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Kyoya Hibari is the leader of the Discipline Committee of Prefects, who all are delinquents loyal to Hibari. Like his subordinates, he too is a violent delinquent who uses his status to harass other students. However, he prefers to be alone and cares little for his subordinates. Hibari is very proud of his school, and is apparently the only person who likes their school's alma mater, even using it as his ring tone. In the Kokuyo Arc, he adopted one of the Kokuyo assassin Birds' bird . The bird (subsequently nicknamed "Hibird" due to its connection to Hibari) becomes attached to Hibari. Reborn piqued Hibari's curiosity early on in the series, and Hibari considers him a worthy opponent, having a strong urge to fight him. His catchphrase is "I'll bite you to death" (kamikorosu), which he often says before a fight. He also has a weakness to sakura/cherry blossoms, due to Dr. Shamal transferring an incurable disease to him earlier in the manga.
Hibari went to fight the Kokuyo gang but was defeated after Mukuro took advantage of his "sakura-kura". Hibari was later released from captivity by Gokudera and received a cure for sakura-kura. He then fought Mukuro again but fell unconscious due to his wounds.
Hibari was made the Vongola Cloud Guardian but refused to be taught by Dino unless he could beat him in battle. They fought in multiple environments to increase Hibari's experience. During the Cloud Ring Battle he battled Gola Mosca for the ring and appears to defeat it. He then attempts to battle with Xanxus. However Gola Mosca once again become active and continued the rampage. During the Sky Ring Battle he manages to resist the Death Heater venom but was injured by Bel. He retired after rescuing Gokudera and Yamamoto.
In the future, Hibari saved Hayato and Takeshi and defeated Gamma. After their reunion, he agreed to train Tsuna
. Hibari had previously been searching for information concerning box weapons by starting "The Foundation". Hibari later defended the hideout against the Millefiore raid. Later he infiltrates the Melone base and fought Genkishi. As Genkishi was about to land a finishig blow, Hibari was replaced by his younger self. Hibari was able to separate the group from Genkishi when his hedgehog box weapon went into shock and expanded at great speed.
Later it was revealed that Irie Shoichi, future Tsuna,and Future Hibari planned together secretly to fight against the Millefore Family and that was the reason he knew about the raid.
After the choice battle, his Vongola box prevented the Funeral Wreaths from running after the Vongola.
Later him and Dino face off against Daisy. Daisy then opens the box of carnage and defeats Dino. Hibari then proceeded to defeat Daisy with his Vongola box and confiscated his ring.
Relationships
Yamamoto
During the Future Arc., Hibari has shown to have some interest in Yamamoto. During his battle with Genkishi, he became very eager to fight him when he heard that Yamamoto was defeated by him. During the battle of Choice, Hibari had confidence that he would win his fight, by saying "What are you talking about? That is Yamamoto Takeshi." Though he has not shown it in public or when Yamamoto is near by.
Mukuro
Because Hibari hates those who can create illusions and have Mist flames, he is believed to still have a grudge towards Mukuro. His desire to bite Mukuro to death is so strong that he did not bite everyone to death during the Strom Ring Conflict aftermatch, when Reborn promised that he would fight Mukuro again. The cause of his hatred comes from the time Mukuro used his weakness to cherry blossoms (Sakura) to defeat him, and break most of his bones, though Hibari managed to fight him again but fainted after knocking Mukuro out. He has shown to become entertained when fighting Mukuro during Skull's trial; he smiled as their weapons collided.
Hibird
Hibari has a soft spot for small animals such as birds and hedgehogs. Hibari had tamed one of Birds' birds and taught it to sing his school's song. In the Future Arc., Hibird has become very useful to Hibari as well as attached to him.
Abilities & Weapons
Hibari is a fierce and well trained fighter who has an almost insatiable bloodlust for a worthy opponent. As his main weapon, he uses a pair of tonfa. Hibari's tonfa have also been shown to have hidden compartments containing other weapons and is said to be the strongest Vongola Guardian.
In the future, Hibari has become adept at using rings. His flame has become so intense that even without the Cloud Vongola ring, he is capable of great feats of strength. However, he shatters normal rings when he uses them. The younger Hibari is also capable of emitting a massive Dying Will flame with the Vongola Ring. This was said to emerge when Hibari was feeling angry with others for disrupting him. It is revealed that Dino taught him how to emit the flames. Hibari has been shown to have more knowledge than most concerning the boxes and uses them at a high proficiency.
Cloud Hedgehog - When used, a hedgehog is shot towards the target. Due to the Cloud's ability, propagation, the hedgehog can become bigger when it takes in Dying Will Flames.
Needle Sphere Form - His hedgehog forms a huge airtight sphere that encloses his target. The target is then suffocated.
Needle Sphere Form, Reversed - He creates a big airtight space where only people are allowed inside. Use of Box Weapons are restricted, leaving Hibari and his opponent to a direct fight.
Vongola Cloud Hedgehog- Hibari's Vongola Box Weapon. Unlike the first, this hedgehog has a large sphere on it's back with less, but larger, spikes protruding from it. It can also absorb flames to create copies of itself to overwhelm the enemy.
Cambio Forma: Alaude Handcuffs The Vongola Cloud Hedgehog transforms into a pair of handcuffs, that can be multiplied due to the Cloud propagation attribute. Hibari has shown the ability to increase their size in order to completely envelope an enemy and crush them by shrinking the cuffs. File:Hibari vingola box.jpg
On November 7 2007, a character CD entitled "Sakura addiction", featuring Mukuro and Hibari, was released, and became the most successful Reborn! character CD, debuting in ninth place in the Oricon charts. The single reached its peak at seventh place, but remained in the chart's Top 40 till mid-January of 2008. It contains duets and individual songs sung by both voice actors: Toshinobu Iida and Takashi Kondō. There are two available covers; both show one character as the main feature, with the other shown in the background with his back turned. The song "Sakura Addiction", which was a duet sung by both voice actors, was used as the fifth ending theme for the series.
For the second annual Seiyū Awards, Toshinobu Iida and Takashi Kondō each received a nomination for "Best Musical Performance", for their music theme "Sakura addiction".
Trivia
He is often referred to as 18 in the Reborn! fandom as '1' in the old Japanese counting system is 'hi' and '8' from the same system can be pronounced as 'ba' hence, Hiba(ri).
His last name, 'Hibari', can be translated into skylark, a type of bird. As such, Hibari is shown to have an affinity for birds in the series.
In a recent popularity poll, Hibari ranked second, with 14,017 votes.
In the annual internet survey by Japanese music distributor Recochoku, "The Character I Want to Be My Groom" he ranked #1 twice.
According to Futa's ranking, he is the strongest in Namimori.
When I-Pin gave him chocolates during Valentine's day, he seemed amused.
Hibari resembles and acts like the first Vongola Cloud Guardian.
The future Hibari hates illusionist, and those who have mist flames. This shows that Hibari continues to have a grudge towards Mukuro.
Hibari also uses mist flames, in chapter 155 page 5, to open the door to his hideout
