Okarun

WARNING! This article may contain major spoilers from the Dandadan manga series. Please read at your own risk.

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Overview

Synopsis

Relationships

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Battles & Events

Okarun
Japanese	オカルン
Rōmaji	Okarun
Alias	Occult-kun (オカルト君, Okaruto-kun?) (Momo) Glasses (メガネ, Megane?, Viz: Four-Eyes) (Seiko)
Characteristics
Race	Human
Home Planet	Earth
Gender	Male
Age	16-17
Hair Color	Brown Black (Anime)
Eye Color	Brown
Personal Status
Status	Alive
Classifi-cation	Power User
Occupation	High School Student Paperboy
Affiliation	Kami High (History and Culture Research Club) Family
Residence	Kamigoe City, Saitama Prefecture (Takakura Residence)
Combat Style	Turbo Granny Spiritual Powers (Formerly) Oni Club
Relationships
Family	Unnamed Guardian
Others	Momo Ayase (Love Interest) Seiko Ayase (Good Acquaintance) Turbo Granny (Former Enemy, Good Acquaintance) Aira Shiratori (Schoolmate) Jiji (Friend, Schoolmate) Evil Eye (Sparring Partner) Kinta Sakata (Schoolmate) Bamora (Schoolmate) Rin Sawaki (Schoolmate) Manjiro (Mentor)
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Natsuki Hanae
English Voice	A.J. Beckles
Debuts
Manga Debut	Chapter 1
Anime Debut	Episode 1
Movie Debut	Dandadan: First Encounter

Ken Takakura (高たか倉くら健けん, Takakura Ken^?), also known as Okarun (オカルン, Okarun^?), is the main male protagonist of the manga series Dandadan.

He is an occult fanatic, mainly a believer in aliens and UFOS, who was living an introverted school life until he met Momo Ayase from school. After a bet with her leads to them forming a friendship and having his kintama missing from being cursed by the Turbo Granny, Okarun makes it his mission to find what he has lost with help from Momo and other allies as they overcome any paranormal obstacles along the way.

Appearance

Okarun is a teenager of short height and slender build with brown hair (black hair in the anime), brown eyes and he wears round-frame glasses. Originally, Okarun's hair was fashioned in a bowl cut, but it has since become unruly after his confrontation with the Flatwoods Monster. Though he was initially very skinny, Okarun has gained toned muscles as a result of his dedication to strength training and the numerous battles he faced dealing with spirits and aliens.

While he is one of the few characters that can be seen wearing a variety of outfits, his most common attire is his school uniform, which is a typical gakuran outfit.

Gallery

Okarun's full appearance in his school uniform.

Okarun's anime concept art.

Okarun's initial hairstyle.

Okarun as a child.

Okarun while in junior high school.

Video Games

Okarun in Jump+ Jumble Rush.

Okarun in his Turbo Granny form in Jump+ Jumble Rush.

Okarun in Grand Summoners.

Okarun (Super Awakening) in Grand Summoners.

Personality

Okarun is a self-described socially awkward individual who has a consuming interest for the paranormal with his main focus being the existence of aliens and cryptids. This interest goes all the way back to his childhood where he tried to make contact with aliens in a desperate attempt to make friends, having grown up without a single one in his life due to constant bullying. As a result, Okarun developed an inferiority complex where he believes that he is incapable of fitting in with others or that people are better off not associating with him. Even after making friends with Momo Ayase, Okarun still seems to retain some low self-esteem. After Jiji stepped back into Momo's life, Okarun thought to himself that he could not compete with him when it came to being her friend based on his observation on how entertained Momo was being around him and had almost come close to ending his friendship with her as to not be a bother. According to Momo, Okarun's real problem with making friends was that he was too quick to make assumptions about others judging him, which resulted in him subconsciously keeping others at arm's length.

