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, refusing to tell the details of his mission 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.

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

However, despite his first impression, he has a very strong moral compass, valuing human life a lot and having made a vow to never kill humans when he became a vampire. When he kidnapped Anko and Akira, he told them to not struggle for their own good as they might get hurt. When he dropped them after getting attacked, he felt bad at the thought of two humans having died because of him, although he blamed Kou for the incident as well. 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 hated how Anko disregarded her own life.

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

Kiku Hoshimi:
He fell in love with Kiku, becoming her servant as a result, and is very loyal to her, feeling a sense of gratitude towards her for saving his life and a need to protect her but 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 out as a 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 and admitted that he was very impressed by her strength and that there is 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.