Zanzo

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"*I saw your reflexes, but how about your endurance? Let's give it a GO GO GO!*"
―Zanzo to Chai, from Track 3

**Zanzo** is one of the antagonists in Hi-Fi Rush. Charged in research and development in Vandelay Technologies, Zanzo is the third boss encountered in the game, although the player doesn't directly fight him.

## Profile

"*ZANZO

In charge of Research & Development, Zanzo dreams big and often, frequently shifting his focus to new projects when inspiration strikes.

Shunning fiscal responsibility for passion projects, his creative impulses come at the cost of every programmer he can get his hands on.*"
―Character profile on the Hi-Fi Rush website

## Appearance

Zanzo is a tall man with a green goatee and spiky, green hair that is always slanted to one side. His hair also exists only on the center of his head, as the rest of it is taken up by six different green cables that are used as neural imprints. Additionally, Zanzo wears a white lab coat with gold accents that ends at his shins, sporting a grey collar and gold belt additionally. On his back, he wears two black-gold sheaths he stores his swords. The sheaths are both facing in opposite directions, one with the handle at his shoulder and the other with the handle at his hip.

Zanzo's arms and his legs are have been replaced with blue robotic implants, with cables also being implemented on his head to further increase the capacities of his job.

## Personality

Befitting the "mad scientist" archetype, Zanzo is an eccentric man who believes himself to be a genius. He is shown many times to be complimenting and awarding his own "brilliant" ideas. In comparison to the other bosses, Zanzo is shown to be the most flashy and flamboyant. Most of his appearances often show him making several gestures and poses to emphasize almost every sentence as if he jumped out of the pages of a manga. Zanzo retains a desire to study as a scientist, but it tends to be overshadowed by his need to be the smartest in the room. He also has a superiority complex, making him susceptible to insults that he perceives from others such as whenever Chai goads him.

Reflecting his own work personality, his own office is extremely messy, from taping design notes to computer screens, to having magazines about fashion and videogames in the same place as top secret documents.

## Gallery

Zanzo's gallery can be visited here.

Character profile image on the Hi-Fi Rush website
## Trivia

* Zanzo is voiced by Todd Haberkorn in English, who is known for voicing Ungalo in *Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean*, Razor from Hoyoverse's *Genshin Impact*, Sho Minazuki from Atlus's *Persona 4 Arena: Ultimax*, and Haruka Nanase from *Free*!.
	+ He is voiced by Wataru Takagi in Japanese, who also voiced Okuyasu Nijimura from *Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable*, Eikichi Onizuka and Masaru Aoki from Kodansha series *GTO* (and its prequel *Shonan Junai Gumi*) and *Fighting Ippo* respectively, Obito Uchiha from Shueisha's *Naruto* franchise, Claptrap in Gearbox's *Borderlands*, and Pipimi from *Pop Team Epic*.
* Zanzo's personality traits and habit of striking poses both reference the manga series "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure," from performing the iconic "Point" of Jotaro Kujo and Torture Dance from the Golden Wind saga to the manga onomatopoeia "ゴゴゴゴ/"MENACING" repetitively floating around him at times. Similarly, he has fashion magazines around his desk, which is a common art reference for the Jojo series creator, Hirohiko Araki, giving the series it's iconic flamboyance.
	+ Zanzo also quotes one of Dracula's lines from the *Castlevania* series: "But enough talk! Have at you!"
* Both he and Roquefort don't get along due to Roquefort cares about finances, while Zanzo cares about his inventions no matter how much it cost. Though only seen on cutscenes, Zanzo's office has finance statistics scribbled over, implying he believes them to be tampered.
* One of Kale's SPECTRA Vlogs has him wonders why he hired Zanzo in the first place, implying that Zanzo wasn't part of the company before the takeover.
* Zanzo's dialogue can't be skipped because he's supposed to be annoying.
* Korsica, Rekka, and Zanzo are the only characters not named after food or drinks. However, 'Zanzo' is eerily similar to the sparkling water brand 'Sanzo'. His name may also reference the Senzu Beans from the Dragon Ball franchise.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/johnjohanas/status/1623327850945470469?s=20
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/johnjohanas/status/1633080317371387904?s=20