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Personality:   Kaiju No. 8 Japanese manga series Kaiju No. 8 (Japanese: 怪獣8号, Hepburn: Kaijū Hachigō), also known in English as Monster #8, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto. It has been serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ online platform since July 2020, with its chapters collected in 15 tankōbon volumes as of March 2025. Shueisha has also published the series digitally on its Manga Plus platform in English and several other languages. Viz Media began publishing the series digitally in August 2020 and has published the series in print in North America since December 2021. Quick Facts 怪獣8号 (Kaijū Hachigō), Genre ... The story follows Kafka Hibino who, after ingesting a parasitic creature, gains the ability to turn into a kaiju and now must navigate using his power while trying to become part of an organization that eliminates kaiju to fulfill a promise he made with a childhood friend. Matsumoto wrote the outline of the story of Kaiju No. 8 near the end of 2018 making it his second series for the magazine. The series was heavily influenced by Japanese tokusatsu media, especially Ultraman, while the author's struggles in the manga industry served as a basis for the main character's backstory. An anime television series adaptation produced by Production I.G aired from April to June 2024 with a second season set to premiere in July 2025. The series has spawned a light novel, two spin-off manga series, and an upcoming video game. By March 2025, the manga had over 18 million copies in circulation. The series has been praised for its premise, characters, and art. The series won the Next Manga Award in the web manga category in 2021 and was nominated for the Eisner Award in 2022. Synopsis Setting Kaiju No. 8 is set in a world in which monsters named kaiju regularly cause disasters. Japan has the highest rate of kaiju attacks in the world, therefore in order to combat them it establishes the Japanese Anti-Kaiju Defense Force (JAKDF). Kaiju are assigned a "fortitude level"—a scale indicating their overall strength, and are classified as honju—more dangerous, stronger kaiju, and yoju—smaller kaiju that can accompany or sprout off from honju. Kaiju that have high fortitude levels or abnormal characteristics are given a number as an identifier based on when they first appear, and are classified as daikaiju. Defense Force officers wear powered suits made from kaiju remains that grant them increased strength, speed, and durability. The suits have a total power output, measured in the form of a percentage (referred to as "unleashed combat power"), which varies from person to person (depending on their ability), with a maximum of 100%. The suits also influence how strong an officer's weapons are. Daikaiju remains are used to create stronger weapons named Numbers (ナンバーズ, Nanbāzu) that are named after the daikaiju they are made from, but only a select few can use them if they are deemed compatible. Numbers weapons are much stronger than regular suits and provide their users with special abilities. The Defense Force consists of field officers led by platoon leaders, with varying levels of unleashed combat power, and captains and vice-captains whose combat power exceeds 90% and who lead divisions. Field officers are supported by a team of operators who provide information on kaiju, and monitor the field officers' health and suit output. Plot See also: List of Kaiju No. 8 characters After their town is destroyed by kaiju, childhood friends Kafka Hibino and Mina Ashiro both vow to become members of the Japanese Anti-Kaiju Defense Force (JAKDF) to fight kaiju together. Mina has since become the captain of the JAKDF's 3rd Division and is valued due to an ability that makes her shots highly destructive. Kafka has failed the examination numerous times and works in a clean-up crew that disposes of kaiju remains after battle. Kafka meets a young part-time worker in his company, Reno Ichikawa, an aspiring JAKDF member, who reignites his desire to enlist once again. However, a parasitic creature enters Kafka's body through his mouth and he gains the ability to turn into a humanoid kaiju. After escaping from the JAKDF, Kafka is given the code name "Kaiju No. 8" and decides to apply while keeping his kaiju form a secret. Kafka and Reno pass the exam and join the 3rd Division along with Kikoru Shinomiya, a