Sosuke Hitsugi

Sosuke Hitsugi
Japanese	棺葬介
Rōmaji	Hitsugi Sousuke
Relatives	Unnamed Mother Unnamed Father
Biographical Information
Age	18
Status	Alive
Birthdate	October 31st
Species	Human
Physical Description
Gender	Male
Height	182 cm (5’11½”)
Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Black
Professional Information
Occupation	Exorcist Exorcist Academy (Former, 123rd Class)
Affiliation	Hitsugi Family Knights of Light Tsurugi Hijiri's Platoon
Rank	Grand Cross
Debut
Manga	Chapter 2

Sosuke Hitsugi (Japanese: 棺葬介 Hitsugi Sousuke) is a major character of the manga series Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi. He is a member of the distinguished Hitsugi Family as well as a member of the Knights of Light.

Appearance

Sosuke has black hair and wears glasses along with a pair of earrings. His attire consists of a white collar shirt that’s all the way buttoned up with a tie, black pants, black shoes, and a black trench coat. He also has a crest xr-cism tattoo on both of his forearms.

Personality

Sosuke has a bit of an arrogant demeanor, not paying mind to how others perceive him. However, he is willing to help people out, as seen in his assistance in recovering Jack Joe, albeit indirectly. Despite his cockiness, he is seemingly kind to those around him. Sosuke does wrestle with being inferior to Kiyoshi Harai, declaring to Kiyoshi that he will surpass him and become a Cross Paladin.

Plot

Background

Sosuke is a descendant of the distinguished Hitsugi Family.

Relationships

Kiyoshi Harai

Sosuke considers Kiyoshi as a rival, although this rivalry is one-sided due to Kiyoshi viewing Hitsugi as a friend.

Abilities

As a former Class 1 exorcist and a newly appointed Grand Cross, Sosuke is a powerful combatant. He would have been top of his class had it not been for Kiyoshi Harai, and can easily defeat super-class monsters with a single shot of his pistol.

Expert Marksman: Sosuke is a highly skilled marksman, able to use his pistol to land a hit on Demon Lord Sata. It was strong enough to visibly irritate the demon lord, with Sata commenting that he had "bit of a backbone". He could also take on an assault from the headmaster of the Exorcist Academy, a former Cross Paladin, as part of the Grand Cross Assessment Test with ease.

Enhanced Durability: Sosuke is an incredibly resilient combatant, being able to endure an assault from Demon Lord Sata.

Precept Power: Sosuke possesses a tremendous amount of precept power. During his training, he was able to create a giant orb of water and maintain it above his head for an unknown amount of time. By the time of the Grand Cross Assessment Test, Kiyoshi stated that his precept power has increased dramatically.

Water Gun
	90-Gallon Bullet: Sosuke shoots an aqua bullet at his enemy.
	100-Pound Bullet: Sosuke shoots a large aqua bullet at his enemy.

Crest Xr-Cism
	Perfect Blue. Leviathan: Sosuke fires a powerful water blast at his enemy. This technique was strong enough to severely injure Memmy, The Ferocious Beast of Memento Forest.

Equipment

Water Pistol: Sosuke uses a water pistol as his main weapon. He can use his exorcist technique to convert the air's moisture into holy water and load it into his gun. As long as the air isn’t completely dry, he has infinite ammunition.

Chapter Appearances

Jack Joe Arc
5. Kiyoshi the High Schooler	Appears
6. Nehan & Jack Joe	Appears
7. Cross Paladin	Appears
8. Savior	Appears
9. Determined Kiyoshi	Absent

Grand Cross Assessment Test Arc
10. Let's Go Bowling	Absent
11. The Exorcist Sosuke	Appears
12. The CG Test	Appears
13. Battling in Memento Forest	Appears
14. The Ferocious Beast of Memento Forest	Appears
15. The Final Test	Appears
16. GC Material	Appears
17. Grand Cross	Appears

Etymology

• The name Sosuke contains the characters (棺({{{2}}}) so) means "funeral, bury" and (葬({{{2}}}) suke) means "mediate".
• Sosuke's surname Hitsugi contains the character (介({{{2}}})) which means "coffin, casket".

Trivia

• Sosuke's favorite meal is omurice.