Tomoe Tsurugi

"He who hopes give himself the opportunity to obtain what he desires. But he who fears, always ends up with the very thing he dreads."

- Tomoe Tsurugi Backwarder"

 is a world champion in fencing and the mother of Kagami Tsurugi.

Physical appearance
Tomoe is a pale-skinned slender Japanese woman of average height with long dark blue hair that is arranged in Chignon style, which is held with a red clip.

Civilian attire
Tomoe wears a white shirt, long red pants and black sunglasses. She also uses a bokken as a support cane for her blindness.

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As Ikari Gozen
As Ikari Gozen, Tomoe has an appearance reminiscent of a classical Greek centaur as her lower body resembles a horse, complete with hooves and four legs. As a living suit of hollow samurai armor, her skin is the same metallic red as the rest of her body with pupiless yellow eyes, partially covered with a helmet reminiscent of the one that Riposte bears, albeit with a large horn instead of a winged emblem and bearing the Tsurugi family crest on her chest. Because the Tsurugi's car was transformed along with Tomoe in the akumatization, she appears to be very mechanical and vehicular, especially in the lower half of her body. It's appearance evokes a high end car, with tires at the joints, headlights at the front and exhaust ports throughout. Ikari Gozen wields her akumatized bokken in her right hand.}}

Personality
Tomoe seems to be a very strict and kept person who is also very aware of her environment.

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As Ikari Gozen
Tomoe becomes much more aggressive and violent, regularly performing large sword strokes without care for collateral damage and knocking aside several cars. Her aggression is so that she shows no hesitation to anything, even combating her own daughter, as she attempts to stomp her several times under her hooves. She believes she is well within her rights as a mother to act out and punish her daughter as she deems fit for disobeying her. She is also rather confident and prideful, declaring herself "as swift as the wind, as powerful as the flood, as quick as lightning."}}

As a civilian
Tomoe is a very skilled champion in fencing. Even though she is blind, she is able to sense the mood of those near her.

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As Ikari Gozen
As Ikari Gozen, Tomoe has an incredible size, rivaling even some of the largest villains like Glaciator or Gigantitan. With this strength, she is able to knock aside large heavy objects like cars with ease and create large heavy stomps with her hooves, all while still being rather nimble and dexterous, able to gallop, leap large distances and wield her sword with one hand. Using her strength and size she is able to easily able to grab ordinarily sized people like Kagami and Cat Noir in order to swallow them and trap them inside her body. The cage inside her body still heavily resembles the car it was made from, complete with seats and seat belts that she can freely manipulate, as shown when she was able to restrict Cat Noir's hand when he was about to use Cataclysm.}}

Trivia

 * The name Tomoe means "earth", "death" and/or "blessing" in Japanese.
 * The name Tomoe is a forename that has a references to Tomoe Gozen and her surname Gozen for her akumatized identity has reference to Tomoe Gozen's last name as well.
 * Tomoe's surname Tsurugi is a type of Japanese sword.
 * It is revealed that Kagami has a grandfather, but it is unknown if he is Tomoe's father or father-in-law.
 * It is also unknown if Tomoe has a husband or if she raised Kagami alone.
 * It is unknown what Tomoe's eye color is, but it is possible that she has brown eyes like Kagami.
 * It is unknown what Tomoe's eye color is, but it is possible that she has brown eyes like Kagami.

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