Height: 168 cm
Kurono Kei is the protagonist of Gantz. 
He is a 10th grader summoned by Gantz, along with [Kato](https://anilist.co/character/3111/Masaru-Katou), after being hit by a subway train in an effort to help a hobo passed out on the tracks. 
Initially Gantz refers to Kurono as "Bitch" and "Loser", though he settles on "Kurono" as the series progresses.

~!Kei constantly shows the ability to improvise and see the bigger picture. He also seems to be a quick thinker in the midst of combat, demonstrating the ability to find his enemies' vulnerable points, quicker than most. He shows excellent use in all of the Gantz equipment, favoring the various guns, while occasionally using the Katana in which he shows great proficiency using. 
In the beginning, he is a rather selfish character who often ends up being the reluctant hero. Unlike the rest, he has sense to take an x-gun home and test it out. In doing so, he figures out that the x-shotgun can lock onto multiple targets and fire at them all at once. 
On his third mission, Kurono starts a relationship with a woman named Sei who she just meet with. Unfortunately, the mission is quite the disaster, and she dies, alongside Kato and all of the others members, leaving Kurono as the sole survivor. 
At one point, Kurono actually enjoys the brutal missions, having a chance to prove his mettle and to use the power Gantz's technology grants him to decimate his foes, as well as to receive the admiration of his team members (such as Sei or Kishimoto). This ceases after the death of Kato, where he becomes frightened of the missions and hesitates to act as recklessly as he had in the past. Another deciding factor in Kurono's decision to prioritize brains over force is his growing attachment to Kojima Tae. He starts to believe that he must come back alive in order to be with her.!~
After the events of Gantz Second Stage:

~!Kurono is forced to go alone in his next mission, as a form of punishment by Gantz for throwing a tantrum and demanding his friends be resurrected. On this mission, his fourth, he manages to kill a large group of winged, child-like looking aliens, but one survives and kills almost all of Kurono's schoolmates as a form of revenge.
Kurono, the more experienced member of the team at the time after the Buddhist Temple mission, is eventually regarded as a hero by the other players who look up to him. He becomes the leader of the team and decides to take up the mantle of Kato's philosophy that everyone should come back alive, wich is ironic considering that Kato had tried to model himself after Kurono's younger self. In order to increase the survival of the Gantz Team members, Kurono holds regular meetings at his apartment where the team discusses missions and practice using the suits. These meetings appear to help greatly during the Oni mission as nearly all of the members survive in spite of the outstanding and powerful number of enemies. At the end of the mission, Kurono requests the revival of Kato and Nishi Joichiro.
After the first mission of Phase 2,Kei is revived by Kato but remembers nothing beyond his choice to leave the game. Receiving the news from Nishi that the world will end in 1 week, Kei spends more time with his girlfriend Tae and is seen at the Tokyo Gantz team meeting with Nishi talking about the "End of the World" in 1 week's time.

As Kurono enjoys and wastes his last days together with Tae, Reika visits his apartment and confesses her love to him, asking to sleep with him. He rejects her saying he can't understand as to why she would have any feelings for him and tells her they are "worlds apart", mentioning that he is just a High school student and she is a celebrity. 

Kurono and the team are sent to Italy where the final battle with the Roman aliens takes place. He and the rest of his team witnesses the amazing power of the Roman statue aliens as they break his and Kato's Gantz Sword with ease. Even with assistance from other Gantz Teams, some of Kurono's team members perish in combat. At the end of the mission, Kurono yells at Gantz for not resurrecting Suzuki after being requested to by Reika. He later calms down and leaves the room with everyone. Unknown to the others, then Reika comes back into the room, and ends up resurrecting a second Kurono instead of Suzuki, although unwillingly. The Kurono "copy" appears with his suit on and an Z-Gun in hand. 

