Jean Kujo

Jean Kujo
Jean Kujo in Virtua Fighter 5
Profile
Country	France
Fighting Style	Karate
Job	Assassin
Rival(s)	Akira Yuki Goh Hinogami Lion Rafale
Debut	Virtua Fighter 5 R
Voice Actor(s)	Wataru Hatano

Jean Kujo (ジャン 紅條, Jan Kujō) is a French full-contact karateka and a brainwashed assassin for Judgement 6 who debuted in Virtua Fighter 5 R; alongside the return of Taka-Arashi. Jean is a practitioner of some style of Karate and uses many charge-up attacks. He was known as Karateka before his actual name was publicly revealed. He is the second J6 Assassin to be part of the Virtua Fighter roster (after Goh Hinogami).

Story

Virtua Fighter 5 R

One day during their school summer vacation in France, Lion and Jean agreed to a friendly showdown of Tōrō-ken and Karate techniques. Lion showed up on the arranged day but Jean was nowhere to be seen. Setting off to look for him, Lion found that Jean’s house had been completely demolished, and Jean had vanished without a trace…

Years later at the venue of the 5th World Fighting Tournament, Jean was intently watching the preliminary matches. Following Goh Hinogami's defeat at the hands of Jacky Bryant in the Fourth World Fighting Tournament, Jean gets his chance to prove his worth. While taking note of his assassination targets among the martial artists in attendance, he noticed a young man who looked roughly the same age as him. His peculiar style of Chinese kung fu immediately caught Jean’s eye.

Gathering his thoughts, he stepped into the tournament arena. Perhaps the result of years of J6’s brainwashing, Jean’s eyes shone with a sharp, steely confidence as he prepared to face his opponent.

Character Relationships

• Assassin of J6; rival and fellow assassin of Goh Hinogami.
• Childhood friend and main rival of Lion Rafale. However, he appears to have no memory of this due to J6's brainwashing.
• Possible rival of Akira Yuki.

Trivia

• Though Jean is the first character in the series to use pure Karate as a fighting style (Sarah Bryant uses some facets of Karate as well, as a part of her Mixed Martial Arts), Karate was originally given to a cut character meant to appear in the first game, who was planned to be a Japanese college student named Takeru Ryushoji.
• His file code is "KRT", referring to his fighting style, Karate.
• Jean is the only character to debut in Virtua Fighter 5 R, thus making him the only character to debut solo in a Virtua Fighter game. However, his arrival was accompanied with the return of Taka-Arashi.
• Jean is the only character not originating from East Asia in the series to speak Japanese. This is possibly due to the fact that he is of Japanese descent (he has a Japanese surname written in kanji '紅條'). In the intro to Ultimate Showdown however, his name uses English text instead of using Japanese text, due to his non-Japanese nationality.
• In the Yakuza/Like a Dragon collaboration pack in VF5: Ultimate Showdown, Jean is given Akira Nishikiyama's outfit (which turns his hair black like Nishiki's).
• In the Tekken 7 collaboration pack in VF5: Ultimate Showdown, Jean is given Jin Kazama's costume.

Quotes

Pre-Fight

• 最強の格闘技を教えてやろ…空手だよ。(Saikyō-no kakutōgi-wo oshiete yaro… Karate da-yo.) — I'll tell you what the strongest martial art is… It's Karate.
• お前を絶望で満たしてやる！(Omae-wo zetsubō-de mitashite yaru!) — I'll fill your life with despair!
• ご卓話いい…来い。(Gotaku-wa ii… Koi.) — Shut your mouth… and bring it.
• フォアグラにしてやる！(Foagura-ni shite-yaru!) — I'll pound you into foie gras! (VF5FS, VF5US)

During Fights

• 壊れろ！(Kowarero!) — I'll break you!
• くたばる！(Kutabaru!) — Die!
• いてぞ！(Itezo) — This is gonna hurt.

Victory

• いつでも相手になってやるさ。(Itsudemo aite-ni natte-yaru-sa.) — I'll take you on anytime.
• 結局オレが一番だぜ。(Kekkyoku ore-ga ichiban-da ze.) — Looks like I'm the best after all.
• 廃つく ばってろう！(Haitsuku batte-ro!) — Stay down there! (VF5R)
• 残念だったな、凡人くん。(Zan'nen datta-na, bonjin-kun.) — Too bad for you, peasant. (VF5FS, VF5US)

Item Victory

• 大したことねえな。(Taishita koto nee-na.) — You're nothing special at all. -w/ Glass Bottle
• もっと美しい戦いがしたい。(Motto utsukushii tatakai-ga shitai.) — I want a more refined match. -w/ Kiku-Ichimonji Sword
• 空地ほどにもない。(Kūchi hodo-ni-mo nai.) — You didn't live up to all the hype. -w/ Tonfas, Flag
• 決まったな。(Kimatta-na.) — Nailed it. -Stone Lantern
• 勝負あったの？(Shōbu atta-no?) — Was that even a fight? -w/ Ball

Losing

• ばかな！なぜ負けた？！糞！失敗かい？情けない…(Baka-na! Naze maketa?! Kuso! Shippai-kai? Nasakenai…) — This can't be! How did I lose?! Damn! I've failed? How pathetic...

Second Chance

• 次は仕留める！(Tsugi-wa shitomeru!) — This time the match is as good as won!

Videos

Jean Kujo/Videos

Gallery

Jean Kujo/Gallery