Kouga

Kouga
Japanese	コウガ
Rōmaji	Kouga
Gender	Male
Team	Chess Pieces
Class	Knight
ÄRMs	Daimonji Centipede Smokescreen Sand Hell Kung Fu Frog Crow Tengu
Seiyū (Japanese)	Daisuke Gouri

Kouga (コウガ, Kouga) is a member of the Chess Pieces and the largest and the weakest of the Knights.

Personality

He is sensitive about his ugliness, due to which as a child he was "treated miserably" as he puts it. He used the bullying to motivate himself to become strong enough to crush the people who did it to him. Because of his ugliness, he hates handsome boys such as Alviss, claiming that they don't have the face of a truly strong man.

He has a high opinion of himself, often referring to himself as "Ore-sama," Japanese for "The Great Me," or "Lord Me" despite the fact that out of all the Knights he is the weakest.

History

Six-Year Interlude

Kouga was present at Phantom's revival.

Second Great MÄR-Heaven War

War Games

Kouga is seen with the other Knights after the 3rd Round.

After the fifth round, the Knights are called into Phantom's room for a meeting. Phantom then specified that the only Knight who needed to be punished was Rapunzel, for her senseless murder spree of Chess teammates during the fourth round. Phantom offered her a chance to save herself by dueling against a Rook named Ian.

Kouga and his fellow Knights go outside to the surface below where the castle floated to observe the duel between Rapunzel and Ian. Ian effortlessly brushes off Rapunzel's attacks and immediately kills her with one attack. Phantom promotes Ian to the Knight class, taking Rapunzel's position, and hands him the Knight pierce. Ian turns to the other Knights and announces his intentions as a new Knight to kill whichever one of them hurt his beloved.

Round 6

After Alan's defeat the second battle sets up. Alviss enters the ring to face the Chess, the knight Kouga volunteers to be Alviss's opponent commenting not likely Alviss's pretty face. As they square up for battle Kouga towers over Alviss. Kouga taunts Alviss calling him a shrimp and commenting that Kouga is gonna kick Alviss's ass. At the start of battle Kouga summons his Weapon ÄRM, Daimonji, a large shuriken with five blades. As Kouga rushes in for the attack Alvis equips his 13 Totem Rod and not only defends himself from every attack Kouga throws but also attacks Kouga and causes Daimonji to fly out of Kouga's hand. Alviss having eyes full of focus and confidence annoys Kouga and Kouga comments that Alviss's eyes and pretty face fill Kouga with hate. Kouga activates his Dimension ÄRM, Sand Hell, turning the ground Alviss is standing on to become like quicksand, slowly sucking Alviss into it. Kouga stops Alviss from sinking so Kouga can toy with Alviss for a bit and activates his Weapon ÄRM, Centipede. The ÄRM covers Kouga's entire left arm in a centipede like body and begins to attack Alviss. Alviss takes several of the attacks from Kouga's weapon.

Kouga then explains why pretty boys like Alviss disgust him and he removes his mask revealing his ugly face. Kouga comments that because he is ugly he has an overwhelming desire to kill people like Alviss who were blessed with good looks. Alviss sneers at Kouga and comments that Kouga is ugly in boy face and heart and that he deserves to die. This enrages Kouga who once again attacks Alviss with his Centipede weapon. Alviss closes his eyes and thrust his Totem Rod right through the center of the Centipede destroying it instantly surprising Kouga. Alviss then slams the Totem Rod into the ground and extends it lifting Alviss out of the Sand Hell quicksand and onto solid ground.

Alviss informs Kouga that he could have escaped whenever the need called for it and goes on to insist that Kouga's power isn't that of the rest of the knights. Alviss goes further that Kouga's power is lower than that of the knight rank and that Kouga is in fact weaker than Rapunzel. An angry Kouga comments that he is gonna kick Alviss's ass and uses the Nature ÄRM, Smokescreen, to cover the entire area in a gray haze. Kouga taunts Alviss that not only is Alviss's sight useless but that the smokescreen also hides magic power as well. From the grey mist Kouga's fist appears and hits Alviss square in the jaw. Kouga, angry about being called weak, launches several more physical attacks from the haze each impacting Alviss. Alviss grins despite the slough of attacks and comments he's not one to give up and that the battle will end with Alviss's next attack. Kouga summons his Guardian ÄRM, Kung Fu Frog. Now sitting atop his Guardian, Kouga wonders if Alviss still has the power to deal with him. Kouga gloats that his Guardian is an expert in martial arts and that it'll beat Alviss to a pulp.

Alviss digs in his pocket and pulls out the new ÄRM he got from Caldea and activates his Guardian ÄRM, Á Bao A Qu, a giant eye surrounded by a formless darkness. Everyone from Team MÄR comments on Alviss's new ARM but Dorothy is familiar with it and comments that Kouga won't be able to run away. Kouga genuinely afraid of Alviss's guardian orders Kung Fu Frog to attack Alviss while he's unable to move. Before Kouga can act though Á Baoa Qu encases both Kouga and his guardian in a sphere where they begin to ascend to the air. Alviss ask if Kouga has any last words. Kouga, now terrified, bangs on the walls of the sphere and begs him to stop and that pretty boys are supposed to be kind. At Alviss's command an explosion occurs within the sphere engulf both of the occupants. Kouga's bloodied body falls from the sky and crashes to the ground below. Alviss mentions that he won't kill Kouga because it's just not worth it. At this the battle is over and Alviss is made the victor. This ties round 6 at 1-1 for both the Chess and Team MAR.

After the War Games

Kouga later reappears with Pinocchion and Girom in a mission to kidnap Caldea's Grand Elder, and is later defeated by Dorothy and Ginta Toramizu.

He is last seen atop Kung Fu frog in a natural hot spring with Pinocchion and Girom, discussing battle strategies.

ÄRMs

Despite how both his magical powers and ÄRM strength are more along Bishop class, Kouga rose to Knight Class due his high level of endurance, enabling him to take very little damage to powerful attacks. Kouga mostly utilizes ninja-themed Weapon ÄRMs:

• Daimonji: A Weapon ÄRM that forms a giant, five-bladed shuriken. Kouga uses this in hand-to-hand combat.
• Centipede: A Weapon ÄRM that turns into a huge centipede attached to the user's hand to attack.
• Smokescreen: A Nature ÄRM which creates gray mist that can hide almost anything, even magic power.
• Sand Hell: A Dimension ÄRM that creates quicksand around his opponent's feet.
• Kung Fu Frog: A Guardian ÄRM that summons a huge red frog to attack with martial arts. Its speed is said to be in the top class among Guardians.
• Crow Tengu: A Guardian ÄRM that summons a small crow that flies around the enemy at a blinding speed.