History Characters / Grenadier

The Suiro Senshi, and the Juttensen who guards the Imperial Capital via the lake surrounding it. He communicates when underwater (and, occasionally, ''above'' the water) by painting up signs; in other words, communicating through [[IncrediblyLamePun sign language]].

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%%[[folder: Akki Nago]]
%%!!! Voiced by: Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (JP), Creator/BobPapenbrook [[note]] credited as John Smallberries [[/note]] (EN)

%%A brutish senshi who has a strong sense of money. He wields a tremendous machine gun called a galdo.

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%%* StarterVillain: He's the first villain Rushuna and Yajiro encounter.

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%%[[folder: Lady Tenshi]]
%%!!! Voiced by: Creator/ChiekoHonda (JP), Creator/DorothyEliasFahn [[note]] credited as Midge Mayes [[/note]] (EN)

%%The Empress of Tento, she was the one who sent Rushuna on her journey. She only appears in the anime.

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!!Antagonists


[[folder: The Iron-Masked Baron; The Jester, Kaizan Doshi (anime only)]]
!!! Voiced by: Creator/KazuhiroNakata (JP), Creator/KimStrauss (EN)

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[[folder: Sanzou Souma]]
!!! Voiced by: Creator/FumihikoTachiki (JP), Peter Spellos [[note]] credited as G. Gordon Baer [[/note]] (EN)

A member of the Juttensen, known as the Gagaku Senshi. He wields the Kanonhou, which emits deadly sound waves.

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[[folder: Tekka Aizen]]

Teppa's younger sister. She only appears in a bonus segment of the manga, irate over Rushuna's defeat of her big brother.


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[[folder: Honmaru Toujou]]

The youngest of the Juttensen, an eight-year-old boy in an eight-foot-tall mecha capable of firing missiles and bullets. He is known as the Kiko Senshi.

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[[folder: Yuzuriha Shimon]]

A young girl just shy of her teens, and another member of the Juttensen. She wields an energy whip, and is known as the Kayaku Senshi.

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[[folder: Banmaru Zoushi]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/TomomichiNishimura (JP), Creator/KirkThornton [[note]] credited as Sean Roberts [[/note]] (EN)

A warrior aristocrat from the Imperial Capital, he aids Ganzo Arima in his attempted raid of Toukarou with his [[HumongousMecha Not-So-Humongous Mecha]], the Kibanten.

[[folder: Ganzo Arima (Ganzo Tenma in the anime)]]
!!! Voiced by: Tadahisa Saizen (JP), Creator/BobPapenbrook [[note]] credited as John Smallberries [[/note]] (EN)

A grunt local to Toukarou, who killed Mikan's parents and holds a grudge against Touka.

[[folder: Akki Nago]]
!!! Voiced by: Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (JP), Creator/BobPapenbrook [[note]] credited as John Smallberries [[/note]] (EN)

A brutish senshi who has a strong sense of money. He wields a tremendous machine gun called a galdo.

%%* HotBlooded

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[[folder: Hage Tengu]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/TomomichiNishimura (JP), Creator/KirkThornton [[note]] credited as Sean Roberts [[/note]] (EN)

A long-nosed senshi who intimidates a local village into letting him basically run the village. He wields a gatling gun which fires 200 rounds a minute, called the Rokumonsen.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His "name" is actually a catcall Rushuna made in the manga (translated officially as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "You bald goblin!"]]).

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[[folder: Bao the Iron Destruction Demon]]

A Goliath of a man who wields a rocket-powered sword called the Bakugyuto. He has a price of 4000 gold pieces on his head. He aids the Anti in their invasion of the Capital.

%%* BloodKnight
%%* DavidVersusGoliath

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[[folder: Lady Tenshi]]
!!! Voiced by: Creator/ChiekoHonda (JP), Creator/DorothyEliasFahn [[note]] credited as Midge Mayes [[/note]] (EN)

The Empress of Tento, she was the one who sent Rushuna on her journey. She only appears in the anime.

