Masashi Mamiya (間宮雅司 Mamiya Masashi) the "Mage" (手品師 Tejinashi) was once a human salaryman who dabbled in stage magic in Hagane City, Japan. He was turned by a vampire around 1994, and he began drinking the blood of humans. After the vampire who turned him perished in a forest fire in 1999 (approximately), Masashi was left without a master. Exhilarated by his newfound freedom, Masashi drank the blood of ten humans that night. Though he now has supernatural powers of his own as a vampire, Masashi is very fond of stage magic and continues to practice it to this day.