Koichi Kimura

Koichi Kimura
(木村輝一 Kimura Kōichi)
Voiced by Kenichi Suzumura (Japanese)
Crispin Freeman (English)

Koichi Kimura (木村 輝一 Kimura Kōichi?) is a fictional character in the anime series Digimon Frontier.

Koichi is the final member to join the team. He was chosen to wield the Spirits of Darkness that hold AncientSphinxmon's power.

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Description

He is Koji Minamoto's twin brother. Their parents divorced when they were very young, so they hardly knew about each other. Koichi learned about Koji when his grandmother told him on her deathbed. He ran after Koji, who was on his way to the Digital World, to try and catch up with him but he fell down a flight of stairs and ended up in a coma as a result. His mind was taken into the Digital World by Cherubimon, who saw his sadness. He erased Koichi's memories and gave him the Human Spirit of Darkness turning him into semi-physical form as Duskmon. Ophanimon restored his memories, but Cherubimon managed to keep him under his control. Finally he was freed from Cherubimon's control by Aldamon and Beowolfmon after a massive battle with him as Velgemon. His evil spirit was so powerful that it took Aldamon weakening him with an attack for Beowolfmon to be able to finish the job. Koji purified his spirits and released him from their control with a Fractal Code Digitize once his Fractal Code was revealed. After this, he wielded the purified Spirits of Darkness and fought alongside his brother and the other DigiDestined after his determination to fight Cherubimon caused them to come to him again but in their purified state. With his purified spirits, he began Spirit Evolving into Lowemon and JagerLowemon instead of Duskmon and Velgemon.

Later on, Koichi began to realize that, in reality, his mind was not truly in the Digital World. On multiple occasions, the DigiDestined were seriously injured, revealing their Fractal Code (Digi-Code in Japan). However, each time Koichi is far less hurt and reveals no Fractal Code. Crusadermon informed him that he was only a ghost within the Digital World and this troubled him towards the end of the series. As the final battles with Lucemon ensued, Koichi sacrificed himself to save the other DigiDestined, giving his spirits of darkness to his brother, Koji. The powers of light and darkness begin to react within Koji's body, helping trigger Koji and Takuya's final evolution into Susanoomon. In the final episode it is revealed by Löwemon that Koichi is still alive but is badly hurt. As Koji burst into the emergency room, he realized he was too late to save his brother. But in the end, the other DigiDestineds' D-Tector Digivices were able to revive him after his death just moments earlier.

Digimon Forms (Tainted)

As Duskmon, Koichi has no memory of his past until he almost killed Koji during their first two confrontations. Hearing Koji's name being said over and over gave Duskmon great pain. After this, Duskmon fought Koji in order to learn the connection between them. Cherubimon gave him his Beast Spirit to become Velgemon but Ophanimon restored Koichi's memories, freeing him from his Spirits' control.

Duskmon

Velgemon

Digimon Forms

Löwemon

Using the Human Spirit of Darkness, Koichi becomes this main Digimon. Strongly holding the power of AncientSphinxmon, he wields the ancient Digimon's tail and head as his lance and shield, respectively.

JägerLöwemon

Using the Beast Spirit of Darkness, Koichi becomes this cyborg-beast Digimon. Koichi was the second person, aside from Zoe Orimoto, to be able to control their beast spirit without challenge. The reason Koichi was able to control his Beast Spirit so fast and easy was because of his desire to protect Koji Minamoto. He is first seen in episode 33.

Theme Song

Koichi's Japanese theme song is called "Oreta Tsubasa De/With Broken Wings". He also has a theme song in the English dub called "Darkness in My Heart", sung by Crispin Freeman, his voice actor.