History Characters / TigerAndBunny

* [[Characters/TigerAndBunnySternbildCity Sternbild City]]
* [[Characters/TigerAndBunnyHeroFriendsAndFamily Heroes’ Friends & Family]]
* [[Characters/TigerAndBunnyEnemies Enemies]]

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!Enemies
[[folder:Lunatic]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KojiYusa (JP), Creator/LiamOBrien (EN)

A mysterious NEXT who manipulates blue flames. His dark and brutal idea of justice, that is, making killers atone for their deeds with their lives, puts him at odds with the other heroes.
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* AbusiveParents: While [[spoiler:Mr. Legend]] was a nice enough parent while he was [[spoiler:a hero]], he slowly descended into this and alcoholism once he was BroughtDownToNormal... Also, Lunatic seems to hallucinate from time to time that his father's spirit is reprimanding him.
* AntiHero: A particularly brutal and ruthless variant bordering on AntiVillain.
* AllEncompassingMantle: Wears one but [[FlungClothing flings]] it off and burns it when he gets serious.
* AutomaticCrossbow: Has one that can shoot his flames.
* BadMoonRising: His appearance is always signaled by a shot of the moon taking on an ominous red hue.
* BigDamnHeroes: When [[spoiler:Kotetsu is framed for a crime he didn't commit and being chased by the fake Wild Tiger]] Lunatic saves him on the grounds that he only punishes true criminals.
* BurnScarsBurningPowers: Lunatic, a vigilante who kills criminals with his fire powers, has a burn scar on his face that he hides with makeup in his civilian identity, [[spoiler: judge Yuri Petrov]]. When he was a child, [[spoiler: Yuri awakened his fire powers to protect his mother from his abusive father, former superhero Mr. Legend. Yuri set Legend on fire; and as Legend burned to death, Legend attempted to grab Yuri's face, leaving a hand-shaped burn scar.]]
* CatchPhrase: "Hear the voice of Thanatos!" or some variant thereof. Doubles as a PreMortemOneLiner.
* ChekhovMIA: It's pointed out that Lunatic, while sporadically mentioned and seen, strikes rather infrequently, not even showing up when people like Jake hold the city hostage despite his vigilantism. [[spoiler: This is because his true identity is Yuri Petrov, who's a city judge and a curator of Hero TV, so he's busy working with the heroes during daylight hours, and only acts when he feels the heroes' methods have failed.]]
* ChestInsignia: Has a blue hand on the right side of his body and a smaller one on his mask.
* CombatPragmatist: Not so much in his fighting, but he strikes at the first moment to try and kill someone, not caring if they were arrested and defeated beforehand.
* DestructiveSavior: [[KnightTemplar For a given value of 'savior'.]] His attitudes towards collateral damage are enough to turn even ''Kotetsu'''s stomach.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Lunatic might be a killer but he only goes after killers of the innocent-and thoroughly researches his marks before acting, lest he kills an innocent himself. When confronted by a man who was obviously innocent of the crimes leveled against him, Lunatic acts to save him instead. He also refuses to kill anyone who is innocent in his eyes.
* FireballEyeballs: Sometimes happens when using his powers.
* FreudianExcuse: His father, [[spoiler:Mr. Legend,]] was originally his inspiration, and encouraged him to take action when he saw wrongs being committed. [[spoiler:Then he lost his powers and began drinking heavily and abusing Lunatic's mother. Yuri eventually stood up to him to protect his mother, inadvertently activating his NEXT powers in the process, and accidentally burned his father alive. To top it all off, his mother still holds a grudge against him for killing Legend, even if it was to defend her.]] Is it any wonder he doesn't have much faith in heroes?
* GoodIsNotNice: If you consider him an AntiHero. He considers himself an administrator of justice, and is willing to kill in service to this goal. He never intentionally wounds any of the heroes, but doesn't seem to be terribly careful about it either.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a massive burn across his face that he routinely covers with make-up. It's the result of [[spoiler:his father attempting a FacePalmOfDoom on him after Yuri set his hand on fire.]]
%%* IHaveTheHighGround: Lunatic makes a habit of this.
* IntangibleMan: In Episode 16 Lunatic just vanishes through an overpass in a burst of blue/green flame. In that same episode he phases through a wall to enter a strip club to administer his justice to the Lady Killer. The wall sustained no damage.
* KarmaHoudini: Never actually faces punishment for his actions, the most he gets is being stopped from committing murder.
* KickTheDog: His willingness to kill the innocent Ivan just for defending (an admittedly deserving) Edward showed he's not as just as he thinks he is.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: He won't hesitate to go after criminals even after they've been arrested, imprisoned, or otherwise neutralized, such as the prisoners he fried in Episode Six and [[spoiler:Albert Maverick after he wiped his own mind]].
* KnightOfCerebus: The first villain in the show who's treated entirely seriously, and responsible for the first on-screen deaths as well.
* KnightTemplar: He kills criminals that have slipped through the law's fingers.
* LightningBruiser: His flames are hotter than Fire Emblem's and he can use them to rapidly propel himself through the air. He's also resilient enough to take a direct hit from Kotetsu (while the latter's Hundred Power was activated) without flinching.
* MalevolentMaskedMan: He wears a mask with a handprint covering the face.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: A firm believer in this. Even targeting people who escaped prison for murder they ''accidentally'' caused.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Any guy that calls himself ''Lunatic'' probably isn't someone you wanna run into.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: He makes a point of only killing criminals, but is not averse to extending a lethal hand on anyone who helps criminals.
* NightmareFace: His mask.
* NinetiesAntiHero: Kills criminals in the name of justice? Check. Considers other heroes [[GoodIsOldFashioned outdated and ineffective]]? Check. Wears an outfit that would [[ObviouslyEvil instantly identify him]] as a CardCarryingVillain in any other era of comics? ''Double-check''!
* NoArcInArchery: He can hit someone with his crossbow [[ImprobableAimingSkills from halfway across the city.]] While standing on top of a skyscraper. When his target was in a parking structure. Probably justified by him being able to control the trajectory, meaning the crossbow is just for style.
* NotQuiteFlight: Can use quick bursts of flame to change his trajectory in mid-air, much like a DoubleJump.
* PayEvilUntoEvil:
** If he targets a criminal, odds are that they are ''deeply'' unpleasant people.
** His first appearance in Episode 6 has him frying three criminals midway through their fond reminiscences about kidnapping and murdering children and entire families.
** He does it again at the end of Episode 16, this time against a SerialKiller who managed to get away from Kotetsu.
* PlayingWithFire: He has the ability to generate and control fire, to a greater degree than Fire Emblem.
* RedRightHand: Under his mask, he has a massive hand shaped burn across his face. The mask itself uses the hand motif as a bitter reminder.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Subverted. He's not immune to the fire that he generates, [[spoiler: as the hand-shaped scar on his face is the result of his then burning father grabbing his face.]] As such, he shoots his flames from his crossbow or in short bursts. This is a difference between him and Fire Emblem, who ''is'' immune to their flames.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: On Ivan when he imitated an escaped fugitive. However, Lunatic all but spells out that he was going to eliminate the less noble of the two anyway.
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: A point he repeatedly tries to make to the heroes.
* TautologicalTemplar: Lunatic, in that he honestly thinks that to achieve true justice, all criminals--and those who shield and/or support them--must die. This clashes with Sternbild's laws, which frown on the concept of capital punishment.
* VigilanteMan: He's not working for Hero TV, or with the police when he's acting as Lunatic.
* VigilanteExecution: His standard MO, much to the disapproval of the heroes.
* VillainousRescue: He saved Kotetsu from [[spoiler:the other heroes when they had been brainwashed by a villain.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: After years of exclusively being served idealistic, squeaky-clean heroes, fans ''love'' him. [[spoiler:Though with the popularity boost the regular heroes get after defeating Ouroboros's attack, his success is short-lived.]]
* WildCard: He is firmly against villains, he does not hesitate to attack and possibly kill heroes should they get in the way of his "justice".
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[[folder:Dr. Rotwang]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto (JP), Creator/VicMignogna (EN)

A robotics engineer and former colleague of Barnaby's parents. He created Cis and later joins up with Maverick to further his research.
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* AssholeVictim: No one was mourning his death when Maverick kicked him off the building.
* CharacterDeath: It's safe to say he didn't survive being sent careening off the top of the tallest building in the city. Hero Tv Fan 2 also confirms his death.
* ChekhovsGunman: Introduced early on as a one-shot who worked with Barnaby's parents on android research. Cut to Episode 23...
* DeathByRacism: He thinks Maverick's plan is for them to get rid of all the [=NEXTs=] together apparently not realizing that Maverick himself is a NEXT. He states this while he's hanging off the top of the Justice Tower from Maverick's leg.
* DirtyCoward: The moment the tables are turned, he shows his true colors.
* DisneyVillainDeath: He takes the fastest way down to the bottom of Justice Tower courtesy of a kick to the face by Maverick.
* TheDragon: Episode 23 reveals after the Cis incident that Maverick hired him to serve as his.
* FantasticRacism: Revealed in Episode 23 that he's a rabid NEXT hater, which is likely why Cis targeted heroes despite Rotwang's claims that it was just a freak accident. The motivation behind building his androids is to use them to surpass and replace the NEXT.
* MadScientist: He's nuttier than a bag full of almonds and builds robots to fight the heroes.
* PsychopathicManchild: He uses such juvenile names as "creepy" and "freaky" to describe NEXT in the dub. In the original he refers to them as "bakemono" or monsters, which is a rather exorbitant word and often associated with mythology.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gets one in Episode 23.
* SadisticChoice: Gives this to the captured heroes he put {{explosive leash}}es on. Either (A), a hero could deactivate their own explosives to save themselves, but detonate the others; or (B), trust that Tiger and Barnaby can defeat H-01, but if the pair lost to it, they would ''all'' detonate. And if any of them used their [=NEXT=] powers, he would detonate them himself.
** [[spoiler:Then he reveals in Episode 24 that trying to deactivate their own explosive will cause them all to detonate, and that he had no intention of letting any of them live. When H-01 loses, he goes back on his word and attempts to kill them anyway.]]
* SmugSnake: Back when it seemed like he was just a one-shot character in Episode 15, this wasn't apparent as his android had supposedly gone rogue. When he reappears in Episode 23 he shows his true colors as an unbearably smug and cruel villain driven by FantasticRacism and who thinks he can easily break the captive heroes with his mind games.
* SoreLoser: [[spoiler:When H-01 is defeated by Wild Tiger and Barnaby, he plans on killing all the captive heroes. They're only saved by Kaede's timely intervention.]]
* ShoutOut: He shares a name with another robot creator in ''Film/{{Metropolis}}''.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: With Rotwang hanging on to Maverick to stop from falling out of a building, Maverick tells him he has no further need for him now that Rotwang has finished his androids and kicks him to his death in Episode 25.
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[[folder:Benoit Depardieu]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Tetsuo Goto (JP), Creator/KirkThornton (EN)

A serial killer who appears in S1 Episode 16. He's been stated to sexually assault and murder women for pleasure.
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* ForTheEvulz: The series gives no other explanation for what he does.
* InSeriesNickname: "Ladykiller".
* ISurrenderSuckers: Inverted. When he sees Lunatic approach, he immediately attacks. When that fails, he offers to come along quietly. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, he didn't seem to get the memo on Lunatic's method of handling unrepentant {{Serial Killer}}s.]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: What Lunatic did to him? He REALLY had it coming.
* SerialKiller: As mentioned, he rapes and murders women for fun.
* TooDumbToLive: For failing to realize that Lunatic [[VigilanteExecution doesn't take prisoners]].
* WhipItGood: He has an electrically charged whip which he uses as a weapon. It's implied that he also uses it to torture his victims.
* WrongGenreSavvy: He surrenders because he knows that a Hero wouldn't kill him. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for [[AssholeVictim him]], [[SerialKillerKiller Lunatic]] is a vigilante unaffiliated with the Heroes who ''doesn't take prisoners.'']]
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[[folder:Robin Baxter]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (JP), Creator/JasonSpisak (EN)

A villain from the movie. An internationally wanted criminal for stealing goods across the world and getting away scot free.
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* RollerbladeGood: He wears rollerblades. Helps him get around faster.
* LogicalWeakness: He can only switch places with ''people'' so he's outsmarted by believing Barnaby's in his suit and then contained where he can't see anyone to swap with.
* VillainTeleportation: His NEXT power is the ability to switch places with anyone in his sight. Also able to TeleportSpam it with glee when in a area filled with people.
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[[folder:Richard Max]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama (JP), Creator/MatthewMercer (EN)

One of the three mysterious villains in the second movie.
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* TheComicallySerious: He is unamused at Bison's attempts to have a CatchPhrase.
* MakeMeWannaShout: His NEXT power
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Origami Cyclone manages to weaken him critically by reflecting Richard Max's own scream back at him. This gives Sky High and Rock Bison a chance to deliver the finishing blow.
* {{Revenge}}: Against Schneider for ruining his career as a boxer.
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[[folder:Kasha Graham]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NanaMizuki (JP), Creator/CristinaValenzuela (EN)

One of the three mysterious villains in the second movie.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Her discs can cut through anything, including bridges, like butter.
* BellyDancer: Her former profession before her studio was closed down.
* DanceBattler: She is highly maneuverable thanks to her talents as a Belly dancer and attacks with these moves as well as the chakrams she carries, which she is able to create copies of whenever she duplicates herself.
* DeadlyDisc: Her main weapon.
* MesACrowd: She can create illusions and uses them to make copies of herself to confuse her enemies.
* {{Revenge}}: Against Schneider for closing down the theater where she worked as a dancer.
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[[folder:Johnny Wong]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Mugihito}} (JP), Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (EN)

One of the three mysterious villains in the second movie.
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* EvilOldFolks: He's evil and an old man. He has rather deadly NEXT power that he needs to get in close proximity to work. However, his high agility and deadly skill with staff make him a formidable adversary to the heroes even without his NEXT power.
* HealingFactor: By way of a cellular regeneration belt.
* HumanPopsicle: How he is finally defeated, courtesy of Blue Rose.
* LotusEaterMachine: He can send people into a tortuous slumber.
* NoSell: His powers don't work on people who have no problems with who they are, as Nathan is able to overcome being whammied by accepting their DarkAndTroubledPast and moving beyond it.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Fire Emblem's transgender nature disgusts him and he's none too polite in expressing that distaste.
* {{Revenge}}: Against Schneider for destroying the temple where he served as a monk.
* SimpleStaff: His weapon of choice.
* WouldHitAGirl: Has no problem beating down Blue Rose and Dragon Kid mercilessly.
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[[folder:Gregory Sunshine]]
A villain thief that tangled with Golden Ryan in the past who's currently serving a life sentence.
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* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Zigzagged. [[spoiler: He ''technically'' plays this straight with Fugan and Mugan, but they were so close to death that he only shortened their lives by a couple minutes at most. He plays this straight with Brahe, who he kills before the heroes are aware he even ''exists''.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: At first it seems like he's just a flashback villain to flesh out Golden Ryan's past. Then he returns as a guinea pig for Rosicky's NEXT drug. [[spoiler:The gunman part ends up being pretty literal as he murders Fugan, Mugan, Brahe and possibly Rosicky while he makes his escape, stealing a briefcase full of the drug they were testing on him in the process.]]
* FightsLikeANormal: His power is extremely situational and difficult to use in a combat situation, so he's mostly just a conventional guerrilla fighter who's very good with firearms. [[spoiler:These are the skills he relies on to break out of Ouroboros's laboratory.]]
* ForTheEvulz: He has no stated reason to go out of his way to [[spoiler: shoot the already dying Fugan and Mugan in the middle of his firefight with Brahe, as all it does is cause the latter's last moments to be absolutely miserable before also being killed.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: It's never stated what his goals are, but it's known he has no connection to Ouroboros.
* PowerIncontinence: His NEXT power is to make other NEXT lose control over their own powers. A flashback shows him jumpstarting Golden Ryan's gravity power resulting in a building being brought down on Ryan.
* TheQuietOne: Doesn't speak a word during his entire screen time.
* SlasherSmile: He flashes one [[spoiler:right after murdering Fugan and Mugan and just before murdering Brahe]].
* TestedOnHumans: Rosicky uses him as the guinea pig for her drug which enhances NEXT powers since he's a prisoner who will be locked up for the rest of his life and she figures no one will miss him. He also should theoretically be a relatively safe test subject since his power only affects other NEXT, and they can freely choose harmless powers for him to send out of control. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Ouroboros, they forgot that a veteran criminal with a hyper-situational power usually FightsLikeANormal.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: He was already a danger to [=NEXTs=] civilians and heroes alike, but after being used as a test subject for an enhancement drug, he's pressumably MUCH more dangerous than before.
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[[folder:[=H-01=]]]

* {{BFG}}: [=H-01=] is equipped with a powerful one. After Wild Tiger and Barnaby disarmed it, the gun was used by Barnaby to finish it off while Wild Tiger held [=H-01=].
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Has one in its left arm.
* ConservationOfNinjitsu: Averted and lampshaded. [=H-01=] wasn't a prototype, it was a production model. The second the heroes get over defeating one, 8 more equally powerful ones show up.
* OCStandIn: Despite only appearing in a few episodes, [=H-01=] has inspired the fandom to create a more humanized version called [[spoiler: Ebitetsu]]. [[spoiler:Sporting PaletteSwap versions of Kotetsu's outfit and his hat pulled down to obscure his eyes]] he appears in truckloads of fanart, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntjWQ8bHw78&feature=related fancreated]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04WU3_chZ7g&feature=related MMDs]] and even doujinshi.

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[[folder:Minor Season One Criminals]]
* TheDeadHaveNames: The criminals from Episode 1 are named after they were killed in Episode 6. Their names were Tony Smith, Jack Brown, and Bob Johnson.
* {{Determinator}}: One of the robbers basically spends half the episode evading the many heroes that show up. And he is a completely normal guy. This is, of course, purely to show off all the main heroes.
* ISurrenderSuckers: The Lady Killer tries one on [[spoiler: Lunatic, with predictable results]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: One of the criminals from Episode 7 wields a ''medieval broadsword''. [[spoiler: Since it was a staged show, though, [[AvertedTrope he probably had no idea how to use it]].]]
* IndirectKiss: Invoked in Episode 14 when the backstage thief who crossdresses as Blue Rose considers using her lipstick.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Once the backstage thief finds out how bad the security is, he had no choice but to start sneaking in and stealing stuff.
* InvisibleJerkass: The backstage thief.
* JetPack: The villains in Episode 5 have them.
* MiniMecha: The type of weapon a criminal piloted in Episode 6.
* TheNoseKnows: The main powers of the criminal group featured in Episode 9. Mary can smell money, Lily can smell [[LivingLieDetector lies]], and Elly can smell [[SpiderSense danger]].
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Lady Killer]] for not knowing [[VigilanteMan Lunatic]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil doesn't take prisoners]].
* WingdingEyes: One of the robbers in the opening sequence of the series uses a realistic take on this look with dollar signs on the lenses of his sunglasses.
* WrongGenreSavvy: The serial killer who beats on women and is targeted by Lunatic for it thinks his attacker is a lawful superhero and would to let him live if he surrenders. Maybe if he'd actually watched [=HeroTV=]...

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!!Ouroboros
[[folder:General]]

A vast criminal organization that Barnaby was investigating due to their link to his parents' murder. Their true motives remain unclear.
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* EngineeredHeroics: [[spoiler:They helped Maverick build up Hero TV by setting up crimes for his heroes to thwart on camera.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: The organization's overall goals are a complete mystery. Jake's faction believed they were fighting for NEXT supremacy, [[spoiler:Maverick]] used them to further his business, Rosicky wanted to create a drug to generate NEXT powers in unpowered heroes, and unknown superiors backed Fugan and Mugan's "Hero Hunt" to make people fear NEXT.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Members of the organization or affiliates have served as the main threats in each season of the show.
* NebulousEvilOrganization: They're an enigmatic organization involved with crime, terrorism, robotics and mad science.
* {{Ouroboros}}:
** The show's version of the symbol is a snake with a Spade-shaped eye and a blade passing through its body. This is the tattoo mark found on people belonging to the secret organization of the same name.
** The Ouroboros was removed from the [[spoiler:Stern Dollar]] for the DVD/BD release. It was supposed to be a very common image (the meaning and origins of which most people are unaware) -- much like the US Dollar's Eye of Providence.
%%* TheSyndicate
* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: The Ouroboros criminal organisation is curiously well-armed--having helicopters, high-tech firearms, and even a good number of MiniMecha in its arsenal. [[spoiler:This is because Apollon Media's been funding them--you can't have a superhero show without properly threatening villains, after all.]]
** TheStinger in the final episode suggests something far more sinister. [[spoiler: If you get the Stern dollar wet, the Ouroboros symbol is revealed.]]

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[[folder:Kriem]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichikoNeya (JP), Creator/StephanieSheh (EN)

A NEXT user who labels herself as a part of Ouroboros, she has taken Sternbild City hostage, and has demanded that Jake, who is imprisoned at Abbas Penitentiary, be released.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Isolated by her peers and her parents from a young age because of her NEXT powers.
* BaldOfEvil: After being captured, her head gets shaved, probably to keep her from using her hair to wreak havoc once she wakes up.
* BareYourMidriff: Her outfit leaves her stomach exposed.
* CombatCommentator: For Ouroboros TV.
* DeathbedConfession: To Barnaby regarding Ouroboros' involvement in his parents' death. [[spoiler:Or lack thereof, as the case may be.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: After learning of Jake's death, she kills herself by removing her [=IVs=] and unplugging her life-support.
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: She spitefully tells Barnaby that Jake didn't kill his parents to deny him closure, unusually for this trope, this actually does a lot of good in the long run.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/HarleyQuinn. Her appearance is thematically similar, and her devotion to Jake is exactly like Harley's devotion to the Joker.
* FantasticRacism: Was a victim of this in her childhood. [[spoiler:When she was young, everyone (including her own parents) hated/feared her because she was a NEXT. Inverted in that once she joined up with Jake, she became a rabid supporter of NEXT supremacy and discriminates against 'normal' people.]]
* FriendlessBackground: Because everyone viewed her NEXT powers as "creepy and disgusting".
* IRegretNothing: She has no regrets working for Jake or killing herself, because she's totally devoted to the guy for saving her.
%%* MakingASpectacleOfYourself
* MarionetteMaster: She controls the [[CreepyDoll Mad]] {{Bears|AreBadNews}} with her NEXT power.
* AMatchMadeInStockholm: With Jake. He originally had kidnapped her but kept her around when it became clear that her parents weren't going to fork over one red cent to save her.
* NiceHat: A bowler.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:She reveals (then kills herself) that Jake had nothing to do with the murder of Barnaby's parents because she wants Barnaby to suffer forever with uncertainty for his part in Jake's death. All she actually does is sets Barnaby on the path to the truth and exposes an even larger NEXT supremacy conspiracy than the group she was a part of.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Kriem barely looks a day over twenty-three, but was around fourteen or fifteen twenty years ago when Jake kidnapped her. She's probably Kotetsu's age, if not older.
* ParasolOfPrettiness: To accentuate her femininity.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents always viewed her as a freak and [[YouCanKeepHer didn't bother trying to get her back by paying the ransom money]] her kidnapper (Jake) demanded of them.
* PerkyGoth: She's a fervent follower of Jake who happens to have a rather gothic fashion sense.
* TogetherInDeath: With "Jake-sama!"
* UnholyMatrimony: Kriem and Jake are a pair of NEXT supremacists and terrorists but they're also in a genuinely loving relationship.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Jake.
* YouCanKeepHer: Her parents' response to her kidnapping by Jake twenty years ago.
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[[folder:Jake Martinez]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeijiFujiwara (JP), Creator/SteveBlum (EN)

A NEXT currently serving 250 years at the Abbas Penitentiary for a string of very intense deaths.
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* ArcVillain: He's the main villain of a four episode arc that formally introduces Ouroboros and ends the first half of Season 1.
* ArtificialLimbs: He lost his left leg due to an accident.
* BadassFingerSnap: His preferred method of using his powers, though he doesn't have to.
* BarrierWarrior: His primary power, throwing it out as projectiles that hit incredibly hard initially mistaken for [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]].
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: [[spoiler:Jake Martinez has no idea what Barnaby is talking about when he asks why Jake murdered his parents, and mocks him for expecting him to keep track. The trope is then subverted when it's revealed in S1 Episode 18 that Barnaby's memory is faulty and Jake wasn't the murderer.]]
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The heroes might never have defeated Jake if not for him uttering Kotetsu's real name in a blind rage, thus revealing his mind-reading powers.]]
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Usually [=NEXTs=] gain a blue aura when they activate their powers. Jake's is red [[spoiler: most likely to indicate his two powers]].
* CurbStompBattle: The Seven Battles event was completely intended to be this, and the first three matches actually were such, with Sky High, Rock Bison, and Wild Tiger all ending up hospitalized.
* DarkMessiah: Kriem views him as this.
* DeadlyForceField: Jake Martinez has the power to create DeflectorShields and uses it offensively, creating tiny shields that act like a bullet on contact, applying a large pushing force in a small surface.
* DirtyCoward: When he's at Barnaby's mercy, he begs and grovels for his life despite killing many people and nearly killing hundreds of thousands of people.
* DiskOneFinalBoss: Being a powerful NEXT thanks to his ability to have [[spoiler:2 powers instead of one]], he managed to easily overpower Rock Bison and Sky High and to do quite a number on Kotetsu as well. However [[spoiler:he dies at the end of his arc, he and Kriem only make up a small faction of Ouroboros and despite what Barnaby remembers, Jake isn't the one who murdered his parents.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When he kidnapped Kriem for ransom and her parents refused to pay he told her that, as a NEXT, she wasn't a freak but a chosen one and set her free for no other reason that why not, [[AMatchMadeInStockholm leading to her immediately devoting herself to him]].
* EvilGloating: Taunts Barnaby in the middle of their fight, [[spoiler:revealing he has a secondary power]]. He isn't stupid enough to tell anything more than that, but had he kept his mouth shut [[spoiler:[[NiceJobFixingItVillain Kotetsu might not have figured out WHAT that power is]]]].
* ForTheEvulz: He does have something vaguely resembling a coherent ideology, but a good number of his actions basically boil down to this.
* GlassCannon: [[spoiler:Due to his powers he has never gotten hit before, so he folds like paper anytime somebody actually manages to land a hit.]]
* INeverToldYouMyName: [[spoiler:During his fight with Wild Tiger, he calls him by his real name. After finding out Jake has a secondary power, Kotetsu immediately figures out he must be a mind-reader.]]
* HiredGuns: Former mercenary.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Jake is ultimately defeated when he attacks Tiger while hanging from a rope, damaging Kriem's helicopter in the process; [[DroppedABridgeOnHim which lands on him and kills him]].]]
* LargeHam: ''Especially'' in the English dub. Thank you, [[Creator/SteveBlum Steve]].
-->'''Jake:''' Gooooood morning! Rise and shine, scum of Sternbild. I hope you slept like babies.
* LongerThanLifeSentence: He's serving a 250-year sentence for his crimes.
* MadArtist: While in prison.
* AMatchMadeInStockholm: He and Kriem become romantically involved after he kidnapped and tried to ransom her only to find out her parents won't pay and don't care if she dies. Instead of killing her, he sets her free and tells her to be proud of being a NEXT, after which she joins him.
* MinorInjuryOverreaction: [[spoiler:Jake was absolutely furious when Wild Tiger, the hero he's spent the entire episode mocking as being worthless and pathetic, manages to be the ''only'' hero to land a hit on him--while Tiger’s powered down, no less. In retaliation, Jake beats down Tiger so badly that he has to be rushed to the ICU immediately.]]
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Against Wild Tiger, especially after Kotetsu actually managed to kick him in the face by accident.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:He kidnapped Kriem for ransom money, but due to her NEXT abilities, her parents abandoned her and didn't pay. He cheered her up and let her go. In the end, she joined him.]]
* PowersDoTheFighting: Jake Martinez has an [[SuperpowerLottery extremely versatile]] power of creating barriers, which allows him to be unfazed by even the most powerful attacks, and can be used just as powerfully offensively. Because of these abilities, he never has to put any effort into fighting, which means that [[MinorInjuryOverreaction he can't handle it when he receives even the slightest injury]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Most [=NEXTs=]' eyes glow blue when they use their powers. Jake's eyes glow red.
* RealMenWearPink: And he's no less scary for it.
* RedHerring: He wasn't actually the one who [[spoiler:killed Barnaby's parents.]]
* RequiredSecondaryPower: He needs to be able to focus to an extent to use his barrier abilities. [[spoiler:After he takes a fully powered kick to the ribs from Barnaby while distracted, he is clearly in a lot of pain, noting that a few of his ribs are likely broken. After this, he is nearly strangled to death by Barnaby while futilely trying to activate his power (shown by his NEXT aura appearing but the power not manifesting).]]
* SayingTooMuch[=/=]INeverToldYouMyName: [[spoiler: Kotetsu figures out Jake Martinez's [[{{Telepathy}} second power]] due to these two factors.]] Averted by the former in S1 Episode 13 when he gives Barnaby [[spoiler: [[ObfuscatingStupidity some false information]] as part of a BatmanGambit to finish Jake off]].
* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler:After being caught by Kotetsu's wire to stop him from falling to his death, Jake attempts to take a potshot at him, but misses and hits the helicopter Kriem is piloting. Knocking the tail off, this causes the helicopter to spin out of control and crash right into Jake, killing him.]]
* SerialKiller: And he might have been a PsychoForHire in his mercenary days.
* SuperpowerLottery: The first NEXT shown to have more than one power--having the power to [[BarrierWarrior project force-fields]] and {{Telepathy}}.
* TattooedCrook: He's got a number of tatoos, but notably [[spoiler:''not'' one on his hand, thus proving he wasn't the man who killed Barnaby's parents]].
* {{Telepathy}}: He can [[spoiler:read minds]].
* UnholyMatrimony: He and Kriem are a pair of NEXT supremacists who are willing to murder an entire city for fun, but they genuinely love each other.
* UniquenessDecay: Discussed. The heroes talk about the possibility that Fugan and Mugan have two powers like Jake which was previously thought to be impossible. But considering that [=NEXTs=] are a relatively recent discovery, it was not improbable. [[spoiler: Turns out they don't, but it hints that a third person is involved in their schemes.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: He "loses all respect" for [[spoiler:Chuckman]] after he's captured by the heroes and personally goes to where he's being held to murder him.
* YouKilledMyFather: Barnaby thinks it was Jake who killed his parents, but a dying Kriem provides a ''very'' solid alibi to the contrary.
* VillainousBreakdown: Jake does not take it well at all when Kotetsu, the Hero he spent the entire fight mocking as a loser, actually scores a hit (by ''accident'') on him. Unfortunately, Kotetsu is the one who suffers for it.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Jake appears to have something against shirts.
* WhatMeasureIsANonSuper: He dreams of a world dominated by NEXT.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hans Chuckman]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KentaMiyake (JP), Creator/VicMignogna (EN)

