Akira (fan anime)

"...Darn it Yuni, you're trying to snuck me out again. Guess that I have no choice but to follow you around." 
-Akira in DanceDanceRevolution X during the fourth episode.


Ryo "Akira" Kongoji is a character in the Dance Dance Revolution series introduced in 4thMIX alongside Yuni from their group Team Best. He is Yuni's Chinese bodyguard and the strongest in his unit who protects Yuni from any disputes and conflicts. He is also friends with both Retsu and Rage and was their prominent ally throughout the series. In his game profile in Dance Dance Revolution 4thMIX and on, his name refers to his alias as "Solid Temple". In DDR EXTREME, his full name is finally revealed as well as he uses this name during DDR EXTREME 2/STRIKE.

Debut: 4thMIX
Age: 20 (4thMIX- DDR EXTREME 2/STRIKE)
         22 (DDR X- present)

Specialties: Grappling and Shooting Guns
Hobbies:  Driving, Target Practice, Dancing.
Likes: Coffee, Dancing, Rage, Retsu, Yuni (while she is with girl friends or Rage's group), Fighting
Dislikes: Crowds, Yuni (from sneaking away at her mansion or resthouse), Any conflicts.
Fighting Style: Chinese Wushu with Hybrid Mixed Martial Arts (based on Judo).

Appearance

Akira appears as a young Chinese man with an Asian descent who has short black hair and black eyes. His outfits are commonly seen wearing corporate attires and formal suits due to his role as Yuni's bodyguard.


In 4thMIX up to Party Collection, he wears a dark gray formal vest under a white long sleeve button shirt with a black tie with white linings on the collar, dark gray formal pants with black linings in each sides of his pants and black shoes. His battle outfit was his summer version of his 4thMIX outfit as he maintains his white long sleeve button shirt, pants and shoes from his original outfit (minus both his tie and vest) which his button shirt has been tied to his waist. He is now seen wearing a maroon tank top and white wristbands on both of his wrists and also gains a gun holster from his right thigh where he keep his handgun. The gun holster that he wears carried over to Retsu in SuperNOVA2 and onwards when he wears his alternate and primary outfits. He also wears this twice due to his updated appearance in both EXTREME 2/STRIKE! and Ultramix 4

His festival outfit is shown in the finale of DDRMAX who has him wearing a dark blue Japanese military jacket with a brown belt that is tucked into his jacket. Underneath is a maroon tank top from his 4thMIX battle outfit, dark blue military pants and black knee high boots. His outtfit that is based off Hajime Saito from the anime, Samurai X.

In DDR EXTREME 2/STRIKE!, his 4thMIX appearance has been updated and his formal vest and pants are now black instead of dark gray and the black linings on his pants are not seen but maintains his button shirt, tie and shoes from his original outfit. In two episodes, he was not seen without the vest and tie and his white long sleeve button shirt that he wears is loose.

His alternate appearance was his 4thMIX outfit and his white button shirt changed to navy blue, his vest and pants are white and his neck tie is red but maintains his black shoes from his original outfit.

Throughout Rage's missions, Akira is shown wearing three additional outfits due to his appearance in Ultramix 4.

His second outfit is his alternate appearance in DDR EXTREME 2/STRIKE! but with minor changes. The button shirt that he wears is now black instead of navy blue and his white formal vest and pants along with his red tie are retained and his black shoes changed to a matching white leather shoes to match his outfit. He also wears a black and gray sunglasses while wearing this outfit and his hair is brown.

In the fan anime series, he retains his original black hair instead of brown in the game while wearing his second outfit in Ultramix 4 which makes his appearance becomes a mixture between both his alternate appearance and his second outfit. He also wears this outfit during the prom in Emi's school.

He was later seen in his third outfit which is a blue long sleeve button Cheongsam with a golden dragon design at the right side of his front shirt and it's full body design at the back with white folded sleeves at the edge of his sleeves, black Chinese pants with white folded sleeves at the edge of his pants and black sneakers with white soles.

This is his casual outfit and was given to him by Ling/Cow-Ko during their stay in Beijing with Rage and Retsu.

His fourth and last outfit is a white and gray futuristic suit with a dark blue tie on the collar as his suit pants has thick black lines in each sides of his suit and a matching white futuristic boots with two dark blue lines in each sides of his boots, He has a sign of "SP" at the upper back on his suit and his hair becomes purple.

In the fan anime series, Akira also wears a white and purple visor to match his fourth outfit while he and Yuni are posing their introductions in their futuristic outfits during Honey's night fashion show and later aids Rage, Retsu and B in fighting against the mafia guards who attempts to assassinate Honey. He also reveals to both Rage and Retsu that his fourth outfit that he wears is made by Ling and she's the person who dyed his black hair to purple making his hair becomes dark purple as well as Yuni who also dyed her blonde hair to pink. Much to Rage's chagrin.

When Rage was targeted by the mafia organization where he leads along with Retsu and Kari, he was seen wearing a camoflauge tank top, olive green cargo pants and black and green combat boots.

During the infiltration of the mafia organization, he was now seen wearing the updated 4thMIX battle outfit as his white long sleeve button shirt is now tied at the right side to his waist, his tank top becomes dark red, his dark gray pants is replaced with black fitted denim pants and his black shoes is replaced with black and silver metal combat boots. He also wears black combat gloves instead of white wristbands and the color of his gun holster changed to brown. His outfit nearly resembles Tokiya Mikagami's battle outfit in Flame of Recca and the color scheme of his outfit is based off Tao Ren in Shaman King.

In DDR X through the earlier parts of DDR 2014, Akira maintains his updated appearance as his primary outfit has minor changes.

