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For the main character of the series, please see Kino


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

Appearance and Personality[]

The novel depicts the original Kino as a tall and very thin man when he arrived at the 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 until he dies protecting young Kino from the customs of her country.

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

During his stay, Kino learns about his successor's country and culture, commenting on how it was a "brutal system". When asked by his successor about what he is, due to their lack of understanding, he states that he is "A man named Kino. That's all. And I travel."

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

Notes[]

  • The male Kino is the only person to tell his successor that their name is pretty, and calls them "little flower" before his death.
  • In the novels, Kino explains that he makes a living selling medicinal herbs and unusual items he finds while traveling.
  • The Epilogue of Volume 7 states that his resident number is 48402-15855. This number is used by his successor to find his residence.
  • The Travel Guide refers to Kino in Land of Adults as 旅人(tabibito; traveler)
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