A member of Ouroboros who assists Kriem in her plan to get Jake released from prison. He's taken captive in the process and eventually killed by Jake as punishment for his failure.
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* BlackEyesOfEvil: The one time he opens them. But he has [[http://thisissternbild.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/1316609586345.jpg normal eyes]] in the DVD/Blu-ray version.
* EpicFail: He attempted a hostage situation with Kotetsu and Barnaby in the same room, he gets his ass kicked for his troubles.
* EyesAlwaysShut: His eyes are shut for the majority of his screen time. The only time they're shown open is right before Jake kills him.
* FacialMarkings: He wears some kind of facepaint.
* TheTeamNormal: He's not a NEXT but according to Kriem, Chuckman believes in her and Jake's belief of NEXT supremacy.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Jake says Chuckman lost all his respect after he was captured by the heroes and impersonated by Origami Cyclone, so he personally goes to where Chuckman's being held captive and kills him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nicolai Brahe]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Hiroyuki Kinoshita
A mysterious Rank 2 member of Ouroboros introduced in season 2. He is seen traveling and handling Fugan and Mugan.
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:His beloved sons are murdered right in front of him seconds before he's fatally shot. He cures the paralyzed heroes and dies holding his sons in his arms.]]
* ArcVillain: For the first half of Season 2. He's responsible of ordering the twins to hunt down and beat up superheroes.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied. [[spoiler: He mentions that he used to be part of Nemo Children, a group of orphans raised by Ouroboros. Considering how corrupt the organization is, it couldn't have been a nice childhood.]]
* AFatherToHisMen: Cares about Fugan and Mugan, taking umbrage with people calling them pawns, objecting to them being used in Ouroboros' plans and injecting them with experimental drugs. [[spoiler: He is genuinely upset when he notices that something is wrong with Fugan and cries as they die in his arms and apologizes before dying himself shortly after.]]
* GoodParents: [[spoiler:Ouroboros forcing his children into servitude aside (which he was entirely against), he was a loving father for Fugan and Mugan - and presumably the other children he adopted.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He looks similar to Creator/MadsMikkelsen with his hairstyle being based from his titular role from ''Series/{{Hannibal}}''.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:He outlives Fugan and Mugan only by a minute or so but it's a heartbreaking one as he watches them be murdered right before his eyes.]]
* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:It's revealed that he is a [=NEXT=] with the power to petrify people.]]
* VillainsDyingGrace: [[spoiler: Undoes his petrification of the heroes Fugan and Mugan beat senseless in his last moments.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Signourney Rosicky]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakakoHonda
Rank 2 member of Ouroboros introduced in season 2 and sponsor of Mattia's lab.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Is in a high enough position to fund an entire lab's research and also corrupt enough to get a criminal out of prison to use as a guinea pig.
* MadScientist: Not herself but she funds them. She might even be more mad than them since she actively encourages or demands morally reprehensible methods to get the result she wants.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:She's last seen bleeding out after being shot by Gregory Sunshine, but it's unclear whether she dies or not.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fugan and Mugan]]
->'''Fugan is Voiced by:''' Creator/MamoruMiyano (JP), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (EN)
->'''Mugan is Voiced by:''' Creator/KenshoOno (JP), Creator/JasonSpisak (EN)

A pair of childish, NEXT-powered twins currently out on a "Hero Hunt".
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:They both end up mortally wounded during their final fight against the remaining Heroes and use their remaining strength to teleport to their adoptive father's side so they can tell him they're grateful to him and love him one last time.]]
* AlbinosAreFreaks: They both have chalk white skin and hair and are childishly psychopathic villains.
* AmbiguousSituation: They are stated to have killed heroes by Sigourney, but by all indications [[spoiler:if the situations of most of the hero cast is any indication]], they don't kill anyone as much as they beat them senseless and leave them frozen.
* AntiVillain: They work for Ouroboros and are currently in the middle of an international Hero Hunt [[spoiler:but they don't kill any of the heroes they defeat and they're motivated by their love for their adoptive father instead of any genuine malice]].
* AttackReflector: Fugan has the power to absorb any attack towards him and reflect a counterattack that is equal-to-double the power back to his opponents.
* BoomHeadshot: In order to charge up Fugan's EnergyAbsorption powers, Mugan shoots him in the head at one point. [[spoiler: They are later killed this way thanks to escaping convict Gregory Sunshine. Granted, they were already on the brink of death from their fight with the Heroes anyway.]]
* CombatPragmatist: They'll pull every cheap trick in the book, even pretending they've been beaten long enough for help to arrive, only to turn the tables at the last minute.
* CreepyTwins: They're identical twins. They're also {{Psychopathic Manchild}}ren.
* TheDividual: They are identical twins, with identical interests and personalities who are only ever seen apart from each other when the heroes intentionally separate them.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: They dearly love each other and their adoptive father.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: When they are first suggested to fight heroes, they actually object the idea entirely on the basis that they don't want to do such a thing. However, upon realizing that it is much less of a choice for their father than it is for them, they commit to the plan.]]
* EvilIsHammy: Clearly their [[Creator/MamoruMiyano voice]] [[Creator/KenshoOno actors]] love hamming up every line they can.
* EvilIsPetty: Their motive for hunting down heroes for sport is to surpass the record set by their hero LL Audun, who defeated 17 heroes. The two of them want to defeat 36, setting a new record at 18 each. [[spoiler:At least this is their stated goal, in actuality their foster father Brahe was forced by Ouroboros to order them to attack heroes for an unknown purpose. Brahe pitched the idea to them by dressing it up as surpassing Audun, but both of the twins figure out their dad must be forced into it by Ouroboros and promise to fulfill the mission for his sake.]]
* ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy: Subverted and eventually played straight. Mugan claims he's like a chameleon, turning invisible at will. [[spoiler: His real power is teleportation.]] They later tell the truth of their abilities an episode later, something they lampshade.
* ForTheEvulz: Their stated reason for wanting to fight and nearly kill heroes of multiple cities. [[spoiler:This actually helps hide their real plan from being known, as well as their connection to Ouroboros]]
* GlassCannon: [[spoiler:After taking the NEXT-enhancing drug,]] Fugan is able to absorb a great deal more amount of damage to unleash an even more powerful attack than ever before. His body, however, is too fragile to withstand that kind of power. So for every superpowered punch or kick he delivers his bones end up breaking.
* HappilyAdopted: The two brothers were [[spoiler:street urchins who survived by pickpocketing adults. It happened that Brahe was dining in the cafe that a prejudiced owner was attempting to boot them out of, and he adopted them on the spot. As young adults, the two are still entirely grateful for him.]]
* HealingShiv: A contextual example. Mugan carries a handgun, but doesn't use it to attack their enemies - instead, it's for helping with his brother's EnergyAbsorption by shooting him. The entire process is portrayed as a twisted demonstration of their mutual trust, affection, and respect - once Fugan starts showing injury from the strain of the excessive power he's absorbed, Mugan is much more reluctant to attack him.
* TheHeavy: They're responsible for much of the conflict in the first half of Season 2 where they started attacking superheroes in nearby cities until they arrive in Sternbild to target the main heroes.
* HeroKiller: Subverted. They are reported as beating heroes senseless, but it's never confirmed they killed anyone. Though that's not for lack of trying. [[spoiler:It's revealed that they want to emulate a AntiHero from decades prior in his victory streak against heroes due to a clash in ideals. Like said hero, Fugan and Mugan never go about killing them.]]
* HeroWorshipper: They are openly big fans of LL Audun, TheRival to Mister Legend that ended up committing VigilanteExecution, causing him to eventually defeat 17 heroes before he was arrested. They in turn want to defeat 18 heroes each for a grand total of 36.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Fugan's hair is longer than his brother's.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Magical Cat manages to [[spoiler:blast Mugan with a geyser of water that accidentally ends up impaling him onto a metal gate, fatally wounding him and taking him out of the fight.]]
* {{Invisibility}}: Subverted. Mugan initially claims he has the power to turn invisible. He's actually a teleporter.
* MonsterFangirl: Rare male example. The two of them idolize LL Audun, a "rogue hero" who defeated 17 heroes before his capture. Their goal is to take down 36 heroes, 18 each, so the two of them will have surpassed his record.
* NearVillainVictory: They are about to claim victory after beating up all the five remaining heroes even though Fugan received injuries after absorbing Kotetsu's Good Luck Mode punch. [[spoiler:Until a fully-resolved Magical Cat blasts Mugan which got him impaled by a metal gate, putting Fugan in a disadvantage.]]
* OneManArmy: Unlike Jake, who is only as successful as he is due to fighting heroes one on one in a hostage situation, the twins are dangerous enough to beat several heroes at once without even trying.
* PragmaticVillainy: They prefer to target heroes when they are distracted or otherwise unable to properly fight, and then take them out as soon as they're done playing around. [[spoiler: Best shown when Golden Ryan, Rock Bison and Blue Rose come within inches of defeating them. As soon as they take some NEXT-Enhancing drug, they ''immediately'' ambush the trio again before they had time to collect their bearings.]]
* PsychopathicManchild: They act more like five-year olds then fully grown men, who gleefully nearly kill superheroes like its a big game.
* SiblingsInCrime: Twin brothers who work for Ouroboros and hunt down Heroes, seemingly for fun.
* SiblingTeam: They worked very well as a team which Steinbild heroes see this as their strength. So, keeping them separate is one way to prevent them from winning.
* SingleMindedTwins: In addition to looking identical, they also think and act identically.
* SmarterThanTheyLook: Despite looking and acting like manchildren, they're actually quite clever, outsmarting the heroes (at times accidentally) and putting them on the ropes multiple times.
* {{Teleportation}}: Mugan has the power to teleport.
* VillainBall: Lampshaded twice. [[spoiler:During their final battle with the heroes, they state the fact that they could simply leave any time they want to pick off the heroes one-by-one instead of facing them in a more formal battle but opt not to. This turns out to be because they're actually on a time limit, and refuse to leave until they are on death's door.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler: The main reason they start targeting heroes is because their adoptive father asked them to and they want to make him proud. Somewhat subverted in that Brahe is already proud of them and loves them regardless, but was forced to ask them to by his superiors.]]
* WorthyOpponent: By the end of the first half, they are considered this by Kotetsu and Barnaby given that they're toughest villains that they've ever faced. And given that they nearly won after beating up all the remaining five heroes, they were right.
[[/folder]]
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!Heroes’ Friends & Family
!!The Kaburagis
[[folder:Kaede Kaburagi]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RinaHidaka (JP), Creator/EdenRiegel (EN)

Kotetsu's 10-year-old daughter. She lives with her dad’s clan and was initially unaware of her father's work as a hero during Season One. After the events from Season One with her father’s business revealed to her, Kaede comes to take pride as a “[[HeroicLineage Hero’s kid]],” and is inspired to follow her dad’s footsteps with the mindset of applying for Sternbild’s Hero Academy after elementary graduation by Season Two.

* AlliterativeName: Like her dad.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Singlehandedly makes Maverick's plan backfire in his face with her own version of his power. Then she does it again by taking out Rotwang before he can activate his death trap.]]
* CallingTheOldManOut: In Episode 17 where she calls him out for not being there for her.
* ChekhovsGunman: She is initially only featured in a few episodes early on; by the second season, she's arguably as important to the arc as the secondary heroes.
* DamselOutOfDistress: [[spoiler:Superpowered little girls make for poor hostages.]]
* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: Her power is to copy the power of the last NEXT she's touched. Thus, she spends some time accidentally destroying damn near everything she touches after temporarily acquiring her father's Hundred Power abilities.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: After the timeskip.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She gets really upset when her favorite stuffed animal gets lost.
%%* GirlishPigtails
* InTheBlood: Kaede has her mom’s plucky outgoing personality with her dad’s strong sense of wanting to physically help people by using her [=NEXT=] powers.
* KidAmidTheChaos: In Season Two, Kotetsu is hesitant to allow Kaede follow his footsteps to become a superhero. While he’s happy to see his daughter become interested in his job, Kotetsu’s concern is driven mostly by Kaede’s risky PowerCopying [=NEXT=] power; as no parent would want their kid go into superheroism with a super power weakness such as hers--a power weakness that would more than likely render Kaede [[BroughtDownToNormal useless and vulnerable]] during combat. With a little father-to-daughter talk over the matter, Kotetsu asked Kaede to patiently wait for his answer as he thinks this through.
%%* LittleMissBadass
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Concerning Kotetsu's double life. [[spoiler:Until Episode 21.]]
* MissingMom: Her mother, Tomoe, [[spoiler:died from illness five years ago.]]
* PluckyGirl: Daddy's in deep trouble back in Sternbild? She's out to help him. Alone. ''And she's only ten.''
* PowerCopying: Her ability as a budding NEXT. She's basically got [[ComicBook/XMen Rogue]]'s powerset, minus the TouchOfDeath.
** In Season Two, Kotetsu explained to Ryan that Kaede “can’t recopy powers (from the same [=NEXT=])” once she discarded that power. Further elaborations are yet to be presented, but if Kotetsu’s simplified answer is to be believed, then her copy powers acts more like a SuperpowerRussianRoulette; meaning, if lucky, she would get temporary [[SuperpowerLottery superpower lotteries]], if unlucky, it’ll be BlessedWithSuck for her depending on her accessibility to [=NEXTs=] who she never made physical contacts with. If she does aim to become a superhero for her career, then that means she’ll need to stay by [=NEXTs=] whom she never physically touched and understand in full on how their powers works. Then, she needs to make sure to not touch any other [=NEXTs=], including civilians and villains, while handling one power. Worst setting condition is that Kaede would more than likely [[DramaticAmmoDepletion run out of [=NEXTs=] to copy powers from]], since there’s only a countable hands full of people working in the superhero business.
** S2 Episode 7 confirmed Kaede’s [=NEXT=] [[PowerGlows power glow]] did not show up when Kotetsu activated his powers to BridalCarry save her. Which means Kaede is indeed unable to recopy her dad’s powers since her initial copy. Another confirmation point is that whatever power Kaede gained would be deactivated once she is in physical contact with a [=NEXT=] who she once copied; such as her dad.
* PowerFloats: When we first saw her NEXT powers, they were enabling her to float and run on air.
* PowerIncontinence: In Episodes 18 & 19, it drives her and Anju crazy.
* PrecociousCrush: On Barnaby.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Since Kotetsu is not at home most of the time, she lives with her grandmother and uncle instead.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: She has a growth spurt in the two years between Seasons 1 and 2 and begins to resemble a teenage version of her late mother, Tomoe.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Maverick's plan would have worked if she didn't have the ability to copy the powers of other NEXT.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She takes after her mother.
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Considering how she reacts to the knowledge of her father's real job, she shows quite a bit of potential for becoming a superhero herself.
* TheUnreveal: She [[spoiler:copied magnetic powers from ''someone'', but it's never stated who.]]
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: She's understandably displeased about not having her dad around while growing up; made worse because he hasn't been able to tell her about his double life.

[[folder:Muramasa Kaburagi]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Masahiko Tanaka (JP), Creator/KirkThornton (EN)

Kotetsu's older brother who runs a snack-in liquor store, and takes care of the entire Kaburagi clan; which includes matriarch Anju, niece Kaede, his wife, and his own 2 children--with 1 more addition on the way.

%%* AloofBigBrother
* TheBartender: He owns a snack-in liquor store.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He might be [[AloofBigBrother aloof]], but he cares about his little brother regardless.
* TheConfidant: The default go-to-middleman Kotetsu would call up whenever he is stuck between work and family issues.
* TheDutifulSon: While Kotetsu ran off to Sternbild to become a professional hero, Muramasa stays put to take care of their clan.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Muramasa is the reponsible brother to the foolish Kotetsu.
* SiblingYinYang: His serious disposition makes him the polar opposite to Kotetsu.

[[folder:Anju Kaburagi]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Sayuri Sadaoka (JP), Creator/KariWahlgren (ENG)

Kotetsu's mother. She has been raising her granddaughter Kaede in his absence.

* GoodParents: Anju cares deeply for all of her family members.
* {{Housewife}}: Since she's old, she stays at home and tends to the house.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Kaede, since Kotetsu's rarely home.
* TalkingToPlants: She talks to her garden.

[[folder:Tomoe Kaburagi née Amamiya]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaayaSakamoto (JP), Creator/TaraSands (EN)

Kotetsu’s wife who died of illness five years prior to Season One.

* BirdsOfAFeather: Tomoe and Kotetsu became friends over their shared geekiness for superheroes.
* ClassRepresentative: Revealed in Drama CD, Tomoe and Kotetsu were high school classmates, and was their class representative.
%%* DeathByOriginStory
* {{Fangirl}}: Tomoe was a superhero fan who already owned every [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition premium]] [=HeroTV=] episode discs by high school.
* GeekyTurnOn: Is a giant [=HeroTV=] and superhero fangirl. When Tomoe found Kotetsu trying to come up with his superhero name in-between classes one day, she went head-over-heels in excitement and instantly became friends with him.
* FullNameBasis: Prior to being attracted to Kotetsu, Tomoe usually calls Kotetsu by his full name.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: With Kotetsu, as they started dating each other since high school.
* IllGirl: Though it's unclear if this is a case of the SoapOperaDisease or TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed.
* LastRequest: Before dying, Tomoe straight out demands Kotetsu to go to work, and always remain a hero.
%%* TheLostLenore
* OfficialCouple: Tomoe and Kotetsu got HappilyMarried some time after graduation. But then she died five years before Kotetsu's transfer to Apollon Media.
* PosthumousCharacter: Tomoe died before the events of Season One.
* {{Tsundere}}: To Kotetsu, on the first time Tomoe calls him simply by first name.
-->'''Tomoe:''' I think Tiger is the best name for you, Kotetsu!\\
'''Kotetsu:''' Did you just call me by my first name?\\
'''Tomoe:''' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I-it's not like it matters or anything!]]
* ThePromise: Tomoe's last request to Kotetsu was for him to continue his work as a hero.
* ZippingUpTheBodybag: The blanket over the head variant.

!!Barnaby’s Friends
[[folder:Samantha Taylor]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Yoshiko Takemura (JP), Creator/TaraPlatt (EN)

A former housekeeper of the Brooks family who Barnaby is still friendly with. She sends him a cake on his birthday every year. She eventually finds proof that suggests Maverick tampered with Barnaby's memories. After Maverick finds this out he has her captured and murders her, while framing Kotetsu for it.

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Maverick]] kills her because [[YouKnowTooMuch she knows too much]].
* ChekhovsGunman: Is introduced as a minor character but eventually proves vital in proving that [[spoiler:some of Barnaby's memories were tampered with]].
* {{Expy}}: Samantha, may or may not be based on [[http://www.madebyotherpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mrs-doubtfire.jpg Mrs. Doubtfire]] (Robin Williams). The implication is very hilarious if you think about it.
* GrannyClassic: Not a grandmother, but she has the look and personality to a T.
* KindlyHousekeeper: Even years later, she sends Barnaby cakes for his birthday.
* ParentalSubstitute: Spent a lot of time raising Barnaby as a child because his real parents were busy designing robots.
* SatelliteCharacter: Her entire role in the series is defined by her connection to Barnaby.
* SheKnowsTooMuch: The one of the reasons [[spoiler:Maverick]] killed her.
* StuffedInTheFridge: The main reason for her death. [[spoiler:Maverick]] wanted to drive Barnaby into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge over her death [[spoiler:and framed Kotetsu for it]].

[[folder:Mattia Ingram]]
->'''Voiced by''': Shuhei Sakaguchi (JP)

Barnaby's old childhood friend who appears in Season 2. He is a normal human working at a lab trying to develop a drug that grants NEXT powers.

* AccidentalDiscovery: He accidentally created a power-enhancing NEXT drug when he mixed several formulas in an overworked stupor.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Averted. He thinks that's going to happen with Barnaby but to his surprise he remembers him as soon as he sees the Bubblegum that they used to share as kids.
* FriendlyRivalry: Explicitly lays out his rekindled relationship with Barnaby as this. He wants to surpass him and become an even bigger hero to the world in his own way (through creating life-saving pharmaceuticals rather than punching bad guys), but he's motivated by sincere admiration and respect for his old friend, and would be delighted if they started hanging out again. For his part, Barnaby is flattered and happy to play along. [[spoiler:It all goes horribly wrong when it turns out that his research actually had a far more sinister purpose, but he didn't know that, it wasn't his fault, and Barnaby doesn't hold it against him once the truth comes out.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: He was completely unaware his research was being sponsored by Ouroboros.

!!Ivan’s Friends
[[folder:Edward Keddy]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WataruHatano (JP), Creator/BenjaminDiskin (EN)\\
'''Power:''' Sand Manipulation

Ivan's best friend from his days at Hero Academy.

* TheAce: He was at the top of all his classes at Hero Academy.
* AccidentalMurder: When he tried to save a hostage from some criminals, he impulsively tried to take away the gun away and ended up shooting the hostage instead, the incident got him arrested for murder (despite it being an accident) and ruined any chance of him being Sternbild's hero.
* DishingOutDirt: His powers allow him to phase through various substances - like concrete, marble, and blacktop - by turning his body and/or the area around him into sand.
* FaceHeelTurn: All the above leads to Edward breaking out of prison to hunt Ivan down and punish him for his part in what happened.
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: A justified example, when Lunatic hunts him down, he panics and runs for his life rather than phase out of the area like he first appeared, as the fear for his life probably made him unable to think clearly.
* HeelFaceTurn: Realizes the mistake he's made when even after he tried to drown him in sand, Ivan still declares he's willing to protect Edward with his life. He willingly goes back to prison at the end of the episode and Ivan visits him on a regular basis, having reformed their friendship.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Edward tried to save a hostage, but his struggle with the criminals led to the gun going off and killing her instead.
* NeverMyFaut: Refuses to accept it was his reckless actions that got a civilian killed, placing all of the blame on Ivan instead.
* TheResenter: After being convicted for the hostage's murder, Edward begins to blame Ivan for standing on the sidelines and not helping him.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Fully considers Ivan to be a horrible friend that cost him his hero career. By the end of the episode and in Season 2, the two have rekindled their friendship.

!Enemies
[[folder:Lunatic]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KojiYusa (JP), Creator/LiamOBrien (EN)

A mysterious NEXT who manipulates blue flames. His dark and brutal idea of justice, that is, making killers atone for their deeds with their lives, puts him at odds with the other heroes.

