Kurapika Kurta.

• Pairo: His best friend from childhood in the Kurta clan.
• Gon Freecss: One of his main adventure companions since the Hunter Exam.
• Killua Zoldyck: Member of the main group along with Gon and Leorio.
• Leorio Paradinight: His closest and most loyal ally, with whom he shared the journey to become a Hunter.
• Melody: Her colleague and closest confidante during the Nostrade family arc.
• Izunavi: His Nen master, who guided him in the development of his abilities.
• Basho and Squala: Fellow bodyguards in the service of Neon Nostrade.

NVC Expert: Even without the use of his chain, Kurapika is adept at recognizing lies by looking into the eyes of his interlocutor. He demonstrated that when he questions Melody's motivation for becoming a guard: he not only understands her answer was sincere, but also that she was hiding important details. When trying to identify a spy within the Zodiacs, he could tell it was Saiyu simply by observing his body language.

Genius-level intellect: Kurapika is one of the most brilliant characters in the series. Because of this, he was appointed head bodyguard of Neon Nostrade after Dalzollene's disappearance. He was smarter than Chrollo, whose mental level allows him to create meticulously planned strategies, and whose predictions have rarely proven wrong. He also possesses an immense amount of knowledge on many subjects, ranging from psychology to other cultures, including forensic history—a quality that astonished his brothers when he was just a child. Due to his thirst for new ideas, he is a quick learner with an impressive memory. Kurapika's analytical abilities are so exceptional that they have led to the spread of rumors among Muheer assassins that he is able to read minds.
Master of strategy: Kurapika can formulate flawless plans even in combat, exploiting his opponent's weaknesses to the fullest. His intuition is matched by his logical thinking and meticulous preparations. Although he can remain calm in desperate situations, he can barely stick to his own plan when it comes to the Phantom Troupe, to the point that he might even break it and endanger not only himself but his friends as well.
Competent hand-to-hand fighter: Although it is unclear if he ever received proper martial arts training, he was able to land several punches and kicks on a hunter specializing in unarmed combat, such as Uvogin, with almost no damage to his side.
Master Weapons Specialist: With the full extent of his abilities in this field being unclear, Kurapika used a pair of bokken swords connected by a string before learning Nen, and could also wield them like nunchaku. In the 1999 anime, it was revealed that the bokken swords were actually two shikomizu. He was shown skillfully using them against Hisoka.

Scarlet Eyes: When a member of the Kurta clan becomes enraged, their eyes turn a bright shade of red. When this happens, their physical strength increases to the point where even a child could gain the upper hand in terms of speed and strength against three adults and easily overpower them. In Kurapika's case, when his eyes turn scarlet, his aura also increases, and he becomes a Specialist, allowing him to activate his Emperor Time. Sometime during his search for the eyes of the men of his clan, Kurapika learned to turn his eyes scarlet at will.
Enhanced Perception: Even before learning Nen, he was one of the few Hunter Exam candidates noticed being followed by a proctor during the third phase. His first encounter with Mizuken demonstrated his developed instincts, as he dodged a Nen-infused acorn without knowing anything about the energy inside, but understanding it at a moment when it would have been lethal had it been struck.
Enhanced Strength: After training at Zebro's house, Kurapika managed to open the first door of the Testing Gate, which weighs a total of 4 tons. His strength increases when his eyes turn scarlet. With Nen, his punches become more destructive, to the point that he can not only cause pain to Uvogin despite the latter's bulletproof body, but also inflict damage on him.
Enhanced speed and reflexes: Kurapika struck Uvogin several times before he could react and even disappear out of sight in a space free of hiding places with a leap. He can catch bullets with his chain, which he himself stated can catch a target at a distance of 26 meters in 0.5 seconds.
Enhanced Agility: Kurapika can jump several meters in the air and strike his opponents from various angles with acrobatic movements without losing his balance.

Kurapika was a member of the now-defunct Kurta clan. In the Kurapika Tsuioku-Hen extra, he is portrayed as a cheerful, friendly, protective, and adventurous child, which contradicts some aspects of Kurapika's current personality. This extra also reveals Kurapika's relationship with his father, mother, and grandfather (the leader of the Kurta clan).

As a child, Kurapika nearly fell off a cliff, but thanks to the intervention of his best friend, Pairo, he was saved. While Kurapika was unharmed, Pairo was severely injured, causing him to grow weakly in both his legs and eyes, a condition that seemed to worsen each day. Kurapika felt responsible for the incident and believed the only way to resolve it was to go to the "outside world" and take his tribe to the best doctor to heal him. However, his leader refused this option, believing that humans were beings who did not understand his race and that it could prove dangerous.

At some point, they saved a strange woman named Sheila, and as thanks, she gave them a book about the outside world to read together and keep safe. Kurapika went to the old man to ask about the book (knowing he had stolen it). He had a new excuse to finally convince him to take the exam. Studying hard and passing all the tests successfully, the old man imposed some conditions and tests, including one where he had to go shopping with a partner without revealing his eyes. Kurapika chose Pairo. Finally, after passing the last test, Kurapika declared that he would go to the outside world to find a doctor for Pairo, so they could both travel the world.

Over time, the clan is massacred by the Phantom Troupe for their scarlet eyes, which were highly valued, leaving dozens of corpses with their eyes gouged out in their wake. As the last survivor of his clan, Kurapika vows to recover all the stolen eyes of his people.

Kurapika is a level-headed and intelligent person, possessing extensive knowledge and a highly critical outlook. He initially keeps his distance from others after being traumatized by the loss of everyone he loved at the age of twelve, becoming introverted in order to stay focused on achieving his goal. Although Kurapika outwardly claims to be a Blacklist Hunter and his ultimate goal is to capture the band of thieves who massacred his clan, the Phantom Troupe, deep down he is a fair and kind-hearted person.

After becoming a professional hunter, Kurapika embarks on a self-destructive path. His anger drives him to commit evil acts. Furthermore, Kurapika's reserved demeanor makes him very ruthless and irrational, but his friends are the only ones capable of making him think rationally in his moments of anger. Even so, he views his friendships as a weakness that hinders him from achieving his goals.

As a child, his personality was more similar to Gon's, often seeking adventure and having an impulsive nature. However, Kurapika was still protective of his friends, even going so far as to punch a man for making disparaging comments about one of them.

Kurapika has a somewhat androgynous appearance, and his physical build is quite small, resulting in subtle and youthful features. He has blond hair and brown eyes; blue in the 1999 series, and gray in the 2011 version. In his first appearance in the series, he wears a blue tabard decorated with an orange hem (red in the anime) and a white full-body training suit underneath. He changes his tabard and training suit during the York Shin arc. He wears flat shoes. For the Dark Continent arc, he wears a tuxedo, and on the mission, he has an "H" on the left side of his jacket. Kurapika wears two earrings, but only one is shown throughout the series.

After learning Nen, he begins to wear black contact lenses to hide his scarlet eyes.
He is 1.88 meters tall and 19 years old