Eshi

Eshi the first Level 3 Akuma shown in the series and one of the few Akuma to be given a name.

Appearance
Eshi is a tall, bipedal, humanoid creature who wears crimson medieval-like armor and has long orange hair. His helmet has multiple eyes.

Personality
Eshi explains that in a previous life he was an artist, hence his habit of making a frame with his hands prior to an attack and proclaiming "TITLE!" before naming the scene in front of him.

As an Akuma, Eshi is absolutely obedient to the Noah Family, and continues to kill to evolve.

Background
In life, Eshi was an artist. After becoming an Akuma, he eventually evolved to Level 3.

Edo arc
Eshi first appeared on the deck of Anita's ship while the crew and the Exorcists aboard (Lenalee Lee, Bookman, Lavi, Miranda Lotto, and Arystar Krory III) were on their way to Edo, Japan, chasing after General Cross Marian. It attacked Lavi from behind, attempting to crush his skull. Bookman, though, intercepted with his Heaven Compass, saving Lavi and entrapping Eshi in his needles. When questioned, Eshi first revealed that he was created from the soul of a Japanese artist, then revealed that he knew information about Cross Marian. The Akuma then attacked Bookman, rendering him unconscious.

Lenalee Lee challenged Eshi next, leading him away from the ship to protect the others. The ship, though, starts to sink, and while fighting Lenalee, Eshi reveals one of his abilities: he can use his Dark Matter to control gravity, using ornamental chains that first wrap around, then increase the gravity of his target. Lenalee is wrapped in these chains, as is Miranda's Time Record, the latter of which has lifted the protection on the ship and is causing it to sink.

Eshi then returned to attacking Lenalee and forced her to sink into the ocean. This caused Eshi to feel a sadistic jubilation so powerful that back in China, Allen Walker's pentacle eye reacted.

When Lenalee regained her will and invoked her Dark Boots to their maximum level, using the natural aversion of Dark Matter to Innocence to push Eshi's gravity chains away and lighten herself, Eshi waited for her so they could resume their battle. As they fought, Eshi then told Lenalee that her attacks would not be effective against him, as he was a close-combat type and she did not have the strength to piece his armor.

This gave Lenalee the idea to take advantage of Eshi's gravity increasing Dark Matter, and using her Dark Boots special ability Falling Technique: Iron Shackles, she turned her own body into a massive, heavy blade and crashed down on Eshi, the weight piercing him, the Innocence deconstructing his body, and the attack, altogether, finishing the Akuma off.

After Eshi's death, the effect of his Dark Matter gravity shackles was dispelled from Miranda's Time Record.

Immense Physical Prowess
As a Level 3 Akuma, Eshi has extreme speed and strength, enough to overpower several Exorcists all by himself. He is the first Akuma to refer to himself as being a specific 'type', explaining to Lenalee when her attacks aren't effective that he is a sturdy, close-combat type.

Gravity Chains
Eshī's ability is to create Dark Matter chains that affects gravity, which can even overpower Miranda Lotto's Time Record abilities.