After meeting the original Kurono, the copy decides to live with Reika. The original Kurono stays with Tae but both are separated when a new race of aliens invade and occupy the planet; Tae is abducted in the process. As the original Kurono searches for Tae, the copy assembles with other Gantz members from across the world who wish to save humanity from the aliens. During one of these fights, Reika dies while saving the copy, leaving him with a death wish; he dies when confronting the aliens responsible for the invasion and the Gantz network. The original Kurono manages to save Tae and a large group of humans from the invaders. However, the aliens demand to face Kurono, having labeled him as the strongest fighter on Earth. Kei by this point is skilled enough with the Gantz Sword to fight on par with and even injure the notoriously fast Eeva Gund, most likely the Katasrophe Aliens' greatest warrior. This is a considerable feat, given the fact that Eeva doesn't seem to have been injured by anyone except from Kei.
Kurono accepts the challenge and thanks to Kato and his other allies, he succeeds in defeating the aliens' champion. Following the final fight, Kurono and Kato are received on Earth as heroes.!~

Tokyo teens Kei and Masaru are killed by a subway train but awaken in a room with an ominous black orb that gives them weapons, suits and orders. Fighting bizarre alien monstrosities in a deadly game, will they win their freedom or die for the final time? 
(Source: Dark Horse)

Thought your life was bad? Sometimes, death is worse. There is no salvation, peace, nor god waiting to receive you into their care. But wait, a god? Maybe you are talking about that big black ball stuck in the room with you. Now you are thrown into a game, fighting green aliens and robot monsters for the chance to survive. 
When Kei Kurono is killed, he thus finds himself caught in such a game; a test of his skills, morals and will to survive. His life is not his own, his death spat and trampled upon over and over again. What happens if he does not listen? God knows. 
A word of warning: Gantz is not for the faint-hearted, but neither is it as simple as it looks. Gore, rape and violence is rampant, as are portrayals of greed, violence, and all the ugliness that one sees in society today. 
[Written by MAL Rewrite]

__Alma Mater:__ Tokyo International University

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Christopher Owen Ayres was an American voice actor, ADR director and scriptwriter who worked on a number of Japanese anime series at Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks, Funimation, OkraTron 5000 and New Generation Pictures. He got his start voice acting at ADV Films on Kino's Journey as an extra. In anime, he was known as the voice of Frieza from Dragon Ball Z Kai, Kei Kurono from Gantz, Prince Soma from Black Butler, and Shingen Takeda from the Sengoku Basara series. He is also known for Mock Combat for Cosplay panels at anime conventions.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Chris died on October 18, 2021 due to health complications. He had previously been treated for COPD/emphysema by receiving a double lung transplant.

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An Italian actor, voice actor and singer, mostly known for his roles as [Monkey D. Luffy](https://anilist.co/character/40/) and [Edward Elric](https://anilist.co/character/11/).

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Hermes Pereira Baroli, better known only as Hermes Baroli, is a Brazilian actor, voice actor, dubbing director, entrepreneur, screenwriter, television presenter and art director. He is also the son of actors and voice actors [Gilberto Baroli](https://anilist.co/staff/102351/) and [Zodja Pereira](https://anilist.co/staff/202529/), brother of actresses and voice actresses [Letícia Quinto](https://anilist.co/staff/100136/) and half-brother of [Luciana Baroli](https://anilist.co/staff/106520/), married to [Leticia Grassi](https://anilist.co/staff/205030/). One of his most remarkable works was the voice of the character Seiya of Pegasus in The Knights of the Zodiac. He also voiced Matt Damon in Saving Private Ryan, Manabu in Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya, Edward Norton in Fight Club, James Franco in 127 Hours and Scott Summers / Cyclops (1st voice) in X-Men: Evolution.

Death does not have to be the end; one can live again, but only through beating the game posed by the black ball called Gantz. 
 
On his way home to celebrate his younger brother's birthday, brave and kind-hearted student named Masaru Katou is stabbed to death. He awakes in a small room with a cityscape view in the heart of Tokyo—and he is not alone. To his surprise, it is not the afterlife, but the waiting room for a high stakes game with their lives on the line. Before he has the chance to process the situation, Masaru is handed a gun and teleported into the center of Osaka to carry out one simple task: eliminate any alien on sight. 
 