Okarun is an altruistic person who believes that it is only right to help others when they are in trouble. A noticeable example being how he offered Mantisian his kintama for him to sell and earn funds for his son's blood transfusion. As a friend, he is fiercely loyal and protective as he will not allow others to get away with harming those whom he has formed a bond with, such as how he furiously attacked the Evil Eye for harming Momo and taking over Jiji's body.

Before learning that spirits truly walk among the living, Okarun was first skeptical of their existence since he believed that there were logical explanations as to why people would come to the conclusion of this paranormal activity.

Okarun is also formal to a fault as he can never bring himself to address his friends or allies by their first names or nickname without a polite title added; for example with Momo, he exclusively refers to her as "Ayase-san" ("Miss Ayase" in English translations). The only exception to this is Jiji since the latter will ignore him if he does so. It is because of this characteristic that Momo could tell that Reiko Kashima was impersonating Okarun, due to referring to Jiji as "Jiji-san".

When using Turbo Granny's power, Okarun's personality would take a dramatic shift. Normally shrill and antsy but strong-willed, Okarun, in his transformed state, would become lethargic and melancholic, often making pessimistic remarks about being tired and life not mattering. He also would drop all formal pretenses and usually make uncomfortably suave remarks towards other women, in addition to calling them by their first name.

Background

Ever since elementary school, Ken had a hard time fitting in with the crowd and was constantly picked on by others. In an effort to make any friends, he tried contacting aliens, which eventually developed into an obsession.

Abilities and Powers

Natural Abilities

Physical Prowess

Okarun performing outstandingly during gym class.

Athleticism: As a result of his commitment to his daily workouts and the many paranormal obstacles he has had to overcome, Okarun boasts great physical fitness that is on par with an athlete. After Bamora's kaiju suit was deactivated, following Momo's finishing move, Okarun, along with Jiji assisting him, had enough endurance to carry the heavy suit from Kamigoe City to the Ayase residence while outrunning the onlookers on pursuit who ultimately gave up from exhaustion. By the time he had given up Turbo Granny's powers, Okarun demonstrated incredible feats during a physical fitness test, completing a 50-meter sprint in just 5.8 seconds, surpassing his own expectation of 9 seconds, threw a handball 35 meters, reached 3.6 meters for the standing long jump, managed 80 steps for the sidestep test and completed 120 shuttle runs. Overall, he outperformed the rest of his class and still retained more stamina than them.

Supernatural Abilities

Spiritual Power

Spiritual Awareness
Okarun possesses the spiritual power to see spirits, such as earthbound spirits and yokai. This also makes him one of the rare few who are able to enter the Empty Space.

Ki
After "training" under Manjiro, Okarun learned how to harness his ki at a novice-level in order to wield the Oni Club.

Former Abilities and Powers

Supernatural Abilities

Spiritual Power

Turbo Granny Form

Okarun possesses the spiritual power of Turbo Granny after only the yokai's consciousness was extracted out of his body by Seiko and Momo. Initially, Okarun was only able to enter this mode while still being cursed by Turbo Granny and with help from Momo's psychokinesis powers to suppress the curse from his head, thereby allowing him to control his body. After the yokai's powers were accidentally left inside him, Okarun became able to enter the transformation willingly. When accessing this power, Okarun's hair flared up and turned white, gained two thick vertical stripes across his eyes, and had a noticeable black jaw mask with a row of multiple teeth. On a few occasions, the mask does not manifest at all. Underneath his clothing, Okarun's body was given a more muscular definition, while forcing his posture to become hunch-like, and the nails on his hands and toes became sharpened and black. The clothes he chose to wear were also slightly altered to become flame-like. Okarun's mental state also changed in addition to his physical, giving him a depressing personality and a strange tendency to say "yo" at the end of his sentences. During the Danmara Arc, Okarun was able to force himself to use Turbo Granny's power after reaching his limit from using All-Out twice, resulting in a feral form where the teeth of his mask sharpened, his glasses formed into menacing eyes, and his white hair lengthened and flowed back.

