Domon Kasshu

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Domon Kasshu (ドモン・カッシュ) is the main character from the fictional anime and manga series G Gundam. His seiyuu is Tomokazu Seki and his English Voice actor is Mark Gatha.

Domon Kasshu is the tough and silent pilot of Neo Japan, who was once trained by the great martial artist, Master Asia, and earned his master's title of the King of Hearts. Now that the 13th Gundam Fight begins, the pilot however has other things in mind, to seek out Kyoji Kasshu, his brother. Years earlier, the Kasshu family was found working on a said "evil machine" known as the Dark Gundam (the Devil Gundam in the original Japanese). Domon found out that Kyoji was behind it all and that he had stolen the Devil Gundam and headed for Earth. Domon's mother was killed in the conflict and Doctor Kasshu, Domon and Kyoji's father, was sentenced to a frosten state for constructing the Devil Gundam. Domon enters as Neo Japan's fighter and pilot of their GF13-017NJ Shining Gundam only to find his brother and make him pay for he had done.

After many victories against many of the world nation's pilots, Domon and his partner Rain Mikamura arrive in Tokyo to only be confronted by an Army of the Devil Gundam. Though Domon and Rain make an attempt to escape, it seemed like the end, but the appearance of a mysterious stranger, who happened to be Domon's old martial art teacher Master Asia, comes to their aid. After making short work of the Death Army, Domon tells Master Asia about what happened to his family and why he became a Gundam fighter. Shortly after a moment of peace in the ruined city, a massive army of the Devil Gundam begins its attack on Tokyo. Domon joins Master Asia and his small band of pilots in the conflict and manages to save the city. But something is not right and it appears that Domon's master has joined the Devil Gundam, saying that the Devil Gundam's three special theories are what this world needs in order to be revived.

Master Asia attacks his former student, and reveals that he is the pilot of Master Gundam, one of the Four Kings of Devil Gundam, but is stopped by the peacekeeping forces known as the Shuffle Alliance who have been watching the Gundam Fight. After making a short recovery, Domon wants to know why his master betrayed him and sets out to meet him. As Domon and Master Asia meet, the Devil Gundam rises from under Tokyo and Domon is confronted by four pilots whom he had fought, Neo America's Chibodee Crocket, Neo China's Sai Saici, Neo France's George de Sand, and Neo Russia's Argo Gulskii. These pilots have been infected by DG Cells, and are stronger than they were in their last match. When the Shuffle Alliance comes to Domon's aid during the fight, they realize that the four pilots where destinied to be the new Shuffle Alliance, and sacrifice themselves for these four pilots. After the death of the older Shuffle Alliance, Domon activates his Shining Gundam's Super Mode and forces to make Master Asia retreat. In the process of the battle, a stranger known only as Neo Germany's pilot Schwarz Bruder appears and convinces Domon that he is not ready yet to face Devil Gundam, and should instead seek further training.

Thus, Domon goes to the Guyana Highlands, where he originally trained with Master Asia. With Schwarz's help, the other members of the new Shuffle Alliance are convinced to train as well. In the final battle in the Highlands, Domon stays behind while the rest of the new Shuffle Alliance heads to Neo Hong Kong where the finals will be held. Neo-Russia's Nastasha Zabigov takes a sickly Rain with her, promising to provide her safe passage. Domon defeats the Devil Gundam, but in anger, Master Asia damages the Shining Gundam. Fortunately, Rain had contacted her father, who sends the GF13-017NJII God Gundam (Burning Gundam in the English Version), the Gundam that Neo-Japan's Government had been saving for the finals. With Rain's help, the new God Gundam is given Shining Gundam's battle data.

During the finals, Domon moves into a junk ship in Neo-Hong Kong to suit his needs and vows to defeat Master Asia. He is determined to remain undefeated in the tournament in order to reach his former master. However, unbeknownst to him, Master Asia has arranged for Domon to fight against the strongest opponents in order to toughen him up because the Devil Gundam needs a new life core unit; Kyoji, who had been the life core, is in bad shape after the battle in the Guyana Highlands, and Master Asia's failing health makes him unable to replace him. Thus, ultimately, Master Asia plans to use Domon as the Devil Gundam's new life core. Much to Rain's chagrin, Domon meets and quickly befriends Neo-Sweden's Allenby Beardsly, pilot of the Nobel Gundam and the only female Gundam Fighter. Allenby is Neo-Sweden's test subject for their Berserker system, which increases her fighting power at a loss of her personal control over her actions.

Prime Minister Wong Yu Fat, the leader of Neo-Hong Kong, Chairman of this year's Gundam fights, and one of the Devil Gundam's supporters, suspects that Domon had broken into the facilities and seen the Devil Gundam, unaware that the real perpatrator was Schwarz. In revenge, Wong uses dirty tatics, an electromagnet under the fighting stage, during Domon's tag-team match with Allenby. Even after this scheme fails, Wong sets Domon up in matches against his Shuffle Alliance comrades. After Chibodee, George, and Sai Saici are defeated, Wong devises another tag team match with Domon and Allenby against Argo Gulskii and Argo's old enemy Andrew Graham. As his experiments show the body of a woman would make a better lifecore unit for the Devil Gundam, Wong develops his own version of Neo-Sweden's Berserker System to control Allenby and successfully takes control of Allenby during the match.

