Robert Kendo
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| Robert Kendo | |
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| Date of death: | September 29th, 1998 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race/Ethnicity: | Asian |
| Occupation: | Gun shop owner |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Voice: | Gary Krawford (RE2) Jason Miller (RE: DC) |
Robert Kendo was the Japanese-American owner of the Kendo Gun Shop in Raccoon City. He was a close friend of S.T.A.R.S. Alpha team member Barry Burton and helped to create custom guns for Barry and the other S.T.A.R.S. He managed to survive the Raccoon City outbreak until the night of September 29th, when wielding a Bowgun, he was attacked and eaten by zombies after offering sanctuary to Claire Redfield (see Canon in Resident Evil). He is briefly seen in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles in which, upon reaching his gun shop, Leon and Claire witness his final few seconds as he is viciously attacked by zombies much to their horror. In this appearance, he has no communication with the two and is only briefly heard threatening approaching zombies before his inevideble death..
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[edit] Biography
Robert's plan prior to his death was to escape to Stone Ville. He left Barry a note (to which he never received) welcoming him to join him out there to go fishing.
The last gun he customized for Barry was the Raging Bull, which he had specifically ordered. Kendo was forced to hand it out to one of the town's survivors, but apologized to Barry for this in a note, because of his lack of weaponry in his gunshop he had little power to defend himself against the undead.
Kendo made harmless sexist remarks to Claire, calling her "babe", "darlin", and "girlie", but she ignored them.
Robert had a brother, Joe, whom he frequently worked and developed gun customizations with. Together they developed the Beretta 92F S.T.A.R.S. Special (aka "Samurai Edge") for "the boys of S.T.A.R.S." (ironically, it would be Jill Valentine who received his fax about it).
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[edit] Trivia
- In Resident Evil 1.5 (the original prototype version of Resident Evil 2) Kendo was meant to have a larger role becoming a support character to Elza Walker the original lead female in place of Claire. In this incarnation he was referred to as John.
- In the Wildstorm/DC Comics prequel to Resident Evil 2, entitled Raccoon City R.I.P., Kendo sells a weapon to Ben Bertolucci as well as another man, Jorge. The latter refers to him as "George."
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 Kendo in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, killed by zombies. |
