Ken Ichijouji

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## Ken Ichijouji

* Current
* Female

### Title

Crown Prince Ken of Japan and Friendship
Element holder of Magic
Crest holder of Kindness
Digimon Emperor (デジモンカイザー, *Dejimon Kaizā*, lit. "Digimon Kaiser") (Formerly)
King of Darkness (闇の王, *Yami no Ō*) (Formerly)

### Alias

Kanya Ichijouji (一乗寺勘谷, *Ichijōji Kanya*) (Former name)
Scrumptious Curvy Cutie (By Devilon)
Curvy Cutie (By Devilon)
You-Know-Who (By Orbulon)
Cutie (By Devilon)
Pretty Pearl (By Devilon)
Precious Prince (By Devilon)
Lovely Lemon (By Devilon)
Sweet Ken (By Devilon)
Beautiful Boy (By Devilon)
Kitten (by Bakugo)

### Inspiration

Twilight Sparkle
Fluttershy
Snow White from The Brothers Grimm
Cream the Rabbit
Bloom from *Winx Club*
Iris
Ruby Rose
Ren Amamiya
Sora
Raven Queen
Frankie Stein
Tohru Honda
Adora
Yayoi Kise
The Pink Pretty Cure Leaders
Carly Shay from *iCarly*
Tinkerbell from Disney Fairies
Atsushi Nakajima

## Profile

### Age

13 (Debut)
14 (Seasons 4-5)
15 (Current)

### Likes

Soccer, chess, martial arts (Specifically judo), animals, programming, language class, kindness, perfume, flowers, nature, ice skating, psychology, justice, BTS, heavy metal and rock music, helping others, the color purple, magic, the outdoors, adventures, ballet, Tchaikovsky's music, snow

### Dislikes

Perverts, being teased (Sometimes/depending on the situation), disrespect for nature, being clumsy, being doubted, making mistakes, breaking promises, loved ones in danger, being betrayed, rudeness, letting loved ones down

## Professional Status

### Occupation

Middle School Student (Formerly)
DigiDestined (Formerly)
Prince
Spring Lord
Keyblade Wielder

### Affiliation

Sohma Family
The Prismatic (Leader)
DigiDestined (Formerly)
Castle of Magic
Crystal Princes

### Team

**KKRE*** Kyo Sohma
* Rody Soul
* Edric Blight

### Powers and abilities

Martial Arts
Chess
Intelligence
Sports

### Paraphernalia

Black D-3 with a gray center (Dark blue and green when DNA digivolving)
Black Smartphone Digivice
Keyblade

## Relationships

### Parents

Vincent Brooks (Biological Father)
Rin (Stepmother)
Mika Jiro (Biological Mother)

### Siblings

Emma (Adoptive Younger Sister)
Kyoka Jiro (Older Half-Sister)
Ren Amamiya (Older Half-Brother)
Futaba Sakura (Older Adoptive Sister)
Ryūko Matoi (Adoptive Older Sister)
Satsuki Kiryūin (Adoptive Older Sister)

### Other relatives

Archangel (Stepuncle)
Yukichi Fukuzawa (Stepfather-in-law)
Kazuma Sohma (Adoptive Father-in-law)
Yorrick Sohma (Father-in-law)
Anzu Sohma (Mother-in-law) †
Karma Akabane (Brother-in-law)
Rena Ryuugu (Adoptive Sister-in-law)
Ranpo Edogawa (Adoptive Stepbrother-in-law)
Ryuji Sakamoto (Brother-in-law)
Emica Sakamoto (Niece)
Cameron Sakamoto (Nephew)
Karin Amamiya (Niece)
Mitsuki Amamiya (Niece)
Eddie Soul (Father-in-law)
Unnamed Mother-in-law †
Rumiko Chie (Stepmother-in-law)
Roro Soul (Brother-in-law)
Lala Soul (Sister-in-law)
Asia Soul (Sister-in-law)
Alador Blight (Father-in-law)
Darius Deamonne (Father-in-law)
Amity Blight (Sister-in-law)
Emira Blight (Sister-in-law)

### Partner(s)

Kyo Sohma (Husband)
Rody Soul (Husband)
Edric Blight (Husband)
Tohru Honda (Girlfriend)
Martin Mystery (Boyfriend)
Isuzu Sohma (Girlfriend)
Félix Fathom (Boyfriend)
Sōma Yukihira (Boyfriend)
Akame (Girlfriend)
Izuku Midoriya (Boyfriend)
Davis Motomiya (Boyfriend)
Conner Kent (Boyfriend)
Penny Polendina (Crush)
Katsuki Bakugo (Boyfriend)
Denki Kaminari (Boyfriend)
Morgana (Boyfriend)
Nagisa Shiota (Boyfriend)
Tamaki Suoh (Ex-Fiancé)
Alois Trancy (Crush)
Yuma Isogai (Crush)
Sora (Boyfriend)
Toru Hagakure (Girlfriend)
Rachel "Ray" Gardner (Crush)

### Children

Mochi Sohma (Daughter)
Sakuya Sohma (Daughter)
Asuka Soul (Daughter)
Katashi Soul (Son)
Benjamin Fairest (Adoptive Son)

### Other relationships

Rem (Maid)
Ram (Maid)
Sōma Yukihira (Chef)
Kazuto Kirigaya (Knight)
Asuna Yuuki (Knight)
Eugeo (Knight)
Alice Zuberg (Knight)

