Kishibe

"I'll turn you into the baddest of the badasses."

Kishibe is a Public Safety Devil Hunter from Tokyo Special Division 1, but after the assault on the Special Divisions, he became captain of the Tokyo Special Division 4.

Appearance
Kishibe is a grizzled man with scraggly facial hair and a stitched scar running across his left cheek from his mouth. At 194 cm (6'4"), he is quite tall. As a young adult his hair was black, but has since then become grey in the manga. In the anime he has more of a yellow hair color which could be dyed. With two piercings on his left ear and one on his right ear, Kishibe normally wears the standard Public Safety Devil Hunter uniform with a large overcoat.

He is often seen with a silver hip flask which he frequently drinks from.

Personality
Kishibe is a stoic, straightforward individual. Due to his immense strength and skill, he often undertakes his work with a calm formality, displaying little emotion as he does so. Though he tends to speak in a relaxed, polite manner, his actions often showcase an immense brutality garnered through many years of Devil Hunting. Though he sometimes expresses emotions such as surprise and sadness at certain events, his face and voice remain entirely neutral.

Despite this stoicism, Kishibe has proven on numerous occasions to be something of a sentimental and emotional individual. During his training of Denji and Power, despite his stated hatred of Fiends and Devils, he grows affectionate towards the pair, telling Makima of his concerns for their safety. He later takes care of Meowy for them as a favor when they go on a trip. Similarly, he refuses to look at the corpse of Quanxi upon her death due to their implied past-friendship, despite the two's attempts to kill one another earlier in the day.

Kishibe has been hunting devils for a long time, making him somewhat insane. He espouses a belief that the most fearsome devil hunters to devils isn't the brave or the strong, but the craziest as they are the ones without fear.

Kishibe told Denji and Power that he prefers to be called 'Master' while training them. He admits that he enjoys booze, women and killing devils.

Abilities
Kishibe is the strongest member of Tokyo Special Division 4 according to Makima, followed by the Angel Devil. Kishibe has described himself as being the strongest devil hunter, and was purported to be a "first-rate hunter" by Hirofumi Yoshida during the International Assassins arc.

Kishibe has contracts with at least three devils which have described as being "fairly dangerous".

Though he was initially dismissed by them as being no one special, Kishibe proved strong enough to easily subdue two of the fiends who work for Quanxi singlehandedly.

Physical Prowess

 * Enhanced Strength: Kishibe is extremely strong for a human; he was able to pick Denji and Power up off the ground with one arm each and snap their necks with neither of them being able to stop him. With simple punches he could break weapons formed out of Power's hardened blood.
 * Enhanced Speed: Kishibe is an extremely quick fighter; able to dodge Denji's slash and counter-attack by stabbing him several times before Denji could react, and slash Power's throat before she could start her own attack.
 * Enhanced Reflexes: Kishibe has superhuman reflexes, being able to dodge a spear at point-blank range which was thrust through the door in front of him by surprise and react to incoming attacks from directly above him.
 * Enhanced Durability: Kishibe could survive being thrown out of a window and falling hard enough to crush the roof of a car, though he did slow his descent by stabbing a knife into the side of the building.

Devil Contracts

 * Claw Devil Contract: Kishibe has a contract with the Claw Devil for an unknown price.
 * Knife Devil Contract: Kishibe has a contract with the Knife Devil for an unknown price.
 * Needle Devil Contract: Kishibe has a contract with the Needle Devil for an unknown price.

Skillset

 * Knifemanship: Kishibe is very proficient at using knives in combat; after evading Denji's strike he repeatedly stabbed Denji in the back before driving the knife up through his jaw and into his brain, before slashing Power's throat. He also has great marksmanship, as he was able to throw his knife accurately down a hallway to hit Denji in the head.
 * Hand-to-Hand Combat: Kishibe is skilled in hand-to-hand combat. When Denji attempted to attack him from behind Kishibe could spin and kick in a single fluid motion to strike Denji's head and leave him incapacitated.

Etymology

 * The surname Kishibe means "shore, bank, coast" (岸辺).

Trivia

 * Kishibe's rankings in the Popularity Polls are as follows:
 * Kishibe ranked 17th in the First Popularity Poll with 2,283 votes.
 * Kishibe ranked 13th in the Second Popularity Poll with 13,187 votes.