Ikoma

Ikoma (生駒, Ikoma) is the main protagonist and a young steam smith who makes a living in Aragane Station making iron and steam engines. He and his good friend Takumi developed a weapon called "Tsuranuki Zutsu" in order to defeat the Kabane. Everyone makes light of him now, but he looks forward to a day when he will be triumphant.

Appearance
Ikoma is a bespectacled young man. He appears to be of average height and build. After stopping the infection from spreading to his brain his hair partially turns white.His spectacles are missing a lense on the left frame while the lense on the right frame is tinted green. Ikoma is rather muscular, but it's rather hard to tell with the baggy clothes he wears.

Personality
He is a determined and creative person. He also has an urge to prove himself regardless of the situation. He is also a very ambitious person to invent his own weapon "Tsuranuki Zutsu" despite multiple failures to pierce the Kabane Iron heart.

Summary
Ikoma is one of the steam smiths whose main job is to repair the Hayajiro's. He however is creating a new weapon that could pierce though the Kabane heart's cage. He has also found out that the Kabane are actually people infected by a virus. If the virus can't go to the brain however, the infected person will remain a living being but is not classified as a human or Kabane but a Kabaneri.

Powers and Abilities
As a Human he has considerably above average intelligence and is a gifted mechanic and inventor.


 * Kabaneri - As a Kabaneri, Ikoma is shown to have extremely high resistance, demonstrated when Kurusu shot him in his heart and falling down from the Koutetsujou. His strength is also amplified several times more than a normal human, able to bend thick metal pipes with complete ease. He is also able to withstand high heat and possibly pain having a body that is part dead. He is able to take down multiple Kabane with succession. He also shows extreme willpower and endurance by taking damage that would normally kill humans or render them near death. After using his kabaneri powers, he is left exhausted, similar to Mumei.