## Voice Actors

### English

Derek Stephen Prince
Caitlin Glass (Female)

### Other VA's

Eduardo Dascar (Brazilian Portuguese)
Samuel Harjanne (Finnish)
Benjamin Rivera (Spanish)
Leo Hallerstam (Swedish)

**Ken Ichijouji** (一乗寺 賢, *Ichijōji Ken*) is the main protagonist of the series.

Formerly introduced as the devious **Digimon Emperor** (デジモンカイザー, *Dejimon Kaizā*, lit. "Digimon Kaiser"), Ken works hard to try and atone for his wicked acts and eventually is helped along the way by Davis Motomiya and the others. He is the current holder of the element of **Magic** and the prince of friendship.

He is the first official member of the Crystal Prince line-up.

## Description

### Appearance

Ken is an extremely handsome and attractive teenage boy that has a feminine appearance with dark blue hair that is straight and rather long, reaching his chin in the front and slightly shorter in the back and blue eyes.

When Ken was formerly female, he was a beautiful teenage girl with long hair and medium sized breasts.

He is usually seen wearing Tamachi Elementary School's uniform: a grey gakuran-style jacket with the school symbol on the collar, grey pants and black shoes. He is sometimes seen without the jacket, wearing a white button-up shirt with long sleeves and the Tamachi Elementary School symbol on the left breast.

As the Digimon Emperor, Ken sports spiky hair in varying shades of blue and light blue, which looks very similar to Sam's. He wears yellow sunglasses with purple lenses, a blue, gray and white jumpsuit, black shoes, cuffs on his wrists and ankles, a dark gray belt with a yellow buckle on it, and also a blue cape with a yellow lining that looks very much like insect wings, with golden-yellow shoulder pads.

During winter, he wears a warm sweater with a dark blue top, and a light blue bottom, and a purple lozenges pattern in the middle. He also wears a light green button-up shirt, white pants, black socks, and red shoes with black laces and grey soles.

When young, he wears a pink T-shirt with a blue collar and sleeve ends, green shorts, white socks, and turquoise shoes with white soles.

### Personality

#### Ken

Ken, in his core, is a sweet and kind person. He is polite and courteous towards others, and has a gentle spirit. However, he is haunted by the death of his older brother, Sam, and later by his actions as the Digimon Emperor. His guilt and his desire to make sure no one else suffers because of him causes him to be self-sacrificing and believe he doesn't deserve happiness. As the DigiDestined, primarily Davis Motomiya, welcome him into their group, he opens up and begins to smile more. Ken has a blunt and sassy side to him, which he only shows with people he is comfortable with like his mother and Davis.

Ken is very intelligent and athletic. Under the Dark Spore's influence, he became a top-level computer programmer and soccer player, and also excelled in activities like chess and judo. Even without said influence, Ken has good grades and is better at soccer than a talented player like Davis. Ken knows how to speak some Spanish, allowing him to communicate easily with Rosa in Mexico.

Ken is notable among the main 02 DigiDestined for being the only "new" member in that generation to own an original Digivice that later turned into a D-3, as well as the only one to have a crest of his own. Because of this, it is somewhat implied that Ken was intended to be a DigiDestined similar to the original eight.

Throughout the course of the series, Ken becomes braver, kinder, but still very sensitive at all times. He also seems to have a flirty side to him, along with a bit of seriousness at times.

#### Digimon Emperor

As the Digimon Emperor, Ken is cold, cruel and sadistic, enjoying nothing more than causing pain to Digimon and making them suffer for his amusement. He also acquired a very superficial concept of things, believing that 'big is strong and small is weak' and judging only appearances, which is why he didn't even bother to digivolve Wormmon, considering him weak and insignificant. This persona was fueled by the Dark Spore embedded in his neck, which corrupted him when it was activated in the Dark Ocean.

Unlike his original self, Digimon Emperor doesn't care for Wormmon (his best friend). He is willing to destroy the Digidestined and their Digimon partners with his created Digimon Kimeramon. He thought the Digital World was a video game and the creatures there were just data, not living beings. Thus, he never thought he was causing real suffering to innocent lives.

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

**Martial Arts:** Ken is very skilled in martial arts, such as judo for example.

## Etymology

* Ichijouji (一乗寺, ***Ichijouji***). Japanese surname that means "first temple".
* Ken (賢, ***Ken***). Masculine Japanese name that means "intelligent". This is a reference to Ken's intelligence.

## Trivia

* Ken joked about him and Howl being related due to them looking a lot like each other, but it is unknown if they are TRULY related or not.
* It's later revealed that the creator had made him the protagonist because when she first watched *Digimon 02*, she was so fascinated with the backstory and became attached to Ken that she wanted him to have a storyline of his own.
	+ Originally, she was gonna have Kari Kamiya as the protagonist along with Touya Kinomoto.
* He is the first DigiDestined to visit the Dark Ocean.
* Ken is inspired by many other characters and protags:
	+ Princess Twilight Sparkle for intelligence, royalty, shy personality and struggles as a leader.
	+ Fluttershy for shy and kind-hearted personality. As well as love of animals and element/crest signatures.
	+ Snow White for beauty, kindness, and love for animals. And many more.