Armando

## Voice Actors

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日本語 Japanese

Kazuya Kuwahara/桑原和也

Armando (JP: ジョーワン *Jōwan* ) is a character in Ring Fit Adventure. He is one of The Four Masters.

He is based around Arm Fit Skills.

Some experts say that his birthday is July 28, 1983.

## Personality

Armando is very easy to predict and has a tendency to suddenly yell when finishing his sentences. It's later revealed that he was initially jealous of the other masters because of their traits and trained to find a girlfriend.

## Appearance

Armando is a large, muscular man with very beefy arms who wears a sleeveless red judogi uniform with the Arm symbol placed onto it, of which is held together by a black belt. He has red wristbands with a triangular pattern on them as well as black leggings with a white criss-cross pattern. He also wears black shoes with red soles.

He has his hair tied all the way up in a pyramid shape alongside having triangular facial hair with his small moustache and beard.

## History

**WARNING: This section contains major Adventure Mode spoilers! Proceed at your own risk.**

Armando first appears in Dragaux Vs. The Four Masters, described as "Stubborn and doesn't trust easily." by Allegra before Ring and the Trainee meet him. He shows up with a shout at Armie Temple shortly after Ring is taking a guess on his appearance, which turns out to be spot-on. He goes on to introduce himself, noting that while he expected the Trainee to be a bit brawnier, he has a benefit of a doubt that they're stronger than they look. He then proceeds to give the Trainee his first test: breaking 60 crates in a single course.

Once they pass, Armando tells the duo that it's time to move onto the second challenge. He enters the Aerochute game gym as the robot of the Game Gym Counter greets him, shouting out his excitement in order to hear his own echo. He tells the duo that the next challenge involves this Game Gym, a place that he comes to everyday. Boasting that his top score is unbeatable, he instead instructs that in order to pass, the Trainee must get a B rank.

Surprised that the Trainee passed his second challenge, Armando comments that it's time for him to get serious. He tells the Trainee to prepare themselves and follow him to the final test, with Ring finding it odd that he never shouted that time. Once the Trainee enters the Arms-Race Gym, Ring warns them that there's a extradentary presence up ahead. Said prescience turns out to be Armando himself, revealing that his final test is a battle against him.

Once defeated, Armando lets out a loud hearty laugh. The Trainee gains his trust and approval as he lets them know that the remaining masters are waiting up ahead, giving encouragement and telling the duo to not hold anything back.

The Four Masters approach the world's Dragaux Stadium first, but are presumably overcome by the dark influence shortly after Ring and the Trainee arrive.

The corrupted Armando later appears in The Shrouded Land's Arms-Race Gym, sending out his spotter, a Red Scuttleknell, out to battle them. After Dragaux has been fought, he and the other Four Masters taunt the Trainee, telling them they cannot win against him and that it'd be better to just give up.

Armando plays a larger role in Flex Dojo, he is mentioned to be holding Ring's fourth power by Dragaux and soon meets the Trainee himself once they arrive in the town. He aggressively welcomes Ring and the Trainee to the Flex Dojo and presumes that the two are after the fourth power, which he assumes there's some sort of hidden secret inside like Super Protein Powder. When Ring tries to explain what it is, Armando reprimands him and says that in order to get it back, they'll have to earn it the hard way. He also explains what the Flex Dojo is: it's his dojo that many people have come to in hopes to gain arms as beefy as his own. Some of these people are his students and he tells the Trainee that they won't let them pass without a fight.

He stops his role as an observer once the Trainee reaches the world's Arms-Race Gym once again. Despite being impressed at their efforts, he refuses to hand over Ring's fourth power as Dragaux himself trusted him with it, only doing so after the Trainee battles him once again. With him defeated and Ring's Jump Boost power returned, he admits to the Trainee that he has no regrets as he fought fair and square. This thought is soon interrupted by Dragaux himself who scolds him for letting Ring get his power back and proceeds to unleash monsters upon his dojo as punishment, with Armando reluctantly accepting this for failing his duty.

