Kouchu Misako

"Kouchu Misako (コウチュ)"

"Voiced in Japanese by: Rebi Ushaki (1992-1996), Aka Noashaka (1996-2000), Shonen Noko (2000-2004), Oro Nota (2004-2007), Gorudon Rokui (2007-2017), Satoshi Yatamono (2017-present), Rica Gatomisa (Movie 28- present)"

"Voiced in English by: Kate Ukona (season 1-4), Shauna Jones (season 5-9), Lily Jameson (season 9-12), Emma George (season 13), John Silver (season 14-16), Dan Natajin (season 17-19), Max Bayman (season 20-26), Steven Gray (season 26-present)"

"Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Curculio Lupinus"

"Voiced in European French by: Loïc Regnard (season 1-16), Léopold Dupuis (season 17-present) "

"Voiced in Brazilian Portuguese by: Diegon Reigo"

"Debut: Crystal Jewels Go! (November 13, 1992)"

Kouchu Misako, of course, the hero of the whole series. As we see him grow up trying to become the Master Champion of the League, he became our hero of our childhood. He left Justpip Town at the age of 9, and went out on the adventure which none other 9-year-olds could handle (because he's brave). Leaving his family to become Master Champion, Kouchu also met Shauna Genga, whose CD was stolen by Kouchu, and Sakuro, whom Kouchu've met in their childhood while hunting the Crystal Monster, and things goes awry. Not only Kouchu's planning to become Master Champion, but he's also planning to be the strongest in the world, and protecting everyone.

While on his journey, the journey doesn't make sense without the bad guys. The Furious Five members, Julia the leader, Kathern, Genuan, Hiyon and Katie, her crew, and along with the notorious Marukas, who hypnotized Kouchu's childhood bully Marcy Kimensho in the 14th season, making her the antagonist of the story. Kouchu and his friends are working on protecting the Crystal Balls from the bad guys' hands before they are sent to Hunter Grai to release Devil J to destroy the world.

Kouchu's also friends with Emma Gorajin (Season 9), who later joined him, Noah and Sarah Kimesha (Season 13), who joined him too, Steven Jakoshu (Season 17), who joined him as well, and Akura, Alan, and Mahuna would join him by Season 25-26, but temporarily. Kouchu also went through his lovelife: His love for Danelle lasted until the end of Season 12, love for Iriah lasts for the few episodes of 15, Bella lasts until 24, and Kouchu is with Ichigo, while she's traveling with him.

Kouchu's other friends is Elliott Mitoa, his childhood best friends who Kouchu met at the arcade when they were 6 years old, and the "love prey" of Elliott, with his Coming Out Story and Sidekick Boy, Bob, Crystal Dude, the police trio, and Arthur, Elizabeth, and Garcia, also the agent trios, and is friends with Dustin Withness, accidental driving test taker, and Shari, the lab geek. He is best friends with Marc, Iccryst's assistant who helps protect the Crystal Universe. Kouchu is also best friends with Iccryst and wishes to become "Master Champion".

Examples includes:
 * #1 Dime: His red headband from the start of the series. It is given to his father and was an honorship to his oldest missing brother, Hishio Misako. Even though his eldest brother received it, he declined it, so Kisho gave the red headband to Kouchu to make him a Crystal Brawler.
 * Accidental Hand Hold: Kouchu and Bella accidentally holded hands in Feelings to Bella while they are picking up the Crystal Balls. This could lead to them, blushing. Bella said to Kouchu that she feels an emotion that could lead her to having a crush on him as well.
 * Accidental Pervert
 * In Advanced Adventure saga, in the episode "Tied Up the Nots", Kouchu accidentally saw Tima naked in the hot springs of Landlore. Without hitting him or calling him a pervert or a peeping tom, she blushes, and smiles at him, and continues to walk away to get dress from the bath.
 * This trope happened the second time in Super! Of Life!episode, "Puzzle of Love", where Kouchu walks in and Bella's half-naked (this was edited during the United States release), with her lingerie on. Bella told him not to leave because she wanted to comfort him, and Kouchu blushes so hard that he has to tell Bella he needed space.
 * Accusation
 * In Quicker and the Bitter, the food was gone while the brawlers were asleep, and then, Kouchu was accused of eating the last food while he blamed the other brawlers himself.
 * In the episode, A Panicing Terror, when the Crystal Health Doctor went down, the police came, and blamed Kouchu for murder. Kouchu was accused of killing the Crystal Health Doctor
 * In Beginnings of the Ancient, Kouchu and his friends were accused of entering the king's property.
 * In Screams At the Titans, the trial titans accused Kouchu and his friends of stealing their property.
 * In Needing Help, Kouchu and the brawlers were accused of giving bad ideas for the boy to live as the Crystal Brawler, which gets Crystal Brawlers banned from Dandfordon.
 * In Return to the Shogumon World, Part 1, Kouchu and his friends, although it is just a virtual simulation, were accused of destroying the Crystal World by a mafia.
 * The Ace: Kouchu is this between the later episodes of the Original Series and the Super! Of Life! saga. Although he heated every Crystal Brawler, nothing could bring him down. He is also one of the strongest Brawlers in the series, but not the strongest in the world. I meant, yet. However, despite this, he is downplayed by Book Dumb, when he doesn't know enough about Crystal Brawling, and a Snap Back in the Garnet and Turquoise and the Moon Blade sagas.
 * Adaptational Badass: Somehow more than his video game counterpart in some episodes and the movies, despite being compared to him as a loser, Kouchu is popular in this trope through several episodes and movies. Kouchu is actually a big hero of the series, he is a badass in many episodes. One time, he was Incide Boy, a young superhero who saves the day, he was one of the Rangers in the twelve movie, and he's more athletic than his video game counterpart. This was downplayed by his Snap Back in Garnet and Turquoise and the Moon Blade saga respectively.
 * Adaptation Dye Job: His game counterpart have blue and black hair in the original games (Crystal Jewels, Crystal Jewels 2, Crystal Jewels 3, Crystal Jewels Pakular, and Crystal Jewels Advanced 2, while he has all-blue-hair in the anime adaptation. His video game counterpart's blue hair have worn off so it would be officially black instead of blue like his anime counterpart is having. While his game-counterpart is confirmed to always have his hair black since Crystal Jewels Advanced Kingdom, even though his hair is similar to his anime counterpart, but with the different color, Kouchu's remained blue in the anime and manga series.
 * Adorkable: Kouchu Misako is this during the first four sagas while he was a child, even though he's a sweet and kindhearted kid. He cares about his friends and his Crystal Monsters much as he cares about becoming a Master Champion. He's often a good person and sets up a good example of teamwork and friendship. This trope maybe come more frequent in the later episodes, where Kouchu still is a bright and friendly person. Moon Blade seems to bring back this trope as a Snap Back, where he also has a enormous heart. Kouchu might be a great example for this trope.
