Yusuke Sakurai

Sakurai (桜威 Sakurai) is an Esper and a former member of Claw. He was part of the cadre called "Scar".

Appearance
Sakurai is a man of average height and build. He has somewhat heavy eyebrows and a scar that runs vertically from his jaw up his left cheek. He wears his short black hair entirely slicked back. He wears glasses with thick black frames and a plain black suit with a black tie.

Personality
Sakurai is stern, focused, confident, and cautious. He often scolds others, especially Koyama, for their mistakes or foolish behavior. He did not have to be physically defeated in order to learn his lesson.

History
Sakurai first appeared after invading the Awakening Lab, defeating all the adults, and tying up the five children who were there. He brought them back to Claw's 7th branch facility. He reprimanded Koyama for not capturing Mob, attended the Scar cadre's meeting, and teamed up with Muraki to defeat the intruding Teru. By not directly confronting Mob, Sakurai ended up as one of the last Scar members standing.

After witnessing Reigen's Hypnosis Punch, Sakurai tried to slice him with his plastic sword. When Teru stopped him, he sliced off the top half of the boy's infamously tall wig and challenged him with a flurry of slashes. At a critical moment, Sakurai slashed Reigen across the back and was subsequently shocked to find that it had only cut as deep as his suit. After a failed attempt to decapitate Reigen led to his plastic sword getting snapped in half, he was dumbfounded. Further slashing with his broken sword proved useless, and Sakurai lost his composure, grabbing Reigen by the collar and starting up a monologue about how society failed him. He was not amused by Reigen's response. He tried some more curse toys, but to no avail, and one even got confiscated. In the end, Sakurai and Muraki were both mentally defeated by the strength of Reigen's words.

Weeks later, Sakurai reappeared with Koyama, picking up Mob in his car and bringing him to Reigen and friends. Sakurai fought Shimazaki along with the others. Later, he lent Reigen his toy gun.

Powers & Abilities
Sakurai's Curse Toy ability can imbue objects with curses; for example, by carrying around a plastic sword for years, he imbued it with enough psychic power to make it a truly dangerous weapon. His other cursed tools include Air Gun-- a toy gun which shoots damaging blasts of air-- and a spray that puts people to sleep.

Quotes

 * "This is made of plastic, it makes the swinging much easier!"
 * "... That's... totally your fault... no, wait, what are we talking about again?"
 * "Kid. If you got questions, ask."