Behemoth (Air Gear)

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Behemoth (ベヒーモス Behīmosu?) is a fictional Air Treck team in the manga/anime Air Gear by Oh! great. The team itself was Class-D, but are now disbanded. As stated by Agito, Behemoth have the strength of Class A riders, but stay Class-D by not winning the three wins required to advance. Their reason is so they can prey on other Stormrider teams. Even though the Team disbands, many of the members are seen later on.

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[edit] Members

[edit] Akira Udō

Akira
Akira

Status: Reinstated to Wind SWAT team. Currently injured.

  • Voiced by: Kenji Nojima (Japanese), Michael Dalmon (English)
Akira Udō (宇童 アキラ Udō Akira?) was the former leader of the Behemoth Team, once-powerful, D-class Storm Rider organization "Behemoth." Together with Agito, he was also once a member of the Wind SWAT team. Due to a series of unfortunate events, Akira turns on his former colleague and gains possession of the Fang Regalia until Agito retrieves it with the Kogarasumaru in a challenge. Nicknamed the "Chō Jyū" (超獣 Super Beast, i.e. Behemoth?), Akira is a fearsome opponent and is characterized by a large lion (and in the anime, a saber-toothed tiger.). He is highly skilled in the Bloody Road and was able to evolve the Leviathan Fang attack into a more deadly 'Gigaer Cross'. His elite AT skills and the ability to wield the Fang Regalia proves too much to handle even for Agito, the Fang King himself. In recent chapters, Akira is seen picking up Kazu while the latter was in ball mourning over Spitfire's death. However, the Takeuchi brothers make short work of him after Wind's attempts to capture them. He is present during Spitfire's video.


[edit] Mitsuru Bando

  • Voiced by: Hiro Yuuki (Japanese), David Wald (English)
Mitsuru Bandō (坂東 ミツル Bandō Mitsuru?), sometimes referred to as the "Cyclops Hammer", Mitsuru Bandō is one of the four elite members of Behemoth, the "Shi Sei Jyū" (四聖獣 lit. "four mythical beasts"?). Mitsuru specializes in close combat, using his ultra-destructive punching power as his main weapon. He is characterized as large cyclops with a long sledge hammer, just like his nickname. When coupled with the speed of his AT, Mitsuru's punches result in damage of diabolical proportions. During the Behemoth VS Kogarasumaru challenge, he fought Ikki and was thoroughly defeated. Mitsuru clearly has far more punching power, but Ikki was able to beat him by playing a form of paper, rock, scissors. Due to the amount of muscle on Mitsuru's forarms, the speed of his fingers is slightly reduced which gave Ikki enough time to react to his choice accordingly. With the arrest of Akira at the hands of the Wind SWAT team, Bandō now seeks to establish his own Storm Rider team.


[edit] Fuumei Goshogawara

Fūmei Goshogawara (五所瓦 風明 Goshogawara Fūmei?), known as the "Hecatonchires Bomb". Like Mitsuru, he is also a member of the Shi Sei Jyū. Goshogawara's peculiarly long arms serve as his means of attack. He seems to be able to re-locate his joints after having them twisted out of place. According to Agito, his special technique is "Hundred Hands" (a move that caused so much friction due to blows that Buccha's skin was burning). Supposedly, it is an attack that is able to brush aside numerous enemies within the duration of a few seconds. His opponent was Buccha during the Behemoth VS Kogarasumaru match. Goshogawara emerged victorious after he simply overwhelmed Buccha with his battle ability. He is often characterized as a digger wasp. He is last seen alongside Mitsuru Bandō, after Kazu gathers Kogarasumaru's old acquaintances.


