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Shinkalion Z Pilots: "Drivers"

    Shin Arata 
Voiced by: Minami Tsuda
Shinkalion: Z E5 Hayabusa
Preferred Zailiner: E235 Yamanote
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  • Agent Mulder: Has an ambition to solve all the mysteries of the world.
  • Dual Wielding: The E5 wields its two swords together when it's not Z-Combined with the E235.

    Hanabi Oomagari 
Voiced by: Yuka Terasaki
Shinkalion: Z E6 Komachi
Preferred Zailiner: E259 N’EX
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  • Gratuitous English: Prone to using random English phrases, usually in the form of rock concert terms.
  • The Rock Star: His theme and ambition is to become a popular rock musician.
  • Fantasy-Forbidding Father: Downplayed, Hanabi's father doesn't think he can manage his dream of being a rock singer while being a Shinkalion pilot, and recommends him to stay and help manufacturing fireworks. However, he supports him when he sees that unlike many things Hanabi changed his mind about as a kid, he's commited to follow this path.

    Taiju Togakushi 
Voiced by: Michiko Kaiden
Shinkalion: Z E7 Kagayaki
Preferred Zailiner: E353 Azusa
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  • Dual Wielding: Wields dual-wields axes.
  • Gentle Giant: Taiju pilots the physically strongest Shinkalion Z, but is meek and soft-spoken outside of battle.
  • Kiai: Tends to shoud "Haiii-YO!" when attacking.
  • Mighty Lumberjack: Taiju comes from a logging family and the E7's primary weapon being a pair of axes.

    Yamakasa Nakasu 
Shinkalion: Z 800 Tsubame
Preferred Zailiner: 883 Sonic

  • Agent Scully: Is skeptical when it comes to legendary creatures, which causes him to butt heads with Shin when they first meet.

    Nagara Anjou 
Voiced by: Nao Tōyama (Nagara)
Shinkalion: Z N700S Nozomi
Preferred Zailiner: HC85 Hida
From Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. Originally he and his older brother Shimakaze were in contention to drive the N700S, but Shimakaze opted to drop out and leave the new unit to his younger brother Nagara on grounds that the latter's compatibility rating was higher (if only slightly).
  • Bare-Fisted Monk: Like the Kiyosu brothers before them, the Anjous are martial artists who use bare-handed, close-quarters techniques, which are only amplified when their machine Z-Combines into the Shinkalion Z N700S Hida.
  • Big Brother Worship: Looks up to his older brother Shimakaze.
  • Expy: Nagara brings to mind Tatsumi Kiyosu from the previous show, both being martial artists who were essentially given their Shinkalions by their elder brothers. Not to mention, the N700S Series Shinkansen is the successor train to the N700A Series, the Shinkalion of which was driven by both the Kiyosu brothers at one point or another.

    Shimakaze Anjou 
Voiced by: Yūma Uchida
Shinkalions: Z N700S Nozomi, Z Doctor Yellow
Originally in the running to drive the Shinkalion N700S, Shimakaze opted to drop out in favour of his little brother Nagara. However, the Dual Grampus System allows him to pilot it in tandem with Nagara at times. Later, Shimakaze would receive his own Shinkalion in the form of the Z Doctor Yellow.
  • Expy: Just as Nagara is one to Tatsumi Kiyosu, Shimakaze is one to Tatsumi's older brother Ryuji, who drove the N700A before Tatsumi, and went on to drive the original Doctor Yellow.

    Ginga Arashiyama 
Voiced by: Shouta Aoi
Shinkalion: Z 500 Kodama
Preferred Zailiner: 323 Osaka Loop Line
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  • Accent Slip-Up: Slips into his native Kansai dialect when he starts talking about railways.
  • BFS: The Z 500's Signal Knife is huge, which gets even bigger as the Z 500 Osaka Loop Line's Osaka Loop Line Signal Knife.
  • Cosmic Motifs: He is designed with shiny galaxies and comets.

