Sora Takeuchi

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Sora Takeuchi
Air Gear character
Voiced by	Mitsuru Miyamoto (Japanese) Vic Mignogna (English)
Profile
Aliases	The Sky King
Age	22
Gender	Male
Date of birth	February 28
Known relatives	Nike/Sora (twin brother)
Rider Stats
Team	Sleeping Forest
Status	Wind King (Former Leader of the Sleeping Forest)
Road	Wing Road

Sora Takeuchi (武内 空, Takeuchi Sora^?) is a fictional character in the manga Air Gear and also one of the main antagonists.

Contents 1 Character Outline 2 History 3 Synopsis 3.1 True Motives 3.2 Fighting Spitfire 4 Skills and Abilities 5 References

[edit] Character Outline

Sora is seen as an easy-going friendly person, but this attitude changes later on to a more serious person. He is seen mainly in a wheelchair. In the original series, he speaks with a Kansai dialect.^[1] He is old friends with Rika and the rest of Sleeping Forest. Much like Ikki, he can be very perverted and earns beatings from Rika for it. He has three dogs, Stone, Cold, and Stunner, in reference to former professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin's signature move, the Stone Cold Stunner.

[edit] History

Six years prior to the Air Gear storyline, he was betrayed by his teammate Kilik and lost the core to the Wind Regalia as well the use of his legs. But despite the loss of the use of his legs, he still possesses the same free spirit that seems to run in the Wind Kings. Despite not being able to use Air Trecks anymore, he is still pretty capable being able to be keep up with even experienced AT riders with his wheelchair that has AT wheels in it. During his time as leader of Sleeping Forest, he was romantically involved with Rika, but they broke up after Kilik's betrayal. Lately however, it seems that they are getting closer to each other once again. It is later revealed it was Sora who leaked information about the all the Regalias to the world including the Sky Regalia, from which various Parts Wars evolved between Storm Riders, and even revealing the location of the Trophaeum Tower to all so incompetent riders would retrieve the Regalias for him.

[edit] Synopsis

Rika first goes to see Sora when she wants to talk about Ikki's involvements in Air Trecks. While Sora is pleased with the idea, Rika is against it, saying that what happened to Sora shouldn't happen to Ikki also. Sora then participates in a bet set by Ikki that if Rika loses, she'll leave Ikki alone. During this, Sora's skills are shown off, mostly his speed and reaction. Upon Ikki winning, Sora then decides to help train Ikki.

[edit] True Motives

Later in the story, the Wind Regalia, Bagram, was stolen by an unknown and very powerful rider. As the situation unfolds, the identity of the rider was revealed to be Genesis' greatest Rider and Sora's twin brother, Nike. It turns out that Nike had been working for his brother Sora all along, and that Sora was the one who sent Nike to steal Bagram for him. The two confront Spitfire, with Sora objecting to his intentions of making Kazu the next Flame King. A battle soon erupts between Spitfire and Nike, with Kazu's life on the line. During the course of the battle, Sora, who miraculously is now able to walk again, reveals the mystery behind the feat; AT-tuned biomechatronics legs. Equipped with Bagram, Sora shows his prowess by blasting a neighboring helicopter clean out of the sky and onto Spitfire. Thanks to Aeon Clock, Spitfire survived the explosion, and the battle with Nike continued with Spitfire and Aeon Clock taking the upper hand with their "Burning Blood" tag-team and use of the Apollo Road, a unique "Road" to Aeon Clock's time stopping powers and the Flame Road.

[edit] Fighting Spitfire

Sora would then step in to assist his brother, and the astounding teamwork of the Takeuchi Brothers quickly overwhelm the Burning Blood duo, spurring Kazu to join in for a 3-on-2 assault. But while Aeon Clock provided a distraction, Spitfire whisked Kazu to safety and swapped AT's, leaving him with the Flame Regalia. Spitfire returned to the battlefield and told Sora that he was merely a Flame Seedling, meant to ignite another's flame. It is soon after that, that Aeon Clock was no longer able to stop them with the Apollo Road and they were pierced by hundreds of rock fragments, a move caused by the power of both the Jade Road and the Wind Road via Sora and Nike, and die from their wounds.

After decimating Aeon Clock and Spitfire, Sora approaches the corpses and takes the remains of Spitfire's hand into his own. His brother asks him not to, in order to keep from being contaminated by Spitfire's remains, an act showing that Nike has no respect for the fallen King. Sora commands him to shut up. He then explains that while they were being processed as children, this point revealing a crucial point in the Gravity Children development program, that all the children not meeting expectations were to be terminated. Sora, Nike-Sora, Spitfire, as well as the other Kings of the original Sleeping Forest, minus Rika (who is not a Gravity Child), Kilik, (who was considered the best of all the children) and Ine, (whose father led the Gravity Children Program and is not a Gravity Child herself) were on the list. The only reason they were saved was because Kilik pleaded on their behalf.

Thinking back on Spitfire's last words, Sora takes off his hat and sniffs it. Remarking that it smells burnt, he thinks about how Spitfire's flames were only able to burn his hat. Using the smell as an excuse, Sora tosses his prized cap off the building in memory of his fallen friend, commenting that he would plant his seed to ignite the world's destruction. Calling Ine he reveals to Kilik and co; He is fully capable of AT and is once again the Wind King and informing them of his intent to retrieve the Sky Regalia. When questioned by Kilik about Ikki as Wind King, Sora dismissed him stating if he did not steal the regalia, Ikki would soon have eclipsed him and he would not be able to defeat him. Before disappearing he was playing to Akito that he has defeated Akira and held him at his mercy declaring war on Sleeping Forest. Currently he's a member of Genesis, the strongest storm rider team created by Nike, his twin brother.

[edit] Skills and Abilities

Sora has special AT wheels built into his wheelchair that allow him to move as fast and react as standard Stormriders. However, this is proven to be just a cover-up, when later he reveals he had AT-tuned biomechatronics legs. A-Class King level user also carrying the Wind Regalia, his skill with the Regalia shows his power over the wind and expertise with Bagram that clearly surpass Ikki's. The reason Sora even had Nike steal Bagram in the first place was because he was scared that even Ikki would surpass him if he had the Bagram. When confronted about his choice, Sora claims that he had been using Ikki to draw attention away from him while he recovered from Kilik's attack. But after finding out that Kururu's Bagram had the ability to exceed any other in the past by far, he dismissed Ikki's place as the next Wind King and had Nike steal the improved Bagram. Its through Sora that another form of the Wind Regalia is shown. This one seems more fit for complete destruction and devastation than pure unstoppable speed, as seen via Ikki's use. Hako Isawa claimed that she determined Sora's battle level to be over 300, a considerable jump over Minami Ikki, who is estimated to be at a battle level of 78 at that time.

[edit] References

Air Gear by Oh! great v • d • e
Franchise:	Manga • Media and Materials • Musical
Characters:	Itsuki • Kazu • Akito • Sora • Other Characters
Teams:	Kogarasumaru • Sleeping Forest • Genesis • Behemoth • Tool Toul To
Other:	Kings and Roads • Terms • Air Trecks