Fuuma Kotaro

Kotaro is the (heroic/villainous) protagonist of TABA, RPGX and Action Taimanin.

He is the current head of the Fuuma clan, after his father betrayed Gosha Village. Depending on continuity, he is the leader of the Fuuma Organization, Independent Rangers or Taimanin Task Force He is often scorned as "the Fuuma head with a missing eye" in the RPGX and Action timeline.

Personality
Kotaro's character traits differs depending on continuity. True for all three continuities however, is that he is a very smart, analytical, scheming and long-term thinking individual. Shifting between being relaxed to serious on some missions, he is able to think on the fly. Feeling somewhat concerned about his family's history and his hated father Fuuma Danjo, Kotaro has a desire to prove himself. He cares for Tokiko but also can get meek if he knows, that he upset her.

He is proactive and tries to better himself constantly.

He shows lust and sexual attraction to his Taimanin coworkers but is able to control it if needed. Even when insulted, he does not lose his composure and remains mature in a situation. However, when talking about his father, he tends to lose his composure quickly and can become very rude.

In multiple continuities he is interested in Video Games.

Timeline TABA
The Fuuma Kotaro of TABA is villainous. Wanting to rebuild his clan as the ruling party, over all other groups like the Taimanin, demons or UFS, he aims to be independent. In order to rival the military force of others, he regularly kidnaps enemy commander from encounters or when the opportunity arises. He uses hell tech, sex and his own abilities to break women into his servitude. He goes very far with some of them whether they be Demons, UFS or Taimanin. Though he uses some of them as sexual release aids for the most part, but he seems to be more interested in their use, on the battlefield and will not break their personality.

He leaves his sex slaves with autonomy, as long as they serve him and will be protective of them, risking his life for them if needed. He isn't all evil and does have serious concern for the people close to him. Furthermore, he cares a lot about his half-sister Tokiko, his one true confidant and looses his "cool" should something happened to her. Though considerably cruel and more manipulative, he has a few moments of humanity.

Isozaki Iki was one of his childhood friends, he will not harm her or her sister Isozaki Iori and does not wish to force their allegiance.

Timeline RPGX
Kotaro is far more soft in RPGX and believes more in the values of Taimanin. From time to time, he will be very lewd towards his teammates. He has some inherent desire to dominate and be sadistic, as shown in some of his scenes. He can also abuse some of his authority or tricks them, in what if dating events. However, such acts are "consensual" unlike most of his TABA encounters and don't necessarily all reflect his character in the main champaign.

Being a student at Gosha Academy he is sometimes insecure about his not awoken abilities. He is bitter that his old friendship with Nisha Gaiza has broken down.

He is naturally curious and his best friends are Aishu Hebiko and Uehara Shikanosuke. He also forms friendships with Yukikaze, Mari and many more as the game goes on.

Timeline Action
In this continuity, Kotaro is at his most serious, having almost no sexual encounters, even though the idea crosses his mind. He supports his classmates and deeply respects Asagi Igawa and Yamamoto Nobushige. He is a childhood friend of Shinganji Kurenai but feels inferior to her, as she also is part of the Fuuma clan. Kotaro seems determined to prove himself as his ability has not awakened.

He again is already friends with Aishu Hebiko and Uehara Shikanosuke but has also friendly relationships with all Taimanin Task Force members.

Appearance
Kotaro is a tall young man with olive skin. He has blue hair and his left eye is colored amber. His right eye is his Evil Eye and has a black sclera with a red pupil. It's usually closed if it hasn't been awakened or activated.

History
Born as the son of Fuuma Danjo the head of the Fuuma clan, he is next in line should his father die. He always had a bad relationship with a father that views his "family" as tools and is cruel. He grew up in the Fuuma Estate, with his half sister Fuuma Tokiko, as one of the only people he trusted. Going to Gosha Academy to become a Taimanin but struggled to awaken to his ability. Kotaro didn't join the Fuuma Revolt that his father started against Gosha Village and Igawa Asagi. Depending on the outcome Kotaro remained in the village or left.

Timeline TABA
When he was around his teens, he rejected Tokiko, which was send out by Danjo's orders to "serve him". Not rejecting her look but saying that he would take from his father by his own power. If he took her then by his own power.

He had finished Gosha Academy and was friends with Isozaki Iki. His true power of absorbing people was sealed by Danjo out of fear but Kotaro awoke to a weaker version of his ability later on. As Fuuma Danjo revolt failed, he took most of the Fuuma clan with him, leaving Kotaro behind.

Trying to create a New Fuuma Clan, with his half-sister and steward Fuuma Tokiko. He was able to use his Evil Eye that enables him to steal/seal any ability.

Being less scrupulous, he kidnaps some of his enemies from the Taimanin, Demons and UFS, and has them join his faction. He also fights powerful demons that try to take over the world many times like the Brain Flayer, Edwin Black, Corpse Lord and Astaroth.

He later is assisted by a young Igawa Sakura and Yatsu Murasaki from another dimension, that ally with him willingly, as well as the demon pair, Lilim and Minasaki. He later faces off against his father, Fuuma Danjou and kills him.

