Kaname Ryougi

Kaname Ryougi (両儀要, Ryōgi Kaname^?) is a member of the Ryougi family in Kara no Kyoukai.

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Background[]

Born as the first child of Mr. Ryougi and Mrs. Ryougi, he, like his father, did not inherit the multiple personality trait of the Ryougi family. After the birth of his younger sister, Shiki Ryougi, and the confirmation of multiple personalities within her, Kaname was passed over as the next head of the family.^[1]

As of June 1998, he was living on his own away from the family.^[2] As Kaname was still the next in line as family head should an accident happen to Shiki, he did not work and received financial support from the family to care for his needs.^[3]

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Personality[]

Kaname's personality is described as being similar to the singer Gackt^WP.^[4] While Shiki used to address him as big brother (お兄ちゃん, onii-chan^?), she'd address him as NEET^WP in the current day due to his lack of a job^[3] or big brother (兄貴^?)^[5]

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Development[]

Kaname is not referenced by name in the main story, only given a name and details in later interviews.^[6]

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[v] Kara no Kyoukai Special Pamphlet - Encyclopedia: Ryougi Shiki [Person's name], p.042-043 [T]Translation by food
English Japanese Ryougi Shiki [Person's name] A girl in her late teens. One of the main characters of the story, possessing the characteristic of Yin. A killer who could not kill. She used a coarse male speech pattern, and used Ore as her first person pronoun. She had a cold personality and appeared to care about nothing. She had only worn kimono up to the age of 16, but due to the comment of her high school peers, she bought a leather jacket. After that, she began this strange getup of wearing a leather jacket over a kimono during winter. Although it seemed that she was concerned about her attire, but really she did not care. She just wore what she wanted, but the result was consistently "always kimono", "laced-up boots or geta", "...red leather jacket". Mean, heartless, and merciless, but occasionally she would react in a surprisingly feminine way. Like Mikiya said, it you want to compare her to an animal, it would be a rabbit or something like that. She was the second child of House Ryougi, who artificially induced dual personalities in their offspring. Due to her confirmed multiple personality, her brother was abandoned as the heir in favour of her. Because she was aware of her abnormality since childhood, Ryougi hated people as well as herself. Although she developed a cold personality as a result, secretly she wished to experience a normal person's happiness. .... Ever since she encountered the materialization of that dream, her fate changed drastically. She had a male personality known as "SHIKI", but he was lost due to an accident. Subsequently she developed the ability to perceive Lines of Death. Was it a compensation, or was it a sequelae of the accident? After awakening from the coma, she did not have a realistic sense of living. Although in frustration she attempted to feel this sense of living through killing, due to various accidents and benevolent obstructions she never succeeded. With a uncertain sense of living, this listless girl continued to come to Touko's office day in and day out. By the way, Shiki's emotions towards people were quite animalistic. Regardless of good or evil, Shiki first divided people into "those she can be with" and "those she cannot be with". For those "she can be with", she would stay with them even if she hated them. Touko was "dislike", Azaka was "like", such were the categories. As to Mikiya, in the words of Shiki, "I don't know". 両儀式【りょうぎ―しき】【人名】十代後半の少女。物語の主役の一人。陰性。人を殺せない殺人鬼。男のような乱暴な口調で、一人称はオレ。冷めた性格で、万事がどうでもいいように振る舞う。十六歳まで和服しか着てこなかったが、高校で出会った同級生のちょっとした台詞から皮のジャンパーを購入。以後、冬は着物の上に革ジャンを羽織《はお》る、という妙な服装になった。服装に拘《こだわ》っているように見えるが、実は本人何も考えていない。好きなものを着るだけという考えで、その結果として『いつも着物』『履物《はきもの》は編み上げブーツかゲタ』『……気に食わないけど赤い革ジャン』という格好になっている。ぶっきらぼうで薄情《はくじょう》で容赦《ようしゃ》がないが、時折びっくりするほど少女らしい反応をする。幹也曰く、動物に例えるのならウサギだとか。人為的に二重人格者を生み出す両儀家の次女として生まれ、多人格の素質を認められ、兄を差し置いて両儀家の跡取りとなった。幼い頃から自分が異常だと知っていた為、極度の人間嫌い＆自分嫌い。それ故に冷めた性格になってしまったのだが、心のどこかで人並みの幸福を夢見ていた。 ……その夢の具現に出会ってしまった事から、彼女の運命は大きく変動していく。『識』という男性人格を持っていたが、事故によって失われた。その代償か事故の後遺症か、以後、死の線が視えてしまう体質になってしまった。昏睡から目覚めた後は生の実感がなく、人を殺す事で生の実感を得ようと躍起《やっき　》になるが、色々な偶然とか善意の妨害とかで上手くいったためしがない。不確かな生の実感を抱きながら、今日も今日として橙子の事務所に通いつめるアンニュイ少女。余談ではあるが、式の対人感情は中々に動物的。好き嫌いに関係なく、まず一緒にいていい人間と一緒にいたくない人間とに分かれるのだとか。一緒にいていい人間なら嫌いだろうと付き合っていくらしく、橙子は嫌い、鮮花は好き、というカテゴリーらしい。幹也はと言うと、本人曰く「知らない」だそうで。