Okarun in his Turbo Granny form. Okarun's Turbo Granny form without his mask. Okarun's Turbo Granny form after surpassing his limit. 1/3

Statistics
Attack Power 80/110 Defense Power 80/110 Speed 150/110 Stamina 40/110 Depression 110/110

Enhanced Speed
	This state offered Okarun the extraordinary speed of Turbo Granny that allowed him to run at an incredible 100 km/hr. Okarun referred to this full speed as going All-Out (本気, Honki?).
Strengths
Okarun's enhanced speed and reflexes allowing him to dodge a barrage of explosive musical notes. After assuming the form for the first time, Okarun's body reacted fast enough to move out of the way of the Flatwoods Monster's attack after it had come a few seconds close to crushing him. As the Earthbound Spirit Crab chased him, he was able to cover some ground in Shono City and managed to keep the earthbound spirit from catching him. After Aira took a hit from Bamora, Okarun was able to quickly reach her from a considerable distance away to save her just in time from being struck by another attack. This speed also allowed him to keep up and overwhelm the likes of the Evil Eye, a formidable yokai who had proven himself on multiple occasions to be too difficult of an opponent to fight singlehandedly. In terms of combat rhythm, Turbo Granny proclaimed that her speed should allow Okarun to make five different actions in a single beat.
Weaknesses
Okarun was limited to using All-Out for only two sprints, as the intense supernatural speed put too much strain on his human body. Once the limit had been reached, Okarun ended up reverting back to normal and was left barely able to move for a short period of time. However, after further training to adapt to the form, Okarun's body no longer ached after reaching his limit, though this drawback was liable to return if he ran for too long. Okarun was also unable to swim since Turbo Granny did not possess the capabilities to.
Usage
Okarun attacking the Evil Eye in a repeated succession. Okarun used this power in combat or to put some distance between himself and his enemies. When engaging foes in close combat, Okarun relied on his speed to make swift physical attacks that gave his opponent no window of opportunity to counter, with his attacks taking the form of a series of squats and headbutts. When partnered with his allies, Okarun could use his speed to quickly jump in and move them out of the way of incoming attacks, or carry them on his back to either catch up with a target on the move or make a necessary escape. After receiving training from Turbo Granny herself to properly harness her power, Okarun managed to improve his combat rhythm. This was shown in his battle against the Music Room Portraits, where he effectively used his enhanced speed and reflexes to evade the tulpas' barrage of explosive musical notes by recalling the rhythm of the hayashi music and defeating them with a succession of five headbutts at once, so fast that he left afterimages. Later, he was capable of dodging the Evil Eye's multiple grudge ball attacks, whereas he had previously struggled to dodge even one in his first fight with the yokai. Okarun launching himself at Acrobatic Silky. Since All-Out came from the boost in leg strength, Okarun was able to launch himself with great force like a missile, which was his preferred method of attack. The charging speed was great enough to have Okarun get through a crowd of possessed citizens and send Acrobatic Silky, a large body yokai, crashing back and left badly injured to stand up for a short amount of time. Most incredibly, Okarun was able to split the giant body of the Serpo Dover Demon Nessie in half. While running from the Earthbound Spirit Crab, Okarun was also shown capable of using All-Out to keep himself and Momo afloat in the air long enough to land on city ground by having his legs rotate around his body like a helicopter’s rotary wings.
Enhanced Durability
Okarun also gained an increase in durability as well, as he was capable of withstanding his own launching attacks and endured attacks from powerful opponents such as the Evil Eye.
Enhanced Bite Force
Okarun's mouth mask gave him an immense bite force, as he was able to bite off all five fingers from the Flatwoods Monster's left hand.
Telephone Wire Transportation
	Besides the enhanced speed, Okarun was also bestowed Turbo Granny’s ability to transport via entering telephone cables. In order to perform this ability, Okarun had to travel along the telephone wire’s spiral-shaped magnetic field flowing around the current and continue moving using Turbo Granny’s immense speed.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Okarun teleporting from the Ayase house… …to Seiko's location in Hokkaido. 1/2 While it took some time to reach a desired place, Okarun was able to instantly teleport to his intended location if he transversed an active telephone line being made by a person from where he wished to go. This ability also helped to accelerate Okarun’s immense speed once he ejected from a telephone wire and continued to move, being so fast that his movements appeared to be akin to lightning rippling through the area. When traveling via a telephone wire, Okarun found it hard to reach his intended destination when there were multiple telephone lines to travel across. He also could not remain within a telephone wire for long periods of time due to the spiraling magnetic field ejecting him out rather quickly. Okarun’s traverse was also disrupted if his opponent severed the telephone wire he was within, causing him to be ejected out.
Usage
Okarun instantly takes down a few Kur from ejecting out of a telephone wire. Okarun was able to apply his telephone line transportation ability in battle. By continuing to be on the run after ejecting out of a telephone wire, Okarun’s immense speed became augmented, allowing him to attack his foes in the blink of an eye. During the battle against the Kur, he was able to instantly take down multiple enemies before any one of them could react to his series of collisions. Using an All-Out that had been amplified by this speed, Okarun was able to completely destroy the spatial suit alien with a single collision before he could attack Momo.
Astral Projection
	In addition, Okarun could also separate from his body and roam around as an astral projection. However, the use of this power was by accident and had yet to be used intentionally.
Strength and Weaknesses
In this form, Okarun gained the ability to fly and was invisible to people who did not possess refined control of their spiritual power. He was limited to staying in this form for an unspecified short amount of time, as the longer he stayed, the thinner the cord linked to his physical body became until it detached. Once detached, he could never return to his body.

