Azami

Azami (アザミ) is a side character in Call of the Night who was made into Kiku Hoshimi's underling 35 years prior to the events of the story, and is a yakuza grunt. He serves as a clean-up guy in the background, making sure that Kiku's servants don't cause too much of a stir in human society.

Appearance
Azami has short, bluish hair and green eyes which are covered by tiny shades. His left ear features a dangling earring. The lower portion of his face is sometimes covered by a mask and he usually has a tired/annoyed look on his face. His outfit consists of a classic suit. Each of his fingernails is black.

Personality
At his introduction, Azami was secretive, only spoke sparsely initially, and didn't hesitate to use brute force against Kou and Nazuna as they were in his way. He uses foul language, cursing more than Nazuna.

However, despite his first impression, he has a very strong moral compass, valuing human life a lot and having made a vow never to kill humans when he became a vampire. While kidnapping Anko and Akira, he told them not to struggle for their own good as they might get hurt. When he accidentally dropped them after getting attacked, he felt terrible at the thought that two humans had died because of him, although he blamed Kou for the incident happening in the first place. When he dropped Kou from a building and realized that Kou wouldn't come back, he frantically came after him to save him. He also expressed that he hates how Anko disregards her own life.

His demeanor is usually very calm, and he isn't particularly faced by the things around him, although there are several exceptions. Azami tends to be level-headed and analytical.

In the past, he used to be a socially awkward individual who let others walk over him and kept his thoughts and interests to himself, causing Kiku Hoshimi to initially think he had no interest in girls.

Kiku Hoshimi:
Azami and Kiku have known each other since Kiku was in a relationship with Azami's boss 35 years ago. He fell in love with Kiku, was willing to sacrifice his life for her, and became her servant as a result. In the following years, he frequently cleaned up after the messes she caused. He is very loyal to her, feeling a sense of gratitude towards her for saving his life and a need to protect her, though he is still critical of her lifestyle, which bears the risk of revealing the existence of vampires to humanity. While his priority is to keep her safe, he is willing to kill her if words can't persuade her to keep a low profile, saying that a mother should only be killed by her own child.

Susuki:
Azami's and Susuki's relationship started as an antagonistic one. While Azami thought they shared similar goals, Susuki wanted to kill Kiku, as well as Anko, Nazuna, Kou, and Akira, which he couldn't allow. After the two managed to cast aside their differences later, Azami wanted to join Susuki's training. He admitted that he was very impressed by her strength and that there was a lot he could learn from her.

Abilities

 * Vampiric abilities: Azami has superhuman strength and speed, can levitate, and phase through solid objects. While his reflexes are good and he was able to beat Nazuna Nanakusa in a fight, he was unable to keep up with the far more experienced Susuki.

Trivia

 * Azami is from the prefecture Kagoshima.
 * Azami has no tattoo on his back.
 * He is very good at driving a motorcycle.
 * He cracked his fingers in the same way as Ken Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul. In chapter 153, the pose he struck with his motorcycle was a homage to the iconic pose in Akira (1988).

Quotes

 * (To Kou) "Are you gonna turn me into a murderer?!"
 * (To Susuki) "Can you drop that pissy attitude?"
 * (To Anko) "You're fucking hard to protect."