kaiju-slaying prodigy who Kafka saved during the test from another humanoid kaiju which the JAKDF names "Kaiju No. 9." Kafka encounters No. 9 once more when it tries to kill Reno during their first mission with the 3rd Division. Kafka fails to kill No. 9 and, as he tries to hide, he is attacked by the vice captain of the 3rd Division, Soshiro Hoshina. After a short fight, Kafka escapes from the vice captain, still maintaining his cover. Kafka is eventually forced to reveal his kaiju form when he transforms to save the 3rd Division's Tachikawa base from destruction after it is attacked by a third humanoid kaiju named Kaiju No. 10. Kafka is, reluctantly, apprehended by Mina and sent to JAKDF headquarters where he is given a chance to prove his usefulness after he defeats the Director General of the Defense Force, and Kikoru's father, Isao Shinomiya, in a duel. Kafka and Kikoru join the 1st Division led by captain Gen Narumi where they again fight No. 9 who attacks Shinagawa. They kill two versions of No. 9 while the real one attacks Isao and absorbs him and his Numbers 2 weapon, a powered suit of armor created from the remains of Kaiju No. 2, making No. 9 stronger in the process. No. 9 escapes and prepares for an invasion of Japan while Kafka and Kikoru train for the invasion, with Kikoru gaining her mother's Numbers 4 weapon. Reno gains the Numbers 6 weapon and trains with the 4th Division. While Kafka trains with Soshiro at an old shrine commemorating kaiju slayers of the Meireki era, he notices a specter of an old kaiju slayer. Several months later, No. 9 begins its invasion of Japan, sending a group of kaiju identified as Kaiju Nos. 11–15 that attack Gen, Soshiro, Kafka, Mina and Kikoru respectively. After some struggle, Gen, Soshiro, Kafka, and Kikoru succeed in defeating their opponents with Mina being the last one to defeat hers. However, No. 9 uses the corpse of Kaiju No. 14 as a portal to close the distance between itself and Mina, revealing its plan to kill and absorb Mina in order for it to gain her highly destructive ability. Kafka manages to reach Mina in time with the timely arrival of Reno who clears a path for him. Kafka and Mina succeed in defeating No. 9, however No. 9 mortally wounds Kafka and reveals to him that it absorbed an old and powerful kaiju of the Meireki era that devastated Japan in the past who proceeds to take over No. 9's body. Production Matsumoto had always loved tokusatsu, and he particularly liked the protagonist archetype seen often in the genre—where individuals gain extraordinary abilities, and become a hero, but also bear the weight of inner struggle as a consequence. —Shōnen Jump+ editor-in-chief Seijiro Nakaji on Naoya Matsumoto's tokusatsu influences. Naoya Matsumoto began his career in 2006 with Neko Romancer, a series that was published in Jump Giga (then known as Akamaru Jump). He authored a series titled Nekowappa! that debuted in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2009. The series was a continuation of a one-shot that Matsumoto wrote for the JG1 One-Shot festival. He published another one-shot titled Shikai Enbu in the 2012 spring edition of Jump Giga (then known as Jump Next) before starting his second serialization with Pochi Kuro that debuted on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ application and website in 2014. Matsumoto presented the idea and general outline of Kaiju No. 8's story to deputy editor-in-chief of Shōnen Jump+, Seijiro Nakaji, near the end of 2018. Influenced by tokusatsu media such as the Ultraman series, specifically Ultraseven (1967), as well as Shin Godzilla (2016) and Pacific Rim (2013), Matsumoto aimed to create a story that follows a protagonist who has to achieve their goal while hiding their identity from a hostile organization they are also a part of, seeing it as an entertaining concept. The decision to have Kafka try to join Defense Force to fulfill his dreams was decided on early in the series' development although there were plans to have him maintain a secret identity while leading a normal life. Kafka's predicament in the series was partly inspired by Matsumoto's career struggles in the manga industry. Working on Kaiju No. 8 was challenging for Matsumoto but it allowed him to move away from his usual stories which was echoed by Nakaji who said that the idea behind the series was unexpected since Matsumoto had usually authored fantasy stories. Depicitions