- “I've watched way too many people get killed, and there's no way I can just sit back and take it anymore! As long as I can fight, I'm not gonna let another innocent person die! I won't let that happen EVER again! I'll protect everyone even if it costs me my own life!”
- ―Kirito to Rosy, vowing to protect as many innocent lives as possible.
Kazuto Kirigaya, better known by his avatar name Kirito, is the main protagonist of the popular Japanese light novel/manga/anime series Sword Art Online. He's a swordsman of near-godlike power.
Kirito is voiced by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka in Japanese, and Bryce Papenbrook in English.