Young Cricket

> "*I am Young Cricket. I have much to learn." - Young Cricket (WarioWare Gold)*
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### Relatives

Jin Aikawa (Father)
Mei Zhang Aikawa (Mother)
Jun Aikawa (Uncle)
Min Zhang (Grandfather \*Deceased\*)
Sumire Zhang (Grandmother \*Deceased+Reborn as a Demon\*)
Unknown Paternal Grandparents (\*Deceased\*)
Young Butterfly (Adopted Younger Sister)
Young Grasshopper (Younger Brother In Arms)
Master Mantis (Teacher, Father Figure)

### Occupation

Martial Artist
Reiki Village's Young Master
Warioware Inc Employee

## Physical description

### Eye color

Light Brown (Child)
Dark Brown/Red (Debut)
Black (Currently)
Red (When snapped in rage)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Robbie Daymond (English)
Ryota Suzuki (Japanese)

### Appears in

WarioWare Smooth Moves (2006)
WarioWare DIY (2009)
Rhythm Heaven Fever (2011)
Game & Wario (2013)
Rhythm Heaven Megamix (2015)
WarioWare Gold (2018)
WarioWare Get It Together (2021)
WarioWare Move It (2023)

### Debut

WarioWare Smooth Moves (2006)

**Young Cricket** (Full Name: **Cricket Aikawa**) is a martial arts student training diligently under Master Mantis's teachings. He was born in Reiki Village, as the son of the Lord and Head Priestess that rule the village. At the age of 5, his uncle deviously tried to kill his father by holding him in a hostage situation while successfully kidnapping his mother away to leave Cricket starving to his death in the night but Cricket however turned fate around and met Master Mantis and was taken under his wing to train in martial arts. He now resides and lives in Diamond City with Master Mantis working at Warioware Inc.

## Background

Cricket was born in Reiki Village to Her Excellence Mei and His Lordship Jin. Being the Young Master of the village, he was given a great life as Mei and Jin wanted him to grow up happy. Due to the village being right next to Akumori, Cricket was often restricted from going into the forest due to Mei's worry on him getting killed by any sort of cursed spirit or Wanderer in the forest. But Cricket's curiosity grew as time went on with what would be inside Akumori. However at the age of 5, he noticed his parents were missing upon waking up one day and he tried to find them around his home in the Sacred Temple. However upon being unable to find them inside, he walked outside to hear the villagers making a commotion and theorizing in panic about his parents either being taken away to be assassinated or were taken away for malicious acts. Worried for his parents, Cricket snuck off and ran out of the village to try and find his parents on his own in hopes of saving them but due to being a young child, he didn't know where his parents could have been taken to and ended up crying while sitting outside somewhere somewhat far from home. Upon crying, he was soon approached by a middle aged man who had questioned about why he was crying alone. Due to having a sense that he was a stranger, Cricket didn't speak till his stomach let out a growl indicating his hunger due to the fact he had not eaten since he woke up. The man decided to give him a meat dumpling in hopes of quelling Cricket's hunger as well as give him a sense of trust. Taking the meat dumpling and eating it, Cricket decided to tell the man about his parents being missing and how he wanted to save them. The man felt sorrowful for Cricket and told him if he would rather head back home, or as a different option, go with him to train on martial arts to save his parents. The man gave his introduction as Master Mantis to him and explained how he was training his students on martial arts to grow up strong under his teachings. Cricket, upon hearing that Mantis was training students on growing stronger, he decided on taking on Mantis's offer in learning martial arts with the intention of saving his parents.

After following Mantis to where his other two students were staying, Cricket soon met Young Butterfly and Young Grasshopper, two orphans that were training under Mantis's teachings. The two welcomed Cricket pretty instantly as he was a fellow student now. Cricket was well focused on becoming stronger the instant he started his training with Butterfly and Grasshopper. At first, Cricket struggled a little bit due to how much he was used to playing around a lot during the time in the village but he soon adjusted to the training that he had to do under Mantis's teachings. Though during some nights, Cricket would often cry a little in his sleep because of how much he missed his parents which often got Mantis worried for his wellbeing. There was a time where Cricket woke up in the middle of the night with tears streaming from his face which led to Mantis waking up and pulling Cricket into his arms to comfort him while Butterfly and Grasshopper watched in worry. Cricket cried in Mantis's arms wanting whole heartedly on having his parents back but Mantis knew that it would take a miracle to even know where Cricket's parents would even be. Mantis ended up telling Cricket that there will be a time where he will find his parents, however in order to find them, Cricket would have to become strong enough to fight the adversary that had taken both of them. Cricket listened to his master while crying himself back to sleep wanting to get as strong as possible to save his parents.

