Zéphyr Kanahisa||Aethra Knight
Biography
Civilian Form
Name and Meaning
His first name means “west wind” in French. His surname is written with the kanji meaning “gold, money, metal” and “long time, old, long cherished”.
Age and Birthday
18, February 6th
Appearance
He has a tanned complexion, golden eyes, no bangs, golden, straight hair that goes down to his upper back that he usually keeps pulled back in a braids. He stands at 6'1".
Nationality
French
Ethnicity
1/2 French, 1/4th Japanese, 1/4 Kazakh
Personality
Zéphyr has a stern disposition but can be patient with others when he is teaching them. Although he may seem cold and severe on the outside, he can be a bit hot-headed and cares for his loved ones deeply. Zéphyr is earnest and can be intelligent as he can analyze a situation and come up with plans quickly. He is unfailingly polite when addressing elders and can be cheeky with loved ones around his age. He has a great deal of physical strength and is skilled at basketball, horseback riding, and archery. He values relying on his own strength and has his own pride.
On his free time, he spends time with his horse.
He can be considerate and willing to risk his life to protect his loved ones but has trouble with lashing out when angered.
His dream is to be the CEO of Golden Airlines and marry Kotori Amamoto.
Mottos
“Live freely.”
Sexual Preferences
Heteroromantic / Heterosexual
Likes
horses, being out in nature, golden eagles. His favorite food is Venison Stew and his favorite subject is World History. Her favorite colors are gold, yellow, amber, red, black, brown, and orange.
Dislikes
betrayal, people who harm his loved ones, and people who act idiotic. His least favorite food is Kazy and his least favorite subject is Politics.
Hobbies
His hobbies aside from playing basketball are archery, horseback riding, arm wrestling, sparring, looking at horses, and being out in nature.
His specialty is arm wrestling.
His “Golden Eagle Eye” allows him to have a bird’s eye view.
He can speak French, Japanese, Kazakh, and English.
Committees
He is part of Kaijō’s boys’ archery team and the disciplinary committee.
Background
His father’s maternal clan had an ancestor who nursed a golden eagle spirit who had a broken wing and as thanks for being nursed back to health, the golden eagle spirit shared its eyesight with the ancestor who later suffered from partial blindness.
Zéphyr is the oldest child of Fujin and Amelie Kanahisa. Fujin is mixed Japanese and Kazakh while Amelie is French, resulting in his mixed heritage. He was to become the heir to the Golden Airlines company, so his parents invested a lot in him such as enrolling him in basketball, horseback riding, archery, and fencing classes.
Zéphyr was able to teach Ciel how to play basketball when she was 5 years old, and he was 8 years old. Due to his family’s business, they had to move to Yokohama in autumn.
Relationships
Family
Parents — Fujin and Amelie Kanahisa, Ciel Kanahisa (younger sister)
As the future heir of Golden Airlines, they invested more into him by enrolling him into basketball, archery, fencing, and horseback riding classes without him even asking. Fujin can tell if Zéphyr wishes to speak on something and he will permit him to speak. Zéphyr will lash out at Fujin when he strongly disagrees with his father only to get firmly rebuked by Fujin. His parents usually ask him about his lessons and ask him about his day even through just phone calls. His parents praise him for what he’s learned and accomplished. He doesn’t like the fact that his parents treat Ciel differently and have spoken up about it only to be told that they don’t have time to talk to Ciel much because of their work and that it takes time out of their day just to engage with him.
Ciel was born when Zéphyr was three years old. Zéphyr was excited about Ciel’s conception because he wanted to be a big brother and take care of his little sister. Because they spent a lot of time together, they share common interests such as basketball, archery, horses, horseback riding, and hawks. They rarely argue with each other and care a lot about one another. Ciel doesn’t envy Zéphyr for being the family heir and doesn’t want to be burdened with responsibilities to parents who did not spend much time with her. They later find out about each other’s alter egos as Ciel is Sailor Cressida and Zéphyr is Aethra Knight and cooperate with one another.
