Lord Kagetora Saburo Uesugi

Takaya Ougi  (仰木 高耶, Ōgi Takaya) is one of the main protagonists in the Mirage of Blaze anime. He currently attends Jyohoku High School and is in the same class as his best friend Narita Yuzuru.

Appearance
Takaya Ougi is a young tall slender young adult who has black hair, lightly tanned skin and greenish eyes.

Personality
Takaya is seen as a very proud, and fiery-spirited 17-year-old high school student. He is seen Abrupt and outspoken in demeanor, he defiantly and exhaustingly denies the fact that he is Kagetora, refusing to believe that he is anyone but Takaya. He nonetheless exhibits a highly moral attitude towards his newfound duty as a "possessor" once he accepts the reality of his past. Through the course of the series, he develops a minor split personality, confusing his ancient persona from his current persona.

Plot
Takaya is a typical lonely 17-year-old high school delinquent who has no memory of his past. He attends Jyohoku High School his best friend Narita Yuzuru. He eventually meets Naoe Nobutsuna an older man who informs Takaya that he is, in fact, the reincarnation of Lord Kagetora. in the beginning, he defiantly and exhaustingly denies the fact that he is Kagetora, refusing to believe that he is anyone but himself. He nonetheless exhibits a highly moral attitude towards his newfound duty as a "possessor" once he begins to accept the reality of his past. he begins to develop a minor split personality, confusing his ancient persona from his current persona All of the Uesugi possessors, as well as close friends, call him "Takaya" unless he's in his Kagetora persona, save Naoe who always calls him "Lord Kagetora" as a mark of their master/vassal relationship.

His abilities grow stronger and he learns that capable of exorcising spirits and demons and constructing an energy barrier against attacks. throughout the course of the series, Takaya begins to trust and even love Naoe for protecting him, quite unmindful of himself, although he believes he's just scapegoat for Kagetora. He eventually learns of his past relationship with Naoe. He's attached to "winning" against Naoe that deeply attached to the relation between "winner" and "loser". He's hated anything to do with sexual intercourse since he was gang-raped by his vassals and pages when he was alive and in living in the Hojo clan. as evidenced by his hesitance to do anything remotely sexual with Naoe as it brings up those awful memories for him. Later he tells Naoe that if he's able to beat him one day then finally allow Naoe him to hold him.

History
Takaya is a seventeen-year-old high school delinquent with no memory of his past. His parents divorced when he was a first-year junior high school student, and his father began drinking when his business failed. Leaving His mother to eventually remarry and live in Sendai. He was born and raised in Matsumoto and lives there with his sister, Miya. He attends Jouhoku High and is in the same class as his best friend, Narita Yuzuru.