Hokuto Hayasugi

* Uniform/ Casual outfit
* Driver suits

Shinkansen Ultra Evolution Institute East Japan Command Office Ōmiya Branch (formerly)
Shinkansen Ultra Evolution Institute West Japan Command Office Kyoto Branch (formerly)

### Occupation

Shinkansen driver (formerly)
Director
Shinkalion driver (Episode 23 onwards)

### Mecha

Shinkalion 500 Kodama (Episode 23 onwards),
Shinkalion 923 Doctor Yellow (Episode 73 onwards)

## Physical description

### Age

42 (Season 1)
44 (Movie)

## Portrayals

### Voice Actor (Cantonese)

Martin Lui Ting
Rocky Lee (the Movie, theatrical screening version only)

## In other languages

### Taiwanese Mandarin

速杉北斗

**Hokuto Hayasugi** (速杉 ホクト) is a character of Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion THE ANIMATION. He first appears in Episode 01. He is voiced by Tomokazu Sugita.

## Personal

Hokuto Hayasugi is the father of Hayato Hayasugi. He was the director of Shinkansen Ultra Evolution Institute Ōmiya Branch. In Episode 08, he was transferred to Kyoto Branch. Later, He appointed Futaba Mihara to take his job in Ōmiya Branch. In Episode 23, he becomes the driver of Shinkalion 500 Kodama.

### Personality

As a child, Hokuto was quiet, reserved, and tended to shut himself away from others, though he was an enthusiast of the Shinkansen, which was a revolutionary development during his youth. However, as he grew older, he began to become a lot more open, and by the time he was recruited into the SUEI he was essentially his son in an adult body, using numerous Shinkansen comparisons which very few people understand. He was, however, highly intelligent, having been the man behind the theory of Ultra Evolution Speed. Following his marriage with Sakura, Hokuto made sure that whatever he did, he always tries to spend time with his family if he can afford the chance. Following the incident resulting in the loss of Chikuma Kiyosu, Hokuto remained especially serious when it comes to matters pertaining to the SUEI, and was particularly stressful when his family got involved in more than he was willing to let them. However, this doesn't change much with his home life with his family, and while he gets along fine with the other drivers and his wife and children, Hokuto can be especially sluggish when it comes to waking up on a regular morning, which frustrates Sakura to no end.

### Relationships

* Sakura Hayasugi (wife)
* Hayato Hayasugi (son)
* Haruka Hayasugi (daughter)
* Shinpei Izumi (friend, colleague, former schoolmate, superior)
* Hibiki Mishima, Kintoki Odawara (colleagues)
* Chikuma Kiyosu (colleague, deceased)
* Isaburo Yatsushiro (superior, formerly)
* Subaru Azuma (superior, formerly)

## Trivia

### Etymology

* The name **Hokuto** is based on a limited express service in Hokkaido, a train of which was adapted into a Zailiner in the second season.
* The surname Hayasugi is a play on 早過ぎ, the Japanese word for “too fast”.

### Notes

* Although he makes a cameo in Episode 30 of Season 2 along with the rest of his family, he is the only person in the family to not receive any speaking roles in the second season.
* He shares the same voice actors with the following:
	+ Tanebi Ōmagari in Cantonese dub.
		- Sōya Ōnuma and Sougyoku in Cantonese dub after re-casted in the theatrical screening version of the Movie.
	+ Kintoki Odawara, Sōya Ōnuma, Genbu, Kairen, Subaru Azuma, Akita's Grandfather, Takatora Kirishima (Movie only), Sougyoku (Movie only), Kaisei Akashi (Season 2 onwards), Akatsuki Ogura (Season 2 onwards), Smat, Shimakaze Anjō, Wadatsumi, Kirikabu Togakushi and Camalus in Taiwanese dub.
* Hokuto is by far the only human adult Shinkalion driver ever able to utilize his units to the fullest. However, this would be mainly due to the capability of both his units instead of his own Compatible Rate.

## Links

### See also

* Hayato's Father (pre-anime) - The father of Hayato Hayasugi in the pre-anime series.
* Young Hokuto Hayasugi - A 9-year-old version of Hokuto from the past.