Equipment

Main

Oni Club
After returning Turbo Granny's powers to her, Okarun received the Oni Club from Manjiro as an alternative means of defending himself and fight alongside his comrades against future threats.

Capabilities
Ki Sword
Okarun unleashing the Oni Club's weapon form. The Oni Club has the unique ability to conjure a makeshift blade generated from its wielder's ki. The blade's size depends on how much ki is channeled into the club, with its maximum length reaching to that of a massive greatsword that gives the wielder greater reach to slice a good portion of their opponent. Surprisingly, even at the aforementioned size, the Oni Club seemingly remains easy to handle.
Usage
Okarun utilizes the Oni Club in battle, though struggles to properly wield it due to his lack of proficiency at channeling his spiritual power. When fighting alongside Momo, he can manifest a much larger version of the weapon by having her ki flow through him.

Miscellaneous

Name	Image	Usage
Weapons
Nanoskin Armor		During his confrontation with Hase and Count Saint-Germain’s henchwoman, Okarun was equipped with nanoskin‑formed armor created by Kinta. The suit featured a pair of verniers mounted on the back, allowing him to maneuver across the battlefield with greater agility and channel their thrust into full‑body charging attacks. It also incorporated leg‑mounted pile bunkers, enabling Okarun to deliver piercing strikes using the reinforced tips of his heels.
Others
Spirit Medium Robes		Okarun, along with Momo, received spirit medium robes from Seiko that served as bulletproof vests against spirits to better protect themselves against Turbo Granny for when they confronted her inside her tunnel.
Miniature Communicator		During the Kur's attempted invasion of Earth, Okarun equipped himself with a Serpo communicator to speak to his friends in the midst of battle.
Rock-hard Costinus		After entering Danmara, Okarun obtained the Rock-hard Costinus card, which granted him the ability to transform his body into stone, mirroring Medusa’s own petrified form. He primarily used this power to withstand heavy attacks, but the defense was imperfect — his stone body could crack under sufficient force, leaving him vulnerable to injury once the transformation ended. The hardened form also came with a drawback of significantly reduced mobility.
Kintama		Okarun had used his second kintama to access his Turbo Granny powers while in Danmara.