    Maetel Tsukino 
Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino
Shinkalion: Z H5 Hayabusa
Preferred Zailiner: 261 Hokuto
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  • Early-Bird Cameo: Appears a good few episodes before becoming a Driver.
  • An Ice Person: Her modified E5 uses snow-themed guns, and Shin compares her to Yuki Onna.
  • Ink-Suit Actor: Like Miku in the last show, Maetel is a dead-ringer for her namesake in Galaxy Express 999.
  • Offscreen Teleportation: When Taiju chases her, she seem to disappear from deadends and appear at the end of the roads.
  • Shrinking Violet: She's initially afraid to talk to people directly and appears to be on the verge of tears, but grows out of it after becoming the Driver.
  • The Smurfette Principle: As Miku was before her, Maetel is the sole female pilot. She even uses the same Shinkalion as Miku, the H5 Hayabusa.
  • Technical Pacifist: When she becomes a Driver, she initially refuses to fight Sogyoku and tries to tell him how inspirational his obsession with Shinkalion was. When he refuses to talk, she guns him down. She also refuses to attack revived Valdor as she can sense it's Brainwashed and Crazy until its voice is understood as a call for help.

The Shinkansen Ultra Evolution Institute

Yokokawa Branch

    Abuto Usui (Unmarked Spoilers) 
Voiced by: Akari Kitou
Shinkalion: Dark Shinkalion
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Abuto as Dark Shinkalion's Driver 

    Smatt 
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama
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  • Contrasting Sequel Main Character: He's a Robot Buddy like Shashot before him and also E5's co-pilot. The main difference is that his phone-like appearance allows Shin to take him with him outside the missions.
  • Laser-Guided Amnesia: The stress from Abuto's leaving caused him to block all related memories, which causes problems with Shinkalion for two episodes considering he's a co-pilot.
  • Meaningful Name: Smatt, as in Smartphone.
  • Power Makes Your Voice Deep: His voice becomes much deeper while he's connected to Shinkalion.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: Scanning QR-Codes and especially Z-Codes makes him feel like he ate something delicious.
  • Verbal Tic: When inside a Shinkalion, Smatt tends to end sentences with "–zett."

    Saijou Sogou 
Voiced by: Creator/KōsukeGotō
Commander of the SUEI's Yokokawa Branch.
  • The Alleged Boss: Few people in the SUEI seem to take him seriously to the point that more authority seems to rest with Chief Mechanic Shima.
  • Expy: His bumbling, hands-off approach brings to mind Adjutant Toriyama.
  • Hidden Depths: His long years of working for the railroad before joining the SUEI have given him a great affection for the rolling stock preserved at Yokokawa.

    Kasumi Abiko 
Voiced by: Sayaka Senbongi

  • The Stoic: As the instructor, she's serious most of the time and more focused on pilots's and the Branch's efficiency.

    Misaki Ooishi 
Voiced by: Satomi Moriya

  • Big Fun: Somewhat overweight but also the most cheerful staff member.

    Goichi Shima 
Voiced by: Takahiro Fujiwara
Chief Mechanic at the SUEI's Yokokawa Branch.
  • Almighty Janitor: Seems to take much more initiative than the bumbling Commander Sogou, to the point where viewers may be forgiven for thinking he's the de facto Commander.

    Atsuta Hosokawa 

    Tokonami Usui 
See Teoti – Zagan
Abuto's father, and developer of the Shinkalion Zs and Zailiners. Disappeared mysteriously some time before the events of the show.

Other Branches

    Ryuji Kiyosu 
Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka
Former driver of the Shinkalion N700A and Shinkalion Doctor Yellow, Ryuji's compatibility rating has since declined as he aged. Now he's acting Director of the SUEI's Nagoya Branch.
  • Growing Up Sucks: In his first appearance since the first show, Ryuji Kiyosu explains that as he grew older, his compatibility rating declined to the point where he could no longer drive a Shinkalion. However, even during the last show, he expressed interest in taking a more executive role at the SUEI.
  • Expy: Now occupies a similar role to the one Hokuto Hayasugi did before him.
  • Rank Up: While he can no longer drive Shinkalions, he's still gone up in the organization.

    Genbu 
Voiced by: Maxwell Powers
Originally one of the Kitoralsus Agents from the last show, Genbu has since become a member of the SUEI.
  • Retired Badass: Would much rather walk among humanity as a mascot at the Railway Museum than to fight. However, that doesn't stop him from joining the fight against the Dark Shinkalion to help bail out the new drivers.

