However, his focus soon changes as he becomes curious about a golden strand of hair on the stairs. On a day like any other, Kujou visits the school's extravagant library in search of ghost stories. Originally from Japan, his jet-black hair and dark brown eyes cause his peers to shun him and give him the nickname 'Black Reaper,' based on a popular urban legend about the traveler who brings death in the spring. Kazuya Kujou is a foreign student at Saint Marguerite Academy, a luxurious boarding school in the Southern European country of Sauville.