Kopa Kiro

Appearance
Kopa has a golden pelt and a light golden muzzle, belly and toes. he has a reddish-brown mane and tail tip. He has hazel eyes, a scar under his left eye and a large scar from the bottom of his throat to the beginning of his belly. He has dark red paw pads and a pink nose.

Personality
Kopa is kind, noble, fair, serious, brave and an optimist. He cares deeply for the people close to him and the greater good.

Episode 1
Kopa is first shown as a newborn cub as his father, Ray, comes to visit him and his brother, Masaru. They grow a little and Kopa spots a pride of white lions. His father explains how the pride doesn't seem to want to interect with The Royal Pride before revealing the fact that he and Mirai are having another litter of cubs. Next, he tells them that he and their mother chose Kopa as new king.

Kopa brings some moss balls back to his cave and gifts them to his new siblings, Saymon and Mara. His mother praises him because of this. Ray walks in and warns Mirai about strange creatures that have apparently started to appear in their lands, making Kopa alert and even more motivated to protect his family.

The next day, they get teased by their fellow pride members, Zera and Mheetu, which makes Kopa leave in anger. He calms down at a pond where he meets Noa, a cub of the white pride. they talk for a bit before they both return to their respective prides, but not before promising to meet again. Ray, his father, praises him for making a new friend and Kopa goes to bed.

Episode 2
Kopa and Saymon are training for an event known as the Feline Battle, where members of all the feline species fight, when Saymon falls and rolls off of a hill. He slams against a boulder, and a rock falls on his front paw, inhibiting him from participating in the event. Kopa promises to win for his brother. He notices that his father gets very quiet when they talk about this.

Kopa asks his father about this, and he takes his son to a cave-like den. There's many rock paintings on the walls. Ray explains that he's not from these lands and that neither is Kifu, the leader of the white pride. Kifu believed that Ray wouldn't give fair priviledges to the white lions if he ruled. When the other animals voted for Ray to rule anyways, Kifu created the White Pride and the Feline Battle. Kopa promises to first win, and then abolish the custom.

The Feline Battles begin. Kopa first has to fight Mheetu and wins. They become friends afterwards. Many others fight and soon the preliminaries are over, causing the real battles to start. Nkisi, a leopard has to fight Chaka, the son of Kifu. He almost kills her but Kopa saves her, violating the rules.

At the final battle, Kopa has to fight against Chaka. Noa warns him, but he assures her that he'll be fine. Kopa is almost killed by Chaka, but Noa stops him by standing between them. Chaka hits her out of the way, triggering something within Kopa, who gives him a new eye scar and defeats him. He thus wins the Feline Battle.

Kopa invites Noa to stay with them in the Royal Pride and she does.