Kazama Kiriori

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Kiriori lost both biological parents while still young. Her grandparents had already died, and her remaining relatives did not want to raise her; at their funeral, she described herself as “unwanted.” Haihara, a former colleague of Kiriori’s mother, offered to raise her despite being a university student with limited means. Kiriori chose adoption over her inheritance, and Haihara became her adoptive mother. Although Kiriori offered to forgo the inheritance, the final arrangement left it available to her when she came of age. 28 29

Her biological mother’s surname was Kato. Haihara had admired her as a senior colleague and had previously harbored romantic feelings for her. During Haihara’s final university year, she and Kiriori lived in inexpensive rented accommodation near the university while Haihara balanced studies, part-time work, and childcare. Kiriori attended a nearby middle school, then entered the high school where Haihara became a teacher. 28 29 30

She grew into an exceptionally accomplished student. By age sixteen, she had joined the student council and was hosting school-festival events; later, she became Kaedehara High School’s student council president and top-ranked third-year student. 30 134

Before the main Magical Girl group formed, Kiriori had already fought as Phantom Wind. Her early confidence in her ability to solve every problem was shattered when she discovered that the Chameleon Monster’s host was Haihara. Unable to stop the threat or identify its creator, she came to regard the incident as an unforgivable personal failure. 173 425

Her first period of Magical Girl activity ended during her first year of high school. Before retiring, she had become the strongest Magical Girl in Maple Plain City after numerous battles under the principal’s instruction. 132

She initially declined to resume Magical Girl activity, believing the newer protectors of Maple Plain City should handle the city’s threats. However, she considered them inexperienced and returned to battle when the Chameleon Monster crisis escalated. 132 153

On Christmas Eve, she again announced her retirement as Phantom Wind to concentrate on university entrance examinations and put away Gale and Ace. Haihara’s subsequent disappearance and memory loss drew her back into Magical Girl activity. 344 350

Appearance

Kiriori is a tall, graceful girl with long, thick black hair. At school, she is known for an immaculate uniform, upright posture, and a dignified presence that draws attention even during formal ceremonies. 134 144

• Long, fine black hair, described as smooth and fragrant. 330
• Black eyes in her ordinary appearance. 48 564
• Tall, slender build; she resembles Haihara in stature and features. 189
• Maintains a meticulously neat school-uniform appearance. 134 195
• In her Ace-absorbed form, she manifests rusted black armor and a centaur-like knightly body. 450
• Her transformed Phantom Wind form has crimson eyes. 446

Personality

At school, Kiriori presents herself as perfect, gentle, modest, and composed. She is admired by students and teachers alike, but this polished image leaves her without many genuinely close peers. She handles confessions tactfully and remembers individual students’ names and accomplishments. 9 24

Privately, Kiriori is deeply attached to Haihara and has long sought her affection and attention. Her fear of abandonment—rooted in losing her biological parents—can make her anxious, possessive, or controlling when Haihara is endangered. 30 427 446

She is normally calm and dependable under pressure, often taking command during crises. However, prolonged stress, nightmares, Haihara’s memory loss, and the threat of losing her again leave her emotionally unstable; this instability directly affects her magical power. 305 420 424

Kiriori particularly dislikes being alone and values even quiet companionship while studying. Her personal ambitions largely revolve around remaining with Haihara and building a happy future together. She can become jealous of other girls’ closeness to Haihara, initially regarding Sakaki Chika as a romantic rival despite maintaining a polite outward manner. 30 31 432 490

Her aversion to conflict with family is connected to having argued with her biological mother before her parents died in a car accident. She consequently tries to avoid repeating that unresolved separation with Haihara. In the Flower Demon King’s illusion, she acknowledges that she has never fully overcome her grief and finally apologizes to her parents before choosing to leave. 446 464

Her protectiveness can override Haihara’s wishes. During Haihara’s memory loss, Kiriori conceals information and eventually prevents her from leaving the house, only recognizing how far she has gone after Haihara collapses. 420 436 437

After Haihara reciprocates her romantic feelings, Kiriori becomes noticeably happier and more settled while continuing her usual studies and school responsibilities. 491 493

Abilities & Skills

Gale and Ace Transformation

Kiriori transforms through an arm ring using the sky-blue Gale crystal and pitch-black Ace crystal. 153

