Koji:Real Name: Koji
Age: 19
Eyes: Purple
Hair: Dark Blue
First Appearance (Anime): Episode 8
Abilities: Swordsmanship, explosives
Affiliation: Mt. Reikaku Bandits
Koji is the best friend of Tasuki (who he calls by his real name, Genro) and a member of the Mt. Reikaku Bandits, a group not unlike "Robin Hood and his Merry Men" who steal from the rich and give to the poor (especially themselves). Koji and the others are led by the bandit that posesses the "tessen" - an enchanted iron fan that spews out flames when invoked.
Koji first encounters Miaka and friends when he and his fellow bandits capture Miaka to take her to the current bandit leader, an ugly brute named Eiken who is forcing the bandits to follow him because of his tainted possession of the "tessen" fan. Miaka goes with them willingly because of information that she had gotten that one of the bandits might have a symbol on him that would mark him as part of the Suzaku Seven. Koji even contemplates helping Miaka escape from Eiken's clutches, but is later "persuaded" by Nuriko and Hotohori to do so. It is at this point that Genro (in actuality Tasuki, a Suzaku Seven warrior) shows up and kidnaps Miaka, challenging Eiken for a fight for the position of leader.
Koji, with Miaka and the others' help, eventually is able to help Genro take the position of leader back from Eiken, as well as the tessen. However, after Genro leaves to follow Miaka later, Koji is made the leader of the Mt. Reikaku bandits in his stead, and even though he does not possess the tessen, Koji is still very skilled with a sword and explosives, and is able to utilize them to full advantage as a bandit leader. His bandits also eventually fight in the battle to repel the Kutou invasion of Konan.
