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Characteristics
Kanji: 加納 アギト
Romaji: Kanō Agito
Epithet: "5th Fang of Metsudo"
Status: Alive
Age: Unknown[1]
Birthday: Unknown[1]
Height: 201cm[2][1]
Weight: 128kg[2][1]
Gender: Male
Affiliations: Dainippon Bank (formerly)
Kengan Wins: 160[3]
Kengan Losses: 1[4]
Total Assets Acquired: ¥7,706,083,000,000
Ashura Debut: Chapter 39
Omega Debut: Chapter 26
Anime Debut: Episode 7
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I fight, therefore I am.
- While fighting Gaolang Wongsawat[5]

Kanoh Agito (加納 アギト, Kanō Agito; "Agito Kanoh") was the affiliated fighter for
Dainippon Bank and represented the company during the Kengan Annihilation
Tournament; he was widely regarded as the most powerful fighter in the tournament
and was the favourite to win. While still active, he was ranked #1 in the Kengan
affiliated fighter ranks. He was the fifth holder of the title "Fang of Metsudo"
(滅堂の牙, Metsudō no Kiba).

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Appearance
Agito is a very muscular, well-defined man, with black hair that is completely
slicked back, a notable lack of eyebrows with strong eyebrow ridges instead,
powerful-looking narrowed eyes with darkened lines underneath and a chiselled
cheekbone structure. Like the Bodyguards that serve Katahara Metsudo, Agito is most
commonly seen in a formal black suit with a black tie, except in battle, when he
wears a black skin-tight bodysuit.

Two years later, Agito has adopted a stereotypical all-black biker style. Retaining
his muscular build, Agito now has a small scar on his forehead from his fight
against Kuroki Gensai.[6]

Personality
Agito has two distinct sides to his character which almost seem like different
personalities. One is stoic, haughty, and highly clueless (as evidenced by his
confusion over Okubo Naoya's Ultraman references),[7][8] while the other, which
only comes out during battle when he uses his "Formless" style, is ruthless and
sadistic. When the latter personality comes out, which is a twisted manifestation
of his repressed animal instincts,[9] he grins ear-to-ear, and his pupils seem to
disappear.
Agito is also very proud, and always insists on besting his opponents at their own
game e.g. if a fighter specializes in blows, he will exclusively use blows.
However, in desperate situations in which Agito is driven and cannot fight back at
all (highlighted in his fight against Gaolang Wongsawat), he will switch to a more
suitable fighting style, damaging his pride. After the fight against Gaolang in
particular, he threw away his pride and focused on winning.

Two years after the tournament, Agito has become noticeably more "human", even
making jokes.[10]

History
Twenty-three years prior to the events of Kengan Ashura, Agito was discovered by
Metsudo to be the result of a Gu ritual which was performed with humans.[9]

At some point during the selection process to be the next "Fang of Metsudo", Agito
fought Takayama Minoru and tore open his right cheek, giving him a permanent
Glasgow smile.[2]

Eight years prior to the events of Kengan Ashura, Agito faced Wakatsuki Takeshi for
the first time,[11] going on to defeat him, giving him a lasting Achilles tendon
injury in the process.

At some point before the most recent Kengan Annihilation Tournament, Kanoh Agito
fought against Tokuno'o Tokumichi. Despite Nitoku giving him an extremely difficult
fight, Agito eventually defeated Nitoku, forcing him into a six-month
rehabilitation due to the wounds sustained in the fight.[12]

Plot
Kengan Ashura
He represented Dainippon Bank in the Kengan Annihilation Tournament. He fought
Okubo Naoya in the first round and defeated him after initially being an even bout.
After his fight with Okubo Naoya, he was challenged to a fight by Tokita Ohma.
However before he could properly retaliate, Ohma was subdued by Takayama Minoru and
Omori Masamichi who warned him not to fight outside of the matches.

He fought Gaolang Wongsawat in the second round in what would become one of the
toughest fights of his life. Having been hard pressed and overwhelmed for the
majority of the fight due to Gaolang's immense striking prowess and combination of
boxing and Muay Thai, Agito narrowly achieved victory by using the same tactics
that Okubo had used against him in the previous round.

Later, during Hayami Katsumasa's "revolution", he aided in subduing the many

Guardians in his area alongside Akoya Seishu.

On the final day, prior to his semi-final fight, he was challenged by the former
"Fang of Metsudo", Omori Masamichi, for his position as a representative fighter.
In their fight, Omori showed him his weakness and what he needed to do to
circumvent it. With this in mind, Agito went out and fought Hatsumi Sen. Fighting
in a manner that was unlike his usual self, Agito proved his invincibility by
countering Hatsumi's techniques and attaining victory.

After achieving victory, he later faced Kuroki Gensai in the semi-finals. Despite
evolving to the highest level he had ever reached, he still ended up losing to the
experienced assassin. After the fight, he apologized to Metsudo for his loss but
was left shocked when Metsudo revealed that he had personally invited Kuroki to
participate in the tournament. With this in mind, Agito then told Metsudo that he
would resign from his position as "Fang of Metsudo".
Sometime after the tournament, Takayama saw Agito off, giving him the keys to his
motorcycle.