Although Master Asia was disgusted by what had happened in the last match, Wong sets Domon up against Schwarz as the last match before the Battle Royale, since Schwarz is the only other undefeated contestant. Meanwhile, Domon gets very angry at Rain; he had left Allenby in her care after the match, but Rain was fooled by Wong's men who were posing as medics and took her. After Domon's rage, Rain leaves Neo-Japan's team and she became a part of the Neo-Germany team. But in the end she has a change of heart and helps Domon win the match. Knowing that Domon might need some help in his next match, Master Asia arranges to meet Domon in a rundown part of town and shows that the destruction in this part of town is the result of the previous Gundam Fights. Despite Wong's interference to get rid of them both, Master Asia teaches Domon the Sekiha Tenkyoken, his most advanced technique. Wong then arranges for the Domon-Schwarz match to take place on an arena, with bombs arranged to impose a time limit of ten minutes. After the fight, Domon learns that Schwarz is his brother Kyoji.

During the Battle Royale, the other members of the Shuffle Alliance nearly sacrifice themselves to defeat Gundam Heaven's Sword and Grand Gundam, two of the Four Kings of the Devil Gundam. Domon then was attacked by a Bersereker Allenby and he is saved when Rain arrived and kept Allenby busy even after the Nobel Gundam transforms into the Walter Gundam (also one of the Four Kings). During the battle against the Devil Gundam, Domon learns from Schwarz that he is just an android copy of Kyoji created by DG cells, and that Neo-Japan's Major Ulube and Rain's father Dr. Mikamura (who have been Domon's primary contacts from Neo-Japan's government) were the real conspirators behind the Devil Gundam incident. Shortly thereafter, Schwarz sacrifices himself and the original body Kyoji (which is still the life core unit of the Devil Gundam) in order to defeat the Devil Gundam. After the Devil Gundam fight has resolved, Master Asia attacks Domon and reveals that not only is he disgusted by the current condition of the world caused by the previous Gundam fights, but also that he had joined the Devil Gundam and used Wong to help his plan to force the remaining people to space. He expresses his belief that once humanity is gone nature can restore itself. But after defeating his former sensei in battle, Domon convinces Master Asia that his plan would have failed anyway, since humans are also part of nature and that removing them from earth wouldn't solve anything.

Despite his victory over the Gundam Fight, Domon felt it was an empty victory without Rain, who decided to distance herself from Domon after learning from the truth of her father's involvement in the Devil Gundam incident from Schwarz. This is because she was afraid to face Domon, fearing that would be angry at her and that her family's honor was tarnished, since she felt that her father's crimes are her crimes as well. But unknown to both of them, Ulube got ahold of the late Wong's research notes and decided to use Rain as the new life core unit after he recovered the remains of the Devil Gundam and then merged it with the Neo-Japan colony turning it into the Devil Gundam Colony. With the help from his Shuffle Alliance allies and the now reformed Dr. Mikamura, who released Dr. Kasshu's capsule at the cost of his life (who also asked Domon to apologize to Rain for him and tell her not to blame herself for his actions), The five of them are able to make it into the colony. Meanwhile other Gundam Fighters (which includes Allenby Beardsly and other acquaintances to the new Shuffle Alliance) have decided to form the Gundam World Fight Federation, work together to protect the Earth from the Devil Gundam. Domon, alongside his Shuffle Alliance allies, are able to defeat Ulube in his Grand Master Gundam which was made of pieces from each of the Four Kings, only to learn from his father that he needed to shut down the life core unit.

Domon then went on his own to find Rain while the rest of the Shuffle Alliance delt with the Grand Master Gundam that was rebuilt through DG cells, Domon is able to find the main body of the Devil Gundam within the Devil Gundam Colony, but is warned by his father that Rain is controlling it. With a reminder from Allenby about why Rain wanted to distance herself from Domon and further encouragement from his Shuffle Alliance friends, Domon is able to tell her about what her late father said and he also admitted his feelings towards Rain. After Rain severs herself from the Devil Gundam they combine their energy to destroy it. In the end, the two of them went to Earth together.

Future Century Characters
Shuffle Alliance
Chibodee Crocket | Argo Gulskii | Domon Kasshu | George de Sand | Sai Saici
Support Crews/Allies
Allenby Beardsley | Raymond Bishop | Schwarz Bruder | Chibodee Gals | Princess Maria Louise | Rain Mikamura | Nastasha Zabigov | Keiun and Zuisen
Neo-Japan
Major Ulube Ishikawa | Commissioner Karato | Kyoji Kasshu | Professor Raizo Kasshu | Dr Mikamura
Devil Gundam Corps/Neo-Hong Kong
Master Asia | Gentle Chapman | Michelo Chariot | Wong Yunfat
Misc
Andrew Graham | Stalker