Kai Akane

Kai Akane is a recurring character in *Daniel Kravitz, Chosen One*, a segment of *It's All Been Done Radio Hour*. Kai is a people pleaser, rule follower, and a suck-up. Or so he seems. He has a hidden agenda. He is not physically attractive, at least according to Madison Maguire.

**First appearance:** *Daniel Kravitz, Chosen One* #3.02 "Mind If I Smoke?"

**Number of appearances:** 5 (as of August 2020)

**Actor:** Sam Clements

## **Early Life**

Kai is of Japanese descent and can recognize the language, but speaks English with no accent.

## **Time in the U.L.P.**

Kai was one of fifteen trainees who lived in dorms and took classes at the U.L.P. ranch in Kalispell, Montana in 2019. His assigned room was in The Woodchipper, where he lived with Corey Addison and Stephanie Garcia ("Mind If I Smoke?"). He was the one who originally suggested digitizing the U.L.P.'s records, a plan the leadership enacted ("Ready Player Chosen One").

Kai was nervous about Corey's plan to summon an enenra, but was pressured into participating so he couldn't go tattle on his roommates to the leadership. Once the being came about, though, Kai fled immediately and sought help from Abby Reynolds and Voldare ("Mind If I Smoke?"). After the incident, he didn't spend much time with Corey ("Recall Me, Maybe").

Daniel Kravitz liked how Kai got his sarcasm, but was annoyed by his butt-kissing, and so didn't take him on missions ("Jant Braidley"). Kai did go with Rufus Reginald Rochester and Grezit the Green when Idaho was threatened by a cross-species creature ("Punch").

Over time, Kai appeared to bond with fellow trainees, even getting involved in a debate as to whether Daniel or Geralt from *The Witcher* would win in a fight. Kai argued for Daniel, praising his efficiency with weapons and martial arts, though admitted Geralt had a cooler title. Kai laughed off Geralt's sidekick as "just a bard." He also said *The Witcher* books were way better than the movie. When the debate turned to who was the better mentor, Rufus Reginald Rochester or Giles from *Buffy the Vampire Slayer*, Kai chose Giles ("Daniel Kravitz of Antique Shop vs. Geralt of Rivia").

Instead, Kai worked a lot with The Oracle. He wasn't technologically saavy, but monitored it for magic incidents and communications, and possible interactions on the base itself ("Witch Hunt"). This allowed him to receive and delete Alexis Augustus Armentrout's call back into base when his fellows didn't know where he had gone ("Deceit of Clay").

Kai was trusted by Abby to set up and run a lie detector machine while she interrogated the person who looked like Josh Wallace ("Witch Hunt"). But he took a chance in trusting that unknown Not-Josh when he covertly did not hook him up to a tractor battery, and asked the man's true identity once Abby left the room ("Deceit of Clay").

Kai knew that since Alexis was reaching out again, it was only a matter of time before his cover was blown, deleting the message only delaying things. So he went into hiding, deciding his work was done, especially as an attack on the ranch was imminent. Before he left the ranch completely, he did stop by to free Not-Josh, hoping Not-Josh would kill many in the group and expressing hope Not-Josh would succeed in his mission. Not-Josh thought this was so only because it would serve Kai's purpose. Kai also says the next time he sees Not-Josh, he'll have to kill him. Parts of this conversation indicate Kai may be wrong about Not-Josh's real identity.

The above incidents reveal Kai to have infiltrated the ranch as a mole, and that his bumbling behavior has been an act. Not-Josh mentions Kai is acting on behalf of "her" ("Maneuvers"), which turns out to be Ragina. Kai's final act before leaving the ranch was to enact a spell that would suck everyone into a computer game, although it only ended up catching Daniel, Rufus, Grezit, and Not-Josh ("Ready Player Chosen One").

Before leaving, Kai gave a key and a gun to Fran so she could escape ("With Great Power...").

## **Trivia**

* Casey May was originally cast in the role of Kai, but missed the performance due to a personal emergency. Sam Clements, on hand to guest star as Admiral Landau in *Universe Journey*, was chosen by writer/director of the episode Nick Arganbright to step into the role.