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!!Antagonists


[[folder: The Iron-Masked Baron; The Jester, Kaizan Doshi (anime only)]]
!!! Voiced by: Creator/KazuhiroNakata (JP), Creator/KimStrauss (EN)

* BigBad: The main antagonist of the series.
* BrainInAJar: In the manga, [[spoiler:he's been reduced to a human brain in a robotic body a la [[Franchise/DragonBall Dr. Gero]]]].
%%* CoolMask
* {{Cyborg}}: Manga only. [[spoiler:Having lost his body in the devastation of trying to replicate the Perpetual Motion Solar Jacket, the Iron-Masked Baron is almost completely robotic. The only organic part of his body that seems to be left is his [[BrainInAJar brain]].]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He is never identified in the manga by any name other than Iron-Masked Baron. Averted in the anime, where his identity is almost different enough to justify listing the Baron and the Jester as two completely different characters.
%%* RoboticReveal
* SocialDarwinist: In the manga, he believes that [[spoiler:being a literal superhuman]] makes him fit to rule the world. This is also why he seeks to destroy Rushuna; during the FinalBattle, he claims that [[spoiler:only one of their kind should exist, so that only one can reign supreme]]. In the anime, Doshi sought to find the strongest person living to become the feared Grenadier who would do his and Setsuna's bidding and help him rule the world.
* WhiteMaskOfDoom: His mask resembles a drama mask.

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[[folder: Setsuna Oomidoh (anime); Namari Shirogane (manga)]]
!!! Setsuna Voiced by: Creator/ChiekoHonda (JP), Creator/DorothyEliasFahn [[note]] credited as Midge Hayes [[/note]](EN)

The EvilCounterpart CainAndAbel to Rushuna Tendo, and that's where the anime and manga similarities end, really.

* AntiHero: [[spoiler:She becomes one towards the end of the manga to stop the Baron from destroying everyone.]]
* BearsAreBadNews: Part and parcel of [[spoiler: Namari's HeroicSacrifice where she defended Rushuna from a bear, at the cost of her own left eye]].
* CainAndAbel: Particularly in the manga. Namari and Rushuna were both taken in by Soun, but Namari was about six when Rushuna — an infant — was found and taken in. After [[spoiler:[[GoodScarsEvilScars losing her]] [[EyeScream left eye]]]], Namari intends to kill Rushuna and become the Grenadier.
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* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: Rushuna forgives her pretty quickly when she pulls a HeelFaceTurn, despite having nearly murdered Yajiro in front of her just to upset her, among other things.]]
* {{Electronic Eyes}}: Manga only. [[spoiler:The Scan Eye helps her detect the paths of incoming bullets, and respond accordingly.]]
* EvilTwin: [[spoiler: Appeared to be such for Rushuna in her first appearance, but the backstory shows they're not blood related, Namari is older and they [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking don't have the same hair color.]]]]
* EyeScream: In the manga, she loses her eye [[spoiler:courtesy of a bear in her first HeroicSacrifice]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Manga only; when she [[spoiler:removes her prosthetic mask, her face is the same, apart from an X-shaped scar around her [[ElectronicEyes prosthetic left eye]] that reaches across the bridge of her nose]]. Played with in regards to the fact that [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn she switches to Rushuna's side]] in time for the final battle]].
* TheGunslinger: She's quite capable of wielding guns in battle.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After being defeated by Rushuna she realizes the error of her ways and teams up with Rushuna to stop the Baron.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Twice. [[spoiler:The first one loses her left eye to a {{bear|sAreBadNews}}. Played with in the sense that Namari lives, but afterward resents Rushuna for ''existing''. The second occurs during the final battle, when Namari takes a lethal blow from the [[BigBad Baron]] intended for Rushuna. She lives.]]
* UnorthodoxReload: Much like Rushuna.
* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler: What she decides to do at the end of the manga, probably deciding to be TheAtoner.]]

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* BoobsOfSteel: Rushuna is the best marksman in the series, and the most endowed female.

Rushuna is a ''[[BuxomIsBetter very]]'' busty blonde with extremely impressive gun skills as well as impressive analytical skills. A former candidate for the Juttensen, Rushuna had been charged by Tenshi herself to travel in order to learn the "Ultimate Battle Strategy", to remove an opponent's will to fight. She is joined first by Yajiro and then by Mikan on her way to the capital city of Tento.

* GorgeousGaijin: She's blond, has [[BuxomIsBetter really, really big boobs]] and [[{{Eagleland}} is from a country "on the other side of the ocean" and DAMN good with guns]].

* {{Gainaxing}}: Every episode and in the manga. However, as she keeps her ammo in her cleavage, this is actually somewhat practical. And for extra Gainaxing, she uses her bounce to execute an UnorthodoxReload, which always gets plenty of MaleGaze.
--> '''Yajiro''': Why does she have to [[DistractedByTheSexy bounce so much!?]]

* NiceHat: A straw hat with a giant red bow on it, no less.

* NiceHat: Always has a green bandanna.