Daisuke Akashiro

**Daisuke Akashiro** (赤城 大輔, *Akashiro Daisuke*?) is the one of the main characters in the Project Gladiator RyuseiRanger. He is known as "Flame Emperor" of the school due to being member of the top male idol unit, Meteorstars with his masterful singing skills, which is his specialty. He is also the chairman of the Nagareboshi Stardom Festa committee. Daisuke's alter ego is **Ryusei Red** (リューセイレッド, *Ryūsei Reddo*?), he is known as the Soldier of Gallant and Passion and serves as the muse of his own brand, Sichuan Charming. His catchphrase of the series is "Do you want to do a little more?" (もう少ししたいですか？, *Mōsukoshi shitaidesu ka?*?)

## Personal Information

### Basic Statistics

* **Full Name**: Daisuke Akashiro
* **Japanese**: 赤城 大輔
* **Birthday**: April 9th
* **Zodiac**: Aries
* **Birthplace**: Minamigahama
* **Height**: 1.78 cm
* **Weight**: 56 kg (15 kg extra as RyuseiRed)
* **Blood Type**: B+
* **Species**: Human
* **Personal Quote**: Do you want to do a little more?
* **Favorite...**
	+ **Hobbies**: Watching martial arts movies and playing on bass
	+ **Food**: Chesseburger and Takoyaki
	+ **Dessert**: Black Forest cake
	+ **Color**: Imperial red
	+ **Sport**: Judo and Southern Dragon Kung Fu
	+ **Animal**: Hawks
* **Fears**: Violence, Dogs (because of his allergic reactions to the dog)
* **Dreams**: To become a top idol and marrying Tsubaki
* **Powers and Jobs...**
	+ **Planet**: Mars
	+ **Elemental**: Fire
	+ **Modern Constellations**: Draco
	+ **Aura**: Dragons and rose-shaped fire
	+ **Brand**: Sichuan Charming
	+ **Type**: Passion
	+ **Club**: Singing club
	+ **Kirakiratter**: @AkaPi\_Ojisama

## Appearance

Daisuke is a very handsome young man with short, spiky dark red hair and sienna eyes. It is very rare that he smiles, as he is always wearing a strict face in school. He normally wears the red shirt, underneath a black t-shirt, the black jeans and brown military boots. In school, he wears a typical male uniform with a red necktie and purple blazer, indicating that he's from the Two Purple Stars class.

## Personality

Daisuke is generally a purposeful, stoic person who acts very elegant and cool-headed, but at his disposal unfamiliar, he carries a compassionate heart. He is under pressure from his parents and his two older brothers to live up to the business family name, Akashiro Konzern. He looks mean and hates violence, but he's actually kind to some people.

## Etymology

**Akashiro** (赤城, ***Akashiro***?) - **Aka** (赤, ***Aka***?) means red and **Shiro** (城, ***Shiro***?) means castle.

**Daisuke** (大輔, ***Daisuke***?) - From Japanese 大 (dai) meaning "big, great" and 輔 (suke) meaning "help", so Daisuke means "big help". .

## Ryusei Red

**"Soldier of Gallant and Passion, RyuseiRed! Feel the burning rage!"**
勇敢と情熱の戦士、リューセイレッド！ 燃える怒りを感じる！
*Yūkan to jōnetsu no senshi, Ryūsei Reddo! Moeru ikari wo kanjiru!*
**Ryusei Red** (リューセイレッド, *Ryūsei Reddo*?) is the Gladiator alter ego of Daisuke and one of the three A-Class warriors in the RyuseiRanger, the Soldier of Gallant and Passion. In order to transform, he needs the RyuseiChanger and his Sichuan Charming's transformation Saint Card.

### Weapons

* **RyuseiBlast** (リューセイ・ブラスト, ***RyuseiBlast***?) is Ryusei Red's main sidearm.
	+ **Dragon Sword** (ドラゴン・ソード, ***Dragon Sword***?) is Ryusei Red's main weapon form of RyuseiBlast.

### Attacks

* Individual Attacks
* Sub-attacks
* Group Finishers

* **Hiryū Mōkoken** (火竜 猛虎拳, ***Hiryū Mōkoken***?) - Using the Dragon Fire Coord, Ryusei Red is able to perform this attack. The attack's name in Japanese means **Fire Dragon: Fierce Tiger Fist**.
* **Hiryū Shōryūzan** (火竜 昇竜斬, ***Hiryū Shōryūzan***?) - Using the Dragon Sword Coord, Ryusei Red is able to perform this attack. The attack's name in Japanese means **Fire Dragon: Rising Dragon Slash**.
* **Hiryū Hienretsuha** (火竜 飛燕烈波, ***Hiryū Hienretsuha***?) - Using the Dragon Sword Coord and Navy Police Coord, Ryusei Red is able to perform this attack. The attack's name in Japanese means **Fire Dragon: Splash Bursting Wave**.
* **Hiryū Hadō Enkōjin** (火竜 波動焔降刃, ***Hiryū Hadō Enkōjin***?) - Using the Sigma Premium Coord, Ryusei Red is able to perform this attack. The attack's name in Japanese means **Fire Dragon: Surge of the Blaze-Dropping Blade**.

