Kouichi Kimura is Kouji Minamoto's long lost brother. Having been separated at an early age by their parent's divorce, both twins grew up without knowledge of the other until Kouichi was told so by his dying grandmother. Determined to find him, he heads to Shibuya Station on the same day the rest of the DigiDestined meet, but missed the elevator that Takuya only barely managed to bored. He then attempted to follow Kouji by rushing down the stairs, only to lose his footing and fall, causing him to lose consciousness. Meanwhile, his soul managed to somehow drift into the Digital World, where Cherubimon found Kouichi and converted him into an unwitting pawn to use against the DigiDestined, becoming the dreaded Duskmon who terrorized denizens across the Digital World. He is later freed and exo