Shun Kazami (風見 駿, Kazami Shun) is one of the main protagonists of the anime series
Bakugan Battle Brawlers,
Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia, and
Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders.
Description
Character Design
Shun's outfit in season one was a black shirt covered with a thin purple triangular-backed ending. He also had black pants with a brown zipper like designs on around them. His black hair consists of two layers. The first layer of hair is the front all one his forehead, and his second layer is the straight hair tied up with a ponytail. His light brown eyes are in an upset mood.
In
New Vestroia, Shun's outfit consists of a fully black sweater-like turtleneck, gloves that reach to his elbows, black
Vestal jeans that he stole along with the rest of the outfit from when he infiltrated the Vestals after he saved
Ingram. He has black rubber boots that almost goes to his knees. He later wears a long green vest up to his knees with a belt on the side when its open. He when he is on Earth he wears black pants with a black shirt with green markings. Shun's hair is almost the same only the difference is that he cut off his ponytail and his hair is up to his neck.
In
Gundalian Invaders, he wears a green ninja style shirt with purple and gold trimming, black pants, black wrist bands and purple and green boots.
Story
Shun Kazami lives in the province, and is a
Ventus attribute player. He is also an aspiring ninja, receiving training from his grandfather. He is a loner, yet is willing to help his friends at all costs. Together with
Dan Kuso, his best friend and childhood friend, he invented the gameplay for
Bakugan. He had been the first ranked battler until
Masquerade and his minions dominated the rankings, and because his grandfather didn't let him play, ending up in 6th place. After defeating
Komba, he ends up fifth. Shun is currently in 3rd place.
His mother is really sick, and it was when she slipped into a coma that Shun gave up on Bakugan, mainly because his
grandfather stated that since he has to take custody of Shun until his mother gets better, he can't play the game anymore and has to concentrate on his training. His grandfather lets him brawl again, though. Shun's mom eventuly dies.
Shun once left the brawlers when Dan says they don't need him. Alice tries to persuade him to come back and after brawling Komba, Dan appears and asks for forgiveness which Shun accepts. This is when he realizes he needs his friends the most. After defeating Komba, Shun takes him as an apprentice to Bakugan and ninja training, but only because Komba was literally on his knees begging to be one.
When everyone was thinking about who was the spy, Shun was the other candidate for the spy alongside
Alice. Julie mistook his grandfather for Hal-G but with a little help from Skyress, the problem was solved. Dan blamed him for not telling them that he came in town but Alice immediately defended Shun, saying that it's not his fault and that there's no need for him to apologize.
After Dan went to the
Doom Dimension, Shun was challenged by
Masquerade and decided to go to the Doom Dimension himself with the others.
When he was being tested in the Doom Dimension by the Ventus Lord, Shun had to brawl with the child form of his mother. He almost gave into losing and staying there forever, but Skyress was able to make him realize that he has friends who need him and that he needs them. This caused Skyress to evolve into
Storm Skyress. When Dan and
Drago were battling to get Drago to evolve, Shun and Storm Skyress were the Brawlers Dan battled last. He was defeated after a close battle, and Drago evolved.
He was very shocked when he found out that Alice was Masquerade but instead of protecting her, he made a comment about how "smart" Masquerade was, which caused Alice to cry and flee back to Russia. It is believed that he did this because he felt angered about the fact that she was Masquerade. After Alice saved Dan and Drago he regained his "friendship" with her and later, he and Skyress helped Alice, Joe and Wavern by distracting Naga so that they can give them more time, but they were easily defeated by the Silent Core. After the battle finished, he released Storm Skyress and all other of his Bakugan.
New Vestroia
Shun, now 16, appears in Bakugan: New Vestroia with a new Bakugan,
Ingram.
He is first mentioned when Dan complains about not being able to reach him. He makes a cameo debut after Marucho passes out from his battle against
Mylene Pharaoh. We hear Mylene tell him that she doesn't want to keep losing to him, and asks him if he wants to join the
Vexos. When he doesn't reply, she takes that as a no. Shun then leaves, leaving
Mira to wonder if he was her brother.
Later, Shun reappears to aid
Dan Kuso in his battle against
Spectra Phantom and
Gus Grav. He tells the Brawlers how he was in the mountains, practicing his ninja skills when a portal suddenly opened, sending him to
New Vestroia. Soon he met
Ingram when the Bakugan were being sucked up by the Vexos, and he saves him by grabbing onto his ball as he was being teleported. Ingram told him about the Vexos, and he agreed to help him save the Bakugan. When he noticed Dan's battle, Shun activates his Gaunlet and uses Ingram and Hylash to fly over to where Dan is and help's defeat Gus. Once Baron reveals that they've reached
Alpha City, Shun tells them, that he was heading there to rescue
Skyress, thinking she might be their.He becomes an offical member of the Resistance.
