Kintaro/Current Timeline

"I will eat your heart!"

- Kintaro to Kung Lao

Biography

 * Mortal Kombat (2011): "Like Goro and Sheeva, Kintaro is of the four-armed Shokan race. Unlike his aristocratic comrades, however, he is of lower-class Tigrar lineage. As is customary when recruiting Shokan and Centaur into Shao Kahn's service, one of each race must face each other in bloody kombat. Kintaro killed his opponent and, in an unprecedented act of bravado, roared for more Centaur blood. Centaurs leapt furiously into the ring to their demise. This savagery led Shao Kahn to appoint Kintaro his personal bodyguard."

Storyline
Kintaro does not appear until the second Mortal Kombat tournament. After Shang Tsung and Quan Chi's tag team were defeated by Kung Lao, Kintaro was brought out to face him, but was defeated as well.

During the Earthrealm invasion, Kintaro appears on The Street, and severely burns Kabal. He is defeated by Kurtis Stryker, Kabal's partner, who is attacked by Ermac right after defeating him. He later appears guarding Earthrealm prisoners along with Kano, Goro and Cyber Sub-Zero, unaware that Cyber Sub-Zero was a traitor. Cyber Sub-Zero froze him, Goro and Kano and released the prisoners, just before the Shokan Warriors managed to release themselves from the ice. Enraged, the Shokans attacked Cyber Sub-Zero, but were both defeated.

Ending

 * Mortal Kombat (2011): "Kintaro's meteoric rise to glory in the service of Shao Kahn had inflated his ego and his hunger for exaltation. But his position as the emperor's bodyguard had stifled any opportunity for further achievement or recognition--save one. After killing Shao Kahn, the most powerful being in Outworld, Kintaro's fame had grown indeed. He had achieved the notoriety of a traitor. Now hunted by the Centaur, Tarkatan and Shokan, Kintaro lives a life of exile, a victim of his own infamy."

Character Relationships

 * Serves as a personal bodyguard to Shao Kahn.
 * Defeated by Kung Lao.
 * Burns Kabal alive but is then defeated by Kurtis Stryker.
 * He and Goro were defeated by Cyber Sub-Zero after his soul was restored.