Kyosuke Nanbu
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Kyosuke Nanbu is a fictional character in the Super Robot Wars series. He has appeared as a playable character in the Super Robot Wars Compact 2 series, Super Robot Wars Impact and the Super Robot Wars Original Generation series. In canon, he pilots the Alt Eisen Riese, and is joined by girlfriend, Excellen Browning, who pilots the Weiss Ritter.
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[edit] Personal Data
Name: Kyosuke Nanbu
AKA: Beowulf
Voice Actor: Toshiyuki Morikawa
Status: Human
Rank: Sergeant Major (Before Sanger Zonvolt's defection), Second Lieutenant (After Sanger Zonvolt's defection), Lieutenant (After Original Generation)
Callsign: Assault-4 (Before Sanger Zonvolt's defection), Assault-1 (After Sanger Zonvolt's defection)
Affiliations: ATX Team (OG 1/2)
Relatives And Personal Affiliations: Excellen Browning (Girlfriend)
Mecha: Wildraubtier (OG 1), Gespenst MK II M (OG 1), Alt Eisen (Impact, OG 1/2), Alt Eisen Riese (Impact, OG 2)
[edit] Personality And Traits
22-year old Kyosuke Nanbu is considered hot-blooded, and is usually quiet and keeps things to himself. To everyone else, he seems to be cold, unemotional and extremely apathetic towards just about anything - the polar opposite of his significant other, Excellen Browning. Calm and able to make quick, excellent decisions, Kyosuke is also an extremely skilled pilot, as he's the only person to actually pilot the Alt Eisen effectively. However, there are times when his emotions go out of control on the battlefield, but that doesn't deter from accomplishing his objectives. Kyosuke is known to have a bad habit of gambling, often referring to a battle as a big bet, with his and his opponent's life as the ante. He frequents the phrase, "I don't mind betting on tough odds." Though he doesn't display it, he cares deeply for Excellen, even if he ignores her advances at times.
In battle, Kyosuke is a tanker, and will usually rush into battle head-on into enemy units. Coupled along with his combat skills and the specifications of the Alt Eisen/Alt Eisen Riese, he can come out of battles with the least amount of damage to his machine, making him a formidable pilot.
[edit] History
Kyosuke Nanbu was involved in a shuttle crash during his youth that killed everyone on board, except for him and one other passenger, whom he shielded from the flaming debris. After this incident, he's inherited a form of bizarre, inhuman luck that's been keeping him alive. The next example of this luck occurred in Original Generation, after joining the Earth Federation Army; while he was doing test runs for the Wildraubtier, the machine gets destroyed during its transformation sequence. Kyosuke comes out alive, with only a few broken ribs. Sanger Zonvolt, leader of the ATX Team, recruits him and he becomes acquainted with fellow team members Brooklyn Luckfield and Excellen Browning. Little did he know, was that Excellen would eventually reveal herself to be the other surviving passenger in the shuttle crash. This prompted her to start a relationship with him, although the timing couldn't have been worse, as the Divine Crusaders declared war against the Earth Federation. He would later become the leader of the ATX Team after Sanger's defection to the Divine Crusaders.
Kyosuke would create many rivalries against notable pilots Ryusei Date of the SRX team in Original Generation and Axel Almer of the Shadow-Mirror in Original Generation 2. His scuffles with Axel were so intense that the Alt Eisen was almost destroyed (again, due to his luck, Kyosuke survives), thanks to Axel and his Soulgain. This allowed Dr. Marion Radom, the creator behind the Alt Eisen, to upgrade his machine into the balanced Alt Eisen Reise. When the Einst began their scheme to recreate the Earth, they turned their attention to the pilot, for he would be the new Adam, alongside their artficially-created clone, Alfimi, who was made in accordance to the data they had gather on Excellen, and act as Eve. To have him comply with their wishes, they brainwashed Excellen and had her turn against him. However, Kyosuke breaks their control over her and are able to defeat the Einst, with the help of their various allies and friends.
In the Shadow-Mirror universe, the Kyosuke Nanbu of that dimension, under the codename Beowulf, pilots the Alt Eisen Nacht, similar to the Original Generation universe Alt Eisen, but blue in colour. What's signficantly different about this Kyosuke Nanbu is that he possesses some form of strength that can be said to be near demonic in nature, which is entirely opposite to the Original Generation universe Kyosuke's inhuman luck. Beowulf only appears in the prologue of Original Generation 2, where he leads his squad of Gespenst MK IIs, the Beowulves, to fight against the Shadow Mirror's coup d'état.
[edit] Trivia
The original characters from the Playstation 2 turn-based strategy game, Namco x Capcom, Reiji and Xiaomu, were inspired by Kyosuke and Excellen, who share similar personality traits and relationship status. Namco x Capcom also happens to be directed by Soichiro Morizumi, who directed many games from Super Robot Wars series.
The voice actors for Kyosuke Nanbu (Toshiyuki Morikawa) and Axel Almer (Nobutoshi Kanna) also play rivals/arch-enemies in Berserk.
