Kengo Yozakura

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Hikaru Asano (Younger brother-in-law, †)

**Kengo Yozakura** (夜桜 嫌五, *Yozakura Kengo*) is the third son and the fifth sibling of the Yozakura Family's 10th generation.

## Appearance

Kengo has short scruffy blonde hair that covers eyes and he has a yellow cat paw mark on his left cheek. Kengo is often wearing cat ears, cat tail and a collar with a bell. He usually wears a black onesie with cat ears, a tail and cat face on the stomach. He also has yellow armbands and shoes, which are occasionally depicted as black in cover illustrations.

After 5 years, Kengo has grown out his hair a bit, being long enough to reach his chin, its still styles messily and covers his eyes. Kengo no longer wears his onesie. He now wears a black tracksuit with two yellow lines that go down the sides of the arms and legs, there's a cat head logo on the front left chest and a cat paw logo on the back. Kengo now wears a woolly hat with a cat paw logo on the front, his cat ears still protrude from underneath. He also continues to have his cat tail, paw print on his cheek and arm bands.

## Personality

Kengo is a fun-loving free spirit stating "I only want to do fun stuff!" and refuses to do anything that isn't fun.  If Kengo isn't able to do anything fun he'll become very lazy. If its not fun then he'll never do anything that's too much work and will only do what he wants to do.  Even during serious fights he is often seen messing with opponent and having fun messing around. Due to his ability to change his face, voice and expressions as he pleases Kengo finds it hard to trust people's kindness, however he does acknowledge that there are people who are just truly kind.

Kengo is very narcissistic and fixated on his looks. He always takes care of his looks and his skin, seeing himself as the face of the Yozakura Family. It is said that Kengo's narcissism stemmed from his usage of disguises, the more of different people's faces he wore, the more he grew to appreciate the beauty of his own face, leading to a large boost to his own self esteem. His focus on his own look is also partially due to him having an inferiority complex. Since he can't fight on the frontlines he puts all his energy into taking care of his body, since his most vital skill. His disguises and he needs to keep his body perfect so he can help everyone with them.

Kengo also hides all his negative emotions from the rest of his family, he always tries to be the clown and cheer everyone up so he doesn't want them to see him upset. His choosing to hide his pain and frustration from his family leads to him having acne and skin issues.

## History

As a child, Kengo was very wild in his behavior. This led to Rei Yozakura asking Hulang to discipline him as his teacher. Kengo began to learn under Hulang as a spy and became her last and best student. The two were very close whilst she trained him and Kengo began to idolise her as time passed.

Kengo took his spy license exam when he was seven years old. When he took the exam he also did it as two other people, leading him to have three licenses. This was borderline against the rules, and he returned the licenses soon after he received them.

## Plot

Kengo was alongside the rest of his siblings when Taiyo was first brought to their home. He informed him on how being a Spy is a regular job unlike its portrayal in the media. When defending Taiyo from Kyoichiro, Kengo disguised himself as Mutsumi to surprise attack him however, Kyoichiro knew he was a fake since he could see through Mutsumi being disguised as Taiyo behind him.

During the attack on Flower Bin, Kengo managed to take down one of their trucks by disguising everyone in it as him. This lead to everyone attacking each other until someone decided to blow up everyone, Kengo left unharmed.

Kengo decided to take Taiyo on a mission with him, to Kyoichiro's dismay. He managed to subdue Kyoichiro by disguising himself as Mutsumi and insulting him, resulting in Kyoichiro curling up into a ball and being depressed. The mission was to infiltrate the mafia group "Onigiri Gumi", he took up the job since it seemed like fun. He disguised himself as Yukari, the boss's ex-girlfriend and Taiyo as Ume, his right-hand man. After, he split with Taiyo to go with the boss to his room. He went on his laptop to access his files until the boss caught him and revealed that he knows Yukari is dead. Kengo told him a message from Yukari, saying how she killed herself to protect them as she enjoyed her time with the Onigiri Gumi. The boss gave over the information he needed as thanks for letting him see Yukari again, he asked why Kengo took up the job if it has no payment, Kengo replied "because it sounded fun". After getting the information, rather than escaping with Taiyo he decided to stay around to do more karaoke.

