Minamoto Kouji

Evolution

 * Hybrid: Wolfmon, Garmmon, Beowulfmon, Magna Garurumon, Susanoomon

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Minamoto Kouji is one of the ones chosen to inherit the Legendary Spirits in Digimon Frontier. A lone-wolf, he is quiet and aloof, often keeping to himself.

Digimon Frontier
Kouji first entered the Digital World after receiving Ophanimon's message while he was buying flowers to apologize to his stepmother. Though he first met Takuya in the elevator, he doesn't say a word until "Wolfmon of Light, the Battle in the Underground Labyrinth" and gets on a different train than the other children. He received his first Spirit, the Human Spirit of Light, when he saved Tomoki and Junpei from a mob of Pagumon who later fused into Raremon. During this fight, he also showed himself to be quite skilled in martial arts even without his Spirits, an ability that he shows throughout the series.

Kouji spends several bits of time traveling separately from the group and does not actually join the team until the incident at the Karatsuki Numemon village. While in "Town floating in the sky! Toy Country of ToyAgumon", he tells Takuya that he is an only child, which is not disproved until much later in the series.

After recombining the group, Kouji is the first to discover his Beast Spirit evolving him into Garmmon while he was assisting the Gotsumon that eventually became his friend. Though he has a hard time controlling Garmmon at first and spends a while running into things, he does not have the trouble that Takuya eventually has with his own.

Eventually, while on the continent of Darkness, Kouji comes face-to-face with Duskmon, the Warrior of Darkness and, logically, Wolfmon's opposite. He clashes swords with the Corrupted Human Spirit of Darkness and develops a personal insight on just how strong he is. He has an argument with Takuya over how they should proceed with the battle, with Kouji favoring caution and Takuya insisiting that teamwork can conquer anything. Takuya's plan eventually ends in devastating failure where Agnimon is nearly brought down by Duskmon's attack, but Garmmon takes the blow instead. He is badly wounded and forced to revert to his human form, which proves to be a saving grace - when Duskmon sees Kouji and hears his name, he appears to be in pain and leaves the battle.

Many times, Kouji is confronted by his past and his relationship with his family. While inside Sefirotmon's Wind Sphere, he fights with and is taunted by Karatenmon, who claims that Kouji's loneliness is self-inflicted, though it could also be that his father often moved, causing him to change schools many times. Later, inside the Darkness sphere, he is again confronted by Duskmon, who uses the Sphere's power to look into Kouji's memories. In these flashbacks, it is discovered that Kouji's mother is dead and he has a strained relationship with his father and stepmother. After seeing this, Duskmon becomes even angrier and seems ready to kill Kouji. But before the blow can be struck, the power of Seraphimon is released from his egg and fuses both of Kouji's spirits, creating the Double Spirit Evolution, Beowulfmon. He and Duskmon clash swords, releasing auras of dark and light energy that temporarily reveal the spirit inside. Kouji is surprised to find that inside Duskmon, there is a boy who looks exactly like him - his twin brother, Kimura Kouichi who has been living with their mother despite what their father told him.

Duskmon leaps out of Sefirotmon and runs away, confused. Kouji follows after him, intent on discovering what relationship Duskmon has with him. Eventually, Kouichi's memories are returned to him and their relationship is revealed, but when Kouji discovers that Duskmon is his brother he refuses to fight. Takuya manages to convince him that the only way to save his brother is to fight him, and they return Kouichi to normal.

The twins' relationship develops gradually over the course of the series, but they soon become very close. During the battle with Cherubimon, Kouji's spirits of light use Ophanimon's power to merge with Kouichi's purified Spirits of Darkness, Junpei's Spirits of Thunder and the Spirits of Steel and Water to evolve into the Hybrid Magna Garurumon who, using his own body as a sheild, helped Kaiser Greymon to defeat the corrupted Cherubimon. In later episodes, the two Hybrids are the only ones who are able to stand up again the Royal Knights and, even later, Lucemon.

Just before the battle with Lucemon Falldown Mode in the Dark Area, Kouji has a short heart-to-heart with his brother, who has realized that he is not actually there in the Digital World, but is a spirit without his body. Though Kouichi is unable to admit this to Kouji, he does make the younger twin promise that he will go visit their mother in the Real World. Soon afterwards, Kouichi comes between Lucemon Falldown Mode's Dead or Alive technique and sacrifices himself to save the others, giving Kouji his Spirits before he is scanned. Kouji is overcome with the power of both Light and Darkness. This, along with the emotions from watching his brother be scanned, activates the ultimate evolution of the Legendary Ten - Susanoomon. Alongside the others, he defeats Lucemon and returns to the Real World just in time to use the D-Scan's power to revive Kouichi.

Returning to his life, Kouji makes peace with his father and stepmother, and is reintroduced to his mother.