Kouichi Hayase

Birthday: January 23 2005 Aquarius Height: 171 cm Age: 14 Kouichi is a juniorhigh school student who dreams of being a hero someday. One day he encounters an accident in which a gigantic humanoid called ldquoLINEBARRELrdquo falls right out of the sky. He subsequently becomes what people refer to as a ldquoFactorrdquo a pilot of the mecha whose life goes handinhand with the life of the mecha he pilots. Kouichi obtains extraordinary physical strength as a result of becoming a Factor. This drastic change gives Kouichi excessive confidence making him arrogant and aggressive.