As the time went on, Cricket developed a great sibling bond between Butterfly and Grasshopper which eventually led the three of them to vow to become siblings to each other from then on no matter what, even if they weren't blood related. When the three of them became 10-11 years old, Grasshopper split from the group upon telling Mantis that he wanted to train on his own now. With heartfelt goodbyes, Grasshopper went on his own direction as Mantis continued to train Cricket and Butterfly. Eventually, the three of them had come across entering Rhythm City and met Kappa in the city. Cricket and Butterfly grew interested on Kappa wanting to teach the two students, upon learning they were training in martial arts, on the technique of Heat Fu. Mantis decided to let Kappa teach them however it also led to the three of them landing a position in Rhythm Heaven HQ upon Kappa's request on having them participate in a performance or two since Kappa was wanting to do a martial arts themed rhythm performance. Both Cricket and Butterfly got along well with everyone in the Rhythm Heaven crew as Mantis was proud of them growing up and learning new techniques. This eventually led to, after the two students first performance, Butterfly admitting to Mantis and Cricket that she was going to stay at Rhythm Heaven as a permanent performer. Originally, Mantis was wanting to go back to traveling the world with Butterfly and Cricket after their temporary recruitment was over but hearing Butterfly wanted to stay at Rhythm Heaven, he allowed her as Cricket felt happy that Butterfly wanted to do something she loved. From there, Mantis and Cricket gave their goodbyes to Butterfly and headed off to travel the world as a duo for more martial arts training.

Over time, as Cricket became a bit older as a teen, him and Mantis eventually found their way to Diamond City. Their first impression on the city was astonishment as the two were amazed on how beautiful the city looked, almost like gemstones. Upon entering the city, initially to rest from traveling, they soon found Mona running a dumpling stand with Joe to which Cricket caught the two off guard by running across the line of people to the front of the line to get dumplings. Much to Mona's shock, this led to Cricket running back to Mantis, across the line of people again, after seeing that the people were unhappy with how Cricket ran across their heads. Eventually, while they rested and regained their strength from traveling, Cricket was approached by Wario and he initially thought Wario was there to challenge him to a dual, only for Wario to offer a job to the two at Warioware Inc. Confused and a little taken aback by Wario's offer, Cricket and Mantis decided to take the job and found their way to Warioware Inc the next day. The crew at Warioware Inc were initially shocked, with Mona recognizing both Cricket and Mantis after their encounter with each other, on how Wario managed to find two people that may not fit in with their crew. After introducing themselves, Cricket eventually saw Ashley hiding away from introducing herself to them so he decided to approach her, much to the crew telling him it was a bad idea. After a little bitter introduction from Ashley, Cricket gave her his usual respectful introduction before hoping to her that they'll get along well in the company.

When the two started to work at the company, the crew initially were a bit taken back at how Wario decided to hire them both when they were already traveling the world. At that point, the crew decided to have Cricket and Mantis settle down in Diamond City just so they could continue working with them at the company and decided to help them out with giving them a house of their own to live in, much to Wario's disagreement only for Mona to have him agree since he did hire them on the spot. Cricket felt pretty honored by the crew being very kind to him and Mantis as from then on the two officially settled down in Diamond City with a place to call their own home. As time went on and the friendship bonds between Cricket and the crew grew, there was a time where Cricket had Butterfly visiting him in Diamond City, only to bump into a woman who seemed to be looking familiar to him. At first he couldn't figure out why the woman was so familiar to him, only to finally figure out who it was after her revealing that she was his long lost mother. As time had passed, Cricket had slowly forgotten his main objective of why he was training to be a martial artist when he was a child, which was to save his parents. Upon realizing his mother was standing in front of him, he wanted to know as many answers as to where she was all this time. The truth soon came to light to Cricket upon getting his mother back to the company with Butterfly to make her feel at ease with safety. He found out about what his uncle had done to Mei and Jin and at that point, Cricket embraced his mother feeling relieved that she had escaped as well as relief that he was able to reunite with her. That moment became short however as Cricket's uncle, Jun, had found where Mei had ran off to, even though the tracking device Mei had on her was destroyed. Putting his mother in the safety of his master, Butterfly and the crew, Cricket dualled with his uncle, showing that he's not the weak little child he was before, and defeating him in time as Jin showed up to the whole finished ordeal. Seeing his father also alive and well, Cricket felt much more relief being reunited with the two with both parents thanking Master Mantis and the crew for taking care of their son. Even though Jin and Mei decided to go back to Reiki Village, the two decided to let Cricket stay in Diamond City knowing that it was better for him to stay with the people he cherished.

