Kikoutei

>     "Kikoutei existed from an Unknown Old Age, it's power would be 'the Light' to sweep 'the Darkness' away. When it's True Power displays, Darkness would be buried, but the world would also be destroyed in the process. It is the 'Shining King', therefore it's called Kikoutei."
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> "In the ancient times of legend when an evil spirit pervaded the world the prayers of those who wished for peace realized a particular holy warrior. It is said that the warrior, in his shining armor, chased out the evil spirit." - Episode 34, "Heavens Wounded in Battle"
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This ultimate armor of the Samurai Troopers illuminates the world with white brilliance. This feeling and power culminates in the hearts of the five heroes, allowing them to bring forth the white Kikoutei armor.

There is the **Shiroi** (white) armor and the **Kuroi** (black) armor. The purpose of Kikoutei's existence is to fight. Like the negative and positive charges of a magnet are attracted to each other, so are the two Kikoutei. They know of the existence of each other, and because of their properties they are meant to destroy each other once they meet.

## Description

This ultimate armor of the Samurai Troopers illuminates the world with white brilliance. This feeling and power culminates in the hearts of the 5 heroes, allowing them to bring forth the white Kikoutei armor. These five teen boys have within themselves the virtues that are the "heart of the armors (Jin (benevolence), Gi (justice), Rei (courtesy), Chi (wisdom / intellect), and Shin (faith / trust) )".

Using the armor of Rekka as a base, and with the culmination of the hearts and virtues of the other armors, the Kikoutei armor manifests. It is ready to fight and defeat any enemy. This is the ultimate armor. This armor is known as "The Shining Emperor" and is known as one of the three sacred treasures. Byakuen is now the owner and protector of the Gou Retsu Ken swords. Previously, when a part of Byakuen separated and became the dark colored Kokuen-o, he was to continue to protect these two swords. From then on, until they met Ryo, Kenbukyou and Kokuen-o took it upon themselves to protect these swords from evil.

## Powers

Rekka's original attack was the So En Zan (Twin Flame Cut). After the Kikoutei armor emerged for the first time, Rekka's attack became more powerful and was then called the Choudandou So En Zan (Super-Ballistic Twin Flame Cut). Whereas the attack of the Kikoutei armor was the Choudandou Sen Kou Zan (Super-ballistic Flash Shine Cut).

The newly unleashed power of this new attack was so strong that it had the ability to affect not only the Youja World, but the Human World, too. Because of this incredible increase of power, the swords of Rekka were unable to handle these attacks and broke apart.

## Summoning Kikoutei

The three sacred weapons -  the Kikoutei armor, the Inochi no Magatama, and the Gou Retsu Ken - can only be activated by those who have not chosen to fight, those without power. Ryo and Mukala both are able to first summon their respective Kikoutei armors when they are filled with a desire to protect others.

Kikoutei is the power called down by humans in order to save themselves. Ryo qualified to wear the white armor because of his desire to save people (the heart of "Jin"). This is why only Ryo can use it.

It takes a lot of energy to call upon Kikoutei (equivalent of five of the nine armors created by Kaos). Both the white and black Kikoutei require the same amount of power to be called upon. Kuroi Kikoutei looks easier to be called upon because Mukala is more powerful then Ryo. This is why Ryo needs the others power to change to the Shiroi Kikoutei. If he continues to grow, then one day he might be able to change by himself, just like Mukala.

At first, calling up Kikoutei is the only thing the Troopers can do, everyone was exhausted afterward. Later, when the Troopers become more and more powerful, they can call Kikoutei and still have enough power to continue fighting afterward. The Troopers armors do not disappear when Kikoutei is formed. In numerous episodes, you can see that they fight alongside Kikoutei. Both exist at the same time.

The armor up sequence of Shiroi Kikoutei is said to be one of the central themes of Kikoutei. It's very clear that when Ryo armors up, he felt pain and tried to escape -- but Kikoutei just would not let him go. Ryo = Good (i.e. heart of "Jin") and Kikoutei = Power. Someone with the heart of Jin, using an extremely strong power is not necessary something he wants to do.

## Virtues vs. Power

When Kaos made the nine armors, he made them to respond to different virtues. The Troopers armors had to be activated by their virtues. This is the difference between Kikoutei and the Troopers armor. Both the white and black Kikoutei have no virtues.

When Ryo used Shiroi Kikoutei, he used his heart of "Jin" to control it. Mukala, on the other hand is a warrior. All he thought about was fighting. He was possessed by Kuroi Kikoutei's will to fight, only because he did not think to go against it's will. It's only when Mukala recalls his loving heart for Naria that he awoke from Kuroi Kikoutei's control. Mukala could have controlled the black Kikoutei if he understood how to.

Once the Shiroi and Kuroi Kikoutei meet in OAV Kikoutei Densetsu, the armors will to fight became excited, and the entire world of armors was affected. The Troopers had to use their hearts (virtues) to purify their armors once again. This was symbolized by them taking off their helmets (fighting of their own free will with hearts).

The armors should never be used to fight humans, only Youja (evil). When the Troopers used Shiroi Kikoutei against Shikaisen in the OAV Gaiden (who was a human), it basically led to the negative consequences seen in OAV Kikoutei Densetsu.

## History

Badamon, the chief spirit that served Arago, had many spirits that served him. They were called Jiryoshu. It is said that the Jiryoshu described the armor of Kikoutei to Badamon as "an armor that appeared to protect good people (and good spirits?) from the darkness and evil forces that exist. That this armor was seen as a god in ancient times, and that this is the origin of the Kikoutei". However, it can also be said that this is nothing more than a suit of armor.

Arago is said to be the strongest spirit and have the strongest and most powerful armor. Despite this, he wanted to get his hands on the Kikoutei armor with the goal to become even more powerful. However, the true power of the Kikoutei is to purify all evils, not to help or enhance evil. This was an impossible goal for Arago and, if he'd known about it, he'd regret ever thinking about trying to use it.

The Kikoutei were created by neither the gods or man, they suddenly appeared one day. Both Shiroi (white) and Kuroi (black) appeared at the same time. They are twins and their relationship are similar to Ying and Yang (one is not greater than the other, and one existed with the other.)

The Kikoutei are NOT armors, they're the materialization of pure power. They only appeared in the form of armors for the last 1,000 years. The form of Kikoutei depends on the subconscious of the person who calls upon its power. In one of Shiroi Kikoutei's previous manifestations, it has taken the form of a large snake (i.e. dragon).

Kikoutei is the leader/master of a power based world (called "Yoroi Seikai" (World of Armor) in the OAV Message). The armor of the Troopers are connected to the world of armor only because they are all powers. There is no other connection. Since all armors are power based, when the Kikoutei were destroyed, the other armors were affected as well.

## Triva

The (white) Kikoutei was suppose to be able to not only transform through the Rekka armor, but that any remaining armor could be used to activate it. However, when "Kikoutei Densetsu" came, the settings for this, and how Mukala is able to transform into the black Kikoutei armor, became two different settings.

## Gallery

Memorial Vol. 2, Sunrise Corporation, 1990.Mural about Shiroi Kikoutei
## Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, 30th Anniversary Book, Tatsumi Publication. Fan translation by The URWWS.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Nether Realm, The Kikoutei, https://web.archive.org/web/20090404031043/http://nether-realm.net/oav/kikoutei/kikoutei.html. Archived April 4, 2009. Accessed May 30, 2022.
3. ↑ Daijiten Origin Book, Rapport. Fan translation by The URWWS.