Able to kill him he awakens to the full power of his eye that can steal someone's whole identity by absorbing them, for some time.

At the end of TABA he confronts Edwin Black and uses Igawa Asagi to kill him, which triggers Black universe resetting abilities.

Timeline RPGX
This version of Koroto is the result of "one" of the reset worlds created after the events of a TABA-like world.

The Fuuma Revolt happend when Kotaro was still only 3 years old. Just as in TABA Fuuma Danjo revolt failed but Danjo died in this timeline. As most of the clan just remained in the village and key figures never joined Danjo's side the Fuuma clan remained in Gosha Village. When Kotaro was around 12 years old he protected Fuuma Amane and back then showed abilities similar to Black in that rare instance, but did not recall those events well. His Evil Eye ability never awoken, even in a weak form. Being ridiculed because of this, Kotaro endured a lot of hardship and bullying early in life, which steeled his resolve to become relevant, useful or powerful in people's eyes.

Kotaro enrolled in Gosha Academy to become a Taimanin, living in the Fuuma Estate.

As he also became the current clan head with the death of his father, many clan members saw him as unfit. His old friend Nisha Gaiza also a member of Fuuma started a new revolt to take over the Fuuma clan and Gosha Village, with his Fuuma Ninja Troops. However, this has failed and Gaiza currently growths his forces. He now is around 16 years old.

Kotaro compensates his lack of power with deep knowledge of the Taimanin ninja arts, gained from reading old and secret tomes from the Gosha Academy's library, making him an excellent commander and support. As Igawa Asagi sees his abilities, she appoints him the leader of the "Taimanin Rangers".

This unit is send on different missions some ending with fights against Nisha Gaiza followers and demons.

In one of the missions Kotaro encounters "Kuroto", which claims and hints that he and him had switched some powers on the last world reset.

Timeline Action
In Action Taimanin, Kotaro works in a small cell of Taimanin with Igawa Asagi, Mizuki Yukikaze and Igawa Sakura as support. After having shown his abilities to Yamamoto Nobushige, the Taimanin Task Force is created, with Fuuma as team leader.

He is helped by Su Jinglei of the Chinese Union as a form of cooperation and they are able to capure Oboro for a short time.

Unable to stop a terror attack at Kotrara Island, with the CD Virus, he still was able to kill Momochi Toyo the instigator of the attack.

However, after a follow up mission and assistance of Emily Simmons, of the UFS. They reach Toyo's corpse just for it to be taken away, by the demon Noah Brown. A connection to Astaroth and Edwin Black is established, and after some more missions Momochi Toyo seems to be alive once more.

Powers/Abilities
Main Weapon: Katana


 * Ninja Arts: Evil Eye "Demonic Gate" - he can analyze his opponent's ability, through looking at them with his right eye and direct skin contact. When activated: targets can't use their own ability for a duration, and he can steal them for himself. He is able to hold one ability at a time. This ability is not limited to supernatural entities and can be used on animals. This allows him to use for example, a cat's night vision or a dog's sense of smell. (TABA only)
 * Ninja Arts 2: Evil Eye "Demonic Gate Mode" - His Evil Eye glows golden and his other eye glows silver at the same time. With it he can use an ability he has stolen from the past with "Demonic Gate". However this is extremely taxing on his body and can lead to his death. He also can combine a currently stolen ability with a past stolen ability, creating combination attacks. Known abilities include but not limited to:
 * Shapeshifting: He uses this ability to capture people from Gosha Academy, using the ruse of an instructor named Mr. Tanaka. (TABA only)
 * Incubus abilities: He has used this ability extensively on Lilith Abel Bindernagel. He can molest and arouse a target from a distance without being detected. It is not perfect however, as beings such as Beririku can detect his presence. He can also invoke dreams on a target while their bodies are placed on a trance as they are being violated. (TABA only)
 * Enemy Absorption: After killing his father Fuuma Danjo that put a seal on his full ability, he is able to absorb a person by touching them, turning into them including all of their skills and memories, while still remaining himself for that time.
 * Tactical Fighter: Being physically weaker than a lot of his opponents he is smart enough to trap them or overpower them with a bit of planning. Kotaro is generally weaker than "monster" - level Taimanin if he doesn't use his Evil Eye as he does in TABA. However he is still a dangerous individual, being skilled in basic swordsmanship and ninja arts.
 * Particle Control: As a Taimanin, he is able to manipulate Taima Particles to enhance his physical strength, speed and defense. The particles also are used to counter demonic influences and strengthen damage to demons.

Media

 * Taimanin Asagi Battle Arena
 * Taimanin RPGX
 * Action Taimanin

Trivia

 * Like Yukikaze, he is interested in e-sports and video games.
 * The RPGX version in the first chapters is 16 years old while the TABA version seems to be a man in his middle 20s.
 * He goes into the same class as Yukikaze
 * The tag "Criminal Taimanins" and "Independent Taimanins" only apply to his TABA version. As he fights against the Taimanin in TABA and is the leader of a crime group.