 * Aesop Amnesia: Kouchu has been a skillful Crystal Brawler, and his experience and knowledge about Crystal Brawling developed from the first episode to the end of Super! Of Life! saga. In Garnet and Turquoise saga, Kouchu experience this trope, and he's a good example of this trope, because he forgets the mechanics of the Crystal Brawler and doesn't know how to catch Crystal Monsters. It was known that he was either lazy or his Crystal Monsters' powers were drained in the saga. Even though Kouchu regresses his brawler skills back to beginner, he is in this trope for this saga, and somewhat in Moon Blade.
 * Age Lift: Kouchu and his anime counterpart appears to be the same age, but depending on the years of Crystal Jewels, he's older than his anime counterpart, and even though he may be in his 30s, Kouchu is in his early 20s. For an example, during Game Series I, Kouchu and his anime counterpart are both 9-10. In Game Series II, VG Kouchu is 10-15 while Kouchu was only 10 years old. In Game Series III, he is 16-19 while Kouchu was only 12. In Game Series IV, VG Kouchu was 22-25 while Kouchu was only 15. By the time Kouchu was 19, VG Kouchu was on his 30s.
 * All Love Is Unrequited: Elliott is this trope to Kouchu since he's Camp Gay. Ever since they first met, Elliott has a major crush on him, and hasn't have any romantic relationships with girls. Even though this is the trope for after Elliott came out to Kouchu, he decided to "pretend that he had feelings for him" in order to make him feel better about himself. Kouchu isn't gay, so he can respect and appreciate gay people like Elliott, and there is no homophobic attitude towards him.
 * All Loving Hero:
 * Kouchu is a true hero for the whole series, especially to the world, Crystal Monsters, and his friends and family. Kouchu was this trope when all his Crystal Monsters and friends care About him. Even though he had a lot of friends and family, he's never alone. He had befriended all his Crystal Monsters in the series. Kouchu is this trope, especially in the fourth movie, where hevsaved his whole family from getting tortured by Hunter Grai, and saving the world from Devil J's wrath. Despite his regressing status, Kouchu would never give up being loved by the people he admire.
 * Although Marcy have betrayed him, in the earlier seasons, Kouchu was meaningful to Marcy, and their teamwork in Crystal Jewels Adventures in the Sky (2000), and the Advanced Adventure episode brought them the meaning of teamwork.
 * Always Second Best:
 * Kouchu knows that he's always one step ahead of Marcy Kimensho. During the first League Tournament, Marcy defeated Kouchu in the finals, and still declare herself best. It gets more frequently in the later seasons, when she becomes more "evil". He has been criticism at times when he has a power that is lower than Marcy's and she is the reason why Kouchu feels like that he's not a good Crystal Brawler who would never achieve his dream. Ever since Kouchu lost to Marcy in the very eighth episode, he's always this trope.
 * In the Garnet and Turquoise saga, Kouchu is this to Aroku since he doesn't know the Rottobigin techniques nor the Natalian Powers, nor the language since his Snap Back. He also doesn't know the basics of the CrystalTech thing. So what? Do you think that Aroku have always surpassed Kouchu. But he lost to him once, and it never happened again in the Garnet and Turquoise saga. At the end, they became friends.
 * Animal Savers : Kouchu Misako (Crystal Jewels)
 * Anime Hair: Kouchu has blue anti-gravity hair and his bangs shaped like a raindrop to describe his "blue". He has the popular hair in Japan and the United States because the raindrop-shaped bangs describes his blue color and his hair. And his headband would go on behind of those bangs as well. In the Mega Companions saga, his hair is long, and with the big star-shaped bun on the back of his hair that is separated on both sides of his face. Like the first hairstyle, this was one of the popular in both countries as well. In the Moon Blade saga, his hair becomes short.
 * Apologies, Forgiveness and Reconcilements
 * At the end of the episode, Mystic in the Hand, Kouchu apologizes to everyone for breaking the Mine Hand. They all forgave him and things are set to normal.
 * Steven forgives Kouchu about the Z-Balls, and Plantmore forgives Kouchu for using her as scapegoat for the Marukas when their power cords are stolen.
 * In Goodbye, Roaracryst, Part 2, Kouchu and Roaracryst reconcile after saving Kouchu's life when he is surrounded by the Galaxy's Crystal Monsters.
 * Archenemy: Marcy Kimensho, The Furious Five (Julia, Kathern, Genuan, Hiyon, Katie),Hunter Grai, Devil J, Marukas, the Cheetah Girls, Z, and Red Kouchu to Kouchu Misako
 * Art Evolution: Kouchu, like other characters, appears to be cartoonish in earlier seasons, while his lashlinds became more circular in the Original Series, depending on the artist who's doing the cel-animation. While the iris increases in the second and increases once more in the third saga, Kouchu's iris became larger than the three first saga's, giving him the big blue anime eye with the No Quitting!! outfit. He changes most of his clothes in Mega Companions, including his hair, and at Moon Blade, Kouchu changes his outfit again, now shorter hair and smallen eyes, without the bottom lash mark instead.
 * Atomic F Bomb: Even though this is not the trope for the official English Sub, this was used in the fansubs for Kouchu. It happened in the Moon Blade saga after Kouchu sees that he's getting blasted by Dark Kouchu.
 * In the Official sub: ("OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!)
 * In the fansubs: ("OH FUUUUUCK!!! NOOOO!!!!)
 * In the English dub: ("OH CRAAAAAAAAAAAAP!!!!)
 * Back From The Dead: Kouchu died at least 4 times in the franchise, but he comes back.
 * Baleful Polymorph: Kouchu morphs into a Roaracryst in "Roarachu".
 * Beauty is Found Within : Danelle and Kouchu cares about each other because they give each other respect and they are both protectful. Same goes to Ichigo Musaki, and Kouchu's other girls.
 * Being Bullied
 * Kouchu being bullied by Marcy Kimensho for the remainer of the series.
 * In I Can't Believe It's Butler, even though it's not a trope, Kouchu mistakens the boy as a bully when he said he'll "beat him up".
 * In The Mighty Megacryst, Kouchu is bullied by Bulny when she compares her Megacryst to Kouchu's Roaracryst.
 * In the following episode, Kouchu is made fun of by Tyman and seems to be more evil towards him.
 * In The Tough Tyson and To Train a Spider, Tyson is one of Kouchu's bullies even though he is the medal holder himself. He bullies Kouchu because of his brawler skills.
 * Kouchu and his friends are trash-talked around Jay in the episode, Hilarious Haters.
 * Being in Love: Kouchu have feelings for female characters in the Crystal Jewels anime, such as a sweet, dark-hair girl Danelle Mysena, a heart-making purple hair Iriah Huseo, A kind-hearted red hair Bella Kuseka, and currently a sweet-hearted Ichigo Musaki. Kouchu share his love to each of these female characters over the series, including Ichigo.
 * Kouchu fell in love with Danelle until the end of the Advanced Adventure saga
 * Kouchu had a short-term relationship with Iriah around the 15th season of No Quitting!!
