Kai Kitamura
Kai Kitamura () is a fictional character in the SUPER Robot Wars series. In canon, he pilots the Gespenst MK II M Custom.
Appearances
Kai has appeared in the following games:
- Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation - Playable character
- Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 - Playable character
- Super Robot Wars Original Generations - Playable character
- Super Robot Wars Original Generation Gaiden - Playable character
Theme Music
- Rushing Dandy - Default theme in Original Generations and Original Generation Gaiden
Personality And Traits
Kai Kitamura was a former member of the elite Earth Federation Army Aggressors unit. When the team was disbanded, he became the commander of a Personal Trooper unit located near the Far Eastern Base. Often mistaken for being old, he is 36-years old and is married and also has a daughter. An extremely strict and serious teacher, Kai has been called a "demon instructor" by Masaki Andoh, who broke protocol and sortied on his own during a battle. As punishment, he made him sit perfectly straight for several hours.
Kai also appears to be an expert of some form of martial arts. He can execute a variety of melee and grappling moves with his mechs, most notably the Jet Magnum technique, and the most powerful attack of the Gespenst MK II Type-S, the Gespenst Kick. More recently, Kai has developed The New Jet Phantom attack, in his customized Gespenst MK II M. The progression in the name of his attacks is possibly a homage to the animated series, The King of Braves GaoGaiGar, where the titular mecha utilizes the Broken Magnum and the Broken Phantom techniques, through the course of the series.
History
Kai Kitamura first appeared as reinforcements during the Burning PT Tournament in Japan, assisting Ryusei Date in the fight against a group of Aerogater Megillots. He would be transferred to the Hagane to assist the SRX Team during the Divine Crusaders War, and eventually joining up with the Hiryu Custom and its crew for the L5 Campaign.
With the threat of the Aerogaters over, the Earth Federation saw a need to revive the old Aggressors team, and asked Kai to reorganize and fill in new positions, with him as its head. Kai would recruit Raidiese F. Branstein and Latooni Subota, and they would relocate to Hawaii, where testing for the Wild Falken would take place. However, the Neo Divine Crusaders would intervene and steal the unit, sparking a new conflict with the revived faction, as well as engaging the Inspectors, Shadow-Mirror and the Einst. The events of Original Generation 2 concludes with Kai recruiting Arado Balanga, Seolla Schweizer and Lamia Loveless into the Aggressors.
In Original Generation Gaiden, Kai was involved with a feud against a military scientist named Donna, who was formerly slated for the Wendigo Project. Donna let loose of one of the results of the project, the Wendigo mobile weapon, while holding Kai as a hostage, as the machine attacked his trainees. Kai broke free and proceeded to destroy the monstrosity, later arresting his captives.
Notes
Lenonjayce Stallord of Super Robot Wars F is GeneRally credited to have been the one who came up with the Gespenst Kick, after developing his own attack, the Final Gespenst Kick. However, Lenonjayce, along with the other F originals, save Irmgult Kazahara and Ring Mao, have yet to appear in the Original Generation universe. Whether this retcons Lenonjayce to be the predecessor of the attack or not remains to be seen.