Keigo

Keigo

The 4th.

"Now let this party getting started."

Name: Keigo Kurusu
Age: 37
Country of Origin: Japan
Date of Birth: Unknown
Occupation: makai priest
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 68 kg
Eyes: Brown/Green
Hair: Black
Race: Human
Demeanor: Heroic
Relationships: Naoko Kurusu (wife), Yoi Kurusu (son)
Hobby: writing poems
Favourite Band: JAM Project
Likes: his family, honor, happy smiles, children
Dislikes: tears of children, Horrors. malovelent beings
Fighting Style: Original
Signature Weapon Type: Makai Brush
Signature Weapon Name: Dragon
Control Scheme: GG-IZM
P1 Outfit: Original
P2 Outfit: Makai Robe
Voice: Masahiko Tanaka (JPN), Robert McCollum (ENG)
Regular Music Theme: Running For Your Life by Shoukichi Ishida
Unlimited Music Theme: Wildflowers by JAM Project and Onmyouza
Signature Stage: Kantai

Signature Moves:
Special Moves: Majinken, Majinken Souga, Hienren Kyaku, Kuuga Shouryuukyaku, Sazanka, Fire Ball, Flame Drive, Photon Ray
Distortion Drives: Kouou Tenshoukyaku, Indignation, Flare Tornado
Overdrive: Goushourai
Astral Heat: Satsugeki Genryuujin

Arcade Rivals:
Stage 4 Rival: Ryuuga Dogai/Golden Knight Garo
Arena: Kantai
Stage 8 Rival: Sora
Arena: Destiny Islands

Story: Future Diary:

Kurusu was investigating Takao Hiyama and Minene Uryu's crimes before being given his diary by Muru Muru. After Hiyama's death, Kurusu turned his attention to Yuki, knowing Minene would target him next. In the first meeting of the diary owners, Kurusu promises Yuki that he will protect him. During Minene's rampage at Sakurami Elementary School, Kurusu listened in on her demands and learnt of all of her weapons through his diary. As Yuki was surrendered to her by the students, Kurusu made his move and approached Minene and Yuki, introducing himself to Yuki and explaining the boy was merely bait used by Minene to lure him in. Kurusu aims his gun at Yuki when Minene threatens to kill everyone in the school, Yuki tearfully accepting his fate to die.

However, Kurusu lowers his gun and tells Yuki to pluck up his courage and stop Minene, advising him to cover up his fear and anxiety with a smile. Yuki follows Kurusu's guide and manages to defeat Minene by puncturing her eye. Kurusu tells to Minene to surrender, but she uses smoke bombs and her Escape Diary to flee on a motorbike. Later, Kurusu admits he does not wish to play the game and forms an alliance with Yuki and Yuno to capture the other diary owners who may pose a threat to them.

Kurusu sends Yuki and Yuno on a date to the amusement park so they can act as bait to lure out Minene. However, she does not show and the two go to Yuno's house unharmed. Kurusu has a police guard Yuki's house, unaware of his encounter with the corpses in Yuno's house.

The Cult of The Sixth:

The day after Yuki retreats to his house after seeing the corpses in Yuno's house, Kurusu appears at his house with Yuno. He explains Minene was captured the previous night by the Sacred Eye religion, led by the priestess Tsubaki Kasugano, revealed to be the Sixth diary owner.

Upon arrival at the temple, Kurusu is shocked when he learns Tsubaki is a diary owner and considers calling for backup although Tsubaki calms him by explaining she does not wish to become god. When Tsubaki reveals she has a Dead End on her diary, Kurusu supports her request to make Yuki her miracle-worker until the time her Dead End passes. Ai Mikami and Orin Miyashiro try to assassinate Tsubaki with an explosion, Kurusu racing down into the depths of the temple to repair the faulty sprinkler systems. He succeeds and calls for backup, learning from Yuki of the situation upstairs.

Kurusu eventually finds Minene in the temple's dungeon, learning about Twelfth, Yomotsu Hirasaka and his powers of hypnosis from Minene. Yuno kills Yomotsu, Tsubaki revealing her true intentions. Kurusu and Minene hide out on a rooftop and form an alliance, Kurusu promising Minene access to police files in return for aiding him in finding other diary owners. Minene is allowed to escape and Kurusu takes control of the temple after Yuki kills Tsubaki. Kurusu and Minene keep in touch over the next few weeks, Kurusu contacting Minene to rescue Yuki and Yuno from the Fifth diary owner Reisuke Houjou.

