Taro Yamada (Rent-A-Hero)

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==Summary==
Taro Yamada is the main protagonist/hero of SEGA's action role-playing video game Rent-A-Hero, which was released for their SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive console in 1991, and it's remake, Rent-A-Hero No. 1, for the Dreamcast & Xbox in 2000 and 2003 respectively.
Taro started as an ordinary, cheerful and curious teenager who always has interest in new things, but sometimes gets himself into trouble because of this, who moved to the town of Corja in Japan alongside his family, after his eccentric father changed jobs. During their house-warming party, he ordered pizza from "Sensational Cafeteria" (or SECA in short) and instead received the Super Energy Combat Armor (as part of their "Rent-A-Hero" program) by accident, which gave him superhuman strength and other gadgets. After realizing that he is required to pay a fee to rent the armor, Taro decided to become a titular part-time hero for hire, performing various odd-jobs for the townspeople of Corja such as delivering food or finding missing children, before ending up in more intensive missions involving corporate theft, counterfeit money and mafia, all while going against a fellow part-time hero and rival, Ultra Salaryman.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least 
Name: Taro Yamada, Rent-A-Hero
Origin: Rent-A-Hero
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Classification: Human, high-school student, Superhero for hire
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Acrobatics (Can perform somersault/flip kicks), Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant, Weapon Mastery, Transformation (Can turn into his Rent-A-Hero form at will), Energy Manipulation and Projection (Can shoot out energy projectiles via various techniques and weapons such as Galacti-Cannon), Statistics Amplification and Empowerment (While wearing his Super Energy Combat Armor, Taro becomes much stronger and can move/run faster than normally. The combat suit's unit allows him to attack through USO-800's protective/energy coat when he previously cannot), Damage Boost and Aura (Can charge up his attacks by enveloping his body parts with energy in some techniques like Flash Force), Electricity Manipulation and Shockwave Creation (Can summon electricity in some of his techniques/moves. Can summon electric shockwaves around himself with a Rent-A-Lightning technique), Weapon Creation (Can create a energy sword/blade out of nowhere via Energy Sword technique), Explosion Manipulation (Via Energy Blow/Burning Claw technique), Forcefield Creation (Can create a energy shield with his laser sword via Space Barrier), Healing (Via Self-Recover/Rejuvenate technique and healing items like energy drinks, even in-battle)
Attack Potency: At least Wall level (Knocked out his father with a single hit, sending him flying across the room, though his monster costume managed to cushion the impact. Can break up large rocks/boulders and stone columns with his bare fists, and comparable to his rival Ultrasalaryman, who can destroy a much bigger one. Fought against a giant USO-800 mech, metal robots and people wearing combat armors/suits similar to his own, even being able to send those flying away with his attacks)
Speed: Superhuman (Can move faster with his Super Energy Combat Armor on. Ran through the streets to the park in a short amount of time) with Supersonic reaction speed (Can dodge handgun/rifle bullets from the Dynamite Dog gangster)
Lifting Strength: Class K (Stopped a runaway train with both hands)
Striking Strength: At least Wall level
Durability: At least Wall level (Survived being sent flying a far distance by Segata Sanshiro's punch and falling down high heights from the skyscraper, leaving a crater on the asphalt and breaking nearby windows upon landing. Can take USO-800's small rockets/missiles and attacks from robots who broke the every bone of fellow combat suit-wearing human, which yields this much and people wearing identical combat armors with equal strength as him)
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Standard Melee Range physically; Several Tens of Meters with projectile attacks.
Standard Equipment: Super Energy Combat Armor, various weapons/gadgets in his suit, healing items, batteries (to replenish the armor's energy)
Intelligence: Gifted (A master of various martial arts/fighting styles, even being able to toss down enemies with judo throws and was taught by Segata Sanshiro in his dojo. Fought against groups and the likes of thugs, gangsters, people sacrificing souls for rituals, undead mummies and robots. Infiltrated the criminal's company by disguising himself as a businessman and tricked it's workers by taking a job interview where he has to answer in a stereotypical "evil" way. Is capable of defusing bombs with various combinations)
Weaknesses: The Super Energy Combat Armor will disappear if it runs out of batteries.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
For English translations of various moves in Rent-A-Hero No. 1.
*Rent-A-Build Upper/Uppercut: Taro performs a powerful jumping uppercut with both arms, sending an opponent flying into the air.
*Rent-A-Somersault/Flip Kick: Taro hops into the air as he performs a backwards flipping jump kick, which sends the opponent flying away from him.
*Energy Sword: Taro creates a laser sword/blade made out of energy on his hand and then performs a slashing attack by swinging it in-front of him. He can also perform a slicing dash attack with Sword Finish.
*Victory Pose: Taro blasts multiple enemies away by striking a pose. 
*Flash Force: Taro rears back as he envelops his fist in energy and then performs a powerful blasting punch while stepping forward.
*Sonic Cutter: Taro quickly swipes his hand in-front of him, summoning a slicing crescent-shaped energy wave forward (1:42 of this video).
*Dragon Thunder: Taro slams his fist into the ground, summoning a dragon-shaped blast of electricity forward to knock down enemies. Alternatively, he creates a energy wave that travels along the ground.
*Rent-A-Shock: Taro grabs the enemy in-front of him and then shocks them with a jolt of electricity/energy.
*Rent-A-Lightning: Taro summons a huge electric shockwave/blast around himself, shocking enemies nearby.
*Energy Blow: Taro charges up electrical energy into a explosive sphere from his hand and then shoots it forward as a projectile at enemies, blowing up on-contact. Originally named Burning Claw in the original Mega Drive/Genesis game.
*Galacti-Cannon: Taro's most powerful technique in the original Mega Drive/Genesis game, in which he shoots a gigantic mass of electrical energy from the palm of his hand.
==Gallery==
RentAHeroManualTechnique.jpg|Flash Force & Sonic Cutter
RentAHeroManualTechnique2.jpg|Dragon Thunder, Burning Claw & Galacti-Cannon
==Notable Matchups==
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Losses:
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