In Alpha City, Shun and
Ace were forced to team up in a tournament while the others shut down the
Dimension Controller. At first, they have trouble working together, but after getting taunted by their opponents, they put their differences aside and advance to the finals against
Lync and
Volt. In order to stall for time, they have to toy with Lync and Volt first. It eventually remains hard to stay in the battle but the two pull through and defeat Lync and Volt.
When Ace and Marucho fall into a Vexos trap, Shun was smart enough to not fall for it because he knew that Shadow Prove's impressions of Dan Kuso and Mira Clay were fake since he heard Dan say he was scared, something he would never do. However, even though he didn't fall for it, the trap still worked since all three of them were separated. Shun decided he would go to
Beta City alone to destroy the
Dimension Controller, but Ingram assured him that he is never alone as Ingram would always be by his side like a shadow. Shun eventually make it to Beta City but
Shadow Prove stops him and forces him into a battle. Shadow used
Alpha Hydranoid in the battle which surpised both Shun and Ingram. As the battle went on they tried to convince Hydranoid to snap out of it but was later revealed to be a mechanical version of Alpha Hydranoid known as Mechanical Darkus
Hades created by
Professor Clay. Shadow had the upper hand when Shun was down to his last ability card 'Double Fangs Jade Wind Shot', but Shun and Ingram almost pulled off a win until Shadow brought out his Mechaanical Bakugan trap Drakus Frotress. After that, Shun loses and later on revealed to be in pods with Ace and Marucho. While they were captured, they still had their Bakugan at the capture unit pod.
Later, Shun, Ace, and Marucho manage to get out with Mira and
Spectra Phantom's help. The three manage to escape
Beta City but are surprised when Dan and Baron told them that Mira betrayed them and joined the Vexos. Once they get to
Gamma City, Shun and Marucho face Mylene and Shadow in a rematch and managed to win. When
Prince Hydron's
Dimension Controller activates, Shun rescues
Mira and
Marucho, landing on top of an elevator leading to Prince Hydron's Palace. He, Mira, and Marucho then confront Hydron and witness Mylene take him away. He convinces Marucho not to go after them and they begin to trying to free their Bakugan. They managed to crack the code to free the Six Warrior Bakugan, thanks to Elfin, who accidentally pressed the correct keys. Shun was very happy to be reunited with Skyress and and shortlymeet up with Dan, Ace, and Baron.
Shun, Dan, and Marucho go back to Earth along with everyone except Skyress. Skyress said that Shun didn't need her anymore and left her successor as Ingram to become Shun's new and permanent Guardian. Ingram then evolves into
Ventus Master Ingram after the Six Ancient Warriors gave their Attribute Energies to Drago and the other Resistance Bakugan.
Shun goes to New Vestroia with Master Ingram, where he meets up with Skyress again. After she told them about the strange device that regressed all Bakugan to ball form Shun tried to destroy it but it is protected by a force field. He is then confronted by Lync who revealed it was the BT System. Shun nearly lost due to his inability to control Master Ingram's powers, but
Storm Skyress stepped in for Ingram, but almost ended up sacrificing herself in the process. Ingram finally regained his confindence and was able to unlock Shadow Wing to defeat lync and Aluze. After the battle Shun got very upset when Skyress left saying she will always be watching over him. Later Shun told Dan and the others what happened when he visit New Vestroia to investigate.
Shun somehow senes Volt is on Earth and sneaks out of Marucho's house to face him. During the battle it looked a little grim for Shun until Baron show's up and is able to help him face Volt and his mechanical Bakugan
Boriates. Baron's little sister Maron unfortunately get's caught in the crossfire but is saved by Shun. They won, keeping the Ventus energy safe. Unfortunately, in a rematch against
Volt Luster and
Mylene Pharaoh in a tag battle with
Baron, he loses due to the Vexos' special new battle arena that gave Mechanical Bakugan a power boost. Because of that, the Ventus energy is taken.
When the BT System was fully operational Shun helped all the Bakugan get onto the Vestal Destroyer. During the evacuation Shun openley expressed his distrust of Spectra, saying he's only helping because he want's to create the Ultimate Bakugan and that can't happen if the Bt System works. He and the rest of the brawlers then watched Dan and Spectra's final rematch.
When the Alternative was complete, Dan and the other brawlers, including Shun, battled it. Shun used all his Bakugan: Master Ingram, Shadow Wing, and Hylash. When Kieth and Helios were able to blow open a hole in the Alternative Dan, Shun, Ace, and Baron went inside to destroy it from the inside, as Shun remembered the blueprints fo it. Professor Clay then trapped the our of them in a vritual world similar to Bakugan Interspace where they battled four unknown Bakugan. They managd to win and are able to destroy the Alternative. They later part way's with Mira and the other Vestal's of the Resistance and headed back to Earth.