 * Around Super! of Life!, Kouchu fell in love with Bella
 * In Garnet and Turquoise, Kouchu and Ichigo fell for each other.
 * Elliott fell in love with Kouchu formerly, but it wasn't reciprocated since Kouchu's already with Ichigo, and Elliott fell for someone else.
 * Being Interrogated:
 * Kouchu was captured by the Furious Five and he was interrogated until the Crystal Monsters saved him. The Furious Fives try to make him do so by tying him to the missile to Hunter Grai'e lair, and Roaracryst have saved him from the missile. and he and Roaracryst ties them in their lair.
 * In Exciting Country, he and Emma Gorajin were captured by the Galaxy Five and interrogated them for the Crystal Balls. When the interrogating continues, Roaracryst and the other Crystal Monsters saved Kouchu and Emma.
 * Believing In Themselves: That's what Kouchu've always done since day one. He does it most often, and when the hero falls, he gets back up. Once this phrase come in handy, "Try, and try again", Kouchu is lucky he'll need it to cheer him up. Kouchu remember the phrase in the league once he lost to Marcy, but when the league ends, Kouchu learns the trials and was glad for what he had done said by Roaracryst.
 * "Look, when the hero falls down, he's always strong enough to get back up! The good guys never fails!" ~ Kouchu Misako, when Shauna and Sakuro worries that they won't make it back to their own universe.
 * Berserk Button:
 * Kouchu won't let anyone steal his dreams of becoming a Master Champion. Even if you stole his dreams, he'll kick your ass.
 * His headband. unless it was either an accident or on purpose. But don't steal his headband or damage it, it is honorship to his missing brother and was given from his father.
 * Don't insult his training skills.
 * Don't call him a coward.
 * Don't insult his relationship with Roaracryst nor his loved ones. He doesn't want to hear you saying that they betrayed him or ran away.
 * Berserk Mode:Kouchu and Rottobigin does this in the IXL world episodes against the IXL warriors when their Crystal Monsters are being attacked.
 * Betrayals:Kouchu have been betrayed by Hunter Grai for giving him the Crystal Balls in the Original Series. He has been also betrayed by the Marukas and Marcy for the Crystal Balls, too, several times throughout the series.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Kouchu is a kind-hearted person in the series, but whenever his friends, Crystal Monsters, or himself get threatened, Kouchu gets very serious and he and Roaracryst kicks ass.
 * Breaking up Fights and Arguments
 * Kouchu broke up the fight between Sidekick Boy and Steven in What Isn't a Brawler.
 * In The Crying of the Gift, Kouchu also broke up a fight between Shauna and Sakuro when he realized that the money is missing.
 * In You Stole My Fame!, Kouchu and Shauna broke up a fight between Emma and Sarah.
 * Breakups: Kouchu broke up with Danelle when they decided to go to different directions.
 * Later, Iriah and Kouchu broke up for the same reason, and decided to part ways as well.
 * Later, Bella and Kouchu broke up because Bella decided to reach her dreams as a singer, while Kouchu gets his own dream.
 * Big Damn Heroes: Kouchu usually saves someone's life from danger. For an example, he saved a little boy from the big snake in 3 Farko Arc. Kouchu usually does this during some Devil J episodes. Kouchu usually does this during the "Flames of Legacy" episode, like where he saves everyone from a collapsing building


 * Big Eater: Kouchu is a good example of this trope, because there's nothing else Kouchu likes than battling, and of course, food. He either has an eating disorder or have a big appetite of his own. But when his food is take away, he gets a melt down. If Laxmore was to take his food, Kouchu would get pissed, right?
 * Big "NO!": In I Am a Monster!, Kouchu lets out the big no when he is forced to become the Furious Five member, only for Dragiono to appear.
 * Birthday Episode: Kouchu have his birthday in the end of the Original Series.
 * Blame Game: In the episode, "Quicker and the Bitter", the blame game is played between Kouchu and his friends that the food is stolen.
 * Blue Is Heroic: Kouchu's original outift is mostly blue while his jeans are blue (except for the 5-7th saga), and the outfit each contains blue. His hair and eyes are also blue.
 * Book Dumb:
 * When taking the test to get pass the Dungeon Path, Kouchu fails the writing test, which he would have trouble on. It seems that he've failed since he doesn't study about the test, even though he knew about Crystal Brawlers and Crystal Monsters, but it's time to refresh our memories, right?
 * Kouchu, in CrystalTech, wanted to pass the test with the Natalian Alphabeth. However, Kouchu have failed learning the Natalian Language to create powers for Rottobigin. So instead, even though the symbols are included to make powers, Kouchu came up with his own Natalian Language, and that crap gets complicated as well. That doesn't make any God damn sense about it, either.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: Kouchu is a Crystal Brawler, with a big heart and a dream or becoming a Crystal Brawler and a Master Champion, of course he is ONE of the strongest, and not the strongest overall, but he is in this trope because he's a "somewhat idiot". Sometimes he could be a bigger dumbass in the original series, and takes advantage of his own stupidity.
 * Butt Monkey: Kouchu is usually this in the Original, 3 Farko Arc, Advanced Adventure (sometimes often), Garnet and Turquoise, and Moon Blade, especially in the very earlier seasons.
 * In the Original Series, Kouchu started out as an completely inexperienced Crystal Brawler, with a hurtful Roaracryst. Somehow, things for Kouchu could led off the path, but sometimes he could be overconfident. With his abusive Tencoat and a female bully, Kouchu could be a victim of being hurt by Crystal Monsters, zapped, burned, or frost.
 * In during the 3 Farko Arc and Advanced Adventure, this becomes less frequent.
 * However, in the Garnet and Turquoise saga, this trope was a Snap Back, and turns out to be like the Original Series, when Kouchu is hurt by the Cheetah Girls, and appears to be criticized and beaten up by others and the Crystal Monsters. This happens less frequently in the Moon Blade saga, but played for comedy.
 * Calming Down Someone
 * In The Potrait Roaracryst, Kouchu calms down Roaracryst after he got angry at his masterpiece getting destroyed, even though he doesn't want Roaracryst to torture everyone that has done a mess on it.
 * In The Mean Selfness, Kouchu and Sakuro calms down Shauna when she has a emotion disorder.
 * Can't Catch Up: Kouchu feels down in the lack of progress during the Original Series, however, this was downplayed by the Experienced Protagonist trope at the later episodes. In Garnet and Turquoise, this trope was a Snap Back, which Kouchu gets beat every episode. In Moon Blade, he can't catch up with the Web Warriors even though he decided to be.
 * Catchphrase:
 * Kouchu would say "Crystal Jewels Go!" to summon Crystal Monster
 * In the Japanese version, Kouchu would say, "Battle to heaven or hell!" whenever he gets very serious.
 * In the SSC version, he would say, "I'm a f**king Crystal Brawler, assholes!!"
