Kyōka Izumi

Kyōka Izumi (泉 鏡花,) is the newest member of the Armed Detective Company after defecting from the Port Mafia.

Appearance
Kyōka is a girl short in stature, with dark blue/black hair tied into two low twintails with flower pins. A notable trait of her (much like almost every member of the Mafia), is that before, her eyes used to be entirely black. But after meeting Atsushi and being together with the Company, those blue eyes have been shown to become clearer. She always dons a red Kimono with pattern of what looks like sprouts, and its yellow Datejime neatly tied. She wears long white socks and sandals; while on her arms, she appears to wear yellow and red wrist pads. Kyōka carries with herself a tiny rabbit doll, together with her cellphone in a necklace.

Personality
While with the Port Mafia, Kyōka Izumi's personality is similar to that of a doll. She lacks all emotions and is ruthless when she is ordered to perform a duty. After being exposed to Atsushi and the real world, Izumi reverts back to a young teenager. She is easily infatuated with the small things and has a need to see everything. Much like Atsushi, she believed that she was worth very little and that she deserved to die for her crimes. Although unlike Atsushi,  once she joins the Armed Detective Company she does not dwell on her mistakes. She is strong willed and even states that she wants to prove to Akutagawa that she is more than just a killer. Kyōka seems to care greatly for Atsushi. She shares a room with him and gets worried when he could be in danger. She is by Atsushi's side most of the time.

Ability
Kyōka's ability, Demon Snow (夜叉白雪,), allows her to materialize a sword-wielding phantom, known as Demon Snow, which only follows orders coming from a mobile phone she always carries on her person. It appears that it only listens to orders from another person on the other line and does not comply to Kyōka's own wishes. Though after joining the Armed Detective Company this problem was fixed by Fukuzawa Yukichi which enables her to control her own ability and use it normally. In reality Kyōka is not the original wielder of Demon Snow, but instead her mother was. In order to protect Kyōka, in her last moments Kyōka's mother transferred her ability Demon Snow to Kyōka -- but because of the suddenness at the time, control of the demon was transferred to Kyōka's cell phone instead of Kyōka herself.

Background
According to Kōyō, before being an orphan, Kyōka supposedly lived happily with her parents. But ultimately, it was the Demon itself who killed them. It is also revealed that Kyōka's parents had a much darker background than previously thought. Her father, after resigning from being a government agent, become a freelancer who worked for the assassinations of several important people. Her mother was, like her, an assassin who wielded the slaughtering ability Demon Snow. One night, while Kyōka was out playing, several assassins came to try and kill both her mother and father. While all the assassins were quickly killed by the pair, an unknown ability user who could use body manipulation through blood took control of first Kyōka's father and used him to try and kill the young Kyōka. While Kyōka's mother had cut him down with Demon Snow before he could harm Kyōka, soon her mother was put under manipulation as well. Before her death, Kyōka's mother transferred her ability Demon Snow to Kyōka in order to protect her, using a technique she had learned from an ability user who could manipulate shadows. However, due to the suddenness of the attack, the transfer of the ability was not perfect and so Kyōka's cell phone, given to her by her mother days before her death, became an intermediary for control of the ability. Since then, the Port Mafia took her, and she served under Kōyō Ozaki as her protegee. == Plot == Kyōka first appeared at episode 5, where it appears that she was waiting for someone. Soon after, she approached the person she found, who turned out to be Dazai and kidnapped him using her ability. Afterwards, when Atsushi was out shopping with Yosano, they passed by each other although not giving more than a glance before continuing on their way. Later on, on the train attacked by Motojirou Kajii, she encountered Atsushi again but this time, attacked him on the orders to protect the bomb that was set to go off and blow up the entire train. After injuring Atsushi severely, she was overpowered and under pressure, revealed that the bomb was on her person, set to go off if any attempt in disarming or removing the bomb was made. Despite this, she provided him with the remote detonator that supposedly allowed the defusal of the bomb but instead it set the timer on the bomb to detonate in a few seconds. Having a change of heart at the end, she decided to jump off the train and sacrifice herself in order to not cause any more damage. Atsushi then saved her by forcefully ripping the bomb off her body and protected her from the blast while falling into the river below. He then brought her back to the agency where she later recovered. Furthermore, after Atsushi saved her life and the Agency didn't know what to do with Kyōka, Atsushi decided to ask Kyōka out on a "date" to spend some time, to which she agreed. In episode 11, Kyōka was fully accepted and recognized as a part of the Agency by Yukichi Fukuzawa after telling him and to everyone her main goal, to prove Ryunosuke Akutagawa wrong.

Trivia

 * The real life Kyōka Izumi was male, whose real name was Kyoutarou Izumi (泉 鏡太郎). * In reality, Kyōka Izumi was the protege of Kōyō Ozaki and admired the latter throughout his entire life, pursuing a career in literature due to Kōyō. * She shares the same room as Atsushi, as revealed at the manga. * She appears to have photographic memory, often remembering people's faces and loads of information at a fast pace, as shown in episode 17 and chapter 43. *She made an appearance in the mobile game "Kimito Lead Puzzle 18" as a stage boss and a limited time character. *Her teddy rabbit was won by Atsushi on a claw machine. *Atsushi might be really important to her. *Kyōka can cook skillfully, as shown in Bungo Stray Dogs Wan. *Kyōka dislikes going toilet at night because she can be killed. *She likes bunny rabbits and tofu, and dislikes dogs and lightning. *After being taken in by the Port Mafia, Kyōka has killed 35 people in six months.