Kerberos saga characters

Main characters from the Kerberos saga (ケルベロス・サーガ, "keruberosu saga") are sorted by organizations or groups according to the original works.

Metropolitan Security Police Organization "M.P." (首都圏治安警察機構 ~首都警~)

"Shutoken chian keisatsu kikoh": often shortened to "Shutokei" (首都警) is the third Japanese armed forces together with the Self-Defense Force and the Self-Police. "Metropolitan Police" and its initials "M.P." are used as official translation in the English-language written synopsis available in all "Kerberos Panzer Cop" Japanese editions - as well as in the licensed versions published in Asia in the 2000s. The original version of "Jin-Roh", released in Europe one year prior to Japan, translates the synopsis term as "POSEM" (contraction of "POlice de SÉcurité Métropolitaine"), French for "Metropolitan Security Police". However the English language anime version kept the manga's 1994 English adaptation - "Hellhounds" - with "CAPO" (for "CApital POlice") rather than "Metropolitan Security Police". Also "Hauptstadtpolizei" (shortened to "Polizei"), the German term for "Capital Police", is used as an additional emblem on the M.P.'s (首都警) aerial reconnaissance helicopter Fa-330, while it was not featured in the manga version.

Chief of Staff

*M.P. Defense Director of Division (首都警・警備部):Isao Aniya
*M.P. Public Security Director of Division (首都警・公安部):Bunmei Muroto
*M.P. Defense Special Armed Garrison Commanding Officer (首都警・警備部・特機隊):Shiro Tatsumi

Academy Training School "Zucht Schanze" (首都警・養成学校)

The Academy is the place for practice for all trainees before they could join the Defense or Public Security divisions. Sergeant-Instructors educate the trainees to never surrender and to act like a wolf pack, each member backing his comrades, individual initiatives being forbidden for they jeopardize the whole team.

Instructors (教官)

:Hachiro Tobe:Original name: Tohbe Hachiroh 搭部八郎:Aliases: -:Age: -:Cast: Yoshisada Sakaguchi (坂口芳貞)Sergeant Hachiroh Tohbe is Kazuki Fuse's friend and superior in the Jin-Roh Brigade. Once, he trained both Kazuki and Henmi at the academy.

Metropolitan Police Defense Division (首都警・警備部)

"Shutokei keibi bu"

Director of Division (部長)

:Isao Aniya:Original name: Aniya Isao (安仁屋勲):Aliases: -:Age: -:Cast: Kenji Nakagawa (中川謙二) Aniya is the director of division ("Buchoh") in charge of the Metropolitan Security Police Organization's Defense branch (首都警・警備部). He is the highest rank officer in the organization hierarchy followed by Captains Shiro Tatsumi and Bunmei Muroto. Aniya is bald in the manga while he has gray hairs in "Jin-Roh". His collar insignia is upranked in the anime.

pecial Armed Garrison "Kerberos" (首都警・特機隊 ~ケルベロス~)

"Shutokei Tokki-Tai ~Keruberosu~": the core unit of the Metropolitan Police (M.P.) in charge of Tokyo's public peace and order. "Tokki-Tai" (特記隊) has different translations in "Hellhounds" including "Special Armored Police", "Cerberos", "Cerberus Teams" (for Kerberos Platoons).

Chief of Staff

:Shiro Tatsumi:Original name: Tatsumi Shiroh (巽志郎):Aliases: -:Age: -:Cast: Ryuichi Horibe (堀部隆一) Captain Tatsumi is the Commanding Officer (隊長) of "Tokki-Tai" (首都警・特機隊). "Kerberos Panzer Cop" reveals he is a founding member of the organization with Aniya. The organization was created five years before the events portrayed in the manga's first part. In "Kerberos Panzer Cop: Conclusion" he takes part to a "coup d'état" with his subordinate Handa and the Kerberos Panzer Cop and Kerberos Panzer Jäger joint units. In "Jin-Roh" he is upranked from one class (副長).
:Hajime Handa:Original name: Handa Hajime (半田元):Aliases: -:Age: 39:Cast: Yukihiro Yoshida (吉田幸絋) Hajime Handa is the Executive Officer (副長) of the Tokki-Tai (首都警・特機隊). In "Hellhounds" #1 he is given the rank of Lt.Cdr but he actually has not rank name in the original version but his collar insignia. In "Jin-Roh" his collar insignia is different and upranks him from one class.