• Commands wind magic on a battlefield-wide scale, including powerful gales. 153
• Can fly at high speed and discreetly intervene in civilian emergencies, such as preventing vehicles from colliding on icy roads. 305
• Has unusually rapid Magical Girl recovery compared with her peers. 420
• Her magical power is strongly affected by her emotional state; Doctor Kougami warns her to avoid transforming while unstable. Ace specifically begins changing in a dangerous direction under the influence of her unstable magic. 420
• Her standard Holy Domain identity is Phantom Wind—Gale Ace; advancing did not require her to become an entirely different Magical Girl. 167
• Retains significant combat capability as a Wind System Magical Girl without relying on a snake-type form, allowing her to remain useful against enemies that drain Serpent System magic. 429

Crystal Magic and Spellcraft

Kiriori is highly proficient with transformation crystals and other magical resources.

• Her Gale crystal remained notably “pure” despite her recent instability. 420
• She independently inscribed a spell into Gale without being taught by Haihara Ryo. 420
• A memory-erasure spell once placed within Gale was later replaced with a memory-awakening incantation prepared by Takanashi. 449
• Maintains purified Holy Domain Crystals and provides one for Takanashi’s memory-restoration spell, specifically entrusting her with Gale because it is safer and easier to inscribe. 443
• Can combine other purified Holy Domain Crystals with Phantom Wind’s two crystals to produce different forms. 443
• Understands the normal process of Holy Domain advancement: a Magical Girl’s growing magic nurtures her long-used transformation crystal until it is reborn as a Holy Domain Crystal. 266
• Can create a new wind crystal directly from nature. With a snap of her fingers, she makes wind spirits resonate together, gathering their magic into a sky-blue crystal suitable for use alongside Ace. Kirishima Ai regards this as something ordinary Magical Girls generally cannot do. 564

Combat Training and Leadership

Haihara Ryo supplied Kiriori’s initial magical tool and crystals, taught her combat techniques, and instructed her on advancing toward the Holy Domain. 267

• Acts as an experienced senior who guides Kirishima Ai, Takanashi Shiori, and the other younger Magical Girls. 195 300
• Remains decisive in dangerous situations, including dividing the group to search the Flower Demon King’s domain. 449
• Uses investigative reasoning and publicly promotes herself as the detective of Great Detective Magical Girl Phantom Wind. 263
• Requires Kirishima Ai to demonstrate her resolve in a duel rather than accepting a verbal request to join her group. 564 566

Weather Manipulation and Protective Magic

Kiriori’s wind magic extends beyond generating air currents to controlling destructive weather phenomena. 566

• Uses enormous wind blades capable of striking the ground with devastating force. 566
• Manipulates wind, rain, thunder, lightning, and snow, although she is not particularly fond of ice and snow magic. 566
• Forms her strongest strike by pouring all her magic into her armament. The resulting poised spear draws together wind, lightning, and torrential rain while a vast storm vortex forms overhead. 566
• Can warm the air around herself and create a transparent protective membrane that shields a passenger from cold wind and absorbs the acceleration of high-speed flight. She uses this to transport the gravely ill Haihara. 437

Ace Absorption

Kiriori can force the Ace Crystal into her body to become a Monster-like combatant rather than a conventional Magical Girl. 450

• Greatly increases her power against Black Death Cult opponents. 450
• Produces darkened wind magic, ominous lightning, and black armor. 450
• The form feels unpleasant and unnatural to her, and she does not wish to sustain it for long. 450
• Before fully transforming, already possesses enough physical strength to seize the attacking Black Goat cultist by the neck. 450
• Draws on the Monster power integrated into her crystal through Holy Domain advancement. Unlike a Magical Girl overcome by her desires, she initially uses this power deliberately rather than being replaced by an uncontrolled inner Monster. 450
• Her voice acquires the layered quality associated with Monsters, and other cultists perceive her magic as similar to their own. 450

Savior-Cleansing Pegasus

As “Savior” Skywind, Kiriori uses a cleansed Devil King Crystal to wield Crown Magical Girl power. 471 472

