Kinsei Zou

Kinsei Zou (う キンセイ, Zou Kinsei) is a chūnin of Kusagakure’s Zou clan and a member of Team Ginta with Kentaro Shida and Inari Gatama. As a member of the Zou clan, he has been taught many sword skills using their hidden technique.

Background
While in the Academy, Kinsei was one of the top students in the class. He had high taijutsu scores and topped the class in shurikenjutsu. His academic grades were not too far behind Kazō and Kentaro and his skills with hand seals were second only to Kazō’s. He was also one of the popular boys, with Kasumi and Inari as his biggest admirers. He had his small group of friends he hung around; in a way, rivaling that of Kazō’s group. He didn’t care for Kazō and his friends, seeing them as losers. The groups would often challenge each other to games of Ninja, and were usually evenly matched.

After graduating, he was placed on a team with Inari and Kentaro. He was ok with Inari being on his team since he knew she could stick up for herself and hold her own in a fight. Kentaro, however, was a different story. He couldn’t see himself working well with the boy, and figured he would need to do more to make up for what Kentaro lacked.

This changed after their sensei’s first test. When Inari was in danger during the test, Kentaro was the one to save her. Kinsei wasn’t able to react quickly enough and hated himself for it. What made him angrier was how Kentaro acted after it was done. His brave face that he wore while getting Inari out had shattered once she was safe. He couldn’t believe the boy could change so suddenly, and confronted him. Kentaro said that was the scariest thing he had ever done, but that he couldn’t show it at that time. He said he had to appear in control for Inari, who had broken down from fear. Kinsei realized the boy could do something he couldn’t. He then acknowledged Kentaro’s ability to react instantaneously, and said he was glad the boy was on his team.

Appearance
Kinsei is of average height with black eyes and pale violet hair. He has long bangs that stick up from his head and droop down. He wears a light grey sleeveless shirt with charcoal colored pants. He carries a sword on his back that’s held with a cord, and a tantō strapped to the back of his waist.

Kenjutsu
As a member of the Zou Clan, Kinsei utilizes sword techniques as his main form of fighting. The Zou Clan has a special form of sword fighting, sharing some similarities with samurai. Using chakra flow into their blades, they have the ability to transform them into various forms. Unlike samurai, the transformations are not made of chakra, but are changes from one sword type into another. Kinsei utilizes many sword forms in battle, but his most common are a short sword with a curved, hook-like tip and an odachi.

Nature Transformation
Kinsei also has earth release ninjutsu at his disposal. His most used move being his Liquefied Earth Technique. This move turns the surrounding land into a semi-liquid state that will slowly drag the enemy down. With this technique, Kinsei is one of the few in the Zou Clan who can successfully wield an odachi on foot. Normally a blade of that length can only be used while on horseback. Because of the liquid, his blade can pass through the ground easier, allowing for a full swing. Placing his sword into the ground during this technique lets him use his Thousand Earth Swords. As the blade sinks into the ground, many blades made of earth erupt around him.

Trivia

 * Kinsei’s hobby is training with new swords.
 * Kinsei wishes to test his sword skills against samurai.
 * Kentaro has completed 66 official missions in total: 30 D-rank, 17 C-rank, 11 B-rank, 8 A-rank, 0 S-rank.

Reference
Kinsei Zou is an OC created by KusaNin.