At the end of New Vestroia, Hawktor becomes his new Guardian Bakugan.
Gundalian Invaders
In episode 1, Shun is seen competing in a battle in
Bakugan Interspace with
Ventus Hawktor as his partner. He battles
Shuji in arena F-12. He is ranked the second best brawler in Bakugan Interspace, right between Dan and Marucho. Shun still seems to distrust
Ren, much in the same way as
Ace distrusted
Keith Clay when he first joined the Brawlers.
When
Fabia Sheen appears and battles Dan, Shun is the first to suspect that Ren's story about the
Neathians attacking Gundalia is not true. After Dan defeat Fabia and she leaves, Shun finds her and asks for her side of the story.
In episode 6, he and Fabia work together to expose Ren for lying about the Gundalian-Neathian war saying that the Neathians invaded Gundalia when it was really the other way around. He is later given the real Hawktor by Fabia.
In episode 7, he and the rest of the Brawlers watch Marucho brawl Ren, he then like the others see Ren's true Gundalian Form
In episode 8, he, Marucho and Jake get the real versions of their Bakugan and then are challenged to a brawl against
Sid Arcale,
Mason Brown,
Taylor and
Casey. Shun and Dan brawl Mason and Taylor and beat them both clearing Taylor's brainwash but then like the other brawlers are forced out of Bakugan Interspace when Ren hacks into the systems and now BI is under his control.
In epsode 9 he mentions to Jake that he was being a bit rough, and now no one in BI could leave, which he seemed very worried about until Drago and Coredem along with Jake and Dan come up with a way to spy then get them out.
In episode 11, while smuggling kids out of Bakugan Interspace, Shun comes across
Linus and
Neo Ziperator, who he believes are Gundalians, but realizes are Neathians when Ren and Jesse show up and challenge them to a battle. Linus had been carrying something very important and asked Shun to escort him to Fabia. Shun and Linus eventually lost the battle and Neo was taken by Jesse.
In episode 14, Shun and the other decide to head to Neathia to help fight, donning Neathian battle armor in the next episode.
Bakugan
He is a Ventus brawler. He approaches Bakugan like a ninja. He lives with his grandfather (who used to be a famous ninja warrior) who once expected Shun to follow in his footsteps instead of playing Bakugan. His Guardian Bakugan is a Ventus-attribute Skyress whom Shun received from his comatose mother in the hospital. In battle, Shun combines his knowledge of ninja skills and his Bakugan's natural abilities to outwit an opponent and win. In New Vestroia, he battles with Ingram, and wields a Bakugan Trap called Hylash.
Original Series
Shun is Ventus Brawler. His Guardian Bakugan is
Skyress which takes the form of a Green Phoenix. She evolves into
Storm Skyress. Unlike most of the brawlers, he does not have a large collection of Ventus Bakugan and only has four Bakugan shown while most of the other brawlers have ten and over.
New Vestroia
Shun still uses Ventus Bakugan. He has a New Guardian Bakugan called Ingram and a Bakugan Trap known as Hylash which hooks up with Ingram for High Mobility Mode. He got Ingram from when he was about to be abducted by the Vestals. He was his temporary guardian until episode 26, where Skyress decides to make Ingram Shun's worthy partner.
Gundalian Invaders
Ventus
Hawktor becomes Shun's Guardian Bakugan for
Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders. Swayther is his Battle Gear. It is unknown about Master Ingram's whereabouts during these events in the series.
Bakugan Dimensions
Trivia
- He is one of the calm and mature ones of the group (the other being Alice), as he was the only one who remained relaxed when the Battle Brawlers were fighting.
- The English dub of the series led many fans to assume that Shun's mother (Shiori Kazami) fell into a coma. In the Japanese version, however, she died of an illness.
- Between the original series and New Vestroia, Shun cut his hair.
- Shun is one of the only two characters who have a former Guardian Bakugan and two new Guardian Bakugan during the events of New Vestroia, the other being Marucho. The only difference was Skyress gave Ingram her place and Shun gets Hawktor in New Vestroia episode 52, while Preyas, Elfin, and Akwimos team up.
- Shun's last name, Kazami, is similar to "Kaze", the Japanese word for wind, making it a possible pun on Shun's being a Ventus brawler.
- Shun's calm attitude makes Shun be able to tell when most people are truthful.
- Shun is the only one to have used his Bakugan Trap in the final battle, even though that Bakugan Trap was blasted by the Alternative, and is currently deceased.
Ingram is a bird/angel-like
Ventus Bakugan from
New Vestroia, and
Shun's second
Guardian Bakugan after
Storm Skyress.