* AbusiveParents: While [[spoiler:Mr. Legend]] was a nice enough parent while he was [[spoiler:a hero]], he slowly descended into this and alcoholism once he was BroughtDownToNormal... Also, Lunatic seems to hallucinate from time to time that his father's spirit is reprimanding him.
* AntiHero: A particularly brutal and ruthless variant bordering on AntiVillain.
* AllEncompassingMantle: Wears one but [[FlungClothing flings]] it off and burns it when he gets serious.
* AutomaticCrossbow: Has one that can shoot his flames.
* BadMoonRising: His appearance is always signaled by a shot of the moon taking on an ominous red hue.
* BigDamnHeroes: When [[spoiler:Kotetsu is framed for a crime he didn't commit and being chased by the fake Wild Tiger]] Lunatic saves him on the grounds that he only punishes true criminals.
* BurnScarsBurningPowers: Lunatic, a vigilante who kills criminals with his fire powers, has a burn scar on his face that he hides with makeup in his civilian identity, [[spoiler: judge Yuri Petrov]]. When he was a child, [[spoiler: Yuri awakened his fire powers to protect his mother from his abusive father, former superhero Mr. Legend. Yuri set Legend on fire; and as Legend burned to death, Legend attempted to grab Yuri's face, leaving a hand-shaped burn scar.]]
* CatchPhrase: "Hear the voice of Thanatos!" or some variant thereof. Doubles as a PreMortemOneLiner.
* ChekhovMIA: It's pointed out that Lunatic, while sporadically mentioned and seen, strikes rather infrequently, not even showing up when people like Jake hold the city hostage despite his vigilantism. [[spoiler: This is because his true identity is Yuri Petrov, who's a city judge and a curator of Hero TV, so he's busy working with the heroes during daylight hours, and only acts when he feels the heroes' methods have failed.]]
* ChestInsignia: Has a blue hand on the right side of his body and a smaller one on his mask.
* CombatPragmatist: Not so much in his fighting, but he strikes at the first moment to try and kill someone, not caring if they were arrested and defeated beforehand.
* DestructiveSavior: [[KnightTemplar For a given value of 'savior'.]] His attitudes towards collateral damage are enough to turn even ''Kotetsu'''s stomach.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Lunatic might be a killer but he only goes after killers of the innocent-and thoroughly researches his marks before acting, lest he kills an innocent himself. When confronted by a man who was obviously innocent of the crimes leveled against him, Lunatic acts to save him instead. He also refuses to kill anyone who is innocent in his eyes.
* FireballEyeballs: Sometimes happens when using his powers.
* FreudianExcuse: His father, [[spoiler:Mr. Legend,]] was originally his inspiration, and encouraged him to take action when he saw wrongs being committed. [[spoiler:Then he lost his powers and began drinking heavily and abusing Lunatic's mother. Yuri eventually stood up to him to protect his mother, inadvertently activating his NEXT powers in the process, and accidentally burned his father alive. To top it all off, his mother still holds a grudge against him for killing Legend, even if it was to defend her.]] Is it any wonder he doesn't have much faith in heroes?
* GoodIsNotNice: If you consider him an AntiHero. He considers himself an administrator of justice, and is willing to kill in service to this goal. He never intentionally wounds any of the heroes, but doesn't seem to be terribly careful about it either.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a massive burn across his face that he routinely covers with make-up. It's the result of [[spoiler:his father attempting a FacePalmOfDoom on him after Yuri set his hand on fire.]]
%%* IHaveTheHighGround: Lunatic makes a habit of this.
* IntangibleMan: In Episode 16 Lunatic just vanishes through an overpass in a burst of blue/green flame. In that same episode he phases through a wall to enter a strip club to administer his justice to the Lady Killer. The wall sustained no damage.
* KarmaHoudini: Never actually faces punishment for his actions, the most he gets is being stopped from committing murder.
* KickTheDog: His willingness to kill the innocent Ivan just for defending (an admittedly deserving) Edward showed he's not as just as he thinks he is.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: He won't hesitate to go after criminals even after they've been arrested, imprisoned, or otherwise neutralized, such as the prisoners he fried in Episode Six and [[spoiler:Albert Maverick after he wiped his own mind]].
* KnightOfCerebus: The first villain in the show who's treated entirely seriously, and responsible for the first on-screen deaths as well.
* KnightTemplar: He kills criminals that have slipped through the law's fingers.
* LightningBruiser: His flames are hotter than Fire Emblem's and he can use them to rapidly propel himself through the air. He's also resilient enough to take a direct hit from Kotetsu (while the latter's Hundred Power was activated) without flinching.
* MalevolentMaskedMan: He wears a mask with a handprint covering the face.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: A firm believer in this. Even targeting people who escaped prison for murder they ''accidentally'' caused.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Any guy that calls himself ''Lunatic'' probably isn't someone you wanna run into.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: He makes a point of only killing criminals, but is not averse to extending a lethal hand on anyone who helps criminals.
* NightmareFace: His mask.
* NinetiesAntiHero: Kills criminals in the name of justice? Check. Considers other heroes [[GoodIsOldFashioned outdated and ineffective]]? Check. Wears an outfit that would [[ObviouslyEvil instantly identify him]] as a CardCarryingVillain in any other era of comics? ''Double-check''!
* NoArcInArchery: He can hit someone with his crossbow [[ImprobableAimingSkills from halfway across the city.]] While standing on top of a skyscraper. When his target was in a parking structure. Probably justified by him being able to control the trajectory, meaning the crossbow is just for style.
* NotQuiteFlight: Can use quick bursts of flame to change his trajectory in mid-air, much like a DoubleJump.
* PayEvilUntoEvil:
** If he targets a criminal, odds are that they are ''deeply'' unpleasant people.
** His first appearance in Episode 6 has him frying three criminals midway through their fond reminiscences about kidnapping and murdering children and entire families.
** He does it again at the end of Episode 16, this time against a SerialKiller who managed to get away from Kotetsu.
* PlayingWithFire: He has the ability to generate and control fire, to a greater degree than Fire Emblem.
* RedRightHand: Under his mask, he has a massive hand shaped burn across his face. The mask itself uses the hand motif as a bitter reminder.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Subverted. He's not immune to the fire that he generates, [[spoiler: as the hand-shaped scar on his face is the result of his then burning father grabbing his face.]] As such, he shoots his flames from his crossbow or in short bursts. This is a difference between him and Fire Emblem, who ''is'' immune to their flames.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: On Ivan when he imitated an escaped fugitive. However, Lunatic all but spells out that he was going to eliminate the less noble of the two anyway.
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: A point he repeatedly tries to make to the heroes.
* TautologicalTemplar: Lunatic, in that he honestly thinks that to achieve true justice, all criminals--and those who shield and/or support them--must die. This clashes with Sternbild's laws, which frown on the concept of capital punishment.
* VigilanteMan: He's not working for Hero TV, or with the police when he's acting as Lunatic.
* VigilanteExecution: His standard MO, much to the disapproval of the heroes.
* VillainousRescue: He saved Kotetsu from [[spoiler:the other heroes when they had been brainwashed by a villain.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: After years of exclusively being served idealistic, squeaky-clean heroes, fans ''love'' him. [[spoiler:Though with the popularity boost the regular heroes get after defeating Ouroboros's attack, his success is short-lived.]]
* WildCard: He is firmly against villains, he does not hesitate to attack and possibly kill heroes should they get in the way of his "justice".

[[folder:Dr. Rotwang]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto (JP), Creator/VicMignogna (EN)

A robotics engineer and former colleague of Barnaby's parents. He created Cis and later joins up with Maverick to further his research.
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* AssholeVictim: No one was mourning his death when Maverick kicked him off the building.
* CharacterDeath: It's safe to say he didn't survive being sent careening off the top of the tallest building in the city. Hero Tv Fan 2 also confirms his death.
* ChekhovsGunman: Introduced early on as a one-shot who worked with Barnaby's parents on android research. Cut to Episode 23...
* DeathByRacism: He thinks Maverick's plan is for them to get rid of all the [=NEXTs=] together apparently not realizing that Maverick himself is a NEXT. He states this while he's hanging off the top of the Justice Tower from Maverick's leg.
* DirtyCoward: The moment the tables are turned, he shows his true colors.
* DisneyVillainDeath: He takes the fastest way down to the bottom of Justice Tower courtesy of a kick to the face by Maverick.
* TheDragon: Episode 23 reveals after the Cis incident that Maverick hired him to serve as his.
* FantasticRacism: Revealed in Episode 23 that he's a rabid NEXT hater, which is likely why Cis targeted heroes despite Rotwang's claims that it was just a freak accident. The motivation behind building his androids is to use them to surpass and replace the NEXT.
* MadScientist: He's nuttier than a bag full of almonds and builds robots to fight the heroes.
* PsychopathicManchild: He uses such juvenile names as "creepy" and "freaky" to describe NEXT in the dub. In the original he refers to them as "bakemono" or monsters, which is a rather exorbitant word and often associated with mythology.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gets one in Episode 23.
* SadisticChoice: Gives this to the captured heroes he put {{explosive leash}}es on. Either (A), a hero could deactivate their own explosives to save themselves, but detonate the others; or (B), trust that Tiger and Barnaby can defeat H-01, but if the pair lost to it, they would ''all'' detonate. And if any of them used their [=NEXT=] powers, he would detonate them himself.
** [[spoiler:Then he reveals in Episode 24 that trying to deactivate their own explosive will cause them all to detonate, and that he had no intention of letting any of them live. When H-01 loses, he goes back on his word and attempts to kill them anyway.]]
* SmugSnake: Back when it seemed like he was just a one-shot character in Episode 15, this wasn't apparent as his android had supposedly gone rogue. When he reappears in Episode 23 he shows his true colors as an unbearably smug and cruel villain driven by FantasticRacism and who thinks he can easily break the captive heroes with his mind games.
* SoreLoser: [[spoiler:When H-01 is defeated by Wild Tiger and Barnaby, he plans on killing all the captive heroes. They're only saved by Kaede's timely intervention.]]
* ShoutOut: He shares a name with another robot creator in ''Film/{{Metropolis}}''.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: With Rotwang hanging on to Maverick to stop from falling out of a building, Maverick tells him he has no further need for him now that Rotwang has finished his androids and kicks him to his death in Episode 25.

[[folder:Benoit Depardieu]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Tetsuo Goto (JP), Creator/KirkThornton (EN)

A serial killer who appears in S1 Episode 16. He's been stated to sexually assault and murder women for pleasure.

* ForTheEvulz: The series gives no other explanation for what he does.
* InSeriesNickname: "Ladykiller".
* ISurrenderSuckers: Inverted. When he sees Lunatic approach, he immediately attacks. When that fails, he offers to come along quietly. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, he didn't seem to get the memo on Lunatic's method of handling unrepentant {{Serial Killer}}s.]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: What Lunatic did to him? He REALLY had it coming.
* SerialKiller: As mentioned, he rapes and murders women for fun.
* TooDumbToLive: For failing to realize that Lunatic [[VigilanteExecution doesn't take prisoners]].
* WhipItGood: He has an electrically charged whip which he uses as a weapon. It's implied that he also uses it to torture his victims.
* WrongGenreSavvy: He surrenders because he knows that a Hero wouldn't kill him. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for [[AssholeVictim him]], [[SerialKillerKiller Lunatic]] is a vigilante unaffiliated with the Heroes who ''doesn't take prisoners.'']]

[[folder:Robin Baxter]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (JP), Creator/JasonSpisak (EN)

A villain from the movie. An internationally wanted criminal for stealing goods across the world and getting away scot free.

* RollerbladeGood: He wears rollerblades. Helps him get around faster.
* LogicalWeakness: He can only switch places with ''people'' so he's outsmarted by believing Barnaby's in his suit and then contained where he can't see anyone to swap with.
* VillainTeleportation: His NEXT power is the ability to switch places with anyone in his sight. Also able to TeleportSpam it with glee when in a area filled with people.

[[folder:Richard Max]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama (JP), Creator/MatthewMercer (EN)

One of the three mysterious villains in the second movie.

* TheComicallySerious: He is unamused at Bison's attempts to have a CatchPhrase.
* MakeMeWannaShout: His NEXT power
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Origami Cyclone manages to weaken him critically by reflecting Richard Max's own scream back at him. This gives Sky High and Rock Bison a chance to deliver the finishing blow.
* {{Revenge}}: Against Schneider for ruining his career as a boxer.

[[folder:Kasha Graham]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NanaMizuki (JP), Creator/CristinaValenzuela (EN)

One of the three mysterious villains in the second movie.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Her discs can cut through anything, including bridges, like butter.
* BellyDancer: Her former profession before her studio was closed down.
* DanceBattler: She is highly maneuverable thanks to her talents as a Belly dancer and attacks with these moves as well as the chakrams she carries, which she is able to create copies of whenever she duplicates herself.
* DeadlyDisc: Her main weapon.
* MesACrowd: She can create illusions and uses them to make copies of herself to confuse her enemies.
* {{Revenge}}: Against Schneider for closing down the theater where she worked as a dancer.

[[folder:Johnny Wong]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Mugihito}} (JP), Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (EN)

One of the three mysterious villains in the second movie.

* EvilOldFolks: He's evil and an old man. He has rather deadly NEXT power that he needs to get in close proximity to work. However, his high agility and deadly skill with staff make him a formidable adversary to the heroes even without his NEXT power.
* HealingFactor: By way of a cellular regeneration belt.
* HumanPopsicle: How he is finally defeated, courtesy of Blue Rose.
* LotusEaterMachine: He can send people into a tortuous slumber.
* NoSell: His powers don't work on people who have no problems with who they are, as Nathan is able to overcome being whammied by accepting their DarkAndTroubledPast and moving beyond it.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Fire Emblem's transgender nature disgusts him and he's none too polite in expressing that distaste.
* {{Revenge}}: Against Schneider for destroying the temple where he served as a monk.
* SimpleStaff: His weapon of choice.
* WouldHitAGirl: Has no problem beating down Blue Rose and Dragon Kid mercilessly.

[[folder:Gregory Sunshine]]
A villain thief that tangled with Golden Ryan in the past who's currently serving a life sentence.

* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Zigzagged. [[spoiler: He ''technically'' plays this straight with Fugan and Mugan, but they were so close to death that he only shortened their lives by a couple minutes at most. He plays this straight with Brahe, who he kills before the heroes are aware he even ''exists''.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: At first it seems like he's just a flashback villain to flesh out Golden Ryan's past. Then he returns as a guinea pig for Rosicky's NEXT drug. [[spoiler:The gunman part ends up being pretty literal as he murders Fugan, Mugan, Brahe and possibly Rosicky while he makes his escape, stealing a briefcase full of the drug they were testing on him in the process.]]
* FightsLikeANormal: His power is extremely situational and difficult to use in a combat situation, so he's mostly just a conventional guerrilla fighter who's very good with firearms. [[spoiler:These are the skills he relies on to break out of Ouroboros's laboratory.]]
* ForTheEvulz: He has no stated reason to go out of his way to [[spoiler: shoot the already dying Fugan and Mugan in the middle of his firefight with Brahe, as all it does is cause the latter's last moments to be absolutely miserable before also being killed.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: It's never stated what his goals are, but it's known he has no connection to Ouroboros.
* PowerIncontinence: His NEXT power is to make other NEXT lose control over their own powers. A flashback shows him jumpstarting Golden Ryan's gravity power resulting in a building being brought down on Ryan.
* TheQuietOne: Doesn't speak a word during his entire screen time.
* SlasherSmile: He flashes one [[spoiler:right after murdering Fugan and Mugan and just before murdering Brahe]].
* TestedOnHumans: Rosicky uses him as the guinea pig for her drug which enhances NEXT powers since he's a prisoner who will be locked up for the rest of his life and she figures no one will miss him. He also should theoretically be a relatively safe test subject since his power only affects other NEXT, and they can freely choose harmless powers for him to send out of control. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Ouroboros, they forgot that a veteran criminal with a hyper-situational power usually FightsLikeANormal.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: He was already a danger to [=NEXTs=] civilians and heroes alike, but after being used as a test subject for an enhancement drug, he's pressumably MUCH more dangerous than before.

[[folder:[=H-01=]]]

* {{BFG}}: [=H-01=] is equipped with a powerful one. After Wild Tiger and Barnaby disarmed it, the gun was used by Barnaby to finish it off while Wild Tiger held [=H-01=].
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Has one in its left arm.
* ConservationOfNinjitsu: Averted and lampshaded. [=H-01=] wasn't a prototype, it was a production model. The second the heroes get over defeating one, 8 more equally powerful ones show up.
* OCStandIn: Despite only appearing in a few episodes, [=H-01=] has inspired the fandom to create a more humanized version called [[spoiler: Ebitetsu]]. [[spoiler:Sporting PaletteSwap versions of Kotetsu's outfit and his hat pulled down to obscure his eyes]] he appears in truckloads of fanart, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntjWQ8bHw78&feature=related fancreated]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04WU3_chZ7g&feature=related MMDs]] and even doujinshi.

[[/folder]]


[[folder:Minor Season One Criminals]]
* TheDeadHaveNames: The criminals from Episode 1 are named after they were killed in Episode 6. Their names were Tony Smith, Jack Brown, and Bob Johnson.
* {{Determinator}}: One of the robbers basically spends half the episode evading the many heroes that show up. And he is a completely normal guy. This is, of course, purely to show off all the main heroes.
* ISurrenderSuckers: The Lady Killer tries one on [[spoiler: Lunatic, with predictable results]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: One of the criminals from Episode 7 wields a ''medieval broadsword''. [[spoiler: Since it was a staged show, though, [[AvertedTrope he probably had no idea how to use it]].]]
* IndirectKiss: Invoked in Episode 14 when the backstage thief who crossdresses as Blue Rose considers using her lipstick.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Once the backstage thief finds out how bad the security is, he had no choice but to start sneaking in and stealing stuff.
* InvisibleJerkass: The backstage thief.
* JetPack: The villains in Episode 5 have them.
* MiniMecha: The type of weapon a criminal piloted in Episode 6.
* TheNoseKnows: The main powers of the criminal group featured in Episode 9. Mary can smell money, Lily can smell [[LivingLieDetector lies]], and Elly can smell [[SpiderSense danger]].
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Lady Killer]] for not knowing [[VigilanteMan Lunatic]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil doesn't take prisoners]].
* WingdingEyes: One of the robbers in the opening sequence of the series uses a realistic take on this look with dollar signs on the lenses of his sunglasses.
* WrongGenreSavvy: The serial killer who beats on women and is targeted by Lunatic for it thinks his attacker is a lawful superhero and would to let him live if he surrenders. Maybe if he'd actually watched [=HeroTV=]...

[[/folder]]

!!Ouroboros
[[folder:General]]

A vast criminal organization that Barnaby was investigating due to their link to his parents' murder. Their true motives remain unclear.

* EngineeredHeroics: [[spoiler:They helped Maverick build up Hero TV by setting up crimes for his heroes to thwart on camera.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: The organization's overall goals are a complete mystery. Jake's faction believed they were fighting for NEXT supremacy, [[spoiler:Maverick]] used them to further his business, Rosicky wanted to create a drug to generate NEXT powers in unpowered heroes, and unknown superiors backed Fugan and Mugan's "Hero Hunt" to make people fear NEXT.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Members of the organization or affiliates have served as the main threats in each season of the show.
* NebulousEvilOrganization: They're an enigmatic organization involved with crime, terrorism, robotics and mad science.
* {{Ouroboros}}:
** The show's version of the symbol is a snake with a Spade-shaped eye and a blade passing through its body. This is the tattoo mark found on people belonging to the secret organization of the same name.
** The Ouroboros was removed from the [[spoiler:Stern Dollar]] for the DVD/BD release. It was supposed to be a very common image (the meaning and origins of which most people are unaware) -- much like the US Dollar's Eye of Providence.
%%* TheSyndicate
* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: The Ouroboros criminal organisation is curiously well-armed--having helicopters, high-tech firearms, and even a good number of MiniMecha in its arsenal. [[spoiler:This is because Apollon Media's been funding them--you can't have a superhero show without properly threatening villains, after all.]]
** TheStinger in the final episode suggests something far more sinister. [[spoiler: If you get the Stern dollar wet, the Ouroboros symbol is revealed.]]

[[folder:Kriem]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichikoNeya (JP), Creator/StephanieSheh (EN)

A NEXT user who labels herself as a part of Ouroboros, she has taken Sternbild City hostage, and has demanded that Jake, who is imprisoned at Abbas Penitentiary, be released.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Isolated by her peers and her parents from a young age because of her NEXT powers.
* BaldOfEvil: After being captured, her head gets shaved, probably to keep her from using her hair to wreak havoc once she wakes up.
* BareYourMidriff: Her outfit leaves her stomach exposed.
* CombatCommentator: For Ouroboros TV.
* DeathbedConfession: To Barnaby regarding Ouroboros' involvement in his parents' death. [[spoiler:Or lack thereof, as the case may be.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: After learning of Jake's death, she kills herself by removing her [=IVs=] and unplugging her life-support.
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: She spitefully tells Barnaby that Jake didn't kill his parents to deny him closure, unusually for this trope, this actually does a lot of good in the long run.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/HarleyQuinn. Her appearance is thematically similar, and her devotion to Jake is exactly like Harley's devotion to the Joker.
* FantasticRacism: Was a victim of this in her childhood. [[spoiler:When she was young, everyone (including her own parents) hated/feared her because she was a NEXT. Inverted in that once she joined up with Jake, she became a rabid supporter of NEXT supremacy and discriminates against 'normal' people.]]
* FriendlessBackground: Because everyone viewed her NEXT powers as "creepy and disgusting".
* IRegretNothing: She has no regrets working for Jake or killing herself, because she's totally devoted to the guy for saving her.
%%* MakingASpectacleOfYourself
* MarionetteMaster: She controls the [[CreepyDoll Mad]] {{Bears|AreBadNews}} with her NEXT power.
* AMatchMadeInStockholm: With Jake. He originally had kidnapped her but kept her around when it became clear that her parents weren't going to fork over one red cent to save her.
* NiceHat: A bowler.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:She reveals (then kills herself) that Jake had nothing to do with the murder of Barnaby's parents because she wants Barnaby to suffer forever with uncertainty for his part in Jake's death. All she actually does is sets Barnaby on the path to the truth and exposes an even larger NEXT supremacy conspiracy than the group she was a part of.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Kriem barely looks a day over twenty-three, but was around fourteen or fifteen twenty years ago when Jake kidnapped her. She's probably Kotetsu's age, if not older.
* ParasolOfPrettiness: To accentuate her femininity.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents always viewed her as a freak and [[YouCanKeepHer didn't bother trying to get her back by paying the ransom money]] her kidnapper (Jake) demanded of them.
* PerkyGoth: She's a fervent follower of Jake who happens to have a rather gothic fashion sense.
* TogetherInDeath: With "Jake-sama!"
* UnholyMatrimony: Kriem and Jake are a pair of NEXT supremacists and terrorists but they're also in a genuinely loving relationship.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Jake.
* YouCanKeepHer: Her parents' response to her kidnapping by Jake twenty years ago.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jake Martinez]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeijiFujiwara (JP), Creator/SteveBlum (EN)

A NEXT currently serving 250 years at the Abbas Penitentiary for a string of very intense deaths.
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* ArcVillain: He's the main villain of a four episode arc that formally introduces Ouroboros and ends the first half of Season 1.
* ArtificialLimbs: He lost his left leg due to an accident.
* BadassFingerSnap: His preferred method of using his powers, though he doesn't have to.
* BarrierWarrior: His primary power, throwing it out as projectiles that hit incredibly hard initially mistaken for [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]].
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: [[spoiler:Jake Martinez has no idea what Barnaby is talking about when he asks why Jake murdered his parents, and mocks him for expecting him to keep track. The trope is then subverted when it's revealed in S1 Episode 18 that Barnaby's memory is faulty and Jake wasn't the murderer.]]
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The heroes might never have defeated Jake if not for him uttering Kotetsu's real name in a blind rage, thus revealing his mind-reading powers.]]
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Usually [=NEXTs=] gain a blue aura when they activate their powers. Jake's is red [[spoiler: most likely to indicate his two powers]].
* CurbStompBattle: The Seven Battles event was completely intended to be this, and the first three matches actually were such, with Sky High, Rock Bison, and Wild Tiger all ending up hospitalized.
* DarkMessiah: Kriem views him as this.
* DeadlyForceField: Jake Martinez has the power to create DeflectorShields and uses it offensively, creating tiny shields that act like a bullet on contact, applying a large pushing force in a small surface.
* DirtyCoward: When he's at Barnaby's mercy, he begs and grovels for his life despite killing many people and nearly killing hundreds of thousands of people.
* DiskOneFinalBoss: Being a powerful NEXT thanks to his ability to have [[spoiler:2 powers instead of one]], he managed to easily overpower Rock Bison and Sky High and to do quite a number on Kotetsu as well. However [[spoiler:he dies at the end of his arc, he and Kriem only make up a small faction of Ouroboros and despite what Barnaby remembers, Jake isn't the one who murdered his parents.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When he kidnapped Kriem for ransom and her parents refused to pay he told her that, as a NEXT, she wasn't a freak but a chosen one and set her free for no other reason that why not, [[AMatchMadeInStockholm leading to her immediately devoting herself to him]].
* EvilGloating: Taunts Barnaby in the middle of their fight, [[spoiler:revealing he has a secondary power]]. He isn't stupid enough to tell anything more than that, but had he kept his mouth shut [[spoiler:[[NiceJobFixingItVillain Kotetsu might not have figured out WHAT that power is]]]].
* ForTheEvulz: He does have something vaguely resembling a coherent ideology, but a good number of his actions basically boil down to this.
* GlassCannon: [[spoiler:Due to his powers he has never gotten hit before, so he folds like paper anytime somebody actually manages to land a hit.]]
* INeverToldYouMyName: [[spoiler:During his fight with Wild Tiger, he calls him by his real name. After finding out Jake has a secondary power, Kotetsu immediately figures out he must be a mind-reader.]]
* HiredGuns: Former mercenary.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Jake is ultimately defeated when he attacks Tiger while hanging from a rope, damaging Kriem's helicopter in the process; [[DroppedABridgeOnHim which lands on him and kills him]].]]
* LargeHam: ''Especially'' in the English dub. Thank you, [[Creator/SteveBlum Steve]].
-->'''Jake:''' Gooooood morning! Rise and shine, scum of Sternbild. I hope you slept like babies.
* LongerThanLifeSentence: He's serving a 250-year sentence for his crimes.
* MadArtist: While in prison.
* AMatchMadeInStockholm: He and Kriem become romantically involved after he kidnapped and tried to ransom her only to find out her parents won't pay and don't care if she dies. Instead of killing her, he sets her free and tells her to be proud of being a NEXT, after which she joins him.
* MinorInjuryOverreaction: [[spoiler:Jake was absolutely furious when Wild Tiger, the hero he's spent the entire episode mocking as being worthless and pathetic, manages to be the ''only'' hero to land a hit on him--while Tiger’s powered down, no less. In retaliation, Jake beats down Tiger so badly that he has to be rushed to the ICU immediately.]]
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Against Wild Tiger, especially after Kotetsu actually managed to kick him in the face by accident.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:He kidnapped Kriem for ransom money, but due to her NEXT abilities, her parents abandoned her and didn't pay. He cheered her up and let her go. In the end, she joined him.]]
* PowersDoTheFighting: Jake Martinez has an [[SuperpowerLottery extremely versatile]] power of creating barriers, which allows him to be unfazed by even the most powerful attacks, and can be used just as powerfully offensively. Because of these abilities, he never has to put any effort into fighting, which means that [[MinorInjuryOverreaction he can't handle it when he receives even the slightest injury]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Most [=NEXTs=]' eyes glow blue when they use their powers. Jake's eyes glow red.
* RealMenWearPink: And he's no less scary for it.
* RedHerring: He wasn't actually the one who [[spoiler:killed Barnaby's parents.]]
* RequiredSecondaryPower: He needs to be able to focus to an extent to use his barrier abilities. [[spoiler:After he takes a fully powered kick to the ribs from Barnaby while distracted, he is clearly in a lot of pain, noting that a few of his ribs are likely broken. After this, he is nearly strangled to death by Barnaby while futilely trying to activate his power (shown by his NEXT aura appearing but the power not manifesting).]]
* SayingTooMuch[=/=]INeverToldYouMyName: [[spoiler: Kotetsu figures out Jake Martinez's [[{{Telepathy}} second power]] due to these two factors.]] Averted by the former in S1 Episode 13 when he gives Barnaby [[spoiler: [[ObfuscatingStupidity some false information]] as part of a BatmanGambit to finish Jake off]].
* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler:After being caught by Kotetsu's wire to stop him from falling to his death, Jake attempts to take a potshot at him, but misses and hits the helicopter Kriem is piloting. Knocking the tail off, this causes the helicopter to spin out of control and crash right into Jake, killing him.]]
* SerialKiller: And he might have been a PsychoForHire in his mercenary days.
* SuperpowerLottery: The first NEXT shown to have more than one power--having the power to [[BarrierWarrior project force-fields]] and {{Telepathy}}.
* TattooedCrook: He's got a number of tatoos, but notably [[spoiler:''not'' one on his hand, thus proving he wasn't the man who killed Barnaby's parents]].
* {{Telepathy}}: He can [[spoiler:read minds]].
* UnholyMatrimony: He and Kriem are a pair of NEXT supremacists who are willing to murder an entire city for fun, but they genuinely love each other.
* UniquenessDecay: Discussed. The heroes talk about the possibility that Fugan and Mugan have two powers like Jake which was previously thought to be impossible. But considering that [=NEXTs=] are a relatively recent discovery, it was not improbable. [[spoiler: Turns out they don't, but it hints that a third person is involved in their schemes.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: He "loses all respect" for [[spoiler:Chuckman]] after he's captured by the heroes and personally goes to where he's being held to murder him.
* YouKilledMyFather: Barnaby thinks it was Jake who killed his parents, but a dying Kriem provides a ''very'' solid alibi to the contrary.
* VillainousBreakdown: Jake does not take it well at all when Kotetsu, the Hero he spent the entire fight mocking as a loser, actually scores a hit (by ''accident'') on him. Unfortunately, Kotetsu is the one who suffers for it.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Jake appears to have something against shirts.
* WhatMeasureIsANonSuper: He dreams of a world dominated by NEXT.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hans Chuckman]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KentaMiyake (JP), Creator/VicMignogna (EN)