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[v] Kara no Kyoukai - Chapter 2: “A Study in Murder (Part 1)” Movies Q & A Pamphlets Q: The Ryougi mansion is really huge. How many people live there? They must have a lot of servants, right?
English Japanese Q: The Ryougi mansion is really huge. How many people live there? They must have a lot of servants, right? Takeuchi: Well to start with, there’s the beautiful mother. Nasu: Though, regrettably, there aren’t any twin maids and the elder brother is off living on his own. As for servants, I guess there are about 20 if you include the young ones. Ｑ：とっても大きな両儀邸ですが、何人くらいが住んでいるんですか？やっぱりお手伝いさんとかが沢山いるんですか？武：とりあえず、美人のお母さんがいます。奈：残念ながら双子の使用人はいません。出番のない兄貴は離れでくさってます。……使用人、若衆あわせて二十人ぐらいでしょうか。

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[v] Kara no Kyoukai - Chapter 7: "A Study in Murder (Part 2)" Movies Q & A Pamphlets Q: When Shiki was a little girl, she called her brother "Big Brother". What does she call him now?
Q: When Shiki was a little girl, she called her brother "Big Brother". What does she call him now? <Chien> Nasu: NEET. Takeuchi: How cruel!! Just now, the fans fell over in shock! Anyway, while we're on the topic of her brother, people also wanted to know if he's got a job… Nasu: Nope. Since he'll be the successor if something horrible happens to Shiki, he's being taken care of, in a sense.

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[v] Kara no Kyoukai - Chapter 4: “The Hollow Shrine” Movies Q & A Pamphlets Q: You’ve mentioned that Shiki’s brother is living away from home and that he’s ineligible to be the Ryougi heir, but I want to know, what kind of person is he?
Q: You’ve mentioned that Shiki’s brother is living away from home and that he’s ineligible to be the Ryougi heir, but I want to know, what kind of person is he? <Kyō> Nasu: Sort of Gackt-like. Takeuchi: Shibuya… Public Hall… Nasu: I wonder if there’s even a single person that will understand this…

↑ Kara no Kyoukai Volume 7

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[v] Kara no Kyoukai - Chapter 7: "A Study in Murder (Part 2)" Movies Q & A Pamphlets Q: What is the name of Shiki's older brother?
Q: What is the name of Shiki's older brother? Takeuchi: Ryougi Utsukushiibitsu. Nasu: Serious answer: Ryougi Kaname. Takeuchi: I got totally ignored! Nasu: By the way, Utsukushiibitsu was the name of a member of a certain band from the golden age of Visual Kei. It's true. When I remember the way girls at live shows would scream out things like "Kyaaah, Ibitsuuu!" and "Utsukushiii!", almost fainting, I can't help but think Japan isn't that bad after all. (TN: The band he's talking about is called Deshabillz.)

