Gai Kuroki

Gai Kuroki
Gai Kuroki (黒木凱  Kuroki Gai) is one of the main characters of Legend of the Heavenly Sphere Shurato (天空戦記 シュラト  Tenkū Senki Shurato) who wields the Wolf Shakti and its powers of darkness and shadows. His name was adapted to Gail/Kail or Nordine in the French version of the anime. His voice was dubbed by Takehito Koyasu (子安 武人Koyasu Takehito) in the Japanese version, by Mauro Eduardo in the Brazilian dubbing and by Agnès Gribe in the French version. Throughout the series he is also known as the Yaksha king ( 夜叉王ガイ, Yasha-ō Gai) and as one of the two successor of Brahma.

Gai is the main antagonist of the anime in the first arc and much of the story is about Gai's change from good to evil. Befriended by Shurato as a small kid, Gai always showed compassion and a deep concentration rare to find in a child. He was always attentive to his surrounding and twice saved animals from certain death (a dove once when both were jogging and a dog in the middle of the road). Gai also seemed to be selfless and even shared his food with Shurato once when his mother did let him come home one evening.

Gai also received martial arts training from young age along with Shurato from Shurato's grandfather Yutaro. Reminiscences from the beginning of the series demonstrate Gai had always been a better fighter and also had much more self-control than Shurato.

Transmigration to the Heavenly World (Tenkūkai)
While fighting in a junior martial arts tournament against Shurato, Gai is surrounded by a brilliant light and hears a woman's voice reciting a mantra. The woman - Vishnu - though this mantra brigns both Gai and Shurato to the Heavenly World (Tenkūkai) and both learn that in past incarnations they were two of the 8 warrior kings of Tenkūkai (Hachibushi).

Not explained at first is Gai's change from the good-natured boy to this cruel rughtless man, who tries to kill Shurato at first sight when the former wakes up in Tenkūkai.

Techniques

 * Demonic Wolf's Gale Sword (疾風魔狼剣 Shippū Marōken)
 * Yaksha's Life Drainer (夜叉金剛縛 Yasha Kingōshō)