Kento Amasawa

Kento Amasawa (, Amasawa Kento) is a character featured in Lost Judgment. He is a second-year student at Seiryo High School and a member of its Mystery Research Club, as well as the younger brother of Kyoko Amasawa.
==Profile==
===Personality===
Kento is a caring individual who seeks to keep his headstrong elder sister safe. He joined the MRC to act as her bodyguard rather than out of an interest in mysteries.
==Background==
In his first year, Kento was close to Kenya Oshikiri and they were part of the Karate Club together. One day, some of the senior club members ganged up on Kento, but Oshikiri defeated them all by himself, which inspired Kento to be as strong as him, and was even trained one-on-one.
Kento was part of the school festival committee when Kotoko Itokura was the committee chair. He, along with everyone else, boycotted the meetings out of displeasure for Itokura's tyrannical leadership by the time the summer festival was set to take place, leading to a disaster. In fall 2021, Kento heard about the Professor's website from a friend and started posting on it for fun. One day, he was directly messaged by the Professor and helped him meet a sugar mama.
==Involvement==
===Lost Judgment: 2021===
Kento is introduced to Takayuki Yagami after his sister brings him to the room for questioning, suspecting him of being a pervert. Suspicions are dropped and Yagami becomes an outside counsellor for the MRC. Kento occasionally comes to the MRC room during Yagami and Amasawa's school investigation while providing some background information or context.
Kento learns Oshikiri is under suspicion of being the Payback Boxer. He visits the club often while the investigation is underway. Amasawa is able to notice that all the Payback Boxer's victims had formerly competed against Oshikiri in the Genbukai. To divert suspicion from Oshikiri, Kento acts as the Payback Boxer and assaults two people who each hit a woman - the second victim having been attacked while Oshikiri was working his part-time job - however, his victims are a match for him, so he runs away after a few hits. 
Amasawa learns that the last of Oshikiri's former opponents who had not been attacked is coming to Isezaki Ijincho, and his build is similar to Kento's. Kento offers to spread a rumor on his Chatter and volunteers to be a decoy to draw out the Boxer. Amasawa is still puzzled about the two unrelated victims, and when Kento brings up the second victim's assault timespan during a meeting, his plan is exposed as neither Yagami nor Amasawa informed him of that. She lectures him when the meeting is over.
Kento spreads a rumor that the target will stay at a nearby hotel. In the next meeting, Kento affirms he is not worried about the danger and hopes to atone for what he did. Kento is able to lure a masked figure to a secluded place, and learns the Payback Boxer is indeed Oshikiri. Yagami intends to defeat Oshikiri in a rematch, and Kento and his sister observe when the time comes. When Fudo Oshikiri tries to take Oshikiri back to a life of pain, Kento tries to fight him, but Amasawa stops him. Oshikiri is able to repel his attackers and the two reconcile.
At one point, Kento is lectured by his teacher of his subpar grades, which are a result of him playing video games instead of studying. Amasawa forbids him from playing video games until exams are over. Machio Toki informs Amasawa of the eSports Club's issue with cheating accusations, and questions whether or not eSports can be considered sports. Kento goes on a long-winded rant on how video games are perceived poorly by society, but Amasawa rebukes him by clarifying that she was not saying they were harmful, but that Kento playing them too much caused his grades to fall. Kento considers joining the club after learning the PTA and chairman allowed it to continue, but Amasawa reminds him of his grades.
One day, Kento learns his sugar mama is seeing a yakuza. Sensing danger, he calls Amasawa and lets her know his location, but is abducted and his bag is left behind. Yagami and Amasawa rescue him after Ranpo tracks him down, and he confesses to having browsed the Professor's website. With Kento having been confirmed to be contacted by the Professor, Amasawa and Yagami look for a link between the eight targeted students, and Kento notices they were formerly of the festival committee, but lacks confidence in the link being related to the motive. However, they are able to deduce that the Professor is Itokura due to her being the sole untargeted festival committee member. When Itokura leaves with Matsuhisa Koga, Kento gathers help in finding her.
Itokura is found, and Kento joins the others in apologizing for the festival committee's treatment of her. He then pushes Oshikiri to apologize as well. After all is resolved, Kento reminds his sister that her exams are fast approaching and she has not been keeping up with studies due to chasing mysteries.
====The Kaito Files: 2022====
Kento makes a cameo appearance in M Side Cafe with his sister during an optional conversation with Yasutaka Shirakaba.
==Gallery==
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==Notes==
==References==
Category:Lost Judgment Characters
Category:The Kaito Files Characters
Category:Seiryo High School