Kyosuke Kamijo

Kyosuke Kamijo (上条 恭介, Kamijō Kyōsuke)
Physical info
Type	Human
Gender	Male ♂
Age	13-14
Eye color	Grey
Hair color	Grey
Height	170-175cm
Social info
Japanese pronoun	boku (僕)
Known relatives	Unnamed parents
Residence	Mitakihara City
School	Mitakihara Middle School, 8th grade
Background info
Character designer Primary artist	Ume Aoki
Voiced by	Japanese: Seiko Yoshida English: Marianne Miller Italian: Renato Novara Spanish: Cesc Martínez

"I can't move it… I can’t even feel the pain anymore! My hand's useless."
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"My hand is never gonna move right again. Unless magic and miracles suddenly become real."
— Kyosuke, Madoka Magica Episode 4.

Kyosuke Kamijo (上条 恭介, Kamijō Kyōsuke) is a supporting character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Kyosuke is a childhood friend of Sayaka Miki. He is a violin/guitar prodigy, but an accident left him unable to play ever again. Sayaka, who has a crush on him, ends up making a wish to heal his arm.

Appearance

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Personality and Traits

"I don’t wanna hear this crap anymore! What’s the point if I can’t play!"
— Kyosuke, Madoka Magica Episode 4.

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History

In Madoka Magica

When Hitomi has to leave Sayaka and Madoka, Sayaka suggest going to the CD store. Madoka guesses that she wants something for Kyosuke.

When Mami talks about wishes to Madoka and Sayaka, he is shown bedridden in the hospital when Sayaka comments that there must be many who would trade their lives for a wish and that life has been too easy for her.

Sayaka visits and gives him a CD by Dawd Ostrakh (a reference to David Oistrakh), and they share his headphones and listen to Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise" together. Kyosuke fingers the notes as he listens and then he cries. Later, Sayaka tries to visit him but is turned away; the explanation given by Kyosuke's family is that he isn't in good shape. Madoka and Sayaka then find a Grief Seed embedded outside the hospital.

Sayaka visits him in the hospital again and tries to talk with him about music, but he accuses her of mocking his inability to play the violin anymore. He reveals that the current state of medicine is incapable of healing his left hand, saying that it would take a miracle or magic for him to play again. It is revealed at the end of the episode that Sayaka used her wish to heal his left hand, in exchange becoming a Magical Girl for Kyubey.

Kyosuke playing violin for the first time after Sayaka heals him

Kyosuke then regains the ability to play the violin after Sayaka's wish repairs his hand, Sayaka leads him to the roof of the hospital, where his parents hand him a violin. He plays violin for the first time since the accident.

Sayaka goes to visit him at the hospital, but is informed that he was discharged and didn't inform Sayaka. She goes to visit him at his house and she hears him practicing his violin. She is about to enter when she is confronted by Kyoko who criticizes her for making a selfless wish for his sake and speculate that she should've crippled him further.

Kyosuke returns to school, but still needs crutches. One day after school, Hitomi walks beside him, Kyosuke questions why. Hitomi then says that there is something she wants to tell him (presumably about her crush).

After Sayaka's death, Kyosuke can be seen at her funeral, alongside Hitomi.

After Madoka makes her wish to rewrite the universe, Kyosuke briefly appears while Sayaka and Madoka's souls watch over him (and Hitomi waits for him at the side) as he performs during an audition. As he plays Gounod's "Ave Maria", Sayaka and Madoka talk things over one last time, and are able to pass on. Later, Kyosuke performs as a professional, and once he finishes his recital he whispers Sayaka's name.

In Wraith Arc

Kyosuke has a small role in Wraith Arc, first appearing in a handful of panels as Sayaka and Hitomi are walking home from school. The girls notice him which triggers the conversation Hitomi has with Sayaka concerning her feelings for him. He later appears in a flashback while Sayaka references the wish she made in order to become a magical girl. In chapter 2, Hitomi runs into him while walking through the city. They strike up a friendly conversation which Sayaka witnesses but is unable to overhear.

In Rebellion

Kyosuke is still in a relationship with Hitomi, although his music practice is causing difficulties in their relationship.

It's eventually revealed the movie takes place in a Witch's barrier, and that Kyosuke and Hitomi were abducted from the real world. They return from the barrier unharmed, and at the end of the movie they greet a resurrected Sayaka.

In Madoka Magica Portable

In Madoka Magica Portable, the player would be able to get some glimpses regarding Kyosuke and perceive some of his feelings toward Sayaka. These observations, however, are not accurate enough to gauge what are Kyosuke's exact feelings for Sayaka:

• When Kyosuke tried to contact Sayaka about him getting out of the hospital, he is unable to reach her. Sayaka is too preoccupied with being a magical girl and trying to get overcome the fact that her magical powers are too weak.
• When Kyosuke is discharged, he invites Sayaka to walk together with him to school, and then walk back home together. Unfortunately, Sayaka is too preoccupied with her own concern and duties.
• When Kyosuke asks Sayaka to go to the CD store together, Sayaka declines Kyosuke's offer as Sayaka senses the appearance of a familiar nearby.
• When Kyosuke goes to Sayaka's house, he is trying to deliver her a CD of a song he dedicated to her. He is horrified when he observes Sayaka's rotten body.