Kengan Omega
Agito spent two years off the grid, until Himuro Ryo discovered him in a biker bar
in America, going under the nickname "AG". Himuro wished to recruit him to fight on
the Kengan Association's side for the Kengan Association VS Purgatory Tournament.
Agito was initially reluctant, believing that his debt to Metsudo had been paid
after Metsudo's retirement from the position of chairman. However, upon Himuro's
news that the position of Fang of Metsudo had gone through many changes since his
departure, with the Sixth Fang defecting to Purgatory, Agito was enraged and
declared his intent to fight in the tournament for the Kengan Association so he
could seek revenge on the Fang who would dare betray Metsudo.

Power & Abilities

The Fang's KO striking range
Agito is able to produce knockout blows from any range

Kanoh Agito is an incredibly powerful all-round fighter who is known as the Emperor
of the Kengan matches. He possesses immense physical stats on top of nearly
unmatched fighting capabilities. His strikes are notably powerful, his kicks
particular; Okubo Naoya imagined Agito's kicks like a meat cleaver[7] and Hatsumi
Sen likened his kicks to a halberd.[13] His durability is also quite impressive,
managing to reach the semi-finals without taking much lasting damage despite taking
numerous heavy hits from opponents as strong as Okubo Naoya and Gaolang Wongsawat.

Agito's chief defining ability is what Katahara terms as "evolution".[14] More

specifically, he is able to adapt to his opponent's fighting style after fighting
them for enough time,[1] and put together a new style specifically tailor-made to
counteract his opponent in the middle of a fight.[14] This essentially has the
effect of Agito growing stronger with every fight he takes part in. His fighting
style and "evolution" can sometimes backfire on him, however; because his wide
range of moves, when fighting a combatant who is a master in multiple styles, it is
hard for him to choose a perfect way to counter. In his fight with Gaolang, Agito
was unable to counter his combination of boxing and Muay Thai and was forced to go
into defensive.[15][16]

He calls his fighting style "Formless" (無形, Mukei); that is to say, he does not
have one singular fighting style, but rather a wide repertoire of moves that he can
draw from at any time. Insisting on besting his opponents at their own games, Agito
will often fight them using their own methods. If his opponents fight with blows,
then he will as well. However, if pushed, he will switch to a more advantageous
style such as grappling against striking, such as in his fight with Gaolang
Wongsawat. However, despite "Formless" allowing Agito to adapt to any opponent, it
comes with the huge risk: more choices means taking more time to choose, which
could be lethal if the delay is too long and Agito is fighting someone who
specializes in a specific type of fighting.[17] In addition, "Formless" is not
suited to consecutive fights.
After his battle with Gaolang, and fighting against Omori Masamichi, Agito overcame
the weaknesses of "Formless" by discarding the flexibility it afforded, thus
eliminating the delay that comes with it and subsequently improving his reflexes.
[17] This, in turn, enabled Agito to utilize "pre-initiative" (先の先, Sen no sen),
the ability to read the opponent's inception of intent and strike before they move.
[18] Using pre-initiative alongside his new focused fighting style, which consists
of normal attacks like punches and kicks alongside moves like elbowing and kneeing
to overwhelm his opponent, it enabled Agito to fight more efficiently and
pragmatically than before. In his fight against Kuroki Gensai, Agito "evolved"
immensely, managing to merge his Formless style with his martial arts, enabling him
to perform devastating formed yet formless, formless yet formed strikes that were
enough to seriously pressure even Kuroki.[19]

Technique(s)
Dragon Shot
Agito's Dragon Shot

Dragon Shot (龍弾, Ryūdan): A variation of the one-inch punch. Using the principles
of fa jin (発勁, hakkei), Agito is capable of delivering full-power blows at nearly
no distance. This effectively means that all of his strikes are knockout blows no
matter what range he throws them at.[17] Of all the techniques in Agito's arsenal,
this is the one with the "greatest firepower".[19] He used this technique in his
fight with Hatsumi Sen to defeat him,[20][17] with the blow being so powerful that
Hatsumi was heavily injured and left thinking that it felt like he had been stabbed
by a spear.[20]
Unnamed technique: Agito has been seen using a technique strikingly reminiscent of
the Niko Style technique Indestructible.[16]
Notes & Trivia
He was given the name Agito, an archaic way of pronouncing jaw (顎あぎと, agito), to
coincide with his epithet, "Fang of Metsudo". However, Sandrovich spelled it with
katakana due to Kamen Rider Agito.[1]
Agito's favourite food is katsudon.[1]
Of the 32 Kengan matches that there is footage of, eight have ended where he
could've landed a finishing blow (nine if you count his fight against Okubo Naoya).
Of those eight, he delivered a finishing blow in six of those matches. Of the six
opponents, four died and the other two retired as fighters.[21]
Agito's original fighting style was going to be pankration (with his fight against
Okubo Naoya being a battle of old vs new).[1]
The eye-catching bodysuit that Agito fights in is modelled after the LZR Racer
competitive swimsuit (in Sandrovich's opinion, the beetle-like bumpiness and luster
further accentuate the impression that he is a strong character).[1]
He likes his baths on the hot side (with him mentioning that anything under 45°C is
basically an ice bath).[22]
Agito cannot handle carbonated drinks (like beer) and much prefers liquor; a
favourite of his is Kahlúa with milk (with cassis and orange being another).[23]