Character profile
Akihiko Kayaba
茅場晶彦Biography
Akihiko Kayaba is the creator and director behind NerveGear and Sword Art Online. He traps all of the game's players inside Sword Art Online and wants to observe what happens after they are trapped.
Story spoilers
Kayaba makes removal of the NerveGear, prolonged power loss, or in-game death lethal to the user. Within Sword Art Online, he is secretly Heathcliff, leader of the Knights of Blood.
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