly cure his illness, which results in Kengo comically becoming traumatized and afraid of Kankuro as a doctor.

In the anime, he shows interest in dissecting impurities. Much of his past was not revealed.

History
In the past, Kankuro was a doctor that treated sick children with exorcist related problems and taught them exorcism. One day, he took them outside of the hospital and to where Kengo was working as security for the island.

However, an impurity was able to break through without being detected and took the children as hostages, making Kankuro choose whether to protect the island or children. To the plea of an injured Kengo, he chose the island and used Impurity Eater to kill the impurity, along with the children, thus saving the island.

Ever since then, he covered his mouth with a mask to seal Impurity Eater.

Powers and Abilities
With Seigen Amawaka retired, Kankuro is the third strongest of the Twelve Guardians, after Tenma Unomiya and Tatara. He is allied with Seiryuu.


 * Seisen Ryugo (青閃龍冴): After enchanting his gloves with Dragon Scales Expose Charm (竜鱗顕符), Kankuro manifests a pair of scaled gauntlets.
 * Soten Ryujo no Jizai (霜天龍驤之自在): The gauntlets extend with such speed that they pierce through targets. They can also turn at sharp angles while extending.
 * Sokyu Ryubi no Kaigyaku (蒼穹龍眉之諧謔):
 * Tenkei Ryuho no Senbu (天景龍袍之旋舞):
 * Kyokugi - Kenran Ryuo no Toga (究極術技 絢爛龍王之凍牙):
 * Ryuen no Ho - Kegare-gui (龍嚥之法 ケガレ喰い):

Etymology

 * The name Kankuro means "intuition, hunch, perception" (勘) (kan), "nine" (九) (ku) and "son" (郎) (ro).
 * Kankuro's surname Mitosaka means "water" (水) (mi), "every time, degree, time, occasion" (度) (to) and "slope" (坂) (saka).

Trivia

 * Kankuro states to Rokuro Enmado that while he and Seigen Amawaka have never actually fought each other, he felt that he could win against Seigen when using Impurity Eater.
 * In the anime, Kankuro's uniform is portrayed to have shorter sleeves.