 * Character Development:
 * Kouchu has been through character development since he was at the beginning of the series. However, his character development seems to be depicted on his video game characters' or of his own. Sometimes, he is clumsy and misunderstanding at the beginning, and started to be unskilled, Kouchu knows that the Crystal Brawlers and his Crystal Monsters are always here for him. But during the next arcs, continuing on until the Garnet and Turquoise saga, Kouchu have shown most improvement over the 5 arcs after the Original Series. In the GT saga, he experienced Can't Catch Up trope.
 * Kouchu has a bad relationship with Marcy ever since they first met at the age of 4-7. At the Crystal Jewels League Tournament, Marcy ended up letting the Marukas cheat by sending off traps in order for Kouchu to lose the whole tournament. Kouchu and Marcy's relationship gets worst when they became from rivals to enemies, where Marcy begins to take advantage of destroying Kouchu. When Kouchu begins to lose at most of his league tournaments, he insistently begin to realized that it could be hard to become a Master Champion... Even if you can't surpassed your own rival. Kouchu seems to be the beginner at the beginning of the series. Then, he rises up to Challenger Mode, Advanced Mode, then Expert Mode for the next 5 sagas. At the Garnet and Turquoise saga he went back to the beginner, and at the end of that, he went all the way back to Advanced/Expert. In the Moon Blade saga, he couldn't become a Web Warrior because of his bad criteria, but his brawling skills varies throughout the saga.
 * Kouchu have been a crybaby punk at the beginning of the series, but knows that he is always surrounded by love. To make his own family proud, including his missing brother whom he couldn't find, Kouchu has gone through extreme lengths, with regressions towards the Garnet and Turquoise saga, but in Moon Blade, his skills as a Crystal Brawler remained "balanced".
 * Childhood Friends:
 * Kouchu and Sakuro met each other when they were 7 in the Justpip Neighhorhood. Kouchu and Sakuro fought over the diamond until Kouchu fell to the river and Birdono saved him. Kouchu and Sakuro fought afterwards.
 * Kouchu and Elliott first met when they were 6, at the video game arcade, there was a big competition. After Elliott was kicked off the team, Kouchu invited him to his in order to help him win money.
 * Kouchu and Ichigo met when they were younger, and Kouchu saved Ichigo from a Tricat.
 * The Chosen One: Marc and Iccryst convinced Kouchu that he would be the Chosen One in the original series, only to see if maybe he's worthy of becoming Master Champion. Kouchu has been great friends with Marc and Iccryst sinc the beginning of the series. Even though Kouchu could reach Iccryst's heaven through the space track tunnel, he could still communicate him with Marc through the Crystal Balls. Kouchu, being the Chosen One, is the role chosen for him.
 * Challenge Seeker: Kouchu have skills in his progress when he decided to always look for a new challenge to challenge himself more frequently with his Crystal Monsters. Since he became a Crystal Brawler, it's most important for him to challenge himselfs to newer levels, and over the top of the edge when he decided to find the Crystal Brawler and fight him or her.
 * Cheek Kissing: In Happly Wide, Danelle gave Kouchu a kiss on a cheek to thank him for the wonderful dance at the junior prom.
 * Child Savers: Kouchu Misako (Crystal Jewels)
 * Childhood Friends Romance: Kouchu and Ichigo know each other as young children and seperated until several years later.
 * Comforting Friends and Family:
 * After losing the World Tournament, Roaracryst comforts Kouchu with Shauna and Sakuro.
 * In one of the banned episodes, The Dancer's Life, Kouchu comforts his best friend Elliott from his abusive homophobic parents.
 * Comedic Underwear Exposure: This was shown once in The Path to the Trick House, when one of the pranksters traps pulls off Kouchu's pants showing his red and purple-striped boxers.
 * Concerns turned Support: Even though Kouchu haven't became a Master Champion yet, he feels like sometimes he's falling behind. However, with support of friends and family, they were able to give Kouchu advices and the mistakes he've made.
 * Composite Character:
 * Kouchu is the composite character of his video game counterpart in both of Crystal Jewels and Crystal Jewels Advanced Kingdom. However, he's an anime counterpart. Even though his outfits or appearances depict on the male player characters, especially the Moon Blade game.
 * Costume Evolution: Kouchu's outfit change for every saga (except for SOL and GT).
 * In the Original series, Kouchu wore a blue jacket and a indigo jeans. He also wore a green T-shirt and white socks, and Cerulean-and-Red-colored shoes.
 * In the 3 Farko Arc series, Kouchu's outfit hasn't change that much, but he wore a different kind of shoes: a yellow shoe with a black, giant "z" on it.
 * In Advanced Adventure series, Kouchu's outfit hasn't change that much, but he wore a different kind of shoes: A orange shoe with a white line on it.
 * In No Quitting!! ,Kouchu's outfit have changed- a yellow and red jacket and some blue jeans, along with a red T-shirt and black and blue shoes.
 * From Mega Companions to Natalie Quest, Kouchu now wore a sleeveless blue shirt and a pale yellow pants and also wore a white scarf, and white and black shoes.
 * In Moon Blade, Kouchu wears a short sleeved jacket with colors of red on one side and blue on another. He wore a jeans pants which is indigo.
 * Curtains Match The Window: Kouchu has his eyes match his hair color since No Quitting!! Kouchu is most famous in this trope.
 * Dealing with Bullies: Kouchu deals with Marcy. Several times, of course.
 * Dealing with Tyrants:Kouchu (and/or his friends) stands up to the Marukas most of all and ridding the Crystal World with Devil J of their tyranny.
 * Dead Alternate Counterpart: In "Sketch of Techs", A3 Kouchu from Universe A3 sacrifice himself to protect the brawlers to get decaptivated in ashes by The Great Bomb Beam.
 * Death Of A Child: Kouchu died at least 4 times, and revived at the end.
 * Depending On The Artist: During cel animation for the first 672 episodes from 1992 to 2003, Kouchu and the other Crystal Jewels characters are animated by approximately 130 animators who draw exactly the same as each other, which is why so many episodes are in cel animation. During that process, there is a pattern of appearance and disappearance of Kouchu's jacket pocket.
 * Determinator: Kouchu never gives up becoming a Crystal Brawler, even though he lost the League Tournament several times. Even though that happened, Kouchu knows that he couldn't give up doing something to become a true Master Champion. Kouchu's determining attitude is shown towards the whole Crystal Jewels series, as long as he considering himself a hero. What else Kouchu's determining? To find his long lost relative brother, of course. Kouchu shown that attitude since the beginning of the whole anime series, although he doesn't know about his long lost brother named Hishio until the very third episode. Kouchu also determines to follow his older brother's footsteps.
 * Disciplinary Grabs: Shauna does this to Kouchu and Sakuro sometimes when she gets annoyed by him.
 * Discovering Their Powers
 * In the episode, Flames of Legacy, Kouchu temporarily gained superpowers when he recieved the Incide Medal. However, they've wore off during the fight with Garem.
 * Later, he discovered that Rottobigin's powers are connected to him every time he's available to use them, even though Rottobigin and Kouchu shares the pain.
