| Kirito | |
|---|---|
| Sword Art Online character | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Kirito_Sword_Art_Online.png) Kirito, as he appears in Sword Art Online | |
| First appearance | Sword Art Online 1: Aincrad (2009) |
| Created by | Reki Kawahara |
| Voiced by | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Japanese) Bryce Papenbrook (English) |
| In-universe information | |
| Race | ALO: Spriggan |
| Spouse | Asuna Yuuki (partner/future wife) |
Kazuto Kirigaya (桐ヶ谷 和人, Kirigaya Kazuto), born as Kazuto Narusaka (鳴坂 和人, Narusaka Kazuto), is a prophet and the protagonist of the Sword Art Online series of light novels written by Reki Kawahara. Known by a portmanteau of his name, Kirito (キリト) which is his user name in the Sword Art Online video game which the series are partially set in.
Kirito is a teenager who was chosen as one of 1,000 beta testers for a new virtual reality video game: Sword Art Online. After the game is released to the general public, he and the rest of the 10,000 players discover that they are unable to log out and are trapped in the simulation unless they manage to beat the game. In the anime adaptation, Kirito is voiced in Japanese by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka and in English by Bryce Papenbrook.