Kano

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Kano
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Age:35
Height:5'10
Weight:200
Resides: Outworld
Origins: Earthrealm
Fraction: Black Dragon Clan​

Kano is the leader of the Black Dragon organization, a criminal empire of cut-throat madmen. Making his first chronological appearance in Mortal Kombat: Special Forces, he freed fellow Black Dragon cohorts No Face, Tasia, Jarek and Tremor from a U.S. Special Forces security facility, under the pretense that they would reform the Black Dragon organization. In reality, he intended to use them as pawns to slow down any Special Forces agents who might pursue him. Annihilating an entire squad at the site of the prison break, he and his cohorts escaped.Kano's vs in MK3,UMK3,MKT
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With his Black Dragon associates given their assigned tasks, Kano headed to Outworld where he recovered the Eye of Shitian, an artifact through which he would acquire incredible power. Unfortunately for him, however, Major Jackson Briggs had overcome his accomplices and caught up to him. The two fought, and Kano was defeated. Jax used the eye to transport them back to Earthrealm, and proceeded to bring Kano into custody, though Kano escaped soon after.
He entered Shang Tsung's Mortal Kombat tournament after hearing rumors that Tsung's palace was filled with gold and other riches: Kano intended to steal them for the Black Dragon. At that time, the Black Dragon was the primary target of the U.S. Special Forces and would remain so for a number of years. He was pursued by Lt. Sonya Blade, who held a personal grudge against Kano because he had killed a former partner of Sonya's. While Kano was free to take part in the tournament of his own accord, Sonya and her unit were captured by Shang Tsung's minions. Tsung offered Sonya an ultimatum: compete in Mortal Kombat, or she and her unit would be executed. If she won, they would all be free to go. Sonya and Kano survived the tournament but many others died, including Sonya's men. After the final battle between Shang Tsung and Liu Kang, Kano teamed up with Sonya and Johnny Cage to fight Goro. During the battle, the island began to crumble because of Shang Tsung's defeat and before they knew it, Kano and Sonya found themselves in a forest in Outworld. They were found and captured by Shang Tsung. Eventually, Sonya was rescued by Jax who subsequently arrested Kano, but before he could be taken back into custody, he escaped once again to 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 surmised 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 hatched a plan to murder Shao Kahn, Kano turned on Sheeva in the decisive moments, with Sheeva's wounds. 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 was 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 to Shao Kahn's palace just in time 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. The two had Kano oversee the enslavement of a small village, who would construct a temple over Onaga's tomb to house the Soulnado. During its construction, Kano was personally assaulted by Li Mei, but Quan Chi intervened.

His intervention was due in no part for any particular affinity for the criminal, however. The Alliance had made a deal with the Red Dragon member Mavado; he would eliminate the swordsman Kenshi in exchange for the opportunity to fight and defeat Kano. Mavado attacked and left Kenshi for dead, earning his battle.

It would seem that Mavado won the fight, as in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, Kano is found by Taven to have been held prisoner by the Red Dragon Clan for quite some time. Before escaping their facilities, Kano explains to Taven that the Red Dragon had been experimenting on him, as well as their own clan members, in an effort to create real-life genetically engineered Dragons and Human-Dragon Hybrids, Kano mentions that they were trying "something new" on him, although he leaves before he elaborates on what that "something" is.

In his Armageddon ending, when Kano defeats Blaze, the transformation completes and he becomes a reptilian black dragon

Signature Moves
Cannonball: (MK, MK3, UMK3, MKT, MK:DA, MK:SM, MK:A, MKvs.DCU, MK 2011
Knife Throw: (MK, MK3, UMK3, MKT, MKvs.DCU, MK 2011)
Air Throw: (MK3, UMK3, MKT, MK 2011)
Chokehold: (MK3, UMK3, MKT, MKvs.DCU, MK 2011)
Eye Laser: (MK:DA, MK:A, MKvs.DCU)
Fist of Power: (MK:A)

Fatalities
(MK, MKT, MK:SM, MK 2011)
Laser: (MK3, UMK3, MKT)
Skeleton Rip: (MK3, UMK3, MKT)
Knife Toss: (MKvs.DCU)

Other Finishers
Friendship:Bubble pop (MK3, UMK3, MKT)
Animality: Tarantula(MK3, UMK3, MKT)​
 
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I hope they include his Vertical Canonball and his Knife Uppercut in MK9.
I hope they fuk that laser eye shit off also.
 
I'm pretty sure the people who played the PAX East demo stated something about the upwards cannonball in his move list...

Knife uppercut I'm not so sure about, because he already has a launch combo.

Kano is looking more ruthless and cutthroat than ever before.
 
So just how much of kano is actually cyborg? i always thought the plate on his face was something put over his face, but in later games, its obvious its under his skin. I'm just wondering if Kano is actually a cyborg or what.
 
So just how much of kano is actually cyborg? i always thought the plate on his face was something put over his face, but in later games, its obvious its under his skin. I'm just wondering if Kano is actually a cyborg or what.

Good question. Is Kano supposed to be the like the Terminator? I wouldn't like that. I'd rather it just be something he replaced his damaged eye with.

Kano's sweet though.
 
make the K A N a lil brighter and an outline of the skull and i think you have a perfect sig :D
 
So just how much of kano is actually cyborg? i always thought the plate on his face was something put over his face, but in later games, its obvious its under his skin. I'm just wondering if Kano is actually a cyborg or what.

he lost his eye fighting with jax he isn't the terminator or anything he just has an implant there

I believe in the new MK we will find out that his faceplate isn't the only cyber enhancement: look at those wires on his arm, plus that would explain how he does the cannonball.

And yes, he has the vertical cannonball, and I think even a downward air cannonball!
 
What would u guys think if they made Kano into a cyborg? With cyber zero cyrax, sector, smoke, I wouldn't put it past them.

I personally wouldn't like it as part of the story but would b cool as an alternate char.
 
What would u guys think if they made Kano into a cyborg? With cyber zero cyrax, sector, smoke, I wouldn't put it past them.

I personally wouldn't like it as part of the story but would b cool as an alternate char.

I was already done with just Cyrax and Sektor, so it would have sucked!
 
I hate Kano as a character, but I love him as a fighter.

Really has a great set of moves.
 
Kan always reminded me of Arnold Schwarzeneger as the Terminator. But he is a pretty solid character, and his flip thing is really annoying, btw.
 
Kano is pretty cool in MK9; I loved using his choke move since MK3; its one of my fav moves in the whole MK series. :) I like his fatalities in MK9 though; it more than makes up for his ummm, lets call them "finishing moves" in MK vs DC. I especially like his "Heartbreak" fatality.
 
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