Kenko

Kenko, the Shapeshifter is an in-universe video game character who appeared as the main villain of Sumo Slammers Smackdown in Game Over. He is a shapeshifter and former archenemy of Ishiyama, the hero of the game.
==Appearance==
Kenko is a short, bearded pale blue-skinned humanoid with darker blue hair. He has his hair in a ponytail. He wears a tattered shitagi, dark pants, cloth wrapped around both his arms and sandals.
He owns a large dark colored mech suit, indigo and purple, with his head only showing. The mech has wing-like verniers on his back with black pants and a giant rope belt.
 
Kenko without armor.png|Kenko without his mech suit
Game (884).png|Kenko as a dragon
Game (1141).png|Kenko as a Chinese guardian lion
Game (1169).png|Kenko as a Pterodactyl
==Personality==
==History==
===Ben 10===
In Game Over, Kenko overheard Ben talking about the Upgrade token. Believing it could be used to allow him to take over the real world, he attempted to obtain it. While Ben searched for the token, he fought and defeated Ishiyama, then assumed his nemesis' form after Ben reached the Upgrade token first. He tried to trick Ben into taking him to the real world, but Max's timely intervention in the game revealed his ruse. As Upgrade, Ben's control over the game allowed him to depower Kenko, revealing him to actually be a small human-like creature. Afterward, Kenko was defeated when he knocked himself out by accidentally hitting himself in the head with a piece of his own armor.
===Alien Force===
Kenko was mentioned in The Final Battle: Part 1, when Ben mentioned that in a sequel to the first Sumo Slammers series called Sumo Slammers: Hero Generation, taking place five years later, he teamed up with Ishiyama.
===Omniverse===
He only appeared as a video game character throughout the series.
In And Then There Was Ben, Kenko could be seen while Ben played Sumo Slammers.
In Fight at the Museum, Exo-Skull played the same game and he was defeated by someone called "Burgos" who used Kenko's character.
In It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 1, he was used by Ben 23 against Ben Prime.
==Powers and Abilities==
Game (841).png|Shapeshifting
Kenko's powers match his name. He can shapeshift into anything or anyone. His recent forms he takes on are an Akeni trunk, a pillar, a dragon, a golden lion-dog statue, a wyvern and his former rival, Ishiyama.
==Equipment==
Kenko's equipment is his mech suit.
==Weaknesses==
Game (1439).png|True Form
Without his armor, he is powerless.
Kenko's true form can be revealed by using the cleansing 'Sumo salt' on his disguise.
==Appearances==
===Ben 10===
====Season 3====
*Game Over (first appearance)
====Season 4====
*Goodbye and Good Riddance (non-canon; photo)
===Alien Force===
====Season 2====
*The Final Battle: Part 1 (TV series; voice only)
===Omniverse===
====Season 5====
*And Then There Was Ben (first reappearance; video game)
====Season 7====
*Fight at the Museum (video game)
*It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World: Part 1 (video game)
===Online Games===
====Ben 10====
*Sumo Slammer Samurai
==Etymology==
Kenko means "Health, Strong, Child".
==Trivia==
*Kenko’s shapeshifting abilities are similar to Beast Boy from DC Comics, however are not just limited to animals.
==References==
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Category:Characters
Category:Minor Characters
Category:Males
Category:Former Villains
Category:Original Series Characters
Category:Introduced in the Original Series
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