At Taiyo and Mutsumi's wedding reception Kengo quickly got Taiyo dressed in a suit using a quick change technique. He also helped hold back Kyoichiro from trying to attack Taiyo.

## Abilities and Skills

* **Someinine Blood****:** The effects of the Yozakura's blood that drastically increases all their capabilities.
	+ **Blooming: Assimilation:** Kengo is able to empathize with someone to 100%.
* **Voice changing:** To work along his disguises, Kengo is also able to change his voice to mimic others. This became especially useful when tricking Aonuma by impersonating Cha-Cha.
* **Body Malleability:** After his 5 years of training, Kengo has shown to be able to mould and shape his body into that of inanimate objects like chairs. This also allows him to change his body size when disguising, allowing him to take on different body shapes that seem impossible.

### Techniques: Kengo-Chan

* **Super Kengo Festival:** A hoard of Kengo's appear to distract the opponent.
* **Exploding Kengo:** The clones able to self destruct into a non-harmful explosion.
* **Big Kengo Festival:** The Kengo-chan's blow up into large balloon heads, creating a distraction and cover to escape.
* **Mega Kengo Punch:** Kengo combines 1,000 Kengo-chan's into one giant Kengo. The giant Kengo then punches with it's giant fist.

## Weapons & Equipment

* **Disguises:** Kengo uses various disguises to change his appearance.
	+ **Fake Skin:** Kengo uses fake skin in a majority of his disguises. It's a think piece of material that is made to look like real skin. It can also come in the shape and design of someone else's face, wearing it makes Kengo look identical to them.
* **Sheet:** Kengo is sometimes seen using a sheet during combat . Using it to wrap up enemies during combat  and as cover.
* **Kengo-Chan:** Created by Asuka Hatoda, they are balloon clones of Kengo that are controlled with Microchips and Steel Spider.
* **Cat Tail:** Kengo always wears a cat tail, which typically doesn't serve much purpose. It is however, seen to be able to blow up and create a smoke screen around Kengo, allowing him to flee.

## Trivia

* The name **Kengo** means "dislike, unpleasant, disagreeable, reluctant" (嫌) (**ken**) and "five" (五) (**go**).
	+ The kanji "五" refers to him being the fifth sibling of his generation.
* Kengo had the highest number of spy licenses own by one individual, being 3.
* Kengo's hobbies include: Yoga, Manicures, baths and Skin-Care.
* Kengo's favorite things include: Cats, Sushi, Sparkling Water and Additive-Free Lotion.
* Kengo's least favorite things are Waking up early and Sunburns.
* Kengo grows yellow freesias in the Yozakura Forest.
	+ The language of the flower is "innocence".
	+ The scent of the flower is described as "strong but ephemeral".
* Kengo sleeps face down.

## References

1. ↑ Volume 5 Extra
2. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 163
3. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 170, page 12.
4. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 181, page 11.
5. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 182, page 6.
6. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family Manga - Chapter 13 page 5. Kengo only wants to do fun stuff.
7. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family Manga - Chapter 40 page 5. Kengo being lazy.
8. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 76, page 9.
9. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 109, page 4.
10. ↑ Hitsuji Gondaira Interview at Jump Festa 2023
11. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 109, page 14.
12. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 109, pages 12-13.
13. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 145, page 7.
14. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 145, page 8.
15. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 1, page 23.
16. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 1, pages 43-44.
17. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 7, pages 9-10.
18. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 13, pages 2-4.
19. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 13.
20. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family Manga - Chapter 75 pages 17-18. Kengo impersonates Cha-Cha to fool Aonuma.
21. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 181, page 13.
22. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 182, page 12.
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Mission: Yozakura Family Manga - Chapter 71 page 6. Kengo uses his "Kengo-Chan".
24. ↑ lMission: Yozakura Family Manga - Chapter 74 page 17. Kengo-Chan explodes after Aonuma's attack.
25. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 149, page 6.
26. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 150, page 13.
27. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 18, page 19.
28. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 68, page 9.
29. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 150, page 12.
30. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Chapter 181, page 15.
31. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Volume 6 Extra
32. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family (Manga) - Volume 7 Extra