1st Company "Kurtzhaar" (第1中隊)

1st Assault Platoon "Schützenhund" (第1突入小隊)

Translated as "1st Assault Team" in the English adaptation "Hellhounds" #1. :Koichi Todome:Original name: Todome Kohichi (都々目紅一):Aliases: Red Devil:Age: 28:Cast: Shigeru Chiba Koichi is a central figure in the saga. In the feature trilogy, he is the Kerberos officer who led the "Kerberos Riot" movement when the Japanese government ordered for the organization's dissolution. At the end of the siege, he escaped through helicopter and exiled himself with the promise to his men to come back and free them later with the help of a newly created Kerberos force. In "StrayDog", which is based on a different collar insignias, he is upranked from two classes.
:Midori Washio:Original name: Washio Midori (鷲尾翠):Aliases: - :Age: 25 :Cast: Machiko Washio
:Soichiro Toribe:Original name: Toribe Soichiroh (鳥部蒼一郎):Aliases: -:Age: 27:Cast: Hideyuki Tanaka
:Inui:Original name: Inui (乾) :Aliases: -:Age: -:Cast: Yoshikatsu Fujiki

2nd Assault Platoon "Sennenhund" (第2突入小隊)

This unit is named "Assault Team Two" in "Hellhounds" #1.:Platoon leader:Original name: -:Aliases: -:Age: -:Cast: -The 2nd Platoon leader cares for his men and dislikes the new recruit Toru Inui's methods. While on a patrol in the sewers, he fires the latter for being indisciplined.
:Toru Inui:Original name: Inui Tohru (乾亮):Aliases: -:Age: 22:Cast: -A young man transferred from the Self-Police's 6th Riot Squad to the MP according to the joint operation policy. After being trained with Protect-Gear he switches his armor with the Protect-Gear "type 92" (92式). During a patrol in the sewers he is banished by the platoon commander for acting like a mad dog. While returning to the transport truck he is shot by a female member of the Sect.

5th Platoon "Zwergspitz" (第5小隊)

The elite sniper unit (第五狙撃小隊) equipped with German-built H&K PSG1. PSG1 stands for "Präzisions-Scharfschützen-Gewehr", precision sharpshooting (semi-automatic) rifle. This unit is translated as "Sharpshooting Team Five" in "Hellhounds" #1.

:Eito Kurosaki:Original name: Eito Kurosaki (黒崎英斗):Aliases: Afghan Hound:Age: -:Cast: -He is sent after exiled Koichi Todome in "Kerberos Saga Rainy Dogs".

2nd Company "Langhaar" (第2中隊)

3rd Assault Platoon "Berghund" (第3突入小隊)

:Kazuki Fuse :Original name: Fuse Kazuki (伏一貴):Aliases: -:Age: -:Cast: Yoshikatsu Fujiki

4th Assault Platoon "Herrenstallhund" (第4突入小隊)

6th Platoon "Bracke" (第6小隊)

7th Platoon "Schäferhund" (第7小隊)

3rd Company "Drahthaar" (第3中隊)

Named "Third Transport Company" in the English adaptation.

8th Platoon "Weimaraner" (第8小隊)

Named "8th Communications Platoon" in the English adaptation.

9th Platoon "Schweißhund" (第9小隊)

Aerial Squadron

Aeronautical Experiments Platoon (特機隊・航空実験小隊)

:Karasawa:Original name: Karasawa (唐澤 長) :Aliases: -:Age: -:Cast: -Karasawa is the commander of the M.P.'s aerial unit; he is also the test pilot for the Jagdhund FA-666 JH-1 helicopter prototype.

1st Platoon (第一小隊)

:Hachiro Kishu:Original name: Kishuh Hachiroh (紀州八郎) :Aliases: -:Age: 29:Cast: -Hachiro Kishu is a skilled pilot patrolling in his Fa-330 light helicopter equipped with built-in MG34 gun.

Jin-Roh (人狼)

The Jin-Roh Brigade is a self-preservation secret unit formed among the Special Armed Garrison to maintain its own existence against the Public Security Division, Self-Police, National Safety Commissioners joint conspiracy. The conspirators main motivations is to create a single chain of command in the Tokyo police, and to avoid direct confrontation between the rival anti-riot units of the Self-Police and the Metropolitan Police. Hajime Handa is the head of the Jin-Roh group, his adjutant is instructor Hachiroh Tohbe.
*Hajime Handa
*Hachiro Tobe
*Kazuki Fuse

Metropolitan Police Public Security Division (首都警・公安部)

Director of Division (部長)

:Muroto Bunmei:Original name: Bunmei Muroto :Aliases: -:Age: -:Cast: Tessho Genda, Kousei Hirota (廣田行生)As Director of Division of the Intelligence branch of the Metropolitan Police, Muroto is Aniya's rival. Accepting a deal with the Self-Police chief of staff and the government he becomes the chief of the new Metropolitan Police soon after the dissolution of the Kerberos branch.

