Kevin Maxwell

**Kevin Maxwell** is the current Elemental Master of Fire and one of the five main characters in the second generation of *Ninjago*, appearing as a tritagonist of G2 film *LEGO Ninjago: Journey of Heroes*. He is the leader of King Rainbow as a singer and a guitarist, and dreams to become a radio DJ at StarMate FM, a popular radio in Ninjago City. Kevin inherits the element of Fire after accidentally light up some candles on Amy's 15th birthday.

He is voiced by Bryce Papenbrook.

## Personality

Kevin is a upbeat and sometimes laidback, who loves to listen to music both on radio and his BorgPod. He always obsessed with his favorite radio artist from StarMate FM, DJ Jin. Every time, he plays his favorite music depending on Kevin's preferences. When he started high school, he formed a band called King Rainbow, consisting of him, Ethan, Dexter, Claire and James. He also very hyperactive and a easily excitable when friends came around.

Sometimes, he was very hotheaded and such lack of patience, like when he dislikes downloading new songs at a slower pace and queuing to buy something he wants. He always create an argument with Luca (or sometimes Bryn). He enjoys singing and grooving along with the music.

Being a Fire Ninja, Kevin can eliminate the Geoatomic Rock Monsters by enblazing them. He also solved the riddle in order to retrieve the Gem of Courage. Unlike previous Elemental Masters of Fire, Kevin sometimes use the element by accident, like when he sneezes, Fire releases out.

## Appearance

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## Behind the Scenes

* Bryce Papenbrook, Kevin's voice actor, is best known for voicing Edgar Frost from *Marvel Anime: Blades*, Rin Okumura from *Blue Exorcist*, Kazuto Kirigaya from *Sword Art Online* series, Chooki Mason/Lydendor from *Tenkai Knights*, Red from *Pokémon Origins*, Eren Jaeger from the first 4 seasons of *Attack on Titan* series, Meliodas and Zeldris from *The Seven Deadly Sins*, Lance from *Glitter Force: Doki Doki*, Yo Shindo from *My Hero Academia* and Inosuke Hashiriba from *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba*. He also known for voicing Adrian Agreste/Cat Noir in *Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir* and the current voice for Silver the Hedgehog from *Sonic the Hedgehog* series.
* He has the same hairpiece as Benthomaar, Twitchy Tim, Newbie Gamer and several other WildBrain background characters, originally used on The Joker from *The LEGO Batman Movie*.
	+ In the promotional poster, he uses the same face as Twitchy Tim (abit without a beard), but in other posters, "Ask Ninja", Q&A Sessions and in the film itself, he uses the same face as Newbie Gamer.
* His name was derived from the Irish name Caoimhín, which originated from the elements coém, meaning "handsome" and gein, meaning "birth."
* During the pre-production, he was called Helios, as his name means "the sun god". However, when the movie was revealed on April 2021, his name changed to Kevin as a simple tone and also based on the word "blank".
* He shares his same eyebrows as Aaron Fox from LEGO Nexo Knights toyline, except it was white.

## Trivia

* Kevin lives in Mizurai Village, living in his rich Waterhouse that was opposite to the main coastal area, where Amy lives there.
* His hobbies that he enjoy are listening to pop music, playing his guitar, dancing and singing.
* His favorite subjects are Music and Physics.
* Kevin and Nina are the only two ninja from the B.L.A.N.K. Ninja Squad to have an indirect connection of the source of Elemental Power from the special location; Nina gets her Air powers when she finds out that she can control the clouds on her own while Kevin managed to light up the candles during Amy's birthday.
* Kevin is the third ninja, besides Kai and Nya, able to enter the Boiling Sea, as he was tasked to collect the Gem of Courage.
* His favorite food is Japanese Curry (preferably spicy ones) and army stew. He dislikes jackfruit.
* He likes to play music, showing off his fans and hanging out with his friends that he met.
* Kevin dislikes using Fire powers by accident, long queues and wasting precious time.
* According to Bragi Schut, Kevin actually gain many followers on Chirp due to his music career.
* In the film, one of his favorite songs are Found My Place from *The LEGO Ninjago Movie* and Everything I Need from the 2018 film, *Aquaman*, sung by Skylar Gray.
	+ The latter song is sung by Kevin with his band, in dedication to his close friend Amy after she was "drowned" into the ocean.