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Kyoya Hibari

雲雀 恭弥, Hibari Kyōya?

• Present
• Ten Years Later

Identification

Titles

• 10th Vongola Cloud Guardian
• Namimori Middle Disciplinary Committee President (風紀委員長, Fūki Iinchō?)
• Foundation Leader
• The Strongest Guardian of the 10th generation of the Vongola Family

Aliases

• Skylark

Biographical information

Residence

Japan[1]

Age

Unknown

Birthday

May 5[1]

Zodiac sign

Taurus[1]

Relatives

Fon[3]

Status

Active[2]

Physical description

Gender

Male

Height

169 cm[1]

Weight

58 kg[1]

Underground information

Famiglia

Vongola Famiglia

Dying Will Flame

Cloud Flame (predominant), Mist Flame[4][5]

Equipment

• Cloud Tonfas
• Cloud Vongola Ring

Box Weapon

Porcospino Nuvola ver. Vongola

Partner

Hibird

Teams

• Namimori Middle Disciplinary Committee
• Vongola Decimo & Guardians
• Foundation (future)
• Team Fon (former)
• Allied Team (former)

Behind the scenes information

Voice actor

• Takashi Kondo
• Lorenzo Scattorin (Italian Dub)
• Jonah Scott (English Dub)

Stage actor

• Yuta Kishimoto
• Kento Kitamura (-episode of FUTURE-)

Anime Debut

Episode 1

Manga Debut

Chapter 16

Leitmotif

"Leader of the Discipline Committee - Kyoya Hibari"

For Chapter 016, see Kyoya Hibari (chapter)

Kyoya Hibari, commonly referred to as Hibari, is the leader of the Namimori Middle Disciplinary Committee, a group of delinquents who are all loyal to him. He was nominated and accepted as the tenth generation Cloud Guardian of the Vongola Famiglia. He is often seen napping on the rooftop of Namimori Middle School, alongside Hibird.

Contents

• 1 Appearance
• 2 Personality
• 3 Weapons and abilities
  • 3.1 Techniques
• 4 Equipment
• 5 Reception
• 6 Character Songs
• 7 Etymology
• 8 Trivia
• 9 References
• 10 External links

Appearance[]

Hibari is a young man with an average height and short black hair with a fringe that joins at the center of his face. He has narrow dark eyes, often intimidating those who see them. He bears a striking resemblance to the first generation Cloud Guardian, Alaudi, as well as the Arcobaleno, Fon.

Hibari's most common outfit is his Disciplinary Committee uniform. He wears a white long-sleeved shirt, black pants, black shoes, and a black gakuran top worn on his shoulders, with the committee's armband pinned on the top's left sleeve. He also wears the standard Namimori Middle School summer uniform, along with the armband. During the Varia Arc, Hibari wears the winter uniform, also with the armband. In very early artwork, he wears a chain on his belt.

After gaining the Cloud Vongola Ring, Hibari wears it on his right middle finger. He wears the Bracelet of the Cloud Version X on his left wrist.

Ten-years-later Hibari has changed to wearing a simple black suit, with a purple shirt and black necktie. His hair is also shorter, having been cut to appear messier, and with hardly any fringe. When not training or fighting, he would wear a black kinagashi.

Hibari's character design.Future Hibari's character design.

Personality[]

As stated by others, Hibari is a scary character with little to no care for the well-being of others, preferring to do whatever it takes to get what he wants. He is fond of battling strong opponents, giving others the impression that he is a battle maniac. He has full confidence in his own strength and power. This often leads to his opponents surprising him, as he doesn't think before attacking. Once he is set on fighting, it's hard to persuade him otherwise. The only time he'd stop from fighting other than through persuasion is when he is around cherry blossoms. Due to a previous infection with the sakura-kura disease (which was later cured), he feels uneasy whenever around cherry blossoms to the point of losing his will to fight and even refuses to even talk about it when Haru bring it up as a subject in Haru-Haru Interview.

Another one of Hibari's most defining trait is his deep loyalty to his school and its rules. As the head of Namimori Middle's Disciplinary Committee, Hibari uses authority to assault those that get on his nerves, including his own subordinates. He'd be going so far as to punish others for breaking the rules even if they aren't students or at the school, such as Genkishi. His love for the school prompted him to use his authority to stay in the school rather than graduate so he can stay as the head of the disciplinary committee and even used its anthem as his ringtone and personally taught all his Hibirds on how to sing it.