Kara no Kyoukai

Main characters: Shiki Ryougi • Mikiya Kokutou • Touko Aozaki • Azaka Kokutou

Secondary characters: Cornelius Alba • Daisuke Akimi • Fujino Asagami • Kirie Fujou • Lio Shirazumi • Mana Ryougi • Misaya Ouji • Mitsuru Kamekura • Satsuki Kurogiri • Shizune Seo • Souren Araya • Tomoe Enjou
Minor characters: Akitaka Suzurigi • Gakuto • Hideo Hayama • Kaede Enjou • Kaname Ryougi • Kaori Tachibana • Keita Minato • Mother of Mifune • Otoko Hotaruzuka • Risu Miyazuki • Takayuki Enjou • Yuuko Andou
Terms: Akasha • Counter Force • Demon Hunter Organization • Dragon Smoke • Psychic • Mystic Eyes • Mystic Eyes of Death Perception • Unified Language

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[v] Kara no Kyoukai Special Pamphlet - Encyclopedia: Ryougi Shiki [Person's name], p.042-043 [T]Translation by food

English
Japanese

Ryougi Shiki [Person's name]
A girl in her late teens. One of the main characters of the story, possessing the characteristic of Yin. A killer who could not kill.
She used a coarse male speech pattern, and used Ore as her first person pronoun. She had a cold personality and appeared to care about nothing.
She had only worn kimono up to the age of 16, but due to the comment of her high school peers, she bought a leather jacket. After that, she began this strange getup of wearing a leather jacket over a kimono during winter.
Although it seemed that she was concerned about her attire, but really she did not care.
She just wore what she wanted, but the result was consistently "always kimono", "laced-up boots or geta", "...red leather jacket".
Mean, heartless, and merciless, but occasionally she would react in a surprisingly feminine way. Like Mikiya said, it you want to compare her to an animal, it would be a rabbit or something like that.
She was the second child of House Ryougi, who artificially induced dual personalities in their offspring. Due to her confirmed multiple personality, her brother was abandoned as the heir in favour of her.
Because she was aware of her abnormality since childhood, Ryougi hated people as well as herself. Although she developed a cold personality as a result, secretly she wished to experience a normal person's happiness.
.... Ever since she encountered the materialization of that dream, her fate changed drastically.
She had a male personality known as "SHIKI", but he was lost due to an accident. Subsequently she developed the ability to perceive Lines of Death. Was it a compensation, or was it a sequelae of the accident?
After awakening from the coma, she did not have a realistic sense of living. Although in frustration she attempted to feel this sense of living through killing, due to various accidents and benevolent obstructions she never succeeded.
With a uncertain sense of living, this listless girl continued to come to Touko's office day in and day out.
By the way, Shiki's emotions towards people were quite animalistic.
Regardless of good or evil, Shiki first divided people into "those she can be with" and "those she cannot be with".
For those "she can be with", she would stay with them even if she hated them. Touko was "dislike", Azaka was "like", such were the categories.
As to Mikiya, in the words of Shiki, "I don't know".

