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Konoe Eishun
Kanji

近衛 詠春

Rōmaji

Konoe Eishun

Alias

Eishun Aoyama

Professional Status
Affiliation

Ala Rubra
Kansai Magic Association

Occupation

Leader

Personal Status
Relative(s)

Konoemon Konoe (father-in-law)
Unnamed wife
Konoka Konoe (daughter)

Debuts
Manga Debut

Chapter 44

Anime Debut

Episode 21

Portrayal
Japanese Voice

Masaki Terasoma (Anime)
Toshiyuki Morikawa (Drama CD)

English Voice

Chuck Huber

Eishun Konoe (近衛 詠春, Konoe Eishun) is Konoka Konoe's father and the leader of the Kansai Magic Association. Despite his last name, he is not from the Konoe family as he actually married into his wife's family, with his birth family suggested as being the Aoyama Family.

Appearance[]

He has battle scars on his body from that war. Even after Nagi's apparent death in 1993, Eishun has still kept Nagi's holiday house clean.

Plot[]

Before the Kyoto Arc, both the Kansai and the Kanto Magic Association‏‎s had a feud. This was because Kansai mages did not approve of Kantō mages using Western-style magic instead of Eastern-style magic. In order to ease the schism between two sides, Konoemon Konoe, who was the head of the Kantō Magic Association, made an arranged marriage between Eishun and his daughter. With this, the overt hostility ended. However, a few in Kansai (e.g. Chigusa Amagasaki) continue in their aversion to Kantō and/or Western mages.

Despite the attitude of Kansai mages towards the west, Eishun became best friends with a powerful Western mage, Nagi Springfield. Eishun also at some point met Albireo Imma and Filius Zect, who along with Nagi formed the group, or the party that would become, Ala Rubra twenty-one years or so before the start of the story. The quartet would eventually expand to include: Jack Rakan, who was originally a hired mercenary to kill them, Gateau Kagura Vandenburg, along with young war orphans Takamichi T. Takahata and Kurt Godel, the latter of which became Eishun's apprentice. Together they fought in a magic war on the side of the confederacy, but after being framed by Cosmo Entelecheia, a secret opposing group, Ala Rubra became wanted by both sides of the war. Still, the group through much effort eventually were able end the war, with Nagi defeating the leader of Cosmo Entelecheia, the Mage of the Beginning, and clear their names, becoming known far and wide as heroes.

Eishun never told his daughter Konoka of her magical background because he wanted his daughter to have a normal life. However, seeing that many in the Kansai Magic Association knew about the great (and dangerous) magic potential in Konoka, Eishun sent his daughter away to Mahora Academy under the care of his father-in-law. Several years after sending his daughter away, he sent Setsuna Sakurazaki to guard his daughter. After the events in Kyoto, he asked Evangeline A.K. McDowell to tutor Konoka in using her power.

Abilities[]

Master Swordsmanship SpecialistRather than being a mage, Eishun is a Shinmei-ryū swordmaster, being quite possibly the strongest one in the series.

Appearance in Other Media[]

Mahou Sensei Negima! (1st Anime)[]

Eishun's role in the anime version of Kyoto Trip Arc is mostly similar to the manga, except that the anime didn't address his relationship with Nagi as a member of Ala Rubra, and that he didn't brought Negi to see his father's house at Kyoto after Chigusa's defeat.

During the time Negi time travelled to the past to save Asuna's life, Nagi mentioned that prior to his journey together with Asuna, his comrades once blow up a mountain by accident with their immense powers.

ANIME FINAL[]

Eishun only made a brief cameo appearance in the beginning of the movie.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Eishun's name is a direct Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese Kung Fu style Wing Chun.
  • The sword he used during his days with Nagi is the same nodachi that Setsuna Sakurazaki currently uses, Yuunagi.
  • He is one of two members of Ala Rubra, who are known to have a family and even a child. The other being Nagi Springfield.


Class 2/3-A Negi SpringfieldSayo AisakaYuna AkashiKazumi AsakuraYue AyaseAko IzumiAkira OkouchiMisa KakizakiAsuna KagurazakaMisora KasugaChachamaru KarakuriMadoka KugimiyaKū FeiKonoka KonoeHaruna SaotomeSetsuna SakurazakiMakie SasakiSakurako ShiinaMana TatsumiyaChao LingshenKaede NagaseChizuru NabaFuka NarutakiFumika NarutakiSatomi HakaseChisame HasegawaEvangeline A.K. McDowellNodoka MiyazakiNatsumi MurakamiAyaka YukihiroSatsuki YotsubaZazie Rainyday
Supporting Characters Albert ChamomileAlbireo ImmaAnastasia Yurievna CocolovaArika Anarchia EntheofushiaEishun KonoeFate AverruncusJack RakanKonoemon KonoeKotarou InugamiKurt GodelNagi SpringfieldNekane SpringfieldTakamichi T. TakahataTsukuyomi
Old World (Earth)
Minor Characters Mr. AkashiChachazeroChigusa AmagasakiCocone Fatima RosaDonet McGuinessThe MagusEikoGandolfiniHarukiKaoru GōtokujiKeiichi YamashitaMegumi NatsumeMei SakuraMitsuru NijūinMitsuru Nijūin's DaughterMonkeysNanaka AirheartNaoyaMs. NinomiyaNittaPochi DaigōinCaptain SerizawaMr. SeruhikoShizuna MinamotoSister ShaktiTakane D. GoodmanTatsuya NakamuraTōko KuzunohaTsuruko AoyamaYukiKagehisa Sasaki
Magic World (Mars)
Gateau Kagura VandenburgFilius ZectAisha CoryellBeatrix MonroeChristian DancheckerCollette FarandoleCraig CaldwellWilhelm Josef Von HermanDynamisEmily SevensheepLynn GarlandMage of the BeginningMaster of the Gravekeeper's PalacePrimumSecundumQuartumQuintumSextumPoyo RainydayHomuraKoyomiShioriShirabeTamakiTheodora of the Hellas EmpireSerasKagetaroAlexander ZaytsevRizoPaio ZiMorborgranTosakaVargas
Groups Ala AlbaAla RubraCanis NigerCosmo EntelecheiaFate's Ministra MagiIstanbul Magic AssociationMahora AcademyMahora Girls' Jr. High Class 2/3-A
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