Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki

For Ichiya's Edolas counterpart, see Nichiya.

Ichiya Wanderlei Kotobuki is one of the top Mages of the Blue Pegasus Guild, as well as the leader of the Trimens (composed of Hibiki Laytis, Ren Akatsuki and Eve Thylm). Many have called him an old man because of the way he looks, even though he is only 29 years old.

Personality
Ichiya is a womanizer like the rest of his group. Unlike them, is nowhere near as handsome, though he thinks of himself as such. Regardless, the Trimens call him aniki (older brother) and show a great deal of respect for him. He and Erza Scarlet apparently have some history together, much to her disgust, and he constantly continues to hit on her. Ichiya is also as cowardly as he is vain, and usually prefers to run from a fight. However, there is a rare exception where he proves to be courageous by going against the Council to save Jellal Fernandes for Erza's sake. He is an ardent fan of perfumes. He has a habit of saying the English word "men" all the time, and he calls Erza "my honey" (also in English).

Oración Seis arc
Ichiya, along with his team, are selected to represent Blue Pegasus for the guild alliance alongside Fairy Tail, Lamia Scale, and Cait Shelter to combat Oración Seis. Before he can help his team explain the situation to the others, including who the Oración Seis are, Ichiya is beaten by Oración Seis member Angel, who has Gemini take his guise.

The real Ichiya appears after Oración Seis defeats all the other members of the alliance and kidnaps Wendy Marvell and Happy. Together with Jura, he manages to heal the others' injuries using his Healing Perfume on them.

The alliance regroups and splits up to find Oración Seis' base and rescue Wendy and Happy. Ichiya goes off on his own and runs into a small group of thugs from one of the dark guilds allied with Oración Seis. Rather than fight, Ichiya cowardly begs for his life. He is captured, tied to a pole, and carried off by the dark guild, all the while trying to bargain with the thugs to let him go. After Nirvana is activated by Brain and forms into a walking entity, Ichiya is abandoned by his captors and hanging from one of the towers on Nirvana, still tied to the pole.

Despite this silly obstacle and claiming to be unable to help because of it, Ichiya manages to reach and destroy one of the lacrima powering Nirvana's legs with his Power Perfume. Ichiya escapes from Nirvana before its destruction and prepares to leave to use the bathroom, but is trapped by a magic barrier created by Rahal, who had come to arrest Hoteye and Jellal. Ichiya fights alongside the others to save Jellal in an attempt to please Erza, but stops after Erza pleads them to. With their mission complete, Ichiya leads the Trimens back to Blue Pegasus.

Current Events-X791
Seven years after the disappearance of Tenrou Island and everyone on it, Ichiya visits the Fairy Tail guild together with the Trimens on their new Christina ship. Because Fairy Tail's numbers and charisma had greatly diminished due to the disastrous event, the remaining members are shocked when Ichiya informs them that they have detected that Tenrou Island still exists in Fiore's Eternanto.

Magic and Abilities
Perfume Magic (香り魔法 Kaori Mahō ): Ichiya uses magical perfume as his spells. These perfumes have a myriad of effects that he can exploit at his disposal. This seems to be pretty useful, but so far most of his spells are supportive, passive and somewhat cowardly. Erza has said he is a powerful Mage, of the "well-to-do" sort; however, he has yet to show his true "power".


 * Healing Perfume: A perfume Ichiya uses to heal himself and others around him.


 * Pain Perfume: A perfume originally used by Gemini on Jura; still, it is almost certain that Ichiya can use it too. This perfume makes his opponent unable to fight by causing intense pain and taking away their will to battle. (Anime Only)


 * Paralyzing Perfume: A perfume Ichiya uses to paralyze his enemies so he doesn't have to fight them.


 * Power Perfume: A perfume that causes Ichiya to increase his muscles' structure.


 * Enhanced Strength: His large muscles improve Ichiya's physical power to the point where he can destroy the massive lacrima crystal in one of Nirvana's legs with his bare hands.

Enhanced Smell: Ichiya possesses a remarkable sense of smell, probably on par (if not greater) with that a Dragon Slayer's, being able to tell whether a Mage has good or rare Magic simply by their smell.

Major Battles

 * Ichiya Wanderlei Kotobuki vs. Unnamed Dark Guild

Quotes

 * "Men!"
 * "Excellent parfume!" (to Lucy Heartfilia)
 * "My honey, wait for me!" (thinking about Erza Scarlet while escaping from Nirvana)

Trivia

 * Ichiya's first name means "One Night".
 * His counterpart in Edolas is shown to be part of the Exceed race.