Kano

## History

Little is known about Kano's childhood and early years. All that is known is that he at some point was brought into the Red Dragon crime syndicate and worked beneath Daegon and Hsu Hao. At a point in time which isn't clear, he betrayed his mentors and started his own rival syndicate - the Black Dragon. The two factions remained at war for the next thirty years, and the war continues to this day.

In another important event which we know little about, Kano infiltrated the United States Special Forces via Sonya Blade, manipulating her to get close to the military officers. When he was caught, he killed Sonya's partner and fled, beginning their lifelong hatred of one another. Sonya dedicated her life to hunting down and killing Kano, while the criminal grew in power and wealth as he built the Black Dragon into the most powerful crime organization in his homeworld of Earthrealm.

During the Mortal Kombat tournament of 1995, Kano and the Black Dragon allied with Outworld's tyrannical emperor, Shao Kahn. His efforts were eventually thwarted by Sonya Blade, but he still managed to escape the tournament alive, unlike most of Blade's friends. After Shao Kahn's death, the Black Dragon maintained ties with Outworld, becoming an interrealm organization under the new kahn, Mileena. When Mileena was overthrown by a coup d'état organized by Kotal and his allies, Kano's loyalties immediately swapped to doing business with Kotal and his regime. In 2015, he betrayed Kotal to Mileena when she offered him a hundred million gold to assassinate the emperor. He failed, but again managed to escape the event with his life.

In 2019, the end of Kano's original timeline, Kano and the Black Dragon assisted Kronika in her attempt to create a New Era - a central timeline where Liu Kang and the thunder god Raiden never existed. He and his younger self, brought to the present by Kronika's timequake, managed to kidnap the younger Sonya Blade and Johnny Cage. Unfortunately for Kano, his fight klub where he was keeping them was raided by the SF and Cassie Cage, and in a fight with Sonya, the younger Kano was shot in the head, killing both his past and present self.

## Since The Worlds Collided

Kano was revived by Leon Turner's scientists, then invited to merge the Black Dragon with the Turner Family in exchange for a large sum of money. Kano took the deal, working alongside Turner for several major Nexus events, including the invasion of Cordis Die and the Multiversal Wedding.

Throughout his travels and business in the Nexus, Kano kept his head programmer and scientist - Jackrabbit - close with him. Their relationship began long before their introduction to the Nexus, and they had been sexually involved since Jackrabbit was only 19. They both repeatedly insisted their relationship was strictly "professional," meaning Jackrabbit was only kept as a prostitute and concubine on top of his other jobs. Turner repeatedly questioned if either of them had romantic intentions for one another, not having seen the more abusive side of their relationship.

Upon meeting Dio Brando, Kano's life in the Nexus took a turn. Dio initially approached Kano as a customer, having his eye on Jackrabbit and paying Kano for his time. After only a few "sessions," Dio offered Kano a large sum of money to purchase Jackrabbit permanently. Kano and JR came up with a plan to scam Dio, taking his money only for Kano to eventually steal Jackrabbit back and kill Dio. Kano trusted this scheme to work, but things became difficult when JR began a romance with Dio. When Jackrabbit refused to go through with the scam, Kano kidnapped his former worker and tortured him at the Black Dragon HQ in Earthrealm. He branded JR with the Black Dragon insignia, then sent a picture to Dio to taunt him. Enraged, Dio combined forces with Kars and Totoma to break into the HQ and slaughter everyone in sight until they found where Jackrabbit was being kept. Kano was killed after Dio used The World to punch a hole in his torso, torturing him for a short while before Kars simply decapitated him.

Not being kept down so easily, Kano made a deal with Shinnok in order to escape the Netherrealm. Upon returning to the Central Nexus, he found that the Black Dragon had been taken over by Turner, and Jackrabbit had permanently cut ties with all of them. Using this to his advantage, Kano began using the resources of the Black Dragon and Turner Family to antagonize Dio and Jackrabbit, wanting revenge for his betrayal and murder. Now unable to get his hands on Jackrabbit, he instead captured and tortured Angel Dust after paying for a night with him. Kano, along with his then-partner Astro Beckett, spent several hours torturing Angel Dust before just killing him, but not before Kano sent pictures of Angel's broken body to bait Jackrabbit into coming after him. However, he didn't expect the amount of help JR was able to recruit, and the new Team Jackrabbit stormed the Nexus Hotel and killing the many Black Dragon guarding it. With the help of Giorno Giovanna and Multiversal Bounty Hunter, JR was able to subdue Kano and shoot him several times in the head.

Now having died three times, Kano assumed upon his death, he would return to the Netherrealm and be able to further milk his deal with Shinnok. However, he was surprised to find his soul had somehow been claimed by Alastor the Radio Demon, who took him to his version of Hell to torture him. He attempted to con his way back to the surface, only to be swindled by Alastor and Angel Dust. He was unable to escape until Jarek, reaching out on Kano's behalf, offered Valentino a trade: secure Kano's release, and they would capture and give him Jackrabbit along with helping him kill Dio. Valentino, excited by the idea of a transgender prostitute, took the deal and got Kano away from Alastor.

After some plotting and forcing Angel Dust to cooperate, Valentino and Kano successfully captured Jackrabbit and cut off Dio's head, which they also took captive. This set off the events of the Vampire Demon War, which concluded with Angel Dust helping Jackrabbit escape while Valentino and Kano were left behind, trapped, to face the oncoming army of Team Jackrabbit and Passione. Kano was finally put down for good when Giorno Giovanna used Golden Experience Requiem to put Kano in an "infinite death loop," cursing him to die over and over again for the rest of time.

## Personality

> "There is no act beneath you."
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*- Cetrion, MK11*

A manipulator at heart, he'll take any opportunity and sacrifice anything or anyone for his own benefit. Ally or not, this title is meaningless. He's also very arrogant, being easily agitated and and highly offensive in all manners. It doesn't take much to inspire disrespect from him. His loyalty is only to two things: himself and whoever happens to be the highest bidder. In his own words, his loyalty is always for sale.

## Appearance

He's a well-built, somewhat tanned, has a short beard, and has dark brown, short-cut hair. Going beyond his face, Kano had many tattoos relating to the Black Dragon across his body, and his cybernetic enhancements, mainly his eye and heart are prominent. He has hair covering most of his chest and other body parts, and does not wear a shirt. The only clothing to be noted is a pair of cargo pants, fingerless gloves, and boots.

## Powers and Abilities

Having a well-toned body and expansive fighting experience, it's safe to say that he can defend himself physically. Kano also carries knives, and has also been known to fight with acid, molotov cocktails, guns, and just about anything he can get his hands on.

### Cybernetics

After losing his right eye in a fight with the SF (possibly Jax Briggs, though this is never confirmed), Kano's eye was replaced with a cybernetic attachment capable of firing lasers, temporary x-ray vision, scanning objects, and all the basic functions of a computer. He has other various cybernetic enhancements throughout most of his body, most notably the large cybernetic heart he has built around his chest. The only real combat ability his cybernetic heart is known to have is unleashing a magnetic pulse capable of stunning enemies.

## Trivia

* Kano appeared in the movie *Wreck-It Ralph* during the "BAD ANON" scene, but heavily modified as to avoid copyright issues.