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Kano is a character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series.

About Kano

In Mortal Kombat, Kano is one of the incarnations of evil. As a result of an attack by Jax, a portion of Kano's face is covered with a metal plate, and one eye is a glowing infrared orb, which can emit a laser beam during his Fatality. Originally a mercenary and member of the international crime cartel known as the Black Dragon, he rises beyond the level of mere brutality and aggression by also being sly and cunning. It was through his resourcefulness that he convinced Shao Kahn to spare his life, and it was through ruthless ambition that he later ascended to position of general of Outworld's armies. Kano combines all features of a cowardly minion, a lone survivor, a crazed madman and an intelligent commander.

Place of origin

Australia, Earthrealm (see Trivia)

Official debut

Kano made his debut in Mortal Kombat.

Allies and enemies

Allies: Jarek, Kabal The Black Dragon, Shao Kahn, Quan Chi, Shang Tsung.

Enemies: Sonya Blade, US Special Forces, Mavado, The Red Dragon.

Weapon

Kano uses the Butterfly knives in which are two razor sharp knives. Kira follows the same mould as Kano, only she uses Dragon Teeth knives.

Alignment

Evil.

Kombat highlights

• Acting General Of Shao Kahn's armies.
• Loyalist to Shao Kahn.
• Loyalist To both Quan Chi and Shang Tsung.
• Sonya Blade's main enemy.
• Supposed Leader of the Black Dragon clan (in its first existence).
• Former leader of the Black Dragon clan.
• Murderer of Sonya's first partner.

Storyline

Kano and his Black Dragon were originally contracted by Shang Tsung to lure lieutenant Sonya Blade to the Lost Island, where the first Mortal Kombat would be held. How Kano became involved with the Black Dragon or Shang Tsung is unknown. At that time, the Black Dragon was the primary target of the US Special Forces and would remain so for a number of years. Although Kano's mission succeeded, Shang Tsung took him and his arch-rival Sonya to Outworld as hostages. Eventually, both were rescued by Major Jackson Briggs, but before Kano could be arrested, he escaped back into Outworld.

Although most Earthrealm warriors assumed Kano to be dead, he instead managed to save his own life by convincing Shao Kahn to accept him as a weapons instructor for his armies. As a man with a knowledge of Earthrealm weaponry, he was the most suitable candidate. Later, during the events of Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Sonya tossed Kano to his death from the roof of a high building. He was found by Motaro, who healed and imprisoned him. In turn, Motaro was attacked and killed by Sheeva, who freed Kano from his prison. Although they originally conceived of a plan to murder Shao Kahn, Kano turned on Sheeva in the decisive moments, with Sheeva's death as a result. Kano was then hastily promoted to general of Outworld's rapidly shrinking army.

Eventually Kahn's forces were defeated. Earthrealm was free, and so was Edenia.

Shao Kahn's act of promoting Kano, however, proved to be a lucky shot, as Kano appeared to be a very competent general. Even in the face of overwhelming odds and the tactical mastership of Princess Kitana and her Edenian-Shokan army, Kano stood ground and eventually managed to repel the invading army. He returned just in time to Shao Kahn's palace to watch from the shadows as Shang Tsung and Quan Chi sprung their attack on the weakened emperor. As soon as the battle was finished, Kano declared his allegiance to the new rulers of Outworld, the Deadly Alliance.

Measurements

• Height: 5ft 11in (180cm)

Movie appearance

In the first Mortal Kombat movie, Kano was played by the Australian actor Trevor Goddard. In that movie, he was excellently portrayed as the stock character of the dim-witted brute without much refinement. Also in that movie, he was killed by Sonya (she twisted his neck).

Trivia

• Kano's red eye/metal endoskelton revealing is the product of inspiration from The Terminator movies.
• Kano was originally an American who was born in Japan. Trevor Goddard's portrayal in the first movie was so good, that in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance he was retconned as being Australian.
• Kano suffered defeat at the hands of Sonya during the events of Mortal Kombat Trilogy. Ironically, he'd suffer the same fate when he picked a fight with Li Mei and was defeated.
• He is a mercenary who worked as Shao Kahn's general for many years.
• Jarek and Kira use Kano's special moves and abilities (though Kira has her own Fatalities).
• Kano's roll spin was supposedly a mock of Blanka's Rolling Attack (both Blanka and Kano share the same move).

Kombat highlights

• General in Shao Kahn's army.

Memorable fatalities

• Open Heart Surgery/Heart Rip - Kano's signature fatality sees him ripping the heart out of his opponent's chest. Copied several times by other members of the Black Dragon (MK1, MK:DA).
• Laser Beam - Kano shoots a laser beam out of his red eye, which then increases the body temperature of his opponent, resulting in an explosion (MK3).
• Skeleton Rip - Kano rips out his opponent's skeleton with his bare hands (MK3).

• Mortal Kombat characters