• Safely transforms using Eve’s Devil King Crystal rather than being corrupted by it. 471
• Cleanses the crystal through contact; Ace then emerges from her body and is fitted into the remaining slot of her armlet. 471
• Can teleport allies to safety. 472
• Possesses magical power comparable to Prison Flower God after it absorbed the city’s magic. 472
• Her Crown transformation’s aura exceeds the combined aura of the Magical Girls who fought before her. 472

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Transformation arm ring / Lost Ring — Holds Gale and Ace for Phantom Wind’s standard transformation. It is Liang’s own silver Magic Armament, entrusted to Kiriori. 153 445
• Gale Crystal — Sky-blue wind crystal; has housed both memory-erasure and memory-awakening spells. Later confirmed to have been depleted in previous battles. 420 449 564
• Ace Crystal — Pitch-black crystal used with Gale or absorbed directly for her Monster-like form. Remains available for her later duel with Kirishima Ai. 153 450 564
• Snake-type crystal — Used to enhance her combat form and attack Lost Paradise Twilight. 307 457
• Fang Crystal — A former crystal confirmed, alongside Gale, to have been depleted before her later duel with Kirishima Ai. 564
• Purified Holy Domain Crystals — Reserve crystals used for alternate combinations and specialized situations. Her remaining reserves cannot replace Gale or Fang to produce the complete Holy Domain Phantom Wind form before she creates a new wind crystal. 443 564
• Liang’s silver ring — A magic item linking Kiriori and Liang; while Kiriori possesses it, Liang cannot transform, while taking it back would deprive Kiriori of her Magical Girl qualification. 445
• Eve’s Devil King Crystal — Enables her Savior Skywind Crown transformation. 471 472
• Self-created wind crystal — A new sky-blue crystal formed from natural wind spirits and used with Ace in her duel against Kirishima Ai. 564

Relationships

• Haihara Lily Chou — Adoptive mother and the person Kiriori most fears losing. Kiriori was adopted after her biological parents’ deaths, later becomes Haihara’s caretaker during her memory loss, and ultimately confesses romantic love and asks Haihara to consider becoming her lover after graduation. Haihara subsequently admits that she reciprocates Kiriori’s feelings, and their relationship becomes romantic and physically intimate while they continue their ordinary school lives. 29 418 477 490 491 492 493
• Haihara Ryo — Principal and Magical Girl mentor, also referred to as Liang. Ryo provided Kiriori’s original equipment and training, and later examines her Gale Crystal and recognizes her self-inscribed spell. 267 420 445
• Kirishima Ai / Fate Kite — Junior Magical Girl companion. Kiriori supports Ai emotionally, urges her to share her problems, and serves as a dependable senior in battle. Ai later approaches her about Haihara’s altered appearance and everyone’s changed memories, then challenges her to a duel after Kiriori refuses to join her group on persuasion alone. 195 300 530 564 566
• Takanashi Shiori / Thousand Sins — Magical Girl ally who works with Kiriori to restore Haihara’s memories; Kiriori entrusts her with a Holy Domain Crystal for the spell. 443 449
• Sakaki Chika / Star Flower — Ally and fellow student. Kiriori initially regards Chika’s closeness to Haihara with jealousy and recognizes her as a romantic rival. Their relationship becomes more candid after Chika asks about Kiriori’s past as a Magical Girl. Chika later observes Kiriori’s duel with Ai. 30 31 173 564
• Kuroki Yuka / Dark Kite — Fellow Magical Girl who views Kiriori as a dependable, nearly superhuman senior and is intimidated by Phantom Wind’s past reputation. 430
• Liang — Gives Kiriori her own magic item and asks her to become an extension of Liang and Haihara while still remaining herself. Kiriori comes to recognize that entrusting her with the ring was itself Liang’s way of acting on her concerns for Haihara. 445
• Kougami Kage — Haihara’s friend and lover, whom Kiriori calls “Aunt Kougami.” One of Kiriori’s closest adult confidantes, she monitors Kiriori’s unstable magic, offers emotional support, and agrees to help conceal the deaths of Haihara’s parents from the amnesiac Haihara. 420
• Cangyue Yuri — Fellow Magical Girl who listens to Kiriori’s explanations about Holy Domain advancement and later watches her duel with Ai out of curiosity about her senior’s abilities. 266 267 564
• Tachibana / Flower Demon King — Enemy who exploits Kiriori’s fear of losing Haihara, offers to revive her parents, and later traps her in an illusion of her childhood home. Tachibana denies creating the Chameleon Monster and disparages Kiriori’s adoptive relationship with Haihara. 425 426 427 463
• Kazama Kiriori’s biological parents — Deceased in a car accident. Their loss continues to shape Kiriori’s fear of unresolved conflict and her need to protect Haihara. In the Flower Demon King’s dream, she apologizes for her last childhood argument and receives her parents’ blessing to pursue her own happiness. 28 446 464

