Rokugou

Rokugou
Kanji/Kana	ロクゴウ
Rōmaji	Rokugou
Voiced by	Kento Fujinuma (Japanese) Adam Noble (English)
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eye color	Purple
Hair color	Red
Information
Status	Deceased
Faction	The Empire (Defected) Jaegers
Media Debut
Manga	Chapter 30
Anime	Episode 16

Rokugou was a general serving the Empire before his attempt at defection, which failed and resulted in his assassination by Kurome, becoming one of her corpse puppets in the process.

Appearance

Rokugou was a middle-aged man with red hair who wore what appeared to be a vest and a robe underneath, along with black trousers and sandals. He had purple eyes.

Personality

Not much is known about his personality before his death at the hands of Kurome, but according to Najenda's flashback, he was a kind man and would sometimes invite her to have dinner with him.

History

Nothing is known about his past life, aside from the fact that he was a general serving the Empire, and he appears Najenda's brief flashback, seemingly inviting her to have dinner with him.

Sometime before the start of the series, he was assassinated by Kurome for his attempted defection to the Revolutionary Army, indicates he began to realize and become aware of the Empire's corruption, and plans to joins the Revolutionary Army, but was intercepts by Kurome, who killed him. Since Najenda wasn't aware of his death, it can be assumed that he died after Najenda's defection.

Najenda shocked to witnesses Rokugou stands up without his head

During Night Raid's ambush, he fought Leone and later Najenda. Initially presumed defeated, Rokugou later got back on his feet, now without a head. Najenda was disgusted by Yatsufusa's ability and furiously attacked Rokugou before sending him flying towards Desta-Ghoul's beam, which disintegrated his body, destroying him for good.

Abilities

Rokugou wielded a whip that could even be used to destroy rocks. Despite not possessing a Teigu, he had shown amazing fighting capability and strength, such as making fast attacks with his whip that even Leone's lion form couldn't initially catch on to.

• Earth Shaker (アースシェイカー Āsusheikā): A battle technique Rokugou uses by striking the ground with his whip, creating a large crater and sending his opponents flying into the air.

Being a resurrected puppet, he does not feel pain nor fatigue. He can't be defeated until his body is destroyed completely.

Trivia

• He's named after a station on the Keihin Electric Express Railway.
• His physical appearance somewhat resembles Tatsumi's.