Kyu

Kyu
Kana	キュウ
Rōmaji	Kyū
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Yoshikazu Nagano (1999) Daisuke Namikawa (2011)
English Voice	Ben Jeffrey (1999) Kyle Hebert (2011)
Debuts
Manga Debut	Chapter 23
Anime Debut	Episode 6 (1999) Episode 3 (2011)
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eye Color	Black (1999) Blue (2011)
Hair Color	Black (1999) Maroon (2011)
State	Alive
General Status
Previous Occupation	287th & 288th Hunter Exam Examinee

Kyu (キュウ, Kyū) is examinee #105 in the 287th Hunter Exam. He is also an examinee in the 288th Hunter Exam.

Appearance

• 2011 Anime
• 1999 Anime

Kyu's 2011 anime adaptation design

Full body image of Kyu

Kyu has short red hair, small eyes, and a distinctive mashed-in red nose. During the Hunter Exam, he wore a turtle-necked purple shirt with long sleeves, brown trousers, and gray shoes. He also carried a light brown satchel and a saber with the hilt wrapped in bandages.

Personality

Not much is known about Kyu's personality, but, before he was attacked by Pokkle, he seemed to be anxious and aware that he was being targeted; when Pokkle revealed himself he acted rather confident that he'd win against him.

Plot

Hunter Exam arc

Kyu about to attack Pokkle

Kyu is one of the 24 examinees to make it to the 4th Phase of the Hunter Exam on Zevil Island. His badge is the designated target of Pokkle, who paralyzes him with one of his poisoned arrows and then takes the badge. Seeing him lying helpless on the ground, Gon bandages him and moves him to a place where he can wait safely until the effects of the poison disappear.

Greed Island arc

Kyu partakes in the 288th Hunter Exam. During the First Phase, he is knocked out by Killua and gets his badge taken, thus failing the exam.

Manga Appearances

Hunter Exam arc
1. The Day of Departure	Absent
2. An Encounter in the Storm	Absent
3. The Ultimate Choice	Absent
4. Kiriko: Wicked Magical Vulpes	Absent
5. The First Phase Begins, Part 1	Absent
6. The First Phase Begins, Part 2	Absent
7. Respective Reasons	Absent
8. The Other Enemy	Absent
9. A Struggle in the Mist	Absent
10. An Unexpected Task	Absent
11. The Inevitable Outcome	Absent
12. The Chairman Awaits	Absent
13. A Game at Midnight, Part 1	Absent
14. A Game at Midnight, Part 2	Absent
15. The Path of Majority Rules	Absent
16. Enter the Taskmasters	Absent
17. Disparate Choice	Absent
18. The Two Aces in the Hole	Absent
19. The Trap of Majority Rules	Absent
20. Gambling Time	Absent
21. Resolution	Absent
22. The Last Question	Debut
23. Two Enemies	Appears
24. Crash Course	Appears
25. The Second Day	Appears
26. The Night Before the Showdown	Absent
27. A Volatile Situation	Absent
28. A Huge Favor	Absent
29. Killua's Case	Absent
30. The Slithering Trap	Absent
31. By the Skin of Their Teeth...	Absent
32. And the Final Test...?	Absent
33. The Final Test Begins!	Absent
34. The First Candidate Accepted?!	Absent
35. Light and Darkness, Part 1	Absent
36. Light and Darkness, Part 2	Absent
37. Light and Darkness, Part 3	Absent
38. Ging Freecss	Absent

Greed Island arc
120. September 6th: Part 1	Absent
121. September 6th: Part 2	Absent
122. September 6th: Part 3	Absent
123. September 6th: Part 4	Absent
124. September 7th: Part 1 to September 10th: Part 1	Absent
125. September 10th: Part 2	Absent
126. September 10th: Part 3	Absent
127. September 10th: Part 4	Absent
128. September 10th: Part 5	Absent
129. Antokiba, Town of Prizes	Absent
130. The Reason for the Recruitment	Absent
131. The Answer	Absent
132. The Forty Spells	Absent
133. How to Defend Yourself Without Spells	Absent
134. The Island's Secret	Absent
135. To Masadora! Part 1	Absent
136. To Masadora! Part 2	Absent
137. To Masadora! Part 3	Absent
138. To Masadora...?	Absent
139. Are They Really Going to Masadora?	Absent
140. They Got to Masadora, But...	Absent
141. They Went to Masadora Already, So I'll Go With a Different Title Now	Absent
142. The Bomber	Absent
143. Countdown	Absent
144. Release	Absent
145. Janken	Absent
146. Abengane: Part 1	Absent
147. Abengane: Part 2	Absent
148. The Exam Begins	Appears
149. Encounter	Absent
150. Embarkment	Absent
151. Progress	Absent
152. Contact	Absent
153. Success	Absent
154. Common Cause	Absent
155. The Captain and His 14 Devils	Absent
156. Face-Off: Part 1	Absent
157. Face-Off: Part 2	Absent
158. Two of a Kind +1	Absent
159. Aiai, the City of Love	Absent
160. Face-Off: Part 3	Absent
161. Face-Off: Part 4	Absent
162. Face-Off: Part 5	Absent
163. Face-Off: Part 6	Absent
164. Face-Off: Part 7	Absent
165. Face-Off: Part 8	Absent
166. Face-Off: Part 9	Absent
167. Face-Off: Part 10	Absent
168. Face-Off: Part 11	Absent
169. Declaration of War	Absent
170. Three-Way Struggle: Part 1	Absent
171. Three-Way Struggle: Part 2	Absent
172. Three-Way Struggle: Part 3	Absent
173. Three-Way Struggle: Part 4	Absent
174. Three-Way Struggle: Part 5	Absent
175. Three-Way Struggle: Part 6	Absent
176. Three-Way Struggle: Part 7	Absent
177. Three-Way Struggle: Part 8	Absent
178. Three-Way Struggle: Part 9	Absent
179. Three-Way Struggle: Part 10	Absent
180. Three-Way Struggle: Part 11	Absent
181. Three-Way Struggle: Part 12	Absent
182. Three-Way Struggle: Part 13	Absent
183. Three-Way Struggle: Part 14	Absent
184. The Choice of Three Cards	Absent
185. Chance Encounter	Absent

Battles

Battles
Hunter Exam arc: Kyu vs. Great Stamp† Kyu vs. Pokkle (Zevil Island) Greed Island arc: Kyu vs. Killua Zoldyck (288th Hunter Exam 1st Phase)

Trivia

• Kyu shares his Japanese voice actor, Daisuke Namikawa, with Hisoka Morow from the 2011 anime adaptation.

Anime and Manga Differences

• In the Bonus Phase of the exam of the 1999 anime adaptation, Ryu was shown to be an explosive expert by setting the explosives to explode the rocks surrounding the ship.

Translations around the World

Language		Name
Arabic		كيو (Kiu)
Korean		류 (Kyu)
Russian		Кью (K'yu)