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Valorant: What Country Gekko Agent Is From?

Gekko is an initiator introduced in 2023 in Valorant, and here is what country he belongs to.
Valorant: What Country Gekko Agent Is From?

Gekko, Agent 22, made his debut in Valorant on March 7. He is an initiator who brings an "eclectic way to deal with situations, check corners, get onto locations, plant the spike." If you are wondering which country Gekko is from, here is your answer.

Valorant: What is Gekko's Nationality

Gekko is Valorant's Agent 22.
Gekko is Valorant's Agent 22. (Picture: Riot Games)

Gekko is from Los Angeles, United States, which is also the host city of Valorant Champions 2023, where the best Valorant team in the world will be crowned.

Joe Killeen, the Narrative Writer of Valorant, explained that they wanted a "realize a first generation character, someone whose upbringing has been shaped by the blending of two different worlds: the cultural heritage of their parents, and the influences of their hometown" and they "looked around the world and ended up landing on one version of this experience very close to home for many of us: Los Angeles."

Los Angeles is "a melting pot city made of so many distinct communities combined into one, with a diaspora of immigrant and first-generation stories," Joe Killeen further elaborated."