 * Disguised Heroes
 * In the episode, Getting Away Justice, Kouchu disguised as a little girl in order to get the medal at the Spliteree Cup. However, his true identity was revealed at the end.
 * In the episode, Will the Real Shari Stand Up?, Kouchu disguised as Shari to fool the Furious Five, so he could kick their butt and send them away.
 * The Ditz: Kouchu falls into this trope because he doesn't know about the Crystal World, and still takes the learning about the Crystal World unseriously. He fits perfectly in this trope especially in the Original Series, and even Shauna criticizes him for being this trope. Kouchu could be Book Dumb and stupid at times, but he is smart depending on what's coming.
 * Does Not Know His Own Strength: Kouchu falls under this trope particularly in the Original Series saga. Even though he doesn't know how strong he is or where is he around the Crystal Brawler's rankings, Kouchu cannot come up with something that could make him ride up the chart.
 * This happens in "Hero Without a Goal", where Kouchu realized he fell behind the other Crystal Brawlers when he is in 54th place and has a long, hard road ahead. Kouchu have promised himself that he will train at hard lengths. With guilt, Kouchu attempts to find the city for the medal.
 * This trope is most unique during the first League Tournament, where Kouchu loses against Marcy.
 * This trope is also unique in "Falling Behind Too Many!", where Kouchu realizes that he was back to the beginner because he's regressing his brawler skills. Natalie might be rough for his ass, and it seems to be crushing him and his Crystal Monsters hard. Kouchu experiences a meltdown when he thinks that he's a failure.
 * Doesn't Like Guns: Kouchu swore he wouldn't ever use a gun again after he accidentally shot the room of Crystal Monsters in "Shift Night".
 * Dragon Rider: He rided Tencoat many times in the series. In the first opening and part of the last season of the Original Series, Kouchu rides Iccryst.
 * Dressing as the Enemy: In the episode, The Deal is A Deal, Kouchu, with the other brawlers, disguised as a member of the Plazma Five. They've spent at least 8-19 episodes hiding their identities from the Plazma Five.
 * Drives Like Crazy: In The Game in the Gift, even though he's underage, Kouchu's shown to have good driving skills at the race.
 * Dub Name Change
 * Originally, Kouchu was supposed to be named "Kevin" in the English dub, but since LogicKids said that Kevin doesn't fit in the character, the character's name still remains Kouchu after the name got rejected in the LogicKids English Dubbing of the show. However, in Crystal Jewels Start, the character gets the name Kevin.
 * In the DemoDub of the anime series, which started in 1995 and ended in 1996, Kouchu was renamed "Kourt", in order for the company to dub their own version of the show. The full name was Kourt Misicko.
 * In the Indigo Dub of the anime series, which ran from 1997 through the early 2000s, Kouchu was renamed "Kenny".
 * Dude Where's My Reward: Even though Kouchu son the Tower of Life Tournament, his entitlement wasn't official.
 * Dumb Is Good: Kouchu is the hero of the anime series, but sometimes he could be hotheaded. Even though he could be naive and has a complicated reasonable nature, Kouchu still has more to learn about Crystal Monsters in earlier episodes. Kouchu couldn't see the difference between humans and Crystal Monsters.
 * Dumb Muscle: Sometimes Kouchu, depending on what counts.
 * Dumbass No More: Kouchu was this trope when he was in Advanced Adventure, Next Quest, and Super! Of Life!, since he was more of an experienced brawler.
 * Easily Impressed:
 * Kouchu is impressed by the way Sakuro cooks. He admires his cooking that he gulps it down with joy and pleasure. Kouchu's most loved thungs are Sakuro's cooking, as well as Emma's deserts.
 * Kouchu is easily impressed when Elliott shows him how he dances, and he is as interested as Elliott to join him on the Partner Dance Competition, where Elliott does this to get Kouchu to love him.
 * Embarrassing First Name: He and his video counterpart have a unique anime name. However, in the anime episode, "Naming Brawlers", Kouchu begins to feel embarrassed about his name because it would sound weird to him as well. He changes his name to Kallex for a change, but changes his name back to Kouchu because the other name have taken control of him. His name didn't change in the dub, either.
 * Eureka Moment: Kouchu get this trope Everytime he's in a brawl against a Crystal Brawler. He thinks of a techniques to use against the Crystal Monsters he's fighting. However, this will sometimes be played down by Book Dumb and The Ditz. However, Kouchu still knows the plan in order to make everything possible.
 * Evil Counterpart: Kouchu is the best example because he has so many evil counterparts.
 * In "Friends and Traitors", an Android version of Kouchu was created by Hunter Grai.
 * In "The Mirror Room", Kouchu's mirror counterpart, created by the Plazma Five.
 * Kouchu has a evil counterpart named Red Kouchu, who was introduced in the 3Farko Arc saga. He kidnapped Kouchu and his friends for the Crystal Balls. But at the end, he gets killed by Kouchu. But not for long, only to be returned in the GT saga and gets killed by Kouchu again to protect Ichigo.
 * In the second movie, his evil counterpart is XYZ Kouchu. Cloned by XYZ to take over the world to kill Marc, Kouchu and his friends get rid of him, too, along with XYZ.
 * In the fourth movie, his evil counterpart is Hunter Kouchu. Kouchu was cloned by Hunter Grai using his powers to take over the world and destroy Kouchu and his parents and all living things. He was killed by his Good Counterpart.
 * In the sixth movie, Kouchu has another evil counterpart which his Snake Kouchu, created by Elvis. He was killed in the end or vanished.
 * In the 16th movie, Kouchu has another evil counterpart, Kouchu Z. He was only seen helping the possessed Parc get the Crystal Balls.
 * In the 24th movie, Kouchu X is an Android version of Kouchu. He was sent to get the brawlers, along with Kouchu's friends in their Android versions. He was taken down afterwards.
 * In the Moon Blade arc, Dark Kouchu plays the role in this. One of Kouchu's best evil counterparts in the Crystal Jewels series.
 * Even The Guys Want Him: Elliott Mitoa have always fell in love with him ever since they first met. It was implied during from the Original Series saga, beginning with "Mage of Consort", to the Advanced Adventures saga.
 * In "Mage of Consort", Elliott hugged Kouchu longer that he couldn't let go. This was most implied. What's more implied is when Elliott gave him beautiful flowers (Blossom of the Air), gets shy around him, even embraced and enjoyed his hugs (Colorful Buisness), and flirts with him with his arms around (Be Sellin My Heart), and embraced him (Elliott Returns).
 * In the Advanced Adventures saga, Emma stated that they looked cute together.
 * In "The Dancer's Life", Elliott finally admitted his love for Kouchu. He decided to ask him out to the Partner Dance Competition and trained him for 4-5 weeks. At the recital, they won the prize at the end, and Elliott decided to confess to Kouchu while they share their deepest feelings for each other. His parents kicked him out after they found stash of gay porn in his room and got bullied by Emma's boyfriend and his co-workers, and decided to commit Gayngst-Induced Suicide. Kouchu stopped him and decided to act as if he reciprocate Elliott's feelings telling him that he loves him, too (even though he's not gay) and holds hands with him.
