Tarō Kagiyama

Taro Kagiyama (Kanji? Taro Kagiyama) is a member of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army and Makoto Narumi's squad in the Moon Demon Company.

Appearance
Taro Kagiyama wears a bandana that covers the top of his head above his eyes. He has short black hair with sideburns, and he also has some hair on his chin.

He wears the standard JIDA uniform which consists of a long-sleeved black coat and two rows of buttons on the front with shoulder epaulettes which have a Sam Browne belt passing diagonally over his right shoulder. Along with that, he wears a white web belt with a waist-plate. He wears the uniform trousers and black boots which go over the trouser's leggings.

Personality
Serious. When Yu is disrespectful, Taro wants to make him apologize for his behavior.

History
At some point of his life, he joined Japanese Imperial Demon Army then later, the Moon Demon Company.

Story
Narumi Squad pairs up with Shinoa Squad to exterminate vampire nobles in Nagoya. Sergeant Makoto Narumi introduces himself to Special Private Yūichirō Hyakuya, and Yu tricks Narumi into believing he is twenty years old.

When Shinoa Squad faces off against Lieutenant Colonel Guren Ichinose, Colonel Mito Jūjō, and Major General Shinya Hīragi, and Guren announces their real ages after trouncing them.

Many discipline problems later, Sergeant Shinoa Hīragi apologizes for Yu.

In Fifteenth Progenitor Lucal Wesker's ward, their team waits for mission start. Narumi briefs the team and scolds Shinoa Squad for not coming prepared. When Taro Kagiyama and Rika Inoue get sick of Yu's behavior, Yayoi Endo tries to calm them down. Narumi becomes their team leader for this mission with Shinoa second-in-command. Narumi scolds Yu again for not remembering the name of their target, but Yu surprises him by listing the names of all of the humans on their team.

The battle starts. When Lucal tries to attack Special Private Shihō Kimizuki from behind, Yayoi, Kagiyama, and Rika stab Lucal from behind instead. They eventually succeed in exterminating him.

Their team regroups at the meeting spot. Sergeant Aiko Aihara arrives with only seven surviving team members; although they killed their noble, they suffered eight casualties. Guren arrives, and Narumi reports that the rookies did very well. Guren orders Shinoa Squad and Narumi Squad to join his team to hunt down Thirteenth Progenitor Crowley Eusford, Seventeenth Progenitor Chess Belle, and Seventeenth Progenitor Horn Skuld and to rescue hostages. Guren orders Aiko to wait half an hour for any more survivors and send them to Nagoya Airport.

Natural Abilities
???

Cursed Gear

 * A demon weapon in the form of a sword.

Trivia

 * Depending on the kanji used, Taro has different meanings: (太郎) "strong, heroic, masculine", (多朗) "abundance, prolific, melodious", (立楼) "stand up, upright, watchtower" or (汰滝) "luxurious, select, waterfall".
 * Kagiyama (鍵山) is a Japanese surname meaning "key mountain".

Quotes

 * "Make him apologize himself!"--Taro Kagiyama to Shinoa Hiragi about Yu's rudeness, Chapter 27, "Vampire Noble Lucal"