Kai

Kai

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Allies	Alex Ari Efe Makena Noor Steve Sunny Zuri
First appearance	Introducing New Default Skins!

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Kai is one of the nine default player skins in Minecraft, and the eighth to be introduced. Introduced at Minecraft Live 2022, Kai is commonly seen in promotional material for releases such as The Garden Awakens and Marketplace Pass.

Appearance

Kai is typically depicted wide arms, and warm skin. Their hair is blonde, tied together in a ponytail, with visible bangs close to their muted green eyes. Of particular note is their outfit, a black jacket with purple cuffs and highlights, on top of a black dress with a belt with a similar color scheme to crimson items. Instead of shoes, they wear rosewood sandals with white socks.

In the character creator, Kai has approximately five unique items.

Character Creator pieces used by Kai

Type	Category	Name	Image	Color			Rarity
Body	Bases	Kai (Base)		Medium Light - Deep			Common
	Hairs	Kai's Undercut		Medium Light Blonde
	Eyes	Standard Eyes		Iris	Eyebrows	Sclera
				Green - Cool Dark	Medium Light Blonde	Minecraft White
	Mouths	Standard		Medium Dark - Cool
	Facial Hairs	None	—				—
	Arms	Default
	Legs
	Size	Height
		Medium
		Arm Size
		Wide
Style	Tops	Kai's Dress					Common
	Bottoms	None	—				—
	Outerwears	KaI's Jacket					Common
	Headwears	None	—				—
	Gloves
	Footwears	Kai's Shoes					Common
	Face Items	None	—				—
	Back Items

Variations

Name	Image	Texture	Description
Cinematic Kai		N/A	Kai as they appear in Mojang cinematics.
Kai (15 Year Journey)			A more detailed version of Kai, featured in 15 Year Journey.
Panda Kai		N/A	Kai dressed in a panda costume, from Minecraft Character Creator Sticker Book.

In official media

Mojang cinematics

Name	Screenshot	Description	Date
Introducing New Default Skins!		Manages a farm with Makena, momentarily becoming distracted by Zuri getting chased by a creeper.	November 29, 2022
Minecraft Live is back for 2023!		Chases a majestic, flying trail of pink petals through a swamp with Makena, before arriving in a cherry grove and preparing for the return of Minecraft Live.	September 13, 2023
Minecraft x Marketplace Pass		One of the major protagonists of the video, exploring the wonders of the Marketplace with Efe and Zuri.	March 13, 2024
Tricky Trials Update Official Trailer		Tritagonist of the video, adventuring into the trial chambers with Steve. Efe, Sunny, and Makena. Along the way Kai makes many mistakes, such as setting off a tripwire and getting shot.	June 13, 2024
The Garden Awakens - Official Trailer		The deuteragonist of the video, venturing into a pale garden with Efe. It's unknown what happens after Efe goes on a different path.	December 3, 2024

Marketplace

Name	Image	Description	Date
15 Year Journey		Appears several times throughout the map, including in the hub. Most notably, Kai makes a cameo in Cave Parkour, seemingly exhausted performing the adventure.	May 20, 2024

Event servers

Name	Image	Description	Date
Eerie Mojang Office Party		Appears several times alongside Kai, waiting in line to ride a roller coaster and marveling at a dancing ender dragon.	December 9, 2024

Books

Name	Image	Description	Release date
Minecraft Annual 2024		Wears a skeleton skull, on page 42.	September 26, 2023
Minecraft: Beginner's Guide		Listens to Alex reading a book with Steve, on page 23.	March 5, 2024
Minecraft Character Creator Sticker Book		Appears on page 16 in a cherry grove, casually strolling in front of a creeper.	March 28, 2024
Minecraft Idea a Day		Appears on the first page, gazing upon a statue of a llama with several of the other default skins.	November 5, 2024
Minecraft Annual 2025		Uses fire aspect on a witch during a raid, on page 65.	August 1, 2024

Games

Name	Image	Description	Date
Microsoft Solitaire Collection		Appears in the special theme released to promote the 15th Anniversary of Minecraft, serving as a king.	May 15, 2024
Microsoft Mahjong		Appears as one of the available tiles in a theme also released for the anniversary.	May 23, 2024

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.19.3			22w45a				Added Kai.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.19.50			Preview 1.19.50.21				Added Kai.

Issues

Issues relating to "Kai" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Similar to Sunny and Noor commonly being paired up in promotional material, Kai will often be seen with Makena.
• Kai will often be seen wielding an axe, such as in Tricky Trials Update Official Trailer and the 2024 cover for Minecraft.
• During a commercial for Crocs, Kai can be seen wearing only their dress.

Gallery

Textures

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  Kai's texture.

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  Slim version of Kai's texture.

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  Untinted texture of Kai's Undercut.

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  Untinted texture of Kai (Base)'s head.

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  Texture of Kai's Jacket.

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  Texture of Kai's Dress.

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  Untinted texture of Kai (Base)'s body.

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  Texture of Kai's Shoes.

Screenshots

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  Kai releasing a tadpole into a swamp.

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  Kai with a wither skeleton.

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  Kai with a parrot.

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  Kai swimming with a golden axolotl.

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  Kai in a dripstone cave.

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  Kai in an ancient city, with a curious skeleton behind.

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  Kai hiding inside a pillager outpost, by sneaking.

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  Kai overlooking five different biomes from one hill.

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  Kai rowing to a surface level lush cave.

Mojang images

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  Kai dual wielding a sword and shield.

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  Kai shrunken, standing beside a milk bucket, which appears large in comparison.

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  Kai mining with Zuri.

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  Kai riding a camel near Zuri.

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  Kai jumping over copper grates.

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  Kai chopping down a tree.

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  All seven characters introduced in 2022.

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  Kai rowing past a sniffer on a bamboo raft.

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  Kai, Zuri, Efe, and Noor claiming armor from a vault.

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  Kai surrounded by ocelots.

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  Kai using bundles in the inventory.

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  Kai in an advertisement for PC Game Pass.

Development images

• Storyboards of bogged poisoning Kai.

Official artwork

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  Kai's profile.

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  Kai with the rest of the cast of Minecraft, pictured between Noor and Ari.

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  Kai highlighted.

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  Kai chopping down a spruce tree on the cover for Minecraft.

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  All nine heroes of Minecraft.

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  Kai shearing sheep with an ensemble of Minecraft characters.

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  Kai in artwork for the Marketplace.

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  Kai riding a Universal Studios tour bus.

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  Kai faintly seen resting on artwork promoting add-ons coming to Marketplace.

Pixel art

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  Kai walking a tamed wolf through a cherry grove.

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  Kai at a crafting table with cherry planks.

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  Kai fantasizing about building a cherry house.

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  Kai crafting a pickaxe above Sunny.

Animated content

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  Kai in a shadow with a redstone torch.

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  Kai at the completion of a trader llama statue

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  Kai platforming across lily pads.

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  Kai rushing through the cherry grove.

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  Kai placing concrete blocks alongside Makena and Steve.

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  Kai mimicking an evoker.

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  Kai in a wheat field with Steve.

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  Kai surrounded by zombies, in Tricky Trials Update Official Trailer.

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  Sunny walking in on Kai on fire.

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  Kai in an advertisement for Crocs, with a noticeably absent jacket.

Social media

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  A social media rendering of a zombie trying to pry through iron bars outside Kai’s house.

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  Kai on a computer, promoting an add-on the Minecraft Marketplace.

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  Kai outside a Minecraft brand gingerbread house.