Here is our NPC list, created by Dragon Master:
Name: Hikaru Todoroki
Age: early 30's
Image: HereBio: Hikaru Todoroki joined Rescue Force 10 years ago and became the second R1 and several months later acquired the R1Max upgrade, he was the pilot of Rescue Striker and was responsible for destroying Baatsu and saving the world. He was the field leader of Rescue Force for 10 years until Eiji Ishiguro retired thus leaving Hikaru as Rescue Force's captain. The R1 unit was passed onto Ren Nakamura and the R1Max system was lost in the extreme disaster that crashed the first Rescue Phoenix leaving Hikaru without an armor.
Personality: Hikaru is a very friendly and calm man who is very determined and driven to save people from disasters.
Specialty: If it counts, It's Hikaru's job to approve the Final Rescues.
Name: Juri Shiraki
Age: early 30's
Image: Supreme commander Juri Shiraki (centre) and three of the UFDA Headquarters staff Maaru (right) Saan (at the back) and Sica (left)Bio: Juri Shiraki was the second R4 and was that teams medic. After the defeat of Baatsu she became the apprentice of Natsuno Nanbu and when she retired was promoted to the Supreme Commander of Rescue Force suiting up into RU whenever she needed to help Rescue Force. Juri's R4 suit was passed onto
(The current R4) and the RU suit was damaged beyond repair in the extreme disaster that caused Rescue Phoenix to crash. She is the last remaining user of the "Kajiba no superpower".
Personality: Supreme commander Shiraki at first appears to be a rather panicky and scared young woman who is stressed out by her job and a little bit flustered, however when she needs to save lives she pulls herself together and becomes very serious.
Specialty: If Hikaru's out of the picture then it's her job to approve the Final Rescue's, she also gives Rescue Force their missions.
Name: Rei Kozaku
Age: early 30's
Image:Ta-Dah!Bio: Rei Kozaku was the second R3 and the most competent fighter of the group, after the defeat of Baatsu Rei decided to train the members of Rescue Force. She has trained all the Rescue Force members. She is married with a stepson named Teppei
(I'm not entirely sure that they mentioned the name of Teppei's father, if you know it please tell me).
Personality: Rei is very cheery, but has a short temper resulting in very scary outbursts, it's advised that you don't say she's manly/butch.
Name: Eiji Ishiguro
Age: about 50?
Image: Here's oneBio: Eiji Ishiguro was the first R5, and a very firey man at that point in his life. After Oobuchi was believed dead Eiji became very stoic until he suited up into R5 where his burning spirit would resurface, he retired shortly after the extreme disaster that crashed Phoenix and lives in Neo City where he wrote two bestselling books
"The Charge In Kid" detailed his, Oobuchi, Nancy, Kamiya and Naomi and
"The Final Rescue" which is a story about their Successors Hikaru, Kyosuke, Rei and Juri. There's also another book called
"Winter magic" which he wrote after getting very, very,
very drunk.
...
You shouldn't read that book unless your over 18.
Personality: Keeps switching between stoic, calm and controlled and firey, hot-blooded and determined ... sometimes without anything to trigger it.
Name: Reiji Osakabe
Age: Around 70
Image: Wearing his trademark hatBio: Reiji Osakabe is an enigma, wrapped in a mystery and shrouded in legend. The last sighting of the rumoured UFDA Supreme commander was in the Extreme Disaster that brought down Rescue Phoenix saving Hikaru's life and then running into the fires to stop the disaster. The helmet of his suit (R0) was found scorched, with the visor smashed in and he has been presumed KIA (
Killed
In
Action) but there are rumours that he's not quite as dead as people think ...
Personality: Reiji Osakabe appeared outwardly as cold, aloof and a little bit mean. however, in reality he did care about what happened and was actually quite cheery and kind.
Name: Megumi Yuuma
Age: early 30's
Image: He likes his Soy Sauce!Bio: Megumi Yuuma's parents own a Monja shop which is very succesful. Yuuma himself joined Rescue Fire as Fire-2 and formed a very close friendship with Homura Tatsuya, and an infatuation with Tama-Chan. Shortly before Rescue Fire disbanded Yuuma left the team on his own terms, marrying Tama-chan to open up their own reastaurant (the
Blazing Restaurant) in the Market district in Uptown Neo-City
Personality: Passionate and Kind, Yuuma loves children
Specialty: Cooking (especially Monja), brute strength and fighting skills.
Name: Tamami Sugiyama
Age: late 20's to early 30's
Image: Right HereBio Tamami Sugiyama (better known as Tama-chan) joined Rescue-Fire as a cafeteria worker. She formed a very close relationship with the members of Rescue Fire and proved herself to be just as strong as them on many occaisons. Shortly before Rescue Fire disbanded she married Yuuma and they opened up the
Blazing Reasturant in the Uptown Market District of Neo-City.
Personality: Super-Happy, incredibly cheery, it takes a lot to upset her.
Specialty: Tama-chan can cook anything.