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[edit] Description
Ingram's attribute is
Ventus. Ingram has massive multiple wings and has armored plates to protect his body. His eyes can see objects from miles away. His feathers are now metallic and can now withstand fire.
He becomes Shun's
Guardian Bakugan when Shun saved him from the
Vestals and is the successor to Storm Skyress to become Shun's Guardian Bakugan. All of Ingram's versions have a face half covered by his hair.
[edit] Bakugan: New Vestroia
After Shun arrived in New Vestroia, he rescued Ingram from the Vestals while they were capturing Bakugan and Ingram remained in his debt. Ingram is also the one who told Shun about the Vestals. Despite being male in the Japanese version, in the English dub there was a small debate on Ingram's true gender, as Ingram sounded like a woman and referred to as a 'she' by
Elico in episode 22, but is later referred as 'he' by official website. Ingram was confirmed to be male. Ingram is the first Bakugan that can change form. Ingram is very obedient to Shun and very caring and understandable of him.
In episode 6, Shun comes and aids Dan and Drago with the help of Ingram and his Bakugan Trap
Hylash attack
Primo Vulcan and defeated the Number Two
Vexos:
Gus Grav.
Shun, Ingram, and Hylash manage to beat
Altair and
Wired in the form of Meta Altair and defeated
Lync Volan by double teaming on it, only because they needed to make the power of the Alpha City Dimension controller to critical mass so they could destroy it. When it was destroyed, Ingram and the other Bakugan gained their physical form.
In episode 15, Ingram explains to Shun that no matter what happens, you are not alone. Shun then explains that he cannot lose Ingram just like he lost Skyress. Ingram seems to know Shun just like Skyress does and have the same amount of care. Ingram also mentions in the episode that he is an old friend of
Alpha Hydranoid. When Shun was defeated and got captured Ingram was in ball form in his pod at the belt of it.
In episode 20, when Shun and the others were freed, their Bakugan were out of the belts and told them if they were all right, and Drago and Nemus broke the Beta City Dimension controller. Ingram and the rest of the Resistance Bakugan were in physical form and escaped. Ingram later tags with Elfin to take down
Hades and
Elico to distract the Vexos from stopping the Resistance from destroying the Gamma City
Dimension Controller.
In episode 25, Ingram along with Elfin and
Thunder Wilda try to tap the code of freeing the six warriors Bakugan with Marucho, Shun, and Mira. When
Storm Skyress says that she is part of Shun's past, Ingram becomes his official new partner.
In episode 27, Ingram evolves due to the Six Ancient Soldiers giving their Attribute Energies to
Drago and the others. Ingram receives
Oberus's attribute energy. He evolved into
Master Ingram.
- Ability Cards
- Wind Power, Soaring Strike Shot: Adds 200 to Ingram and subtracts 100 from the opponent.
- Continuous Dance Phoenix Position: Adds 200 to Ingram and subtracts 300 from the opponent.
- Shadow Echo: Subtracts 200 Gs from each opponent.
- Shadow Split: Subtracts 100 Gs from the opponent and, adds 200 Gs to Ingram.
- Armored Victory: Nullifies the opponent's ability and, adds 200 Gs to Ingram.
- Thunderbolt Torrential Wave: Adds 200 Gs to Ingram and Hylash and, combines their power levels.
- Armored Mega Dome: Adds 200 Gs to Ingram.
- Double Fangs, Jade Wind Shot: Adds 200 Gs to Ingram and Hylash and combines their power levels.
- Ninja Defense, Soarer: Transfers 200 from the opponent to Ingram.
- Team Power: Cancel's the opponent's gate card.
- Wind Power, Soaring Strike: Adds 250 to Ingram.
- Armored Soaring Shot: Adds 300 to Ingram.
[edit] Evolution
- Main article: Master Ingram
Ingram evolved into Ventus Master Ingram in episode 27 of New Vestroia, after the Six Ancient Soldiers gave him and the other Resistance Bakugan their Attribute Energies. He now resembles a ninja warrior He now has one pair of wings, bladed gauntlets, golden-black ninja armor and the ability to combine with
Shadow Wing to form Ninjitsu Master Ingram
[edit] Trivia
- In the game, a Darkus Ingram can have either blue or yellow "hair" depending on if it is BakuSteel or not.
- Once Ingram has opened, there is a small bird-like mask that you can pull over its face.
- The highest G-Power for Ingram is the Baku-Legacy Darkus Ingram with 790 Gs
- Ingram could be a referance to animals who change gender.
- Ingram's bird transformation is similar to Airazor from Beast Wars.
Ingram in Ball Form (open)Ingram in his original Bakugan FormIngram in his altered Bakugan FormIngram about to get attacked by Hades 'Phaser Trident'Ingram and Hylash about to use ability Thunderbolt Torrential Wave in High Mobility ModeVentus Elfin and Ingram