A member of Ouroboros who assists Kriem in her plan to get Jake released from prison. He's taken captive in the process and eventually killed by Jake as punishment for his failure.
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* BlackEyesOfEvil: The one time he opens them. But he has [[http://thisissternbild.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/1316609586345.jpg normal eyes]] in the DVD/Blu-ray version.
* EpicFail: He attempted a hostage situation with Kotetsu and Barnaby in the same room, he gets his ass kicked for his troubles.
* EyesAlwaysShut: His eyes are shut for the majority of his screen time. The only time they're shown open is right before Jake kills him.
* FacialMarkings: He wears some kind of facepaint.
* TheTeamNormal: He's not a NEXT but according to Kriem, Chuckman believes in her and Jake's belief of NEXT supremacy.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Jake says Chuckman lost all his respect after he was captured by the heroes and impersonated by Origami Cyclone, so he personally goes to where Chuckman's being held captive and kills him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nicolai Brahe]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Hiroyuki Kinoshita
A mysterious Rank 2 member of Ouroboros introduced in season 2. He is seen traveling and handling Fugan and Mugan.
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:His beloved sons are murdered right in front of him seconds before he's fatally shot. He cures the paralyzed heroes and dies holding his sons in his arms.]]
* ArcVillain: For the first half of Season 2. He's responsible of ordering the twins to hunt down and beat up superheroes.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied. [[spoiler: He mentions that he used to be part of Nemo Children, a group of orphans raised by Ouroboros. Considering how corrupt the organization is, it couldn't have been a nice childhood.]]
* AFatherToHisMen: Cares about Fugan and Mugan, taking umbrage with people calling them pawns, objecting to them being used in Ouroboros' plans and injecting them with experimental drugs. [[spoiler: He is genuinely upset when he notices that something is wrong with Fugan and cries as they die in his arms and apologizes before dying himself shortly after.]]
* GoodParents: [[spoiler:Ouroboros forcing his children into servitude aside (which he was entirely against), he was a loving father for Fugan and Mugan - and presumably the other children he adopted.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He looks similar to Creator/MadsMikkelsen with his hairstyle being based from his titular role from ''Series/{{Hannibal}}''.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:He outlives Fugan and Mugan only by a minute or so but it's a heartbreaking one as he watches them be murdered right before his eyes.]]
* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:It's revealed that he is a [=NEXT=] with the power to petrify people.]]
* VillainsDyingGrace: [[spoiler: Undoes his petrification of the heroes Fugan and Mugan beat senseless in his last moments.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Signourney Rosicky]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakakoHonda
Rank 2 member of Ouroboros introduced in season 2 and sponsor of Mattia's lab.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Is in a high enough position to fund an entire lab's research and also corrupt enough to get a criminal out of prison to use as a guinea pig.
* MadScientist: Not herself but she funds them. She might even be more mad than them since she actively encourages or demands morally reprehensible methods to get the result she wants.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:She's last seen bleeding out after being shot by Gregory Sunshine, but it's unclear whether she dies or not.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fugan and Mugan]]
->'''Fugan is Voiced by:''' Creator/MamoruMiyano (JP), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (EN)
->'''Mugan is Voiced by:''' Creator/KenshoOno (JP), Creator/JasonSpisak (EN)

A pair of childish, NEXT-powered twins currently out on a "Hero Hunt".
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:They both end up mortally wounded during their final fight against the remaining Heroes and use their remaining strength to teleport to their adoptive father's side so they can tell him they're grateful to him and love him one last time.]]
* AlbinosAreFreaks: They both have chalk white skin and hair and are childishly psychopathic villains.
* AmbiguousSituation: They are stated to have killed heroes by Sigourney, but by all indications [[spoiler:if the situations of most of the hero cast is any indication]], they don't kill anyone as much as they beat them senseless and leave them frozen.
* AntiVillain: They work for Ouroboros and are currently in the middle of an international Hero Hunt [[spoiler:but they don't kill any of the heroes they defeat and they're motivated by their love for their adoptive father instead of any genuine malice]].
* AttackReflector: Fugan has the power to absorb any attack towards him and reflect a counterattack that is equal-to-double the power back to his opponents.
* BoomHeadshot: In order to charge up Fugan's EnergyAbsorption powers, Mugan shoots him in the head at one point. [[spoiler: They are later killed this way thanks to escaping convict Gregory Sunshine. Granted, they were already on the brink of death from their fight with the Heroes anyway.]]
* CombatPragmatist: They'll pull every cheap trick in the book, even pretending they've been beaten long enough for help to arrive, only to turn the tables at the last minute.
* CreepyTwins: They're identical twins. They're also {{Psychopathic Manchild}}ren.
* TheDividual: They are identical twins, with identical interests and personalities who are only ever seen apart from each other when the heroes intentionally separate them.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: They dearly love each other and their adoptive father.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: When they are first suggested to fight heroes, they actually object the idea entirely on the basis that they don't want to do such a thing. However, upon realizing that it is much less of a choice for their father than it is for them, they commit to the plan.]]
* EvilIsHammy: Clearly their [[Creator/MamoruMiyano voice]] [[Creator/KenshoOno actors]] love hamming up every line they can.
* EvilIsPetty: Their motive for hunting down heroes for sport is to surpass the record set by their hero LL Audun, who defeated 17 heroes. The two of them want to defeat 36, setting a new record at 18 each. [[spoiler:At least this is their stated goal, in actuality their foster father Brahe was forced by Ouroboros to order them to attack heroes for an unknown purpose. Brahe pitched the idea to them by dressing it up as surpassing Audun, but both of the twins figure out their dad must be forced into it by Ouroboros and promise to fulfill the mission for his sake.]]
* ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy: Subverted and eventually played straight. Mugan claims he's like a chameleon, turning invisible at will. [[spoiler: His real power is teleportation.]] They later tell the truth of their abilities an episode later, something they lampshade.
* ForTheEvulz: Their stated reason for wanting to fight and nearly kill heroes of multiple cities. [[spoiler:This actually helps hide their real plan from being known, as well as their connection to Ouroboros]]
* GlassCannon: [[spoiler:After taking the NEXT-enhancing drug,]] Fugan is able to absorb a great deal more amount of damage to unleash an even more powerful attack than ever before. His body, however, is too fragile to withstand that kind of power. So for every superpowered punch or kick he delivers his bones end up breaking.
* HappilyAdopted: The two brothers were [[spoiler:street urchins who survived by pickpocketing adults. It happened that Brahe was dining in the cafe that a prejudiced owner was attempting to boot them out of, and he adopted them on the spot. As young adults, the two are still entirely grateful for him.]]
* HealingShiv: A contextual example. Mugan carries a handgun, but doesn't use it to attack their enemies - instead, it's for helping with his brother's EnergyAbsorption by shooting him. The entire process is portrayed as a twisted demonstration of their mutual trust, affection, and respect - once Fugan starts showing injury from the strain of the excessive power he's absorbed, Mugan is much more reluctant to attack him.
* TheHeavy: They're responsible for much of the conflict in the first half of Season 2 where they started attacking superheroes in nearby cities until they arrive in Sternbild to target the main heroes.
* HeroKiller: Subverted. They are reported as beating heroes senseless, but it's never confirmed they killed anyone. Though that's not for lack of trying. [[spoiler:It's revealed that they want to emulate a AntiHero from decades prior in his victory streak against heroes due to a clash in ideals. Like said hero, Fugan and Mugan never go about killing them.]]
* HeroWorshipper: They are openly big fans of LL Audun, TheRival to Mister Legend that ended up committing VigilanteExecution, causing him to eventually defeat 17 heroes before he was arrested. They in turn want to defeat 18 heroes each for a grand total of 36.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Fugan's hair is longer than his brother's.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Magical Cat manages to [[spoiler:blast Mugan with a geyser of water that accidentally ends up impaling him onto a metal gate, fatally wounding him and taking him out of the fight.]]
* {{Invisibility}}: Subverted. Mugan initially claims he has the power to turn invisible. He's actually a teleporter.
* MonsterFangirl: Rare male example. The two of them idolize LL Audun, a "rogue hero" who defeated 17 heroes before his capture. Their goal is to take down 36 heroes, 18 each, so the two of them will have surpassed his record.
* NearVillainVictory: They are about to claim victory after beating up all the five remaining heroes even though Fugan received injuries after absorbing Kotetsu's Good Luck Mode punch. [[spoiler:Until a fully-resolved Magical Cat blasts Mugan which got him impaled by a metal gate, putting Fugan in a disadvantage.]]
* OneManArmy: Unlike Jake, who is only as successful as he is due to fighting heroes one on one in a hostage situation, the twins are dangerous enough to beat several heroes at once without even trying.
* PragmaticVillainy: They prefer to target heroes when they are distracted or otherwise unable to properly fight, and then take them out as soon as they're done playing around. [[spoiler: Best shown when Golden Ryan, Rock Bison and Blue Rose come within inches of defeating them. As soon as they take some NEXT-Enhancing drug, they ''immediately'' ambush the trio again before they had time to collect their bearings.]]
* PsychopathicManchild: They act more like five-year olds then fully grown men, who gleefully nearly kill superheroes like its a big game.
* SiblingsInCrime: Twin brothers who work for Ouroboros and hunt down Heroes, seemingly for fun.
* SiblingTeam: They worked very well as a team which Steinbild heroes see this as their strength. So, keeping them separate is one way to prevent them from winning.
* SingleMindedTwins: In addition to looking identical, they also think and act identically.
* SmarterThanTheyLook: Despite looking and acting like manchildren, they're actually quite clever, outsmarting the heroes (at times accidentally) and putting them on the ropes multiple times.
* {{Teleportation}}: Mugan has the power to teleport.
* VillainBall: Lampshaded twice. [[spoiler:During their final battle with the heroes, they state the fact that they could simply leave any time they want to pick off the heroes one-by-one instead of facing them in a more formal battle but opt not to. This turns out to be because they're actually on a time limit, and refuse to leave until they are on death's door.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler: The main reason they start targeting heroes is because their adoptive father asked them to and they want to make him proud. Somewhat subverted in that Brahe is already proud of them and loves them regardless, but was forced to ask them to by his superiors.]]
* WorthyOpponent: By the end of the first half, they are considered this by Kotetsu and Barnaby given that they're toughest villains that they've ever faced. And given that they nearly won after beating up all the remaining five heroes, they were right.
[[/folder]]

!Sternbild City
!![=HeroTV=]
[[folder:Agnes Joubert]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoKaida (JP), Creator/TaraPlatt (EN)

The producer for [=HeroTV=]. Her top priority is to increase the show's ratings and please her boss and the sponsors, regardless of its impact on the heroes' work.

* BigBeautifulWoman: She gains a fair amount of weight between ''Tiger & Bunny: The Rising'' and Season 2; which Ryan, who’s been away during this period, took notice.
* BigDamnHeroes: Broadcasts Maverick's unwitting EngineeredPublicConfession to the world. ''And mocks him while doing it.''
* CatchPhrase: "Bonjour, hero(es)!"
* ColorCodedEyes: Green eyes to further emphasize her exotic nature.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Actually averts this -- while she does everything to get the show better ratings, she still has honest morals.
* DaChief: To the heroes, though with...slightly different priorities compared to the typical example.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Even she didn't want to air Jake's brutal beating of Tiger.
** Despite wanting heroes to save their heroics for the camera, she gradually focuses more on people getting saved and is more accepting of the fact.
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench
* FrenchJerk: She can be pretty mean sometimes.
* MeanBoss: She's domineering, rather bossy and usually barking orders at her co-workers. Her behaviour can sometimes extend past her job.
* MissionControl: Agnes and the [=HeroTV=] crew serve as this for the heroes of Sternbild. She's often the one informing the heroes of crimes going on, as well as any relevant information she may have about dangerous individuals.
* MsFanservice: Big breasts, long legs, hot skirt... yeah, she fits.
* ShesGotLegs: Her skirt shows off her long, feminine legs.
* ShipTease: Despite her looks and style, gets just ''one'' with Barnaby when he [[spoiler:[[BridalCarry saves her from one of the kidnappers]] in Episode 9]]. There was a clearly noticeable moment right after when she couldn't take her eyes off his face (and he was awfully close to her).
* TookALevelInKindness:
** Much less short tempered and aggressive near the end of Season 1 and throughout Season 2.
** She takes the initiative with Maverick to form a Second League after the defeat of Jake, which is much less showy than the main cast and not aired, but allows aspiring heroes to deal with minor crimes and can possibly be promoted to First League. When ''The Rising'' sees its dissolution, she's incredibly upset and fights to have it restored as soon as possible.
%%* TsurimeEyes
* {{Workaholic}}: She only seems to care about ways to improve ratings.

[[folder:Cain Morris]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Kiyoshi Katsunuma (JP), Creator/KeithSilverstein (EN)

The director of [=HeroTV=]. More often than not, he tries to act as Agnes' moral compass by questioning some of her orders, but his concerns usually fall on deaf ears.

* AllMenArePerverts: During TheInternetIsForPorn incident he actually asked Barnaby for recommendations.

[[folder:Mary Rose]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Riho Fushida (JP), Creator/LauraBailey (EN)

The switcher for [=HeroTV=].

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Always wears a yellow jacket.

[[folder:Mario]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Shinichirou Ohta (JP), Creator/DaranNorris (EN)

TheAnnouncer for [=HeroTV=].

* TheAnnouncer: He commentates live for [=HeroTV=].
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* CombatCommentator: He's the announcer for [=HeroTV=].
* LargeHam: Comes with being a commentator.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''-era Creator/HaroldRamis.

[[folder:Sternbild Second League Heroes]]
->'''Notable Members:''' Ms. Violet, Sumo Thunder, Chopman and Bombeman\\\

In light of [=NEXT=] superheroes growing in demand after the case of Jake Martinez in S1 Episode 13, [=HeroTV=] formed a second tier of heroes tasked in taking care of minor criminal arrests while saving the heavier crimes for the First League heroes. As this tier of heroes aren't the focus on [=HeroTV=], they are allowed to have members with [[SuperZeroes less than effective powers]].
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* AscendedExtra: Downplayed, but they do get a small but important role in ''The Rising''.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Bombeman's power is... to breathe underwater, and that's it. While he could be considered effective in the water, the fact that he has ''no'' abilites out of it means he's pretty much a normal human.
* HeroismWontPayTheBills: PlayedWith, as they ''do'' get paid, but their salary is folds lower than First Leagues.
* InformedAttribute: PlayedForLaughs. Ms. Violet claims her poison nails can immobilize those she's hit, but it only causes some mild itchiness at best.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Ms. Violet is the only girl hero shown amongst the group.
* SuperZeroes: They are, ''at the very least'' genuinely heroic people who try their best to be heroes. Unfortunately, they are considered to be lame and barely effective.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: All of their powers are circumstantial at best. Even Chopman who arguably has the most effective power out of the lot, finds himself being hindered quite easily.
[[/folder]]

!! Apollon Media
[[folder:Albert Maverick]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Nobuhiko Fukuda (JP), Creator/JamiesonPrice (EN)

President and CEO of Apollon Media, the company responsible for [=HeroTV=] and sponsor company for Wild Tiger and Barnaby. He was a longtime associate of the Brooks family, and took Barnaby in after his parents were murdered.

* BigBad: He's the BigBad of Season 1, being both the murderer of Barnaby's parents and a powerful figure involved with Ouroboros.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: To the public, he's the benefactor of superheroes worldwide. In reality, he's a power-hungry manipulator.
* BrokenPedestal: Barnaby saw him as a father after the death of his parents. He's shattered when he finds out that the man he believed to be his loving guardian was the one who murdered his parents, altered his memories to cover up the crime and took advantage of his desire for revenge to mold him into a marketable superhero.
* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: Has a prominent one on his tie [[spoiler:right around when he gets revealed as the BigBad. Makes sense, as he's continually "killing" and replacing other people's memories.]]
* ComplexityAddiction: He makes one attempt to drug Kotetsu for an easy memory edit, which fails because Kotetsu leaves without drinking the coffee. Rather than just try again later (which would be easily arranged because he's Kotetsu's trusted employer), Maverick puts together a plan [[spoiler:that requires him to edit the memory of everyone who knows Kotetsu's secret identity, wipe all paper and digital records of him, and then plaster his face all over the city as a wanted man]]. As you do.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He's actually [[spoiler:a member of Ourobouros]].
* TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: He may have originally created [=HeroTV=] to promote NEXT rights and keep the city safe and prosperous, but if so, that rapidly took a back seat to the lure of money and power.
* DrivenToSuicide: Follows the spirit if not the letter - during his arrest, he opts to wipe his own mind, leaving himself a drooling vegetable, rather than give away anything about Ouroboros.
* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: Maverick's most obvious facial feature is a large bump between his eyebrows. No one mentions this, ever. Kaede even describes him as an old man with glasses and a necktie, which isn't exactly a narrow demographic. However, Kotetsu instantly recognizes him upon his daughter's verbal description.
* EmptyShell: In the final episode, he uses his power to give himself a virtual lobotomy after his confession is broadcast live.
* EngineeredHeroics: In order to drum up ratings during the early days of Hero TV, he teamed up with Ourobouros so the group would orchestrate crimes that Maverick could have his heroes thwart on camera. The reason he murdered Barnaby's parents is because they found out and were going to call the police on him. Whether he still does this regularly in the present is unclear, but he's able to have Ourobouros bomb a populated shopping mall with just a phone call in order to distract Kotetsu.
* EvilAllAlong: Even though he raised Barnaby [[spoiler:(or so he would have everyone think), he was behind Barnaby's parents deaths all along, as well as Rotwang.]]
* EvilOldFolks: He's pretty old and is the BigBad.
* TheExtremistWasRight: Thanks to his management, [=HeroTV=] is a smash hit, and the positive exposure of NEXT heroes has significantly reduced [[FantasticRacism anti-NEXT]] prejudice over the decades of its run. However, this is because he supplied tech to the criminal organization Ouroboros, who in turn [[FalseFlagOperation provided criminals for the heroes to capture]], and it becomes increasingly clear over the show's run that a lot of his actions are far from necessary for the greater good.
* FailedASpotCheck: He makes sure to [[spoiler:alter the memories of everyone in the Apollon building, who know Kotetsu's identity. However, he not only forgets about Kotetsu's old boss, but also ''Kotetsu's family''. That means there are four people who can still help Kotetsu, and they do]].
* FakeMemories: Maverick's NEXT power, for which he's been placing on Barnaby since the murder of Barnaby's parents. Maverick later rewrites the memories of all [=HeroTV=] cast and crew to frame Kotetsu.
* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:In its early days, Hero TV suffered from low ratings due to anti-NEXT prejudice. Albert Maverick made a deal with the Ouroboros crime syndicate to create flashier crimes and disasters for Heroes to foil.]]
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When he activates his power to re-write Barnaby's memories.
* HateSink: Lets just say he's a real piece of work.
* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: To know who else was with Barnaby during Kriem's DeathbedConfession.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: It's implied that his habit of repeatedly subjecting Barnaby to his powers left the latter's {{Mind Rape}}d, BrainwashedAndCrazy persona weak enough to be returned to normal without Maverick's involvement, provided [[AffectionateNickname an appropriate catalyst]] came into play.
* HonoraryUncle: To Barnaby.
* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Daughter]]: He captures Kaede along with the other heroes in the final two episodes, Unfortunately for him, she's her father's daughter.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Maverick is very quick to explain his plans, [[spoiler:his murder of Barnaby's parents]], and how Ouroboros fits into everything when confronted by Barnaby...[[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope in order to keep him busy until the drugs he put in his drink kick in. Then comes the memory wipe]]]].
* KarmicDeath: Both his figurative and actual deaths count. After using his PsychicPower to wipe other people's memories, he ends up using it to give himself a virtual lobotomy. Also, as the CEO and President of Apollo Media, he is at least partially responsible for Mr. Legend's fall (and in turn Lunatic's philosophy of murdering criminals), which makes his VigilanteExecution by Lunatic karmic.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Literally with Rotwang, who was hanging onto his other leg outside the top of the Justice Tower. Telling him he never planned on getting rid of the NEXT with him because he himself is one, and having him fall to his death.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Maverick's power as a NEXT, as well as replacing memories.
%%* ManipulativeBastard
* MonsterProtectionRacket: [[spoiler:Maverick is collaborating with Ouroboros on one of these.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: When Mr. Maverick and Kaede meet, he pats her on the head--unwittingly transferring his power to her.]]
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He tries to paint himself as a WellIntentionedExtremist when his plans failed, but the show makes it clear that he'd gone off the rails a long time ago. Replacing NEXT superheroes with robots, for instance, is not the best idea if you want to combat anti-NEXT prejudice. When he's called out on just wanting power, he shrugs it off by saying someone has to be in charge.
* ParentalSubstitute: Barnaby considers him one. [[spoiler:A FreezeFrameBonus in Episode 23 proves that this isn't true - [[http://i52.tinypic.com/qnl0l0.png Barnaby was actually raised in an orphanage]]. Maverick just altered his memories to make him think otherwise.]]
* PsychicPowers: Has the NEXT ability to alter memories.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Helps the heroes as much as possible during the Ouroboros crisis.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: A big part of his M.O. along with ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney.
* ShoutOut: His first name to [[Videogame/MegaManClassic Albert Wily]]. His last name to the QuirkyMinibossSquad in ''VideoGame/MegaManX''.
* SmugSnake: And ''how.'' The man sips tea while Kotetsu and Barnaby are coming to kick his ass.
* TheSociopath: Eventually revealed as such. He's superficially charming enough to be widely liked and respected by the general public and those around him, but he has absolutely no empathy for anyone else, as shown by killing his best friends and [[MindRape Mind Raping]] their son to cover up his crimes. He also possesses a grandiose sense of self-worth, viewing himself as a hero who built the city and saved the NEXT instead of a power-hungry schemer. Even his NEXT power of altering memories plays into Maverick being a ConsummateLiar and ManipulativeBastard.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: As Maverick discovers, it's not that easy to successfully {{Unperson}} someone and even more difficult to actually make it stick. The attempt to do so onto [[spoiler:Kotetsu]] fails on multiple levels due to not accounting for family, friends, and professional connections, let alone [[spoiler:Lunatic]] having done enough previous research to immediately smell a rat.
* TreacherousAdvisor: Has carefully conditioned Barnaby to live the life he planned out for him.
* VillainBall: Grabs it after failing to immediately drug and MindRape [[SpannerInTheWorks Kotetsu]], causing him to abandon his track record of PragmaticVillainy in favor of the more complicated scheme of framing Kotetsu for Samantha's murder.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He's widely respected enough for the Mayor to essentially defer all responsibility to him during a terrorist situation with the city under threat and beloved by the populace and heroes for his role in Hero TV and helping the improved public reputation for [=NEXTs=]. This is just a cover for the power-hungry sociopath underneath.
* WouldHurtAChild: His last ditch effort to escape involves putting a gun to the head of 10-year-old Kaede.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: To Barnaby after Episode 23 when he's free of Maverick's brainwashing, and to Rotwang in Episode 25 once he has the doctor's androids.

[[folder:Alexander Lloyds]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Wataru Yokojima (JP), Creator/DaranNorris (EN)

Albert's subordinate in Apollon Media that relays the company's orders to Kotetsu. Shown to be very business-oriented, the only thing he cares about is getting the most out of his employees, whether they like it or not.

* CatchPhrase: "If you don't like it, you can quit." [[spoiler:Amusingly enough, Tiger and Barnaby's meteoric rise in popularity after defeating Jake leaves him horrified at the very notion.]]
* HiddenDepths: In The Rising, it turns out he has a wife and kids.
* InkSuitActor: A retroactive example, but he bears a good resemblance to his English voice actor, Creator/DaranNorris.
* {{Jerkass}}: Takes ''way'' too much pleasure in reminding Kotetsu that he's an expendable corporate asset. [[spoiler:Until the TimeSkip, anyway.]] He turns into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, especially when he bluntly tells Kotetsu in ''The Rising'' after he finds himself out of the hero job again to try finding a job that causes him to find some form of stability.

[[folder:Ben Jackson]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Katsuhisa Hōki (JP), Creator/BeauBillingslea (EN)

Director of [=TopMag=]'s Hero Division and Wild Tiger's old boss, before the division was closed and Tiger was handed over to Apollon Media.

* BearerOfBadNews: Was the one who informed Kotetsu that he was apparently losing his powers.
* BenevolentBoss: Was one to Wild Tiger. [[spoiler:And since he's been hired into Apollon Media's Hero Division in the season finale, he most likely resumes this role.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Kotetsu from [[spoiler:a brainwashed Ivan and Pao-Lin]] without a second thought.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: From director of [=TopMag=]'s Hero Division to a mere taxi driver. A sad subversion since, unlike most examples of the trope, he was a genuinely caring boss to Kotetsu. Although, as Episode 12 reveals, he doesn't seem to mind it, as he is more worried about Kotetsu's new lease of superhero life [[spoiler:(and what seems to be an impending loss of his powers)]] than anything else. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted in the last episode, when he is hired by Apollon Media.]]
* NiceGuy: Kotetsu's constant sponsor despite his low popularity and constantly treats him with respect.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's totally not Forest Whitaker.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Maverick didn't take him into account when [[MindWipe mind-wiping]] everyone he knew of that was aware of Wild Tiger's secret identity.

[[folder:Doc Saito]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Hiroshi Iwasaki (JP), Creator/DaveWittenberg (EN)

An engineer working for Apollon Media. He is in charge of developing the suits for the company's superheroes. He speaks with a voice that is barely audible.

%%* AsianAndNerdy
* BigDamnHeroes: Singlehandedly saves all of the heroes by activating the androids' safety mode seconds before they're about to kill the heroes.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: It is revealed in Episode 6 that he has this.
* TheEngineer: He designed Kotetsu and Barnaby's suits.
* GeniusDitz: Just look at his amazing and ''very'' original upgrades for the suits.
* InsufferableGenius: Saito is insistent to make sure that Kotetsu knows just how awesome the PoweredArmor he made for him is (like, say, forcing him to be the "victim" in a crime scene replication so he can feel the suit's fire-resistance capabilities for himself).
** [[spoiler:Although we see ''exactly'' how justified Saito's pride is in the finale. Even when everyone thinks Kotetsu is dead, the fact that the suit just ''broke'' instead of melting completely after being hit with that laser is pretty damn awesome.]]
%%* NerdGlasses
* SituationalSociability: In Doc Saito's case, it's less a flip in personality and more the difference between hearing him and not. He speaks so quietly his dialogue requires subtitles. Placed in front of a microphone or loudspeaker, however, he has NoIndoorVoice.
* SweetTooth: Shown in Episode 13 to have an [[Manga/DeathNote L-like affinity]] for ice cream.
* TheUnintelligible: He in an unintelligible whisper, speaking so softly that not only can others barely hear him, but the show has to subtitle him so the audience knows what he's saying. Unless he's talking through an intercom, anyway, in which case he has NoIndoorVoice. In the finale, he's rigged up a megaphone to a helmet to make himself heard.

[[folder:Mark Schneider]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HochuOtsuka (JP), Creator/SamRiegel (EN)

Apollon Media's new owner in the second movie.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He is just as bad as Maverick in this regard. It's telling that Lunatic, the vigilante who usually goes after murderers, decides that he should be judged and hunts him down.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He seems personable and generous at first, but it doesn't take long to see how scummy he is behind closed doors.
* BreakTheHaughty: The second half of the Rising is this to him.
* FantasticRacism: He does not view [=NEXTs=] as humans. [[spoiler:He intends to replace [=HeroTV=] with a show where the heroes would have to fight against animals in a battle to the death.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: His main purpose in the second movie is to make Kotetsu's life as miserable as possible.
* HateSink: He's an infuriatingly haughty man who just makes the lives of everyone around him worse. Tellingly, the actual physical threats of the movie all want revenge on him.
* LaserGuidedKarma: At the end of the movie, Lunatic, as Yuri Petrov, decides to expose his crimes to the public and punish him legally, after [[VigilanteExecution his usual method of dealing with scum]] is thwarted by the heroes.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Within the public space, he's seen as a benevolent figure who swoops in to save failing companies in the nick of time. That just hides how many people he wronged in order to get to where he is and his discrimination towards [=NEXTs=]. By the end of the film, this good publicity is naturally flushed down the toilet.