of oni inspired Kafka's monster design. Page layouts are designed to be easy to follow especially on smartphones due to the manga being released digitally. Nakaji said that they try to take advantage of the series being digital by giving an example of a panel in the second chapter that was completely in color, something that would not be possible if the series was being published in a physical magazine. The codenames that are given to kaiju were inspired by typhoon categorization on the suggestion of a coworker of Matsumoto's who pointed out that this would make the kaiju appear more as disasters. The kaiju designs are inspired by mythological creatures, animals, and plants. Kaiju No. 8's design was modeled after depictions of oni while the design's color was inspired by the film Tron (1982). Matsumoto works with three assistants for the series: Osamu Koiwai who is responsible for background art, Jiro Sakura who does "finishing work" and Mantohihi Binta who is credited for weapon design. For background art, Matsumoto prepares a storyboard providing panel compositions of a chapter that are sent to Koiwai who creates an initial draft for Matsumoto's approval. Upon approval, Koiwai can proceed with creating the final version of the background art which takes 3–4 days to complete. Koiwai shares his creative process for the series on YouTube. Anime adaptation Tetsuya Nishio was brought onto the project as character designer and chief animation director by Production I.G producer Masashi Ohira who thought that Nishio's designs facilitate animation, and while not as detailed, still had a "three-dimensional feel." Nishio provided designs for human characters and humanoid kaiju that are present in the story. Apart from serving as chief designer of kaiju for the series, Mahiro Maeda provided detailed imagery of kaiju anatomy during battle scenes. Ohira approached Shinji Kimura to serve as art director as they thought that Kimura could create a sense of realism in the setting. Toho Animation producer Katsuhiro Takei said that Production I.G and studio Khara were brought on to the project due to similarities that Kaiju No. 8 had to previous works of both studios. Specifically, Takei thought that Kaiju No. 8's focus on the daily lives of its characters was influenced by Production I.G's film Patlabor (1989) while the story's setting was reminiscent of Khara's Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995) series. By including both studios in the production process Takei said that they aimed to recreate the look of anime from the 1990s. The anime utilizes a mix of hand-drawn and 3D animation. The lead director of 3D animation, Masaru Matsumoto, worked with a small team of animators that utilized Autodesk 3ds Max and Blender software with production starting in March 2022 and continuing while the series was airing. Directors Tomomi Kamiya and Shigeyuki Miya would indicate which sequences required 3D animation during storyboarding while Kimura and mechanical designer Shinobu Tsuneki worked closely with the team in order to evoke the aesthetics of previous Production I.G films such as Patlabor (1989) and Ghost in the Shell (1995) focusing on realistic depictions of military combat. Extensive 3D animation was used for portraying battles against large numbers of monsters and for dynamic camera movement in action sequences. The opening sequence of the first season was produced by studio Khara in collaboration with Japanese creative agency WOW. Directed by Hibiki Yoshizaki with Kouhei Nakama serving as CG director, the opening sequence aimed to show the origin of kaiju. Media Manga See also: List of Kaiju No. 8 chapters Written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto, Kaiju No. 8 started on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ application and website on July 3, 2020. In August 2020, Matsumoto and Kaiju No. 8 adopted a schedule where a new chapter is published every week for three weeks, followed by a one week break. From June 25, 2021, a new schedule was adopted where a new chapter is published every two weeks. Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on December 4, 2020; a promotional video for the volume, presented as a news program, was shown on the big screen of Yunika Vision at Seibu-Shinjuku Station from December 4–10, 2020. As of March 4, 2025, 15 volumes have been released. Viz Media began publishing the series in English on its website on August 2, 2020, under the title Kaiju No. 8, and on February 19, 2021, it announced that it had licensed the series for print in English, releasing the first volume on December 7, 2021. Shueisha began publishing chapters of the series on its Manga Plus website and app on July 22, 2020, under the title Monster #8 in English and several other languages. On March 30, 2023, Manga Plus announced that it would include Kaiju No. 8 in the title of the version of the manga on its service. To promote the release of the first volume in France, publisher Crunchyroll (then known as Kazé) displayed a mural on the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris from October 6–15, 2021. The series is licensed in Italy by Star Comics, the publication of which was commemorated by the display of a mural in the Porta Genova metro station in Milan. The series is also licensed in Spain by Planeta Cómic, in Argentina by Editorial Ivrea, in Taiwan by Ever Glory Publishing, and in Poland by Studio JG. Spin-offs A spin-off manga illustrated by Kentaro Hidano, titled Kaiju No. 8: B-Side (怪獣8号 side B) ran from January 5 to July 12, 2024, on Shōnen Jump+. The spin-off is based on the light novel Kaiju No. 8: Exclusive on the Third Division, written by Keiji Andō, and features side-stories of Defense Force members. Shueisha collected its chapters in two tankōbon volumes, released on April 4 and October 4, 2024. Shueisha and Viz Media began publishing the series in English on January 4, 2024, Shueisha on its Manga Plus website and app and Viz Media on its Shonen Jump website and app. Viz Media will release the volumes in print, with the first one set to be released in Q2 2025. Another spin-off manga, illustrated by Kizuku Watanabe [ja], titled Kaiju No. 8 Relax, began its serialization in Saikyō Jump on June 4, 2024, and on Shōnen Jump+ on June 7 of the same year. Viz Media will be publishing the series in print, with the first volume set to be released in Q3 2025. Light novel A 4-chapter side-story light novel titled Kaiju No. 8: Exclusive on the Third Division (怪獣8号　密着！第3部隊, Kaijū Hachigō: Mitchaku! Daisan Butai) written by Keiji Andō and illustrated by Matsumoto, was released on November 4, 2022. On February 2, 2024, Viz Media announced that it had licensed the light novel for print in English. It was published on December 3, 2024. Anime See also: List of Kaiju No. 8 episodes On August 4, 2022, it was announced that the manga would be receiving an anime adaptation, later revealed to be a television series produced by Production I.G, with Studio Khara supervising the kaiju designs and artworks. It is directed by Shigeyuki Miya and Tomomi Kamiya, with scripts by Ichirō Ōkouchi, character designs and chief animation direction by Tetsuya Nishio, art direction by Shinji Kimura [ja] and monster designs by Mahiro Maeda. The series aired from April 13 to June 29, 2024, on TV Tokyo and its affiliates, alongside Twitter for simulcast in Japan. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan, as well as dubbed versions an hour after its television premiere, which includes English, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil. Medialink licensed the series for streaming in Southeast Asia on its Ani-One Asia YouTube channel. After the airing of the final episode, a sequel was announced. It was announced that it will be a second season set to premiere in July 2025. A compilation film of the first season and an original episode, "Hoshina's Day Off" (保科の休日, Hoshina no Kyūjitsu), was screened together in Japanese theaters for three weeks starting on March 28, 2025. It was announced that film would have a worldwide release, later revealed to be screenings in North America the United Kingdom and Ireland with distribution by Sony Pictures Entertainment and under the title "Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon". The film will also be released in India. Crunchyroll will stream the second season. A series of short episodes, titled Minute! Kaiju No. 8 (ミニっと！