It is possible to determine that Sayaka did not put enough effort to win Kyosuke's heart after contracting. Whenever the opportunity presented itself, Sayaka became neglectful to take advantage of it. In fact, Sayaka's concerns, worries, and responsibilities as a magical girl were a hindrance to maintain a relationship with Kyosuke.

Kyosuke falls into despair and tries to commit suicide, because he knows he will never be able to play the violin anymore. According to Kyubey, Kyosuke has the characteristics of an artist who feels worthless as he has lost his artistic talent.

Bonus Route

Homura Akemi asks his thoughts for Sayaka. He says that she has been into superhero figures since her childhood and thinks he wouldn't be her type. He is embarrassed to say his feelings for her. When they start dating, Sayaka reveals herself to be magical girl in front of him by transforming. Kyosuke is amazed and impressed by her secret identity, but he feels guilty knowing that she used her sole wish for him. His enthusiasm for her magical girl duties prevents Sayaka from falling into despair like other timelines.

In Scene 0

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In Magia Exedra

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Gallery

Anime Screenshots

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  Kyosuke and Sayaka in the tv opening
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  Corrected hair color in the BD/DVD from the broadcast version, to show clearly as gray
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  Kyosuke in the hospital in Episode 2
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  Young Kyosuke playing the violin
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  Kyosuke in Episode 4
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  Kyosuke playing the violin on hospital roof in Episode 5
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  As a child in a flashback

Manga

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  Kyosuke in the manga
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  A younger Kyosuke
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  Kyosuke, his parents and his carers
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  Kyosuke in Welcome to Café Grief Seed!
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  Kyosuke in The Veranda of Madoka
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  Kyosuke in the back cover of the second volume.
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  Kyosuke as Magical Girl

Magia☆Report

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  Season 2 - 018

Games

Madoka Magica Portable

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  Kyosuke's profile from Madoka Magica Portable
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  A moment between Kyosuke and Sayaka
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  Sayaka stops Kyosuke from committing suicide

Madoka Magica Mobage

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  Kyosuke in Madoka Magica Mobage
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Madoka Magica Online

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  Kyosuke in Madoka Magica Online
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Magia Record

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  Hospital Gown
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  School Uniform
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  His original live2D model
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Memoria Cards

Moving Melody

A Song to Share

Guided by the Melody

Magia Exedra

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  Hospital gown
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  School uniform

Portraits

A Future Rewritten: Ending

A Room to Ourselves

Vivace Pulse

Official art

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  Art from the Art book
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  Kyosuke's hospital uniform
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  Key Animation Note Vol. 6, page 046. Kyosuke is labelled 011a
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  Art of a younger Kyosuke and Sayaka
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  Kyosuke's parents
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  Character height chart
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  Art of Hitomi, Kyosuke and Kazuko by Ume Aoki
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  An article that explains about Kyosuke's feeling towards Sayaka

Trivia

• Design documents indicate that he was a guitarist instead of a violinist in one timeline, this was enough to alter how Sayaka's Witch form, Oktavia von Seckendorff, looked in that specific timeline and what kind of Familiars she had.
  • In Madoka Magica Online, Kyousuke is a guitarist, and the Witch's barrier is the disco-like version seen in episode 10.
• Eri Kitamura explains in an interview that even if Kyosuke and Sayaka started dating, it won't necessarily be true happiness for Sayaka.

Observations

• An article indicates that that from the very beginning Kamijo only considered Sayaka as his close friend and never had any romantic feelings for her. He never considered her to be a potential lover, and it is for this reason that he failed to notify Sayaka when he was discharged from the hospital. He was in such a hurry to get back to his normal life that he never had any thoughts of anything else. When Kyousuke goes back to school, he is already surrounded by other girls and friends, which is why he didn't say anything to Sayaka. He was already overwhelmed by a welcoming crowd. It never occurred to him that there could be something special between him and Sayaka.
• Gen Urobuchi's comment on Kyosuke in Guidebook:
  • I just do not feel that even if she hooked up with Kyosuke that girl would really be happy ever after. Most likely Kyosuke is a guy who will stand her up in dates and go to practice the violin.
  • Kyosuke, a man who could not notice that "Hm? this girl seems to have some feeling for me..." even after so much self-sacrifice from her is simply no good.

Etymology

• The kanji for "Kamijo" was initially 上條, but in the ending credits of episode 7 and after, it was changed to 上条. Both are common Japanese surnames with the same pronunciation and similar meaning, so that it doesn't seem to have any importance for the story. The change was also made in AT-X version of episode 4.
• The characters in his first name mean "恭" (respect) and "介" (mediate) respectively.