Godou Kusanagi

Godou Kusanagi is the male protagonist of Campione! Upon his defeat of the Persian Heretic God Verethragna, he became the 7thCampione, or godslayer.

Personality
Godou is a high school student who, despite his status as a Campione, simply wants to live a normal life. He hates dealing with magic and the supernatural, especially gods and other Campione. This is an attitude that occasionally backfires on him.

Godou has often shown very oxymoronic, and self-contradictory behavior. For example he is a very shy young man, but is also a natural born lady-killer, having learned the skills during his childhood from his grandfather. However, he is unaware of this talent, which explains his never realizing that so many girls have fallen for him. Godou is also a self-proclaimed pacifist, but will fight against the various Heretic Gods and Campione when needed.

Despite being a brilliant tactician, he is still a Campione, meaning a king, savage, leader, cunning, and above all a moron, or that is the stereotype he has to fill and that is the impression he gives off; an example being when he targets the Colosseum during his duel with Erica. The various mages that stood watching assumed that he did so in order to display his prowess and ruthlessness, but in actuality it was simply the only way to get Erica to stop fighting him.

When under Lancelot du Lac's curse Godou abandoned both common sense and preconception as he acted in accordance with his heart's desire which made him act no different from Gods and other Devil Kings. Due to this he also discovers that he has a contrarian fetish. Meaning he gets turned on at arrogant, strong, tsun-tsun, foolish women i.e He loves his women to be dificult and fight back before subjugating them to his desires. He also loves battle and fighting against worthy opponents. This is stated by Liliana Kranjcar to be his true nature that is normally repressed by reason and common sense.

It might be possible that Goduo is a bit of a sadist. This is because of all the times he shows a sadistic grin in battle and using brutal, painful method against his foes as well as toying with the females around him while under Lancelot's Curse.

When Godou is using his Authority, the Youth, his personality changes as well, becoming more confident and decisive. He is willing to admit to his feelings for the girls, and is less inclined to hold himself back. So much so that he can easily shrug off even Erica's teasing.

History
Godou, and his sister Shizuka were born to Mayo and Genzou Kusanagi. The children's parents were very busy with their careers and seemingly had little time for their children. Because of this, they were raised mainly by their grandparents, Ichirou and Chiyo Kusanagi, though Chiyo passed away some time shortly before Godou's early teens. Eventually the two's parents divorced, though when and for what specific reasons has yet to be stated. Whatever it was, however, seems to have left Godou with a dim view of his father, and possibly his mother as well. Mayo appeared to retain custody of the children, though was often away for various reasons, leaving them in Ichirou and Chiyo's care, making it a moot point.

Starting around six years old, Godou would join in the gambling that took place during the Kusanagi New Years family reunion. He quickly became the most talented, developing a skill which allowed him to 'will' himself to be lucky, never losing a pure game of chance. However, he had more difficulty with card games, due to the element of skill involved.

Godou was a regular baseball player when he was in middle school. He even played as a Japanese representative in the World Series, but due to an injury in his shoulder that he received during training, he quit baseball. Godou never considered himself extremely talented as a player, especially after seeing some of the more gifted players he competed against, he merely claimed to be able to read them, and develop tactics to win against them. A skill which apparently carried over to his abilities as a Campione. After he became a Campione, his old sports injury completely healed, but due to the capabilities he gained after he became a Campione he still did not return to playing baseball, feeling it would be almost cheating.

In a short story it was revealed by Asuka Tokunaga, his childhood friend, that Godou was very popular with girls as he had 14 or more girls fall in love with him during middle school, though he was completely clueless to all of them.