Story Role / Major Arcs

Chameleon Monster Incident

Kiriori’s earlier failure to protect Haihara from the Chameleon Monster becomes the central trauma of her Magical Girl career. The Monster’s host was Haihara herself, and Kiriori’s inability to identify the responsible party leads to years of guilt. 425

After seeing a flower-type figure near the Monster’s birth, she tries unsuccessfully to catch it and interrogates Black Death Cult executives in search of the creator. When Tachibana later reappears, she says she was merely drawn to the Monster’s birth and does not know who created it, leaving Kiriori’s original question unresolved. 425

Return as Phantom Wind

During the Chameleon Monster’s attack, Kiriori reveals that she already knows the younger Magical Girls’ secret identities. She then transforms openly as Phantom Wind and shifts the balance of the battle with her wind magic. 153

Senior Magical Girl of Maple Plain City

After fighting beside the younger Magical Girls, Kiriori becomes their trusted senior and adviser. She assists with investigations, Monster incidents, and crises involving Kirishima Ai’s deteriorating condition. 195 263 300

When Ai is distressed and unable to eat after a battle, Kiriori escorts her home, urges her to confide in her companions, and arranges a day of rest. She also explains Holy Domain advancement to the group and reveals that Principal Haihara Ryo was her Magical Girl mentor. 266 267 300

On Christmas Eve, she attempts to leave Magical Girl duties behind to focus on entrance examinations, putting away Ace and Gale. This retirement is interrupted by the crisis surrounding Haihara. 344 350

Haihara’s Disappearance and Memory Loss

When Haihara vanishes and later loses her memories, Kiriori becomes increasingly desperate to protect her. She takes leave from school, brings Haihara into their former home, cooks and cares for her, and conceals painful details of Haihara’s past. 350 418 420

Kiriori avoids explaining that they are mother and daughter and jokingly suggests that she was Haihara’s girlfriend. Haihara believes her because Kiriori feels uniquely special and trustworthy, leaving Kiriori emotionally unsettled. Meanwhile, Kougami’s examination finds abnormal magical surges and dangerous changes in Ace, prompting a warning against further transformation. 419 420

Their relationship deteriorates when the feverish Haihara objects to being isolated and kept ignorant. Kiriori admits that Haihara adopted her but refuses to let her leave until it is safe. When Haihara collapses, Kiriori realizes what she has been doing, apologizes, and transforms to carry her to medical treatment under a protective magical membrane. 436 437

Flower Demon King Conflict

Tachibana manipulates Kiriori through threats against Haihara and promises concerning Kiriori’s deceased parents. Kiriori joins the effort to rescue Haihara, provides resources for Takanashi’s memory spell, and enters the Flower Demon King’s domain despite injuries and emotional exhaustion. 427 443 449

Before entering the enemy’s stronghold, Liang explains the significance of the silver ring and her hopes for Kiriori. While traveling with Ai, Kiriori also reveals that she argued with her biological mother before her parents’ fatal accident, explaining why her recent argument with Haihara is so distressing. 445 446

With Gale carrying the memory-awakening spell, Kiriori uses Ace alone by forcing it into her body. She becomes a dark, centaur-like knight and attacks the cultists guarding the way, including Crystal Armor and its defensive barrier. 449 450

Savior Skywind

After being trapped in an illusion of the life she might have had with her biological parents, Kiriori chooses reality and returns to the battle. She cleanses Eve’s Devil King Crystal, becomes the Crown Magical Girl “Savior” Skywind, and confronts Prison Flower God directly. 463 464 472