At the end of the Valley of Wishes, Allegra, Armando and Abdonis reveal themselves to have been Scarecruel, the Cowardly Strongman and the Toned Man respectively. Altogether they have been putting on an act throughout the world in order to prevent the Ring and the Trainee from disturbing Dragaux's slumber and they all proceed to fight the Trainee once again. Once defeated, the trio find themselves too exhausted to do anything else and call it a day as the Trainee moves on to the next world.

Armando returns in The Iceman Flexeth, where Ring and the Trainee soon discover that he has become the chief of the town, enforcing a rule that the people are only allowed to wear light clothing despite the cold weather. Ring figures this out through Thermia quoting him with each one ending with a shout, and it turns out nobody in the village is brave enough to say anything against it to him directly. After battling his guard dog, a Garnet Pitbell accompanied by a Dark Scuttlebell, Ring and the Trainee confront him at the Chief's house. Armando himself explains that Dragaux put him in charge of the place and proceeds to battle them, assisted by a Garnet Belldog+ and a Garnet Matta Ray+. Afterwards, Armando is in disbelief for the amount of times he's lost the battles so far and accidentally slips information that Dragaux is toning his arms in the next world, regretting doing so shortly after and as he leaves, the town becomes free from his orders.

In The City of Open Eyes, after Dragaux has been fought, he and the other Four Masters are summoned, only to be in dismay as Dragaux absorbs them for their powers.

The Four Masters return as a spirit in The Land of Hades, with Armando greeting the trainee at Gunsho Temple. He laments on the loss of his muscles now that he is only a ghost, feeling like the many years he spent on them has all gone to waste. He reveals that the only thing he truly wanted was a girlfriend, feeling like there's nothing else special about him unlike the other masters. He hoped to gain attention through building up his biceps and opening up his dojo, only to be met with a feeling of heartache as the only people who arrived were those who wanted to beef up their arms to be like him, instead of secret admirers. Ring takes pity as this is what Dragaux took advantage of, Armando himself admitting that it was his own selfish motive. Nonetheless, he remains confident in his training course and tests the trainee to go through the level with his selection of arm Fit Skills.

Afterwards, Armando comes to realise that there are people out there who love him just the way he is, with many people looking up to him and coming from across the world to train at his dojo. He takes pride in that and asks Ring and the Trainee if they came all the way into Hades to train with him once again, which Ring agrees. He gives the duo some words of encouragement and the Trainee continues their journey.

He and the other Four Masters appear once again at the exit of Hades, ready for one final lesson before the Trainee goes on to fight Dragaux in Finalia. This leads to a battle with all four of them, announcing how they have recognised their weaknesses and are now overcoming them thanks to the help of Ring and the Trainee. Once defeated, together the Four Masters gift the Trainee the Galactic Jogger set and wish them the best of luck.

At the very end of Finalia once Dragaux has been defeated, the spirits of the Four Masters are finally freed from him and they are revived back into the world. Ring is in glee to see them alive again before they all turn to look at Dragaux as all the dark influence vanishes out from him. Together, the Four Masters agree to train with the trainee and Armando becomes their arm trainer.

## Moves

In Flex Dojo, he acts as a miniboss, in which he can:

* Use 1 punch(with long duration and big damage)
* Use 3 punch(each shorter duration and smaller damage)
* Special Attack(If done correctly, it should make Armando lose a good chunk of health)

In Valley of Wishes, he acts as an enemy, along with Abdonis and Allegra, in which he can:

* Use 1 punch(with long duration and big damage)
* Use 4 punch(each shorter duration and smaller damage)
* Special Attack(If done correctly, it should make Armando lose a good chunk of health)

In Land of Hades, he acts as an enemy, along with Abdonis, Allegra, and Guru Andma, in which he can:

* Use 1 punch(with long duration and big damage)
* Use 3 punch(each shorter duration and smaller damage)

## Gallery

Armando before beginning a battle.Armando flexing his muscles during the battle.Defeated.Armando standing on a Matta RayArmando getting disoriented in World 22.
## Trivia

* According to the Fancy Lad in a sidequest, legend has it that Armando passed through all the rings in Aerochute when he was only three years old.
* Armando is the first of The Four Masters to be fought directly in a Fit Battle.