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| Kano | |||||||||
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| Hands gentle enough to crush a butterfly. | |||||||||
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| 1st appearance: | Ghosts of the Sargasso | ||||||||
| Voice Artist: | Christopher McCulloch | ||||||||
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Kano is master of the martial arts who was a member of Jonas Venture's original Team Venture. His hands are strong enough to crush a boulder, yet gentle enough to crush a butterfly (yet not strong or gentle enough to beat Brock.) His skilled hands also make him very adept at origami. His strength is punctuated by the fact that he never speaks. Despite his racial handicap, he is also a crackerjack pilot, evidently able to land the X-1 on a puffin, or even a smurf.
In spite of his age, Kano is still a fierce combatant. He and the also mature Action Man were adequate to take out four of Mike Sorayama's Leslie-bots bare handed. At his prime he was most likely stronger then even Brock.
In flashbacks, he seems to be the one to take care of young Rusty Venture, Jonas' son, which seems like an odd job for someone with his immense strength and talents.
During the events of Orb, Kano speaks and reveals that he had taken a vow of silence in mourning for his ultimate betrayal of a great man. This betrayal may be the possible murder, or failure to murder, the late Dr. Jonas Venture, in order to prevent the activation of an artifact of unspeakable power.
Also: he breathes fire. This was revealed to be a tie-in to his name, his full name being Vol-Kano.
