Anikage Hayato

* Live-Action
* Anime
* Manga

* Young Adult
* Teen

* Teen (2028)
* Great Feline War (Old)
* Great Feline War (Young)
* 2022
* 2021
* 2020
* Child (2011)

* Teen (2028)
* 2022
* 2021
* 2020
* Child (2011)

## **Rescue Black**

**Saber Seventeen** now known as **Anikage Hayato** (一文字 兄影, *Hayato Anikage*) is the older brother of Takeru Hayato and Jeanne Hayato, he is **Rescue Black** of Team Tardis Incorporated.

## Appearance

### First (Season 1-5, 7)

Anikage Hayato resembles his brother Takeru but older and paler due to staying inside for too long, he has white hair with black highlights, red eyes, a full on black outfit (Black shirt, black pants) but with white sneakers and no show red socks. His hair is a lot more neat than Takeru's.

**Alternate Outfit**: He wears high black military-style boots and long, tan-colored jeans, yet has a single belt wrapped around each thigh. A black belt with golden accents featuring a silver emblem decorated with a demonic skull buckle wraps around his waist, and he wears black, gauntlet shaped fingerless gloves with three buckled straps on each one. He has a long, stylish red coat, with two coattails, zippers on the sleeves, a vicious cat skull on his back, yet the coat has a more pronounced buckled collar and a black strap going over his right shoulder wrapping around his chest, with two golden studs on the front. The front of the coat is also patterned individually from the rest of it, resembling a sort of vest or body armor, with a zipper closed all the way up from the waist to the bottom of Anikage's neck. Underneath the coat, Anikage wears what appears to be a black long-sleeved shirt, with a red vest with black clasps over it.

## History

### Season 4

#### Leiamaru

In this series, Anikage as Shadow Fighter returned to battle Alien Nutsodokugaeru and his bodyguards the Giring Brothers. While holding his own in battle against them he was eventually overpowered but saved by the arrival of Leiamaru. By the end of the battle, Shadow Fighter's leg was injured, meaning Anikage was as well for most of the series. Also Nutsodokugaeru and his two monsters had escaped after the battle and an entire city was left partially submerged. After the fight Anikage met Akiaka Shishi-Za, the human form of Leiamaru who he introduced to MET where he served as the captain. When the three beasts returned Anikage watched on the sidelines helping the other Yo-kai with his Willpower, allowing him to vanquish the twin monsters, although the alien escaped. Anikage would serve as Akiaka's mentor, training her hard whenever she was defeated but his sometimes brutal training allowed the young warrior to vanquish her opponents and reach a new level of skill each time.

### Season 5: Expedition for the Lost City

Anikage has a small cameo in Season 5: Expedition for the Lost City, seeing his brother off on his journey with his frineds.

### Last Great Feline War

*Main article: Anikage Hayato/Last Great Feline War*
* *to be added*

## Personality

Anikage is a very clumsy yet serious young man, he cares for family even Takeru despite holding a grudge for being in his shadow and his friends. He exudes a cold and standoffish attitude in battle, considering all aliens to be his enemies with exceptions (EX: Dr. Mahiru). He is more than happy to see them fall in combat.

Despite this, he shows a certain degree of honor as he heavily disapproves of cheesing battles by using final forms early and constantly.

Anikage does not smoke, he is too cool to smoke.

## Family

*Main article: Seventeen/Hayato Clan*
* Mei Hayato - Grandmother
* Kai Hayato - Grandfather
* Wataru Hayato (deceased) - Father
* Akane Hayato - Mother
* Takeru Hayato - Younger Brother
* Jeanne Hayato - Younger Sister
* Ted Hayato - Uncle
* Ann Hayato (deceased) - Aunt
* Verde Hayato - Cousin
* Aokane Umibe - Uncle
* Carla Umibe - Cousin

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Darkness Manipulation**: Anikage can manipulate, absorb and resist darkness energy.
* **Rainstorm Creation**: Anikage had the ability to create rain storms around him, its range depending on how much darkness he had absorbed. Usually the rain was only in a small area surrounding him due to his unwillingness to hurt others.
* **Persona Summon**: He is able to do this in the Dark Hour, the Midnight Channel and the Metaverse.

