Kobushi

Kobushi is a Decepticon-allied Mini-Con from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy.

Long before the Autobot/Decepticon war came to Earth, Kobushi was operational on the surface of the Moon after the crash of the Exodus. He spent years in relative solitude, perfecting his martial arts skills, particularly the study of Metallikato. He believes that every enemy he brings down makes him stronger.

After the Unicron Battles, Kobushi and his fellow Lunar Assault Mini-Con Team members have remained on the Moon, spending their days terrorizing human settlements and the Exploration Mini-Con Team. He is particularly focused on defeating Landslide, the strongest member of the Exploration Team. He hopes to use his hidden diamond-tipped drill arm to one day bring down the powerful Mini-Con, bringing him that much closer to his idea of personal perfection.

Fiction

Cybertron comic

Kobushi was among the Mini-Cons who forged an alliance with the Decepticons to eliminate an Autobot-aligned Mini-Con colony on one of Cybertron's moons. Their attack was interrupted by the arrival of several dimensionally-displaced Autobots, and Kobushi joined his fellow insurgents in blasting them... until Unicron joined the fray, and began brutally attacking all participants in the conflict, regardless of allegiance. Revelations Part 5 The Coming Storm: Part 1

Toys

Cybertron

• Kobushi vs Landslide (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2005)

Released as part of the second wave of Cybertron Mini-Con 2-packs, Kobushi is a redeco of the Adventure Mini-Con Team member Dune Runner, transforming into a "sandrail" dune buggy with top-mounted artillery cannon. The gear-wheel mechanism in his torso makes the barrel of the cannon move back and forth when his vehicle mode is rolled along, or when hooked up to the gear mechanism of the Armada Cyclonus mold.

He was only available in a two-pack with Landslide.

Kobushi shares a mold with Crunch and Ironhide.

• More information on Kobushi at TFU.info

Notes

• Kobushi in Japanese can mean "fist" (拳) or "small warrior" (小武士).
• Kobushi's packaging copy pretty clearly indicates that it was written with a different toy-mold in mind, specifically, the mold used to make the drill-machine Mini-Con Monocle, an Autobot-allied character.