Kino (Kino's Journey)

Kino, also known as Sakura, is the main protagonist from the Kino's Journey series.
== Charactah Account ==
Kino is the lead character in the story and is described as being around 15 years old with short black hair, large eyes and a fearless face. Kino usually wears a black jacket, brown overcoat, white shirt, goggled cap and wide belt with many pouches, using special gear depending on the weather or season as necessary. Kino travels with the motorrad named Hermes. The two have a contract—Kino provides the balance, Hermes provides the speed, and together they can travel anywhere they wish. Kino is an excellent marksperson with deadly speed and accuracy, and is typically armed with a .44 caliber revolver and a Woodsman pistol. On the journeys with Hermes, they both try and stay neutral to the situations they come across and avoid getting into other people's business.
It is revealed in episode 4 of the anime and the final chapter of volume 1 of the light novel series that Kino is, indeed, a girl. She took upon the name "Kino" in honor of a traveler with the latter name, who saved her as a child and led her to undertake her current lifestyle. Her actual birth name is left unstated throughout both the show and LN but there are implications in the anime that it is "Sakura".
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Dengeki Bunko 2007 Movie Festival Special
* Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World
* Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World - Life Goes On
* Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World - The Animated Series
* Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World - The Land of Sickness: For You
* Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World - Tower Country: Free Lance
=== Light Novels ===
* Gakuen Kino
* Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World
=== Manga ===
* Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World (Dengeki Daioh)
* Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World (Shounen Magazine Edge)
=== Video Games ===
* Kino's Journey II: The Beautiful World
* Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World
== Trivia ==
* Sakura in Japan signify life, death, and renewal, as Kino is born, "killed" and renewed as the traveler she is now.
* An inconsistency is revealed in the anime as her revolver, the 1851 Colt Navy, is a .44 caliber. Although the physical design of the pistol is an 1851 Colt Navy, due to its flathead lower receiver and octagonal barrel, it housed a .36 caliber design. The .44 caliber was utilized for the 1861 Colt Navy which had a smoother barrel finish and an expanded lower receiver design.
* In Sigsawa's "Gakuen Kino" Kino is a highschool magical girl who defeats the evils which appear in her world, known as Mysterious Bishoujo Gun Fighter Rider Kino.
* A chibi version of Kino was portrayed in the introductory bonus anime clip of the 15th anniversary of the Dengeki Movie Festival (2007).
* Kino appears in the DanMachi ~Memoria Freese~mobile game as part of a collaboration between the two series.
* The Travel Guide refers to young Kino in Land of Adultsas.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kino at Kino's Journey Wiki
* Kino at Kino no Tabi Wiki
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