The Fourth's Betrayal:

Kurusu eventually learns (via manipulations by Muru Muru) that his son Yoi has a terminal heart disease and will die within three months. Asking Minene to protect Yoi in case anything happens to him, Kurusu investigates the culprit behind the recent animal attacks, identifying him as the Tenth diary owner Karyuudo Tsukishima and shoots him from behind after breaking into his house. Now wishing to become god to save his son, Kurusu ends his alliance with Yuki and Yuno, framing them for killing Tsukishima.

Yuki and Yuno are taken to the police station for interrogations by officer Masumi Nishijima. However, Kurusu plans to shoot the pair and stage it as self-defence. Yuki is sent into a room with Kurusu who quickly drops his facade and forces Yuki into a game of Russian Roulette, knowing the last bullet in the gun will kill Yuki. However, Yuno barges in and shoots Kurusu multiple times before fleeing with Yuki. Kurusu survives the attempt on his life, having worn a bulletproof vest following his diary's guidance, but his left ear was blown off. Kurusu issues a manhunt for Yuki and Yuno, putting Minene on alert.

Yuki and Yuno coincidentally spot Kurusu's wife, who they met previously at a bridal fair, on her way to visit Yoi in a hospital. The pair are caught by Minene, but Yuki accidentally sets off bombs which alerts Kurusu to their location. Kurusu calls Minene and threatens to kill her unless she co-operates, promptiny Minene to abandon Kurusu and form a new alliance with Yuki and Yuno, capturing his wife and son as her trump card.

However, Kurusu refuses to negotiate with her and sends in a SWAT team to capture Yuki, trailing behind to kill Yuki personally. Yuno charges in and shoots the entire swat team and threatens to kill Kurusu using a grenade given to Yuki by Minene, unaware that it is a flash grenade and will not cause an explosion. Kurusu lets Yuki go but Yuno grabs him to detonate the grenade and take both of them out, although they all survive the flash grenade and the explosion caused afterwards by Minene. Kurusu confronts Yuki, beats him and then holds Yuno at knifepoint. Yuki raises a gun but Kurusu dares him to shoot Yuno. Yuki realises he truly loves Yuno and manages to shoot Kurusu in the stomach.

Kurusu collapses but rises again to kill Yuno, only for Minene and Nishijima to enter. Nishijima calls Kurusu out for his own crimes, having legitimate evidence to clear Yuki, Yuno and Minene of their crimes. In the anime, Kurusu's conviction is extended when Minene reveals she recorded his original request to guard his son and since he has caused a crime, he is no longer a police officer and thus his diary will no longer work.

Realising the error of his ways, Kurusu asks if his family were saved, Nishijima confirming they were evacuated before Minene's bomb exploded. He asks Minene to continue guarding his son, in exchange for his own life, and he promptly snaps his diary in two. Minene agrees to his deal. Kurusu begins to disappear, but concludes apologising to Yuki for his actions would not be enough to earn forgiveness and he tells Yuki to survive and win the game.

In a final act, Kurusu leaves all of his investigative files to Nishijima, including the recovered diaries of those eliminated from the game.

The Final Battle:

Kurusu is seen alive when Yuno, Muru Muru, Yuki and Minene perform a time leap to the new third world, landing two years into the past. Minene calls Kurusu on a public telephone, anonymously telling him of his son's future disease and tells him to get him treatment immediately before hanging up. Kurusu is left surprised, but heads out to deal with the disappearance of the third Yuno, her father, and the explosions at Sakurami Elementary School.