## General Information

### Physical Appearance

Young Cricket is a tall teenaged boy with fairly light skin and black hair accented with white hair streaks. He has black eyes, however during his debut in **WarioWare Smooth Moves**, his eyes were dark brown/red and when he was a child, he had light brown eyes. His debut look also shown that his skin was fairly tanned a little however over the course of living in Diamond City, his skin paled out due to being inside a lot. Most of the time, Cricket wears a blue martial arts hoodie and blue sweatpants with blue and white shoes along with silver/grey wristbands. He does wear a black shirt or tank top under his hoodie however or sometimes he won't wear anything under his hoodie. During the night, Cricket wears mainly a tank top and shorts to bed but at times he might not wear a shirt or tank top during the night. Cricket's also shown to be quite muscular in his arms and abdominal area as he has a six pack in his abs. When he's back at home in Reiki Village, during certain special events, Cricket wears formal traditional clothes that match with his parents as he is the Young Master of the village but he only wears these clothes during important special events as both Jin and Mei don't mind him wearing his martial arts attire every day.

When Cricket has his moments of going into pure blinded rage, his eyes will change from black to red as he goes into a merciless fight.

### Personality

Cricket generally is really serious as he is very committed to his training and strength building as a martial arts student. However he's also very optimistic and respectful to everyone around him. He's also shown to be a bit gluttonous due to the huge love he has for meat dumplings. The first time he arrived to Diamond City, he was a bit naïve but overtime, the naivety gradually lessened. Cricket's also shown to show great concern and worry towards those he deeply cares for, such as Master Mantis or Ashley, as he would tried to see what was going on with them. He often gets annoyed whenever 9-Volt teases him or when Wario tries to scam the crew out of their paychecks or when Lulu clings on him too often, but when he gets angry, it usually has to do in relation to something unjust such as Ashley being called an evil witch when he knows she is not evil. Cricket also is shown to be pretty affectionate to those he truly cares for which is Ashley as he always wants to help her open up to the world around her. Cricket also rarely gets jealous but when he got into a relationship with Ashley, he often would feel hints of jealousy from how much other boys tend to send her love letters and that jealousy shows when he starts ripping work files in his hands unconsciously.

### Strengths, Weaknesses, Powers, Abilities

Cricket has strength that is evenly matched with, or is slightly more stronger then, Wario's own physical strength. Due to his work outs and daily training, Cricket's shown to be pretty strong as he is able to lift Wario up with one hand. His own physical strength also is quite handy when fighting bad guys as he packs a quite powerful punch. However a weakness of his is mainly overexertion and overworking himself as he tends to try and fight even when he's injured to the point his body needs a rest.

Cricket also holds a power within himself called Aura. He follows Master Mantis's aura training to heighten his senses to detect enemy auras around him. Other then detecting enemy auras, Cricket's also trying to follow Master Mantis's example of trying to summon meat dumplings with his aura abilities but he has not been able to achieve that yet. Due to him being inexperienced with controlling his aura, Cricket often will have his aura out of control whenever he's snapped in anger and go into a merciless rage. The only way to calm him down is Master Mantis holding him back and talking him out of the rage or Ashley calming him down.

## Relationships

### Master Mantis

Master Mantis is Cricket's teacher and father figure. Ever since Cricket was 5 years old, Mantis took him under his wing and taught him martial arts with Young Butterfly and Young Grasshopper. Majority of Cricket's life growing up, Mantis is viewed as a father figure as Cricket always looked up to him more then a teacher, and like a father. Mantis has always looked after Cricket almost like a son in his eyes as he continues to look after him in Diamond City even after being reunited with his parents. Cricket often worries for Mantis due to his old age and his health but Mantis always worried more on Cricket's health due to how reckless he gets with fighting. Mantis typically is able to trust Cricket whenever he's out and about in the city due to wanting him to have some type of break in between training but sometimes he worries on the trouble Cricket can get into when he's alone. Mantis was also the reason Cricket has a huge love for meat dumplings and often times Mantis felt a bit regretful on how much he influenced his student's love for meat dumplings.

### Ashley

When Cricket met Ashley for the first time, she was pretty shy and quiet for the most part. It was mainly due to Cricket being a stranger at the time but gradually Ashley saw him as a co-worker. Overtime as Warioware Inc grew, Ashley slowly started to open up more on Cricket and often would stick with him due to how much the two shared the same serious nature. Eventually the two became friends and Ashley was quite attached with Cricket since the two often shared meat dumplings during lunch hours. However, overtime Ashley started to gain feelings for Cricket, even getting jealous at Lulu constantly clinging onto Cricket's arms. But due to Cricket's lack of understanding on romance, she decided to help him learn about romance. That help eventually led to Cricket falling for Ashley and the two soon officially became a couple during one winter's day in Diamond City under mistletoe. With the two being a couple, Ashley often gets pretty protective of Cricket but she likes to show more emotions around him and tends to smile more then she usually does when they are alone. Cricket of course gets really protective of Ashley as he wants her to be safe but also happy as he does his best to keep her mood positive. Often times, Ashley tends to make Cricket her potion tester but he usually doesn't mind as he gets pretty curious on what potions she makes.