pecial Agents (員)

:Hayashi:Original name: - :Aliases: Man in White (白服の男):Age: -:Cast: Takashi Matsuyama (松山鷹志)
:Tsujimura:Original name: - :Aliases: -:Age: -:Cast: -
:Atsushi Henmi:Original name: Henmi Atsushi (辺見敦) :Aliases: -:Age: -:Cast: 木下浩之

Ground Self-Defense Force (陸上自衛隊)

1st Airborne Brigade (第1空挺団)

*Panzer Jäger Unit (ギア部隊)

Antigovernment urban guerrilla organizations (反政府組織 都市ゲリラ)

"Hanseifu soshiki toshi gerira": Antigovernment groups appeared during the Economic High-Growth era. With the end of the occupation period, the country had entered internationalization under a forced economic re-organization of the whole society. Re-organization caused massive unemployment and floods of poverty appeared in the capital slums. Vicious organized crime and black market corruption increased rapidly as did opposition parties ranks. A part of the population refused the new society and started to protest in the capital. In order to protect the institutions, the government answered by police repression and authoritarian policy which worsened the situation turning public protest movements into underground guerrilla groups using sabotage and terrorism eventually leading to an armed conflict within the capital's urban area.

Revolutionary Communist students

*Division Jacobson:Kei Amemiya:Original name: Amemiya Kei (雨宮圭):Aliases: Long Hairs:Age: -:Cast: Sumi Mutou (武藤寿美)

ect (セクト)

("Sekuto"):Nanami Agawa:Original name: Agawa Nanami (阿川七生):Aliases: Short Hairs :Age::Cast: Eri Sendai (仙台エリ)An adolescent girl used by the Sect to transport satchel charges without being suspected, nor checked, by the police patrols. While discovered in the sewers by the Kerberos brigadier Metropolitan Riot Police "Kerberos" (首都警特機隊 ~ケルベロス~)">Kazuki Fuze, she ducked her bomb and committed suicide in front of him causing heavy damages in Tokyo and a diplomatic incident.

Four Seasons League

:Kazuya Fujiwara:Original name: -:Aliases: -:Age: 28:Cast: -

Middle-East guerrillas

:AK Ginko:Aliases: Foxy Croquette O-Gin, Young Lady:Original name: AK no Ginko (AKの銀子):Age: -:Cast: Mako Hyodo

Little Red Riding Hoods (赤ずきん)

"Akazukin": young female characters dressed in red like in the Little Red Riding Hood tale. There is an explicit reference to the Grimm brothers version in "Jin-Roh" as a German written "Rotkäppchen" book. However the tale version narrated in the anime is a composite version based on pre-Grimm oral versions, notably on Charles Perrault's "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge". In Jin-Roh, "Akazukin" is the nickname used by Bunmei Muroto to designate female bomb carriers of the Sect.:Young Lady:Original name: Shojo (少女):Aliases: Foxy Croquette O-Gin, AK Ginko, Young Lady of Fate (運命の少女, "Unmei no Shojo"):Age: -:Cast: Mako HyodoA mysterious mute character who leads Metropolitan Riot Police "Kerberos" (首都警特機隊 ~ケルベロス~)">Koichi Todome in Tokyo. The original theatrical trailer of "The Red Spectacles" introduces her as an allegory for fate (運命,"unmei") in the meaning of "fatum".
*Nanami Agawa
*Kei Amemiya

Fast Food Grifters (立喰師)

("Tachiguishi"):Moongaze Ginji:Original name: Tsukimi no Ginji (月見の銀二):Aliases: Moon-viewing Ginji:Era: 1902~1945:Cast: Hideyo Amamoto, Kaito KisshojiA famous Fast Food Grifter and an old friend of Metropolitan Riot Police "Kerberos" (首都警特機隊 ~ケルベロス~)">Koichi Todome.
:Foxy Croquette O-Gin:Original name: Ketsune Korokke no Ogin (ケツネコロッケのお銀):Aliases: Oginsan (お銀さん), Young Lady, AK Ginko:Era: 1946~1960:Cast: Mako Hyodo
:Crying Inumaru:Original name: Naki no Inumaru (哭きの犬丸):Aliases: -:Era: 1961~1964:Cast: Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
:Cold Badger Masa:Original name: Hiyashi Tanuki no Masa (冷しタヌキの政):Aliases: -:Era: 1965~1970:Cast: Toshio Suzuki
:Beefbowl Ushigoro:Original name: Gyudon no Ushi-Goro (牛丼の牛五郎):Aliases: -:Era: 1965~1970:Cast: Shinji Higuchi
:Hamburger Tetsu:Original name: Hanbāgā no Tetsu (ハンバーガーの哲):Aliases: -:Era: 1971~1980:Cast: Kenji Kawai
:Frankfurter Tatsu:Original name: Furankufuruto no Tatsu (フランクフルトの辰):Aliases: -:Era: 1977~1983:Cast: Katsuya Terada
:Medium Hot Sabu:Original name: Chu-Kara no Sabu (中辛のサブ):Aliases: -:Era: 1984~2006:Cast: Shoji Kawamori
:Baked Bean Pastry Amataro:Original name: -:Aliases: -:Cast: -:Era: -
:Crepe Mami:Original name: Kurepu no mami (クレープのマミ):Aliases: -:Era: -:Cast -