Kurusu, Nishijima and Mrs. Gasai go to the school, Kurusu chasing Mrs. Gasai inside when she spots her husband. Unsure of the strange happenings around him, Kurusu confronts Yuno as she struggles to come to grips with her feelings for Yuki, eventually firing a bullet at her. Yuki and the second Muru Muru escape Yuno's Illusion World, Muru Muru blocking the bullet. Kurusu watches in silent confusion as Yuki and Yuno reunite, and Yuno stabs herself to ensure Yuki wins the survival game. Kurusu then witnesses Yuki and the second Muru Muru jump into a time leap and is left pondering on what happened. Just then, the first Muru Muru collects Yuno's memories, planning to flee, and Kusuru prepares to shoot her. However, the Muru Muru of the third world comes and arrests her for the misdeeds the first Muru Muru had caused, and both disappear. Kusuru is then left dazed and confused.

Two years later, Kurusu's son is shown to have recovered and the family are seen among the happier characters in Sakurami City. In the anime, Kurusu, along his wife and son, are waiting for Nishijima to pick them up, but he's late.

Kingdom Hearts: Universe Shift:

After the Future Diary project was cancelled, Keigo is now became a wandering makai priest as his son had started his training as makai knight with Keigo's permission. Keigo is a trained martial artist and he will sure to protect the people who he cares about.

Lyrics for Running For Your Life

Sazanami tatsu jikan (Toki) no minamo ni
Yurameku usumurasaki no homura
Sono hikari ni ukiagaru kage wa
Oi tsudzuketa negapoji no hazama

Shoot it down... Nerai utsu wa itsumo
Shoot it down... Kawaru mirai
Shoot it down... Mawari mawatte kimi no koto
Mata sagashite iru

Running for your life,
Always running for your life
Unmei (sadame) no nagareru yukusue made
Running for your life,
Always running for your life
Kimi no mirai o mitodokeru tame, hashiru no sa

Tadashi-sa sura kono-te ni tsubushite
Haitoku made bitoku ni kirameku

Falling down... (Kagerō) ni yureru
Falling down... Jōai no hahen (kake-ra)
Falling down... Meguri megureba kimi no koto
Mata oikake teru

Running for your life,
Always running for your life
Shinzō (kokoro) no tomaru sonotoki made wa
Running for your life,
Always running for your life
Kimi no mirai o mitodokeru tame, hashiru no sa

Running free... Nerai sumasu nda, ima
Running free... Subete o toshite
Running free... Kono moji ga shimesu saki ni
Uchi tsudzukeru dake

Running for your life,
Always running for your life
Shinzō (kokoro) no tomaru sonotoki made wa
Running for your life,
Always running for your life
Kimi no mirai o mitodokeru tame

Running for your life,
Always running for your life
Unmei (sadame) no nagareru yukusue made
Running for your life,
Always running for your life
Kimi no mirai o mitodokeru tame, hashiru no sa

Lyrics for Wildflowers

Like a veiled flower utsuru yokogao wa
Chiisana hana no utsukushii kegare naki tsubomi-tachi
Like blooming back-to-back kaze ni yurareteru
Sasaeau sono kizuna wo nerai dare ga sasayaku? EVIL

Madowasareru (hikari)
Yami wa warau (ubau) "zetsubou" narasu utsutsu he to
Izanau koe (Block your heart)
Mayakashi da to (Don't be fooled) ...saa tomo wo shinjite

Kimi yo sakihokore tsuyoku takaku
Sono shiroi hada kirameki wo atsumete
Kimitachi no asu he tsudzuku tobira
Hitori ja nai sorezore no michi, aruitete mo Never

This is love forever taisetsu na hito wo
Mamoritai'n da to hashiri tsudzukeru PYUA na sono kokoro
In the dark, barking kaze ni hibiiteru
Moroku hakanai GARASU no hibi wo uchikowasu you na TRAP

Yureru omoi (maboroshi yume )
Surechigai wa (maneku) "kanashimi" okosu uki yo he to
Michibiku koe (server it)
Ayakashi da to (don't be fooled) ...saa yami wo tsuranuke

Kimi yo sakihokore tsuyoku takaku
Sono shiroi yubi kagayaki wo yobeba
Kimi-tachi no asu wo hiraku tame no
Tatakau toki ano yakusoku hatasu made wa Endless

Kimi yo sakihokore tsuyoku takaku
Sono shiroi hada kirameki wo atsumete
Kimi-tachi no asu wa michi naru yume
Hitori ja nai kizuna no moto aruite yuku zutto...