Age: 15
Height: 138 cm (4' 6")
Weight: 31 kg (68 lbs)
BWH: 67/57/73
Rank: Low-class Devil
Role: Rook
Race: Reincarnated Devil (Former Nekomata)
Power: Senjutsu and Youjutsu
First Appearance: Volume 1
A 10th grade student. Born as Shirone, Koneko is a young Nekomata who is
part of a rare species among her kind, called the Nekoshou. After
losing her parents, she and her older sister, Kuroka, were later taken
in by an unnamed Devil who reincarnated her sister as one of the members
of his peerage. However, Kuroka's power as a Nekomata supposedly soon
grew out of control, eventually causing her to kill her master and
become a Stray Devil on the run from her pursuers. In actuality, he had
planned to harm Koneko, causing Kuroka to kill him in order to protect
her younger sister.
Following
the incident and the failed manhunt that came after, Koneko was
sentenced to death by the Devils in hopes of preventing another incident
like Kuroka's from happening. However, Sirzechs Lucifer, one of the
Four Great Satans, protected her, and left her under his sister's, Rias'
care. Due to the trauma she experienced with her sister's murder and
betrayal, she fell into a deep depression, eventually robbing her of
nearly all of her emotions until Rias helped her out of it. It was
around that time Rias gave Koneko her name, and made her her servant.
She refused to use the power of Senjutsu because she didn't want to
become like her sister. She overcame her power along with Akeno after
Issei made her overcome her own powers.
She doesn't show any emotion at all, and says harsh things and hits Ise
when he is doing or thinking something perverted. She shows the most
concern for her comrades when they are in trouble.
Despite her petite size, Koneko boasts a lot of physical strength and
endurance, a standard of the Rook. She can lift heavy objects and throw
them as weapons with little effort. Also, enemy attacks have been known
to bounce right off of her, including light-based weapons that would
seriously wound or kill a regular Devil. After her identity as a
Nekomata was revealed, it was further revealed that she can use Senjutsu
and Youjutsu but is not fully proficient in using them as compared to
her sister. Koneko has the potential to become an even more powerful
user of Senjutsu and Youjutsu than her older sister.