Chapter Appearances

Kintama Hunt Saga

Cursed House Arc
28. That's A Premonition About The Turmoils of Love!	Appears
29. First Love!	Appears
30. Don't Give Up!	Appears
31. The Life of an Anatomical Doll	Appears
32. Let's Go to the Cursed House	Appears
33. Better Decide Which One's Into Her	Appears
34. The Kito Family Is Coming	Appears
35. Where's The Tsuchinoko Monster?	Appears
36. The Kito Family's Old Lady	Appears
37. Like, This Is the Legend of the Giant Snake	Appears
38. Mongolian Death Worms Are Deadly	Appears
39. The Evil Eye	Appears
40. Contract	Appears
41. Jiji the Prodigy	Appears
42. Escape! Multistage!	Appears
43. You Won't Get Away With This!	Appears
44. That House Is a Damn Eyesore	Appears
45. It's a Pump	Absent
46. Put That Fire Out	Absent
47. That's, Like, Way Deadly	Absent
48. That UFO Is Awesome	Appears
49. He's, Like, Sealed	Appears
50. Let's All Carry Around Hot Water	Appears

Evil Eye Arc
51. We Can All Stay There Together!	Appears
52. The Hayashi Performers Are Here	Appears
53. We Became a Family	Appears
54. Get a Part-Time Job	Appears
55. Moe Moe Tri-Beam	Appears
56. Feeling Kinda Gloomy	Appears
57. Scary Dudes at School	Appears
58. Symphony No. 6	Appears
59. Symphony No. 9	Appears
60. You Can Do It, Okarun!	Appears
61. The Evil Eye's Briefs	Appears
62. I Want to Rebuild the House	Appears

Kaiju Arc
63. School Life	Appears
64. The Secret Art of Being Attractive	Appears
65. I Can't See Them!	Appears
66. Hey, It's a Kaiju	Appears
67. The Kaiju's Wicked Strong	Appears
68. Kinta's Imagination	Appears
69. Clash! Space Kaiju vs. Giant Robot!	Appears
70. This Is How You Beat A Kaiju, Okay?	Appears
71. I'm Sick of Robots and Kaiju!	Appears
72. Somebody, Please Translate	Appears
73. Let's Eat Some Takoyaki	Appears

Space Globalists Arc
74. Let's Go to School	Mentioned
75. Ran Into Someone Deadly	Absent
76. What Do We Do With Her?	Appears
77. This Person is a Pain in the Butt	Appears
78. A Pulse-Pounding Night	Mentioned
79. Just Who the Heck Is This Person?	Appears
80. Ran Into Some Deadly Dudes 2	Appears
81. What Do We Do About These Deadly Dudes?	Appears
82. Number One Deadliest Dude	Appears
83. At Work	Appears
84. Annoying Dudes	Absent
85. The Power of Nessie	Mentioned
86. I Just Wanna Leave Already	Absent
87. Can Never Sleep at a Manga Cafe	Absent
88. Spy	Appears
89. Argument	Appears
90. What're We Gonna Do?	Appears
91. Initiate! The Road to Counterattack!	Appears
92. Just Can't Sleep	Appears
93. Astral Body Adventure	Appears
94. Please Tell Me How To Get Back Into My Body	Appears
95. Day of the Decisive Battle	Appears
96. Motivation	Appears
97. What To Do About the Name?	Absent
98. What To Do About My Beauty Treatment	Absent
99. My Turn	Appears
100. Close That Gate	Absent
101. Vamola	Appears
102. Vamola 2	Absent
103. Vamola 3	Absent
104. Vamola 4	Absent
105. Banga	Absent
106. Vamola's Reasons	Appears
107. I've Decided On Takoyaki	Absent
108. I'm Gonna Kick Ya Into Tomorrow	Appears
109. Mantis Shrimp's Calculation	Absent
110. Wicked Power	Absent
111. Everyone's Reconvened	Appears
112. Today is a Tuesday	Appears
113. Wreck 'Em	Appears
114. A Persistent Bastard	Appears
115. It's Kinta's Turn Onstage	Appears
116. Howl, Great Kinta!	Absent
117. Out of the Frying Pan	Appears
118. The Power of Reiko Kashima	Appears
119. That Note	Appears
120. Reiko Kashima's Maiden Heart	Appears

