Kess

Kess
Kana	ケスー
Rōmaji	Kesū
Also known as	Dopple (ドッブル, Dobburu)
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Yoshikazu Nagano (1999) Kenji Hamada (2011)
English Voice	Greg Chun (2011)
Debuts
Manga Debut	Chapter 152
Anime Debut	Episode 82 (1999) Episode 66 (2011)
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Light Brown
State	Alive
General Status
Occupation	Hunter
Previous Occupation	Greed Island player
Nen
Type	Conjuration
Abilities	Silent Worker

Kess (ケスー, Kesū) is a professional Hunter hired by Battera to play the game Greed Island.

Appearance

Kess is a tall man with short, curly brown hair, thick sideburns, and a prominent nose.

Background

At some point in his life, Kess took and passed a Hunter Exam and learned Nen. He, Barry, and Rodriot have been members of team Tsezguerra for 20 years, and were hired by Battera to play Greed Island.

Plot

Greed Island arc

Kess with his team as Tsezguerra makes a deal with the Bomb Devils

While on Greed Island, the team collects as many as 95 different specified slot cards before contacting the Bomb Devils to trade. During the trade, Genthru diverts the team's attention while Sub and Bara steal two cards from each of them, breaking their monopolies, among which was Kess' "Martyr Armor", and acquiring rare cards. The Bomb Devils then escape to Masadora. Kess urges Tsezguerra to give chase, but the Single-Star Hunter desists, realizing Genthru is in fact the Bomber. They resolve to find "Plot of Beach" before him and establish a monopoly. They thus head to Soufrabi. They are, however, unable to discover how to get it. Not long after, Tsezguerra is contacted by Goreinu, who meets up with him and Rodriot to negotiate an alliance to get "Plot of Beach" while Kess and Barry hide in the bushes. After listening to Goreinu's explanation of Razor's challenges, Kess volunteers for free throws. Kess and Rodriot go looking for filler players while the others train for the rest of the week, after which the confront Razor and his pirates. Kess is the third to play, and defeats his opponent.

Kess and group talk to a distraught Battera

Because of their victories, Kess, Rodriot, and Barry are unable to participate in the dodgeball match, so they watch from the sidelines, administering first aid to Tsezguerra and Gon. After their victory, Gon takes the original "Plot of Beach" while Tsezguerra's team settles for a copy. The Bomb Devils immediately find out and threaten Tsezguerra, assuming he has the original. He strikes a deal with Gon's group to hold off the Bomber for three weeks in return for "Wild Luck Alexandrite". They restock on transportation spells before meeting up with the Bomb Devils. Tsezguerra's team refuses the hand over the card and take cards from the Bomb Devils before escaping. Goreinu gives them the transportation spells he has amassed. Over the next 9 days, Kess uses his Hatsu ability to keep track of the Bomb Devils and launch ambushes on them. He raises the alarm when, one week later, the Bomb Devils fly to them. When they run out of transportation spells, they leave the game, only to find Battera's mansion empty except for Sabazushi and the billionaire himself, who has cancelled the reward and locked himself in his room without explanation. When the Bomb Devils arrive, Tsezguerra's team escape with Battera, quitting the game for good. They learn that Battera offered a reward for clearing the game so he would be able to cure his comatose lover, who however died one month earlier.

13^th Hunter Chairman Election arc

After the death of Chairman Netero, Kess and his teammates take part in the First Election for the 13th Hunter Chairman.

Abilities & Powers

Kess is capable enough to have passed the notoriously difficult Hunter Exam. As one of the Hunters hired by Battera and part of Tsezguerra's team, he is bound to be at least a decent Nen user, as confirmed later when Gon's team and Goreinu enlisted the help of other players to acquire "Plot of Beach". He is also a skilled basketball player, having defeated one of Razor's convicts.

Nen

Kess has shown to be able to materialize an object as complex as a radar, meaning he is proficient in Conjuration. This ability complements Tsezguerra's guerrilla tactics very well.

Template:Kess/Nen ability

Competitions

Competitions
Greed Island arc: Kess vs. Razor Pirate (Basketball)

Trivia

• His pseudonym in Greed Island is Dopple (ドッブル, Dobburu).