Name: Homura Tatsuya
Age: mid 30's
Image: ... Don't ask about the bootBio The original Fire-1, a passionate young man who was able to interface with the ancient Ryudoken and become Fire-1-X. After Rescue Fire disbanded, shortly before the incident regarding Rescue Phoenix, Tatsuya joined Rescue Force (keeping the Fire-1 suit) but when the the Phoenix crashed Tatsuya's partner Q-suke was destroyed (along with the Fire-1 system) and the X-basher dissapeared it has yet to be recovered and is presumed to have been annhilated. During this mission Tatsuya failed to save a young girl from collapsing debris and she died, this event left some severe trauma. Tatsuya lives in a house near Komaki village and barely socialises because he's afraid he'll hurt someone. However he does sometimes come out to buy food or help extuinguish large fires with a rather battered Tri-Basher.
Personality: Tatsuya used to be cheery, happy and a little reckless. He's now become very lonely due to his extended isolation. He may be drifting slowly into depression and may even be suicidal but as no one sees him it's hard to tell.
Specialty: Fire Fighting, he unfortunately believes he has no skills as of witnessing the girl die and is wracked with guilt.
Name: Bunji Saeki
Age: Either his late 40's up to about 60.
Image: Click here for imageBio Bunji Saeki designed all of Rescue Forces arsenal, from the iconic Rescue Breaker to the newly developed Rescue Slicer. All of Rescue Forces stuff involved Bunji at some point in its development.
Personality: Appears outwardly grumpy and dull but is very quick to warm into a nice person.
Specialty: Mechanics.
Name: Kyosuke Jinrai
Age: early 30's
Image: Sorry that it’s so low quality!Bio: After a stint as the second R2 in Rescue Force Kyosuke decided to join a Fire Department just like Kagami (the first R2) had done. However Kyosuke wouldn't let Hikaru forget him that easily and he frequently met up with Hikaru and the rest of Rescue Force on various missions including the "Crashed Phoenix" incident, where he was responsible for fighting alongside Rescue Force to save the civilians but unfortunately, lost the use of his legs in the process and was confined to a wheelchair. After a short while Juri asked Kyosuke to join Rescue Force, his job is to coordinate the ordainary emergency services during Super Disasters and act as a bridge between them and the UFDA.
Personality: Very cheery and easy going, Kyosuke is a very nice and chilled out guy.
Specialty: Negotiating skills. Also if for some reason Hikaru and Juri are out of the loop he has to approve the Final Rescues
Name: Riku Taiga
Age: mid 40's
Image: HereBio: Taiga Riku's body may look fine and dandy but internally his bones, nervous, cardiovascular, and muscle systems have been severely damaged as a result of testing each of the Fire-Suits individually. If he dons a suit (or one like it) then he will die. Given the role of Rescue Fire's captain Taiga led the team through their missions until they disbanded. Taiga continued to work for the UFDA doing random tasks until three months after Rescue Phoenix crashed. Taiga was assigned to the
Attempted
New
GEneration
Rescue force project or ANGER for short, to recover Rescue Force technology, recruit new members and bring the organisation back.
Taiga is still with ANGER only now their goal has moved onto finding out why all the old Rescue Force stuff is going missing ...
Personality: Taiga is confident and calm. However if he gets angry or fired up then he loses his cool and becomes very firey.
Name: Yuki Ritsuka
Age: mid 30's
Image: Ritsuka (foreground) with Tama-chan, Yuuma and Tatsuya in the background.Bio: Formerly Fire-3, Ritsuka married Tsubasa Aoi (Fire-4) and the two opened up a Private Investigation business in Chicago. Ritsuka learned not to call Mafia bosses "Ugly, Fat Perverts" the hard way and was forced to leave the country and return to Japan, almost immediatley after their plane touched down Ritsuka and Tsubasa had to pull their Fire-Suits out of storage and save Neo City from a terrible Extreme Disaster and destroyed her suit in the process. She's been contacted by Taiga and asked to give him any information her and Tsubasa find on Rescue Force equipment.
Personality: At first Ritsuka was cold and emotionless however she's now warmed up into a very likeable empathic person.
Name: Aoi Tsubasa
Age: mid 30's
Image: The darkness makes him look dramatic!Bio: After Tsubasa and his wife Ritsuka left Rescue-Fire and Japan to start a Private Investigation business he ran into problems with a mafia boss and had to leave the country and return to Japan, just in time to don his Fire-4 armor one last time help Rescue Force out during the crashed Phoenix accident. The armor was destroyed when Tsubasa used it to protect those two children who were growing flowers
(Who were not named! ) Tsubasa and Ritsuka moved their detective business into Uptown Neo City where they've recently been asked by Taiga to give them any information on Rescue Force technology they find.
Personality: Though he acts cool and calm Tsubasa gets really jealous of anyone talking to Ritsuka.
Speciality: Detective ... stuff
Name: Watari Jun
Age: mid 30's
Image:"Look at my hair!"Bio: Jun's Fire-Suit was the only one to not get obliterated in the Crashed Phoenix incident. He keeps it and the Jet calibur he used as Fire-5 in a glass case in the CEO office at Watari holdings. After the accident Jun resolved to use the funding of Watari Holdings to rebuild the damaged Industrial Island. Jun has built up a business empire that spreads over most of Neo City and he uses this money to help fund the Himawari academy, which has fallen into minor disrepair since Tatsuya went into isolation.
Personality: Mild and cordial,
Speciality: Business and Economics