    Akagi Honjou 
Formerly an operator at the SUEI's Omiya Branch, Akagi Honjou is now Acting Commander of the SUEI's Kyoto Branch.
  • Butt-Monkey: He may have been promoted, but he's still on the receiving end of the show's humour more often than not.
  • Rank Up: Has been promoted since his time in Omiya.

    Shinpei Izumi 
Former Commander of the SUEI's Omiya Branch, Shinpei Izumi has been promoted since The Movie to Commander-In-Chief of the SUEI
  • Big Good: His position as Commander-in-Chief puts him in a position to enact or approve most of the SUEI's actions.
  • Rank Up: He's risen to become Commander-in-Chief of the SUEI.

    Futaba Mihara 
Voiced by: Sora Amamiya

  • Rank Up: Has been promoted since her time in Omiya and is now in charge of a brand new branch, the Sakurajima Test Line.

Civilians and Other Characters

    Akeno Myoujou 
Voiced by: Marina Inoue
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    Seiryuu 
Voiced by: Kei Shindō
Shinkalion: Black Shinkalion (Crimson)
Another former Kitoralsus Agent, Seiryuu has spent the last few years since The Movie travelling the world's railways until Genbu calls him back to Japan to help train the new generation of drivers.
  • The Bus Came Back: Returns after a prolonged absence since The Movie.
  • Drill Sergeant Nasty: His approach to training uses a bit less carrot and a bit more stick.
  • Rail Enthusiast: Needless to say, Hayato's influence has rubbed off on him to the point his makes train trivia as a part of the test.
  • Walking the Earth: Between seasons, he set on a journey to learn about the railways across the world.

    Hayato Hayasugi 
Voiced by: Ayane Sakura
Protagonist of Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion and former driver of the Shinkalion E5 and Shinkalion E5 Mk. II, Hayato has retired from driving and is now studying abroad with his family in York, England.
  • Legendary in the Sequel: The entire SUEI treats him as a hero who's saved the world, but understand he wants to study abroad instead of fighting.
  • Retired Badass: Has left driving and has stated he has every confidence in the new Team Shinkalion.

Teoti

    General Tropes 
  • Armies Are Evil: Only Teoti leadership act as actual villains. The civilians are rather passive and sympathize with Earthlings as much as with Kannagi.
  • Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Kitoralsus were a large family of Well-Intentioned Extremists with a regular A Day in the Limelight explaining their common motives and thought process. Their operatives tried to learn about humanity by turning specific elements of modern civilization into kaiju and made notes of their failures. Teoti instead have 2 on-field members and 2 commanders, their plans and origins are kept a mystery for the majority of their series, they keep attacking underground structures outside the cities and rarely get along with each other. Also unlike Kitoralsus, who were a Dying Race of warriors, there's a huge portion of friendly Teoti civilians.
  • Instant Runes: Their summoning uses basically "red ancient QR-codes" instead of Black Particles like Kitoralsus.
  • Mind over Matter: They have some powerful telekinesis abilities.
  • Meaningful Name: They are named after Teotihuacan, an ancient city in Mexico.
  • Meet the New Boss: Even Genbu can't explain how there's another ancient race on Earth that wants to remove humans from the surface with the power of Kaiju and Shinkalion's Evil Knockoff just like them.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: Valtom is aggressive and looks like a volcano, Wadatsumi is stoic and dark-colored.
  • Superweapon: The keystones Teoti are destroying are sealing Arabaki, a powerful kaiju that could destory the planet once unleashed. The old Teoti sealed it away, but Valtom believes he can use it to destory the humans.
  • Standard Evil Organization Squad: Wadatsumi and Valtom are field generals, while Astraea and Kannagi are treated as royal twins and hardly do anything personally. Sogyoku is a Psycho for Hire who's only there because he knows more about the surface and the Shinkalion.
  • Ultraterrestrials: They were originally from Earth, but were driven away by Arabaki to a satellite Yuggothpeia and only recently decided to reclaim the planet.
  • Youkai: All Giant Monstrous Beings they summon have a yokai theme.