### Young Butterfly + Young Grasshopper

Young Butterfly and Young Grasshopper both are Cricket's younger siblings in arms, with Butterfly being Cricket's adopted younger sister. All three of them are of the same age but Cricket is the oldest with Butterfly following by 3 months and Grasshopper being the youngest by 4 months. They all trained under Master Mantis as his students in the martial arts but they always had their moments being playful with each other as siblings. Eventually Grasshopper was the first to disband from the group to train on his own and later on, Butterfly left Cricket and Mantis to pursue being a performer at Rhythm Heaven which left the remaining student with the master to travel the world. In the present day, Butterfly keeps in contact with Cricket and Mantis as the siblings like to call each other on their phones to catch up or would send letters to them when she doesn't get time to call. As for Grasshopper, he usually would send letters to his siblings and master to let them know that he's doing alright. In general, the three students and master act like a little family even if they are all in different places.

### Jin + Mei

Jin and Mei are Cricket's parents and rulers of Reiki Village. Jin is the Lord of Reiki Village and personal body guard to his wife along with being the father of Cricket, while Mei is the Head Priestess of Reiki Village and mother of Cricket. The two were quite happy during their days being with their son till the situation happened involving Cricket's uncle and Jin's twin brother, Jun. Cricket spent 11 years separated from his parents but reunited with them in Diamond City after showing his uncle that he wasn't dead and stronger then he was before. Cricket is very fond of his parents even if they were separated for 11 years, as he knows his mother was always looking out for him and his father would often train with him when Cricket visited home. Both Mei and Jin are both quite happy with Cricket's path in his life as they let him stay in Diamond City to continue being with the Warioware Inc crew and train into his mastery of martial arts. However Cricket knows one day he'll have to step up to his father's title of Lord in the future but his parents reassured him that he doesn't have to think about taking the title while he still is in training.

### Warioware Inc Crew

Cricket generally has a very good connection with the crew and Wario at the company. Often times he's usually the one to stop Wario in his tracks when he's stealing money or helping Kat and Ana with tips on enhancing their ninja training. He's never had fought any crew member before as he usually respects everyone but Wario sometimes asks him to spar with him. When it comes down to looking after the younger crew, Cricket acts like a big brother toward the twins and he would play with them whenever they ask him. Sometimes however, Cricket gets into small arguments with 9-Volt mainly due to how much 9-Volt likes to be a mischief maker towards him. Lulu is quite smitten with Cricket and loves to cling onto his shoulders while Cricket often has to try and get her to stop a little mainly either he needed to train or Ashley was watching. Overall, the crew respect Cricket for the hard work he does as he is a memorable crew member for the team.

## Trivia

* Cricket is 16 years old currently.
* Tolerance wise, Cricket loves eating spicy food but he cannot handle bitter foods, as such he has a high spice tolerance and a low bitter tolerance.
* There was a time that Wario challenged him to a drinking contest and due to inheriting his mother's super low alcohol tolerance, Cricket can get drunk easily after 1 cup.
* Cricket has a super high poison immunity, as well as a high immune system in general. The crew often wondered how he was able to live life without getting vaccines but he eventually did get the vaccines him and Master Mantis needed as per request and orders from the crew.
* Pudding is Cricket's cheat food as he loves eating pudding.
* Cricket's general work out consists of 200+ push ups and a one handed plank for 50 or more minutes with weights on his back. The weights on his back are usually 18-Volt, 9-Volt, Kat, Ana, and Lulu with either Red, Orbulon or Spitz sometimes joining. He does this work out before doing his training but in the night and in the early morning he likes to stretch his limbs out.
* Cricket is pretty good at singing as he has a really good singing voice, but due to being pretty awkward about singing in front of others, he typically just sings to himself whether in his bedroom or when he's alone listening to music on his phone. The only people who have caught him singing were Master Mantis and Ashley.
* Though he didn't know about where he got his hair streaks, he later on figured out it was genetically passed down to him from his mother. Mei has hair streaks of her own that are similar to Cricket's but only affect her bangs as opposed to Cricket's streaks affecting more then just his bangs.
* Cricket is pretty good at swimming much to the point of saving Ashley once from nearly drowning in the ocean one day at the beach. He also taught Ashley how to swim and keep her head above water.
* He secretly made *Ashley's Song* his ringtone for whenever Ashley called him on his phone.
* Cricket's gotten himself stuck in trees from jumping too high at least 5 times in Diamond City alone. It's usually because his hoodie always gets snagged by a branch and he tends to get stuck there till either Ashley helps him down or someone calls 9-Volt's dad, 4-Volt, at the Fire Station to help him.