**Gender**: Male
**Hair Color**: Brown (2003 anime), blonde (2017 anime & manga)
**Eye Color**: Brown (2003 anime), blue (2017 anime)

The original Kino was a young man who traveled by the same three-day rule that the main character, [Kino](https://anilist.co/character/87/Kino), does. His arrival in Land of Adults sparks the beginning of the story, and is Kino's inspiration to travel after they attempt to discover his past. Kino often make statements similar to the original Kino's and even quotes him on occasion.

Kino is a tall and very thin man when he arrived at Land of Adults. They note that he arrived on foot, and while ridiculed by the guards, he appeared to display immerse dignity. His first appearance shows him disheveled, wearing a black jacket with a long, dusty brown coat, with a tattered backpack. He also wore boots that the young Kino had never seen before. They note that his cheeks were sunken, and that due to the guards' ridicule, white insect powder clung to his hair. They also state that they are unable to understand the language that he sings in, and that he does so quite poorly.

Kino lived with his mother in a country by a large forest. Growing up, he told his mother that he would like to travel. He believed that the traveling related to not only his own growth, but also to the growth of his country. As the years passed, he traveled from his home more and more frequently.

Kino is shown to know how to repair machinery - he salvages and repairs a motorcycle which eventually is named Hermes, after an old motorcycle he had used to travel with before.

~!He is blamed for the younger Kino's refusal for their grown-up operation, and attempts to leave the country before the situation escalates. However, he dies protecting the child when their father attempts to kill young Kino for disobeying their parents and the country's culture.!~

(Source: Kino's Journey Wiki, edited)

Based on a hit light novel series by Keiichi Sigsawa, the philosophical Kino's Journey employs the time-honored motif of the road trip as a vehicle for self-discovery and universal truth. Deeply meditative and cooler than zero, the series follows the existential adventures of the apt marksman Kino along with talking motorcycle Hermes as they travel the world and learn much about themselves in the process. Imaginative, thought-provoking, and sometimes disturbing, Kino's journey is documented in an episodic style with an emphasis on atmosphere rather than action or plot, though still prevalent.

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Kazuhiko Inoue is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator, who has become one of Japan's most well established voice actors since his debut in 1973.

Inoue is widely known for roles such as [Kakashi Hatake](https://anilist.co/character/85/) in [Naruto](https://anilist.co/anime/20/), [Madara](https://anilist.co/character/13784/) in [Natsume's Book of Friends](https://anilist.co/anime/4081/) and [Kars](https://anilist.co/character/21966/) in [JoJo's Bizarre Adventure](https://anilist.co/anime/14719/).

Inoue's early roles from the 1970s include [Anthony](https://anilist.co/character/9069/) in [Candy Candy](https://anilist.co/anime/2800/), and later as Joe in the 1979 remake of [Cyborg 009](https://anilist.co/anime/4690/). In the 1980s, Inoue's work ranged from the adult-oriented [Oishinbo](https://anilist.co/anime/1093/) to the popular [Tenkuu Senki Shurato](https://anilist.co/anime/2113/) for the younger generation.

Inoue does voices for anime, video games, drama CDs, Japanese-dubbed movies, and audio books. He has put out many LP and CD albums and has sung in various anime character albums. His most well-known songs are the ones related to the [Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time](https://anilist.co/anime/247/) series, which he has performed live on stage at voice acting events in Japan. In recent years, Inoue has also tried his hand in backstage work such as sound directing. He has set up his own voice acting agency and school, B-Box, to teach the next generation voice talents.

He was also a close friend of the late fellow voice actor [Daisuke Gouri](https://anilist.co/staff/95744/).

__Awards__
- 2009, Best Actor in Supporting Role in the 3rd Seiyuu Awards as Madara in Natsume's Book of Friends.

(Source: Wikipedia)

__Non-Anime Roles:__

- Neuras - Metaphor: ReFantazio (VG)

He claims to enjoy playing crazy or insane characters; Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist) and Asura (Soul Eater) being some of his favorites.

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The story follows the travels of Kino, a young adventurer who rides a talking motorcycle named Hermes. They explore the people and cultures of different places throughout their adventures, spending only three days at each location.<br><br>

(Source: ANN)

**Height:** 174 cm (5'8.5")

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**Non-Anime Roles**:
- Jing Yuan - Honkai: Star Rail (VG)
- Wriothesley - Genshin Impact (VG)
- Van Arkride - The Legend of Heroes Series (VG)


Destination is a state of mind. A tale of one girl and her bike and the road ahead. Kino wanders around the world on the back of Hermes, her unusual, anthropomorphic motorcycle, only staying in each country for three days. During their adventures, they find happiness, sadness, pain, decadence, violence, beauty, and wisdom. But through it all, they never lose their sense of freedom. They discover that because of the world's imperfections, it is actually a thing of beauty. "The world is not beautiful, therefore it is."<br><br>
(Source: Tokyopop)