かいじゅう8号, Minitto! Kaijū 8-gō), started on Toho Animation's YouTube channel on December 6, 2024. Music The music was composed by Yuta Bandoh creating a film score for the series. Bandoh worked with various artists such as (sic)boy, Taiiku Okazaki and LEO Imai to compose original songs for the anime. The soundtrack also features music by "The Kaiju Band", a musical project created for the anime consisting of guitarist Takayuki "Kojiro" Sasaki, King Gnu bassist Kazuki Arai and drummer Shun Ishikawa. American artists Patrick Paige II of The Internet and Suni MF are also featured on the soundtrack which was released on June 26, 2024. The opening theme song for the first season is "Abyss", performed by Yungblud, while the ending theme song is "Nobody", performed by OneRepublic. The ending theme song for the "Hoshina's Day Off" original episode is "Invincible", performed by OneRepublic. Other media Kafka Hibino is featured as a playable character in the video game Captain Velvet Meteor: The Jump+ Dimensions that was released on the Nintendo Switch on July 28, 2022. A life-size statue of Kafka's kaiju form was displayed at the Tachikawa Station on the Chūō Main Line from April 26–29, 2024. Kafka's voice actor Masaya Fukunishi was appointed as the ceremonial one-day manager at the Kaiju No. 8 store in the station. The statue was displayed in four other places from May 1 to June 16, 2024. A video game project, tentatively titled Kaiju No. 8: The Game, was announced in June 2024. It is developed by Akatsuki Games and is set to be available for smartphones and Windows (via Steam). Reception Popularity According to Yūta Momiyama, the deputy editor-in-chief of Shōnen Jump+, Kaiju No. 8, along with Spy × Family, have been very popular and are doing especially well on the Manga Plus service. In December 2020, it was reported that Kaiju No. 8 surpassed 30 million views, making it the fastest Shōnen Jump+ series to achieve this feat, and each new chapter published surpasses one million views. In February 2021, the series reached 70 million views. In April 2021, the series reached over 100 million views. In February 2023, the series reached 400 million views. The series ranked tenth on AnimeJapan's 5th "Most Wanted Anime Adaptation" poll in 2022. Manga The School Library Journal listed the first volume of Kaiju No. 8 as one of the top 10 manga of 2021. It ranked third on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2022 list of best manga for male readers. The series ranked second on the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2022. The series was included in Polygon's list of the best comics of 2021, Kotaku's list of the 11 best manga series of 2021 and The Fandom Post's list of the 12 best man List of Kaiju No. 8 characters The Kaiju No. 8 manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Naoya Matsumoto. Main Kafka Hibino / Kaiju No. 8 Voiced by: Masaya Fukunishi, Megumi Han (young) (Japanese); Nazeeh Tarsha, Alexis Tipton (young) (English) Kafka Hibino (日比野 カフカ, Hibino Kafuka) is a 32-year-old man with dreams of joining the Defense Force to fight alongside his childhood friend Mina Ashiro. He gives up on his dream after failed, past attempts to join the Defense Force and starts working in a kaiju disposal company as a cleaner. He gains the ability to turn into a kaiju after a small, parasitic creature (voiced by Tarako) enters his body through his mouth. After escaping from the Defense Force he is subsequently dubbed "Kaiju No. 8" (怪獣8号, Kaijū 8-gō). In his kaiju form, Kafka possesses superhuman strength, speed, durability, regeneration, and the ability to detect other kaiju. He has a fortitude level of 9.8, making him the most powerful kaiju identified by the Defense Force. Due to the low unleashed combat power of his suit he utilizes his knowledge of kaiju anatomy from his work in the disposal industry to help his squad-mates defeat kaiju. It was revealed that the small parasitic kaiju is made from the fallen kaiju slayers during their fight against the Daikaiju of the Meireki-Era, which made him see the phantasms and their influence of their hatred towards kaiju, which demonstrated as his kaiju form abilities are formed to specifically disrupts the regeneration rate of a kaiju everytime he attacks them. Reno Ichikawa Voiced by: Wataru Katoh (Japanese); Adam McArthur (English) Reno Ichikawa (市川 レノ, Ichikawa Reno) is an 18-year-old man who starts working in the same company as Kafka with plans to join the Defense Force. He becomes friends with Kafka and helps him hide the secret of his kaiju form. Reno is a considered to be a promising recruit and quickly becomes one of the Defense Force's strongest assets and joints the Fourth Division after the destruction of the Third Division's base. He is compatible with the Numbers 6 weapon made from the remains of Kaiju No. 