| Genjurou Kazanari | |
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| Romaji | Kazanari Genjūrō |
| Character Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 194cm |
| Hair Color | Red |
| Eye Color | Gold |
| Relatives | Fudou Kazanari (Father) Yatsuhiro Kazanari (Brother) Tsubasa Kazanari (Niece, technical younger half sister) |
| Debut | |
| Manga | Chapter 1 |
| Anime | Senki Zesshō Symphogear Episode #1 |
| Voice Actors | |
| Japanese | Hideo Ishikawa |
Genjuro Kazanari (風鳴 弦十郎 Kazanari Genjūrō?) is a Leader of the 2nd Division Mobile Disaster Response Corps.
Appearance
Key art of Genjuro.
Genjuro is a tall and muscular man with gold eyes, spiky red hair, and a goatee. He is most often seen wearing a red dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a pink tie with its end tucked into the left breast pocket of his shirt, light beige slacks and black and blue athletic shoes.
He is also seen in various suits.
Personality
Genjuro is a mature, responsible man. He specifically identifies himself as OTONA (おとな/大人, meaning "Adult") in front of most of the crew, and acts as the parental figure for most of them.
He has a warm and outspoken personality. Although he looks rough and goes to the dramatic side very easily, deep down he cares a lot about people around him, especially the Symphogear users. He is also a huge fan of action movies. He claims that he gained his superior fighting skills through "Eating a lot, sleeping well, and watching action movies".
History
After the attack by Chris Yukine in the Nehushtan Armor, he becomes Hibiki's teacher in martial arts at her request. He later defended Chris so that she can use her Symphogear. He is Chris's chosen guardian when her parents were killed in a war eight years ago and she was rescued six years later. He blames himself for not being able to save her when Finé kidnapped her two years before the series. However they both made up and she willingly cooperates with Tsubasa and Hibiki under his command only.
Abilities and Powers
Genjūrō destroys a rock with a single punch.
Though not a relic user, Genjuro possesses enormous superhuman strength, enough to shatter a falling rock the size of a meteor with a single punch. He is also capable of other amazing feats, such as jumping to the top of an 8 floor building from ground (while carrying Chris), and jumping down safely from high places without protection.
He is master in martial arts, and is seen sparring with Hibiki and crew.
While he has no special resistance against Noise, he has on occasion defended himself against them by using the terrain as projectiles, and his strength is enough to hold out even against relic users for a brief period of time. Because Noise needs to materialize at the instant of their attack, Genjuro is able to snap that very moment and hit them to achieve damage even with his bare fists. Of course, this way of fighting is very inefficient so he still prefers to leave the fighting to the Symphogear users.
He is the absolute strongest fighter in the series as he can easily gain considerable advantage even when he's fighting users of complete relics (Finé in the first season). However his body is still that of a regular human so he got mortally wounded in a single strike by Finé while he was distracted.
In light of all his fighting capabilities, he still prefers to leave the fighting to the Symphogear users, so "those younger people could learn from experience".
Synopsis
Season 1
Genjuro is first seen approaching Kanade and Tsubasa
Genjuro Witnessing Nehushtan's Activation
right before their concert in Episode 1. He only speaks slightly before Kanade cuts him off and finishes in a care-free way. He smiles and says that he'll hold her to her word as the concert will decide the fate of mankind. He then calls Ryoko to check and leaves the girls to go to the underground laboratory. He is later seen in the laboratory and everything had gone well and a success. However it was short lived as the lab can no longer handle the accumulation of Phonic energy and an explosion is caused. Having survived the explosion and collapse of the laboratory he witnesses the activation of the Nehushtan Armor.
Later in the episode he is heard giving orders to gauge the Noise and back up the army to Tsubasa. However she refuses. He is seen later at the headquarters monitoring the Noise attacks along with Ryoko. He exclaims in surprise as the Aufwachen Waveform of Gungnir is detected.
In Episode 2 he is seen wearing a large top hat and throwing a welcome party for Hibiki, in which Tsubasa displays a slightly annoyed look. Genjuro then explains to Hibiki the reason for the Mobile Disaster Response Corps as he
Genjuro welcoming Hibiki
does a magic trick of making flowers appear. He then introduces himself as the one who calls the shots to Hibiki. The next day he inform Hibiki that Tsubasa carries the first relic Ame no Habakiri. He also explains that relics are activated through song. He also tells Hibiki that it needs to be kept a secret as everyone she knew would be placed in danger if they knew. He then requests again that Hibiki cooperate with them. As Hibiki tries to leave and fight the Noise he stops her, however she leaves anyways.
