Yamato

Yamato is an alpha tester for Sword Art Online, and is the main antagonist of Sword Art Online: Clashing Blades.

Appearance
Yamato wears a black longsleeve undershirt with black pants and dark brown padded boots that reach up to his knees for leg protection. He wears two black fingerless gloves and a long white haiori with black edge and hem. He also wears a dark blue scarf around his neck.

Background
Next to nothing is known about Yamato's background, as he never tells anyone about who he is in the real world.

Personality
Almost completely uncaring about others and relishing in a good fight, Yamato isn't a Player Killer who goes out of his way to defeat other players. He kills players who he sees as worth adversaries, and without warning will engage in a fight with said player, however he is not above killing lower level players, although he usually doesn't do so unless he's gone too long without fighting a good fight. Yamato's unpredictable nature and PKing tendencies leads him to work completely alone, wandering aimlessly around the world of Sword Art Online, advancing in levels and floors only to satisfy his need to fight stronger and stronger players.

Abilities
Yamato is an unmatched swordsman, having mastered the use of his personal katana, Kusanagi. His strikes are quick, precise, and almost always lethal, having such prowess in his art that he can make it appear as though he hadn't unsheathed his sword at all. His swift and graceful combat style is renown across SAO as an unbeatable technique, as all who has fought against it are now dead. He is able to use an ability known as Judgement Cut to cut through enemies at range with extremely powerful and deadly slashes. Taking his katana in hand, he unsheathes his sword at blinding speed multiple times to cut into enemies at range, causing exponentia damage.

Trivia

 * The name Yamato Ovan is based on the sword Yamato wielded by Vergil, featured in the Devil May Cry series, while Ovan is derived from the character Ovan, a player of The World R:2 and the opposite and arch enemy of Haseo, who shares his name with Ishi's surname.
 * The Judgement Cut ability is based on the skill of the same name used by Vergil with Yamato.