Danmara Arc
129. Kawabanga	Appears
130. Mission Impossible	Appears
131. It's, Like, Pride	Appears
132. Delinquents' Track Meet	Appears
133. Where's Zuma?	Appears
134. Deadly Magic Object	Appears
135. She Went and Entered It	Appears
136. It's, Like, a Board Game	Appears
137. That Zuma Dude	Absent
138. Start Game	Absent
139. Let 'Em Eat Cake	Absent
140. How to Use Powers	Absent
141. Eatin' Too Many Treats	Appears
142. That's Enough Of Sweets!	Appears
143. Let's Take a Break!	Appears
144. Let's Go On An Adventure!	Mentioned
145. Commence Castle Siege	Absent
146. Castle Sieges Are Hard	Absent
147. It's a Megabrawl	Appears
148. Game Cleared	Appears
149. That Devil, the Fairy-Tale Card	Appears
150. This Guy's a Pain	Appears
151. Get That Family Jewel Back	Appears
152. Turbo Granny vs. Brella Boy	Appears
153. Unji Zuma	Absent
154. Unji Zuma 2	Absent
155. Unji Zuma 3	Absent
156. 'Brella Boy	Absent
157. Masamichi Bega	Appears
158. That Kawabanga Girl	Appears
159. Escape from the Cursed Trunk!	Appears
160. The Power of the Demonic Fairy-Tale Card	Appears
161. Saint-Germain, the Mysterious Man	Appears
162. Let's Blow the Demonic Fairy-Tale Card Away!	Appears
163. Saviors, Don't Be Late!	Appears
164. She's Gone All Little!	Appears
165. Family Jewels—Intact	Appears

Current Saga

Kozuka Knives Arc
166. Is This a Little Fairy?	Appears
167. Hey, There's Something There	Appears
168. There's Someone Here	Absent
169. Find The Culprit!	Appears
170. A Suspicious Woman	Appears
171. Corner the Perp!	Appears
172. Those Pygmies Are Scary	Appears
173. Corner the Criminal!	Appears
174. Queen Sensei's Infirmary	Appears
175. So Who's the True Perp?	Appears
176. Scattering the Bait	Appears
177. Let's Do Some Kung Fu	Absent
178. The Power of a God	Absent
179. This Seems Kinda Deadly	Absent
180. The Owner of the Kozuka Knives	Appears
181. Must Be the Influence of a Curse	Appears
182. Something's Taken the Bait	Appears
183. So It's You!	Appears
184. The Class Rep's Head!	Absent
185. So You're The Perp!	Absent
186. Kouki Yukishiro's Power	Absent
187. Kick the Crap Outta Murakami!	Absent
188. Okarun and Kinta	Appears
189. Jumping Granny and Kung Fu Alien	Appears
190. Merging Is What Makes Us Strong!	Appears
191. The Mistake	Appears

Typhoon Human Arc
192. Departing for Shimane	Absent
193. You People?!	Absent
194. We've Been Hijacked	Absent
195. It's a Typhoon Direct Hit	Flashback
196. Let's Blow Away That Typhoon	Absent
197. Earthworm! Go!	Absent
198. Smash the Typhoon's Eye!	Flashback
199. Clear Skies After the Storm	Absent
200. Everyone's Whereabouts	Appears

Shimane Arc
201. Here We Are, In Shimane	Appears
202. Where'd the Magic Hammer Go?	Absent
203. The Mysterious Man	Absent
204. Enenra, the Smoke Yokai	Absent
205. Spiral Training	Absent
206. Jiji and the Evil Eye	Absent
207. What Even Is a Ninja?	Absent
208. Who's The Real Ninja?!	Absent
209. All Alone	Flashback
210. After the Ritual	Appears
211. Who the Heck?	Mentioned