Genjuro exits the headquarters in Episode 3 as he needed to stop Tsubasa and Hibiki. As Tsubasa attacks Hibiki Genjuro steps in the way and deflects her attack and repels her, showing him super strength, he also damages the bridge they are standing on and breaks a water pipe. He then comments about the mess and how much he had paid for the shoes, noting that it was normal for Tsubasa to act in such a way. He notices her crying and asks if she is, in which she denies it.
Genjuro is seen watching Kanade as she struggles in bindings 5 years agao in Episode 4. An agent then gives him a report on Kanade as she then tells him to give her a weapon and allow her to fight. He kneels down to speak with her and asks her to tell him what happened so that they may avenge her family. As Kanade stops Genjuro pats her head and hugs her. He watches as Kanade is injected
Genjuro hugs Kanade
with LiNKER and clenches his fist hard enough to draw blood.
Back in the present, Genjuro is seen giving orders to seal of the area and contain the Nehushtan Armor. He is later seen driving with Ryoko trying to get the the area where Tsubasa and Chris are fighting. Genjuro arrives just in time as Tsubasa had just finished. As she collaspes Genjuro runs to see to her.
At the hospital the doctor informs him of Tsubasa's condition, he then leaves with agents to try and trace the Nehushtan Armor. At the end of the episode Hibiki goes to ask him to teach her how to fight. He agrees and tells her that his training is rather harsh. She agrees nonetheless and he asks her if she likes action movies. His odd training regiment contains training and actually watching action movies.
Genjuro is once again overseeing Hibiki's training in Episode 5. After training, Hibiki asks him about other weapons that could be used to fight the Noise and Genjuro informs her that the Symphogear is a top secret government project. He also informs her that Ryoko had been called to the Government Building to inform officials about the 2nd Division's security and defense systems. He later informs Ryoko of the Defense Minister's assassination and at the meeting he tells Sakuya where Durandal is to be transported as they are civil servants and cannot defy government orders.
Genjuro later briefs the agents and Hibiki before they set off and is seen flying in a helicopter above the agents and Ryoko. He is the one to inform Ryoko of the Noise attack and their whereabouts.
Genjuro first comes back fron Denfense Minister Hiroki's funeral in Episode 6 where he asks Ryoko about their progress. He reveals that it was the Defence Minister who had opposed their requests for updates as he didn't support pumping tax money into a secret organization, but it was also to protect them from any external interference. He also informs them of the Denfense Minister's sucessor supporting them in terms on upgrades, however also being pro-American and international cooperation.
Genjuro tells Tsubasa not to do anything rash as she fights Chris in Episode 7 and later calls what she did nuts, in which she apologizes.
Genjuro displays his super human strength
Genjuro informs Hibiki of a Noise attack an hour earlier and of the traces of Ichaival in the same area in Episode 8. Genjuro wouldn't allow for Tsubasa to fight until she got the all clear from her doctors. He steps in to save Chris with the use of his super human strength. After the attack he tells Hibiki and Miku to leave the rest to the adults. He reassures Miku that Chris hadn't been on the list of casualties.
Genjuro walks in the rain and comes to a large building in Episode 9. He found Chris and brought her food as he was the only one left who could take care of her. He begins to recall Chris' past to her before offering her milk. He reveals to her the plan put in place after her parents death before she went missing and after the case was closed. He also tells her that it was an adults job to finish what he started.
Relationships
Kazanari Tsubasa - He is also Tsubasa's uncle.
Tachibana Hibiki - After the attack by the girl in the Nehushtan Armor, he becomes Hibiki's teacher in martial arts at her request.
Yukine Chris - Her legal guardian after she was rescued from trafficking, but she was kidnapped by Finé. They made up later and she is now working under him.
Songs
Insert Songs Featured In:
- Eiyū Koji
- Genkitsu! Denkou Keiji Ban (Solo Version)
Trivia
- He is the only male character in the series to have a song.
- His voice actor, Mr. Hideo Ishikawa, actually studied in Vocal Performance major in university.
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