Kendl Johnson

Background

Kendl Johnson is the younger sister of Carl and Sweet Johnson. She is in a relationship with Cesar Vialpando, the leader of the Varrios Los Aztecas, which causes friction with Sweet. Kendl is sharp, outspoken and more business-minded than either of her brothers.

Events of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Kendl appears from the opening missions in Los Santos, including the funeral in Sweet & Kendl. When CJ learns of Big Smoke and Ryder's betrayal, he asks Cesar to take Kendl out of the city to keep her safe.

After CJ wins the Doherty garage in San Fierro, Kendl joins him there and becomes the driving force behind turning it into a working business. She pushes CJ to stop thinking only about gang life and to let money work for him. In the mission Deconstruction, workers at the neighbouring construction site harass her, and CJ takes revenge on them. Kendl remains part of the San Fierro operation for the rest of the story and returns to Los Santos with the family for the finale.

In Wear Flowers in Your Hair, Kendl is the first to see the potential of the run-down Xoomer station that CJ won from Claude. When CJ complains that he is not going to college to study accounting, she explains the idea of property development: buy a dump, fix it up and turn it into a business. Later, in Zeroing In, she scolds CJ, Cesar, Dwaine and Jethro for playing cards instead of working, pushing them to make the garage pay. In A Home in the Hills she is at the Four Dragons with CJ and Woozie when Madd Dogg asks for help, and she heads to San Fierro to prepare for the family's return to Los Santos.

Personality

Kendl is confident, practical and unafraid to tell her brothers they are wrong. She is the most forward-looking of the Johnson siblings and the one most likely to build a life outside crime.

Kendl is the one sibling who never accepts that gang life is inevitable. She challenges Sweet's suspicion of Cesar, refuses to be protected like a child, and sees money as something to invest rather than spend. Her influence is a big reason CJ grows from a soldier into a businessman.

Relationships

She is close to CJ and loves Sweet despite their arguments over Cesar. Cesar is her boyfriend throughout the game.

Trivia

• Kendl is voiced by Yolanda Whittaker, known as Yo-Yo.
• She is the only Johnson sibling who never joins a gang.
• During Los Desperados, Cesar tells CJ he plans to propose to Kendl.