A lone wolf by nature, Hibari prefers to be alone and hates crowding. This leads him to beat anyone who he thinks is crowding around him too much. Hibari dislikes working together with anybody due to feeling indebted and restrained. When he is helped or saved by others, he strives to pay back the debt he owes as soon as possible. He cannot stand being restrained and absolutely refuses to allow himself to be controlled. Hibari's hatred of being controlled is so great that this alone made him overcome the effects of a poison that would kill even a wild elephant during the Battle of Sky. Reborn has already stated that it is this indomitable and solitary nature of Hibari that makes him perfect for the rank of Cloud Guardian, as this is the Guardian who protects and serves the family distantly and independently while going his own way unhindered. For this same reason, he also refuses to follow order or direction from someone else unless there's absolutely no choice or begrudgingly acknowledged the truth in the advice given to him.

A rare trait about him is his love for small animals, ranging from birds to hedgehogs. He is also shown to have a soft spot for I-Pin, having accepted her Valentine's Day chocolates with a smile and not taking money from Tsuna at a festival upon seeing I-Pin worried. And despite his refusal to consider Tsuna and his friends as his comrades, he had saved them on several occasions when they are in mortal danger, albeit distantly. Also, during Curse of the Rainbow arc, Hibari stated that Reborn's team was full of people he wanted to fight, which can demonstrate that he is starting to develop a certain level of respect for them. Although Hibari appears to take little or no care for the well-being of others, Hibari is not heartless enough to sacrifice someone's life to fulfil his own ego, as shown when he didn't try to destroy Chrome's Cortina Nebbia after Demon Spade revealed that she'll die if the barrier is broken, however, in the novel "Gokudera's Worst Day Ever", he was ready to leave after the ceiling collapsed, leaving Hayato behind. Although it is implied that he knew Hayato could save himself without help anyway.

Future Hibari is shown to be calmer and more observant about his opponents. His desire to be alone and attack people that annoy him still remains, though his actions are shown with more thought. He grew more tolerant of other people's presence as long as they're not bothering him for an extended period of time. Future Hibari is also seen being more respectful to Future Tsuna, showing that he has accepted him as his boss, as seen in one of the flashbacks of Shoichi Irie. He also developed hatred for illusionists due to his previous defeat at Mukuro's hands, and so would be more than eager to defeat any illusionist he encounters even though he has no personal grudge against them.

Weapons and abilities[]

Hibari's reputation as a frightening individual definitely precedes him, earning the respect and fear of many people, both present and future. He is the strongest of the tenth generation Vongola Guardians and has hardly ever lost a fight in the series. In the times he faced against Gokudera and Yamamoto, he easily defeated them in their first initial encounters. Afterward, they grew strong enough to give him a challenge, but still not enough to excite him, as the only ones that could do that were Reborn and Future Tsuna.[6][7]

One of the most terrifying traits of Hibari is his immense resilience and endurance. He is still able to fight despite having several broken bones and even capable of resisting Death Heather poison that was capable of stopping elephants from moving. Later on, Hibari has become very adept at using Rings, although he usually shatters them after one use, due to the intensity of his flames. Hibari is capable of emitting massive Dying Will Flames with the Cloud Vongola Ring. The massive flame overloaded his Box Weapon to the point it made the Porcospino Nuvola drunk from the flames, causing it to go out of control.

Learning from his defeat against Mukuro along with his hatred against all illusionist from it, Hibari has learned various ways to fight against enemies who uses illusions. He is also became perceptive enough not to be easily deceived by illusions of Mukuro, Mammon, and Fran's level.

Techniques[]

• Cloud Flame Radar: Hibari uses his Ring's Flames as a radar by thinly spreading the Flame over a wide area and using the vibrations to detect anything that enters the area. This allows him to counter illusions by using it to sense where the actual object is, as seen in his battle against Genkishi's Spettro Nudibranchi.

Equipment[]

• Tonfas: Hibari's main weapon for combat is a pair of tonfas. It is revealed that they hold hidden compartments. The ends of the tonfas can release flails and the sides contain spikes and hooks.

• Porcospino Nuvola: Hibari's Box Weapon, nicknamed as Roll. It is a small purple hedgehog with silver spikes. Hibari uses his hedgehogs when he fights opponents he deems as weak. With Cloud Flame's Propagation characteristic, Roll is able to multiply in number and grow to large proportions.
  • Porcospino Nuvola ver. Vongola: Hibari's original Cloud Hedgehog Roll is later integrated into his Vongola Box. It now appears as a Hedgehog with larger, but fewer, spikes than the other Cloud Hedgehogs.
    • Alaudi's Handcuffs: Roll's Cambio Forma takes the form of a pair of spiked black handcuffs. He can multiply the number of handcuffs by using the Cloud Flame's Propagation characteristic.
• Cloud Vongola Ring: Won after the Vongola Ring Conflict against the Varia. Hibari wears the Ring on his right hand. He is able to open Cloud-attribute Box Weapons.
  • Bracelet of the Cloud Version X: The upgraded Vongola Cloud Ring, combined with Hibari's Vongola Box animal Roll. In battle, Roll now has jewels on both his forehead and chest. He is now capable of merging directly with Hibari for his Cambio Forma.