[edit] Ryo Mimasaka

  • Voiced by: Miki Itou (Japanese), Elizabeth Byrd (English)
Ryō Mimasaka (美作 涼 Mimasaka Ryō?) is the only female member of the Shi Sei Jyū. She goes by the alias of "Gorgon Shell" (石化の盾 lit. "petrifying shield"?). The title is appropriate because of the "Oshiroibori" (白粉彫り?) tattoos, which are almost invisible to the naked eye (until they are exposed to body heat), that cover a substantial portion of her body. The tattoos work in conjunction with her body movements to hypnotize the opponent to the point that their metabolism slows down so much that it leads to paralysis (hence Mimasaka's title, the "Gorgon Shell", in reference to the Gorgon Medusa from Greek mythology). She is said to be amongst the top ten female riders of Japan. Despite her powers, however, her soul was "liberated" by Onigiri during their match, and thus earning the Kogarasumaru their single decisive victory over the Shi Sei Jyū. Onigiri was able to win because of his awkward way of riding upside down. Since he viewed the tattoos upside down they had the opposite effect, actually increasing his metabolism and activating his "smell road." She is often characterized as a snake. She was murdered by Sora and Nike while attempting to save Sano Yasuyoshi. This is what drove Sano over the edge in his last battle. It is implied that she may have been the next Gem King as she told Sano before dying the principle behind Kilik's regalia, claiming that she also followed the Jade Road.


[edit] Yasuyoshi Sano

Yasuyoshi Sano (左 安良 Sano Yasuyoshi?) is the final member of the Shi Sei Jyū, and appears to be the strongest of the four. Sano is known as the "Aeon Clock" (時の支配者 lit. "manipulator of time"?) due to his ability to seemingly "stop" time. While Sano is an outstanding AT user with awesome speed, his most devastating weapon is his brilliant mind. Exploiting the laws of physics, Sano was able to render himself virtually invisible to Kazu (and the audience) during their battle. The battle ended with Sano as the victor, however he was surprised that Kazu was able to move even though he "stopped" his time. Strangely enough, Yasuyoshi and Spitfire were once both men seeking to achieve the Flame Road. The former seemed to have abandoned that goal for reasons unknown. He recently battled Gabishi and was nearly defeated after Gabishi figured a way around his "Time" ability. He was saved by Nue, but not before he slammed a motorcycle over the top of Gabishi's head.
It's later that Sano receives a call from his father, questioning him on the progress on his current project to capture the Sky regalia. Sano reveals that he has no intention of doing that, though only to himself. He then arrives in the nick of time to save Spitfire from the burning reckage caused by Sora's Bagrahm. Nike then starts a battle between himself and the two Flame Road wielders. By combining their two Flame Roads, they create a powerful "Dual Road", the Apollo Road. Even with their incredible abilities, and total domination, Nike continues to rise uninjured. Revealing that his Jade Road is causing no harm to come to him, They are forced to take a short retreat back a few dozen feet, while trying to figure out a strategy to get past the Jade Road's ability. During this time, Nike launches a helicopter blade with his incredible strength. But it is intercepted by Mimasaka Ryō, who is killed by it, but not before revealing the weakness of the Jade Road to Sano. It is implied that she loved him.
Sora then criticizes her, causing Sano extreme anger. It seems that Sano and Mimasaka were close. Sano strikes Sora with an incredible strength caused by his anger, knocking Sora back, his hat falling off. It's then that Sora enters the fray, using his new legs as well as the stolen Bagrahm. Kazu, deciding to join in, does his best to assist the two Flame Road users. But they are ultimately forced back by Sora's incredible power after utilizing Bagrahm in a newly shown form.
He then acts as cover for Spitfire to take Kazu out of the battle and leave the Flame Regalia with him. Sano thinks to himself that the future Flame King has been able to escape from harm. Shortly afterwards, Spitfire returns and asks Sano to forgive him for getting him involved. Sano brushes it off, and the two have a heart to heart moment before Sano is unable to keep the combined power of Sora and Nike at bay. Spitfire is ultimately killed in the battle. Sano survived the attack of the Sora brothers and now seems to be serving them. Whether or not the alliance is true is yet to be seen.


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