 * Experienced Protagonist: As the series progress, he becomes more and more experienced until the Garnet and Turquoise saga, where he regresses and has to start over. However, when the hero falls, he gets back up.
 * Exposing Evil Plans and Evidence: In Rickson Returns Ruder, Kouchu confesses that Rickson framed him in order to get the orbs.
 * Expository Hairstyle Change
 * Kouchu's hair changed in MC saga, in a long, thick, blue hair, with a side fringe falling across his forehead spreaded.
 * Kouchu's hair changed once again in the Moon Blade arc, so he gets a haircut making it look like shorter hair.
 * Exhausted Eye Bags: Kouchu gets one of these in "Snoozing and Losing" after he refused to sleep after his nightmare.
 * Face Palms: Kouchu does this sometimes when he loses a battle, especially at the Crystal Jewels League Tournament.
 * Face to Face
 * Kouchu vs. Marcy
 * Kouchu vs. Red Kouchu
 * Kouchu vs. Dark Kouchu
 * Kouchu vs. Hunter Grai
 * Kouchu vs. Devil J
 * Failure Is The Only Option:
 * When Kouchu haven't succeeded into getting the Master Champion title at the League Tournament several times, is where he loses his championship every year now. However, he travels to the new regions and befriended more Crystal Monsters.
 * Kouchu haven't gotten any Crystal Monsters in the world yet. Still, he is learning more about them in person.
 * Fainting and Passing Out
 * In the episode, In the Hot Sky, Without Water!, Kouchu, Shauna, and Sakuro passes out due to lack of food.
 * In the later episodes, Kouchu faints on a regular basis when Rottobigin's down.
 * Falling in love with a Superhero: Elliott falls for Kouchu after saving him from poison.
 * Fighting for Family : In the movie, Crystal Jewels 4: The Silver Power (1996), Kouchu fights Hunter Grai to save his family from hostage.
 * First Friend:
 * Elliott was this to Kouchu when they were 6 years old.
 * Kouchu was this to Roaracryst in the series.
 * Flowers of Romance: Elliott gave a flower to Kouchu either because he's a closest friend or he has a crush on him.
 * Forgetful Jones: Kouchu Misako often forgets something in several occasions.
 * Frameups: Kouchu's been framed several times.
 * In Friends and Traitors, he and his friends were cloned into their Android Counterparts.
 * In The Mirror Room, Kouchu and his friends were framed by the Plazma Five member and must stop them before it's too late.
 * Freeing the Hostages: Throughout the regular basis, when the Crystal Monsters are captured, Kouchu and Roaracryst rescues them.
 * Freeing the Possessed
 * In Crystal Jewels Three Powers (1995), The Crystal Monsters behind this were the orbit aliens. The possessed Crystal Monsters came to the planet, too to get rid of the Crystal Monsters to do Devil J's errands to wreak the Crystal World.  Kouchu and his friends breaks the cold water to snap the controlled Crystal Monsters out of evil possession
 * In Crystal Jewels Paerc (2008), Kouchu freed Paerc out of evil possession by sacrificing himself. When Parcc makes its next move, Roaracryst transforms into Ultra Roaracryst to aim for the control collar that Parcc has on. The collar is strong but when Parcc was knocked down, then Kouchu realized that he has to save Parcc from dying.
 * In Get Sakuro Back!, Sakuro was possessed by his puppet counterpart to marry Devil Julia in order to conquer the earth and the Crystal Balls. The brawlers planned to stop the wedding of Sakuro and Julia. To do so, the brawlers went in Puppet Sakuro's lair, and the brawlers breaks Sakuro out of possession through snapping the curse.
 * Friendly Rivalry: Kouchu and Sakuro formerly. At the very beginning of the series, Kouchu and Sakuro are this when Sakuro gets the Crystal Balls to Hunter Grai, and Kouchu attempts to stop him.
 * Friendship Hug: Kouchu and Roaracryst hug much often. For an example, when Roaracryst wants to be with Kouchu again, he ran to him, and Kouchu's arms went out for a "hug-snack".
 * Friendship turn into Romance: Kouchu and Ichigo met at the very young age, and several years later, they've met and fell in love after they remember what happened.
 * Gay Best Friend: Elliott Mitoa is this to Kouchu, especially in "The Dancer's Life". He fell in love with Kouchu until Topaz's affections caught him in the Moon Blade saga.
 * Genius Bruiser: Kouchu is this trope even though he study through in during all the timeskips.
 * Getting Hugs: Elliott gave Kouchu a hug after curing him from a near-death experience from the poison from Mage of Consort, and in The Dancer's Life, Kouchu gave Elliott a hug so he could show him how much he cares about Elliott.
 * Getting Scratched, Cut, or Bruised: Kouchu Misako, on several occasions during the battles.
 * Getting Slapped or Punched in the Face: Kouchu Misako gets punched by Shauna whenever she gets annoyed/pissed from him.
 * Getting Threatened: Kouchu gets threatened by his own rival, Marcy Kimensho, for the Crystal Balls, on several occasions.
 * Getting Tortured: Kouchu gets tortured by evil Crystal Monsters, electrocutions, and broken body. This trope is more influent in later episodes. For an example, Hunter Grai tortures Kouchu in Season 1 by grabbing him by the collar of his sweatshirt.
 * Goal In Life: Kouchu's main goal in life is to become stronger and become a Master Champion of All Leagues ever since the first episodes, even though he may spend more than 1,800 episodes trying to reach that goal.
 * Guilt and Remorse: In Goodbye, Plantmore?!, Kouchu feels guilty when Plantmore quits his adventures after failing to overcome Marukas.
 * Hair Decorations: Kouchu always wear a headband given by his father. Hosever, in AA saga, he wears an orange one.
 * Handshakes: Kouchu and his brawler crew members handshakes.
 * Having Nightmares:In Snoozing or Losing, Kouchu cannot fall asleep after being cursed with the sequence of bad dreams of threadworms, ghosts, and the scary stuff.
 * Helping Others: Kouchu and his friends help each other whether they are in danger on a regular basis.
 * Hero Getting Killed by an Enemy
 * In The Losing Soul, Kouchu and Sakuro's souls are taken away from Devil J.
 * In IXL World, Part 2, Kouchu was getting killed by the Big IXL Alien, only to be revived at the end of that episode.
 * Hero Song: Kouchu and his friends sang "Every Crystal Has a Power!"
 * Hero's Food and Fuel: Shown in the episode, Unestimated, Kouchu eats chocolate chip muffin for breakfast to make more appreciative to Sakuro the cook.
