Danball Senki/Characters

Character sheet of Danball Senki. The names are in Last Name First Name order.

Danball Senki

Yamano Ban

The protagonist. He is a talented LBX player but is forbidden by his mother to own one. That is until the day a mysterious woman gives him the Core Skeleton AX-00.

• Blade on a Stick: Lances are his LBX weapon of choice.
• Brown Eyes
• Cheerful Child
• Curtains Match the Window
• The Chosen One
• Determinator
• Deuteragonist: In W.
• For Great Justice: He won't forgive anyone who uses LBX to hurt other people.
• Heroic BSOD: When Yuusuke dies. His mother and Jin snap him out it.
• Lightning Bruiser: His LBX just gets faster and stronger as the series progress.
• Locked Out of the Loop: His mother knows that his father is alive the whole time
• Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: All of his LBX have strong shields.
• The Mentor: To Hiro in W
• The Messiah
• Older and Wiser: In W

Aoshima Kazuya

Voiced by Daisuke Namikawa

• Animal Motifs: His LBX are the wolf-like Hunter and Fenrir.
• Crippling Overspecialization: Being a sniper means his LBX is more vulnerable to close-up attacks than others.
• The Cynic: It isn't extreme but he's the most cautious and is usually the one who voices doubts about his team's plan.
• Dude in Distress: In W
• Friendly Sniper
• Gray Eyes
• Heroic Sacrifice: Has lost his LBX in battles more than anyone else partly because of this.
• Nice Guy
• Put on a Bus: Gets kidnapped in W

Kawamura Ami

Voiced by Marina Inoue

• Action Girl
• Curtains Match the Window
• Damsel in Distress: In W
• Fragile Speedster: Her LBX sacrifice armor for speed and agility.
• Heel Face Turn: Unwillingly. She was kidnapped and made into a Slave Player in W
• Nice Girl: Unless you are one of her unwanted admirers.
• Ninja: The theme of her LBX.
• Plucky Girl
• Put on a Bus: Gets kidnapped and is put out of action after she was rescued in W
• The Strategist: All main characters are capable in strategy but she is the one who is usually shown making plans for her teams.
• You Gotta Have Purple Hair
• Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A.

Ishimori Rina

• Damsel in Distress: A little after her attempt to assassinate Kaidou Yoshimitsu for her sister's sake.
• Hot Scientist
• I Did What I Had to Do: Still she was severely shocked after she apparently killed Kaidou Yoshimitsu.
• Meganekko
• The Mole: For the Innovators for a while

Uzaki Takuya

Voiced by Yuuichi Nakamura

• Authority Equals Asskicking: Leader of the Seekers, highly capable in hand-to-hand fighting. He's just not good with the LBX.
• Gray Eyes
• Mission Control: His primary role.
• Revenge: His motive for fighting the Innovators initially. He grew out of it.
• Sharp-Dressed Man

Lex

• The Chessmaster: Plays both the Innovators and the Seekers in his plot to destroy the world.
• Cool Old Guy: Is a legendary LBX player. Can't get cooler than that.
• Heel Face Turn
• Information Broker
• Knight Templar: Wants to destroy the current corrupted world
• Man Behind the Man
• The Mentor: To Ban and Gouda.

Uzaki Yuusuke

• Cool Old Guy: Director of a prominent LBX maker that produces the main trio's Super Prototype and is able to kick ass with one himself.
• Gray Eyes
• Jerkass Facade: Coldly tells his brother to drop fighting the Innovators but actually helps the Seekers in secret.
• Heroic Sacrifice
• Killed Off for Real
• Stoic Spectacles

Gouda Hanzou

• Chainsaw Good: The weapon of his LBX.
• Chest Blaster: The Finishing Move of his LBX.
• Expy: Of Kamina
• Hot-Blooded
• Mighty Glacier
• Red Baron: "Destruction God of Hell"
• Sitcom Arch Nemesis: To Sendou. Still they team up for Artemis in W.
• Walking Shirtless Scene.

Sendou Daiki

• Doppelganger Attack: His specialty.
• Heel Face Turn
• I Work Alone: Likes to say this. Especially to Gouda, with whom he teams up on several occasion.
• Multicolored Hair
• Red Baron: "The Magician of the Box"
• Sitcom Arch Nemesis: To Gouda.
• Tarot Motifs
• Tsundere: He tags along just because it's interesting, not because he cares about Ban & co. Not at all