[[folder:Virgil Dingfelder/Andrew Scott]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (JP), Creator/CrispinFreeman (EN)

Schneider's secretary who appears in the second movie.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: He has the ability to [[spoiler:create the gigantic crablike robot monstrosity out of metals nearby him.]]
* BigBad: Of the second movie.
* ExtraOreDinary: His NEXT power.
* MirrorCharacter: Barnaby, another young man whose parents were killed and company destroyed by someone he desperately wants revenge on, emphasizing how Barnaby has finally managed to move past that emotional stage of his life.
* {{Revenge}}: His motivation for causing havoc in Sternbuild is to take revenge against Schneider [[spoiler:for driving his father to suicide.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: His vendetta against Schneider is understandable, but he's willing to endanger innocent people in order to get his revenge.

!!Judiciary
[[folder:Yuri Petrov]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KojiYusa (JP), Creator/LiamOBrien (EN)

Sternbild City's Judge for Administration of Justice, as well as a curator for [=HeroTV=]. He takes all state of affairs into account to rule the damages broadcasted on [=HeroTV=], and rule indemnities between professional superheroes and the city.

* ChekhovsGunman: Appears in Episode 1 in the background of the after-party behind Blue Rose.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: For Season 1, the colour of his tie shares the same scheme as [[spoiler: Lunatic]]. While the tie he uses in Season 2 is [[spoiler: Lunatic’s pattern design]] in [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity black and white]].
%%* HangingJudge
* LooksLikeCesare: He has pale skin and dark rings around his eyes, giving him a positively ghoulish look.
* {{Patricide}}: He killed [[spoiler:his abusive father while trying to protect his mother.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He will ''always'' do his research on a criminal if he suspects something fishy with their case. Even if the whole city believes otherwise. [[spoiler:This proved vital to Kotetsu's remaining free when he was chased by his brainwashed friends.]]
* ScarsAreForever: He has a burn scar in the shape of his father's hand that he covers with make up.
* StealthMentor: Though he's not reliable enough to even be considered an AloofAlly, he does have moments of this. Specifically, he drops Kotetsu from a blimp in the Rising, conveniently putting Kotetsu in the perfect position to help Barnaby. Underneath all the barbs and taunts, [[spoiler:Lunatic]] seems to genuinely want to believe in Kotetsu and his way of justice.
* TheStoic: No matter what happens, he seems to be calm and collected like no other.
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: His father was a NEXT and so is he, though his powers are completely different from his father's.
* TalkingToTheDead: He talks to a hallucination of his father.
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Yuri's [=NEXT=] power manifested when he tried to stop his father from beating his mother. As of date, Yuri uses his powers to [[spoiler: execute criminals as Lunatic]].

!!Civilians
[[folder:Cis]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkikoYajima (JP), Creator/StephanieSheh (EN)

A mysterious young woman whom Sky High meets and falls in love with in Episode 15.

* AIIsACrapshoot: And breaks rather easily when [[LightningCanDoAnything hit by lighting]].
* ApologeticAttacker: Subverted, [[spoiler:"I'm sorry" is one of the stock phrases she has in her memory, and it's pure coincidence that it's the one she uses when she starts slamming Kotetsu's face into a wall.]]
* CreepyMonotone: [[spoiler:Later revealed to be MachineMonotone.]]
* DeceptivelyHumanRobots: Turns out she's a gynoid that had wandered off.
* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: She seems to have limited amount of phrases she can say and starts to repeat them after she's broken.
* EmotionlessGirl: Justified, seeing how she's a robot.
* {{Expy}}: Of Dorothy from ''Anime/TheBigO'', a previous work from the director. Right down to having the same voice actress [[spoiler:and being a RobotGirl]].
* MarionetteMotion: During the fight.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When she's in combat mode.
* RoboticReveal: Turns out [[spoiler:she's actually a robot.]]
* SatelliteLoveInterest: [[spoiler:Justified, she's a robot and thus she can't have more depth than she's already been given.]]
* SciFiBobHaircut: Her hair is in a bob cut and she's an [[spoiler:android]] in a superhero show.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Cis, Sis, and Six are all different spellings used for her name.
* TheStoic

!Heroes’ Friends & Family
!!The Kaburagis
[[folder:Kaede Kaburagi]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RinaHidaka (JP), Creator/EdenRiegel (EN)

Kotetsu's 10-year-old daughter. She lives with her dad’s clan and was initially unaware of her father's work as a hero during Season One. After the events from Season One with her father’s business revealed to her, Kaede comes to take pride as a “[[HeroicLineage Hero’s kid]],” and is inspired to follow her dad’s footsteps with the mindset of applying for Sternbild’s Hero Academy after elementary graduation by Season Two.

* AlliterativeName: Like her dad.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Singlehandedly makes Maverick's plan backfire in his face with her own version of his power. Then she does it again by taking out Rotwang before he can activate his death trap.]]
* CallingTheOldManOut: In Episode 17 where she calls him out for not being there for her.
* ChekhovsGunman: She is initially only featured in a few episodes early on; by the second season, she's arguably as important to the arc as the secondary heroes.
* DamselOutOfDistress: [[spoiler:Superpowered little girls make for poor hostages.]]
* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: Her power is to copy the power of the last NEXT she's touched. Thus, she spends some time accidentally destroying damn near everything she touches after temporarily acquiring her father's Hundred Power abilities.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: After the timeskip.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She gets really upset when her favorite stuffed animal gets lost.
%%* GirlishPigtails
* InTheBlood: Kaede has her mom’s plucky outgoing personality with her dad’s strong sense of wanting to physically help people by using her [=NEXT=] powers.
* KidAmidTheChaos: In Season Two, Kotetsu is hesitant to allow Kaede follow his footsteps to become a superhero. While he’s happy to see his daughter become interested in his job, Kotetsu’s concern is driven mostly by Kaede’s risky PowerCopying [=NEXT=] power; as no parent would want their kid go into superheroism with a super power weakness such as hers--a power weakness that would more than likely render Kaede [[BroughtDownToNormal useless and vulnerable]] during combat. With a little father-to-daughter talk over the matter, Kotetsu asked Kaede to patiently wait for his answer as he thinks this through.
%%* LittleMissBadass
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Concerning Kotetsu's double life. [[spoiler:Until Episode 21.]]
* MissingMom: Her mother, Tomoe, [[spoiler:died from illness five years ago.]]
* PluckyGirl: Daddy's in deep trouble back in Sternbild? She's out to help him. Alone. ''And she's only ten.''
* PowerCopying: Her ability as a budding NEXT. She's basically got [[ComicBook/XMen Rogue]]'s powerset, minus the TouchOfDeath.
** In Season Two, Kotetsu explained to Ryan that Kaede “can’t recopy powers (from the same [=NEXT=])” once she discarded that power. Further elaborations are yet to be presented, but if Kotetsu’s simplified answer is to be believed, then her copy powers acts more like a SuperpowerRussianRoulette; meaning, if lucky, she would get temporary [[SuperpowerLottery superpower lotteries]], if unlucky, it’ll be BlessedWithSuck for her depending on her accessibility to [=NEXTs=] who she never made physical contacts with. If she does aim to become a superhero for her career, then that means she’ll need to stay by [=NEXTs=] whom she never physically touched and understand in full on how their powers works. Then, she needs to make sure to not touch any other [=NEXTs=], including civilians and villains, while handling one power. Worst setting condition is that Kaede would more than likely [[DramaticAmmoDepletion run out of [=NEXTs=] to copy powers from]], since there’s only a countable hands full of people working in the superhero business.
** S2 Episode 7 confirmed Kaede’s [=NEXT=] [[PowerGlows power glow]] did not show up when Kotetsu activated his powers to BridalCarry save her. Which means Kaede is indeed unable to recopy her dad’s powers since her initial copy. Another confirmation point is that whatever power Kaede gained would be deactivated once she is in physical contact with a [=NEXT=] who she once copied; such as her dad.
* PowerFloats: When we first saw her NEXT powers, they were enabling her to float and run on air.
* PowerIncontinence: In Episodes 18 & 19, it drives her and Anju crazy.
* PrecociousCrush: On Barnaby.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Since Kotetsu is not at home most of the time, she lives with her grandmother and uncle instead.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: She has a growth spurt in the two years between Seasons 1 and 2 and begins to resemble a teenage version of her late mother, Tomoe.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Maverick's plan would have worked if she didn't have the ability to copy the powers of other NEXT.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She takes after her mother.
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Considering how she reacts to the knowledge of her father's real job, she shows quite a bit of potential for becoming a superhero herself.
* TheUnreveal: She [[spoiler:copied magnetic powers from ''someone'', but it's never stated who.]]
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: She's understandably displeased about not having her dad around while growing up; made worse because he hasn't been able to tell her about his double life.

[[folder:Muramasa Kaburagi]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Masahiko Tanaka (JP), Creator/KirkThornton (EN)

Kotetsu's older brother who runs a snack-in liquor store, and takes care of the entire Kaburagi clan; which includes matriarch Anju, niece Kaede, his wife, and his own 2 children--with 1 more addition on the way.

%%* AloofBigBrother
* TheBartender: He owns a snack-in liquor store.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He might be [[AloofBigBrother aloof]], but he cares about his little brother regardless.
* TheConfidant: The default go-to-middleman Kotetsu would call up whenever he is stuck between work and family issues.
* TheDutifulSon: While Kotetsu ran off to Sternbild to become a professional hero, Muramasa stays put to take care of their clan.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Muramasa is the reponsible brother to the foolish Kotetsu.
* SiblingYinYang: His serious disposition makes him the polar opposite to Kotetsu.

[[folder:Anju Kaburagi]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Sayuri Sadaoka (JP), Creator/KariWahlgren (ENG)

Kotetsu's mother. She has been raising her granddaughter Kaede in his absence.

* GoodParents: Anju cares deeply for all of her family members.
* {{Housewife}}: Since she's old, she stays at home and tends to the house.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Kaede, since Kotetsu's rarely home.
* TalkingToPlants: She talks to her garden.

[[folder:Tomoe Kaburagi née Amamiya]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaayaSakamoto (JP), Creator/TaraSands (EN)

Kotetsu’s wife who died of illness five years prior to Season One.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Tomoe and Kotetsu became friends over their shared geekiness for superheroes.
* ClassRepresentative: Revealed in Drama CD, Tomoe and Kotetsu were high school classmates, and was their class representative.
%%* DeathByOriginStory
* {{Fangirl}}: Tomoe was a superhero fan who already owned every [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition premium]] [=HeroTV=] episode discs by high school.
* GeekyTurnOn: Is a giant [=HeroTV=] and superhero fangirl. When Tomoe found Kotetsu trying to come up with his superhero name in-between classes one day, she went head-over-heels in excitement and instantly became friends with him.
* FullNameBasis: Prior to being attracted to Kotetsu, Tomoe usually calls Kotetsu by his full name.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: With Kotetsu, as they started dating each other since high school.
* IllGirl: Though it's unclear if this is a case of the SoapOperaDisease or TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed.
* LastRequest: Before dying, Tomoe straight out demands Kotetsu to go to work, and always remain a hero.
%%* TheLostLenore
* OfficialCouple: Tomoe and Kotetsu got HappilyMarried some time after graduation. But then she died five years before Kotetsu's transfer to Apollon Media.
* PosthumousCharacter: Tomoe died before the events of Season One.
* {{Tsundere}}: To Kotetsu, on the first time Tomoe calls him simply by first name.
-->'''Tomoe:''' I think Tiger is the best name for you, Kotetsu!\\
'''Kotetsu:''' Did you just call me by my first name?\\
'''Tomoe:''' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I-it's not like it matters or anything!]]
* ThePromise: Tomoe's last request to Kotetsu was for him to continue his work as a hero.
* ZippingUpTheBodybag: The blanket over the head variant.

!!Barnaby’s Friends
[[folder:Samantha Taylor]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Yoshiko Takemura (JP), Creator/TaraPlatt (EN)

A former housekeeper of the Brooks family who Barnaby is still friendly with. She sends him a cake on his birthday every year. She eventually finds proof that suggests Maverick tampered with Barnaby's memories. After Maverick finds this out he has her captured and murders her, while framing Kotetsu for it.

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Maverick]] kills her because [[YouKnowTooMuch she knows too much]].
* ChekhovsGunman: Is introduced as a minor character but eventually proves vital in proving that [[spoiler:some of Barnaby's memories were tampered with]].
* {{Expy}}: Samantha, may or may not be based on [[http://www.madebyotherpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mrs-doubtfire.jpg Mrs. Doubtfire]] (Robin Williams). The implication is very hilarious if you think about it.
* GrannyClassic: Not a grandmother, but she has the look and personality to a T.
* KindlyHousekeeper: Even years later, she sends Barnaby cakes for his birthday.
* ParentalSubstitute: Spent a lot of time raising Barnaby as a child because his real parents were busy designing robots.
* SatelliteCharacter: Her entire role in the series is defined by her connection to Barnaby.
* SheKnowsTooMuch: The one of the reasons [[spoiler:Maverick]] killed her.
* StuffedInTheFridge: The main reason for her death. [[spoiler:Maverick]] wanted to drive Barnaby into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge over her death [[spoiler:and framed Kotetsu for it]].

[[folder:Mattia Ingram]]
->'''Voiced by''': Shuhei Sakaguchi (JP)

Barnaby's old childhood friend who appears in Season 2. He is a normal human working at a lab trying to develop a drug that grants NEXT powers.

* AccidentalDiscovery: He accidentally created a power-enhancing NEXT drug when he mixed several formulas in an overworked stupor.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Averted. He thinks that's going to happen with Barnaby but to his surprise he remembers him as soon as he sees the Bubblegum that they used to share as kids.
* FriendlyRivalry: Explicitly lays out his rekindled relationship with Barnaby as this. He wants to surpass him and become an even bigger hero to the world in his own way (through creating life-saving pharmaceuticals rather than punching bad guys), but he's motivated by sincere admiration and respect for his old friend, and would be delighted if they started hanging out again. For his part, Barnaby is flattered and happy to play along. [[spoiler:It all goes horribly wrong when it turns out that his research actually had a far more sinister purpose, but he didn't know that, it wasn't his fault, and Barnaby doesn't hold it against him once the truth comes out.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: He was completely unaware his research was being sponsored by Ouroboros.

!!Ivan’s Friends
[[folder:Edward Keddy]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WataruHatano (JP), Creator/BenjaminDiskin (EN)\\
'''Power:''' Sand Manipulation

Ivan's best friend from his days at Hero Academy.

* TheAce: He was at the top of all his classes at Hero Academy.
* AccidentalMurder: When he tried to save a hostage from some criminals, he impulsively tried to take away the gun away and ended up shooting the hostage instead, the incident got him arrested for murder (despite it being an accident) and ruined any chance of him being Sternbild's hero.
* DishingOutDirt: His powers allow him to phase through various substances - like concrete, marble, and blacktop - by turning his body and/or the area around him into sand.
* FaceHeelTurn: All the above leads to Edward breaking out of prison to hunt Ivan down and punish him for his part in what happened.
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: A justified example, when Lunatic hunts him down, he panics and runs for his life rather than phase out of the area like he first appeared, as the fear for his life probably made him unable to think clearly.
* HeelFaceTurn: Realizes the mistake he's made when even after he tried to drown him in sand, Ivan still declares he's willing to protect Edward with his life. He willingly goes back to prison at the end of the episode and Ivan visits him on a regular basis, having reformed their friendship.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Edward tried to save a hostage, but his struggle with the criminals led to the gun going off and killing her instead.
* NeverMyFaut: Refuses to accept it was his reckless actions that got a civilian killed, placing all of the blame on Ivan instead.
* TheResenter: After being convicted for the hostage's murder, Edward begins to blame Ivan for standing on the sidelines and not helping him.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Fully considers Ivan to be a horrible friend that cost him his hero career. By the end of the episode and in Season 2, the two have rekindled their friendship.

!Enemies
[[folder:Lunatic]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KojiYusa (JP), Creator/LiamOBrien (EN)

A mysterious NEXT who manipulates blue flames. His dark and brutal idea of justice, that is, making killers atone for their deeds with their lives, puts him at odds with the other heroes.

* AbusiveParents: While [[spoiler:Mr. Legend]] was a nice enough parent while he was [[spoiler:a hero]], he slowly descended into this and alcoholism once he was BroughtDownToNormal... Also, Lunatic seems to hallucinate from time to time that his father's spirit is reprimanding him.
* AntiHero: A particularly brutal and ruthless variant bordering on AntiVillain.
* AllEncompassingMantle: Wears one but [[FlungClothing flings]] it off and burns it when he gets serious.
* AutomaticCrossbow: Has one that can shoot his flames.
* BadMoonRising: His appearance is always signaled by a shot of the moon taking on an ominous red hue.
* BigDamnHeroes: When [[spoiler:Kotetsu is framed for a crime he didn't commit and being chased by the fake Wild Tiger]] Lunatic saves him on the grounds that he only punishes true criminals.
* BurnScarsBurningPowers: Lunatic, a vigilante who kills criminals with his fire powers, has a burn scar on his face that he hides with makeup in his civilian identity, [[spoiler: judge Yuri Petrov]]. When he was a child, [[spoiler: Yuri awakened his fire powers to protect his mother from his abusive father, former superhero Mr. Legend. Yuri set Legend on fire; and as Legend burned to death, Legend attempted to grab Yuri's face, leaving a hand-shaped burn scar.]]
* CatchPhrase: "Hear the voice of Thanatos!" or some variant thereof. Doubles as a PreMortemOneLiner.
* ChekhovMIA: It's pointed out that Lunatic, while sporadically mentioned and seen, strikes rather infrequently, not even showing up when people like Jake hold the city hostage despite his vigilantism. [[spoiler: This is because his true identity is Yuri Petrov, who's a city judge and a curator of Hero TV, so he's busy working with the heroes during daylight hours, and only acts when he feels the heroes' methods have failed.]]
* ChestInsignia: Has a blue hand on the right side of his body and a smaller one on his mask.
* CombatPragmatist: Not so much in his fighting, but he strikes at the first moment to try and kill someone, not caring if they were arrested and defeated beforehand.
* DestructiveSavior: [[KnightTemplar For a given value of 'savior'.]] His attitudes towards collateral damage are enough to turn even ''Kotetsu'''s stomach.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Lunatic might be a killer but he only goes after killers of the innocent-and thoroughly researches his marks before acting, lest he kills an innocent himself. When confronted by a man who was obviously innocent of the crimes leveled against him, Lunatic acts to save him instead. He also refuses to kill anyone who is innocent in his eyes.
* FireballEyeballs: Sometimes happens when using his powers.
* FreudianExcuse: His father, [[spoiler:Mr. Legend,]] was originally his inspiration, and encouraged him to take action when he saw wrongs being committed. [[spoiler:Then he lost his powers and began drinking heavily and abusing Lunatic's mother. Yuri eventually stood up to him to protect his mother, inadvertently activating his NEXT powers in the process, and accidentally burned his father alive. To top it all off, his mother still holds a grudge against him for killing Legend, even if it was to defend her.]] Is it any wonder he doesn't have much faith in heroes?
* GoodIsNotNice: If you consider him an AntiHero. He considers himself an administrator of justice, and is willing to kill in service to this goal. He never intentionally wounds any of the heroes, but doesn't seem to be terribly careful about it either.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a massive burn across his face that he routinely covers with make-up. It's the result of [[spoiler:his father attempting a FacePalmOfDoom on him after Yuri set his hand on fire.]]
%%* IHaveTheHighGround: Lunatic makes a habit of this.
* IntangibleMan: In Episode 16 Lunatic just vanishes through an overpass in a burst of blue/green flame. In that same episode he phases through a wall to enter a strip club to administer his justice to the Lady Killer. The wall sustained no damage.
* KarmaHoudini: Never actually faces punishment for his actions, the most he gets is being stopped from committing murder.
* KickTheDog: His willingness to kill the innocent Ivan just for defending (an admittedly deserving) Edward showed he's not as just as he thinks he is.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: He won't hesitate to go after criminals even after they've been arrested, imprisoned, or otherwise neutralized, such as the prisoners he fried in Episode Six and [[spoiler:Albert Maverick after he wiped his own mind]].
* KnightOfCerebus: The first villain in the show who's treated entirely seriously, and responsible for the first on-screen deaths as well.
* KnightTemplar: He kills criminals that have slipped through the law's fingers.
* LightningBruiser: His flames are hotter than Fire Emblem's and he can use them to rapidly propel himself through the air. He's also resilient enough to take a direct hit from Kotetsu (while the latter's Hundred Power was activated) without flinching.
* MalevolentMaskedMan: He wears a mask with a handprint covering the face.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: A firm believer in this. Even targeting people who escaped prison for murder they ''accidentally'' caused.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Any guy that calls himself ''Lunatic'' probably isn't someone you wanna run into.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: He makes a point of only killing criminals, but is not averse to extending a lethal hand on anyone who helps criminals.
* NightmareFace: His mask.
* NinetiesAntiHero: Kills criminals in the name of justice? Check. Considers other heroes [[GoodIsOldFashioned outdated and ineffective]]? Check. Wears an outfit that would [[ObviouslyEvil instantly identify him]] as a CardCarryingVillain in any other era of comics? ''Double-check''!
* NoArcInArchery: He can hit someone with his crossbow [[ImprobableAimingSkills from halfway across the city.]] While standing on top of a skyscraper. When his target was in a parking structure. Probably justified by him being able to control the trajectory, meaning the crossbow is just for style.
* NotQuiteFlight: Can use quick bursts of flame to change his trajectory in mid-air, much like a DoubleJump.
* PayEvilUntoEvil:
** If he targets a criminal, odds are that they are ''deeply'' unpleasant people.
** His first appearance in Episode 6 has him frying three criminals midway through their fond reminiscences about kidnapping and murdering children and entire families.
** He does it again at the end of Episode 16, this time against a SerialKiller who managed to get away from Kotetsu.
* PlayingWithFire: He has the ability to generate and control fire, to a greater degree than Fire Emblem.
* RedRightHand: Under his mask, he has a massive hand shaped burn across his face. The mask itself uses the hand motif as a bitter reminder.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Subverted. He's not immune to the fire that he generates, [[spoiler: as the hand-shaped scar on his face is the result of his then burning father grabbing his face.]] As such, he shoots his flames from his crossbow or in short bursts. This is a difference between him and Fire Emblem, who ''is'' immune to their flames.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: On Ivan when he imitated an escaped fugitive. However, Lunatic all but spells out that he was going to eliminate the less noble of the two anyway.
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: A point he repeatedly tries to make to the heroes.
* TautologicalTemplar: Lunatic, in that he honestly thinks that to achieve true justice, all criminals--and those who shield and/or support them--must die. This clashes with Sternbild's laws, which frown on the concept of capital punishment.
* VigilanteMan: He's not working for Hero TV, or with the police when he's acting as Lunatic.
* VigilanteExecution: His standard MO, much to the disapproval of the heroes.
* VillainousRescue: He saved Kotetsu from [[spoiler:the other heroes when they had been brainwashed by a villain.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: After years of exclusively being served idealistic, squeaky-clean heroes, fans ''love'' him. [[spoiler:Though with the popularity boost the regular heroes get after defeating Ouroboros's attack, his success is short-lived.]]
* WildCard: He is firmly against villains, he does not hesitate to attack and possibly kill heroes should they get in the way of his "justice".

[[folder:Dr. Rotwang]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto (JP), Creator/VicMignogna (EN)

A robotics engineer and former colleague of Barnaby's parents. He created Cis and later joins up with Maverick to further his research.

* AssholeVictim: No one was mourning his death when Maverick kicked him off the building.
* CharacterDeath: It's safe to say he didn't survive being sent careening off the top of the tallest building in the city. Hero Tv Fan 2 also confirms his death.
* ChekhovsGunman: Introduced early on as a one-shot who worked with Barnaby's parents on android research. Cut to Episode 23...
* DeathByRacism: He thinks Maverick's plan is for them to get rid of all the [=NEXTs=] together apparently not realizing that Maverick himself is a NEXT. He states this while he's hanging off the top of the Justice Tower from Maverick's leg.
* DirtyCoward: The moment the tables are turned, he shows his true colors.
* DisneyVillainDeath: He takes the fastest way down to the bottom of Justice Tower courtesy of a kick to the face by Maverick.
* TheDragon: Episode 23 reveals after the Cis incident that Maverick hired him to serve as his.
* FantasticRacism: Revealed in Episode 23 that he's a rabid NEXT hater, which is likely why Cis targeted heroes despite Rotwang's claims that it was just a freak accident. The motivation behind building his androids is to use them to surpass and replace the NEXT.
* MadScientist: He's nuttier than a bag full of almonds and builds robots to fight the heroes.
* PsychopathicManchild: He uses such juvenile names as "creepy" and "freaky" to describe NEXT in the dub. In the original he refers to them as "bakemono" or monsters, which is a rather exorbitant word and often associated with mythology.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gets one in Episode 23.
* SadisticChoice: Gives this to the captured heroes he put {{explosive leash}}es on. Either (A), a hero could deactivate their own explosives to save themselves, but detonate the others; or (B), trust that Tiger and Barnaby can defeat H-01, but if the pair lost to it, they would ''all'' detonate. And if any of them used their [=NEXT=] powers, he would detonate them himself.
** [[spoiler:Then he reveals in Episode 24 that trying to deactivate their own explosive will cause them all to detonate, and that he had no intention of letting any of them live. When H-01 loses, he goes back on his word and attempts to kill them anyway.]]
* SmugSnake: Back when it seemed like he was just a one-shot character in Episode 15, this wasn't apparent as his android had supposedly gone rogue. When he reappears in Episode 23 he shows his true colors as an unbearably smug and cruel villain driven by FantasticRacism and who thinks he can easily break the captive heroes with his mind games.
* SoreLoser: [[spoiler:When H-01 is defeated by Wild Tiger and Barnaby, he plans on killing all the captive heroes. They're only saved by Kaede's timely intervention.]]
* ShoutOut: He shares a name with another robot creator in ''Film/{{Metropolis}}''.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: With Rotwang hanging on to Maverick to stop from falling out of a building, Maverick tells him he has no further need for him now that Rotwang has finished his androids and kicks him to his death in Episode 25.

[[folder:Benoit Depardieu]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Tetsuo Goto (JP), Creator/KirkThornton (EN)

A serial killer who appears in S1 Episode 16. He's been stated to sexually assault and murder women for pleasure.

* ForTheEvulz: The series gives no other explanation for what he does.
* InSeriesNickname: "Ladykiller".
* ISurrenderSuckers: Inverted. When he sees Lunatic approach, he immediately attacks. When that fails, he offers to come along quietly. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, he didn't seem to get the memo on Lunatic's method of handling unrepentant {{Serial Killer}}s.]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: What Lunatic did to him? He REALLY had it coming.
* SerialKiller: As mentioned, he rapes and murders women for fun.
* TooDumbToLive: For failing to realize that Lunatic [[VigilanteExecution doesn't take prisoners]].
* WhipItGood: He has an electrically charged whip which he uses as a weapon. It's implied that he also uses it to torture his victims.
* WrongGenreSavvy: He surrenders because he knows that a Hero wouldn't kill him. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for [[AssholeVictim him]], [[SerialKillerKiller Lunatic]] is a vigilante unaffiliated with the Heroes who ''doesn't take prisoners.'']]

[[folder:Robin Baxter]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (JP), Creator/JasonSpisak (EN)

A villain from the movie. An internationally wanted criminal for stealing goods across the world and getting away scot free.