Friends
Kotomi Amamoto aka Sailor Miranda
Kotomi isn’t romantically interested in Zéphyr because he is so serious. However, she appreciates the fact that he taught her and Kotori how to play basketball. Kotomi is aware of Kotori’s feelings for Zéphyr and supports their relationship because only they can take care of the other like no one else can. She has threatened Zéphyr that she will beat him up if he ever hurts Kotori’s heart and he always earnestly replies that he would never do that. Kotori is always embarrassed when Kotomi threatens to beat Zéphyr up but Zéphyr reassures her that he understands where Kotomi is coming from because he would do the same thing for Ciel. They both discover each other’s alter egos and cooperate in battle.
Rivals
N/A
Love Interests
Kotori Amamoto aka Sailor Prospero
They were past life lovers and met each other when they were 8 years old when the Amamoto family went on vacation so Sota Amamoto could see his friend, Fujin Kanahisa, again. She and Kotomi were curious about what sport Zéphyr and Ciel were playing and Zéphyr taught them how to play basketball. She noticed how handsome he was and how long his eyelashes were. Kotori noted how warm Zéphyr’s hands were when he held her hands to help her learn how to play. Kotori appreciated how patient he was while teaching her despite his stern demeanor and she had a crush on him since then. Her father asked her if she would like to marry him, she said yes, and their parents arranged their marriage which Zéphyr was fine with but their feelings towards one another grew into love especially when they learned about their alter egos and remembered their past life together.
His type of girl is one who has valor.
Player He Has His Eyes On
N/A
Guardian Form
Name
Aethra Knight, Knight of Heaven
Guardian Starseed
Aethra Crystal
Mission
To guard Aethra (formerly), to protect Earth
Realm of Influence
Aethra, air manipulation
Past Life
In his previous life, he was the son of a Uranian duke named Zephyr. His younger sister, Cressida possessed the Cressida Crystal and became Sailor Cressida. When he was found to possess the Aethra Crystal, King Ouranos granted Aethra Manor on the Aethra asteroid.
Guardian Animal
N/A
Allies and Teammates
N/A
Transformation Token
Aethra Ring
A golden ring with the astrological symbol of Aethra engraved in gray blue.
Henshin Phrase
"Aethra Power, Knight Up!"
Henshin Sequence
He holds up the Aethra ring on his right hand and his bare body is bathed in gray blue light. Air currents are emitted from the ring, swirl around his body, then he emerges in a fetal position before posing in front of the Aethra asteroid.
Symbol
N/A
Guardian Challenge
“Protected by Aethra, the asteroid of luminosity. I am the Knight of Heaven! Aethra Knight!”
Guardian Fuku
He wears a long-sleeved white shirt with gray blue cuffs. He wears gray blue pants and golden boots. He wears the Aethra ring on his right hand.
Weapon
Heaven Sabre
Guardian Forms
base, noble, imperial
Attacks
Wind Strike!
Aethra Knight thrusts his Heaven Sabre forward which creates a glowing gray blue air current that strikes the target.
Aethra Blast!
(Achieved in his noble form.) Aethra Knight slashes his Heaven Sabre which creates a power glowing gray blue wind.
Heaven’s Barrage!
(Achieved in his imperial form) Aethra Knight makes multiple glowing gray blue air slashes using his Heaven Sabre to destroy the target.
Stats
Stats
N/A
Lei Motif
Transformation Music
Miscellaneous
Inspirations
Nash Gold Jr. from Kuroko's Basketball did not have golden hair and golden eyes hence I wanted a Princess of Basketball with the signature color of gold and since he is related to Ciel, he also has the same eye color and hair color. He is an expy of Azel Halgal from A Bride's Story and I wanted his sister to be associated with the eagle and have eagle eyes and since golden eagles are from Kazakhstan which is where Azel Halgal is from and since he is related to Ciel, he also has "Golden Eagle Eye". Since we have only seen Azel Halgal's young sister, Amir Halgal, despite it being canonically stated that he has multiple siblings, I only gave Zéphyr a younger sister. Amir Halgal enjoys arm wrestling, so I made him enjoy doing that as well. Thanks to A Bride's Story wikia for helping me describe his personality.