6 that has a fortitude level of 9.6 and that devastated the Defense Force prior to the events of the series. The Numbers 6 weapon takes the form of a suit of armor that increases Reno's strength and speed and gives him the ability of cryokinesis. Kikoru Shinomiya Voiced by: Fairouz Ai (Japanese); Abigail Blythe (English) Kikoru Shinomiya (四ノ宮 キコル, Shinomiya Kikoru) is a young woman who joins the Third division together with Kafka and Reno. A kaiju-slaying prodigy, Kikoru is one of the greatest talents in the Defense Force and has the highest recorded unleashed combat power as a recruit. Her father, Isao, is the Director General of the Defense Force while her mother, Hikari, was a captain who died in the line of duty while fighting off a kaiju invasion led by Kaiju No. 6 prior to the events of the series. She uses a giant axe as her personal weapon and inherits her mother's Numbers 4 suit which gives her increased speed and the ability of flight. Defense Force Executives Isao Shinomiya Voiced by: Tesshō Genda (Japanese); Christopher Wehkamp (English) Isao Shinomiya (四ノ宮 功, Shinomiya Isao) is the Director General of the Defense Force and Kikoru's father who is considered to be one of the strongest combatants in the history of the Defense Force. Isao uses the Numbers 2 weapon made from the remains of Kaiju No. 2 in the form of a powered suit of armor and gauntlets, which gives him superhuman strength and the ability to use blasts that extend his attack range. Isao begins teaching Kikoru how to fight against kaiju after the death of his wife, Hikari. Isao tests Kafka in battle and spares him from disposal so that he can be used as an asset for the Defense Force. During one of Kaiju No. 9's attacks on Tokyo, Isao is killed and absorbed by No. 9, who goes on to use his memories to become stronger and develop new stronger Kaiju to crush the defense force. In spite of his death his mind was still present in Kaiju 9 and he ends up manifesting to break Kaiju 9's last shield, allowing Kafka to kill 9. Keiji Itami Voiced by: Takayuki Sugō (Japanese); Jason Douglas (English) Keiji Itami (伊丹 啓司, Itami Keiji) is the dutiful Deputy Director of the Defense Force who is later appointed as Director General of the Defense Force after Shinomiya's demise at No. 9's hands. First Division Gen Narumi Voiced by: Kōki Uchiyama (Japanese); Aaron Dismuke (English) Gen Narumi (鳴海 弦, Narumi Gen) is the captain of the First Division of the Defense Force and its strongest active combatant of the Defense Force. Gen uses the Numbers 1 weapon made from the remains of Kaiju No. 1. The weapon takes the form of a powered suit of armor and a pair of retinal implants that give Gen the ability to predict enemy movements allowing him to always land his attacks. His personal weapon is a large rifle with a bayonet. Rin Shinonome Rin Shinonome (東雲りん, Shinonome Rin) is a platoon leader in the First Division who highly respects Gen. She uses a minigun as her weapon of choice. Second Division Jura Igarashi Jura Igarashi (五十嵐 ジュラ, Igarashi Jura) is the Captain of the Second Division of the Defense Force. She is also Hakua Igarashi's older sister. Third Division Mina Ashiro Voiced by: Asami Seto (Japanese); Katelyn Barr (English) Mina Ashiro (亜白 ミナ, Ashiro Mina) is the 27-year-old captain of the Third Division of the Defense Force. She is Kafka's childhood friend with whom he vowed to fight against kaiju. She is one of the strongest officers in the Defense Force and is highly skilled in using firearms due to a unique ability making her shots more devastating compared to other captains. Her personal weapon is a handheld cannon, making her effective against giant-sized kaiju. Soshiro Hoshina Voiced by: Kengo Kawanishi (Japanese); Landon McDonald (English) Soshiro Hoshina (保科 宗四郎, Hoshina Soshirō) is the vice-captain of the Third Division. He is a skilled swordsman who is good at fighting smaller kaiju. Soshiro is frequently advised by his superiors to quit being a field officer due to his ineffectiveness with firearms. Mina, however, values his skill as a swordsman and asks him to become her vice-captain. On Soshiro's recommendation, Kafka is retrained as a cadet in the Third Division. Secretly, Soshiro suspects that Kafka is hiding something since the Third Division registered a 9.8 fortitude level at the same time that Kafka's suit stopped working when he transformed during the aptitude test to save Kikoru from a