TATSUYA YUUKI

Age: 25

Height: 5'11"

Hair: brown

Eyes: Green

Title: Meijin Kawaguchi III, The King of Gunpla

The humble Tatsuya Yuuki is a kind and generous individual with a deep-rooted passion for the sport of Gunpla Battle. A former student at the prestigious Gunpla Academy, Yuuki, has been active in Gunpla Battle since he was seven years old (though several years were spent abroad in England studying, during which time his father-who believed his hobby was a distraction-forbade him from playing Gunpla Battle or even building. Takeshi Iori later reignited his passion). His building skills are some of the world's finest, and his desire to see others achieve the same level as he knows no bounds.

Known as the "Crimson Comet" due to a previous model kit, the Hi-Nu Gundam Vrabe Amazing that won the Nationals in Japan and garnered him a spot in the Fifth Gunpla Battle Championship, and his Char Aznable-red Zaku Amazing which took him deep into the Sixth World Championship, Yuuki was already no stranger to world-class skill by the time of the Seventh Championship, where he would meet his rivals Sei Iori and Reiji. He withdrew from the Nationals in the Semi-Finals, which would have put him against them, and instead took an offer from Plavsky Particle Systems Engineering's coach and head engineer, Allan Adams, to become the Third Meijin Kawaguchi, and serve as the face of both PPSE and Gunpla Battle, eventually meeting Reiji and Sei in the Finals of the World Tournament (though he had been forced to wear a mind-altering system called the Embody System, forcing him to focus on winning at all costs, and not the thrill of the battle, which was something he, Reiji, and Sei all wished to share).

Since losing the Seventh World Championship, Yuuki has redoubled his efforts to erase the brutal, winning-at-all-costs legacy of the Second Meijin and inspire both current and future Gunpla builders around the world, creating his signature catchphrase, "Gunpla Is Freedom!" as a tagline to promote the sport. He is the only person in the history of Gunpla Battle to have won three consecutive World Championships (the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth), and made it to the Semi-Finals of the Eleventh before being eliminated by the eventual champion, Sei Iori, in his Build Burning Gundam-the same unit that would eventually go on to be piloted by Sekai Kamiki a few years later.

As Meijin, Yuuki takes his public image very seriously and does not break character, even among friends like his (supposed) girlfriend, Lady Kawaguchi, who has since become his partner of equal esteem. He loves watching an earnest and expressive Gunpla Battle and is well known for never being content with his current Gunpla. Presently, he is known for piloting the legendary Perfect Gundam III Amazing Red Warrior, a Gunpla he built almost completely from scratch, with no real base model kit aside from the joints supposedly taken from an RX-78-2 Revive kit. However, always on the prowl for new inspiration, rumor has it the Meijin might enter the Fourteenth Gunpla World Championship with a new machine…


LADY KAWAGUCHI

Age: 25

Height: 5'4"

Hair: blonde

Eyes: green

Seven years ago, the Lady Kawaguchi entered the Kanto Invitational Tournament using the Stargazer Gundam, where she became someone of prominence in her grace and expert control, often called the "next Meijin" by others due to her masterful battle skills. She would go on to inspire Hoshino Fumina of Team Try Fighters, and six years after becoming Fumina's idol would serve as both her inspiration teacher to help her develop a refined version of her Winning Gundam, which she called the Star Winning Gundam.

Besides being Tatsuya Yuuki's partner in a variety of events, little is known about the young blonde woman. She tends to be much more reclusive than the Meijin Kawaguchi, appearing almost out of the ether when something catches her interest, yet at times is standing side by side with him for tournaments and events. Her true role and impact on the sport seem lessened by her choice to remain in the Meijin's shadow, but her skill at both building and piloting mobile suits is something that nobody should ever underestimate. She has been seen to go toe to toe with the Meijin on a few different occasions using older Gunpla of his design (one using the Zaku Amazing while the other used the Kampfer Amazing) and the two appear evenly matched, meaning whoever fights the Lady Kawaguchi would be fighting skills that have won the World Championship three times in a row, and thus she should not be underestimated.