Hidemasa Miyaji

Hidemasa Miyaji (宮地秀正) is a character in The Rising of the Shield Hero. He is an antagonist of volume 17.

Appearance
Hidemasa is a young man with black hair and Japanese features with a type of "mature coolness" about him. He wears a black and silver coat over a vest, pants, and boots.

Personality
Naofumi describes him as arrogant. He displays many of the same flaws the holy heroes from Raphtalia's world had before their curses. He has a strong dislike for anything he sees as cowardly in battle. Like the other Vanguards of the Waves, he likes to have a harem of women who can do his will.

Abilities
Miyaji seems to be a competent fighter and a skilled strategist. He knows how to use traps and think ahead of the battle.

Vassal Musical Instrument
Miyaji gained the Vassal Musical Instrument soon after being summoned to Glass' World. While he isn't inherently skilled at music like Itsuki, he is able to use the instrument to attack, buff and debuff enemies. Skills from the Vassal Musical Instrument can be interfered with musical dissonance.


 * Unnamed Explosive Notes: As Miyaji plays his instrument, bolts that look like music notes fly out wildly from the instrument at high speeds. When Itsuki attempts this attack, he is able to precisely aim the notes due to his musical proficiency and accuracy ESPer ability.

Curse Series
Hidemasa's cursed weapon takes the form of an electric guitar.


 * Cursed Song Woodoo-Voodoo: Creates a voodoo doll and pin that can be used with an opponent's hair to cause damage. The effect can be resisted and possibly reflected by shikigami.
 * Unnamed Debuff: This skill thickens up the air around the target like water. This slows down the target and makes moving much harder.
 * Unnamed Barrier: Miyaji plays and creates barriers of thickened air around his allies.
 * Hero's Melody: This skill greatly boosts all stats of the targets and can make the targets move nearly twice as fast.
 * Demon's Melody: This skill fires off countless notes from the instrument towards the targets.

Technology
Through research into the dragon hourglass and the Legendary Weapons, Miyaji and S'yne's sister were able to learn how to suppress the Legendary Weapons from Raphtalia's world. As a byproduct, it also depowers Vassal Weapons and techniques from Raphtalia's World. According to S'yne's sister, this is a inherent defensive mechanism of each world to prevent Legendary Weapons from being used from invasion. Activating this defence requires the possession of the majority of the Legendary Weapons.

Background
During the summoning of the Legendary Heroes of Glass' World, Hidemasa apparently got caught up in the process and was summoned as an extra fifth "hero." However, the day he was summoned he also disappeared and was not seen until he became the Vassal Musical Instrument Wielder. As the Vassal wielder of his country, he holds the position known as the successor to the king. Soon after he was summoned he was greeted by Kizuna and Glass but two groups could not see eye to eye.

Volume 17
As Kizuna went around her world to reunite the countries against the people behind the waves, Hidemasa and another reincarnated individual (who was a spy in L'Arc's forces) captured and kidnapped her. As soon as they were able, Naofumi, Glass, and the rest of the heroes went looking for Kizuna. With help from the Vassal Mirror, they were able to teleport into the Vassal Musical Instrument Country and confront Hidemasa. As they stormed the complex, many of Hidemasa's traps went off which teleported and separated the party throughout the underground labyrinth.

Naofumi, Itsuki, Raphtalia and Glass were the first to confront Miyaji. The false hero feigns innocence about Kizuna's capture and then plays victim. Naofumi tries to reason and then extract a confession the Miyaji who then admits to killing the Jewel, Blunt Instrument, and Ofuda legendary heroes. Tired of talk, both groups decide to fight, however, Hidemasa suppresses the legendary weapons and techniques from Raphtalia's World. As the battle continues, S'yne's sister, Mald and Malty join Miyaji while the other heroes trickle their way in to help Naofumi and his group. When the Vassal Mirror and Vassal Book appear, Miyaji finally starts to lose the battle. The accessory suppressing the Vassal Musical Instrument is destroyed as a team effort and the liberated weapons leaves Miyaji for Itsuki. Getting desperate, Miyaji tries to take the Vassal Axe from Mald but is chopped down and has his soul destroyed in retaliation.

Relationships
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Trivia
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