 * Hero's Reasons and Backstory
 * Kouchu told the brawlers in Mooselette Goes Around Town, It is revealed at his young childhood, when he was 4, Kouchu was led outside to play. He sawed a crystal ball and stole it, and saw a Mooselette. Kouchu wanted to catch it, so he threw his first crystal ball at it, and it popped out of it. Marcy appeared and started to snatch the ball out of Kouchu's hand, and they fought over it, then Mooselette attacked both of the kids.(That is how Kouchu and Marcy became forever rivals). Marcy's parents let Marcy go to Kouchu's house, but several times Marcy argues and fight with Kouchu. She is also hurting him as well. She got in trouble everytime she hurts Kouchu, and sometimes her parents catches her.
 * Elliott revealed in Pride Parade? it was revealed that it was revealed that 14 years ago, when Elliott and Kouchu were both 6, Elliott sawed Kouchu at the arcade with his friends. He thinks Kouchu is cool and wanted to hang out with him, however, he found out that in the arcade fighting competition, he is competing against his team to win 1 million dollars.
 * When the competition starts, all of Elliott's team starts to reject him when he screws up. Elliott, upset, walks away from the group, and decided to join Kouchu's team instead. Kouchu then accepted Elliott's request and both and their team won a million dollars. They have became friends afterwards. Kouchu have also helped Elliott overcome bullies, even the ones from his team in the competition. They both went to school together and studied, too.
 * Hero's Weakness: Kouchu Misako's weakness is threadworms, and still scared of them ever since he had nightmares as a child.
 * Heroes' Last Words
 * "Take care of everyone, Roaracryst. Paerc, you're free now. I'm sorry, I wish I could be with you since you're alive..." ~ Kouchu Misako, died before being revived later by Paerc.
 * Heroic Accidents: Kouchu and his friends accidentally damages Shari's time machine in RCKCSNSK-123.
 * Heroic Blame: In Crystal Jewels 2: Kingdom of Survival (1994), Kouchu blames himself for getting Marc's soul taken away. Marc was then tortured and turned into stone by XYZ.
 * Heroic Childhood to Adulthood: In the first saga, Kouchu and his first two companions Shauna and Sakuro were 9, in 3 Farko Arc, they were 10, Advanced Adventures they were 12, No Quitting, they were 15, Mega Companions, they were 17, from Super! Of Life! to Garnet and Turquoise, they were 19, and in Moon Blade, they were 20.
 * Heroic Depression: In the episode, Nothing in the Fowl, Kouchu suffers heroic depression when he fails to become a Master Champion after losing his first Crystal Jewels League Tournament.
 * Heroic Encouragement: In Mega Companions episode, Another Day, Another Brawler!, Kouchu encourages Steven to become a Crystal Brawler and join him.
 * Heroic Exposure:
 * In Getting Away Justice, Kouchu expose himself to the girls at the Splitteree Cup, after his disguise is washed off.
 * In Identify All the Brawlers, Kouchu and his friends expose themselves to the Plazma Five after they took off their clothes forcefully.
 * In Crystal Jewels Jerkon on Tower (2017), Kouchu expose himself to Lewis after he slipped on a banana peel.
 * Heroic Friendship: Kouchu and Roaracryst have been best friends ever since the first episode, and new friends join like Shauna, Sakuro, during the first two sagas, Emma at the third, Noah and Sarah at the fourth, Steven at the fifth, Akura, Alan, and Mahuna at the seventh (temporarily), Ichigo, and Shun at the eighth.
 * Heroic Heartbroken
 * At the end of the Advanced Adventures series, Kouchu gets heartbroken when Danelle couldn't see him again after going their seperate ways.
 * At the end of the Super! Of Life! series, Kouchu gets heartbroken when he knew that he had a short-term relationship with Bella.
 * Heroic Revival:
 * In Crystal Jewels Thunderai Rage (1993), Kouchu and Thunderai was revived by the mysterious mist that occurs in the Thunder Tower.
 * In Crystal Jewels Paerc (2008), Kouchu was revived by Paerc to thank him for saving him from possession.
 * In The Souls' Returned!, Kouchu was revived after getting his soul back to his body.
 * In The IXL World, Part 2, Kouchu was revived by a friendly Crystal Monster.
 * Heroic Sacrifice: Kouchu Misako (Crystal Jewels):
 * In Crystal Jewels Thunderai Rage (1993), Kouchu sacrifices himself protecting the world by trapping himself and Thunderai into a perishable Crystal Ball.
 * In Crystal Jewels Paerc (2008), Kouchu sacrifices himself to save Paerc from death by releasing his revival pulse.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Sakuro, Roaracryst, Noah, Dan, Steven, and Shu.
 * I Can Still Fight: Kouchu seems to be doing this a lot in the series, as well. Especially in later episodes, Kouchu seems to be pushing himself to the climax of not giving up. He tries to do so only to protect the Crystal World and claim that he could never lose the fight. Because others believe in him, Kouchu pushed himself to the limit only to find himself injured after doing it. For an example, take a look at the episode where Kouchu fights Dark Kouchu, his evil counterpart, and another alter ego of the Crystal Jewels franchise aside from Red Kouchu.
 * I Choose To Stay: After winning the Tower of Life Tournament, Kouchu was given an option whether to take his place as the T.O.L Elite Four or not, so Kouchu chose not to so he could explore the world more.
 * Iconic Outfit: Kouchu's all outfits (especially the very first one).
 * Idiot Ball: Kouchu throws the ball several times, whether he screws up and the plan doesn't go well. Although he may have failed to follow his plan, Kouchu knew he had to learn from his mistakes. It's impossible for him to lose in the Brawlers fought in every region. He didn't actually win all the medals without any loses, although this may be hard for him to understand. Mostly, in the Garnet and Turquoise saga, as well.
 * Kouchu should've won his very first Crystal Jewels League Tournament in the first place, because he shouldn't have been filled by the Marukas and their cheating strategies. At that rate, he should've won by actually suspecting that the Marukas are cheating by using their powers from the toxic waste. However, there are two ways he should've won the Crystal Jewels League Tournament, even though the Marukas have powers that gave them the ability to have more power level than his Crystal Monsters have.
 * The first way he should've won was when He coat breaks the field sprinkler to remove the waste. Now, while the Maruka's powers fell off, Tencoat would beat the shit out of them too. Then Roaracryst finishes them off with his Super Form. If that plan goes by, Kouchu would be LESS episodes away into becoming a Master Champion and fight the Gem Gamer Nine, then fight the real Master Champion. Then, he finds his brother, the end.
 * The second way was when The coat makes the Marukas dizzy and drop their weapons, and disqualify Marcy.
 * Kouchu get the Idiot Ball especially in Garnet and Turquoise. Mean, how the hell does this happen, and how did he regressing back to the mind if a beginner? It's impossible for Kouchu to lose in other leagues as well, Kouchu is played on this trope with Aesop Amnesia. and although he sucks in this saga, he forgets what the Crystal Brawler does to get things right. The writer, Maruko China, stated that Kouchu experience this from lack of training from a few episodes,  knowing that Kouchu lacks his Brawlkng skills andbmakes more mistakes than the past seasons ever made.
 * Idiot Hero: Kouchu is this in the series, and also when he screw up, he could still save the day.