Accompanied by the aged Yoshikazu Suzuki, the stunning idol Reika Shimohira, and the cold but experienced Jouichirou Nishi, Masaru must overcome his fears in order to survive the game and return home to his waiting brother. 
 
(Source: MAL Rewrite) 
 
Note: A full 3DCG movie adaptation of the manga's Osaka arc.

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Kaji has won several awards, including Best Voice Actor at the 12th Tokyo Anime Awards (2013), Best Actor at the 7th Seiyu Awards (2013), and Best Voice Actor at the 36th Anime Grand Prix (2014).

Married voice actress [Ayana Taketatsu](https://anilist.co/staff/101996/) in 2019.

__Non-Anime Roles:__ 
~! Abe (Abraham Attah) in "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (live-action film) (Japanese)
Ace in "Final Fantasy Type-0" (VG) (Japanese)
Adol Christin in "Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana" (VG) (Japanese)
Adol Christin in "Ys: Foliage Ocean in Celceta" (VG) (Japanese)
Akio Fudo in "Inazuma Eleven 2" (VG) (Japanese)
Akio Fudo in "Inazuma Eleven 3" (VG) (Japanese)
Akio Fudo in "Inazuma Eleven Strikers" (VG) (Japanese)
Akira Shimotsuki in "Watashi ni xx Shinasai!" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Alex in "Don't Breathe" (live-action film, BD & DVD release) (Japanese)
Arahagi in "Yuugen Romantica Hatenkou: Dai Roku no Nazo - Bakeneko Arahagi" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Arahagi in "Yuugen Romantica Uchouten: Dai Roku no Nazo - Bakeneko Arahagi" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Arahagi in "Yuugen Romantica: Dai Yon no Nazo - Bakeneko Arahagi" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Ayerscarpe in "Arknights" (VG/Mobile) (Japanese)
Ayn Talfryn in "Tales of Zestiria" (VG) (Japanese)
Basil Sabanci in "Valkyria: Azure Revolution" (VG) (Japanese)
Bhunivelze in "Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII" (VG) (Japanese)
Brainy Smurf in "The Smurfs" (animated TV series/Animax dub) (Japanese)
Bren Turner in "E.X. Troopers" (VG) (Japanese)
Cecil in "Hortensia Saga" (VG) (Japanese)
Dick Grayson/Robin (Brenton Thwaites) in "Titans" (live-action web series) (Japanese)
Eight (VIII) in "Super Smash Bros Ultimate" (VG) (Japanese)
Eln in "Age of Gunslingers Online" (VG) (Japanese)
En Shinohara in "Usotsuki Lily" (VOMIC) (Japanese)
Enji Tsuzuri in "Boku to Majo no Jikan" (VOMIC) (Japanese)
Erik in "Mōjū-tsukai to Ōji-sama ~Flower & Snow~" (VG) (Japanese)
Flynn in "Shin Megami Tensei IV" (VG) (Japanese)
Flynn in "Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final" (VG) (Japanese)
Fudou Akio in "Inazuma Eleven 3 Sekai e no Chousen!! Spark/Bomber" (VG) (Japanese)
Ganryū Hanakiri in "Otome Youkai Zakuro Vol. 10 Limited Edition Drama CD" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Gaon in "Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger" (TV series) (Japanese)
Hayato Ozaki in "Nil Admirari no Tenbin Teito Genwaku Kitan" (VG) (Japanese)
Hero in "Gensosuikoden Tierkreis" (VG) (Japanese)
Hikaru Seto in "Cheer Boy! vol.3" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Hinata in "Aigan Shounen" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Hitoshi Taniguchi in "Reinouryokusha Odagiri Kyouko no Uso" (VOMIC) (Japanese)
Hope Estheim in "Final Fantasy XIII" (Japanese)
Hope Estheim in "Final Fantasy XIII-2" (VG) (Japanese)
