Kagura Karatachi

is a shinobi of Kirigakure, who works as an aide to the Sixth Mizukage.

Background
Being the grandson of Yagura Karatachi, people kept distant from him, leading to Kagura having barely any friends. Rather than struggle with being poor, he enrolled into the Kirigakure Academy to become a shinobi. In the Academy, he became a standout as his natural talent allowed him to quickly excel in his training. There, Kagura began to meet some people who saw him as a human being, including Tsurushi Hachiya. However, during his first combat training, Kagura killed many of his classmates after falling into a trance. The event lead to Kagura accept that he was truly the grandson of Yagura, and becoming afraid of wielding a sword again. After graduating, his last remaining friend in Tsurushi eventually rejected Kagura, who wanted to further promote the newfound peace of the Kirigakure, whereas Tsurushi wanted to revive the "Bloody Mist Village" era.

Thirteen years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kagura was promoted to Chūnin. At some point, he became Chōjūrō's aid, and offered the chance at succeeding him as Mizukage, which Kagura declined. Chōjūrō also chose Kagura to become one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and inherit his sword Hiramekarei.

Personality
His goal is to make Kiri into a peaceful village. He is shown to be very friendly to others, even if they're from another village. He also acknowledges his village's dark recent history and strives to make up for it. He is happy to meet the visiting class from Konohagakure. Kagura is also a fan of Kagemasa to the point he owns extremely rare Kagemasa merchandise. Due to spending most of his life as a ninja, he is relatively not use to playing games, but enjoys trying new such activities.

Friendly and cheerful as he is, he has many insecurities. Despite the praise of Chōjūrō, Kagura feels underserving of ever becoming a Seven Mist Swordsman or Mizukage. This stems mainly from his family ties to the Fourth Mizukage. Struggling to make friends because of that fact, he became very lonely and eager to break free from his grandfather's history. Kagura apparently has a subconscious bloodlust side to him, as once worked up too much in combat, he goes on a blind rampage. Because of this and the lives he unintentionally took, Kagura developed a strong PTSD, fearing to draw a blade of any kind. Even while using a wooden sword against Boruto Uzumaki in a sparring match, he was left visibly distressed from the brief exchange.

After meeting Boruto and his friends, Kagura was glad to be treated as friends with them. Gradually, the group helped him to regain faith in himself. As Boruto, who desired to walk a path void of his Hokage heritage, insisted that Kagura can't live in the past, Kagura finally decided to accept the offer the opportunity to join the Seven Mist Swordsman.

Appearance
Kagura is a fairly tall teenager. He has a fair complexion with short, messy, grey hair that falls over the right side of his face and spiked up on the left his forehead, pink eyes and a tattoo with three points running down under his left eye. He is very handsome as nearly all the Konoha Academy female students immediately swooned for him.

He wears black pants, a striped purple shirt, a green long-sleeved vest with high collars, and black gloves. He also wears a grey-strapped forehead protector under his bangs. He carries at his hip a wooden katana with a square hollow hilt. Attached to the top of the scabbard is a Kagemasa key-chain shaped like the movie-star's signature visors.

Abilities
Despite his young age, Kagura is a genius shinobi, who's reputation is heard across the shinobi world. In the Academy, his prowess was shown to be especially high, swiftly defeating all his opponents in matches. As such, Chōjūrō wants Kagura to eventually succeed him as Mizukage, a position reserved only for the strongest shinobi of their village.

Kenjutsu
Kagura is very advanced in kenjutsu, as even in the Academy his performance was feared by others. His skills also made him a candidate to become one of the Seven Ninja Swordsman, particularly Chōjūrō's former position and thus would inherit Hiramekarei. During his brief sparring match against Boruto, Kagura effortlessly disarmed Boruto in a single assault. Against Tsurushi, who wielded an actual sword, Tsurushi was able to swiftly subdue the former friend with a damaged wooden sword, striking so fast that Tsurshi didn't even notice the blow.

Field Trip Arc
When Shino Aburame's class comes to Kiri for a field trip, Kagura greets the foreigners and introduces himself as their guide for the day. Upon meeting Boruto, the two introduce themselves to each other. Guiding the class into the village's port town, Kagura informs the students of the business conducted in the tourist destination. During the tour, Kagura introduces the class to the Fifth and Sixth Mizukage. Afterwards, Kagura shows them the Kirigakure Academy, where Chōjūrō has him spar with Boruto. He swiftly defeats Boruto in a single skirmish, after which Kagura becomes visibly distraught.

After taking a break, Kagura takes the class to the Memorial Park, where they all pay their respects to the deceased. There, he speaks of the history of his village's Academy's ritual, and how the "Bloody Mist Village" was a thing of the past. Iwabee Yuino notes that his grandfather was killed by Yagura Karatachi, and Kiri's history still effect the present, to which Kagura apologises for. The group are then approached by Tsurushi, who disrespects Kagura and the Academy class. As Tsurushi attempts to attack Boruto, Kagura intercepts his attack, before Iwabee scares off the delinquent group.

Later, Kagura learned that Denki Kaminarimon was kidnapped. As he and the Konoha students feared that telling the adults would end the field trip and possible ruin relationships between the two villages, the group went alone to save Denki. Once arriving at the pier, they learned that Tsurushi's gang was behind this. During the battle, Tsurushi revealed to the Konoha students Kagura's dark past. After defeating their enemies and saving Denki, to cheer up Kagura, the Konoha students invited him to play a card game with them. While Kagura enjoyed the game, he continued to lament about his past. Boruto however insisted that he can't let his family ties define him, as Boruto could relate to being compared to his famous Hokage father and grandfather. As a sign of friendship, Boruto decided to give Kagura his playing cards. Later, encouraged by Boruto's words and faith in him, Kagura requested to Chōjūro to take the test for the Seven Mist Swordsmen position.

Trivia

 * The name "Karatachi" refers to the trifoliate orange, also known as the Japanese bitter-orange; like all members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, his surname is derived from a type of produce.