Name: Raiha (Thunder Champion) Age: Around 20

   Of all the characters in the Flame of Recca series, the most mysterious and unknown person is definitely Raiha. So far, I found that he works for Kouran Mori as Kurei�s right-hand man in the Uruha Jushin Shu. In the Dark Martial Combat, Raiha was the only member of the Uruha Thunder. It didn�t say both in the anime and the manga how did he manage to get to the semi-finals all by himself, but this proves that he can really fight with his sword only. His past is totally unknown. Who really is he? Where does he come from? How did he end up working with Kurei? And mostly, why? All I know he serves Kurei loyally because of� �Blood�.

   Although he�s under the category of �bad guys�, he sure doesn�t look or acts like a bad guy. He�s soft-spoken, kind and gentle. Raiha was said to coach Kaoru when he was young and still in Uruha. It was Raiha who rescued Fuuko and Doman when they were trapped inside a pit that was filling up with water at the Dark Martial Combat. Loyal to Kurei, Raiha refused to fight with him in the semi-finals. Instead, he generously forfeited the match. Even at the finals, he visited to Hokage Team to watch Fuuko in battle with Mikoto.

  He seems to take quiet an interest in Fuuko or, more specific, the Fujin(God of Wind). In the manga, it was Raiha who had the missing main Orb of the Fujin. He was keeping it from her until he feels that she was ready. He says that he has been using it to seal raijin's powers all along. Sealing the frightening power that even he is afraid of. Raiha hopes that one day, he would be able to fight alongside Fuuko with both their psychic devices. For now, he must stay with Kurei for reasons that are mysterious as the man himself.