“Don't tell anyone! My train obsession is a secret!”
― Ken, New Leaf
Ken (クロベエ,Kurobē?) is a smugchickenvillager in New Leaf and New Horizons. His name comes from the word chicken and may also be based on the Japanese word for sword (Ken) and named after Ken from Street Fighter, because he looks like a ninja and his default shirt is the ninja shirt. Ken's Japanese name is a portmanteau of Kuro ("black", referring to his color scheme) and -bee, a suffix in male Japanese names. He has the educationhobby.
Ken is a predominantly black chicken with vibrant dark purple accents. He has rosy pink cheeks, a pale yellow beak, and pale yellow and light gray striped legs and feet. His design is based on a ninja. Ken resembles an Ayam Cemani chicken, chickens from Indonesia who have a dominant gene that causes hyper-pigmentation, which makes the chicken almost entirely black.
Personality
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Smug villagers are very polite, kind, and gentleman-like. As a smug villager, Ken will get along easily with other villagers. Smug villagers get along well with most villagers, their personality appearing to be a mix of the other personality types. Smug villagers will stroke their egos from time to time, going on about how cool they are.
Generally, Ken will get along with lazy, normal, snooty, and peppy villagers, and may conflict with cranky villagers.
House[]
In New Leaf, Ken's house is Japanese-themed, with furniture such as the hearth, bonsai, and the tatami bed. On his phonograph, he has Comrade K.K. playing. His choice of wallpaper and flooring are the mortar wall and the slate flooring.
In New Horizons, his house is also Japanese-themed. He has his signature hearth, tatami bed, and bonsai. He also has a crafting bench, where he will at times be found crafting and can give the player recipes. On his bamboo speaker, K.K. Rally is playing.