Dan Kuso

### Age:

12 (Battle Brawlers) 15 (New Vestroia) 16 (Gundalian Invaders) 17 (Mechtanium Surge)

### Home Planet

Earth

We're in it to win it! —**Dan Kuso**, Mega Man Grey "Dan to Grey"

**Daniel "Dan" Kuso** (Japanese version: **Danma "Dan" Kūsō** (空操 弾馬 (ダン), *Kūsō Danma (Dan)*?)) is the main protagonist of the anime series *Mega* Man Grey and its three following seasons: Grey 2 *New Vestroia*, Grey 3 *Gundalian Invaders*, and more.

He is partnered with a Pyrus Dragonoid named Drago (who eventually evolved into Fusion Dragonoid). After his actions in the first season, he's with Him, has become a legend among brawlers from Earth, Vestal, Neathia, and Gundalia.

For the first two seasons, he lived in Wardington with his parents, Miyoko Kuso and Shinjiro Kuso, near his friends Grey Cossack, Runo Misaki, Marucho Marukura and Shun Kazami. He moved to Bayview in *Gundalian Invaders*, as did Julie, who became his neighbor.

He was the in Mega Interspace until he was disqualified in a brawl against. He moved to Mega City in Grey 5 *Mechtanium Surge*Arc 2, and now lives in the Mega Hunters Headquarters

## Appearance

In Mega Man Grey, he is seen wearing a short red overcoat with black pockets over a bright yellow sleeveless. He has brown hair in which he wears hexagonal shaped goggles. He wears long red trousers with black stripes just below his knees, the ends of which are neatly tucked into his blue-tongued black sneakers. He keeps his Bakugan Gear on his belt similar to how Pokémon trainers keep their Poke Balls. Lastly, he wore blue fingerless gloves. The left glove was longer and he wore an orange BakuPod on his left wrist.

In Grey 2, he wears a gold-trimmed long sleeved overcoat and darker colored 'shoulder pads' on his shoulders. His sleeves go past his wrist forming a slight upward V-shape. He wears this over a light blue sleeveless shirt. He wears white pants with grey pinstriped patches on his hips that are outlined in blue. The bottoms of his pants are neatly tucked into his black boots and are supported by a white and blue belt with a square belt buckle and wears suspender-like straps on his waist with gold buckles. He wore black fingerless gloves nearly identical to the ones he wore in the first season.

In Grey 3, he wears a white-collared red jacket with the sleeves rolled slightly up his forearms. His goggles have become elliptical. His gold buckled belt is replaced by a normal buckle (silver or aluminum). He wears dark trousers with side pockets that are outlined in red and tucked into his blue and black sneakers with gray tongues. When he became a castle knight, he wore a high-collared form-fitting outfit similar to a stormtrooper's armor. It was trimmed in red and gold and had blue markings down the sides. However, he reverted to his former outfit at the end of the series.

In Grey 4, he wears his trademark red jacket with a black high collar and black pads on the sides of each of his shoulders over a white and blue T-shirt. He wears normal jeans which are held by a brown belt. He also wears red-soled black sneakers that have red tongues. In Grey 5, he wears a red jacket which has white on the shoulders, black fingerless gloves, and dark red jeans.

## Personality

Dan is a boy who really loves Bakugan and aspires to be the best brawler to ever live, which he achieves in the last episode of *Bakugan Battle Brawlers*. However, he tends to be impulsive and rash, which often leads him to trouble when his overconfidence gets the better of him. He is easily frustrated, which combined with his eagerness to brawl, causes him to complain a lot when he has to wait around in hiding, as shown in the first and second season. By the third season, however, Dan has outgrown that habit, as shown in the episode *Curtain Call* when he was telling Jake to help rebuild the second shield generator after they had a successful victory over the Gundalians.

In the beginning, Dan played using raw power without any kind of strategy, only caring about winning and not the consequences that would follow. Because of this, he and Drago got into an argument that ended with Dan throwing Drago in the river. After losing a battle to Ryo and reuniting with Drago, Dan learned that there's more to Bakugan than just power. After that experience, Dan started using a little more strategy in his battles, allowing him to take on world-ranked Bakugan champions like Chan Lee.

## Biography

Drago tries to make him stop fighting with him. After the vision was over, Drago and Fear Ripper appeared in the field and Drago was able to defeat him, giving Dan the victory. Dan was surprised hearing Drago talking to Fear Ripper and he decides that he was imagining that he was talking. Masquerade who was sending people's Bakugan to the Doom Dimension, Dan decides to battle him. When he went to the meeting point, he found Shuji and Akira waiting for him for another rematch. Dan unwillingly accepted and defeated Shuji's Ventus Bakugan with ease. After the battle, Grey ran into Masquerade and battled him. After losing two of his Bakugan to Reaper, he sends out Drago and he was losing the battle until Dan tried to activate an Ability Card, which Drago was able to exceed and cause the battle to end in a draw. However, as Masquerade left, he revealed that he was holding back, making Dan realize that Masquerade was much stronger than he had anticipated, and that he could have lost Drago.

Dan goes with Grey's team, when they gonna defeat Masquerade.

Although constantly arguing with each other, he's helping Grey to give his power until the end of the series.

## Trivia

* In the English dub, he is the first and only one to use a Double Ability in Grey 3.
* Dan, Runo, Alice and Julie are the second youngest out of the original Battle Brawlers.
* He is the second person to use a Triple Ability, after Grey battles Spectra.
	+ He also has the most Battle Gear, with six.
	+ He also has the most Battle Suits, with four.
	+ He also has the most Fusion Abilities,with nine.
* In his Japanese name, 空操弾馬 (Kūsō Danma), his last name, Kūsō, consists of the kanji for "sky" (空) and "honor" (操). The first kanji in his given name, 弾 (dan), has a number of meanings: bullet, ball, pellet, and shell. The next one, 馬 (ma), is much simpler: it just means "horse."
	+ There is a misconception with some English fans that "Kūsō" is pronounced the same way as the Japanese swear "kuso" (which is an equivalent of "damn"). However, in Japanese, the two words are quite distinct, as the hiragana for Kūsō would be spelled くうそう (the vowels are drawn out), while the swear word is くそっ (all vowels are short).