Kouji Kabuto

Mazinger Z: Kouji Kabuto is the protagonist of the show an average student with great skill in driving motorcycles. He lived with his brother Shiro and his grandfather Juuzo after his parents were apparently killed in a lab accident caused by his grandfather. One day Koji receives a call from his grandfather to meet him at his mountain cabin. Just as Kouji arrives however the cabin explodes. Searching the remains he uncovers a hidden doorway into the mountain and inside he finds his dying grandfather who tells him with his dying wish to pilot Mazinger Z and stop a man named Dr. Hell. Kouji continues into the hidden lab and discovers the huge humanoid robot Mazinger Z and the hover pilder which is used to control it. Honoring his grandfathers last wish he joins up with the Photon Power Labs and fights the forces of Dr. Hell with his Mazinger Z. Shin Mazinger: The protagonist of the series. Kouji lives with his younger brother Shiro and his grandfather Juuzo in their manor in Atami. Though his grandfather caused the accident that apparently killed his parents Kouji feels no illwill towards him and in fact holds him in high regard attacking anyone who dares insults his grandfather. During the Ashura Corps first attack on Atami Juuzo sends out the hover pilder to Kouji and tells him to use it to quickly fly home. Just as he reaches the manor it is utterly obliterated as Juuzo sends out his lifes work from his underground lab the super robot Mazinger Z. After docking the pilder with Mazingers head Juuzo tells Kouji that with Mazinger he has the power to do anything he wants with the world he could even become a god or the devil. As the ultimate penance for accidentally killing his parents Juuzo will make his grandson superhuman. Having been granted this newfound power Kouji decides that he will use it to fight the Kabuto familys longtime enemy Dr. Hell and his army of mechanical beasts.