Van

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*"An energetic young boy fit to be the hero of a kids' manga. He hates losing, and always wants to stand out from the crowd. Playing or battling, he always gives it his all."*

**Van** is one of the eight main characters in *Ninjala*. He was sought out to be trained as a ninja in exchange for the WNA taking care of his father, who was critically injured in an ambush. Van is currently training under Genryusai's supervision, and is helping to investigate strange happenings in Eagle CIty involving Space Ninja.

## Appearance

Van is a young, fair-skinned boy with freckles on his face and green eyes. His hair sticks straight up and is divided into purple and white, his eyebrows being purple. He wears a thick orange and white hooded T-shirt with a red puffy vest on top, which has a WNA pin attached on the left side. He has two white and red-striped armbands on each wrist. He also wears dark blue jeans that are rolled up, with bright red and blue shoes with white laces and soles.

## Personality

Van is a child prodigy, described as an energetic, cheerful boy that is also a powerful basketball player because of his physical abilities. He is brave but capricious and competitive, for example, when he wins a game, he displays overwhelming confidence in his abilities and suggests he might have a bit of an ego and is eager to show off his talent. It is mentioned that he hates losing, and emotes offered in the Specialty Shop suggest he has bad sportsmanship, as one shows him giving a taunting peace sign and another shows him having a supposed tantrum on the ground.

He also doesn't seem to take his ninja training too seriously, only caring more for the "cool" aspects of it. When studying important scrolls, he falls asleep, but he enjoys the more active parts of being a ninja.

## Story

### Awaken, Young Van!

In the third episode of the Ninjala (anime), Van asks his mother if his father could make it to his "next game". This implies that Van is a part of an established, official team, rather than just playing with his friends.

During the episode, Van feels something is wrong and goes to his father's house late at night to see if he's alright. However, an enemy ninja Van's father was engaging threw a fire-producing bomb into his house, setting it on fire while Van was inside. As a result, a canoe tied to the ceiling via a rope collapses as the rope burns, forcing Van's father to jump in the way to avoid Van getting crushed. After shoving the ninja gum in his pocket into Van's mouth, Van feels a rush of power that blows out all the fire around them, leaving the building crumbled. Van's father collapses, prompting he and Van to be rushed to the hospital. Once there, Master Genryusai beckons Van into becoming a ninja, in exchange for protection over his father. Naturally, Van agrees immediately.

### Story Mode: Chapter Two

Van is training with Gumchi when Kappei enters the dojo looking for his lioncloth, which Gumchi is wearing around his head like a bandana. They have a brief fight before Genryusai breaks it up just as Berecca arrives.

## Trivia

* Van was the most used male character for promotional material, especially earlier years of the game, alongside Berecca, who is the most used female character for promotional material.
* Van can be seen as one of the four characters playable in the Tokyo Game Show 2018 demo, alongside Berecca, Ron, and Lucy.
	+ A palette swap of Van acting as a placeholder for Player 5 was also present. The "character" was named Hazu.
* Van is shown in the Ninjala Story Mode to occasionally fumble up his words for those that sound similar, producing odd or funny sentences.
* Van is a descendant of the real life Koga ninja clan.

# The purple streak in Van's hair appears to be a trait his family shares, as his mother and father all have similar purple streaks in their hair. It's not known if this streak is natural or dyed on.

* In the game's shop, Van is the male model for the WNA brand.
* If Genunsai and Genryusai are related, than that means Van and Kappei could be cousins.

## Gallery

* 3D Model
* Official Art
* Cartoon
* Anime
* Manga
* Misc
Van's render.Van getting attacked by Berecca.Van and Gumchi in the Utsusemi Master shinobi card.Van with a puff of smoke around him.Van eating donuts with Gumchi.Van playing basketball with Berecca.Van slacking on his ninja studies.Van sticker doing taunting pose.