Current Arc
212. Momo's Memories	Appears
213. Okarun's Resolve	Appears
214. Feeling Kinda Fuzzy	Appears
215. A Feeling of Distance Between Them	Appears
216. Look, We're Being Attacked By Space Aliens!	Appears
217. The Ogre Club	Appears
218. He's a Mummy, Isn't He?	Appears
219. The Mummy's Weakness	Appears
220. Let's Treat Those Wounds	Appears
221. Ken's Conflict	Appears
222. Who Are You People?	Absent
223. The Class Rep's Costume	Absent

Bonus Appearances

Volumes Omake
1. Volume 1	Appears
2. Volume 2	Absent
3. Volume 3	Appears
4. Volume 4	Absent
5. Volume 5	Absent
6. Volume 6	Absent
7. Volume 7	Absent
8. Volume 8	Absent
9. Volume 9	Appears
10. Volume 10	Absent
11. Volume 11	Absent
12. Volume 12	Absent
13. Volume 13	Absent
14. Volume 14	Absent
15. Volume 15	Appears
16. Volume 16	Absent
17. Volume 17	Absent
18. Volume 18	Absent
19. Volume 19	Appears
20. Volume 20	Absent
21. Volume 21	Appears

Nichijo Daizukan
1. Momo	Appears
2. Okarun	Appears
3. Aira	Absent
4. Jiji	Appears
5. Bamora	Absent
6. Kinta	Appears
7. Class Rep	Absent
8. Zuma	Absent
9. Sanjome	Appears
10. Seiko • Turbo Granny	Absent
11. Rokuro Serpo	Absent

Etymology

• The name Ken means "healthy, strong" (健).
• Ken's surname Takakura means "tall, high" (高) (taka) and "warehouse, storehouse, barn, treasury, granary, cellar, magazine, godown, depository, elevator, storage place, repository, supply shed, grain elevator, stockpile, arsenal" (倉) (kura).

Trivia

• Okarun is listed as #2 among Yukinobu Tatsu's top 4 favorite characters in the series.
• Okarun ranked first in the first popularity poll with 38,699 votes.
• According to Dandadan Daizukan:
  • He likes aliens, UMAs, and conspiracy theories.
  • He dislikes school events.
  • His hobbies are collecting occult magazines, visiting power spots, and weight training (recently).
  • His specialty is investigating urban legends.
  • His motto is "we're in the same boat".
  • He is excessively careful about not immediately rejecting or dismissing new information.
  • His typical weekday schedule:
    • Sleep: 3.5 hours
    • Newspaper Delivery: 3 hours
    • Nap: 3.5 hours
    • Breakfast & Getting Ready for School: 1 hour
    • School: 8 hours
    • After-School Activities (hanging out with friends): 1.5 hours
    • Dinner & Chores: 1 hour
    • Studying: 1 hour
    • Free Time (reading occult magazines, watching videos): 1 hour
    • Bath: 0.5 hour

• Ken shares the same full name as the renowned celebrity Ken Takakura. Unbeknownst to him, Momo has affectionately dubbed him "Okarun" since Ken Takakura is her favorite actor and gets flustered whenever his real name is mentioned in her presence.
• Okarun's first name and white hair and black mouth mask when using Turbo Granny's power draws reference to Ken Kaneki from the series Tokyo Ghoul. The two also coincidentally share the same Japanese voice actor Natsuki Hanae.

Momo and Okarun's cameo in Avengers Academy: Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic Issue #31.

• In Avengers Academy: Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic Issue #31, two characters resembling Momo and Okarun are seen at a diner. The artist of the comic, Pablo Moreno Collar, confirmed in an Instagram reply that the characters are indeed Momo and Okarun.