Kuniharu Kakizaki

"Just because these new guys will surpass us, it shouldn't diminish my squadmates' true value."

- Kuniharu Kakizaki

Kuniharu Kakizaki is an All-Rounder and the captain of Kakizaki Unit. He is also a former member of Arashiyama Unit.

Appearance
Kakizaki is a young man with light brown Ivy League hair and grey eyes. His uniform consists in a high-collared, zipped jacker in a bright persimmon color with matching headphones, a black undershirt, boots and dark brown pants (gray in the anime).

Personality
Kakizaki is quite friendly, demonstrated when he guided Yūma to the Rank Battle place despite being his upcoming opponent. Like his unit, he is known to be overly cautious, and he has a preference to play safely. He has low confidence in himself, but high confidence in his teammates, which spawns a fighting spirit on their behalf.

Kakizaki Unit
Kakizaki cherishes his squadmates, whom he believes to be exceptionally talented, more than Border acknowledges. Although he was happy they decided to enlist in his unit, he still struggles to understand why they would choose to be by his side. He blames himself for the unit's low placement in the rankings and apologizes to them after their match against Tamakoma Second, but his teammates defend his leadership and he is both relieved and moved to see them suggest improvements and be invited to join them.

Arashiyama Unit
Kakizaki seems to be on good terms with the members of his former unit, with Ken Satori crying when he decided to leave, Haruka Ayatsuji finding an Operator for him as soon as he did, and Mitsuru Tokieda considering him one of his favorite senior members. Kakizaki admired Jun Arashiyama but also felt inadequate when he compared himself to him. Arashiyama greeted him as a rival when he left.

Quotes

 * "I never thought that I was a good soldier."
 * "Fumika and Kotarō... and Madoka... I don't deserve such great squadmates."
 * "The fact that such great agents are are still wandering between the middle and low level in B-Rank is all because of me, a captain who can't bring out their true strength."
 * "Just because these new guys will surpass us, it shouldn't diminish my squadmates' true value."
 * (To Yūma Kuga) "You're definitely strong, but... Sorry. I have no intention of handing victory over to you."

Trivia

 * "Kuhinaru" (国治) means "country government", while "Kakizaki" (柿崎) means " cape". Coincidentally, persimmon is the color of his unit's jackets.
 * He likes gyūdon, watermelon and all of sports.
 * In his free time he enjoys playing basketball with Ryō Utagawa and Yūko Kumagai, among others.