Kuroto Dan

> "*I'll send you into the darkness, along with the truth.*"
> ― Kuroto Dan (Kamen Rider Genm)
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**Kuroto Dan** (檀 黎斗 *Dan Kuroto*) is the CEO of Genm Corp. He is also the true identity of Kamen Rider Genm (仮面ライダーゲンム *Kamen Raidā Genmu*), also colloquially known as the Black Ex-Aid (黒いエグゼイド *Kuroi Eguzeido*).

Kuroto Dan is one of the supporting villains in Crossover War Heroes: Iron-Blooded Kid Warriors. Later, he becomes one of the several main protagonists after Prozen's demise.

## Personality

To the public eye prior being exposed as the criminal mastermind, Kuroto appears to be a polite and humble man, both with a sense of sympathy and compassion. Despite this, his decisions are of questionable morality.

But behind closed doors, Kuroto is shown to be psychotic, most likely affected by over usage of his Proto Gashats. He slowly becomes deranged over time, indulging himself with a God complex, believing that survival of the fittest is the only thing that matters in battle.

He also regards his skill as being the best, taking pride in the creation of Gashats as something that only he can make. When Emu and Tsukuru creates the Mighty Brother XX and JuJu Burger Gashats respectively, Kuroto lashes out attempting to retrieve it to destroy them, displaying this form of behavior to the most extreme when Emu attempted to use the Maximum Mighty X Gashat in it's incomplete form, even going as far as calling both Mighty Brothers XX and Maximum Mighty X "bootleg games". Despite this, he uses the data he collected from fighting Emu who used this Gashat to complete the Gashat Gear Dual for Parad, and the Gashat Gear Dual β which is currently in the hands of Hiiro Kagami and Taiga Hanaya. This practical psychosis-level of pride of his is made apparent when he was a child as of the present.

His malignant narcissism is also taken to the extreme when he attempts to kill a patient to obtain data on death needed to complete a Gashat he was developing before using data on his own death to complete it. Despite his instability, Kuroto appears to have some form of self-control after constant usage of the Dangerous Zombie Gashat. However, his obsession with immortality through the aforementioned Gashat made him even more unhinged.

## Crossover War Heroes Series

### Crossover War Heroes: Iron-Blooded Kid Warriors

Kuroto Dan appeared as one of the main members of the Knights of Gjallarhorn. He and his friends decided to acknowledge each just before having meeting with the heroes.

After the deaths of Thornheart and Kain, he, Knight, and Wolf met the people of Mars for the first time. While having a friendly meeting, Dr. Kuroto Dan easily prevented Henry from hurting or bullying Wolf Rocky. He and the people got convinced by Granny not to do it again. He, Knight, and Wolf decided to have a friendly discussion with people of Mars about bringing peace to entire Multi-Universe. So that, the truth can set Dr. Dan and Knight free.
After the meeting was done, Dr Kuroto Dan and Knight Unryuji went back to the Gjallarhorn Spaceship to resume their duty. Suddenly, Kuroto Dan commands Knight to pilot the graze mobile suit before having a first fight Tekkadan. After the short fight, Dr. Dan and his fellow soldiers met and discovered Flint Lockwood and Steve the Monkey.

After the defection of Hiroki Nagase and his friends to Tekkadan and Transylvanian Business and the defeat of the The Bruters, Dr. Kuroto Dan and Knight Unryuji decided to have a friendly time with Symphogear heroines and their friends at the Dinning Hall.