Kotetsu T. Kaburagi

Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, also known as Wild Tiger, Scary Tiger, Little Tiger and Crusher of Justice, is the main protagonist from the Tiger & Bunny series.
== Charactah Account ==
Kotetsu is a veteran NEXT past his prime, whose total disregard for property damage when fighting earned him the nickname "Crusher for Justice". Currently he is the least popular hero in Sternbild City and his old company, TopMag has been taken over by Apollon Media, which is now forcing him to become Barnaby's partner against his will. He has a daughter, Kaede, who, like most people in the city, is unaware of his secret identity. He possesses the power to increase his physical abilities hundredfold for 5 minutes.
Though Kotetsu takes great pride in his career as a hero, he gets very little respect from both his co-workers and the public and is often overlooked or flat-out ignored. Nonetheless, Kotetsu acts as a (self-proclaimed) senior to the rest of the heroes and shows an almost fatherly concern for the younger ones in particular. Kotetsu does often have genuine wisdom and advice to offer, and always tries to do whats best for the group.
He is a kind person who thinks about the wellbeing of others before himself. He keeps his true feelings bottled up in order to avoid troubling others and is always there to help a friend and provide them support. This earns him the respect of his co workers, most notably Barnaby, as the series progresses. As stated by Barnaby, once he commits, he will never let a person down.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Tiger & Bunny
* Tiger & Bunny 2
* Tiger & Bunny 2 Part 2
* Tiger & Bunny Movie 1: The Beginning
* Tiger & Bunny Movie 2: The Rising
* Tiger & Bunny Pilot
* Tiger & Bunny: Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth
=== Manga ===
* Tiger & Bunny
* Tiger & Bunny Comic Anthology
* Tiger & Bunny One-Shot
* Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning
=== Video Games ===
* Tiger & Bunny On Air Jack!
* Tiger & Bunny: Heroes Day
== Trivia ==
* The first kanji of his given name means "tiger". This is where Tomoe got the idea for his hero name.
* When Wild Tiger activates his power in his TopMag costume his muscles grow in size. This is in contrast to his new APOLLON suit, and his civilian form shows no increase in muscle size whatsoever.
* The insignia on Wild Tiger's original suit's mask depicts the acronym of "Wild Tiger"
* Whenever he guest stars on TV or an interview, he wears his normal civilian clothes but with his mask on.
* On Antonio's phone his picture is a photograph of a yawning tiger.
* In contrast to Barnaby, Kotetsu has trouble reading the English title for the next episode. On more than one occasion, he has either: 1) attempted the title, but expressed confusion, 2) provided a garbled reading, 3) disregarded reading the title completely. or 4) reads the Japanese title instead. Despite this, however, during the series he is shown able to write and read in perfect English - so the episode previews may just be a gimmick for the viewers' enjoyment.
* Kotetsu loves fried rice, so that’s why he doesn't bother learning to cook anything else.
* Nishida’s favorite Kotetsu scene is when he “healed up” and hurried to Barnaby in ep13, while him searching for Kaede with super-hearing in ep17 is second.
* It is shown at the end of episode 8 that Kotetsu previously made it to the top of the hero ranking chart and is actually a former King of Heroes.
* Tiger uses his catchphrase "It's time to let out a wild roar" a few times but mostly in the last 5 episodes.
* Tiger's character, in some cases, is simillar to that of Wolverine: both are associated with animals, both used their powers to heal themselves and both have a deceased loved one (Tiger's wife and ItsuWolverine's wife).
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Wild Tiger at Tiger & Bunny Wiki
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