* RollerbladeGood: He wears rollerblades. Helps him get around faster.
* LogicalWeakness: He can only switch places with ''people'' so he's outsmarted by believing Barnaby's in his suit and then contained where he can't see anyone to swap with.
* VillainTeleportation: His NEXT power is the ability to switch places with anyone in his sight. Also able to TeleportSpam it with glee when in a area filled with people.

[[folder:Richard Max]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama (JP), Creator/MatthewMercer (EN)

One of the three mysterious villains in the second movie.
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* TheComicallySerious: He is unamused at Bison's attempts to have a CatchPhrase.
* MakeMeWannaShout: His NEXT power
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Origami Cyclone manages to weaken him critically by reflecting Richard Max's own scream back at him. This gives Sky High and Rock Bison a chance to deliver the finishing blow.
* {{Revenge}}: Against Schneider for ruining his career as a boxer.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kasha Graham]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NanaMizuki (JP), Creator/CristinaValenzuela (EN)

One of the three mysterious villains in the second movie.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Her discs can cut through anything, including bridges, like butter.
* BellyDancer: Her former profession before her studio was closed down.
* DanceBattler: She is highly maneuverable thanks to her talents as a Belly dancer and attacks with these moves as well as the chakrams she carries, which she is able to create copies of whenever she duplicates herself.
* DeadlyDisc: Her main weapon.
* MesACrowd: She can create illusions and uses them to make copies of herself to confuse her enemies.
* {{Revenge}}: Against Schneider for closing down the theater where she worked as a dancer.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Johnny Wong]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Mugihito}} (JP), Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (EN)

One of the three mysterious villains in the second movie.
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* EvilOldFolks: He's evil and an old man. He has rather deadly NEXT power that he needs to get in close proximity to work. However, his high agility and deadly skill with staff make him a formidable adversary to the heroes even without his NEXT power.
* HealingFactor: By way of a cellular regeneration belt.
* HumanPopsicle: How he is finally defeated, courtesy of Blue Rose.
* LotusEaterMachine: He can send people into a tortuous slumber.
* NoSell: His powers don't work on people who have no problems with who they are, as Nathan is able to overcome being whammied by accepting their DarkAndTroubledPast and moving beyond it.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Fire Emblem's transgender nature disgusts him and he's none too polite in expressing that distaste.
* {{Revenge}}: Against Schneider for destroying the temple where he served as a monk.
* SimpleStaff: His weapon of choice.
* WouldHitAGirl: Has no problem beating down Blue Rose and Dragon Kid mercilessly.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gregory Sunshine]]
A villain thief that tangled with Golden Ryan in the past who's currently serving a life sentence.
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* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Zigzagged. [[spoiler: He ''technically'' plays this straight with Fugan and Mugan, but they were so close to death that he only shortened their lives by a couple minutes at most. He plays this straight with Brahe, who he kills before the heroes are aware he even ''exists''.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: At first it seems like he's just a flashback villain to flesh out Golden Ryan's past. Then he returns as a guinea pig for Rosicky's NEXT drug. [[spoiler:The gunman part ends up being pretty literal as he murders Fugan, Mugan, Brahe and possibly Rosicky while he makes his escape, stealing a briefcase full of the drug they were testing on him in the process.]]
* FightsLikeANormal: His power is extremely situational and difficult to use in a combat situation, so he's mostly just a conventional guerrilla fighter who's very good with firearms. [[spoiler:These are the skills he relies on to break out of Ouroboros's laboratory.]]
* ForTheEvulz: He has no stated reason to go out of his way to [[spoiler: shoot the already dying Fugan and Mugan in the middle of his firefight with Brahe, as all it does is cause the latter's last moments to be absolutely miserable before also being killed.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: It's never stated what his goals are, but it's known he has no connection to Ouroboros.
* PowerIncontinence: His NEXT power is to make other NEXT lose control over their own powers. A flashback shows him jumpstarting Golden Ryan's gravity power resulting in a building being brought down on Ryan.
* TheQuietOne: Doesn't speak a word during his entire screen time.
* SlasherSmile: He flashes one [[spoiler:right after murdering Fugan and Mugan and just before murdering Brahe]].
* TestedOnHumans: Rosicky uses him as the guinea pig for her drug which enhances NEXT powers since he's a prisoner who will be locked up for the rest of his life and she figures no one will miss him. He also should theoretically be a relatively safe test subject since his power only affects other NEXT, and they can freely choose harmless powers for him to send out of control. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Ouroboros, they forgot that a veteran criminal with a hyper-situational power usually FightsLikeANormal.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: He was already a danger to [=NEXTs=] civilians and heroes alike, but after being used as a test subject for an enhancement drug, he's pressumably MUCH more dangerous than before.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:[=H-01=]]]

* {{BFG}}: [=H-01=] is equipped with a powerful one. After Wild Tiger and Barnaby disarmed it, the gun was used by Barnaby to finish it off while Wild Tiger held [=H-01=].
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Has one in its left arm.
* ConservationOfNinjitsu: Averted and lampshaded. [=H-01=] wasn't a prototype, it was a production model. The second the heroes get over defeating one, 8 more equally powerful ones show up.
* OCStandIn: Despite only appearing in a few episodes, [=H-01=] has inspired the fandom to create a more humanized version called [[spoiler: Ebitetsu]]. [[spoiler:Sporting PaletteSwap versions of Kotetsu's outfit and his hat pulled down to obscure his eyes]] he appears in truckloads of fanart, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntjWQ8bHw78&feature=related fancreated]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04WU3_chZ7g&feature=related MMDs]] and even doujinshi.

[[/folder]]


[[folder:Minor Season One Criminals]]
* TheDeadHaveNames: The criminals from Episode 1 are named after they were killed in Episode 6. Their names were Tony Smith, Jack Brown, and Bob Johnson.
* {{Determinator}}: One of the robbers basically spends half the episode evading the many heroes that show up. And he is a completely normal guy. This is, of course, purely to show off all the main heroes.
* ISurrenderSuckers: The Lady Killer tries one on [[spoiler: Lunatic, with predictable results]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: One of the criminals from Episode 7 wields a ''medieval broadsword''. [[spoiler: Since it was a staged show, though, [[AvertedTrope he probably had no idea how to use it]].]]
* IndirectKiss: Invoked in Episode 14 when the backstage thief who crossdresses as Blue Rose considers using her lipstick.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Once the backstage thief finds out how bad the security is, he had no choice but to start sneaking in and stealing stuff.
* InvisibleJerkass: The backstage thief.
* JetPack: The villains in Episode 5 have them.
* MiniMecha: The type of weapon a criminal piloted in Episode 6.
* TheNoseKnows: The main powers of the criminal group featured in Episode 9. Mary can smell money, Lily can smell [[LivingLieDetector lies]], and Elly can smell [[SpiderSense danger]].
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Lady Killer]] for not knowing [[VigilanteMan Lunatic]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil doesn't take prisoners]].
* WingdingEyes: One of the robbers in the opening sequence of the series uses a realistic take on this look with dollar signs on the lenses of his sunglasses.
* WrongGenreSavvy: The serial killer who beats on women and is targeted by Lunatic for it thinks his attacker is a lawful superhero and would to let him live if he surrenders. Maybe if he'd actually watched [=HeroTV=]...

[[/folder]]

!!Ouroboros
[[folder:General]]

A vast criminal organization that Barnaby was investigating due to their link to his parents' murder. Their true motives remain unclear.
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* EngineeredHeroics: [[spoiler:They helped Maverick build up Hero TV by setting up crimes for his heroes to thwart on camera.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: The organization's overall goals are a complete mystery. Jake's faction believed they were fighting for NEXT supremacy, [[spoiler:Maverick]] used them to further his business, Rosicky wanted to create a drug to generate NEXT powers in unpowered heroes, and unknown superiors backed Fugan and Mugan's "Hero Hunt" to make people fear NEXT.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Members of the organization or affiliates have served as the main threats in each season of the show.
* NebulousEvilOrganization: They're an enigmatic organization involved with crime, terrorism, robotics and mad science.
* {{Ouroboros}}:
** The show's version of the symbol is a snake with a Spade-shaped eye and a blade passing through its body. This is the tattoo mark found on people belonging to the secret organization of the same name.
** The Ouroboros was removed from the [[spoiler:Stern Dollar]] for the DVD/BD release. It was supposed to be a very common image (the meaning and origins of which most people are unaware) -- much like the US Dollar's Eye of Providence.
%%* TheSyndicate
* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: The Ouroboros criminal organisation is curiously well-armed--having helicopters, high-tech firearms, and even a good number of MiniMecha in its arsenal. [[spoiler:This is because Apollon Media's been funding them--you can't have a superhero show without properly threatening villains, after all.]]
** TheStinger in the final episode suggests something far more sinister. [[spoiler: If you get the Stern dollar wet, the Ouroboros symbol is revealed.]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kriem]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichikoNeya (JP), Creator/StephanieSheh (EN)

A NEXT user who labels herself as a part of Ouroboros, she has taken Sternbild City hostage, and has demanded that Jake, who is imprisoned at Abbas Penitentiary, be released.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Isolated by her peers and her parents from a young age because of her NEXT powers.
* BaldOfEvil: After being captured, her head gets shaved, probably to keep her from using her hair to wreak havoc once she wakes up.
* BareYourMidriff: Her outfit leaves her stomach exposed.
* CombatCommentator: For Ouroboros TV.
* DeathbedConfession: To Barnaby regarding Ouroboros' involvement in his parents' death. [[spoiler:Or lack thereof, as the case may be.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: After learning of Jake's death, she kills herself by removing her [=IVs=] and unplugging her life-support.
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: She spitefully tells Barnaby that Jake didn't kill his parents to deny him closure, unusually for this trope, this actually does a lot of good in the long run.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/HarleyQuinn. Her appearance is thematically similar, and her devotion to Jake is exactly like Harley's devotion to the Joker.
* FantasticRacism: Was a victim of this in her childhood. [[spoiler:When she was young, everyone (including her own parents) hated/feared her because she was a NEXT. Inverted in that once she joined up with Jake, she became a rabid supporter of NEXT supremacy and discriminates against 'normal' people.]]
* FriendlessBackground: Because everyone viewed her NEXT powers as "creepy and disgusting".
* IRegretNothing: She has no regrets working for Jake or killing herself, because she's totally devoted to the guy for saving her.
%%* MakingASpectacleOfYourself
* MarionetteMaster: She controls the [[CreepyDoll Mad]] {{Bears|AreBadNews}} with her NEXT power.
* AMatchMadeInStockholm: With Jake. He originally had kidnapped her but kept her around when it became clear that her parents weren't going to fork over one red cent to save her.
* NiceHat: A bowler.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:She reveals (then kills herself) that Jake had nothing to do with the murder of Barnaby's parents because she wants Barnaby to suffer forever with uncertainty for his part in Jake's death. All she actually does is sets Barnaby on the path to the truth and exposes an even larger NEXT supremacy conspiracy than the group she was a part of.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Kriem barely looks a day over twenty-three, but was around fourteen or fifteen twenty years ago when Jake kidnapped her. She's probably Kotetsu's age, if not older.
* ParasolOfPrettiness: To accentuate her femininity.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents always viewed her as a freak and [[YouCanKeepHer didn't bother trying to get her back by paying the ransom money]] her kidnapper (Jake) demanded of them.
* PerkyGoth: She's a fervent follower of Jake who happens to have a rather gothic fashion sense.
* TogetherInDeath: With "Jake-sama!"
* UnholyMatrimony: Kriem and Jake are a pair of NEXT supremacists and terrorists but they're also in a genuinely loving relationship.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Jake.
* YouCanKeepHer: Her parents' response to her kidnapping by Jake twenty years ago.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jake Martinez]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeijiFujiwara (JP), Creator/SteveBlum (EN)

A NEXT currently serving 250 years at the Abbas Penitentiary for a string of very intense deaths.
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* ArcVillain: He's the main villain of a four episode arc that formally introduces Ouroboros and ends the first half of Season 1.
* ArtificialLimbs: He lost his left leg due to an accident.
* BadassFingerSnap: His preferred method of using his powers, though he doesn't have to.
* BarrierWarrior: His primary power, throwing it out as projectiles that hit incredibly hard initially mistaken for [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]].
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: [[spoiler:Jake Martinez has no idea what Barnaby is talking about when he asks why Jake murdered his parents, and mocks him for expecting him to keep track. The trope is then subverted when it's revealed in S1 Episode 18 that Barnaby's memory is faulty and Jake wasn't the murderer.]]
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The heroes might never have defeated Jake if not for him uttering Kotetsu's real name in a blind rage, thus revealing his mind-reading powers.]]
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Usually [=NEXTs=] gain a blue aura when they activate their powers. Jake's is red [[spoiler: most likely to indicate his two powers]].
* CurbStompBattle: The Seven Battles event was completely intended to be this, and the first three matches actually were such, with Sky High, Rock Bison, and Wild Tiger all ending up hospitalized.
* DarkMessiah: Kriem views him as this.
* DeadlyForceField: Jake Martinez has the power to create DeflectorShields and uses it offensively, creating tiny shields that act like a bullet on contact, applying a large pushing force in a small surface.
* DirtyCoward: When he's at Barnaby's mercy, he begs and grovels for his life despite killing many people and nearly killing hundreds of thousands of people.
* DiskOneFinalBoss: Being a powerful NEXT thanks to his ability to have [[spoiler:2 powers instead of one]], he managed to easily overpower Rock Bison and Sky High and to do quite a number on Kotetsu as well. However [[spoiler:he dies at the end of his arc, he and Kriem only make up a small faction of Ouroboros and despite what Barnaby remembers, Jake isn't the one who murdered his parents.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When he kidnapped Kriem for ransom and her parents refused to pay he told her that, as a NEXT, she wasn't a freak but a chosen one and set her free for no other reason that why not, [[AMatchMadeInStockholm leading to her immediately devoting herself to him]].
* EvilGloating: Taunts Barnaby in the middle of their fight, [[spoiler:revealing he has a secondary power]]. He isn't stupid enough to tell anything more than that, but had he kept his mouth shut [[spoiler:[[NiceJobFixingItVillain Kotetsu might not have figured out WHAT that power is]]]].
* ForTheEvulz: He does have something vaguely resembling a coherent ideology, but a good number of his actions basically boil down to this.
* GlassCannon: [[spoiler:Due to his powers he has never gotten hit before, so he folds like paper anytime somebody actually manages to land a hit.]]
* INeverToldYouMyName: [[spoiler:During his fight with Wild Tiger, he calls him by his real name. After finding out Jake has a secondary power, Kotetsu immediately figures out he must be a mind-reader.]]
* HiredGuns: Former mercenary.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Jake is ultimately defeated when he attacks Tiger while hanging from a rope, damaging Kriem's helicopter in the process; [[DroppedABridgeOnHim which lands on him and kills him]].]]
* LargeHam: ''Especially'' in the English dub. Thank you, [[Creator/SteveBlum Steve]].
-->'''Jake:''' Gooooood morning! Rise and shine, scum of Sternbild. I hope you slept like babies.
* LongerThanLifeSentence: He's serving a 250-year sentence for his crimes.
* MadArtist: While in prison.
* AMatchMadeInStockholm: He and Kriem become romantically involved after he kidnapped and tried to ransom her only to find out her parents won't pay and don't care if she dies. Instead of killing her, he sets her free and tells her to be proud of being a NEXT, after which she joins him.
* MinorInjuryOverreaction: [[spoiler:Jake was absolutely furious when Wild Tiger, the hero he's spent the entire episode mocking as being worthless and pathetic, manages to be the ''only'' hero to land a hit on him--while Tiger’s powered down, no less. In retaliation, Jake beats down Tiger so badly that he has to be rushed to the ICU immediately.]]
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Against Wild Tiger, especially after Kotetsu actually managed to kick him in the face by accident.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:He kidnapped Kriem for ransom money, but due to her NEXT abilities, her parents abandoned her and didn't pay. He cheered her up and let her go. In the end, she joined him.]]
* PowersDoTheFighting: Jake Martinez has an [[SuperpowerLottery extremely versatile]] power of creating barriers, which allows him to be unfazed by even the most powerful attacks, and can be used just as powerfully offensively. Because of these abilities, he never has to put any effort into fighting, which means that [[MinorInjuryOverreaction he can't handle it when he receives even the slightest injury]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Most [=NEXTs=]' eyes glow blue when they use their powers. Jake's eyes glow red.
* RealMenWearPink: And he's no less scary for it.
* RedHerring: He wasn't actually the one who [[spoiler:killed Barnaby's parents.]]
* RequiredSecondaryPower: He needs to be able to focus to an extent to use his barrier abilities. [[spoiler:After he takes a fully powered kick to the ribs from Barnaby while distracted, he is clearly in a lot of pain, noting that a few of his ribs are likely broken. After this, he is nearly strangled to death by Barnaby while futilely trying to activate his power (shown by his NEXT aura appearing but the power not manifesting).]]
* SayingTooMuch[=/=]INeverToldYouMyName: [[spoiler: Kotetsu figures out Jake Martinez's [[{{Telepathy}} second power]] due to these two factors.]] Averted by the former in S1 Episode 13 when he gives Barnaby [[spoiler: [[ObfuscatingStupidity some false information]] as part of a BatmanGambit to finish Jake off]].
* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler:After being caught by Kotetsu's wire to stop him from falling to his death, Jake attempts to take a potshot at him, but misses and hits the helicopter Kriem is piloting. Knocking the tail off, this causes the helicopter to spin out of control and crash right into Jake, killing him.]]
* SerialKiller: And he might have been a PsychoForHire in his mercenary days.
* SuperpowerLottery: The first NEXT shown to have more than one power--having the power to [[BarrierWarrior project force-fields]] and {{Telepathy}}.
* TattooedCrook: He's got a number of tatoos, but notably [[spoiler:''not'' one on his hand, thus proving he wasn't the man who killed Barnaby's parents]].
* {{Telepathy}}: He can [[spoiler:read minds]].
* UnholyMatrimony: He and Kriem are a pair of NEXT supremacists who are willing to murder an entire city for fun, but they genuinely love each other.
* UniquenessDecay: Discussed. The heroes talk about the possibility that Fugan and Mugan have two powers like Jake which was previously thought to be impossible. But considering that [=NEXTs=] are a relatively recent discovery, it was not improbable. [[spoiler: Turns out they don't, but it hints that a third person is involved in their schemes.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: He "loses all respect" for [[spoiler:Chuckman]] after he's captured by the heroes and personally goes to where he's being held to murder him.
* YouKilledMyFather: Barnaby thinks it was Jake who killed his parents, but a dying Kriem provides a ''very'' solid alibi to the contrary.
* VillainousBreakdown: Jake does not take it well at all when Kotetsu, the Hero he spent the entire fight mocking as a loser, actually scores a hit (by ''accident'') on him. Unfortunately, Kotetsu is the one who suffers for it.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Jake appears to have something against shirts.
* WhatMeasureIsANonSuper: He dreams of a world dominated by NEXT.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hans Chuckman]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KentaMiyake (JP), Creator/VicMignogna (EN)

A member of Ouroboros who assists Kriem in her plan to get Jake released from prison. He's taken captive in the process and eventually killed by Jake as punishment for his failure.
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* BlackEyesOfEvil: The one time he opens them. But he has [[http://thisissternbild.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/1316609586345.jpg normal eyes]] in the DVD/Blu-ray version.
* EpicFail: He attempted a hostage situation with Kotetsu and Barnaby in the same room, he gets his ass kicked for his troubles.
* EyesAlwaysShut: His eyes are shut for the majority of his screen time. The only time they're shown open is right before Jake kills him.
* FacialMarkings: He wears some kind of facepaint.
* TheTeamNormal: He's not a NEXT but according to Kriem, Chuckman believes in her and Jake's belief of NEXT supremacy.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Jake says Chuckman lost all his respect after he was captured by the heroes and impersonated by Origami Cyclone, so he personally goes to where Chuckman's being held captive and kills him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nicolai Brahe]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Hiroyuki Kinoshita
A mysterious Rank 2 member of Ouroboros introduced in season 2. He is seen traveling and handling Fugan and Mugan.
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:His beloved sons are murdered right in front of him seconds before he's fatally shot. He cures the paralyzed heroes and dies holding his sons in his arms.]]
* ArcVillain: For the first half of Season 2. He's responsible of ordering the twins to hunt down and beat up superheroes.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied. [[spoiler: He mentions that he used to be part of Nemo Children, a group of orphans raised by Ouroboros. Considering how corrupt the organization is, it couldn't have been a nice childhood.]]
* AFatherToHisMen: Cares about Fugan and Mugan, taking umbrage with people calling them pawns, objecting to them being used in Ouroboros' plans and injecting them with experimental drugs. [[spoiler: He is genuinely upset when he notices that something is wrong with Fugan and cries as they die in his arms and apologizes before dying himself shortly after.]]
* GoodParents: [[spoiler:Ouroboros forcing his children into servitude aside (which he was entirely against), he was a loving father for Fugan and Mugan - and presumably the other children he adopted.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He looks similar to Creator/MadsMikkelsen with his hairstyle being based from his titular role from ''Series/{{Hannibal}}''.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:He outlives Fugan and Mugan only by a minute or so but it's a heartbreaking one as he watches them be murdered right before his eyes.]]
* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:It's revealed that he is a [=NEXT=] with the power to petrify people.]]
* VillainsDyingGrace: [[spoiler: Undoes his petrification of the heroes Fugan and Mugan beat senseless in his last moments.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Signourney Rosicky]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakakoHonda
Rank 2 member of Ouroboros introduced in season 2 and sponsor of Mattia's lab.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Is in a high enough position to fund an entire lab's research and also corrupt enough to get a criminal out of prison to use as a guinea pig.
* MadScientist: Not herself but she funds them. She might even be more mad than them since she actively encourages or demands morally reprehensible methods to get the result she wants.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:She's last seen bleeding out after being shot by Gregory Sunshine, but it's unclear whether she dies or not.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fugan and Mugan]]
->'''Fugan is Voiced by:''' Creator/MamoruMiyano (JP), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (EN)
->'''Mugan is Voiced by:''' Creator/KenshoOno (JP), Creator/JasonSpisak (EN)

A pair of childish, NEXT-powered twins currently out on a "Hero Hunt".
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:They both end up mortally wounded during their final fight against the remaining Heroes and use their remaining strength to teleport to their adoptive father's side so they can tell him they're grateful to him and love him one last time.]]
* AlbinosAreFreaks: They both have chalk white skin and hair and are childishly psychopathic villains.
* AmbiguousSituation: They are stated to have killed heroes by Sigourney, but by all indications [[spoiler:if the situations of most of the hero cast is any indication]], they don't kill anyone as much as they beat them senseless and leave them frozen.
* AntiVillain: They work for Ouroboros and are currently in the middle of an international Hero Hunt [[spoiler:but they don't kill any of the heroes they defeat and they're motivated by their love for their adoptive father instead of any genuine malice]].
* AttackReflector: Fugan has the power to absorb any attack towards him and reflect a counterattack that is equal-to-double the power back to his opponents.
* BoomHeadshot: In order to charge up Fugan's EnergyAbsorption powers, Mugan shoots him in the head at one point. [[spoiler: They are later killed this way thanks to escaping convict Gregory Sunshine. Granted, they were already on the brink of death from their fight with the Heroes anyway.]]
* CombatPragmatist: They'll pull every cheap trick in the book, even pretending they've been beaten long enough for help to arrive, only to turn the tables at the last minute.
* CreepyTwins: They're identical twins. They're also {{Psychopathic Manchild}}ren.
* TheDividual: They are identical twins, with identical interests and personalities who are only ever seen apart from each other when the heroes intentionally separate them.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: They dearly love each other and their adoptive father.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: When they are first suggested to fight heroes, they actually object the idea entirely on the basis that they don't want to do such a thing. However, upon realizing that it is much less of a choice for their father than it is for them, they commit to the plan.]]
* EvilIsHammy: Clearly their [[Creator/MamoruMiyano voice]] [[Creator/KenshoOno actors]] love hamming up every line they can.
* EvilIsPetty: Their motive for hunting down heroes for sport is to surpass the record set by their hero LL Audun, who defeated 17 heroes. The two of them want to defeat 36, setting a new record at 18 each. [[spoiler:At least this is their stated goal, in actuality their foster father Brahe was forced by Ouroboros to order them to attack heroes for an unknown purpose. Brahe pitched the idea to them by dressing it up as surpassing Audun, but both of the twins figure out their dad must be forced into it by Ouroboros and promise to fulfill the mission for his sake.]]
* ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy: Subverted and eventually played straight. Mugan claims he's like a chameleon, turning invisible at will. [[spoiler: His real power is teleportation.]] They later tell the truth of their abilities an episode later, something they lampshade.
* ForTheEvulz: Their stated reason for wanting to fight and nearly kill heroes of multiple cities. [[spoiler:This actually helps hide their real plan from being known, as well as their connection to Ouroboros]]
* GlassCannon: [[spoiler:After taking the NEXT-enhancing drug,]] Fugan is able to absorb a great deal more amount of damage to unleash an even more powerful attack than ever before. His body, however, is too fragile to withstand that kind of power. So for every superpowered punch or kick he delivers his bones end up breaking.
* HappilyAdopted: The two brothers were [[spoiler:street urchins who survived by pickpocketing adults. It happened that Brahe was dining in the cafe that a prejudiced owner was attempting to boot them out of, and he adopted them on the spot. As young adults, the two are still entirely grateful for him.]]
* HealingShiv: A contextual example. Mugan carries a handgun, but doesn't use it to attack their enemies - instead, it's for helping with his brother's EnergyAbsorption by shooting him. The entire process is portrayed as a twisted demonstration of their mutual trust, affection, and respect - once Fugan starts showing injury from the strain of the excessive power he's absorbed, Mugan is much more reluctant to attack him.
* TheHeavy: They're responsible for much of the conflict in the first half of Season 2 where they started attacking superheroes in nearby cities until they arrive in Sternbild to target the main heroes.
* HeroKiller: Subverted. They are reported as beating heroes senseless, but it's never confirmed they killed anyone. Though that's not for lack of trying. [[spoiler:It's revealed that they want to emulate a AntiHero from decades prior in his victory streak against heroes due to a clash in ideals. Like said hero, Fugan and Mugan never go about killing them.]]
* HeroWorshipper: They are openly big fans of LL Audun, TheRival to Mister Legend that ended up committing VigilanteExecution, causing him to eventually defeat 17 heroes before he was arrested. They in turn want to defeat 18 heroes each for a grand total of 36.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Fugan's hair is longer than his brother's.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Magical Cat manages to [[spoiler:blast Mugan with a geyser of water that accidentally ends up impaling him onto a metal gate, fatally wounding him and taking him out of the fight.]]
* {{Invisibility}}: Subverted. Mugan initially claims he has the power to turn invisible. He's actually a teleporter.
* MonsterFangirl: Rare male example. The two of them idolize LL Audun, a "rogue hero" who defeated 17 heroes before his capture. Their goal is to take down 36 heroes, 18 each, so the two of them will have surpassed his record.
* NearVillainVictory: They are about to claim victory after beating up all the five remaining heroes even though Fugan received injuries after absorbing Kotetsu's Good Luck Mode punch. [[spoiler:Until a fully-resolved Magical Cat blasts Mugan which got him impaled by a metal gate, putting Fugan in a disadvantage.]]
* OneManArmy: Unlike Jake, who is only as successful as he is due to fighting heroes one on one in a hostage situation, the twins are dangerous enough to beat several heroes at once without even trying.
* PragmaticVillainy: They prefer to target heroes when they are distracted or otherwise unable to properly fight, and then take them out as soon as they're done playing around. [[spoiler: Best shown when Golden Ryan, Rock Bison and Blue Rose come within inches of defeating them. As soon as they take some NEXT-Enhancing drug, they ''immediately'' ambush the trio again before they had time to collect their bearings.]]
* PsychopathicManchild: They act more like five-year olds then fully grown men, who gleefully nearly kill superheroes like its a big game.
* SiblingsInCrime: Twin brothers who work for Ouroboros and hunt down Heroes, seemingly for fun.
* SiblingTeam: They worked very well as a team which Steinbild heroes see this as their strength. So, keeping them separate is one way to prevent them from winning.
* SingleMindedTwins: In addition to looking identical, they also think and act identically.
* SmarterThanTheyLook: Despite looking and acting like manchildren, they're actually quite clever, outsmarting the heroes (at times accidentally) and putting them on the ropes multiple times.
* {{Teleportation}}: Mugan has the power to teleport.
* VillainBall: Lampshaded twice. [[spoiler:During their final battle with the heroes, they state the fact that they could simply leave any time they want to pick off the heroes one-by-one instead of facing them in a more formal battle but opt not to. This turns out to be because they're actually on a time limit, and refuse to leave until they are on death's door.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler: The main reason they start targeting heroes is because their adoptive father asked them to and they want to make him proud. Somewhat subverted in that Brahe is already proud of them and loves them regardless, but was forced to ask them to by his superiors.]]
* WorthyOpponent: By the end of the first half, they are considered this by Kotetsu and Barnaby given that they're toughest villains that they've ever faced. And given that they nearly won after beating up all the remaining five heroes, they were right.
[[/folder]]