    Wadatsumi 
Voiced by: Tooru Sakurai
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  • Blood Knight: Passionate about fighting the Shinkalion and puts the pride of Teoti on the line when fighting in person.
  • The Creon: Unlike Valtom, he doesn't have much ambition and prefers to stay a warrior.
  • Graceful Loser: Accepts defeat at the SUEI Yokokawa branch and gracefully sees himself out.
  • Proud Warrior Race Guy: Objects to the use of the Dark Shinkalion as he feels that the Teoti should fight with their own power, not copy that of their enemies.
  • Samurai Ponytail: Is a warrior who sports a pretty long ponytail.
  • Starter Villain: The first Teoti to appear and eventually be defeated.
  • Taken for Granite: Compared to other major villains, Wadatsumi gets crystallized when defeated for good.
  • Tengu: His monster form is themed after Crow Tengu.
  • Villain Respect: He effortlessly walks straight into Ultra Evolution Institute and was about to disable Shinkalion while they're not being piloted. Shin challenges him into a duel and impresses him enough for him to leave and never do that again.

    Valtom 
Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze
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  • Ambition Is Evil: He's very proactive and dreams of becoming the next Teoti king.
  • Amphibian at Large: His monster form is based on Great Toad of Suo.
  • Asshole Victim: Considering through how much struggle Valtom put both the humans and Teoti through, it's not as shocking he gets rather graphically melted inside Arabaki.
  • Big Bad Ensemble: Later becomes an independent threat from Kannagi.
  • Fiery Salamander: His evolved form resembles a fire lizard even further.
  • Fire Is Masculine: He's red, glowing, and his chest is mostly an open view.
  • Hate Sink: Unlike other Teoti who pridefully believe Earth is theirs, Valtom seeks more power for power's sake and isn't above backstabbing his comrades.
  • The Starscream: He's pretty open about wanting to become the next Teoti king, and after being punished for insubordination, rebels by taking the power of the previous king by force.
  • Would Hurt a Child: Takes Setsura hostage to be used against Kannagi, but claiming she became too infected with humnaity tries to kill her on the spot.

    Kannagi 
Voiced by: Yohei Azakami
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    Astraea (Unmarked Spoilers) 
Voiced by: Marina Inoue
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  • Anti-Gravity Clothing: Some parts of her costume aren't attached to anything, but act as they do.
  • Big Sister Instinct: Near the finale, she begs the Shinkalions to save Kannagi, as it turns out Kannagi is her younger brother. Shin even compares her feelings toward Kannagi with his own big sister's feelings towards him.
  • Compelling Voice: Astraea can toggle someone's ability to speak by a command.
  • The Corrupter: She keeps pushing Abuto's priorities as he's tapping more into Dark Shinkalion from saving his father, to saving Teoti citizens, to just treating humans as enemies.
  • The Dragon: Kannagi's most trusted confidant.
  • Dramatic Unmask: Shows her face to Abuto, though not on-screen, which he clearly recognizes. Considering she has the same hair and the voice actor as Akeno... Confirmed in Episode 30.
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: In the final episode, she begs Shin and Abuto to save Kannagi from his One-Winged Angel form, in the process revealing that she is Kannagi's older sister.
  • Navel-Deep Neckline: Her costume is absolutely open at the center and stretches down to her navel.

    Setsura 
Voiced by: Yurika Kubo
A young Teoti girl who quickly befriends Abuto.
  • The Cutie: She's too young to be involved in whatever Teoti are doing and is more of a representative of the good parts of Teoti population.
  • Locked Out of the Loop: She only knows that Kannagi is trying to re-take Earth for the sake of Teoti. When she happens to meet the SUEI Drivers, she assumes they are allies becuase of how Abuto described them, despite them being enemies of Teoti.

    Zagan (Unmarked Spoilers) 

Tokonami Usui

Voiced by: Kosuke Tanabe

  • Gadgeteer Genius: Developed the Dark Shinkalion, as well as the Shinkalion Zs and the Zailiners.
  • Fling a Light into the Future: When Astraea called to him to abandon his human life, he left the Z-Codes near the Keystones for others to find.
  • I Have Your Wife: Encourages Abuto to go through with his plan to steal the Dark Shinkalion before its Devil Mode can be used for Kannagi's agenda, but not only does Astraea find out about it, she uses Zagan as a hostage to keep Abuto on their side.
  • Taking You with Me: Before Kannagi can interfere, Tokonami explodes the bridge and the throne room gets drifted off from Yuggothpeia with them inside. He didn't account for Valtom still being loose though, nor for Kannagi going into extremes to get back.
  • Walking Spoiler: Because of his true affiliation, and because he is Abuto's father, it's impossible to say much else about him.