Hope Estheim in "Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII" (VG) (Japanese)
Hoshiguma Doji in "Onmyoji" (VG) (Japanese)
Hyuuga Masamune in "Touken Ranbu" (browser game) (Japanese)
Ichinose Kazuya in "Inazuma Eleven 3 Sekai e no Chousen!! Spark/Bomber" (VG) (Japanese)
Ikuto Taki in "RUNLIMIT Case 2" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Jean Pierre in "Counter Strike Online 2" (VG) (Japanese)
Johnny Joestar in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle" (VG) (Japanese)
Kakeru in "Yandere Heaven Vol. 1" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Kanato Sakamaki in "Diabolik Lovers" (VG) (Japanese)
Katai Tayama in "Bungou to Alchemist" (VG) (Japanese)
Kazuya Ichinose in "Inazuma Eleven 2" (VG) (Japanese)
Kazuya Ichinose in "Inazuma Eleven 3" (VG) (Japanese)
Kazuya Ichinose in "Inazuma Eleven Strikers" (VG) (Japanese)
Kei Okazaki in "Collar x Malice Character CD Vol. 2 Okazaki Kei" (music/Drama CD) (Japanese)
Kei Okazaki in "CollarxMalice -Unlimited-" (VG) (Japanese)
Kei Okazaki in "CollarxMalice" (VG) (Japanese)
Keisuke Takagi in "Devil Survivor Over Clock" (VG) (Japanese)
Kentucky in "Sen Jyushi" (VG) (Japanese)
Leonis in "Record of Agarest War Zero" (VG) (Japanese)
Link in "Hyrule " (VG) (Japanese)
Luy in "Kamigami no Gosui" ("Siesta of the Gods") (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Luke Pearce in "Tears Of Themis" (mobile game) (Japanese)
Michizane in "Ichibanketsu Online" (VG) (Japanese)
Norman in "The Secret Life of Pets" (animated film) (Japanese)
Prince of Darkness in "Shironeko Project" (VG) (Japanese)
Rath in "Black Wolves Saga" (VG) (Japanese)
Rikka Toratani in "Storm Lover V" (VG) (Japanese)
Roche in "BLUE ROSES ~Yousei to Aoi Hitomi no Senshitachi~" (VG) (Japanese)
Sakamaki Kanato in "Diabolik Lovers Blood & LoveSweat" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Sakamaki Kanato in "Diabolik Lovers MORE,BLOOD" (VG) (Japanese)
Sakamaki Kanato in "Diabolik Lovers VERSUS 3 Kanato VS Reiji" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Sakamaki Kanato in "Diabolik Lovers ~Haunted Dark Bridal~" (VG) (Japanese)
Seth in "UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH" (VG) (Japanese)
Shiina Kiya in "PsychicEmotion6" (VG) (Japanese)
Syogo Shiratori in "Kizuna Striker!" (VG) (Japanese)
Takumi in "Fire Emblem Fates" (VG) (Japanese)
Takumi in "Fire Emblem Heroes" (VG) (Japanese)
Tega Sword in "No.1 Sentai Gozyuger" (TV series) (Japanese)
Thomas Edison in "Rinka Nation" (VG) (Japanese)
Thomas in "Antique Carnevale" (VG) (Japanese)
Tokugawa Iemitsu in "Akasasu Sekai de Kimi to Utau" (mobile game) (Japanese)
Tot in "Skyover" (VG) (Japanese)
Touma in "Magical Days ~The Brats's Parade~" (VG) (Japanese)
Walker Yumasaki in "Durarara!! 3way standoff" (VG/PSP) (Japanese)
White in "Granblue Fantasy" (VG) (Japanese)
Will in "Kuro Kishi to Shiro no Maou" (VG) (Japanese)
Yanagi in "Wakidenai ~Ichi no Maki: Yanagi~" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Yoshiie Ukita in "Shinobi, Koi Utsutsu -Setsugekka Koi Emaki-" (VG) (Japanese)
Yuiga Kakeru in "NORN9" (otome VG) (Japanese)
Yuuichi Haga in "Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers" (VG) (Japanese)
Zen in "Persona Q: Shadow of Labyrinth" (VG) (Japanese)
Zhang Fei in "Sangokushi Lovers" (VG) (Japanese) !~