Kaidou Jin

• Aloof Ally
• Big Fancy House: The Kaidou Mansion is more like a fortress, complete with Elaborate Underground Base.
• Child Prodigy
• Combat Pragmatist: Played for Laughs in his matches against Otakus who like making long speeches before fights.
• Defrosting The Ice King: He becomes noticeably warmer and more expressive after meeting Ban
• Evil Scientist's Handsome Grandson
• Heel Face Turn
• Lonely Rich Kid: He only has his LBX and his butler around him at home.
• Parental Abandonment: His parents died in the Tokio Bridge incident and he was adopted by Kaidou Yoshimitsu
• Pet the Dog: The first sign of him being a decent guy is when he teamed up with Ban to save Haibara Yuuya.
• Prongs of Poseidon: Unsurprisingly, weapon of Triton, his LBX in W.
• Red Baron: "Instant Kill Emperor"
• Red Eyes, Take Warning
• The Quiet One: Just speaks when it's necessary.
• The Rival
• Skunk Stripe
• The Stoic
• The Ugly Guy's Hot Grandson
• Tsurime: Which stands out in a cast with mostly Tareme.

Haibara Yuuya

Voiced by Yuuki Kaji

• Brainwashed and Crazy: Due to being experimented on by Kamiya Craft under order of Kaidou Yoshimitsu, which is partly why Jin feels responsible for him
• Expository Hairstyle Change: In W
• Extreme Doormat: Because he is used as an experimental subject. He gets better in W
• I Owe You My Life: Towards Jin in W
• Monochromatic Eyes
• Peek-a-Bangs
• People Jars: In one of these in his first appearance.
• Technopath: Can control LBX with his mind thanks to a special suit, with horrible side effects

Otacross

• Eccentric Mentor
• Large Ham
• Mission Control
• Old Master: To the Otarangers and to Ban and co. to an extent
• Otaku
• Verbal Tic: Adds "-deo" at the end of his speech.

Yamano Junichiro

• The Atoner: The whole plot of the first series is basically him trying to make sure that his creation won't be misused by Innovators.
• The Chessmaster: Has shades of this with how he plans for his LBX to be sent for the relevant users.
• Disappeared Dad: Not his fault, though it seems that he is still often away from his family one year later in W.
• Gadgeteer Genius: He creates amazing gadgets. Sadly, they can be used for bad things.
• Large Ham: In his Masked J persona.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: His Masked J act in Artemis. Ban didn't completely recognize him but Yuusuke figured it out immediately.

Yamagi Eiji

• The Atoner: For serving the Innovators.
• Authority Equals Asskicking
• Badass Cape
• Dark and Troubled Past
• Eyes of Gold
• Heel Face Turn
• My Leader Right Or Wrong
• Sharp-Dressed Man

Kaidou Yoshimitsu

• Big Bad: Until The Reveal that Lex has been orchestrating the whole thing
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Seems to be respectable but he's power-hungry and doesn't hesitate to manipulate people.
• High-Class Glass
• Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate
• Ominous Opera Cape: His long coat creates the same effect.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: A sign that the real Kaidou Yoshimitsu is dead and an android replaces him

Danball Senki W

Oozura Hiro

Voiced by Hiro Shimono

• Adorkable
• The Chosen One
• Dual-Wielding: His LBX Perseus.
• Fan Boy: Of Toku shows and video games, especially Senshiman. Which is why he's elated to be chosen to save the world.
• Genre Savvy
• Heroes Prefer Swords
• Idiot Hair: Doubles as Expressive Hair
• I Just Want to Be Special: He wants to be a chosen hero, badly.
• Parental Abandonment: His family is nowhere to be seen in either the present or flashbacks. Highlighted in a heartwrenching scene at the airport where he was alone while other kids had their family seeing them off.
• Punny Name: Hiro really wants to become a Hero
• Psychic Power: He has manifested precognition, though it hasn't been elaborated on.

Hanasaki Ran

• Attack! Attack! Attack!
• Big Fancy House: Her house is a traditional Japanese dojo.
• Blood Knight: She really enjoys a good fight.
• Break the Haughty: Lost to Hiro in the Angra Texas tournament, after a falling out with Yuuya.
• Cheerful Child
• The Chosen One
• Dual-Wielding: Her LBX Minerva.
• Fan Girl: Of Ban and famous LBX players in general.
• Fiery Redhead
• Heir to the Dojo
• Hot-Blooded

Kaios Jessica

• Americans Are Cowboys
• Bare Your Midriff
• Break the Haughty: Believes that she doesn't need training as her memory and superior LBX are sufficient to win. She's soon proved wrong.
• Girlish Pigtails
• Guns Akimbo: Her LBX Jeane D.
• Hot-Blooded
• Nice Hat: Sports a cowboy hat.
• The Ojou
• Phenotype Stereotype
• Photographic Memory: Can memorize everything, however complex, with just a glance. Overreliance on existing information is a disadvantage for her in battles though.

Asuka Kojou

• Cheerful Child
• Hair of Gold
• Trademark Favorite Food: Tomato juice.