Hotta Daigo

"Hotta Daigo"

- It's time to show the world the abilities of Makoto Academy's Jersey Master, Hotta Daigo!

About
Hotta Daigo is a student at Makoto Academy in the Katsukashi ward of the district of Toukyou. His school falls under Sensouji Academy, which controls the Toukyou district under PGG rule. Daigo is an acquintance of Sensouji Academy banchou Kongomaru Sanzo and Sensouji's executive director Kongomaru Aya. Daigo also has a crush on Aya, but she does not reciprocate his feelings.

During the events of Big Bang Age, Zanma Rouga forms Wolf Fang and takes over Seijou Academy in order to attempt to unify Japan. Following this, Daigo proceeds to fight Wolf Fang as part of Sensouji. After he has been captured he refuses to join Wolf Fang, unless Aya convinces him.

During the National Chapter, Daigo repeatedly tries to woo Aya, but is rebuffed by her every time. However, after Daigo saves several people from a burning building, Aya gains respect for him and offers Daigo a dinner with her and her family.

Appearance
Daigo has vibrant, somewhat spiky, red hair and red and yellow eyes. Daigo wears a bright cyan-colored jersey with the letter G embroidered on the front.

Trivia

 * According to Daigo, the G on his jersey stands for 'jersey'. However, as Rouga notes, 'jersey' is spelled with a J.
 * Daigo is primarily a reference to Hong Kong American martial artist and actor Bruce Lee. Daigo's jersey is likely a reference to the yellow jumpsuit Bruce Lee wore in the movie Game of Death. In fact, when the colors of Daigo's jersey are inverted his cyan and white striped jersey becomes yellow and black striped, similar to Lee's suit. When Daigo attacks he also makes noises similar to the ones Bruce Lee makes during his action movies. Also, Daigo's fighting style is called Jeet Kune Do, which is the same name as the fighting style created by Lee.
 * During his introduction, Daigo also appears to reference Kenshiro's "ATATATA" line from the manga and anime Fist of the North Star.
 * His devil form has references from many of Go Nagai's series such as Devilman, Great Mazinger and Getter Robo. Which exactly?