Kabuto

Kabuto is a snobby and obnoxious drifter who resides in Tokyo.
==History==
===Cars Toons===
====Tokyo Mater====
In Tokyo Mater, Kabuto encounters Mater when the latter accidentally touches his paint, upon his arrival, and challenges him to a drift race, that takes them to the top of Tokyo Tower. The winner will be crowned king of all drifters, but the loser will be stripped of all modifications. During the race, Kabuto taunts Mater for not being able to drift so easily compared and tries to lose him, by summoning his ninjas to attack Mater. However, Lightning McQueen (who suddenly came into the story after Mater announced that he was there too) immediately takes out the ninjas, only for them to find out that Kabuto is nearly at the tower. Soon, Mater catches up to Kabuto through a pipe that McQueen sends him through with a fireball, and the two of them race up to the top of the tower. Furious and determined to win, Kabuto knocks Mater off the tower but is shocked to find that Mater had got to the top with his hook, thus winning the race and costing Kabuto his modifications. Now having become "stock", Kabuto is humiliated by his ninjas.
===Cars: Race-O-Rama===
In Cars: Race-O-Rama, Mater must compete in a drift race that is very heavily based on the events of Tokyo Mater. Kabuto appears as the only opponent during the race, with except in VS mode where he is replaced by Dragon Lightning McQueen. The race goes around the streets, through a traffic jam, into a construction site, through a pipe, and finally up Tokyo Tower.
===Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales===
In Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales, Kabuto appears as a supporting character in the Tokyo Mater set of minigames and he sends the minions.
===Cars 2===
In Cars 2, Kabuto appears during Mater and Lightning McQueen's visit to Tokyo in time for the World Grand Prix, first while they are driving through the streets and later at the welcome party held at the National Art Center with Yokoza, Komodo, Chisaki, Harumi, Suki, and Ichigo. Here, he has his modifications despite their removal in Tokyo Mater, which implies that Mater made up the story and it didn't happen. However, if the story did happen, he could, on the other hand, somehow have managed to obtain his modifications back.
==General information==
===Physical description===
He somewhat resembles Boost, due to being highly modified and having a similar make model. After losing a race against Mater, he is stripped of all modifications, thus turning him into "stock". However, he is seen with his modifications in all of his future appearances. Kabuto is a Kyoku Jitsu and is designed to resemble Boost. He also has a high resemblance to a 1999 Nissan Silvia (S15) with a custom body kit that resembles the Japan Grand Touring Championship racecar. He is painted gray, with black lining and rims. His rims are outlined in red, and red lines elsewhere on his body. He has three spoilers mounted on his back and a gigantic yellow modification on his roof. On his doors, he has long rectangles with red dots and white squares.
==Gallery==
===Design variants===
File:Kabuto Green eyes.jpg|Drifter, green eyes
File:Stripped Kabuto cropped.jpg|Stripped
File:Kabuto brown eyes.png|Drifter, brown eyes
===Screenshots===
F5CE3B6B-093C-4477-9D1C-5335698BC71E.jpeg|Tokyo Mater
Kabuto angry.png|Tokyo Mater
Kabuto.Jpg|Tokyo Mater
Stripped Kabuto.png|Tokyo Mater
Kabuto Cars.PNG|Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales: The Video Game
Tokyo mater characters in cars 2.png|Cars 2
KabutoRORIcon.png|Icon from Cars: Race-O-Rama
===Merchandise===
Kabutomattel.jpg|Diecast 
File:Kabuto with flames.jpg|Diecast with flames
File:Kabuto with flames variant.jpg|Diecast with flames (Thailand variant)
File:Stripped Kabuto.jpg|Diecast (Stripped)
File:Kabuto cars toon single.jpg|2010 release
File:Kabuto cars 2 single.jpg|2012 release
File:Kabuto wgp single - tuners.jpg|2013 release
File:Kabuto cars 2016 single - cruisin tokyo.jpg|2016 release
File:Kabuto cars 2021 single.jpg|2021 release
File:Kabuto cars 2022 single.jpg|2022 release
File:Kabuto with flames 2023 release.png|2023 release
File:Kabuto kabuto ninja.png|2023 release with Kabuto Ninja
File:KabutoMicroDrifters.JPG|Micro Drifters
File:Shu, Kabuto and Yokoza Micro Drifters.jpg|Micro Drifters (with Yokoza and Shu Todoroki)
== Names in other languages==
*Lithuanian: Kabutas
* Russian: Кабуто (transcription: Kabuto)
* Ukrainian: Кабуто (transcription: Kabuto)
==Trivia==
*The kabuto is the name of the traditional samurai helmet, to which Kabuto's design bears resemblance.
*In Cars 2, his eyes are brown, but in Tokyo Mater and on his Mattel die-cast, they are green, creating an error. In real life, brown is the most common eye color among East Asians, which could have to do with the change.Moyer, Nancy. "Eye Color Percentage for Across the Globe." Healthline (2019).
==References==
Category:Tokyo Mater
Category:Cars: Race-O-Rama characters
Category:Cars 2 characters
Category:Playable characters
Category:Cars Daredevil Garage characters
Category:Tuners
Category:Japan
Category:Magazine models
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Category:Defeated characters
Category:Characters with brown eyes
Category:Villains
Category:Male characters
Category:Modern cars
Category:Coupes