Sampo Koski

Sampo Koski, simply known as Sampo, is a supporting deuteragonist in Honkai Star Rail, which debuting in Jarilo-VI Trailblaze Mission. He is one of the Masked Fools, an intergalactic organization that is devoted to the Aeon, Aha. Sampo is a silver-tongued salesman who never leave debts unpaid. ￼
He is voiced by Roger Rose in the English dub, Liu Shengbo (刘圣博) in the Chinese dub, Daisuke Hirakawa (平川大輔) in the Japanese dub, and Jeong Jae-heon (정재헌) in the Korean dub.
== What Makes Him an Ensemble Dark Horse? ==
* Sampo is introduced as a trickster in hilarious manner, failing to hide in snow drift before getting shaken by Dan Heng's spear and the characters make fun of him. Also, Stupidity is part of his methods so that he pretends he's just sitting there & covered in snow, being unnoticed to the SIlvermane Guards, until the Astral Express Crew advanced towards Belobog.
* The Light Cone description and the image, "Eyes of the Prey," depicts him being an elusive trickster that he's being able to evade snipers.
* Sampo also known with his dynamics to other characters: 
** Hook: Sampo, in his spare time, can also play hide-and-seek with The Moles, including Hook in an easy-to-miss line.
** Giovanni: Sampo usually provides support of the organizer's events financially. Especially in Aetherium Wars Event hosted by the IPC with the help of Giovanni of Masked Fools.
** Topaz: Topaz easy-handedly beats Sampo's ass for trying to avoid debts, as Sampo's antics fails hilariously in Topaz's Character Trailer.
** Sparkle: Sampo seems to have a conflicting opinion about her pranks, which were mean-spirited. Sparkle nevertheless acknowledges his point of view for having standards. Though she's not above manipulating everyone by impersonating Sampo, to Firefly.
** Natasha: Sampo may have been one of her clients, but seems Natasha keeps an eye on him about his favor, since Sampo known for being unpredictable.
** Dan Heng & March 7th: Both Dan Heng and March 7th made comments about Sampo's unpredictable behavior, from bails out from Gepard and then saving the Astral Express Crew.
** Gepard Landau: According to Gepard, Sampo is a notorious criminal known for being an elusive master of disguise. One of his sister, Lynx called him a "Belobog Caveman".
** Seele & Luka: Seele & Luka are wary about Sampo, a criminal known for his unpredictability.
* In the story, Sampo is remembered to be an Accidental Instigator of Conflict Resolution for throwing smoke bombs which meant to save the Trailblazer, resulting Bronya got smoked and brought into the underworld reunite with her old friend, Seele.
* Keep in mind that Sampo's unpredictability plays during the heist of Belobogian Artifacts in "Everwinter City Museum Ledger of Curiosities", where he's still a wanted criminal and not above siccing his accomplices such as The Trailblazer.
* Fans found Sampo's voice performance funny, especially in Japanese dub where his VA is known to voice Noriaki Kakyoin from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Anime.
== Trivia ==
* Sampo Koski and Clara & Svarog are the ensemble dark horses from Honkai Star Rail originated in Jarilo-VI story arc. They haven't met each other though.
** Sampo Koski and Giovanni are the ensemble dark horses that were Masked Fools.
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