* [[Characters/TigerAndBunnyMainCharacters Main Characters]]
* [[Characters/TigerAndBunnySternbildFirstLeagueHeroes Sternbild First League Heroes]]

*

!Sternbild First League Heroes
[[folder:General]]
* BashBrothers: Kotetsu and Barnaby set the new standard for this by Season 2, as all First Leagues are paired up to encourage cooperation between heroes (and their corporate sponsors) instead of competing each other for RealityTV game points. And as expected, friction would come to play due to partnerships needing time to understand each other.
** Sky High & Fire Emblem: The long-time favorite King of Heroes paired with the hero with the most offense power has created the most efficient and popular pairing of all First Leagues, but they lack open communication with one another.
** Blue Rose & Golden Ryan: While both are popular and competent in their own right, the problem for this duo is their self-centeredness, and miscommunication.
** Rock Bison & Origami Cyclone: Though the pair are considerate for each other, they are the weakest pairing of all First Leagues in terms of team image, and productivity; leading to their problems in branding themselves creatively.
** Dragon Kid & Magical Cat: While the pair gets along very well, Magical Cat is controlled by an overbearing StageMom. Leading to Magical Cat becoming mentally conflicted on the worst possible timings and often became TheLoad for Dragon Kid.
** Mr. BLACK & This Is Thomas: [[TeethClenchedTeamwork The most problematic]] of all First Leagues. However, during The case of Fugan & Mugan, Mr. Black is the first to learn how to compromise by understanding his place in combat; allowing Thomas to focus on offense while he supports in defense.
* EngineeredHeroics: Ultimately Downplayed. [[spoiler: As it turned out, most of the criminals taken down by the heroes are actually employed by Maverick so that the heroes look good and he can push his NEXT agenda without their knowledge. When this is discovered and Maverick is dead however, the criminals are genuine, as are the heroes.]]
* ExperiencedProtagonist:
** Wild Tiger, Rock Bison, and Fire Emblem are all veterans by the start of Season 1.
** Sky High, Blue Rose, and overnight-famed Barnaby are young [[CelebritySuperhero celebrity superheroes]], while Origami Cyclone and Dragon Kid being are more of the young-and-hardworking heroes in comparison.
** All First Leagues barring Magical Cat, Mr. BLACK, and He Is Thomas are full of solid experience by the time of Season 2.
* FireForgedFriends: Over the course of Season 1 (which spans about two years in-universe), this group of heroes go from being professional colleagues/rivals to genuine friends who protect, support, and trust each other.
* FireIceLightning: The Girls' Team follows this dynamic. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Fire for Fire Emblem]], Ice for Blue Rose, and Lightning for Dragon Kid.
* FriendlyRival: Despite the competitive nature of the show and the fact that the heroes acknowledge that they're indeed rivals, they remain friendly to each other and are willing to collaborate if the situation calls for it. Or when they want to throw a surprise birthday party for someone.
* MultinationalTeam: While competitors rather than a proper team, based on their naming, the First Leagues run the gamut of Japanese (Kotetsu/Wild Tiger), Hispanic of possible Mexican descent (Antonio/Rock Bison), Russian (Ivan/Origami Cyclone), Chinese (Pao-Lin/Dragon Kid), and [[AllAmericanFace ridiculously American]] (Keith/Sky High).
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: A very minor point, as the heroes respect and like Fire Emblem very much, but they consistently refer to them with masculine pronouns.
* PunchClockHero: Played straight by being [[CorporateSponsoredSuperhero corporate employees]] and have off-hours in ordinary days. But they avert this in times of emergency, as all superheroes are in the business because they genuinely want to help people; with Sky High pulling night hours patrolling without pay rather than resting.
* SecretIdentity: All First Leagues except for Barnaby ([[EverybodyKnewAlready and]] [[TheUnmasking Kotetsu]]) kept their true identities private.
** Thomas and Ryan uses the SecretPublicIdentity format. While Thomas straight out uses his given name as part of his hero name, his own identity is private given his hero suit completely covers his appearence. Ryan is similar to Thomas in that Ryan’s given name is part of his hero name, but his face was revealed upon his debut in Sternbild while in costume. However, Ryan’s full name was not revealed to the public, and therefore is able to live his private life just by wearing sunglasses in public.
* SensualSpandex: Underneath the armour, Kotetsu, Barnaby, Keith, and Ivan wear form-fitting body suits. Not that we're complaining.
* SeriousBusiness:
** Kotetsu and Antonio have a boxing match in Drama CD 6. Why? Because Kotetsu supposedly ate Antonio's pudding.
** And Sky High working so hard to memorize his lines for Barnaby's birthday surprise in Season 1.
* SlaveToPR: While this is true to all heroes, it's especially notable in Season 1, where heroes were less interested in saving the day and more interested in racking up popularity and showing off.
** In particular, Barnaby is enthusiastic about maintaining his public image, while Blue Rose, and Origami Cyclone were known for essentially being branding tools. However, by the end of the first season, they become much more genuinely heroic, and have more freedom to do what they want.
** Magical Cat became the new marketed idol superhero of Season 2 compared to Blue Rose who has more control of her own image.
** Through a peek into a day of Kotetsu and Barnaby, it's noted even by Season 2, the superheroes still need to entertain their sponsors, such as attending parties, and go golfing with business titans.
* SuperheroesWearCapes: As of current, only Fire Emblem wears it. Wild Tiger also used to wear one for a whole 10 years of his career, but eventually switched to a modernized suit upon his transfer to Apollon Media.
* TrueCompanions: Over the course of Season 1, all First Leagues became true heroes that depend and trust each other with their lives, Season 2 often has them going to each other for more personal problems instead of superheroics.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Kotetsu and Barnaby up until the first half of Season 1, then the two boys who came into the work force similar to them in Season 2--Subaru and Thomas repeated the custom. But unlike their upperclassmen, the notion of Subaru and Thomas being business partners is strained due to Thomas being socially closed-off, Subaru's hastiness, their immaturity, and their vastly different thought process.
[[/folder]]

!!Introduced in Season 1
[[folder:Karina Lyle (Blue Rose)]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MinakoKotobuki (JP), Creator/KariWahlgren (EN)\\
'''Birthday:''' May 8\\
'''Power:''' [[AnIcePerson Cryokinesis]]\\
'''Affiliation:''' Titan Industry\\
'''SuperheroSobriquets:''' "Super Idol of the World of Heroes."\\
'''ProductPlacement:'''
--> '''[S1/M1/M2]''' Pepsi / Pepsi NEX (zero-calorie Japan-exclusive drink developed by Suntory)
--> '''[S2]''' [=COOLish=] (LOTTE’s ice smoothie drink series)

A highschool girl with freezing powers with a passion for music who took the chance to enter the music business by signing up with Titan Industry as an IdolSinger superhero, all the while worked part-time as a pub singer in her private hours. By Season 2, she officially works as a professional superhero.

* AbsoluteCleavage: In her costume.
* ActionGirl: Fully evolves into this through the course of Season 1, and is stated to be one of the most powerful heroes according to data gathered by Lunatic.
* BikerBabe: Her transportation is a motorcycle.
* CannotSpitItOut: Is unable to confess her feelings for Kotetsu.
* CatchPhrase: "My ice is a little cold, but your crime has been put completely put on hold!"
* CatchphraseInterruptus: In S1 Episodes 4 and 5, Blue Rose was interupted from reciting her catch phrase, with the former from when the suspect shoots at her, and the latter when Fire Emblem drives up and talks to her after she captures the second suspect. During the second time, it's lampshaded as she berates Fire Emblem not letting her finish.
* ColorCharacter: '''Blue''' Rose.
* CombatStilettos: Part of her ensemble, and Episode 4 highlights how impractical they are.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Because she sees heroism as a way to an idol career, she's unfriendly and competitive with the other heroes. After Episode 4, she realizes that she likes saving people more than she thought and she starts being more amicable.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Admits to her herself that she's been having quite a bit of trouble keeping her eyes off Kotetsu.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: The fifth drama CD hints that Pao-Lin has a crush on her.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Her crush on Kotetsu. [[ObliviousToLove Except him, obviously]].
* FauxActionGirl: She's a conflicted teen trying to live up to her public image as a domineering badass despite poor combat abilities, a ridiculously impractical costume, and serious misgivings about her job. She still gets stuff done because she genuinely wants to save people, but it's telling that one of her named, publicized special moves, the 'Cutie Escape', involves ducking and running from whatever criminal menace is trying to reduce her to a smear on the pavement ''this'' week. [[TookALevelInBadass She becomes a more genuine Action Girl later]], though.
* FlowerMotifs: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_rose Blue roses]].
** Her motif is derived from her ProductPlacement. Suntory (the company that developed Pepsi NEX) also helped develop the first genetically engineered blue rose.
* FreezeRay: A variant. Ice manipulation is her natural power as a NEXT, but she uses a pair of water guns to focus and direct them (though Blue Rose needs to reload her water guns from time to time – she uses special clips she hides in her suit).
* GlassCannon: She has rather powerful NEXT abilities, but when your sponsors make you wear ''[[{{Stripperiffic}} that kind of suit]]'' into combat, you understandably shrink at the sight of guns. In fact everyone else except the rest of the "girls team" (Fire Emblem and Dragon Kid) wear armoured costumes... and those two can either vaporize or dodge bullets, respectively.
* GratuitousEnglish: When she does her CatchPhrase she says "cold" and "hold" in English... more or less.
* GunsAkimbo: Has two [[FreezeRay freezing guns]] strapped to her thighs.
* HerosFirstRescue: A variation in S1 Episode 4, as [[spoiler:the burning oil-drilling site rescue didn't inspire Blue Rose ''into'' superheroics so much as it convinced her not to give it up]].
* HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath: PlayedForLaughs in Episode 9, after learning that Kotetsu is married and has a daughter.
* HotForTeacher: According to the ''Hero Gossip Book'', her first crush was on her kindergarten teacher. Seems older men just do it for her...
* AnIcePerson: She has the ability to create ice and cold.
* IdolSinger: She's seen giving, having given, or preparing for several concerts over the course of the series. She also sings in bars under her real identity in a couple of episodes.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: Has one as part of her hero persona. She finds it embarrassing.
-->'''Blue Rose:''' My ice is a little cold, but your crime's been put on hold!
* KnightInSourArmour: Loathes her outfit, her catchphrase, and her job, but keeps working anyways because it means she gets to save lives.
* {{Leitmotif}}: An instrumental version of GO NEXT plays almost anytime she makes an appearance in costume.
* LikesOlderMen: Implied, since Kotetsu isn't the first time she's crushed on a guy with more than a few years on her, who is only the latest in a string of crushes going back to her [[HotForTeacher Elementary school teacher.]]
* LoveEpiphany: In Episode 14, she realizes she's in love with Kotetsu when [[spoiler:a thief steals the towel he gave her]].
* MaleGaze: Applied liberally in Episode 7... and everywhere else.
* MementoMacGuffin: Receives one from [[spoiler:Kotetsu, in the form of a towel,]] in Episode 14.
* MostCommonSuperpower: Subverted -- she uses [[FakeBoobs padding]].
* MsFanservice: Her primary selling point both in-universe and out (apart from the singing bit in-universe)... [[DeconstructedTrope much to her chagrin]].
* NiceHat: She wears one both in and out of her superhero costume.
* NotQuiteFlight: Can use her ice to launch herself from the ground, as seen in Episode 2. Can also can make "ice slides" like [[ComicBook/XMen Iceman]], as seen in Episode 7. She also propels herself up while freezing the water shot from her guns.
* OperaGloves: Her white gloves stretch past her elbows, to go with her image.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Fits the bill in her civilian identity.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Enhanced cold resistance. Particularly given [[{{Stripperiffic}} her costume]].
* {{Romancing The Widow}}er: The latter half of Episode 25 shows that she's decided to go for it. She even provided the new picture for the main trope page!
* {{Romanticized Abuse}}r: Deconstructed -- despite this being one of her marketing points, poor Karina's a little unnerved when she reads some fan comments in the Drama CD that see her as this:
-->'''Karina:''' It's weird, but I seem to mess up on everything I do lately. I don't have any motivation any more. So please verbally abuse me!' All right let's... wait, ''verbally abuse'' you? Ah, um... thank you for your comment, let's move along.
* {{Sadist}}: She's advertised as this by her sponsors, and she occasionally acts domineering when on the job, but in reality she's anything but.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She develops feelings for Kotetsu, who is the most dedicated to being a hero.
* SlidingScaleOfBeauty: A World-Class level, again. She has a huge amount of fans in-series.
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Has a very obvious crush on Kotetsu. So much so [[HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath she's horrified]] [[PlayedForLaughs upon hearing he was married and has a daughter]]. But Episode 25 proves that she has fully recovered from this initial little setback and is intent on winning Kotetsu's heart. She seems to drop it by Season 2, as she makes no moves or advances on him. But there are hints of some lingering feelings, as she gets a blush when teased about possibly being his partner in superheroics.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Blue Rose, as it turns out, doesn't know how to share the spotlight.
-->'''Criminal:''' Who are you guys!?\\
'''Tiger:''' You mean us? We're--\\
'''Blue Rose:''' We're the heroes of this town! ''[steps on the criminals face]'' My name is Blue Rose. We keep the peace in Sternbild at all times!\\
'''Tiger:''' ...What she said.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Another reason why she dislikes frontline superheroing -- costumes designed to maximize sex appeal aren't all that great for withstanding bullets.
* ThresholdGuardians: Episode 4 is ADayInTheLimelight episode about Blue Rose making a decision about quitting her job as a superhero, with various people urging her in both directions. Near the end of the episode, she gets a call from the bar she's been moonlighting at as a singer, and an alert that there's an emergency at the exact same time. [[spoiler:She chooses the bar, but seeing her hero friends put their lives at risk on the news brings her back just in time for a BigDamnHeroes moment.]]
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The GirlyGirl to Dragon Kid's {{Tomboy}}.
* TookALevelInBadass: Becomes a much more competent and confident crimefighter over the course of the series.
* TripleShifter: High school student, superhero, ''and'' part-time lounge singer.
* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Kotetsu.
-->'''Blue Rose:''' Did you have a fight with Barnaby or something?\\
'''Kotetsu:''' No, nothing like that. Are you worried about him?\\
'''Blue Rose:''' What?! Of course not! [''kicks him roughly in the Achilles tendon with the heel of her boot, shoves him off-stage and whispers to herself''] Who do you think I'm doing all this for?
* WhoWritesThisCrap: She thinks her catchphrase is stupid, but her corporate sponsor won't let her change it. She complains about this in the first episode.

[[folder:Keith Goodman (Sky High)]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GoInoue (JP), Creator/PatrickSeitz (EN)\\
'''Birthday:''' November 11\\
'''Power:''' [[BlowYouAway Aerokinesis]]\\
'''Affiliation:''' Poseidon Line\\
'''SuperheroSobriquets:''' "The Wind Wizard" (current), "The Wind Master" (former)\\
'''ProductPlacement:'''
--> '''[S1]''' Ustream (American streaming website) / Tamashii Nations (Bandai's subsidiary figure company)
--> '''[M1/M2]''' Ustream / Tamashii Nations / MOVIX / T-Joy (Japanese cinema chain)
--> '''[S2]''' PASSLOGY (Japanese web data protection service) / Tamashii Nations / Sugi Pharmacy / T-Joy / MOVIX

One of the most popular heroes in Sternbild and winner of at least two "King of Heroes" titles. As a result, he always attempts to be the ultimate role model to other heroes, to the point of always seeming to be "in character". He is able to fly with a rocket backpack and has the power to control the wind.

* TheAce: A handsome AllAmericanFace (whether or not Sternbild is anywhere near America) and current "King of Heroes". He avoids this trope's more insufferable traits, however, and comes across as a NiceGuy and even a bit of a [[TheDitz ditz]].
** It's even pointed out by Agnes that these traits are [[CharmPoint part of his popularity]].
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Overshadows Kotetsu so much that even criminals would rather be arrested by him.
* BadassLongcoat: His costume resembles an officer's greatcoat.
* BashBrothers: By the time of ''The Rising'' he's shown to start being one with both Antonio and Ivan, becoming something of a TeamDad to the two. Notably, the three work together to fight Richard Max during the last act. In season 2 he develops this with Fire Emblem, as they team up for the Hero Duo program.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: A NiceGuy through and through, though it'd be a ''bad'' idea to [[CurbStompBattle piss him off]].
* BishieSparkle: Nathan teaches Keith how to generate them in order to impress a girl he likes.
* BlowYouAway: Enough control for harmless yet painful wind blasts, deadly RazorWind or even an explosion of supercompressed oxygen.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: According to Agnes, his goofiness and non-sequiturs are part of his charm.
* CatchPhrase: "Arigatou! Soshite, arigatou!" ("Thanks! And thanks again!") Kotetsu and Agnes comment on how {{Camp}} it is directly in front of him. He also uses his code name as one in various situations.
** He also uses "Today my maximum wind speed is off the charts!" in big confrontations.
* ChasteHero: Becomes incredibly nervous trying something as simple as holding a girl's hand.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's been described by others as an airhead.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Understandably, as expected of the [[spoiler:former]] "King of Heroes".
* DatingCatwoman: [[spoiler:Keith becomes smitten with a quiet women he meets in the park, unaware that she's a malfunctioning android that goes berserk in the presence of heroes.]]
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
** He has the habit of repeating himself [[SelfDemonstratingArticle and again, he has the habit of repeating himself]]!
** His dog is named John. In season 2, he gets a second dog named John John.
* TheDitz: Keith is not a very smart man.
* DoggedNiceGuy: To be fair [[spoiler:he fell for a [[DeceptivelyHumanRobots Deceptively Human]] RobotGirl. Not like she could return his feelings anyway]].
* DorkKnight: Much more Knight than Dork, ''and there's Dork to spare''.
* EvilDetectingDog: Episode 15, however, shows that his dog, John is also this.
* FastballSpecial: With Rock Bison during the Rising.
* {{Foil}}: To ''Tiger''. Both are idealistic heroes who want to do good but Keith has more success in the world of corporate heroism.
* HeroesLoveDogs: He uses his spare time to walk around his dogs, John and Johnjohn.
* HiddenDepths: ''The Rising'' reveals that while he may be EndearinglyDorky and loved by the masses for it, he feels a bit insecure about that people laugh at his genuine statements and emotions.
* InnocentBlueEyes: A rather pure and kind hearted person with piercing blue eyes.
* ISOStandardUrbanGroceries: Keith's groceries in S1 Episode 15 had not one, but two protruding baguettes, and the greens of some carrots. There's an apple in there that he gives away as well, but it's not visible.
* JetPack: Sky High uses his NEXT powers to levitate, not fly – he needs his jet-pack to control his movements in the air.
* KindheartedSimpleton: Agnes lampshades it by saying it's part of his appeal.
* LargeHam: He always makes a grand entrance with very big gestures and shouts his own sobriquet as his finishing move.
* LoveAtFirstSight: He falls in love with a girl he meets at the park. [[spoiler:[[LovingAShadow It doesn't end well for him]].]]
* MeaningfulName: Keith '''Good'''man.
* NiceGuy: He is kind-hearted without a single bad thing to say about everyone else.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: When meeting Kaede for the first time in S1 Episode 22, Sky High good-naturedly puts his hand on her shoulder. In doing so, Sky High ends up transferring his NEXT power to her, making her lose the memory-manipulation ability she got from Maverick--meaning Barnaby's true memories couldn't be restored. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since no-one, no even Kaede nor her dad knew about this setback until then.]]
* NotQuiteFlight: His powers only allow him to levitate, he needs a JetPack to actually move around.
* RazorWind: Uses this against the [[spoiler:Teddy Bear piloted mechas]] in Episode 10.
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: This fact brings some criticism from people in the streets and his boss, but it is his need to be a role model that made him lose confidence in his abilities as a superhero.
* StuffBlowingUp: One of his most powerful attacks involves firing balls of hyper-compressed oxygen at the enemy, with predictable results.
* VirginityMakesYouStupid: Turns out he's a regular visitor of a HostClub -- [[ComicallyMissingThePoint because he thinks it's just a regular cafe]].
-->"Why, you ask? It's because this place has the most delicious lemonade in the city!"
* WartsAndAll: Season 2 reveals that he intentionally hides his flaws so that people will like him, which causes friction with Fire Emblem, who wishes he would open up more. He learns to stop hiding his flaws so that they can work together to be a better team.
* {{Workaholic}}: He does patrolling all night even when there's no crime to speak off. No wonder he has so many points.

[[folder:Nathan Seymore (Fire Emblem)]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiroTsuda (JP), Creator/JohnEricBentley (EN)\\
'''Birthday:''' March 25\\
'''Power''': [[PlayingWithFire Pyrokinesis]]\\
'''Affiliation:''' Helios Energy\\
'''SuperheroSobriquets:''' "The Bourgeois Open Flame Broil."\\
'''ProductPlacement:'''
--> '''[S1]''' FMV (Fujitsu's PC brand) / Animate (Japanese anime/game/manga retailer)
--> '''[M1/M2]''' Animate / Domino's Pizza
--> '''[S2]''' Animate / Aqua Clara (Japanese water provider) / Atsugi (Japanese lingerie brand)

An effeminate warrior with control over fire who often casually hits on the male heroes. Along with having a really outrageous appearance, Nathan is also shown to be very intelligent and observant. Nathan's company, Helios Energy, is self-owned, which also serves as Nathan's affiliate as a superhero.

* TheAce: In Season 2, Nathan’s new partnership with Sky High has let them shine just as brightly as he does, and they're on course to be crowned The Kings of Buddy Heroes along with Sky High through their combined efforts. Their business is booming, their superheroic feats are spectacular, and they're the beloved TeamMom of the entire Sternbild hero community.
* AgentPeacock: Both Nathan's hero costume and civvies are impossible to overlook.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: It is revealed in the Rising that Nathan's sexuality and self-identity caused a lot of alienation from others early in life, including from Nathan's parents.
* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Statements have been made in both directions as to whether Nathan is female or agender (or otherwise non-binary).
* AnimalMotif: The phoenix.
* BashBrothers: They team up with Sky High in season 2.
* BerserkButton: Don't touch Nathan's car.
-->"'''WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO MY CAR, [[PrecisionFStrike ASSHOLE?!]]'''"
* BunnyEarsLawyer: An ''incredibly'' flamboyant superhero who also works as a (presumably rather successful) corporate CEO.
* CampGay: Subverted. While Nathan is incredibly campy, WordOfGod suggests that Nathan is a transgender woman who happens to be attracted to men. And double-subverted in the second season when Nathan refers to himself as a gay man.
* CampyCombat: Has electric pink hair, effeminate mannerisms, and likes to hit on male heroes. Despite this, Nathan is a superhero known as Fire Emblem who can unleash fire in flashy, flamboyant poses. Nathan was assigned male at birth, but uses feminine speech and the author suggests they consider themself "gender-free".
* ColorCodedSecretIdentity: Pink and Red.
* CoolBigSis: Nathan is built on this trope, right down to the name (or, as it's pronounced in Japanese, "Nee-San").
* CoolCar: Appears to have several, though the one Nathan uses whilst superheroing is by far the coolest.
* CorporateSponsoredSuperhero: Unique among the core cast of heroes, Nathan is their own boss.
* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Electric pink, to be exact.
* ForceField: Can create one with NEXT fire abilities powerful enough to vaporize bullets upon contact.
* {{Gayngst}}: The Rising gives some insight into some of the homophobia Nathan had to endure when younger. Surprising considering Japan's usual relegation of such CampGay-esque characters to ButtMonkey status outside of YaoiGenre works.
* HeroicBSOD: Suffers this for quite some time in The Rising due to being forced to confront old traumas by Johnny Wong.
* HiddenDepths: Besides being a sympathetic TeamMom, in Episode 7 Nathan is shown to be a good thinker and one who's not beyond having serious moments. It's also hinted in the show (and later confirmed by WordOfGod) that the AlwaysCamp tendencies are at least partially affected. Also, despite being far from the best Hero according to the rankings, Nathan is still the most successful person on the team outside of [=HeroTV=], being the CEO of several successful businesses.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Looks a lot like Dennis Rodman, and is possible one for Creator/RuPaul as well.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Likes to troll male colleagues this way.
* NonIdleRich: Nathan both runs their own company and is its representative hero.
* OlderThanTheyLook: It's difficult to tell due to how well they takes care of themself, but Nathan is from the same older generation of heroes as Kotetsu and Antonio.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Lunatic has the same powers as Nathan does, but Lunatic's powers are considerably more versatile. Nathan is also one of the lower-ranking NEXT in the [=HeroTV=] lists, which might have something to do with the fact that "shoot fire from your hands" is a power that's rather short on harmless (or at least non-lethal) uses for a job that's strictly ThouShaltNotKill. During the test in Episode 6, Kotetsu comments that - needing to prove their innocence - Nathan is being a lot more aggressive than usual with these NEXT powers, to the point that the building is at risk of collapse.
** Even applies in-universe as public surveys done by the Hero TV people show an increased interest in Lunatic over the heroes.
* PlayingWithFire: Has the ability to create and direct fire.
* ThePollyanna: They're always managing to see the bright side of things, even in dire situations.
* PunnyName: At least in Japanese. "Nathan" is pronounced the same as "nee-san", meaning "Older sister", and a slang term for certain kinds of CampGay men and transgender women in Japan.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Enhanced heat resistance, seeing as Nathan can project building-melting fireballs without burning off an arm in the process.
* ShoutOut: Nathan's character design looks suspiciously similar to some of the crazier outfits and hairstyles of Dennis Rodman. Nathan's outfit is also a direct one to the type of outfits worn by the heroes of ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman''.
** Nathan is also not the first AlwaysCamp in anime [[Anime/BloodPlus with that name]].
* StealthPun: Nathan in Japanese is pronounced as "Neisan" which rhymes with "neesan", meaning "older sister" or "Miss".
** Nathan is an effeminate person with flaming superpowers.
* SuperheroesWearCapes: Wears a long cape with a flame motif.
* TeamMom: Happy to lend a sympathetic ear to other heroes' problems. In ''Rising'', Dragon Kid says she admires Nathan because of both their strength and compassionate nature. [[spoiler: Hearing this actually breaks Nathan out of a HeroicBSOD]].
* ThrowTheDogABone: After being outclassed by Lunatic and their popularity being on the lower end of things in Season 1, Season 2 states that their partnership with Sky High has caused both to rocket in popularity even more, with Fire Emblem in particular getting more of a spotlight than Sky High.
* TookALevelInBadass: While they were competent enough in Season 1, they were firmly a low/mid-ranked hero, stuck with a power that wasn't an ideal fit for superheroics and given little opportunity to really shine. Teaming up with the on-again, off-again King of Heroes, Sky High, in Season 2 brought out the best in them, letting them show off creative power use, impeccable teamwork, and rock-solid fundamental workplace skills. They're now just as much of TheAce as their partner.
* TripleShifter: Superhero and CEO who runs additional side businesses as a ''hobby''.
* TwoferTokenMinority: Black (even more of a minority in Japan than America) transgender person of some flavor or other.
* VocalDissonance: Nathan usually speaks in falsetto, but when pissed off you can hear Nathan's voice drop a [[BadassBaritone few octaves]].
* WatchThePaintJob: Poor Nathan's car was shot to hell in Episode 6. Nathan was understandably upset.
* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: Owns a gay bar. In fact it's the one that sponsors Nathan's career as a hero.
* TheWorfEffect: The downside of becoming TheAce in Season 2 alongside Sky High is that while they're allowed to be incredibly competent in B-plots, they tend to be just as swiftly removed from play as he is whenever a main story villain shows up. This is Tiger and Barnaby's series, after all, not theirs.

