Ōchi Fukuchi

Ōchi Fukuchi (福地 桜痴,) is the captain of the Hunting Dogs special units. However, in reality, he is the leader of the terrorist organization, the Decay of the Angel, acting under the alias of Kamui (神威,). Fukuchi owns the ability named Mirror Lion.

Appearance
Fukuchi is a tall, middle aged man donning the army green Hunting Dogs uniform, which includes a standard military uniform, a long cape and tall black boots, complete with a military saber. He is usually not seen wearing the hat that accompanies the uniform. He has made alterations to his uniform, such as rolling up his sleeves and wearing white half palm gloves. He has a light, spiky hair with two strands falling in front of his face, along with an upwards mustache. On the left side of his face, his hairline forms a lightning bolt shape. He has vibrant purple eyes that appear to have wrinkles underneath them. His face appears to have a chiseled jawline, resulting in a square-like shape. On his right cheek are three distinct healed scars that almost resemble claw marks.

During his teenage years, he wears a hakama with, the standard uniform for.

During the Great War 14 years ago, Fukuchi wore a standard military uniform, once again forgoing the hat that accompanies the uniform. Alterations to the standard uniform such as rolled up sleeves and wearing white half palm gloves were also made. The most notable difference in his appearance at this time is the lack of mustache and shorter hair.

Personality
On the surface, Fukuchi has presented with an eccentric and boastful personality. He took great pride in the Hunting Dog unit's skills and reputation and seemed to enjoy the thought of "hunting down" criminals. He also showed a somewhat vulgar and shameless side to himself including doing disgusting things including farting, vomiting from drinking too much liquor, and stating he was still youthful by remarking his skin was still peachy on his behind. Despite this, he also showed examples of being a charismatic, charming leader who was able to heavily influence people of all kinds, leaving them in awe and wonder by his presence where they almost believe that they are dreaming. Fukuchi acts as a 'protector' of people, exuding an aura of a guardian, a source of comfort to Aya Koda who had been tormented by Saigiku Jōno.

His true personality as Kamui, however, has proven to be darker and more serious than the personality he had been faking as the captain of the Hunting Dogs. As Kamui, Fukuchi still retains some of his laid back personality, however, he expresses bitterness in getting older admitting his drinking was a form of relieving his stress and he loathes that his hair is getting thinner. He also expresses relief that he will no longer have to fake such a tiring personality after the final step of the plan commences. In this personality, Fukuchi also acts more like a ruthless soldier as he challenged Atsushi Nakajima in combat with the full intention of eliminating him, though he still retains some form of honorable code as he also allowed him a fair chance between "fighting or dying" in order to grab the Page from his clutches.

Ability
Fukuchi's ability, Mirror Lion (鏡獅子,) allows him to strengthen any weapon he holds by a 100 fold. He demonstrated this when he cut off Atsushi's leg with his augmented sword with tremendous speed and power.

Skills

 * Espionage: Fukuchi is a tremendously skilled actor and is able to fake a personality to the point, someone, with high observation skills as Ranpo Edogawa is unable to tell he is lying or hiding an ulterior motive without fully using his Super Deduction technique. Although his skills are impressive, Fukuchi has admitted he has become rusty and chalks it up to his age. Back in his army days, he was known as "The Man of a Hundred Faces" (百面相の男,) due to his legendary skills in infiltration and espionage.
 * Physical Prowess: Fukuchi is also well-versed in martial arts. Like Fukuzawa, he appears to be proficient in performing the kote gaeshi (小手返, lit. "forearm return"), a throwing technique in aikido that uses an opponent's momentum against them.

Background
Fukuchi has known Yukichi Fukuzawa since their youth, and they both learned the way of the sword from the same government-run school of martial arts. They also had a mutual female acquaintance named Kin during this time. Being fondly referred by Fukuzawa as Gen'ichirō (源一郎,), they seemed to have had a friendly yet harmless rivalry over the years and were each other's best friend for quite some time.

However, 14 years ago, Fukuchi enlisted in the Japanese army to fight in the Great War where he experienced horrendous traumatic events, including engaging in brutal combat with the enemy lines and torturing and killing soldiers, civilians, women, and children in gruesome ways under the government's command. These experiences led Fukuchi to believe he was "born on the battlefield" and held a grudge against the nation and the government for creating the hell that was war. He also held resentment for Fukuzawa for not joining him on the battlefield and experiencing the horrific events he did and stated it was the reason he and Fukuzawa split paths forever.

Despite these facts, 12 years ago, he was invited to the opening of the Armed Detective Agency where he drunk himself silly, caused a ruckus, and urinated all over the newly made Agency doorplate which Ranpo saw and was disgusted by. Despite the shameful actions, Fukuzawa interpreted them to be a sign of grief and wailing that he had found his life's purpose one step ahead of him and that he was lonely because of that fact. It was on this day that Fukuzawa told Ranpo that he trusted Fukuchi more than anyone in the world, which reinforced Ranpo's trust in him based solely on blind faith alone, while Fukuzawa was completely oblivious to his friend's hatred and bitterness towards him.

Sometime later, Fukuchi became the captain of the Hunting Dogs and a world-renowned hero for completing difficult and high-risk missions including defeatingability-based werewolf experiments, saving refugees, fighting an semi-immortal ability user nonstop for several days and nights, and neutralizing vampire threats from the Eastern Europe. At an unknown point in time, he became Kamui, the leader of the Decay of the Angel.

Quotes

 * (To Atsushi Nakajima and Ryunosuke Akutagawa) "Whatever path you pick for yourself... you have my blessing. Young men take the path that leaves no regret in your sould. Even more so, should that sould be doomed to die."
 * (To Atsushi Nakajima and Ryunosuke Akutagawa) "It was in that battlefield that I was born […] I did the killing. The state did the ordering. Now, it's clear as day. It is only because of the state and its order that the hell they call war can be born. Better for all of us if it never existed in the first place."
 * "''Is there no divine justice in this world? I have withstood a barrage of hardship and pain... never yielding, no matter how steadfast the foe! In a world refusing to accept loyalty and piety...tyranny may yet provide the kindling! Thus I, Ōchi the layman with a heart of steel and bones of ice will exercise the wiles of heaven and earth!
 * (To Atsushi Nakajima and Ryunosuke Akutagawa) "A battlefield is a garden of carnage. One where justice, courage, and faith all wither equally. The only paths allowed are an easy death or an uneasy one. I welcome you to it."
 * (To Atsushi Nakajima and Ryunosuke Akutagawa about Shintō Amenogozen) "As long as I this time-traveling sword, defeat can never reach me. I cut down the past from the future and ensure that defeat nevver happened."
 * (To Michizō Tachihara) "Now, who are the angels? […] Heavenly beings that others' hands cannot reach, namely… The politicians. Their indiscretion births war. They must die and be reborn in the cycle, and that death must be painful. That is why we've taken our blades. I am the decay of angels, the sign of death that falls on a nation's greed.

Etymology

 * The name Ōchi means "cherry" (桜) (ō) and "foolish" (痴) (chi).
 * The surname Fukuchi means "good fortune" (fuku) (福) and "ground" (地) (chi).
 * His alias, Kamui, means "God's Majesty", consisting of the kanji (神) (kami/ka) and (威) (i).

Trivia

 * Fukuchi's nickname, Gen'ichirō, is based on his real-life counterpart's birth name.

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