Masaki Kugayama (Dark Wing)

Masaki Kugayama(久我山 マサキ) is the classmate of Shōichirō Tokito in Saint Seiya: Meiou Iden - Dark Wing.

Background
Masaki was accepted into to the Graad International University high school, and during his second year in class 2A, his class and several others were sent on a international language tour on a cruise ship.

Story
After leaving a stay on the island of Santorini, their ship was cruising the Mediterranean sea. During the evening he was present at a performance held by Julius Griffin where the top students of their school was presented such as Zhu Chūnfēng, Theseus Gabras, Suzuri Okino, Charlotte Kazahana and Esther Xerxes. They were all there to make the world a better place and Julius hoped that everyone would have fun while learning on their trip. Masaki was annoyed by Julius popularity and vented to Shōichirō Tokito, Sojiro Tokito and Cattleya Mikagami about Julius top grades. He continued and asked why Shōichirō had not rejoined the martial arts club, which he deflected. Cattleya teased them that their former rivalry was love when Suddenly a cat came up to them which they petted when her caretaker Zhu came to retrieve her. That's when a blast of energy tore through the middle of the boat and sent the cat in a panic. It ran from Zhu into the arms of Tsukishima who was knocked of the side of the boat. Shōichirō jumped after her and managed to throw the cat back up in midair. But to Masaki and the others horror, Shōichirō and Tsukishima disappeared into the waves.

Behind the scenes
Masaki was created for Saint Seiya: Meiou Iden - Dark Wing by Kenji Saito. The "久我山" (Kugayama) means "long time, old story", "ego, selfish, I" and "mountain".

Appearances

 * Dark Wing - Chapter 1: The Boy With Black Wings