両儀式【りょうぎ―しき】【人名】
十代後半の少女。物語の主役の一人。陰性。人を殺せない殺人鬼。
男のような乱暴な口調で、一人称はオレ。冷めた性格で、万事がどうでもいいように振る舞う。
十六歳まで和服しか着てこなかったが、高校で出会った同級生のちょっとした台詞から皮のジャンパーを購入。以後、冬は着物の上に革ジャンを羽織《はお》る、という妙な服装になった。
服装に拘《こだわ》っているように見えるが、実は本人何も考えていない。
好きなものを着るだけという考えで、その結果として『いつも着物』『履物《はきもの》は編み上げブーツかゲタ』『……気に食わないけど赤い革ジャン』という格好になっている。
ぶっきらぼうで薄情《はくじょう》で容赦《ようしゃ》がないが、時折びっくりするほど少女らしい反応をする。幹也曰く、動物に例えるのならウサギだとか。
人為的に二重人格者を生み出す両儀家の次女として生まれ、多人格の素質を認められ、兄を差し置いて両儀家の跡取りとなった。
幼い頃から自分が異常だと知っていた為、極度の人間嫌い＆自分嫌い。それ故に冷めた性格になってしまったのだが、心のどこかで人並みの幸福を夢見ていた。
……その夢の具現に出会ってしまった事から、彼女の運命は大きく変動していく。
『識』という男性人格を持っていたが、事故によって失われた。その代償か事故の後遺症か、以後、死の線が視えてしまう体質になってしまった。
昏睡から目覚めた後は生の実感がなく、人を殺す事で生の実感を得ようと躍起《やっき　》になるが、色々な偶然とか善意の妨害とかで上手くいったためしがない。
不確かな生の実感を抱きながら、今日も今日として橙子の事務所に通いつめるアンニュイ少女。
余談ではあるが、式の対人感情は中々に動物的。
好き嫌いに関係なく、まず一緒にいていい人間と一緒にいたくない人間とに分かれるのだとか。
一緒にいていい人間なら嫌いだろうと付き合っていくらしく、橙子は嫌い、鮮花は好き、というカテゴリーらしい。
幹也はと言うと、本人曰く「知らない」だそうで。

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[3] Japanese

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[v] Kara no Kyoukai - Chapter 2: “A Study in Murder (Part 1)” Movies Q & A Pamphlets
Q: The Ryougi mansion is really huge. How many people live there? They must have a lot of servants, right?

English
Japanese

Q: The Ryougi mansion is really huge. How many people live there? They must have a lot of servants, right?

Takeuchi: Well to start with, there’s the beautiful mother.
Nasu: Though, regrettably, there aren’t any twin maids and the elder brother is off living on his own. As for servants, I guess there are about 20 if you include the young ones.

Ｑ：とっても大きな両儀邸ですが、何人くらいが住んでいるんですか？やっぱりお手伝いさんとかが沢山いるんですか？

武：とりあえず、美人のお母さんがいます。
奈：残念ながら双子の使用人はいません。出番のない兄貴は離れでくさってます。……使用人、若衆あわせて二十人ぐらいでしょうか。

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[6] Japanese

[NEET-3] 3.0 ^3.1

[v] Kara no Kyoukai - Chapter 7: "A Study in Murder (Part 2)" Movies Q & A Pamphlets
Q: When Shiki was a little girl, she called her brother "Big Brother". What does she call him now?

Q: When Shiki was a little girl, she called her brother "Big Brother". What does she call him now? <Chien>

Nasu: NEET.
Takeuchi: How cruel!! Just now, the fans fell over in shock! Anyway, while we're on the topic of her brother, people also wanted to know if he's got a job…
Nasu: Nope. Since he'll be the successor if something horrible happens to Shiki, he's being taken care of, in a sense.

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[v] Kara no Kyoukai - Chapter 4: “The Hollow Shrine” Movies Q & A Pamphlets
Q: You’ve mentioned that Shiki’s brother is living away from home and that he’s ineligible to be the Ryougi heir, but I want to know, what kind of person is he?

Q: You’ve mentioned that Shiki’s brother is living away from home and that he’s ineligible to be the Ryougi heir, but I want to know, what kind of person is he? <Kyō>

Nasu: Sort of Gackt-like.
Takeuchi: Shibuya… Public Hall…
Nasu: I wonder if there’s even a single person that will understand this…

[5] Kara no Kyoukai Volume 7

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[v] Kara no Kyoukai - Chapter 7: "A Study in Murder (Part 2)" Movies Q & A Pamphlets
Q: What is the name of Shiki's older brother?

Q: What is the name of Shiki's older brother?

Takeuchi: Ryougi Utsukushiibitsu.
Nasu: Serious answer: Ryougi Kaname.
Takeuchi: I got totally ignored!
Nasu: By the way, Utsukushiibitsu was the name of a member of a certain band from the golden age of Visual Kei. It's true. When I remember the way girls at live shows would scream out things like "Kyaaah, Ibitsuuu!" and "Utsukushiii!", almost fainting, I can't help but think Japan isn't that bad after all.
(TN: The band he's talking about is called Deshabillz.)

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