Kogarasumaru

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[edit] Kogarasumaru (小烏丸)

Team Status: B class

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Kogarasumaru is an Air Treck team in the manga and anime Air Gear by Oh! great. It was formed by Minami Itsuki and his friends to further their favourite hobby of Air Treck. Their team ranking in the world of AT increased at a very rapid pace, giving Kogarasumaru worldwide fame. Eventually, the elite team known as Genesis is placed under the command of Kogarasumaru.

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Itsuki Minami (南 樹, Minami Itsuki^?)

• Voiced by: Kenta Kamakari (Japanese), Chris Patton (English)

Known as Ikki by his friends, he lives with a family of four sisters, the Noyamano. He is in his second year of junior high. Initially the leader of the youth gang the East Side Gunz, after the incident with Skull Saders, he gets very passionate with AT and even sets up his own AT team, Kogarasumaru (小烏丸) with his friends. Upon his entry into the realm of AT, Ikki triggers the interest of many seasoned veterans. Among them is the pink-haired Storm Rider Simca, who intends to lead our hero to what she believes is his ultimate destiny - the untouched throne of the Sky King. Backed by his friends and comrades Ikki continues pursuit of his goals as a Storm Rider. Ikki also has the nickname "Crow" because of the cartoonish crow that lives in his hair. It is also revealed that when Ikki was little, he climbed to the top of a giant tower with Ringo watching in terror from the ground. At the top while being rescued by helicopter, Ikki actually bit the arm of the soldier trying to rescue him. As Ikki fell he was rescued by a giant bird, which resembled a raven. Ever since that incident, everyone said he was a "child of the wind."

Kazuma Mikura (美鞍 数馬, Mikura Kazuma^?)

• Voiced by: KENN (Japanese), Clint Bickham (English)

The childhood friend of Ikki, he was influenced by Ikki to take up AT. He is specialised in speed and is often characterized by Oh!Great as a jet plane. He can become so fast that he disappears from view, becoming invisible. His AT name is Stealth, after he disappeared from view, leaving his hat where his head had been, during his first race. As the sidekick, he is often overshadowed by Ikki and as a consequence, has an inferiority complex. This complex becomes even worse after the team is beaten by Animal House in their first match with Kazuma leading. He is in the same class as Ikki. His friends address him as "Kazu." Strengthens his resolve in the latest battle to achieve the Flame Road. As the temporary leader during Ikki's hospitalization, Kazu brought the team's rank up to B.

Issa Mihotoke (御仏 一茶, Mihotoke Issa^?)

• Voiced by: Hitoshi Bifu (Japanese), Mark X. Laskowski (English)

Known as Buccha to his friends and teammates, Mihotoke is a level E AT user who uses his immense strength as his weapon. Before he became part of Kogarasumaru, he was the leader of the team Night King (夜王) which was broken up after Buccha lost a Parts War with Ikki. Buccha is often characterized as a tank. He attends Higachu Junior High School. He appears to be obese, but his body is only ten percent fat. His size is actually caused by a large amount of blood pooling in his gut from overeating. He also has the ability to manipulate that blood and send it to his muscles, causing him to temporarily have a slimmer, cut figure and even cause his limbs to become longer. He also has a semi-split personality similar to that of Akito/Agito. When not in a fight is simply cares for food and relaxing. But when the topic of battle comes up his other half takes hold, and he becomes a devastating killing machine. He can also dance. He uses brass knuckles-esque gloves in combat, which combined with his superhuman strength is truly devastating.

Onigiri (オニギリ, Onigiri^?)

• Voiced by: Masami Kikuchi (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English)

One of Ikki's childhood friends, he is also part of Kogarasumaru. His head is in the shape of an onigiri. Onigiri is a pervert and characterized as a pig. He has an unusual way of using his perspiration, usually during overall perverted moments, to create illusions. He also has a strange way of using his AT by sitting upside down on it (to the chagrin of his female schoolmates whose skirts he tends to look up while doing this). This way of riding proved to be very dangerous, for both Onigiri and his opponent, as he flails his legs back and forth(doing damage if he's close enough), but can also fall off, landing directly on the point of his head and streaking on the ground until he stops (this, however, is never shown, only an image of an actual onigiri in said position). He is in the same class as Ikki, and follows the "Smell Road." (the authenticity of this road is arguable, since one can't really tell if this was just another one of Oh!Great's jokes. However stated by Akito/Agito in Kyoto, there are "hundreds" of roads. But out of those only 8 roads can be called Road of King.) He can also go as fast (or possibly faster) for short spurts than Ringo, when the right motivation is present.

