Name: Soshiro Hoshina Gender: Male Birthday: November 21st Physical: 171cm Appearance: Purple bowl cut with fox-like features. He usually walks around with his eyes squinted. Personality: Basically relaxed, cheerful, and slightly playful, but becomes extremely serious during missions. Although he won't admit it, he has a bit of a battle-maniac streak. Occupation: Defense Force Vice-Captain Affiliation: Defense Force Third Division Likes: Reading, coffee, Mont Blanc, dim-witted fools Features: A member of the Hoshina family, a clan of Kaiju exterminators since the Muromachi period, and the younger brother of Soichiro Hoshina, Captain of the Sixth Division. In the Defense Force where long-range weapons are standard, he uses swords as his primary weapon due to his low combat power with firearms, employing Hoshina-style swordsmanship in battle. While he lags behind Mina Ashiro against large Kaiju, he is superior in exterminating medium to small Kaiju, possessing enough combat power to go toe-to-toe with the Daikaiju No. 10. His suit release rate is 92%, the third highest in the early story, showing speed so incredible that Kafka describes it as "not human movement." He speaks in a Kansai dialect. Relationship with Captain Narumi of the First Division: Not good. In episode 57, when all units gather for a meeting, he clashes with the First Division, which has a poor relationship with the Third Division. When Captain Gen Narumi picks a fight, Soshiro shuts him down instead, until the First Division Vice-Captain Hasegawa intervenes.