 * Improbable Hairstyle: Until Mega Compsnions, Kouchu has his hair bangs shaped like a raindrop while he has antigravity hair, and his headband goes behind the top of the bangs.
 * Kid Hero: Kouchu was this in the series in the first four sagas from 9 to 15.
 * Kid Hero All Grown Up: Kouchu was 9 years old at the beginning of the series; he just turned 10 in 3 Farko Arc; 12 in Advanced Adventure; 15 in No Quitting; 17 in Mega Companions; 19 from SOL to GT, and 20 in Moon Blade.
 * Long Lost Relative: Kouchu's brother, Hishio, appears to be absent for the series so far. And so far, he was never seen in any episodes.
 * Love Confession:
 * In Moon Blade, Elliott confesses his love to Kouchu.
 * Kouchu confesses his love to Danelle until the end of the Advanced Adventure saga
 * Kouchu confesses his love to Iriah around the 15th season of No Quitting!!
 * Around Super! of Life!, Kouchu confesses his love to Bella
 * In Garnet and Turquoise, Kouchu and Ichigo confesses his love to each other.
 * Love Unrequited: In Seeing My Eyes, Kouchu and Danielle didn't get along after she have problems with her relationship with Kouchu is under the weather when her father forbids her to see Kouchu. It happened again when Kouchu thinks Danielle has changed in the inside and got worried. Danielle asked Kouchu is they wanted to break up, but Kouchu resists.
 * Named By The Adaptation: Kouchu from the Crystal Jewels video games is given a surname "Misako" in English Version while they both remain the same in Japanese.
 * Never Trust a Villain: In The Mean Medal, Rickson pretends to be friendly to Kouchu so he could frame him for the orbs.
 * Obstacles and Arguments: This happens when Kouchu and Sakuro, both 7, fought after failing to catch Mooselette.
 * Oh Crap: Kouchu gets one during the Garnet and Turquoise saga where his chance of becoming a champion gets shattered by Jaru by one blow.
 * Outright Heroes: Kouchu Misako
 * Outsmarting the Enemy: Kouchu does this to the Furious Five and the Marukas in some episodes on regular basis. For an example, he dresses up as Shari to outsmart the Furious Five. This occurs in Will the Real Shari Stand Up?
 * Parting Ways: This occurs right before every timeskip, where Kouchu and his friends part ways.
 * Possessed or Brainwashed: Kouchu has been possessed many times:
 * In Crystal Jewels Night of Trouble (2001), he was possessed as one of Trawspine's devil kids.
 * In Crystal Jewels Rangers (2004), Kouchu was possessed by Martus as a evil rock star.
 * In Crystal Jewels Time (2005), Kouchu was possessed by an electric spirit.
 * Pure Good: Kouchu Misako
 * Putting the Foot Down: Kouchu scolds Laxmore for sleepwalking in The Sleep Walker, and convinced him to lose weight in The Spud's Gut.
 * Rallying Friends & Family: In most Devil J's episodes, Kouchu rallies the brawlers to fight Devil J by training for their Crystal World's "doomsday". It most happens often.
 * Relating and Connecting to Others: Kouchu and Dan form a bond after they share each other's dreams, and not only became best friends, but they put through everything together, while they first met in Dan in Hand.
 * Releasing Stress: In Crystal Jewels Three Powers (1995), Kouchu releases stress after he failed to save Marc from being killed.
 * Rescue Romance: In Red Kouchu Returns, Kouchu and Ichigo share a kiss with each other after Kouchu saved Ichigo from being kidnapped by Red Kouchu.
 * Restraining Them: Kouchu and his friends get restrained by Hunter Grai, The Furious Five, and the Marukas in some episodes in order to get the Crystal Balls for Hunter Grai so he could release Devil J out to the world.
 * Reunited: Kouchu reunited with his friends after saving the world sometimes, he would reunite with his previous Crystal Monsters and old friends.
 * Save the Villain: Kouchu saved Marcy in Crystal Jewels Adventures in the Sky (2000) from falling down the deep cliff to her death when she agree to help him get the king's possession back.
 * Saving Lives: Kouchu saves lives in many episodes. For an example, he saved Elliott from dying of poison in Mage of Consort, and saved Parcc from being killed in Parcc Barks, Part 3.
 * Small Name, Big Ego: Back in Season 1, Kouchu thinks he's the best brawler, but he could be the worst.
 * Snap Back: Kouchu is a victim of this in Garnet and Turquoise.
 * Sudden Eye Colour: Like the rest of the characters, Kouchu's eyes were always black and have Black Bead Eyes, but whenever he's emotional or crying, his eyes turns blue. Beginning at the No Quitting!! saga, everyone receive their eye colors officially and Kouchu's blue, too.
 * Swallowed Whole: Kouchu and Sakuro's souls are being swallowed whole by Devil J's evil power in order to put it in another evil being. They got their souls back afterwards.
 * Taking a Vacation: Kouchu and his friend go on beach vacation in some episodes.
 * Teams and the Whole Gang: The Crystal Brawlers: Kouchu, Shauna, Sakuro, Emma, Noah, Sarah, and Steven
 * The Hero: Kouchu Misako from the Crystal Jewels franchise.
 * The Last Straw: Kouchu breaks the point when his CrystalDex is broken in Whatever that Happens.
 * Time to Take Action: Kouchu and his friends make their choice to get Roaracryst back to them after he has been abandoned.
 * To Be A Master: His main goal is to become the Master Champion of the League, and even though it's the highest title to ever achieve, Kouchu isn't close into achieving it just yet. But like before, he's one of the strongest, not the strongest in the world, because in the later series, learning that there are more stronger Crystal Brawlers out there, they can be stronger than Kouchu. Kouchu's cause for not reaching the goal yet is not earning the title "Master Champion". Kouchu doesn't give up now, because he's depended on by Iccryst and Marc, who believe that he will achieve his own goal.
 * Two Beings One Body: Kouchu and Sakuro got their souls sucked in the Koukuro Robot while it is possessed in "The Losing Soul".
 * What The Hell, Hero: Kouchu delivers one to Sakuro when he decided to marry Devil Julia to take over the world. Even though he wanted to protect his friends and the Crystal World, Sakuro made a choice to stay with Julia.
 * You Don't Look Like You: Kouchu's whole appearance changed from the video games into an anime, including his hair style changed a little bit, from black to blue, and his whole outfit changed from black and blue shortsleeved sweatop to all blue sleeved sweatop. Kouchu's changes in the anime varies throughout the series.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Kouchu has blue hair in the anime series, that's a same color as his original outfit.
 * You're Insane: Kouchu's reaction to Roaracryst when he decided to throw the Crystal Balls across the land, in the 10th movie.
 * You Monster: Kouchu delivers one in this trope to the Marukas and Marcy, after they beat the shit out of Kouchu's Crystal Monsters. Kouchu also deliver this trope to Devil J in the Original Series after freezing everyone and threatening to break them all.