Kaze Daizaemon
(風 大左衛門)
Debut	0115. The Man From Hakata
(Current) Final Appearance	Ongoing
Seiyu	None
Voice Actor	None
Profile
Age	???
Current Status	Alive
Relatives	None Known

A tall and incredibly powerful martial artist who comes from the countryside to Tokyo looking for a good fight. One of his signature moves is the "back attack", in which he thrusts his back against his enemies with incredible force, often sending them flying. He first meets Gantz after the Shinjuku massacre, where he makes a valiant yet doomed attempt at stopping Izumi. He seems to care about Takeshi, a young child who admires Kaze as his "Muscle Rider" savior. Gantz calls him "Countryside General," ("inakappe daisho" / "General Bumpkin") and later on "Muscle Rider."

After the Oni Aliens mission he collects slightly over 100 points, but chooses to remain in the Gantz game in order to both continue testing his strength and fighting skills against more powerful enemies and to protect Takeshi. So instead of being freed he chooses to revive another person, settling on Nishi after asking for Kurono's suggestion. Despite his cold outlook, he does have a softer side - in fact, he weeps when he thinks of how Takeshi died at such a young age without ever having experienced love. He also takes some sport in the game, though nowhere near as much as Izumi.

Personality and Fighting StyleEdit

Kaze has always been a quiet individual and is always the first to enter a fight with the strongest aliens in the missions, though he uses the Gantz suit, like Kato, his own strength is one to be feared. Kaze shows compassion for Takeshi and takes him in, proving that he does indeed have a soft side. Kaze is rarely seen using any of the Gantz weapons, using only the suit to fight the aliens, though this is highly dangerous to take on the aliens with your bare hands, his strength combined with the suit's power is strong enough to go on with a powerful alien face to face.

Current EventsEdit

After the mission in Osaka, Kaze shows his concerns for the "End of the world" in one week's time and appears at the meeting concerning that issue. He and Takeshi were recently offered by Suzuki to stay with him for the time being, though he thought as not to impose and denied, Suzuki insisted.

Kaze survives the mission in Italy and upon returning to the room he is released along with the rest of the hunters. In chapter 303, he is seen with Takeshi watching a big screen T.V. showing the destruction in America. In chapter 306, Takeshi and Kaze are seen under the attack of the Gantz-suited like aliens. In chapter 309 he is seen fighting against the aliens. In chapter 310 upon defeating the aliens he is seen alongside Takeshi being cheered by a crowd and eventually followed by them. In chapter 314 he is seen with Takeshi on his shoulder standing by the other Gantz hunters. In chapter 327 he is seen with Takeshi and the others climbing up the Gantz building. In chapter 328, after Reika says that she senses another person in the building, Kaze says that he senses it too. He and the others call out for Nishi, knowing that he's there.

After the Katastrophe Team form and head into the ship, Kaze helps out by rescuing the humans along with his team. Later on, a few of the aliens appear with another three headed beast alien. They began to attack the humans and the Katastrophe Team. Kaze leaps onto the three headed aliens head and begins to tear it apart, of course, with his barehands. With Ryuujis' help, the both of them take down the beast.

Later on, Kaze is still helping the Team fight off oncoming aliens in the battle arena. He continues to display his signature strength and speed by ripping aliens apart with his bare hands.