One of the seven main protagonists of RAINBOW. Nicknamed Heitai (Army Corps/ Soldier), he has been detained for acts of violence and false imprisonments. He ruthlessly struck his mother&#039;s boyfriend, seriously injuring the man. 

Seven teenagers in 1955 have to learn to live together in the same hold in the reformatory of Shounan. Confined in a hall where suffering and humiliation are daily, they are waiting for a ray of hope in a dark, incarcerating world. The story follows their life together and how they move on afterwards. 

__Height:__ 183 cm (6'0)

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Takaya Kuroda is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Axlone. And the lead singer of the rock band Takaya Kuroda & Goodfellas.

He is best known for his bass voice, which has usually seen him cast in villainous roles. Because of his vocal resemblance to the late [Hirotaka Suzuoki](https://anilist.co/staff/95572/), he was chosen to replace Suzuoki as the voice of [Starscream](https://anilist.co/character/3913/) in Transformers as Suzuoki's health deteriorated.

To the western audiences he is probably most known for providing the voice of Kazuma Kiryu, the protagonist of the Yakuza video game series. Kuroda is also the man who sings the famous "Baka Mitai" song related to the series.

(Source: Wikipedia)


He is also the German voice of:
- Christopher Masterson as Francis in _Malcolm in the Middle_
- Donald Faison as Dr. Christopher Duncan Turk in _Scrubs_
- Simon Helberg as Howard Joel Wolowitz in _The Big Bang Theory_
- Martin Freeman as Dr. Watson in _Sherlock_

Six minors (16-17 years) answering to the nicknames of Joe, Mario, Suppon, Baremoto, Heitai, and Kyabetsu are put into a reformatory for offenses such as aggravated assault, swindling, flight, etc. Their stay in hell begins immediately. Accommodated by a doctor pedophile, they are placed under the watch of a despotic and brutal crew. Cellmates with a certain Sakuragi (called Anchan), the tension rises between the band of buddies and their new "friend." A brawl breaks out, and our six prisoners are done rossés by the mysterious young man, thanks to his boxing talent.
 
The story will not only follow the lives of these seven characters surviving in their hellish environment, but also their disillusions due to the rejection by the outside world and by their close relations. This is about the extraodinary and invincible friendships between these young men.
 Note: Won the 2005 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general category.

Tadayoshi Tooyama