The creator of Director X and the system it oversees, the GALAX Network. He usually appears as a cross-dressing man in public. He is the user of an alien power called "Crowds", an avatar of some sort that utilizes other people in the GALAX Network to act as his minion. He controls this system through the same device as the Gatchaman called "NOTE", although he obtained them through different means.

~!Unlike the other Gatchaman, Rui obtained his NOTE from Berg-Katze, the destructive alien hellbent on the destruction of planet Earth. Rui himself doesn't utilize the NOTE like the Gatchaman does, where they transform into an exoskeleton battlesuit. Instead, he transforms others to do his bidding. He gains a Gachaman battlesuit later on after the Crowds Incident in Tachikawa City.!~

The story is set in Japan in the early summer of 2015. 180,000 people live in Tachikawa City, the "second metropolis" of the Tokyo area. Among them are "Gatchaman"—warriors who fight in special reinforced suits powered by "NOTE," the manifestation of special spiritual powers in living beings. A council has scouted a group of individuals with latent powers to protect Earth from alien criminals. In recent years, the council has assigned Gatchaman warriors to deal with the mysterious entity known as "MESS."
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

**Height:** 172cm

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In 2016, he won Best Male Rookie at the 10th Seiyu Awards.

On May 1, 2023, he announced that he was leaving his previous talent agency VIMS to start his own, Aster Nine.

**Non anime roles:**

- [Venti](https://anilist.co/character/187525/) - Genshin Impact (Video game)
- [Mizuki](https://anilist.co/character/292633/) - Arknights (Video game)
- Don Murasame - Avataro Sentai Donbrothers (Tokusatsu series)

Shannon Emerick is an American stage actress and voice actress. She is a graduate of Yale University having a B.A. in theatre studies and English. Shannon is also an accomplished anime voice actress working with ADV Films and Seraphim Digital.

We want to know about ourselves 
About the fact there is no "society" in our "country" 
About "society" and "people" living in different worlds 
 
Feeling and reason 
What is crucial is "thinking," not "worrying" 
 
Modern people are too "fast" — we breath shallow and quick 
"We" are terrible at being slow and deep
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Episode zero of Gatchaman Crowds insight which was streamed on Hulu before the airing of the main series.

Director's cut of episode 12 included with the BD/DVD box release. Contains about 15 minutes of new content.

Rui Ninomiya