GENERAL/STORY:
A first year Justice HS student, he is in fact an Imawano ninja with the mission of eliminating Hyo and Raizo, both now enemies of the Imawano clan. He however approaches his mission not with loyalty to the clan, but with his own opportunist designs to take over the schools in the process. With expertise in brainwashing and impersonation as well as total amorality, he sets up the Dark Side Student Congress and begins plotting to turn the students of the different schools against each other, targeting Raizo as his first victim and almost succeeding in killing him. He however fails to realize until too late that both Hyo and Mugen have outwitted him. Yurika is his sister.

Kurow Kirishima is the main antagonist of Project Justice, but this is not revealed until later on in the story. He makes various appearances throughout different stories early on in the game's story mode, either as himself or as Vatsu, a doppelganger of Batsu Ichimonji. His actions include either attacking various groups of students with his lackeys - his sister Yurika, Momo, and a brainwashed Daigo - or having them do his dirty work for him.

At a certain point, Kurow unveils himself as the mastermind behind the recent upheaval among the schools. He explains that he is sent by the ninja clan the Imawano family was a part of to assassinate Batsu, Raizo, Kyosuke, and Hyo. After being defeated by the group of students selected by the player, he attempts to send a brainwashed Hyo Imawano after the players, only to be betrayed and defeated by Hyo. The sequence following the final fight in story mode reveals Kurow is hospitalized after the attack, but escapes after a few days.

A bonus storyline available in Project Justice, the Darkside Student Council, tells an alternate story in which Kurow's plans to take over the various schools succeeds. The ending for this story has him at the head of Justice High School, shown with the various characters of the series as his brainwashed servants, including his own sister.

ORIGIN:
Project Justice
 

OTHER APPEARANCES:
Card Fighters Clash 2, Card Fighters Clash DS

REVIEW:
Kurow's got a pretty badass look for a flamboyant Japanese punk, and is a convincing bad guy in the series. The fact that he "cosplayed" Batsu (as Vatsu) and fooled his friends is one of the funniest/coolest story elements in Project Justice. All in all, he's a cool character design with a great fighting style, and was a great addition to the series... I hope he makes a comeback or cameo in a future Capcom game!
 

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