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Ichirou Tachibana (橘 壱郎 Tachibana Ichirō?) is the main protagonist of Shin Gamera and many of its sequels and a supporting character of several movies, as well as one of the leading characters and arguably the main protagonist of the entire Mahou Kaiju Series. He is the Supreme Commander of the Justice Alliance, a massively elaborate organization of superheroes tasked to enforce justice and protect many kinds of people at all costs and is known to transform into the powerful guardian kaiju Gamera. Due to his feats and accomplishments in a countlessly colossal number of battles and wars for over a decade, he is widely regarded by many as one of the greatest, bravest, toughest and strongest heroes in the entirety of Planet Earth as a whole.

Appearance[]

Ichiro is a tall man who has blue eyes and black hair with a curved antenna at the top. A lot of times, he wears a red shirt, brown pants and white shoes as his civilian clothing. In later movies, he would develop a slightly-muscular build on his body.

In his battle attire, he wears golden crown with a white gem on his head, a gray skin-tight clothing with white accents that covers most of his body, a white chest armor with golden spikes and accents and a blue gem, white gauntlets and boots with different colored jewels, a big collar and a long flowing cape. From Gamera vs. The Great General of Darkness onwards, his uniform is now mostly black.

Background[]

Before Shin Gamera[]

Ichirou was born from his parents Hitoshi Tachibana and Chiane Tachibana who seemingly died in an unknown accident when the boy was still a baby. Chiane's true identity was the Primordial Goddess Tiamat who was summoned on July 7, 1999 by Hitoshi as his Walker to fight the Great King of Terror Angolmois and has been in a relationship with the man since then, in which the two married in 2002 and afterwards she gave birth to Ichiro. Over four months after Ichiro was born, Hitoshi and Tiamat were involved during the Holy Grail Crisis of 2004 in which they fought six other Magi sorcerers and their Walker familiars for the possession of the Holy Grail in City F, but were unfortunately defeated and killed by Ulysses Trammel and his Walker Sammu-Ramat.

As a result, with no other nearby relatives to stay with, he lived with his grandmother, Mai Tachibana, the Grand Witch of the Oceans at the time, for eight years in her house until she passed away too. Ever since then, living alone in his late grandmother's home, even with insurance money left for him after Mai died, his young life spiraled down for the worse. During his first year as a student in the Higashizaka Kitano High School in Kyoto, Ichirou was constantly and harshly bullied because he was lonely and his parents, as well as his grandmother, were dead. One day, Ichirou attempted to commit suicide and slit his wrists in a school comfort room. Discovered by authorities, he was rushed to the hospital, healed and made it out alive. That incident made Ichirou resent his entire life as nothing more than a scapegoat by bullies and "a sad excuse for a human being's existence with no goal whatsoever". But his tortured mindset may change for the better.

Shin Gamera[]

Gamera vs. Gamera[]

Senryuukaku vs. Mudou[]

Kaiju of Steel Kabugata[]

Gamera vs. the Goddamn Samurai[]

Gamera vs. MechaGamera[]

His child with Lily, Sokuren Tachibana, is born.

Gamera vs. The Great General of Darkness[]

Kaiju World War Part 1[]

Kaiju World War Part 2[]

Personality[]

Ichirou seemingly has the mindset of an average high school boy student, being arrogant, easily annoyed and self-centered at times, even acting like a delinquent or pervert, but in reality, he is actually less fortunate.

Before the events of Shin Gamera, he felt overwhelming loneliness after his loving and caring grandmother passed away, not helping the fact that his parents were long gone before. He was depressed and mentally tortured by the harsh bullyings given against him when he was just in his first year in high school. At the time, he was suicidal and resented the world and his own life for being too cruel against him. During the events of Shin Gamera, with the help of Lily, Yuuko and Socrato, he is able to show more of his kind, loving and compassionate side and let go of his horrible past to move on and look forward to the future. After the movie's events, he becomes even more serious with his newfound responsibilities as the Grandmaster of the Magi people and Socrato's successor.

He is one who is willing to help everyone, even his loved ones, in any way he could. Despite his bumbling nature from his high school past taking over himself at some times, Ichiro grows to become kinder, more loving and more compassionate towards others, to the point where he even wants to raise a family with Lily after marrying her and trusting her father, Shougo Futaba, with the position as acting Chief of the Justice Alliance.

Abilities[]

  • Extremely powerful magical powers
  • Magi physiology/Extreme sensitivity to Mana
  • Life magic
  • Healing
  • Kaiju Transformation – Ichirou can transform into Gamera or a more powerful form of Gamera and back into human form at will.

Relationships[]

Lily Ramses Futaba[]

Lily is undoubtedly the closest person Ichirou ever had in his life, always staying by his side whenever he feels down. As a couple who would be married as years pass, they love each other and often stay side by side for each other's devotion.

Jin Yuugami[]

As the Goddamn Samurai, Jin displays abilities that are even of the same footing to that of the powerful sorcerer Ichirou. As a result, he and Jin recognize each other as equals and become close friends.

Yuuko Morino[]

Kaya Blanche[]

Socrato[]

Ryouki Yamagoto[]

Even as Lily Ramses Futaba's ex-boyfriend and his rival who shows resent to mankind, Ichirou respects Ryouki.

Rikuro Tachibana[]

Ichirou does not know about his long-lost cousin Rikuro until he formed the Justice Alliance.

Sokuren Tachibana[]

Sokuren is Ichirou's son.

Etymology[]

  • The name Ichirou means "I, one" (壱) (ichi) and "son" (郎) (rou).
  • Ichirou's surname Tachibana means "orange, tangerine" (橘).

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