Yamakoshi is the secondary antagonist of the Disney Channel show Pair of Kings. serving as the main antagonist in season 2.
He is Lanny's talking pet fish, who receive him when he was a baby. He is 100 years old. He and Lanny usually plot together to get rid of Brady and Boomer and make Lanny the King Of Kinkow. He was once the twin of the first king of Kinkow, but he was turned into a fish, and becomes human when he is in his castle on the dark side. Yamakoshi is perpetually grumpy, and, despite being his best and only friend, he and Lanny are always insulting each other. It seems that he is the true schemer against the kings, though Lanny is the one who carries out the plans. Lanny seems to understand him when he speaks, as everyone else only heard bubbles.
History
Kalakai (Yamakoshi's human name) and his twin Malakai were the first rulers of Kinkow. Kalakai began to grow drunk with power, and he turned evil. He turned on his brother, and fled The Castle after losing in a sword fight with his brother. He then created an evil castle, and started the Dark Side. Malakai and Kalakai fought for years, dividing Kincow in the process until Malakai captured him, and managed to turn him into a fish. He was then given to Lanny as a gift.
When Boomer and Brady arrived, Lanny and Yamakoshi started their plot on how to get rid of the kings.
The kings were asked to steal Yamakoshi in order to join the Riptides, a group of kids who pulled pranks all over the island. When the kings stole him, Lanny got upset, causing the kings to return Yamakoshi instead of joining the Riptides.
He and Lanny got the kings thinking about who is the older king and they plan that if they find out, then the older brother will become king and Lanny will have only one king left to take down.
Lanny becomes king. Zadoc kidnaps him to kill him and rule Kinkow. Yamakoshi escapes through the toilet and tries to save Lanny. He finds the Boomer and Brady. He tries to talk to them but they don't understand him, and hear bubbles.
He later suggested Lanny break the bottle holding the cure needed to cure Mikayla so that Brady would face off, and probably die, against the Waka Waka Bug's Queen in an attempt to get the cure.
After the occurring of the twin moons, he transformed into his human form when Lanny placed him on his throne. Lanny was shocked to realized that his fish was his ancestor Kalakai. Confused Lanny asked how all of this is possible and Kalakai told him that Evil finds Evil and starts to mock him of his failure to getting rid of the Kings. Desperate to gain the rings, he sent Lanny to stab Brady with an enchanted thorn, thus turning him evil. However, Mikayla managed to free Brady with a kiss while Mason distracted Kalakai. Kalakai managed to gain the rings, but as Boomer and Brady are the kings, they were able to call the rings to themselves. Using them, they combated his magic staff and defeated him. He was knocked out of his castle, which turned him back into a fish. Lanny later found him and continued to keep him as a pet.
Trivia
- Yamakoshi is similar to Dr. Colosso from The Thundermans, as both villains were turned into an animal that is related to the protagonist and turned human in season 2 of their respective shows.