[[folder:Antonio Lopez (Rock Bison)]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaitenKusunoki (JP), Creator/TravisWillingham (EN, Season 1), Aaron [=LaPlante=] (EN, Season 2)\\
'''Birthday:''' December 3\\
'''Power:''' [[SuperToughness Invulnerability]]\\
'''Affiliation:''' Kronos Foods\\
'''SuperheroSobriquets:''' "The Bull Tank of the West Coast."\\
'''ProductPlacement:'''
--> '''[S1]''' Gyu-Kaku (Japanese barbecue restaurant chain)
--> '''[M1]''' Gyu-Kaku / Nissin Food's Futomen Doudou: Hybrid (Nissin Food's instant noodle series)
--> '''[M2]''' Sukiya (Japanese restaurant chain) / Nissin Food's Futomen Doudou
--> '''[S2]''' KARATEZ (aka. Karaoke no Tetsujin. Japanese Karaoke chain) / Nozaki’s (Japanese canned food brand.) / Buffalo (electronics brand) / YOSTAR (mobile game company) / Shinshu Aburaya Seiemon (Japanese food brand) / Iris Ohyama (Japanese multi-lifestyle goods manufacturer)

A friend of Kotetsu since they were teenagers. His power is his strong, resilient skin and superior strength. He has a bull-themed suit.

* TheAlcoholic: Frequently shown either at a bar or wanting to get a drink in his freetime, probably due to his struggles as a hero.
* AnimalMotif: [[BrutishBulls Bulls]]
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Bull, as metioned.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The spikes all over his costume serve little purpose other than looking cool and getting stuck in things, something he lampshades.
* BashBrothers: In season 2 when he teams up with Origami Cyclone.
* TheBigGuy: Though ironically this doesn't mean he's the strongest one.
* BorrowedCatchPhrase: In ''The Rising'' he borrows Blue Rose's catchphrase (and Sky High's pose) in an attempt to stay relevant. Mario says it's "just embarrassing" in his commentary.
* ButtMonkey: Shares the job with his long-time buddy, Kotetsu, [[spoiler:and even takes up his place as lowest-ranked hero ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg not counting Origami Cyclone]]) post-TimeSkip]].
* CarpetOfVirility: A type 1 example,
* {{Delinquents}}: In the Drama CD, he used to be one until he met Kotetsu who he judged a WorthyOpponent and is now his drinking buddy.
* {{Expy}}: Of Shunji Nagira, from another Creator/{{Sunrise}} series, ''Anime/WitchHunterRobin''.
* HumanCannonball: His bosses literally ''fire'' him to action!
* IronButtMonkey: His powers make him ideal for the ButtMonkey job. Poor guy.
* LetsMeetTheMeat: A variation -- he has a [[AnimalMotifs bull motif]] to his costume and his main advertiser is a chain of barbecue restaurants.
* MightyGlacier: He's incredibly tough, but also very slow, making it easy for villains to simply just run away if he's preoccupied. Fortunately, in Season 2, he's given some boots to help mitigate this factor.
* NighInvulnerability: His main ability.
* OutOfFocus: Out of all the heroes, Antonio is the least expanded on in all of Season 1 and the first half of Season 2, it's not even shown his motivation for being a hero, or how he met Kotetsu and formed a friendship with him.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: His ability is one of the broadest of the main heroes, and is the only one that is constantly active. And while it seems like his abilities are fantastic, he's treated as a ButtMonkey mostly because Kotetsu and Barnaby have much more potent versions of his abilities, even if they're limited.
* PoweredArmour: Given his NighInvulnerability, though, may be more about boosting his strength than his durability. It later on gives him some hover boots to boost his mobility.
* RatedMForManly: He's the biggest and most muscular superhero.
* RealMenWearPink: Enjoys sewing in his spare time.
* SuperStrength: Tiger and Barnaby are stronger when charged up, but he's still able to lift an armored car over his head. Might not be an explicit power of his, though - see the PoweredArmour entry above.
* TeamDad: Properly becomes this for the new heroes of Season 2, he attempts to teach them valuable advice, attempts to cheer them up when they're upset about something, and even prioritizes their safety when Fugan and Mugan come around.
* TestosteronePoisoning: In the Drama CD he goes into a long speech about MANLINESS.
* ThisIsADrill: Has two fully-functional ones mounted on his shoulders. Rarely actually uses them, due to both their impractical location and the non-lethal nature of superheroics in Sternbild.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Season 2 shows a lot more usefulness of his abilities rather than focusing on how AwesomeButImpractical his suit is (which actually becomes more practical), allowing him to get time to shine as a hero more often and play TeamDad to the new heroes of the season.
* UnusualEyebrows: The fiery kind.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: His shirt gets absolutely shredded in Season 2, leaving his body exposed from the hips up.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: [[AllThereInTheManual Director's notes]] revealed his acrophobia. Whether or not it's due to his company's [[HumanCannonball ideas of transporting him to action]] has yet to be shown.

[[folder:Ivan Karelin (Origami Cyclone)]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto (JP), Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas (EN)\\
'''Birthday:''' September 19\\
'''Power:''' [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Shapeshifting]]\\
'''Affiliation:''' Hesperides Finance\\
'''SuperheroSobriquets:''' "The Master of Disguise."\\
'''ProductPlacement:'''
--> '''[S1]''' .ANIME (Anime goods website) / Livedoor (Japanese blogging service) / [=NamuChara Ouendan=] (of Namco) / Takasu Clinic (Beauty clinic)
--> '''[M1]''' Bandai Visual Club / [=NamuChara Ouendan=] / Takasu Clinic / [=MiniMini=] (Japanese housing service)
--> '''[M2]''' Bandai Visual Club / Namja Town (Namco's Namco Parks amusement park section) / DMM (Japanese ACG online retailer) / Oedo Onsen (Japanese hot springs chain)
--> '''[S2]''' [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] / Bandai Shokugan (Bandai’s gacha department) / Sanko-Seika (Japanese snack manufacturer) / A-ON Store (Anime goods retailer) / Don Quijote (Japan’s Tax-free goods retailer) / O~ii O-chya (Itoen’s tea drink series) / OLFA (Japanese cutting tools manufacturer) / Sunshine City (Attraction site in Tokyo)

A Japanophile in a samurai and ninja themed costume who initially engages himself more in advertising than in actual crime-fighting.

* AttentionWhore: Enforced. Since his NEXT powers are completely unsuited to the flashy superheroics that [=HeroTV=] demands, he's reduced to being a walking billboard photobombing [=HeroTV=] events. He eventually grows out of this, and uses his shapeshifting to blend in with criminals and subdue them before they know what happened.
* BashBrothers: He teams up with Rock Bison in season 2.
* BeneathTheMask: An awkward, shy boy when not in costume.
* BerserkButton: Season 2 reveals that he's ''really'' defensive about his name, even going into TranquilFury when Bison (jokingly) insults it when drunk.
* BigOlEyebrows: Has really thick and prominent eyebrows.
* {{Bishonen}}: Katsura was explicitly told by one of his producers to draw a "hot guy who looks like a lead character". Said character was Ivan.
* BlessedWithSuck: Sure, [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifting]] ''sounds'' like a cool power but, if your job is to fight criminals on reality TV and you don’t gain the powers or strength of those you become, it's very hard to use this effectively. Fortunately, he learns to make up for it by being a major CombatPragmatist.
* CombatPragmatist: Grows to make up for his lack of offensive power by playing dirty, something he has mixed feelings about.
* DorkKnight: He's awkward and shy but he's determined to be a useful hero.
* DubInducedPlotHole: A big part of him is being more in advertising than crime fighting at first. The sponsor logos being removed in the Netflix version is particularly problematic in this case, as it makes him appearing to be recognized by the media for that reason make no sense as he no longer has his sponsors visible to show off. Even when ads return in Season 2 and the movies, he's moved past being seen in the background.
* FightsLikeANormal: Due to his ability being situational in combat, he resorts to fighting through sneak attacks, his shuriken and his katana.
* FuumaShuriken: In costume has one in his back, but seems to be purely aesthetic. [[spoiler:Though as it turns out when he uses it to escape Rotwang's cell in Episode 24 and to fight in Episode 25, it's actually an AbsurdlySharpBlade.]]
* GloryHound: Takes this to its logical (though fairly harmless) extreme. He's always in the thick of the action, but never for one moment longer than is necessary for the media to recognize his presence. As a result, his catalogue of actual heroic deeds is near-vanishingly small ([=HeroTV=] even calls him "Hidden Hero"). [[spoiler:Episode 8 reveals that it's due to his lack of confidence in his abilities to accomplish anything, at least not until Kotetsu inspires him to make the effort.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: He thinks his power is worthless for saving people and hates himself for the incident with Edward in where he hesitated to take action.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: Yes, a ninja-themed hero whose main purpose is advertising. Curiously enough, he has a power that makes him very hard to spot indeed.
* TheInfiltration: He does this to find [[spoiler:the Ouroboros hideout.]]
* IWillWaitForYou: [[spoiler:Vows to wait for Edward to consummate his prison time and fix their broken friendship.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Back when he was still in training, Ivan hesitated to help Edward stop a hostage situation, which led to the latter accidentally killing the hostage and destroying any chance of a superhero career before it even started.]]
* {{Keigo}}: As Origami Cyclone he speaks like a stereotypical samurai complete with the appropriate UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns and sentence enders, de gozaru.
* LetsGetDangerous: In the finale. [[spoiler:Notably, he stopped Maverick from escaping while everyone else was busy with Kotetsu not being dead.]]
* LogicalWeakness: He can become others but can't use their abilities. This is useful for disguises but not for combat since he only has the strength of a normal human being, and occasionally must up against superpowered criminals.
* MasterOfDisguise: Thanks to his powers, he's got a bit of a head start on other examples of the trope.
* McNinja: A Russian ninja operating in [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Not-Manhattan]].
* NonActionGuy: Even when he starts applying his power. Most of his work is either undercover or in rescuing.
* NonIndicativeName: You wouldn't think a guy called Origami Cyclone would be a Russian whose superpower is shapeshifting. It would be a MeaningfulName, as Origami Cyclone comes from him [[spoiler: shifting into his teacher to calm his classmates during a hurricane.]] As such, it holds a lot of meaning to him.
* NotSoHarmless: Lunatic measures the heroes by threat level. Origami Cyclone is in his top three alongside Blue Rose and Barnaby.
* OccidentalOtaku: His living quarters are modeled after traditional Japanese architecture.
* PeekaBangs: Not initially, but it appears he later grew his hair out as it covers half his face in ''Rising''.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Occasionally makes AudibleSharpness noises.
* ShrinkingViolet: Of all things, ''this'' is his personality under the costume.
* SituationalSociability: Ivan is ''much'' hammier as Origami Cyclone to hide the insecurities he feels about being a hero when out of costume.
* StealthHiBye: Uses his hero status almost exclusively for photobombing purposes [[spoiler:initially]].
* StealthExpert: Once he starts to become a hero more actively, he's surprisingly good at tricking his enemies and surprising them at the last minute.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** While he wasn't able to earn enough points at the end of the [=HeroTV=] season to dig himself out of last place, it's implied that he's continued to be more confident and active in his superhero work after Episode 8. Compare him simply popping up in the background in the beginning of the series to his parts in the final battle.
** By the time of the second movie, he's doing his best to become more efficient in battle to help support the other heroes, which is shown when he ends up being instrumental in helping Rock Bison and Sky High take down Richard Max.
** Season 2 has him using his ability to not only disguise himself on the battlefield, but to distract and misdirect villains into thinking they're fighting another hero.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: He's the lowest ranked hero on HERO TV but has the ability to shapeshift. The problem is that his power is completely useless in a television show where he has to catch and jail crooks and thugs. By the time Jake Martinez terrorized Sternbild City, it's the perfect time to use his power into good use. Though he did get captured and tortured by Martinez, he began to deploy other skills to fight. Eventually, he grows out of this trope and proves more creative uses of his power and making use of weaponry.
* ThresholdGuardians: In Episode 8, [[spoiler:the return of a vengeful former friend]] forces Ivan to confront his feelings of inadequacy as a Hero which his theatrics hide. After a pep talk from Kotetsu, he manages to put his powers to good use and resolves to be a real Hero.
* TroubledButCute: Has shades of this.
* UnusualEyebrows: Has eyebrows that sweep upward.
* VoiceChangeling: Ivan can perfectly mimic the voice of whomever he's transformed into, but is also capable of switching to his own voice even without changing back.
** In a manga chapter, after accidentally getting Keith photographed in costume without his helmet, Ivan shapeshifts into him while using his own voice to make an announcement. Everyone recognizes the voice as Origami Cyclone's, and believes that it was Origami wearing the wrong costume rather than Sky High himself, and thus causing the public to lose interest as Ivan is not very popular.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: His superpower is the ability to [[{{Humanshifting}} copy the appearance of any individual he has touched]]. As shown in Episode 21, he can also blend into the wall.
* WalkingArmory: Once he's decided to be serious about being a hero, he starts using a katana, his fuuma shuriken and his usual shuriken all at his disposal.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Feels this way about his power. By the later episodes and the second movie, [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower he's shown to have grown out of this and has begun using his powers more creatively]], such as using them to blend in with his surroundings at one point to sneak up on and capture a criminal.

[[folder:Pao-Lin Huang (Dragon Kid)]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MariyaIse (JP), Creator/LauraBailey (EN, Season 1), Creator/CassandraLeeMorris (EN, Season 2)\\
'''Birthday:''' April 29\\
'''Power:''' [[ShockAndAwe Fulgurkinesis]]\\
'''Affiliation:''' Odysseus Communication\\
'''SuperheroSobriquets:''' "The Lighting Bolt Kung-Fu Master."\\
'''ProductPlacement:'''
--> '''[S1]''' Calbee (Japanese food company) / DMM
--> '''[M1/M2]''' Calbee / DAM (Japanese karaoke chain)
--> '''[S2]''' Ichiran Ramen (Ramen restaurant chain) / Jyagariko (Calbee’s snack series)

A young Kung-Fu fighter armed with a staff and able to produce lightning. Tomboyish by nature, she has a good heart and is often willing to help someone out if need be. She has a vaguely Chinese-styled uniform.

* TheAce: It's not explicitly noted, but Pao-Lin is one of the youngest professional heroes, and the most skilled by a long shot in her age group. To put it in perspective, she's been proficient with her powers at the age of 13 back in Season 1, compared to Lara and Subaru, who are currently 14 and 17 respectively in age, frequently struggle with their powers; all the while Pao-Lin is also shown to have expanded her electrical abilities, as shown in ''The Rising'', something no other hero has been shown to do.
* ActionGirl: A somewhat more reliable one than Blue Rose.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Although there are no hints of it in the actual series, it's strongly implied in one of the Drama [=CDs=] that she has a crush on Karina/Blue Rose.
* AnimalMotif: Eastern dragons.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Dragons
%%* AnimeChineseGirl:
* BashBrothers: Or rather, Bash Sisters. She teams up with a new hero, Magical Cat in season 2.
* BigEater: The scenes where we see her eating show that she can eat a large amount of food in one sitting.
* {{Bokukko}}: Befitting her {{Tomboy}} nature, and it irritates her guardian.
* BruceLeeClone: Chinese martial artist? Check. Yellow jumpsuit? Check. Dragon theme? Check.
* ChestInsignia: An eastern dragon.
* ChineseGirl: She doesn't have an accent, but her hero costume is all about this.
* ColorCodedEyes: Green eyes to signify exoticism (what with being Chinese and all) as well as her rather spirited, active personality.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
-->'''Fire Emblem:''' Let's show them our Girl Power!\\
'''Blue Rose:''' One of us doesn't fit that theme!\\
'''Dragon Kid:''' I'm sorry. It's because I'm a {{tomboy}}, isn't it?
* ComboPlatterPowers: She's got the ability to shoot lightning from her at will, move incredibly fast, ''and'' later shape her lightning however she wants.
* FriendToAllChildren: She really comes to care for the Mayor's baby son, despite being reluctant at first.
* GirlinessUpgrade: Actually subverted. In the end of the anime she is shown with her parents wearing a dress. But by the time of the movie, she is even more tomboyish with her hair cut much shorter and wearing a suit at a ceremony.
* HydroElectroCombo: In season 2 when she teams up with the [[MakingASplash water wielding Magical Cat]].
* {{Kill Steal}}er: Has a habit of leaping in at the last moment to steal another hero's arrest, though it seems to be unintentional. She gets called out on it by Blue Rose.
* LightningBruiser: She's so fast she can literally outrun cars due to her [=NEXT=] ability being one of the most flexible, she's able to also pack quite a punch.
* LittleMissBadass: The youngest member of [=HeroTV=], but on the same level as everyone else.
* {{Mukokuseki}}: Unusual case considering the series is usually pretty good about averting it. She's Chinese, but has blond hair and green eyes, and it appears to be natural given her parents' appearance.
* ShockAndAwe: She has the power to generate electricity.
* ShootingSuperman: In Episode 9, the villains of the week attempt to use a taser on her. [[ShockAndAwe Given her powers]], it doesn't end well for them.
* SimpleStaff: Augments her fighting style with this.
* ShortTank: Gets this design for The Rising, with a side helping of LadyLooksLikeADude due to her shortened hair and flat chest.
* ShoutOut: [[Film/GameOfDeath She wears a yellow jumpsuit]] [[Creator/BruceLee with black stripes on the side]] (although some viewers may mistake it for a shout out to [[Film/KillBill another film that referenced it]]).
** Also, her costume resembles ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'''s Dragon Gundam.
* SomethingPerson: Dragon Kid
* {{Tomboy}}: Naturally this way, and according to WordOfGod, she's an aversion of the tendency for tomboys to [[GirlinessUpgrade outgrow]] it.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Blue Rose's GirlyGirl. In season 2 she keeps the dynamic with Magical Cat.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Despite being a {{Tomboy}} she is very effective as a babysitter for the baby and gets into it with Nathan and Karina to help Keith get a date.
* TookALevelInBadass: She aims to accomplish this in the Rising. [[spoiler:She succeeds.]]
* XRaySparks: A side effect of Dragon Kid's powers against a criminal with a clown makeup at the beginning of S1 Episode 9.

!!Introduced in ''Tiger & Bunny: The Rising''
[[folder:Ryan Goldsmith (Golden Ryan)]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuuichiNakamura (JP), Henry Dittman (EN)\\
'''Birthday:''' June 19\\
'''Power:''' [[GravityMaster Gravity Control]]\\
'''Affiliation:''' Apollon Media [Movie], Titan Industry [S2]\\
'''SuperheroSobriquets:''' "The Wandering Prince of Gravity."\\
'''ProductPlacement:'''
--> '''[M2]''' BANPRESTO / DARTSLIVE (Japanese Darts gaming manufacturer and game promoter) / TANITA
--> '''[S2]''' Bandai / Premium Bandai / Ichiban Kuji (Bandai’s anime lottery goods series)/ eyecity (Japanese contact lenses brand) / DARTSLIVE

A rookie hero transferred to Sternbild City to take up a lucrative contract with Apollon Media’s new management. He’s paired up with Barnaby to help promote the latter's return to the First League hero set and to act as a replacement for the retiring Kotetsu. Despite his massive ego and penchant for overblown bravado, he proves to be an exceptionally competent and driven crime fighter.

* AnimalMotifs: Griffins, complimenting the mascot of Apollo Media. Titan Industry kept Golden Ryan’s hero suit design upon transfer to their affiliation; acknowledging Golden Ryan’s previous partnership with Barnaby, and his name in Sternbild.
* AscendedExtra: A younger version of him can be seen on a billboard advertising "Gravity" before his proper appearance in the Rising.
* AttentionWhore: He spends a ''lot'' of time and effort trying to make sure people are paying attention to himself instead of other heroes. In ''The Rising,'' he even goes so far as to use his powers in ways that will hit other heroes just to ensure that he gets credited for something.
* AudienceSurrogate: As the hero who debuts in between Seasons 1 and 2, Ryan is the perfect character to serve as bridge between old Season 1 audiences and new viewers who were just introduced to ''Tiger & Bunny'' through Season 2; holding the rights to ask questions to his peers about anything he missed out, and to give the [[NewMeat newbie]] heroes a shove when they touch on past events that are not their concern. Such as stopping Subaru from asking sensitive topics regarding Barnaby, hearing about Kotetsu’s daughter Kaede for the first time while all heroes before him met her in person already,[[note]]Though the truth is, [[AlreadyMetEveryone Ryan did met Kaede]] since ''The Rising;'' justified as he was simply full of himself and overlooked Kaede as a civilian Barnaby saved in Justice Day.[[/note]] and Agnes‘ weight gain.
* AwesomeMccoolname: So much so that it's practically his superhero name.
* BlingOfWar: His hero costume.
* TheBusCameBack: Ryan [[PutOnABus left Sternbild]] at the end of ''The Rising'' to work in another city, then comes back to Sternbild signing up with Titan Industry to team up with Blue Rose on Season 2.
* ButNowIMustGo: He leaves Sternbild City at the end of ''The Rising''. Partially due to getting better offers elsewhere, and also because he doesn't want to break up the partnership between Kotetsu and Barnaby. Ultimately, he does return on Season 2, which is one year later.
* CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown: The other heroes briefly believe that he's Kotetsu operating under a new alias.
* CatchPhrase: Not something promoted as such by his sponsors, but he's a fan of saying "Kiss my boots".
* TheDandy: And in this franchise, that's saying something.
* TheGadfly: He certainly enjoys pushing Barnaby's buttons; it's almost like Kotetsu never left.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: He has some nasty looking scars all along his back that were obtained between ''The Rising'' and Season 2.
* GravityMaster: Over a given area. Its most common use is to incapacitate anyone caught in it through sheer crushing pressure, and Ryan has enough power to break through any degree of SuperToughness and enough control to keep it effective but non-lethal on any target.
* HeroicBSOD: On a mission in between ''The Rising'' and Season two, Ryan had an entire building collapse on him with no other colleagues willing to help him; and was outright left to die. Ryan was lucky to be rescued and rehabilitate, but he was traumatized ever since; always finds himself scared of losing the friends he trusts. What’s worse is that he is stuck with deep physical scars from that mission on his back to continue to haunt him about it.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: [[spoiler:He can extend and reshape his gravity field. It doesn't completely negate his power's weaknesses, but it's useful for giving a nasty surprise to anyone who thinks they've figured him out.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In his debut movie, Ryan reflects a lot of Barnaby's early traits by being somewhat self centered and uncaring about cooperation with heroes outside of Barnaby. He's similarly dismissive of Kotetsu and has no real care of what other heroes think of him. However, it's shown he can be rather selfless, as he's willing to put himself in harm's way to save the day without any benefit in it for him, and he's willing to let Kotetsu and Barnaby take the spotlight and leaves to another city rather than try to make things about him. Season 2 continues this trend, as while he still has a big ego and can be overbearing, he truly is protective of Blue Rose and values their partnership.
* LogicalWeakness: His power is basically to pin things down in an immediate area of effect right in front of him, but it requires him to stay stationary to make use of it, which means anyone mobile enough or able to control things outside his area of effect are perfectly capable of rendering him out of the fight. [[spoiler: However, he can ''stretch'' his field, which allows him to have a bit more range, if at the cost of reducing the width of it.]]
* MightyGlacier: His power leaves him completely stationary while he's using it and has a rather middling area of effect, but if it catches you, you're done.
* MirrorCharacter: He has some of the most frustrating traits of both Barnaby and Kotetsu mixed into one, an older, experienced hero who still cares about points and ratings the way Barnaby did when he first started--and a trait of his that has been softened considerably after time with Kotetsu.
* NoSympathy: He has no pity to give when it came to the heroes attacked in Oldhabi. [[spoiler:Because those very heroes were the ones who left him for dead.]]
* PaletteSwap: His mask is basically a golden version of Wild Tiger's minus the mohawk and with wings attached. This is hardly surprising, given that Saito also designed his suit. His hairstyle is also a blonde and neater version of Kotetsu's.
* PunnyName: Ryan is a homonym for Lion, which his suit and icon heavily resemble.
* SmugSuper: Ryan's complete and total self absorption is justified for all the power he has at his disposal.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A new superhero working for Apollon media with a similar hero suit design to Wild Tiger's, who he is replacing. Ryan himself doesn't really like being compared to his predecessor and would rather people judge him by his own merits.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Not as much as Kotetsu and Barnaby were originally, but in season 2 he teams up with Blue Rose and they have trouble getting along due to his ego ruling over their teamwork. Fortunately, near the end of the first half, they have a heart to heart and avert the trope.
* TraumaButton: In Oldhabi, the city he worked in once he left Sternbild, [[spoiler: a villain caused him to lose control of his powers and he was seriously injured when a building collapsed on top of him. The other heroes he was working with refused to help him, as they only saw him as competition.]] After that incident, Ryan gets paranoid whenever he sensed his relationships turn wobbly with the people he trusts; opting to leave the location as soon as he confirmed it.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: While this is the moral standard to all superheroes, Ryan showcased an example as he dealt with Fugan and Mugan. Anyone who has been under the effects of his gravity powers can tell you, with full effort, his powers could easily crush anything into dust. On his first round with Fugan and Mugan, had not Blue Rose told him to hit the breaks, Ryan would’ve killed Fugan and Mugan on the spot.

!!Introduced in Season 2
[[folder:General]]
* KidHero: All of them are teenagers with Lara being the youngest at 14 years-old.
* NaiveNewcomer: All of them are new to Sternbild's hero scene with Thomas and Lara being new to heroing in general. All of them try to stand out among the cast but their inexperience and youth really shows when contrasted against the much more experienced old cast.
* NewMeat: All three of them are rookies. Lara and Thomas are fresh debuts, with Subaru being wee-slightly experienced than Lara and Thomas in the Hero business, but is still a new hero to work in Sternbild.
* WellTrainedButInexperienced: What their issues boil down to. All of them have powerful abilities that they can use well but their inexperience in the field causes them no shortage of problems. [[spoiler: Lara get's scared easily which makes her powers go out, Subaru is too hot-headed to focus his shields or time them right and Thomas has a lot of emotional baggage that keeps him from cooperating with others.]] Time will tell if they grow out of it eventually.

[[folder:Lara Tchaikoskaya (Magical Cat)]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomoriKusunoki (JP), Creator/CorinaBoettger (EN)\\
'''Birthday:''' July 16\\
'''Power:''' [[MakingASplash Water Manipulation]]\\
'''Affiliation:''' Odysseus Communication\\
'''SuperheroSobriquets:''' "The Enchanted Frenzied Feline."\\
'''ProductPlacement:''' OIOI Marui Group (Japanese fashion retailer) / LINE Manga (LINE’s webcomic site)

A 14-year-old young [=NEXT=] who is marketed as an idol superhero, and is partnered with Dragon Kid.