Kanzai

Kanzai (カンザイ, Kanzai) is a Treasure Hunter and member of the Zodiacs under the codename "Tiger."

Appearance
Kanzai is a lean man of average height with a tiger-like appearance. His hair is spiky with orange and black tiger-like stripes, which is pulled into a pony tail. His teeth are razor-sharp, much like a tiger's teeth. He also sports tiger stripes on his face. Kanzai is always seen wearing a baseball uniform.

Personality
Kanzai is very short-tempered, and is always seen arguing with those around him. He is often impulsive, but can also be quite humorous.

13th Hunter Chairman Election arc
After the death of Netero, Kanzai, along with the other Zodiacs, is called to vote for a new Hunter Association Chairman. Like the other Zodiacs, he is hostile against Pariston Hill, especially after he proposes becoming the new Chairman himself. When the Zodiacs are drafting rules for the election, Kanzai flounders after being unable to even spell "election" correctly. During the election, he acts as an inspector alongside Ginta and Piyon. He is easily offended by Hisoka's jokes.

Dark Continent Expedition arc
The Zodiacs discover a video from Netero which discuses about the appearance of Beyond Netero and his claim of being Isaac Netero's son. In the video, the late Chairman Netero explains that the Zodiacs have to hunt Beyond Netero down. Later, the Zodiacs move on to discuss their plans of actions. Kanzai complains about the bad timing of the appearance. While Saiyu opens the idea of the Zodiacs opposing Beyond's hunt, Kanzai states that the competition should be fair. The discussion is interrupted when they receive a call from Beyond Netero himself. The Zodiacs meet up with him in person, and Beyond instructs them to contact the V5 and proposes a "give and take" with them. During Cheadle's interview to Beyond Netero, Kanzai gets confused of the conversation, and Saccho Kobayakawa explains to him that the Hunters Association will have a free ticket to the Dark Continent in exchange for Beyond. Later, Kanzai asks again about the planned departure, and Geru is forced to explain things to him again. Later, Kanzai witnesses Beyond signing the contract with the terms the Hunters Association has set.

Cheadle summons a meeting to introduce the new Boar and Rat, and she starts explaining about the V6, the Five Great Calamities, the difficulty of the mission, which is A, whereas the Chimera Ants were ranked B, and asks if anyone has any questions. Kurapika raises his hand, saying he has many. The first is how many infiltrators on Netero's side the Zodiacs have managed to identify, much to everyone's shock. Kanzai asks him how he would know that, and Kurapika is surprised, as he thought it obvious: It is clear that Beyond was waiting for his father's demise and had been making preparations all along, with letting the Hunters Associations capture him being part of them. To achieve his goals, however, he needed both a competent right-hand man and a substantial group of followers, which Cheadle recognizes as Pariston and the Temp Hunters. Kurapika reflects that everything up to the election makes sense, but what will come after is still a mere hypothesis. After Mizaistom escorts him out to speak to him in private, the Zodiacs sum up their preparations for the journey, with Kanzai declaring that, sincehis role consists in taking out whatever poses a threat to them, he will leave the hard stuff to the others until landing. Kanzai is assigned to the Defense Division.

When Mizaistom calls a new meeting, Kanzai is baffled by the news and prepares to throw a tantrum, asking many times how he can be sure. Mizaistom confesses that he himself would have helped Beyond had he met him before watching the chairman’s video, and that not even watching it afterward would have changed his decision, all to demonstrate it is not treachery, but simply a matter of what came first. He then repeats his question and proceeds to explain his power. He concludes by saying he has made it his mission to find out who is there under different pretenses, stating it is a matter of resolve. Kanzai calms down and agrees to reveal his power. However, unbeknownst to him, Kurapika is using his dowsing to determine who is lying, and he is revealed to be innocent.

Abilities & Powers
Being a member of the Zodiacs, Kanzai is considered to be one of the best Hunters in the world. For this reason, he is presumed to be a fairly capable Nen user.

During the first round of the Chairman Election, Hisoka rates Kanzai's overall strength as an 85 out of presumably 100, a score superior to most pro Hunters. On the other hand, it is evident that he lacks both intelligence and knowledge, making the other Zodiacs question how he ever managed to become a Hunter.

Trivia

 * Kanzai's baseball uniform is a reference to the popular Japanese baseball team Hanshin Tigers. His name may also be derived from the Kansai region, where the Hanshin Tigers are based at. People from this region are also stereotypically portrayed as aggressive and low in intelligence.