Within the illusion, she admits that her grief remains unresolved and describes Haihara as the gentle person who became the most important part of her life. Her dream mother encourages her to live strongly, be loved, and make choices that bring happiness. Kiriori apologizes for their childhood argument, embraces her parents, and says goodbye. 464

Her Crown transformation combines the cleansed Devil King Crystal with Ace. She moves allies to safety before facing Prison Flower God with power matching the enemy’s accumulated city-wide magic. 471 472

Post-Graduation Confession

After discussing the future with Haihara, Kiriori returns with her to their old home and openly asks Haihara to consider becoming her lover after Kiriori graduates. The confession occurs before graduation and concerns the relationship she hopes to have afterward. Haihara leaves the next morning in shock rather than immediately answering. 476 477

Haihara later apologizes for avoiding the question and asks Kiriori to repeat it. Kiriori explicitly says that she loves Haihara and wants to become her lover and marry her. Haihara questions how their shared history and the adoption have shaped those feelings, then admits that she likes Kiriori in the same way. 490 491

Their relationship becomes intimate. Haihara tells Kiriori that she would forgive a betrayal once but asks her not to raise the possibility again; Kiriori has no intention of leaving or betraying her. The next morning, they prepare breakfast and go to school together, and Kiriori resumes studying in a notably calm and happy mood. 492 493

School Festival Aftermath and Altered Memories

After the School Festival, Kirishima Ai seeks Kiriori’s help investigating Haihara’s changed appearance and the alteration of everyone’s memories. Kiriori treats Haihara’s silver hair and purple eyes as normal and insists that she has always looked that way. Ai then explains Haihara’s transformation into the Overlord and her use of magic to alter people’s perceptions, surprising Kiriori with the revelation that Haihara is the legendary Magical Girl. 530

Kiriori shows little interest in undoing Haihara’s changes. After Ai leaves, she calmly wonders why Ai alone still remembers, leaving her precise understanding of the situation unresolved. 531

Duel with Kirishima Ai

Kiriori later refuses to join Ai’s group merely on the strength of words and requires a duel. Ai agrees to fight her in a deserted clearing, while Sakaki Chika and Cangyue Yuri observe and the encounter is discussed in the Magical Girls’ group chat. 564

Although Gale and Fang have been depleted and her reserve crystals cannot produce the complete Holy Domain Phantom Wind form, Kiriori effortlessly creates a replacement wind crystal from natural spirits. She loads it alongside Ace as Ai prepares Phoenix Myth with her combined winged wand. 564

During the battle, Ai withstands Kiriori’s immense wind blade, prompting Kiriori to acknowledge her growth. Kiriori then gathers all her magic into her strongest storm-spear attack and demands that Ai prove herself by overcoming her. 566

Notable Quotes

“I already know everything.” — upon revealing that she knows the other Magical Girls’ identities. 153

“This is enough.” — before using Ace alone against the Black Goat Black Death Cult. 450

“I hope you can become an extension of me, a continuation of both me and her. But I also hope that you can be yourself.” — Liang to Kiriori. 445

“Kirishima, why are you the only one who still remembers...?” — after discussing Haihara’s altered appearance and memories with Ai. 531

“Prove it by first overcoming me.” — before unleashing her strongest attack during her duel with Ai. 566

Trivia

• Kiriori has never been late or absent during her three years as student council president because she secretly flies to school in Magical Girl form. This record is described before her later extended leave of absence to care for Haihara. 305 417
• Her room is filled with academic and athletic awards earned since middle school. 132
• Her tastes in clothing and room decoration change frequently, sometimes prompting her to redecorate every few weeks. 132
• She keeps an old stuffed puppy that has been patched several times beside her pillow. 421
• She has pursued independent study since her first year of high school, with the principal’s permission based on her top score in the national mock examinations. 156
• She wants a large, snow-white dog and discusses raising one with Haihara after graduation. 221
• She is frightened by thunder despite later demonstrating powerful lightning and storm magic as Phantom Wind. 133 566
• She is sensitive to the cold and would prefer to remain at home during harsh winter weather when circumstances allow. 444
• Although she normally lives alone, she usually prepares elaborate lunches to maintain adequate nutrition while attending school. 494
• She sincerely finds the description of Haihara’s former black-haired, bespectacled appearance attractive even when she does not remember it herself. 530