Kobeni Higashiyama

Chainsaw Man

The Cowardly Devil Hunter
Kobeni Higashiyama

About

Kobeni Higashiyama is a former Public Safety Devil Hunter, originally part of Makima's Special Squad. Despite her exceptional talent, Kobeni is cripplingly cowardly, prone to panicking and making rash decisions to save herself. However, she proves to be efficient and ruthless when pressed into action. Kobeni resigns from being a devil hunter after the traumatic battle against the Darkness Devil in Hell.

Personality and Appearance

Kobeni is wearing her devil hunter uniform and is doing two peace signs
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Kobeni is a young woman with short brown hair tied in a ponytail with bangs. She has brown eyes with white pupils and four moles on her face. Her typical outfit is a professional suit and two red hair clips.

Easily frightened and paralyzed by fear, Kobeni's cowardice often drives her to selfish acts of self-preservation, like betraying allies. Yet she still cares for her family, sending money to support her brother's education. Kobeni enjoys small pleasures like tasty food and alcohol. Under the anxiety, she is secretly talented and capable when focused.

Powers and Abilities

  • Enhanced strength to cleanly cut off limbs
  • Enhanced agility to nimbly dodge attacks
  • Skilled marksmanship with firearms
  • Talented knife fighter
  • Excellent dancer, scoring perfects in Dance Dance Mushroom
  • Possesses an unnamed devil contract, giving her unknown abilities

Trivia

  • Was forced into devil hunting by her family instead of college
  • Only tasted ice cream three times, savoring each occasion
  • Ranked 8th and 10th in the two Chainsaw Man popularity polls
  • Originally conceived to die instead of the Angel Devil

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