__Birthplace:__ Leipzig, Germany

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Marcelo Henrique Andrade Coutinho, better known as Marcelo Coutinho, is a Brazilian actor, voice actor, singer, dubbing director, musical director, versionist, and and singing teacher. He is the older brother of [Marcia Coutinho](https://anilist.co/staff/191629/) and father of [Bernardo Coutinho](https://anilist.co/staff/190202/) and [Rafael Cappelli](https://anilist.co/staff/341624/), uncle of [Paula Troyack](https://anilist.co/staff/283099/).

He is also one of the owners and founders of the dubbing studio [Double Sound](https://doublesound.com.br/).

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Quasimodo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1, 2 and Once Upon a Studio)
- Jack Skellington (2nd | 3rd dub; The Nightmare Before Christmas)
- Winnie The Pooh (1997-2003; Official voice in Disney Animations)
- Gingerbread Man (Shrek franchise)
- Manolo Luis Sánchez (The Book of Life)
- Classified (Penguins of Madagascar)
- Lug (Robots)
- Seven (Seven Little Monsters)
- Darius (Sing 2)
- Dwayne (Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race)
- Arnim Zola and Heinz Kruger (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- Gerald Prodnose (Wonka)
- Brineybeard (The Cuphead Show!)
- Shafter (Adventure Time: Distant Lands)
- Douglas Booth (Noah)
- Trent Overunder (Henry Danger, Danger Force and The Adventures of Kid Danger)
- Michael Jon Carter / Booster Gold [1st voice], Bat-Mite and Music Meister (Batman: The Brave and the Bold)
- Captain John Smith (Songs; Pocahontas)
- Dimitri (Songs; Anastasia)
- Garrett (Songs; Quest for Camelot)
- Wheezy (Songs; Toy Story 2)
- Miguel (Songs; The Road to El Dorado)
- Prince Charming (Songs; Shrek the Third)
- Prince Cornelius (Songs - 1st dub; Thumbelina)
!~

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Kurono Kei and his ex-elementary school classmate, Kato Masaru have survived the first two ordeals that the unknown black sphere Gantz has sent them through. Exploding body parts, struggling to stay alive till the last seconds and seeing your fellow comrades fall in a pile of blood and gore are norm to them now. They are aware now that Gantz can call them up along with any new deeds, at any time for another confrontation with aliens. 
Will Kato's experiences in the Gantz world give him the same courage in the real world? With fellow veteran Gantzer Kei Kishimoto currently staying at Kurono's home as his "adopted pet", can Kurono stave off his growing lust for her mammaries? 
What the heck is Gantz? 
(Source: anime-source.com)

The main character is named Nagatomo, he is an astronaut and a scientist in charge of a secret operation about experimenting cryogenics on human subjects such a assasins or political prisoners, all inside a spaceship called "RETRO". Suddenly he wakes up inside the ship only to see outside a huge amount of black spheres floating in space, he first believes they could the debris of something, then he realizes there is life activity inside them and leaves the ship to bring one of those spheres inside, then he proceeds to open it and founds a girl inside it, Kishimoto. 
Suddenly, Kishimoto is transfered along Nagatomo to a GANTZ room that looks like it's the Tokyo one, the black sphere inside the room starts playing the radio song and reveals the target, the "comedian alien", then sends both to the battle area. Kishimoto is wearing her GANTZ suit now but Nagatomo is only wearing his space suit, they fight the aliens (Kishimoto proves to be useful, because she knew about the missions) and are sent back to the room. 
The "Astronaut" gets 6 points and "Big tits" gets 0, Kishimoto decides to stay in the GANTZ room because there is no place she can go back, Nagatomo leaves but not before saying he will be back. 
Source: mangahelpers