Okino

**Okino** (also known as the **Rōnin of Terra Karana**) is a former NPC and a Samurai that guides players to the Pink Key-Tana in Prime Empire. After failing to lead dozens of players to victory, he eventually meets the Ninja, Kaya, the Mane 6 and Spike and promises them that he'll help them complete their quest. However, when he learned that Prime Empire was a game, he became depressed and thought everything he knew was false.

Eventually, when he became friends with the Ninja and the Mane Six and helped them get the Pink Key-Tana, he decided to go on his own adventures after learning that he can make his own decisions.

After Unagami's Manifestation Gate brought Prime Empire's AI into Ninjago, Okino was quick to help the City's citizens under attack by the Whack Rats and Red Visors. He eventually chose to stay in Ninjago, once the conflict was over.

## Depictions in the Series

### Pony Life Shorts

#### Let's Dance!

When Jay, Nya, Pinkie Pie and Rarity were playing Dancy Pants, Okino appeared in one of the video game consoles.

#### Gayle Gossip: A Closer Look

Okino made a cameo when an old commercial of Prime Empire was being shown.

He later appears when someone was playing Prime Empire.

### Sugarcube Gamer

#### The Mysterious Island

Okino appeared in one of the game consoles when Leroy was playing *Prime Empire*. Moments later, he is shown when Leroy reached level thirteen.

#### Okino the Samurai

In the digital world of Prime Empire. Okino had spent his entire existence training around his house in the Forest of Discontent. When gamers started entering Prime Empire, Players came through the Arcade Pod. Okino would treat them as his master and would guide them through the Forest. The first player who came was a cocky newbie gamer who wasted all four of his lives and perished. The ashamed Okino believed he had failed him and put his sword in the ground as a tribute to his fallen master. Over time player after player came and died and Okino put their swords near his house as a memorial. Okino started to lose all hope and stopped training has hard and became lazier. When a successful samurai and his sage master came Okino realised he needed a more positive attitude, So he trained harder awaiting a new gamer. When a adventure-ready woman came, Okino successfully led her through the forest. She made it further then any other of Okino's masters and she made it to the top of the Cliffs of Hysteria but was eaten by a giant bird losing her last life. Okino put her sword into the ground and regretted that he had failed and that his name would be known for failure. He swore not to guide anyone else to their doom. But then the Ninja and the Mane Six came out of the arcade pod and he agreed to help them find the Pink Key-Tana.

#### Terra Karana

Okino guided the Ninja and the Mane Six through the forest until they were ambushed by Whack Rats. The tied up Ritchie and he told them about a glitch they could use to get through the forest. Okino did not understand that Prime Empire was a video game, so he was shocked to see the digital glitch. The Ninja, Kaya, the Mane Six, Spike and Okino entered the glitch and were ambushed by Red Visors as it was a trap set by Ritchie. The Ninja and the Mane Six lost most of their lives, and Okino saved them by fighting off the Red Visors. The Ninja and the Mane Six left the glitch to the end of the forest and Okino came with them. Okino was sad to discover the true nature of his world and the Ninja and Mane Six cheered him up saying he could be a friend of theirs.

#### Labyrinth of the Red Dragon

Okino narrated his story while following the Ninja and the Mane Six into the Maze of the Red Dragon. He guided the Ninja through the maze and spotted out boobytraps. When the Ninja and the Mane Six had to choose between going left or right and asked Okino, Unagami stopped time and confronted Okino. Unagami told him that the Ninja are truthful that Okino is not real, to his sadness.

However, Unagami tells him that he is building a machine that will give Okino a place in Ninjago. Unagami told Okino that the Ninja oppose him and that they must be destroyed. Okino said that would be dishonorable and denied. Unagami claimed that if he helped the Ninja and the Mane Six then he'll stay in Prime Empire forever. Then, time unfroze, and Okino told the Ninja to go left. When they found the Key-Tana, Okino told the Ninja and the Mane Six to sneak up on the Red Dragon, However, Jay failed and the dragon woke up and the Ninja and the Mane Six had to fight it. Unagami stopped time again and asked Okino to be silent and allow the Ninja and the Mane Six to perish. Torn between the two sides, Okino showed the Ninja and the Mane Six the dragon's weak spot. The Ninja and Mane Six attacked it until Jay grabbed the Key-Tana and used it to defeat the Red Dragon. The dragon was reduced to an amulet, and Okino told him that he could use it in a future battle once and only once. Unagami stopped time again and told Okino that the gate would still be opened but swore Okino would never see it. The Ninja and Mane Six told Okino that he could come with them but Okino choose to seek his own adventure. He placed his sword in the ground near his house with the swords of his fallen masters and left to start his own journey.

#### One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Okino appeared in one of the posters that were in Milton Dyer's room.

#### The Speedway Five-Billion

Okino appears in Gamer's Market and smiles when Racer Seven and the Ninja and the Mane Four won the Speedway Five-Billion.

#### The Death of Harmony

Okino hears the shock wave from the Temple of Madness.

#### Final Showdown

Okino enters Ninjago City and defends two civilians from two Whack Rats. He, along with Gayle Gossip and Vinny, find themselves surrounded by Red Visors, only from them to shutdown.

He was not seen returning to Prime Empire, meaning he chose to live in Ninjago like he originally wanted to.

## Appearances

### Pony Life Shorts

* 1. "Let's Dance!"
* 12. "Gayle Gossip: A Closer Look"

### Sugarcube Gamer

* 22. "The Mysterious Island"
* 30. "Okino the Samurai"
* 31. "Terra Karana"
* 32. "Labyrinth of the Red Dragon"
* 33. "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back" (pictured; silhouette)
* 34. "The Speedway Five-Billion"
* 39. "The Death of Harmony"
* 40. "Final Showdown"

## Trivia

* His name may be a reference to the Okinawa Islands.
* After previously identifying as the 'Samurai of Terra Karana', his adventure with the Ninja and the Mane Six, inspired him to find his own path, now calling himself the "Rōnin of Terra Karana".
	+ This is reference to the fact that Rōnin were samurai that served no master.
* He makes a cameo in The Speedway Five Billion, showing relief when the Ninja and Mane Four won the race.
* He and Unagami are the only known Prime Empire characters to appear before the actual Prime Empire video game resurfaced.
* It is unknown if he will return in future seasons, now that he exists in the real world.