Reception[]

See also: Popularity polls

Hibari is one of the most popular characters in the series, often placing top 3 in anniversary popularity polls. In the 2007 and 2008 poll for "The Character I Want As A Groom", Hibari ranked first.[8] Based on a 2016 questionnaire, 2818 pollsters ranked the most "Ikemen Jump character with slanted eyes." Hibari placed 7th out of 28.[9] Based on a 2019 questionnaire, 2,303 Jump readers were ranked which character has the most manly sex appeal. Hibari placed 26th out of 55.[10] Based on a 2020 questionnaire, 3,197 pollsters ranked the most "Beautiful male character in Jump history." Hibari placed 31st out of 59.[11]

Character Songs[]

Family (all versions)Mirai no Oozora eHitoribocchi no SadameKokou no PrideHorizonAkashiONE NIGHT STAR (duet with Mukuro)

Etymology[]

• Kyoya contains the characters "恭" (kyō?, modest) and "弥" (ya?, progress).
• Hibari is the Japanese term for Alauda (skylarks), a species of perching birds. It also contains the character "雲" (kumo?, cloud), reflecting his flame attribute and role as Cloud Guardian.
• A common shorthand of his name is "18", a combination of "hi" (一?, one) and "ha or ba" (八?, eight). Hibari was featured on the cover of Volume 18, same as his shorthand.

Trivia[]

See also: Futa's rankings on Hibari

• His favorite food is traditional Japanese food and hamburger steak.[1] The latter which he shares with Tsuna.[12]
• His favorite flavor of shaved ice is Ujikintoki (green tea).[13]
• His favorite phrase is "kamikorosu" (咬み殺す?, lit. I'll bite you to death) and "wao" (ワオ?).[1]
• His pride is Namimori Middle's Disciplinary Committee and the iron hammer for those who are against its order.
• During the battle of Kokuyo Arc in the manga, he's wearing his summer uniform without his jacket, while in the anime he's wearing his usual uniform.
• Hibari seems to think that the Dying Will Flames are fueled by irritation instead of resolve, due to him thinking that both were the same thing.
• According to Kusakabe, Hibari cannot stand drinking alcohol.[citation needed]

• Even though he is still in Namimori Middle School, Hibari apparently owns and rides a Suzuki Katana motorcycle.[14][15]
• He lives in a large traditional Japanese house[16] with the same style as the one the Foundation built in the future.
• In Everyone's Ordinary Daily Life, he made a new room in Nami-Middle for all Hibirds that he owns.[17]
• Hibari's parents were never seen or mentioned in the series, which implies that he lives alone.
• Hibari's relationship with Tsuna and Ryohei ten years into the future seems to be similar with the relationships that the first Guardian of the Cloud, Alaudi, had with the first Guardian of the Sun, Knuckle, and with Vongola Primo, Giotto.

References[]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Amano, Akira. Katekyō Hitman Reborn! Vongola 77. Tokyo: Shueisha. 2007. Print. p. 56
2. ↑ Amano, Akira. Katekyo Hitman Reborn!. Tokyo: Shueisha, 2004–2012. Print. Vol. 42: Chapter 409
3. ↑ Amano, Akira. Katekyo Hitman Reborn!. Tokyo: Shueisha, 2004–2012. Print. Vol. 31, Haru's Haru Haru Interview #28, "I know everyone is curious about our relationship, but if I said what the relationship is, he might get angry. Let's change the subject." -Fon
4. ↑ Katekyo Hitman Reborn! anime: Episode 128, "Hibari Kyoya posesses Mist Waves and can apparently use a Mist Ring, but he shouldn't be able to conjure an illusion to this degree." -Genkishi
5. ↑ Amano, Akira. Katekyo Hitman Reborn!. Tokyo: Shueisha, 2004–2012. Print. Vol. 18: Chapter 155, Uses a Mist Camouflage ring to enter the base from the shrine entrance.
6. ↑ Katekyo Hitman Reborn! anime: Episode 87
7. ↑ Amano, Akira. Katekyo Hitman Reborn!. Tokyo: Shueisha, 2004–2012. Print. Vol. 18: Chapter 159
8. ↑ Egan Loo (2009-06-12). Survey: K-ON's Mio, Reborn's Hibari are #1 Bride, Groom (website). AnimeNewsNetwork.
9. ↑ ジャンプの「つり目」イケメンキャラといえば？ 2位は飛影 (Japanese). Goo Ranking (07/07/2016). Retrieved on October 23, 2020.
10. ↑ 男の色気がすごい！ジャンプキャラランキング (Japanese). Goo Ranking (May 25, 2019). Retrieved on October 23, 2020.
11. ↑ ジャンプ史上最も「美しい」男キャラランキング (Japanese). Goo Ranking (January 19, 2020). Retrieved on October 23, 2020.
12. ↑ Katekyo Hitman Reborn! anime: Episode 19
13. ↑ Amano, Akira. Katekyo Hitman Reborn!. Tokyo: Shueisha, 2004–2012. Print. Vol. 17, "Reader's Hideout"
14. ↑ Amano, Akira. Katekyo Hitman Reborn!. Tokyo: Shueisha, 2004–2012. Print. Vol. 3: Chapter 19
15. ↑ Amano, Akira. Katekyo Hitman Reborn!. Tokyo: Shueisha, 2004–2012. Print. Vol. 11, "Reader's Hideout" section at the end of the volume.
16. ↑ Amano, Akira. Reborn Colore!. Tokyo: Shueisha. 2010. Print.
17. ↑ Amano, Akira. Katekyo Hitman Reborn!. Tokyo: Shueisha, 2004–2012. Print. Vol. 42