### Abilities

* **Master Combatant**: Anikage is a highly skilled warrior, having years of experience in combat.
* **Stealth Proficiency**: Anikage is able to discreetly follow a target or arrive where said target will appear without notice.
* **Weapon Mastery**: While normally a hand-to-hand fighter, Anikage is also a master weapon user, displaying expert skill and precision on multiple occasions.
* **Expert Physician**: Anikage is a skilled combat medic with years of experience under his belt. He is able to treat people's wounds with whatever he has on him and figure out the best way possible to treat them.

### Weaknesses

* **Family**: If anyone of the Hayatos are in danger will be Anikage's turning point, causing him to give up all hope.
* **Heavy Acceleration**: Anikage has no protection ageist Heavy Acceleration.
* **Temporal Freezing**: Like with Heavy Acceleration, Anikage isn't immune to the Time Jackers' ability to freeze time, the only way for him to move though the time freeze is having the one who casted the Temporal Freezing allow him to move within the confines of their time freezing.

### Former Weaknesses

* **Light**: Anikage was originally weak to light due to his shadow powers thus forcing him to either wear cloths that cover his body and mask with gloves or stay inside avoiding windows. He later overcame this weakness by training and harnessing his inner darkness.

## Rescue Black

**Rescue Black**

"Rescuers!"
―Transformation announcement[src]
* **Height**: 190 cm
* **Weight**: 90 kg
* **Speed**: 100 km/h
* **Power**: 1500 hp

In combat, Anikage prefers to engage in direct brute force.

Arsenal
* **Rescue Changer**
* **Rescue Buckle**
* **Rescue Sabre**
* **Rescue Gun**
* **Rescue Buster**
* **Ranger Cards**

Final Waves
* **Rescue Slash** Anikage's preferred final wave. Inserting a Ranger Card into his Rescue Saber, Anikage either performs an energized slash or flings an energy blade at an opponent.
* **Five Sword Style: Darkness Slash**: Wielding five Rescue Sabers at once (two in his right and three in his left) Anikage inserts a black ranger card into each Saber before slashing the air, creating manifestations of five previous Black Rangers that attack the opponent before Anikage finishes them off with a spinning double slash.

## Equipment

* Maquette Dolls - Ally Kaiju kept in Pocket sized capsules.
* Age Stabilizer Extender (formerly, destoryed after being deaged) - Extends Anikage's life

## Behind the Scenes

### Portrayal

Anikage Hayato is portrayed by Takeru Watanabe who also plays his younger brother Takeru Hayato and younger sister Jeanne Hayato.

## Notes

* Anikage's black highlights in his hair resembles the reverse version of Black Jack from the manga with the same name written by Osamu Tezuka.
	+ Unlike Black Jack, Anikage still has his doctor's license.
	+ Anikage's hairstyle is comparable to Dante's from the Devil May Cry Series (minus DmC: Devil May Cry).
* It is possible that his white colored hair meant that he was affected by Marie Antoinette syndrome. While the evidence is quite unclear, but this was later dismissed as stated he was naturally born with white hair.
	+ Though in Flashback, after the DL-6 Incident he was speaking in a dramatic tone, as well as seemingly traumatized in his outlook.

## Appearances

* Team Tardis Incorporated
	+ Season 1
		- Ep. 82: An old friend returns
		- Ep. 83: The Dark Labyrinth of Shadows
		- Ep. 84: Team Tardis Inc. Vs. Big Machine Ω
	+ Team Tardis Incorporated: A Shadow of a Dark
	+ Season 4A: Y-Academy
	+ Season 4B: Family, Demons and Tag Team
	+ Season 5: Expedition for the Lost City
	+ Season 7: Shadows of Conquest
	+ Last Great Feline War
	+ Season 8: Yo-kai Watch