Akito Wanijima (鰐島 亜紀人, Wanijima Akito^?)

• Voiced by: Kokoro Kikuchi (Japanese), Blake Shephard (English)

He is an innocent, cute and cheerful boy who has a double personality. When the eye patch is covering the right eye, he is in dominance of the body. Ironically, Akito was the original Fang King. He enjoyed riding Air Treks for fun but realized his brother Kaito was only using him for violent purposes to further the Wind SWAT team's agenda. After his realization, Kaito began forcing Akito to do his bidding by taking away his freedom. In desperation, Akito created a violent alter ego, Agito, to ride for him and take his place in the Wind SWAT team. Since Agito took over for him, Akito has become mediocre at riding Air Treks. Ikki eventually shows him the meaning of freedom by telling him the story of a frog that yearned for the sky. Moved, Akito kisses Ikki and develops a crush on him. Ikki 'rescues' Akito, and even though reluctant at first, let him stay at his house. Akito now lives with Ikki and the Noyamano sisters, and attends Higashi Junior High School. He then becomes one of the five founding members of Kogarasumaru. Up until now, Akito is the only person Ikki has kissed. He apparently likes to cross-dress, to the chagrin of Agito.

Agito Wanijima (鰐島 咢, Wanijima Agito^?)

He is Akito's dark half. When the eye patch is covering the left eye, he is in dominance of the body. Because of his violent and bloodthirsty behavior, he is often characterized as a shark. He uses the four hooks dangling from the straps on his legs to battle and tear other ATers apart. After Akito is 'rescued' by Ikki, Agito becomes an unwilling member of Kogarasumaru. Agito is a Class A AT user and also the current Fang King, making him one of the most valuable members of Kogarasumaru. Out of the group, Agito has the most knowledge about the world of Air Trek in general. Even though he has a rude and arrogant attitude towards his teammates, he respects them as comrades but still keeps up his behavior. He cares deeply for Akito and his only desire is to protect him. It should also be noted that, if the eye patch is taken off, Agito is still in control but gains much more power with the help of Akito.

Emily Adachi (安達 絵美理, Adachi Emiri^?)

• Voiced by: Shouko Ishii (Japanese), Kira Vincent-Davis (English)

Along with Nakama Yayoi is part of the track team and used to look down on Ikki and his friends. However, after the incident between Ikki and Buccha, she has come to admire them. She and Yayoi are also the first to admonish them whenever they come up with something stupid (which is rather often). She has a big crush on Kazu. She eventually joins the Kogarasumaru and acts as back-up. Even though her air trek skills aren't all that great, she seems to at times be able to summon up super strength and endurance, like taking hits from powerful storm riders brushing the hits off easily to her super powerful kicks and wrestling moves, through her pure strength of will and "The Power of Love".

Yayoi Nakayama (中山 弥生, Nakayama Yayoi^?)

• Voiced by : Stephanie Wittels (English)

Emily's friend and part of the track team. Used to look down on Ikki and his team, but now is a big fan. Nakayama has the ability to communicate with Ikki's crow and to tell the exact time, down to a second.

Nobunaga (, Nobunaga^?)

Acted as a temporary substitute during Kogarasumaru's rise to B class to enter the Gram Scale. A fan of Kogarasumaru and Ikki since it's Parts War with Team Behemoth, and is also a freshman at Ikki's school. Acted as a temporary member of Kogarasumaru despite never riding AT's before and only buying a pair right before his first Parts War, but he never participated in any of the Parts Wars and only acted as a place holder on the team while Ikki and Agito were still recovering in the hospital.