    Arabaki 
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The God of Destruction sealed by the Blackstones across Japan.
  • Ancient Evil: Teoti have sealed Arabaki and resettled to a sattelite until it's the right time to return. That was before there even was humanity on Earth.
  • Evil Is Not a Toy: As Valtom monologues how he will be a king of the world once Arabaki destroys the surface, while standing on it, the latter wastes to time and consumes him.
  • Extra Eyes: The top of its body is covered with eyes.
  • Final Boss: With Kannagi and Valtom no longer being a threat, Arabaki is the last problem remaining and magnitues bigger than either of them.
  • Godzilla Threshold: Even Teoti aren't sure if they can seal it a second time, but they'd rather let it destroy the Earthlings than share the planet they believe is rightfully theirs.
  • Living Lava: Incomplete Arabaki is a collection of lava-like slimes with Combat Tentacles.
  • Nigh-Invulnerability: It's unaffected by any attack. Even after finding its weakness to salt, it just quickly regenerates. It required the help of Teoti to break its roots at the same time and the beam of two ZZ Gran Crosses to kill off.
  • Sealed Evil in a Can: Arabaki is an uncontrollable monster so powerful, Teoti regard it as Destroyer Deity and sealed it with 12 Keystones a long time ago. Now that they want to wipe out humanity, they attempt to break the Keystones one by one. Which they eventually do.
  • Weaksauce Weakness: With Black Stone being the only thing that harms it (aside a new Shinaklion power-up), Genbu confirms it's regular sea salt.

Others

    Sogyoku 
Voiced by: Kenji Yamaguchi
One of the Kitoralsus who appeared in the previous show, but has since left their fold. Now he operates alongside the Teoti.
  • Accidental Hero: Maetel got inspired to join SUEI because Sogyoku kept venting about his failures through radio she happens to intercept. Later she's been relaying what he's been doing with Teoti to SUEI.
  • Butt-Monkey: Compared to last season, Sogyoku just can't do anything right. In Episode 26 Valtom gifts Sogyoku a code so he can summon a Kaiju himself, but wasn't told what he has to stamp the object with it to activate it. Taiju even has to point out that the code was placed on his butt.
  • Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Counting the Valhallans in The Movie, the Teoti are the fourth group he's aligned himself with. When it becomes apparent that Teoti aren't as tough as they appeared to be, he secretly broadcasts request for help from literally anyone while still working for them.
  • Day in the Limelight: Episode 16 shows what he was up to between The Movie and Shinkalion Z.
  • Shell-Shocked Veteran: Having been thwarted by the SUEI's Shinkalions on multiple occasions, his hatred for them is so strong he has started having nightmares about them, and keeps thinking random human conversations are people talking about them.note 
  • Wild Card: Anyone who's watched the last show knows that Sogyoku has no issues with changing allegiance when it suits him. About the only thing all the factions he's sided with have in common is that the they all violently antagonize humanity.
  • The Worf Effect: Fights Shin and Ginga, but aside of the smoke gimmick, he goes down faster than any Monster of the Week. He managed to survive though.

    Kirin 
Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa
Another ex-Kitoralsus Agent and former driver of the Black Shinkalion Ogre, Kirin was placed in human custody for a while before being briefly recruited by Astraea.
  • Heel Realization: He gets a flashback of Isa talking how the flow of the world is to be decided by the youth. He still couldn't care less about humans, but blesses the young Drivers.
  • Humans Are Bastards: His time walking among humanity has convinced him of this, and flashbacks with Zagan show that he felt that humans, Kitoralsus and Teoti couldn't coexist unless the less numerous side held the bigger guns.
  • More than Mind Control: Astraea forcibly transforms him into a Giant Monstrous Being, but he's such a misanthrope he doesn't resist.
  • Retired Monster: Once the Final Boss of the previous show, he now cares neither for the new Team Shinkalion nor their new enemy, and decides to just sit back.

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