Jugo Ogata

**Jugo Ogata** (緒 (お) 方 (がた)  ジュウゴ, *Ogata Jūgo*) is the Captain of the Fourth Division of the Defense Force.

## Appearance

Jugo is a tall middle-aged man with black short hair, thin eyebrows and a thick goatee. He also has eyes with small green pupils.

In battle, he wears the standard combat suit of the Defense Force.

In his youth, Jugo was slimer, had a cleaner face and no beard.

## Personality

Jugo seems to be a rather calm and peaceful individual, wishing to get along with his fellow division captains despite their hot-blooded and belligerent behaviours. He's not above drinking alcohol or plucking his nose hair when on duty.

Despite his laid-back behavior, Jugo knows the risks and perils of his job and tries his best to keep his subordinates safe. Due to his attachment to Hikari Shinomiya and her subsequent death, Jugo always makes sure never to endanger another of his comrades if he can help it, still regretting his encouragement that brought Hikari to her demise.

## History

In his youth, Jugo used trained alongside Hikari Shinomiya and was quite close to her, the two sharing some kind of rivalry. When she had her compatibility test with Numbers Weapon 4 Jugo himself encouraged her, later regretting this decision ever since her death.

At some point, Jugo became the captain of the Fourth Division.

## Plot

### Kaiju No. 8 Captured Arc

After the Raid at Tachikawa Base, Jugo welcomed Leno Ichikawa and Iharu Furuhashi into his division.

### The Kaiju Weapon Arc

After Isao Shinomiya's death at the hands of Kaiju No. 9, Jugo and the rest of the Fourth Division payed homage to the deceased Director General during his funeral.

### The Compatible User Arc

During the Anti-No. 9 Eastern Divisional Conference, Jugo and the other division captains heard the information Soshiro Hoshina obtained by Kaiju No. 10. Later in the conference, it was decided that Leno Ichikawa, now serving in Ogata's division, would be the new candidate for Kaiju No. 6's suit.

Jugo spent some time reflecting on the idea with his subordinate Toko, before finally informing Leno of the decision taken in the conference. Despite the captain himself advicing Leno to turn the offer down, the Fourth Division still helped Leno through the process. When Leno fainted due to the power of the weapon, Jugo visited him in the infirmatory and advice him to give up again, but since Leno was still willing to try then Jugo offered him one month to become the perfect user of No. 6's weapon. A month later, Jugo and the rest of the Fourth Division tested Leno's ability with Numbers Weapon 6 by having him defeat a pack of Mole Type 67 kaiju, with him managing to defeat them all. However, as Leno kept drawing more power and push his body to the limit to defeat the Honju, Jugo realized the danger for Leno and got ready to step in with Toko to neutralize the Honju himself, ready to declare Leno's attempt a failure. However, the two were stopped by Iharu Furuhashi's attempt to encourage Leno to keep fighting. Allowing the two to keep going, Jugo witnessed as Furuhashi unleashed unstable spikes of released force, likening his ability to his own, and then watched and Iharu and Leno defeated the Honju once and for all, bursting into tears while thinking about his youth and the new young prodigies he's training. Later, he phoned Third Division Captain Mina Ashiro to report Iharu's and Leno's improvments, vowing to make them top-notch soldiers, following his duty as "survivor".

## Powers & Abilities

**Overall Abilities**: Jugo is the Captain of the Fourth Division of the Defense Force and is implied to be a very powerful combatant.

### Powers

* **Unleashed Combat Power**: As a Division Captain, Jugo presumably has an extremely high combat power. Apparently he has changeable spikes in his released force, much like Iharu Furuhashi

### Abilities

* **Numbers Weapons knowledge**: According to Mina Ashiro, Jugo is an expert when it comes to knowledge on the usage of Numbers Weapons.

## Equipment

**Combat Suit**: Jugo wears a standard Defense Force combat suit on the battlefield.

**Respirator Mask**: Jugo wears a respirator mask when he is on battlefield.

**Rifle**: Jugo uses a rifle when he is on the battlefield.

## Etymology

* Jugo's surname **Ogata** means "thread" (緒, *o*) and "direction, person, side" (方, *gata*).

## Trivia

* Jugo likes reading, drinking (especially sake), soba and river fishing.
* Matsumoto suggests that Jugo's drunkhard concept serves to hide something behind his cheerful attitude through alcohol.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jugo's character profile
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chapter 57
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Chapter 60
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Chapter 64
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chapter 59
6. ↑ Chapter 54
7. ↑ Chapter 58
8. ↑ Chapter 61
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Chapter 62
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Chapter 63