Machiko Hocari

**Machiko Hocari** (帆狩マチコ) is an antagonist in Cap Revolution Bottleman DX. She is voiced by Jun Karasawa.

## Description

Machiko is Io's younger sister, and she used to be the lead engineer of the Vital Sync project. However, due to creativity and ideological differences, she constantly gets into conflicts with Io, and therefore begins planning for a rebellion through secretly establishing B-DACT to replace BMA and supersede her brother. Upon learning that her nephew Ryo is resentful towards her brother, Machiko decides to take advantage of Ryo by choosing to be a candidate for the Vital Sync.

She later forced Ponta Hayari into one of the Vital Sync experiments. Although Ponta was unharmed, Machiko ends up being exposed by him when he was controlled by the AI. The AI later uses her as an external operator for her objective.

Despite her actions, Ryo later makes up with her after listening to her reasons, and she later teams up with him against the AI for a match. She then shoots him a chip of one of the AI's target bottles for Ryo, before she and Professor Rootbeer are swarmed and overwhelmed by the remaining target bottles.

After she and Rootbeer are being released from the confinements by Seimei and Roland, while also using her own tools for escape, Machiko knows she has done wrongdoings and doesn't expect to be forgiven, until Ryo allows her to work for him, which she gladly accepts.

Both Machiko and Io later task Ryo and Cota to defeat the AI in an abandoned facility. She and her brother then witness the boys' Sparkling Nova phenomenon. Both Machiko and Io originally believe the boys to have perished in the subsequent explosion, but to their relief the boys manage to survive and they celebrate for the AI's defeat.

## Appearance

Machiko is an adult woman who has crimson hair with pink tints, and purple eyes. Both of her ears have purple bead earrings. She has light reddish eyeshadows. Her lips are applied with dark red lip gloss.

Her attire consists of a light blue and yellow dress with a buckle belt, and a light brown jacket with a purple collar. She also wears black gloves.

## Personality

An ambitious woman who is ruthless, believing that the end justifies the means. She is extremely manipulative to anyone including her own family, proficiently luring her nephew Ryo into using his resentment against her brother.

Machiko is also extremely vindictive and stubborn, as she is unable to accept anyone, such as her brother, having different ideas from her direction, and goes for far lengths just to prove that her ideology is correct regardless of any repercussions she might induce.

In the past, Machiko was a more tender and kinder person, but she lost her kindness after becoming more engrossed in her work and being blinded by her resentment at Io. However, she later realizes the wrongs of her past actions, and proves that she still cares for her family after reconciling with Ryo.

## Bottleman

Machiko's Bottleman is a yellow recolor of Aquasports DX, a speed-type Bottleman with the motif of the Aquarius constellation.

## Trivia

### Background

* Like her family members, her surname comes from the Japanese sports drink brand Pocari Sweat, whereas her given name comes from Match, a carbonated drink brand by the same company.

### Notes

* She owns a pet robot dog, which is later used by the AI to enact its plans.
* She has an array of convenient tools inside her coat.
* Indicated in the second Side Story episode, Machiko studied aboard when she was younger, and had a boyfriend at one point, who she prefers to never be mentioned nowadays for personal reasons.

## Gallery

### Behind the scene

Concept artwork of Machiko's different hairstyles
## Links

### References

1. ↑ Tweet by character designer Sayaka Ono
2. ↑ Original illustration by Ono on Twitter