Akira (Chrono Link)

Akira (あきら) is a Blade Brandier and Dark Knight known as "The Dark Slayer". He is the main character to .hack//RIVES and .hack//LINK -Chrono Link- along with his adopted brothers and childhood best friend, Tokio.

Editor Comment
''In RIVES his role as the main protagonist along Tokio which he served as his ally who he wanting to help him and assisting him during the battle, it is shown how much their friendship has grown stronger within their bond with each other. ''

''However, Chrono Link will make a new direction from the first volume, even though they still working together, he has shed to had a different opinion and goals from Tokio which sometimes they were arguing. ''

It does tease a betrayal that will happen on Akira himself which is a major development toward his character which he steps up from his life as his friend and ally as how his character developed into something, but it's not meant to be rival, it meant to be something else besides that.

RIVES
his hair colored in white and has slash mark on his forehead, his eyes were colored in yellow, although his facial appearance similar with his real-life counterpart, he wears armor on his chest with a black V-necked shirt that was worn underneath a black trench-coat with long sleeves and the clothes on his shoulders coupled with silver coated with white, and his arms added with gloves and iron.

Basic Info
Yoshinori Kuryuu (九竜 ヨシノリ) is the player's behind Akira during his time in The World R:3 with Tokio Kuryuu, and he's second-year of middle school who've been in the same class as Tokio. He lived in the same house as Tokio with his little sister Miyuki Kuryuu as he was been adopted by Kuryuu's family during his childhood.

He's an honor student to Tokio's school who good at sport and subjects, everyone knew him as a popular student. However, the truth that everyone didn't know that he is a gamer same as Tokio himself, but unlike him, he loves tactical, and sports that testing his brain limit, but he does play a fighting game if he with Tokio.

According to Tokio's parents, his origin is very unknown, but they found him in CyberConnect Corporation company, and his true parent never been found.

Personality
Akira is friendly and open-minded social people besides that he was an honor student, but the truth that he was a Gamers freak, lazy, but also sarcastic which only Tokio knew about him because he lived in the same house and room as him.

But sometimes he acting seriously whenever there's a situation that really not playing him and aside from that he's most logical and smart to make a plan and strategy as it is shown that he won tactical game online during his elementary school.

Even though he's acting like a model, he also has a little too few goofy personalities if something that really confusing him, but he's caring toward each other and willing to become sacrificial to protect his friend even if it will risking his life.