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{{Character infobox
|hideb=
|variant= Human 
|othernames=Kirito<br>Narusaka Kazuto<br> Nagasaki<br>Beater<br>Blackie<br>The Black Swordsman
|image= [[File:Dark Kirito.png|300px|thumb|center]]
|homeworld= [[Earth]]
|birth=October 7, 2008
|death=
|species= [[Human]]
|gender= Male
|height=172 cm (End of web Aincrad arc)
|mass=59 kg (End of web Aincrad arc)
|hair= Black
|eyes= Black {{c|Default}}<br>Yellow<br>Red {{c|Darkness}}
|affiliation= Solo player {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Forum:Moonlit Black Cats|Moonlit Black Cats]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Forum:Swordsmen of Vengeance|Shadowkeepers]] {{c|currently}}
|rank= [[Forum:Emperor|Emperor]]
|sn=
|notable= Part-Time Tester at [[Forum:Rath|Rath]] {{c|formerly}} <br> Leader of the [[Forum:Swordsmen of Vengeance|Shadowkeepers]]<br> 
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{{Quote|It hurts? This is nothing compared to the pain you've inflicted upon everyone I know: Asuna! Klein! Agil! Lisbeth! Leafa! Sinon! Silica! Mal!|Kazuto Kirigaya}}
'''Kirigaya Kazuto''' (桐ヶ谷 和人, Kirigaya Kazuto), born as Narusaka Kazuto (鳴坂 和人なるさか かずと, Narusaka Kazuto), and known as Kirito (キリト, Kirito) in « Sword Art Online » (SAO), « ALfheim Online » (ALO), « Gun Gale Online » (GGO), and « Project Alicization », is the leader of the [[Forum:Swordsmen of Vengeance|Shadowkeepers]] and the main antagonist of [[Forum:Paradox|Destiny 2: Paradox]].

Kirito was chosen to be one of the one thousand beta testers for the closed beta of Sword Art Online, the first ever Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) for the NerveGear, and later joined the official version of the game. He thus became one of the 10,000 players who were trapped in Sword Art Online, where he remained a solo player for the majority of the game, willingly taking on the role of a Beater to reduce discrimination against other former beta testers, as well as actively taking part in Boss battles as one of the Clearers. Kirito temporarily became a member of the Moonlit Black Cats after helping them safely escape a dangerous dungeon, but returned to being a solo player when a fatal error resulted in the death of the other guild members. At some point in the game, Kirito became known as the «Black Swordsman» (黒の剣士, Kuro no Kenshi) due to his tendency to wear black clothing. Near the end of the game, Kirito joined the Knights of the Blood due to losing a wager with its leader, Heathcliff. Kirito eventually put an end to the game by defeating the final boss, thus clearing the game.

As Asuna and a small group of Sword Art Online survivors were not logged out from Sword Art Online in the aftermath of the incident, Kazuto began playing ALfheim Online as a Spriggan due to seeing an in-game screenshot of what resembled Asuna, and thus wanting to investigate the matter. After freeing the three hundred remaining captives, Kazuto continued playing ALfheim Online, under new management, with his old friends from Sword Art Online, as well as new friends from ALfheim Online.

Due to the request of Kikuoka Seijirou, Kazuto temporarily converted his ALfheim Online avatar to Gun Gale Online via The Seed to investigate a series of strange deaths, rumoured to be associated with a mysterious player, referring to himself as Death Gun. Thus, Kirito took part in the largest tournament in the game, the Bullet of Bullets, to attract the attention of the mysterious player.

In the aftermath of the incident, Kazuto returned with his avatar to ALfheim Online and continued playing it with his friends. Several months later, Kazuto was offered a part-time job to test a new FullDive machine known as the Soul Translator, but unbeknownst to him, he was actually helping with a military project known as Project Alicization.

During the events of [[Forum:Paradox|Paradox]], Kazuto recruited Asuna and the members of the Shadowkeepers, including Ruby Hale, Totomaru, Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash, Malcolm Merlyn/Dark Archer, Damien Darhk, Tobias Whale, Samantha Arias's alter ego "Reign," Leopold Fitz's Framework counterpart/Boshnok, Anton Ivanov/Omega, Hiram Lodge, Morgana, Yzma's son Zevon, Fikrul, Uldren Sov, Djin/Numero Uno, Sasuke Uchiha, Phoenixaro Uchihamaki, and, eventually, Kaguya Narusaka and Hendrick Yor's daughter Mal in a diabolical encounter that not only killed Mal's friends, Commander Zavala, and the other Auradonians, but also turned Auradon into a living nightmare infected by various enemy factions, including Nightmares, Fallen Splicers, Scorn, Fallen, Hive, Vex, Cabal, Reborn, and Ghoulies.