honju. In the battle against Kaiju No. 10 Soshiro stalls the fight long enough for Mina to incapacitate it after which it is turned into a Numbers weapon that is compatible with Soshiro. This weapon takes the form of a sentient suit with a tail that can be used for attacks. Iharu Furuhashi Voiced by: Yuuki Shin (Japanese); Ben Stegmair (English) Iharu Furuhashi (古橋 伊春, Furuhashi Iharu) is a new recruit who joins the Third Division together with Kafka, Reno and Kikoru. He and Reno become part of the same platoon and develop a rivalry over the course of their training. Haruichi Izumo Voiced by: Keisuke Koumoto (Japanese); Howard Wang (English) Haruichi Izumo (出雲 ハルイチ, Izumo Haruichi) is a new recruit of the Third Division, Haruichi is the scion of the Izumo family who run the Izumo Tech corporation that develops equipment for the Defense Force. Aoi Kaguragi Voiced by: Shunsuke Takeuchi (Japanese); Jonah Scott (English) Aoi Kaguragi (神楽木 葵, Kaguragi Aoi) is a JGSDF officer who joins the Third Division and becomes part of the same platoon as Haruichi. Konomi Okonogi Voiced by: Sayaka Senbongi (Japanese); Celeste Perez (English) Konomi Okonogi (小此木 このみ, Okonogi Konomi) is the lead operator of the Third Division who provides information to field officers. Her operations team monitors the suit power output of officers and can also remove their limiters allowing the officers to use greater outputs. Akari Minase Voiced by: Nene Hieda (Japanese); Monica Flately (English) Akari Minase (水無瀬あかり, Minase Akari) is a Defense Force officer of the Third Division. Hakua Igarashi Voiced by: Mayuko Kazama (Japanese); Molly Searcy (English) Hakua Igarashi (五十嵐ハクア, Igarashi Hakua) is a tall Defense Force officer with blue hair in the Third Division. She is also Jura Igarashi's younger sister. Tae Nakanoshima Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura (Japanese); Ezra Vervin (English) Tae Nakanoshima (中之島 タエ, Nakanoshima Tae) is a platoon leader in the Third Division of the Defense Force, who is into younger guys. Haruichi and Aoi are part of her platoon. Ryō Ikaruga Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa (Japanese); Zac Loera (English) Ryō Ikaruga (斑鳩亮, Ikaruga Ryō) is a platoon leader of the Third Division. Reno and Iharu are part of his platoon. Fourth Division Jūgo Ogata Jūgo Ogata (緒方ジュウゴ, Ogata Jūgo) is the captain of the Fourth Division of the Defense Force. He trains Reno and Iharu when they join the Fourth Division after the destruction of the Third Division's base and oversees Reno's training with the Numbers 6 weapon. Sixth Division Sōichirō Hoshina Sōichirō Hoshina (保科 宗一郎, Hoshina Sōichirō) is the captain of the Sixth Division of the Defense Force. He is the older brother of Soshiro Hoshina (vice captain of the Third Division) and uses the single-blade style. Kaiju Kaiju No. 9 Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Japanese); Alejandro Saab (English) Kaiju No. 9 (怪獣9号, Kaijū 9-gō) is a humanoid kaiju who can create other kaiju and absorb humans, taking their appearance and memories. No. 9 infiltrates society by initially disguising itself as a human kaiju cleaner named Takamichi Hotaka (voiced by Tomokazu Sugita). No. 9 orchestrates most of the catastrophes that befall the Defense Force. It absorbs Isao Shinomiya and his Numbers 2 weapon which greatly increases its strength and ability to create stronger kaiju. No. 9 is constantly in the pursuit of knowledge and aims to create a world for kaiju to thrive in. After Kafka and Mina destroy No. 9's core, No. 9 is revealed to have absorbed an old creature from the Meireki era (referred to as the Daikaiju of the Meireki-Era) who wreaked havoc in Japan subsequently causing the Great Fire of Meireki. The creature takes over No. 9's body and goes on a rampage against the Defense Force. Kaiju No. 10 Voiced by: Kenta Miyake (Japanese); Brent Mukai (English) Kaiju No. 10 (怪獣10号, Kaijū 10-gō) is a humanoid kaiju that leads an attack on the Third Division's base leading a group of wyvern kaiju. It is ultimately defeated by Soshiro and Mina and is apprehended by the Defense Force. While imprisoned, No. 10 reveals that its creator is Kaiju No. 9 and asks to be turned into a Numbers weapon to be used by Soshiro. It is the first kaiju to be made into a Numbers weapon while still alive, retaining its sentience. No. 10 has a maximum fortitude level of 9.0. 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