Shou Kanou

First appearance: Battle 167

Age: 18 (Deceased)

Type: Dou/Sei

Type: Satsujin Ken

Yomi Symbol: Sky

Martial Arts: Karate, Command Sambo, Muay Thai, Muay Boran, Lucha Libre, Jujutsu, Pencak Silat, Kalarippayattu, Chinese Kenpo, and Ancient Martial Arts.

Kanou Shou was a disciple of Hongou Akira and the original leader of Yomi. As the leader, he was arguably the most powerful member of Yomi and the toughest opponent that Kenichi has ever fought. He was described by more than one member of Yomi as being "perfect," even to the point of being "too perfect" where he ended up defeated by Kenichi. He is nicknamed Suparna, a mythical creature in Hindu mythology said to possess beautiful wings. While it was never truly said that Shou was the strongest in Yomi, but was the one believed to have the most potential.

Shou was a tall well-built man with long light-blue hair that hung in a ponytail down to his waist. He has various bird motifs on his clothing, from the caged bird earring on his ear to the mark on the left side of his face, and even his jacket and necklace. He wears what appears to be a blue jacket and sports pants and ties back his long silver hair with a band.

Shou often keeps a smile on his face even when fighting and acts in a goofy and playful manner. But when particularly annoyed or upset, he turns cold and attacks his opponent mercilessly. Shou is a bird lover and a bug hater. He refers to people other than Miu and himself as "the ones without wings," and terms Kenichi as a "worm" that must be squashed. He has a bad habit of forgetting to keep his presence concealed while he is preoccupied with something.

Despite his cold nature, he seems to have a compassionate side towards people who share the same imprisonment as he did in his early childhood. He was shown to have spared the life of a young bird in the past despite being ordered to kill it by his master, and he had also assisted the Pankration team in its escape plan by covering up its departure from the island, pretending to have killed its members and even taking the ponytail of Spartacus as proof. He is somewhat afraid of his Master's anger (despite calling him a bug without wings) and feared that his master would kill him if he found out he contacted the enemy. Nevertheless, Shou appears to indeed respect his master.

Shou is deeply infatuated with Miu, having fallen in love with her upon first sight. He describes her as the "light in the darkness of his life." Shou's motives were focused mainly on Miu throughout the D of D plot, and on defeating Kenichi because Shou thought Kenichi was unable to protect her. Shou's devotion to Miu was so great that his last wish was for Kenichi to protect Miu in his place, despite the fact that they were enemies.