elf-Police (自治警)

"Jichi kei": the Japanese local police in charge of security, peace and public security. Due to the increasing violence of paramilitary anti-government groups, the "Self-Police" soon became unable to maintain public order, hence the creation of a specialized anti-riot force, a military police called "Shutokei" (Metropolitan Police).

Metropolitan Police Department (警視庁)

"Keishicho": Metropolitan Police Department.
*MPD Guard Division (警視庁警備部)
**2nd Riot Battalion (警視庁・機動隊)
***Communications Support Team
**5th Riot Battalion
***1st Company
***2nd Company
**6th Riot Battalion (第六機動隊)
***Assault Team
****The Assault Team is stationed on Katsushima island.
****Toru Inui
**Medical Platoon

*MPD Public Security Division (警視庁公安部)

German Army (Heer)

808th Propagandakompanie (第808宣伝中隊)

("Dai 808 Senden Chutai"):Cpt. Maki Stauffenberg:Aliases: -:Original name: Maki Shutaufenberuku Taii (マキ・シュタウフェンヴェルク大尉):Cast: Yoshiko Sakakibara :Era: 1940sIn September 1942, the Captain Maki of the German Propaganda Company leaves the Warsaw station to deliver Protect-Gear parts to the 101st Panzer Company fighting the Soviet Army at the Battle of Stalingrad.

econdary characters

:Kusada:Original name: -:Cast: -

:Tang Mie:Original name: -:Cast: Sue Eaching

:Tokumitsu Shinada:Original name: -:Cast: Fuyuki Shinada

:Manager Kamiyama:Original name: -:Cast: Kenji Kamiyama

ee also

* Special Assault Team

ources

* [http://www.kerberos-saga.jp/ Kerberos saga official website] ("Japanese")
* [http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/35_/s00_/index.html Production I.G official English website] ("English")
* [http://www.kenjikawai.com/topics_e.html#060919 Kenji Kawai official English website] ("English")
* [http://ga.sbcr.jp/column/oshii/ GA Graphic official website] ("Japanese")
* [http://www.so-net.ne.jp/ig/tachigui_mov/ Production I.G Special Site] ("Japanese")
* [http://www.kerberos-saga.jp/panzer_jager/data/index.html Kerberos Panzer Jäger official website] ("Japanese")
* [http://www.tachiguishi.com Tachiguishi-Retsuden official website] ("Japanese")
* [http://www.kct.co.jp/raiden/ch02/index.html Kerberos Panzer Jäger@Raiden Kinema channel 2] ("Japanese")
* [http://www.kct.co.jp/raiden/ch09/index.html Kerberos Panzer Jäger@Raiden Kinema channel 9] ("Japanese")
* [http://www.oshiimamoru.com/ Mamoru Oshii's official website] ("Japanese")
* Jin-Roh DTS Edition booklet, Bandai Visual ("Japanese")
* Jin-Roh Maniaxx, Kadokawa Shoten, ISBN 4-04-853219-7 ("Japanese")
* Kenrou Densetsu, Nihon Shuppansha, ISBN 4-89048-271-7 ("Japanese")
* Kenrou Densetsu Fukyoban, Nihon Shuppansha, ISBN 4-89048-402-7 ("Japanese")
* Hellhounds Panzer Cops, Dark Horse Comics, ISBN 1-56971-256-5 ("English")
* Kerberos Panzer Cop: Conclusion, Kadokawa Shoten, ISBN 4-04-713324-8 ("Japanese")
* StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cop DVD, Bandai Entertainment, ("Japanese"/"English")
* The Red Spectacles DVD, Bandai Entertainment, ("Japanese"/"English")
* Jin-Roh: La Brigade des Loups DVD, CTV International, ("Japanese"/"French")

External links

* [http://www.kerberos-saga.jp Kerberos saga official website] ("Japanese")