Shinken Akamaru

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**Shinken Akamaru** is the Yo-kai Hero form of Levi Seventy when possessed by Shinkenyan (Red). The original user was the late James Seventy when possessed by Shinkenyan (Crimson).

## Biology

### Appearance

* Old Design

Shinken Akamaru looks like Kengo Benimaru but he has a black American-style firefighter jack, a white bandana around his mouth and he wears a American-style firefighter helmet instead of a white calf-length long two-tailed, sleeveless, high collar, zipper coat. He retains Levi's hairstyle, but the hair over his forehead is now brushed down instead of his bed hair style and has glowing green eyes peeking out from the black glasses. He also reuses Rescue Red's Body Suit and Pants.

* New Design

Shinken Akamaru jacket looks a lot more like Benimaru's but still keep his American-style firefighter design, he now has long black socks with shoes instead of boots, his mask is shorter and has a line done the middle like Benimaru's. He still has his features from his old design. The hat and bandana can be taken off.

### Personality

He is little less serious than Kengo Benimaru but he is determined when it comes to battling, and is always ready to fight any antagonistic forces that spar with him.

### Abilities

Shinken Akamaru is armed with a sword which is called **Black Robin**. He uses it to fight enemies with it, and slashes them in different ways in order to successfully defeat the enemy.

#### Attacks

* **Red Spark**: Shinken Akamaru's signature attack, Slashes with his sword covered in red sparkles.
* **Red Fury**: Does consecutive Slashes with his sword.
* **Spark Fury**: Does consecutive Slashes with his sword covered in red sparkles.
* **Mirror Sword**: Creates a duplicate of his sword using the Mirror World.
* **Red Cat Kick** (アカ猫キック, *Aka Neko Kikku*): Shinken Akamaru Jumps in the air and does a flying side kick.\*
	+ **Rekka Dai Kick**: An upgraded Red Cat Kick. (A fiery Agito, Kuuga and 1 style kick)
* **Cat's Cutting**: Shinken Akamaru strikes with a highly-energized pixelated blade
* **Flare Spin**: Shinken Akamaru spin into a tornado of fire and attacks anyone who gets caught.
* **Akamaru Dynamic**: Black Robin gets charged by blue energy and Shinken Akamaru slices his opponents it into two.

## Quotes

* "Red as a rose, Fiery as a sunset! Shinken Akamaru!"
* "Cutting down my opponents with sparks that fly though the air!"
* "When there is darkness my Spark will light the night."
* "As Long As There's Malice, I'll stop at nothing to defeat evil!"
	+ "As Long As There's Malice, I'll stop at nothing to de-feet evil! Yes! It must be me, Akamaru!" (Pun version, never used)
* "Farewell... Forever!"
* "There is one team who can stop someone as malicious as you and that's us!"

## Etymology

Shinken means True Sword, referencing the Shinkengers from Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.

Akamaru is from the Japanese name of Jibanyan's past form when he was alive.

## See Also

* Kengo Benimaru - The cat he is based on.
* Shinken Kimaru - Another cat based on Kengo Benimaru.
* Shinken Momomaru - A female cat based on Kengo Benimaru.
* Hyper Shinken Akamaru - An alternated form for Shinken Akamaru.
* 真 Shinken Kimaru - A true form for Shinken Kimaru.
* 真 Shinken Momomaru - A true form for Shinken Momomaru.
* Gokai Akamaru - His pirate counterpart.
* Gokai Kimaru - The pirate counterpart of Shinken Kimaru.
* Gokai Momomaru - The Rogue counterpart of Shinken Momomaru.