Yoichiro Matsunaga

is one of the characters in Ultraman Nexus. He is the director of TLT. He wishes to know more about the secrets of the light.
==Personality==
In ordinary times, Matsunaga has a gentle and kind character and uses honorifics when speaking to his subordinates. However, in order to eradicate the Space Beasts, he sometimes shows a ruthless personality and is willing to use extreme measures to achieve his goals and fulfill his duties. 
For example, he uses an entire city as bait to lure the Space Beasts or conducts human experiments on Dunamists who are unable to move due to battle injuries in order to study the secret abilities of Ultraman.
==History==
===Pre-Ultraman Nexus===
In the past, Matsunaga was the assistant to the Deputy Director of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office. Five years ago, his wife died in the disaster caused by Beast the One in Shinjuku. Since then, he has been living with his daughter, Hazuki.
He deeply regrets not being able to protect his wife and is determined to protect humanity from the threat of Space Beasts. When he was appointed as the administrator of TLT-J and established NR, he firmly sought ways to eliminate Space Beasts.
===Ultraman Nexus===
At the beginning of the series, he recruited Kazuki Komon as a new member of NR and attended his physical test. Later, he personally congratulated him on passing the physical standards and provided him with the necessary equipment to join TLT.
When Ultraman appeared on Earth, he took a cautious attitude towards the creature, seeing it as a potentially threatening organism and launching several attacks with Yu Kirasawa. Throughout the series, he mainly discussed progress with Captain Wakura and events related to Space Beasts, Ultraman, and Giants of Darkness with Kirasawa.
As TLT's response to Space Beasts escalated, he began to yearn for knowledge of the secret of the Ultraman Light and the source of conflict between Ultraman, humans, and Space Beasts. He uncovered information about the Shinjuku incident and a giant called "Next," and used various extreme measures to respond to Space Beasts' invasions.
In the middle of the series, he ordered TLT subordinates to capture Jun Himeya and conduct human experiments to decipher "the light of Ultraman's power". However, the experiment ended in failure as Himeya's body was severely damaged. The scientific team tried to scan his memories but could not succeed due to his trauma. In order to forcibly provoke a reaction, Matsunaga used a Beast Signal Emitter, despite warnings from the scientific team that it would be deadly for an ordinary person.
When Himeya's heart stopped, Matsunaga panicked and attempted to revive him, using a suggestion provided by an Kirasawa to use the energy wave Himeya used during transformation to save him. This action allowed Himeya to be rescued in time, but Nexus took him away, causing Himeya to disappear in a bright light. However, this incident allowed Matsunaga to obtain information about Ultraman's destructive beam.
Later, after the "Land of the Dead" incident, Matsunaga participated in the inquiry of Komon, Wakura, and Saijyo along with other high-ranking TLT members, and discussed the existence of "Ultraman". Matsunaga obtained important information about Ultraman from Komon. However, shortly thereafter, Kirasawa notified him that all the information they obtained from the experiment on Himeya was destroyed by the "Unknown hand".
Afterward, he began monitoring the actions of the third Dunamist, Ren Senjyu, and dispatched Mizuo , who was the same age as Ren, to indirectly control the situation. Despite living with his daughter Hazuki, he often couldn't go home due to work, neglecting his responsibility to take care of her. In an incident, Hazuki witnessed the battle between Ultraman and Mega Flash. To fulfill his duty, he had to make a cruel decision and erase her memory of the incident.
Later, he conducted human experiments on Ren with his subordinates. Despite NR's opposition, he insisted on doing so, believing that Dunamists were "nothing more than containers of light" and hoping to use the power of Ultraman's light as a weapon for TLT. His words and actions caused discontent among NR members, eventually leading to their rebellion and rescue of Ren from Fortress Freedom. Although he once tried to stop the NR members, he eventually gave up the pursuit of them with Kirasawa's intervention.
In the final battle, when Dark Zagi appeared in Shinjuku, he who stayed at the base was afraid of Dark Zagi's ability to destroy the world. However, encouraged by Kirasawa, he regained faith that Ultraman would bring victory, and together they watched Ultraman Noa's fight.
==Gallery==
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===Miscellaneous===
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