- **Hiryū Enkiken** (火竜 炎鬼拳, ***Hiryū Enkiken***?) - One of Ryusei Red's sub attacks. The attack's name in Japanese means **Fire Dragon: Flame Demon Punch**

- **Hiryū Senkōha** (火竜 閃光波, ***Hiryū Senkōha***?) - One of Ryusei Red's sub attacks. The attack's name in Japanese means **Fire Dragon: Flash Wave**

- **Hiryū Tatsumaki Senpukyaku** (火竜 竜巻旋風脚, ***Hiryū Tatsumaki Senpukyaku***?) - One of Ryusei Red's sub attacks. The attack's name in Japanese means **Fire Dragon: Tornado Whirlwind Leg**

- **Hiryū Hakkeishō** (火竜 八景昇, ***Hiryū Hakkeishō***?) - One of Ryusei Red's sub attacks. The attack's name in Japanese means **Fire Dragon: Eight Sights Rising**

- **Hiryū Engekihō** (火竜 炎激砲, ***Hiryū Engekihō***?) - One of Ryusei Red's sub attacks. The attack's name in Japanese means **Fire Dragon: Flame Fierce Cannon**

- **Hiryū Juukenha** (火竜 獣拳波, ***Hiryū Juukenha***?) - One of Ryusei Red's sub attacks. The attack's name in Japanese means **Fire Dragon: Beast Fist Wave**

- **Hiryū Shakunetsuhō** (火竜 灼熱砲, ***Hiryū Shakunetsuhō***?) - One of Ryusei Red's sub attacks. The attack's name in Japanese means **Fire Dragon: Burning Gun**

- **Ryūsei Mitsuboshi Geki** (流星 光星撃, ***Ryūsei Mitsuboshi Geki***?) - One of group sub attacks used with other RyuseiRangers. The attack's name in Japanese means **Meteor Six Stars Attacks**

- **Ryūseii Kashoku Geki** (流星 華燭撃, ***Ryūseii Kashoku Geki***?) - One of group sub attacks used with other RyuseiRangers. The attack's name in Japanese means **Meteor Light Star Attacks**

- **Ryūsei Bakuretsu Rokubusei Ken** (流星 爆裂六武星拳, ***Ryūsei Bakuretsu Rokubusei Ken***?) - One of group sub attacks used with other RyuseiRangers. The attack's name in Japanese means **Meteor Six-Armed Stars Fists**

- **Shooting Star Spark** (シューティングスタースパーク, ***Shooting Star Spark***?) - An attack Ryusei Red performs alongside the other RyuseiRangers. To perform it, he needs the Dragon Sword for combination.

- **Meteor Burst Nova** (メテオバーストノヴァ, ***Meteor Burst Nova***?) - An attack Red performs alongside the RyuseiRangers and RyuseiLunarious. To perform it, he needs GalaxyDresser and the siblings' Royal Form to have transformed into their power up form "Sigma Mode".

- **Super Galaxy Enneagram Pulse** (スーパーギャラクシーエニアグラムパルス, ***Super Galaxy Enneagram Pulse***?) - An upgraded attack Red performs alongside the RyuseiRangers and RyuseiLunarious. To perform it, he needs GalaxyDresser, the Galaxy Enneagram Card and the siblings' Royal Form to have transformed into their second power up form "Enneagram Form".

## Songs

Daisuke's voice actor, **Masatomo Nakazawa** has participated in several image songs for the character he voices. Many of them include duets with **RAIKI**, **Shouta Aoi**, **Yuuki Ono**, **Junpei Ozawa**, and **Ryouta Takeuchi**, who voices Izumi Aoshima, Nagisa Izayoi, Hikari Harukawa, Chris Kurowaki, and Jun Akisato under the characters' unit name Meteorstars.

* **I stand toward the starry sky**
* **The Flames Delivers to You**

### Duets

* **We are...RyuseiRanger No.1!!** (OP)
* **METEOR ~Kiss the cosmo, please!~** (ED1)
* **Milky Way ~Holding Heart on Galaxy!~** (ED2)
* **Meteor Shower☄ ~Because I Love You So Much~ (Movie ED)**
* **BUNKA-KATSU!!!!!** (Meteorstars)
* **Burn🔥Shine🌟Freeze❄️** (with Izumi Aoshima and Nagisa Izayoi)
* **Only You is a Meteor Magic** (Meteorstars and Solace Luna)
* **Distant Star** (Meteorstars and Solace Luna)
* **YES! Shooting Star Christmas Carol!** (Meteorstars and Solace Luna)

## Trivia

* His zodiac sign is Aries.
* He shared his voice actor Masatomo Nakazawa with Clear from DRAMAtical Murder and Kenji Futakuchi from Haikyuu!!
* His auras are dragon and rose-shaped flames.
* He is a Passion-type Gladiator and his symbol is red dragon.
* He resembles Teika Ichijouji from Magic-Kyun! Renaissance and Tokiya Ichinose from Uta no prince-sama. Those are serious, reserved and cold in addition to excel on the others thanks to their voice.
	+ However, his appearance and resembles Daisuke Umon / Duke Fleed from UFO Robot Grendizer. Both are hates fighting, having been through the turmoil that was their home's ruin but knows that they has to in order to prevent the same catastrophe to hit Earth.
* His Kirakiratter is @AkaPi\_Ojisama

## References

1. ↑ http://www.romajidesu.com/dictionary/meaning-of-%E8%B5%A4.html
2. ↑ http://www.romajidesu.com/dictionary/meaning-of-%E5%9F%8E.html
3. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/daisuke

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