External links[]

• Kyoya Hibari on Wikipedia

Characters

Minor characters

Civilians Family Akiko Irie • Haruyoshi Miura • Lavina • Nana Sawada • Tsuyoshi Yamamoto • Xanxus' mother Namimori Middle School Faculty Dohachiro Nezu Students Hana Kurokawa • Kensuke Mochida Kokuyo Junior High Masato Hitsuji • Kabane Mitsuru Fujimori • Yaginuma Arcobaleno Reborn • Fon • Colonnello • Verde • Skull • Viper • Luce • Aria • Uni • Lal Mirch Vindice Bermuda von Veckenschtein • Jaeger • Jack • Alejandro • Small Gia • Big Pino Vongola Famiglia Bosses Giotto • Vongola Secondo • Vongola Terzo • Vongola Quarto • Vongola Quinto • Simora • Fabio • Daniela • Timoteo • Tsunayoshi Sawada Giotto's Guardians G • Ugetsu Asari • Knuckle • Alaudi • Lampow • Demon Spade Timoteo's Guardians Coyote Nougat • Brabanter Schnitten • Nie Brow Jr. • Visconti • Ganauche III • Croquant Bouche Tsuna's Guardians Hayato Gokudera • Takeshi Yamamoto • Ryohei Sasagawa • Kyoya Hibari • Lambo • Mukuro Rokudo • Chrome Dokuro CEDEF Iemitsu Sawada • Basil • Lal Mirch • Turmeric • Oregano • Moretti Varia Xanxus • Superbia Squalo • Levi A Than • Mammon • Belphegor • Lussuria • Fran • Tyr • Moretti • Levi Lightning Strike Squad Other individuals Bianchi • Shoichi Irie • Spanner • Giannini • Elena • Talbot • I-Pin • Futa • Kyoko Sasagawa • Haru Miura • Tetsuya Kusakabe • Kensuke Mochida • Hibird Kokuyo Junior High Gang Chikusa Kakimoto • Ken Joshima • M.M • Fran • Lancia • Birds • Bloody Twins Millefiore Famiglia Millefiore Bosses Byakuran • Uni Real Six Funeral Wreaths Ghost • Kikyo • Bluebell • Zakuro • Torikabuto • Deisy Fake Funeral Wreaths Shoichi Irie • Gamma • Genkishi • Glo Xinia • Rasiel Subordinates Baishana • Iris Hepburn • Olgert • Ginger Bread • Spanner • Nigella Beabankul • Dendro Chilum • Tazaru • Nosaru • Leonardo Lippi • Arachide Brothers • Cappuccino • Ape • Giaggiolo • Fantoma Belladonna Lily Bligganteth • Biokilulu • Devolt • Solte Other mafioso Cavallone Dino's Father • Dino • Romario • Ivan Draco • Michael Chianu • Bono Hughson • Brutus • Enzio Simon Simon Cozzato • Enma Kozato • Adelheid Suzuki • Julie Kato • Kouyou Aoba • Kaoru Mizuno • Shitt P! • Large Ooyama Todd Paolo Aldina • Rossi Valentia • Enzo Maccarinelli Tomaso Longchamp Naito • Mangusta • Pantera • Lunga Macchina Lenny • Manny Three Criminal Brothers Ichiro Shibaki • Jiro Shibaki • Saburo Shibaki Misc. mafioso Dr. Shamal • Guido Greco • Innocenti • Koenig • Parenza & Tras • Romeo • unnamed Bianchi's father Giegue Famiglia • Cervello • Bovino Famiglia • Giglio Nero Famiglia • Trad 6 • Leilei Brothers • Pesca Famiglia • Nero Famiglia • Beccio Famiglia • Nouveau Famiglia • Momokyokai Yakuza • Gospella Famiglia • Bertesca Famiglia • Evocatore Famiglia Other Geppetto Lorenzini • Kawahira • Sepira • Talbot • Wonomichi