He now wears a jet black formal suit jacket under a white long sleeve button shirt with a gray tie on the collar, matching black pants and shoes which he continues to serve as Yuni's bodyguard.

His battle outfit in DDR X has him wearing a dark red leather vest with an extended collar under a pale blue sleeveless shirt, charcoal gray denim pants and maintains his black sneakers with white soles from his third outfit in Ultramix 4. He also wears a black shoulder band at the right side of his shoulder, his black gloves became fingerless gloves and the gun holster on his right thigh reverts back to the original black from his battle outfit in 4thMIX.

His outfit is a mixture between his updated 4thMIX battle outfit and his third outfit in Ultramix 4 and the denim pants that he wears reminiscing the color of his pants from his updated primary outfit in Ultramix 4. He wears this during the infiltration against the X-Pac organization after saving Rage and Retsu from being killed by Ishthar's soldiers.

In DDR2014 movie and the TV series, his outfit incorporates both his 4thMIX outfit and his DDR X battle outfit. He was now seen wearing a dark blue cowboy vest with an off-white long sleeve dress shirt which is folded below his elbows, gray denim pants with a black belt to his waist and black combat shoes. He now gains an extra gun holster on his left thigh where he keeps his back up gun and he is not seen wearing a tie. His outfit is based off Nagisa Iwashiro of Battle Arena Toshinden 3 and the color scheme of his outfit is based on his fourth outfit in Ultramix 4.

This is his replacement outfit after his primary outfit is ruined due to the explosion while escorting Yuni's parents to safety and suffers a mild concussion. In the TV series, he is not seen without the cowboy vest as it reveals to wear him a brown shoulder holster in each sides underneath his vest.

In DDR A and A20, Akira retains his DDR X outfit. In the fan anime series, Akira wears between his primary outfit in the previous games and his main outfit in DDR X. His previous outfit was updated as his formal vest is black but it was charcoal gray at the back and is not seen wearing his tie.

Fighting Capacity:
Akira is an expert powerful combatant which he is able to take down his opponents by grappling them with an ease and defeating multiple opponents with the use of Wushu or any Chinese martial arts to his arsenal. He can also shoot firearms as it shown in his promotional art wielding a pistol or a handgun. This is also demonstrates in DDRMAX where he uses the Silencer gun. He also maintains his fighting abilities in DDR X and onwards. He is also an excellent driver as seen throughout DDR EXTREME 2/STRIKE as he drives his car from his home country and later in DDR 2013 movie where he drives a plane to take them to EMTI and a space jet to rescue Emi in Gideon's Space Station.

Character and Personality:
Akira is described as a proud and strong person who protects Yuni from any disputes and conflicts. He also has a constant problem with Yuni who sneaks away at her mansion or her resthouse in DDR City to hangs out with her friends. In DDR X, he continues to serve as Yuni's bodyguard and mostly follows her after she sneaks away at her mansion to buy Rage's famous takoyaki.

In the fan anime series, he maintains his personality in the games and was overprotective to Yuni when she goes with them as well as his constant problems with her from sneaking away at her mansion or her resthouse. He also befriends Rage and Retsu after saving Yuni from being attacked inside of her resthouse and becomes their prominent ally for the rest of the series. He also serves as an older brother figure towards the both of them and a moderator when they were charmed by every girl that they encountered. In DDR X and onwards, he currently aids Rage and Retsu when Yuni is in danger as well as conflicts when facing their enemies and also instructs them to guard Yuni when she was with them. In DDR 2013 movie, he decides to go with them after Yuni requests him to aid them in saving her friend Emi from being kidnapped by Gideon and his space station.

He has four running gags in the series has him being extremely sensitive towards women as it shows in DDR EXTREME 2/STRIKE! where Ling is interested towards him due to his good looks and his  height which she tries to flirt him the same way as she did to Rage. Second is showing his stage fright towards crowded people when Yuni, Alice and Kari pushed him on the stage after winning the popularity contest which makes him laugh in shyness but keeping his dislike towards crowded people who likes him from winning. Third, when Rage remarks him from hanging out with younger women including Yuni which makes him angrily annoyed and lastly his physical appearance where he shows his revealing side (most likely either he is in sleeveless or shirtless). This is demonstrated when Tracy happily sees his half-naked appearance and being teased by Yuni when he shows his sexiness towards other girls causing him to be blushed in embarassment which he simply denies it. His revealed appearance also causes the disappointment to both Rage and Retsu who were jealous to see his muscular approach such as Beechun informs them about his appearance, both of them keeps stuttering on his back twice and gossiping him for being a show off much to his annoyance.

Akira portrays as a bodyguard to Yuni who protects her from disputes and conflicts but having problems with her to sneak away to dance or to hangs out with her friends. From DDR X and on, he continues to serve as Yuni's bodyguard and mostly follows her after she sneaks away at her mansion to buy Rage's takoyaki.

4thMIX
"I'm looking for the person who knows the enemy's movements. The person who calls himself as "The Great Hacker"."
-Akira to Rage who is looking for "The Great Hacker" which turns out to be Retsu in his alias.

Akira debuts in 4thMIX alongside his partner, Yuni, Izam, Ni-Na, Robo2000, Maid-Zukin, Johnny and Jenny as he and Yuni competes in the 4th Competition.

In the episode "The Alias: The Great Hacker", Akira senses any enemy's presence known throughout Yuni's resthouse where he noticed Yuni would be targeted by an unknown assailant.

When Yuni cross paths with Emi, he and Yuni visits in Burning Dome where both Rage and Emi are practice dancing which he asks Rage about the man under the alias "The Great Hacker". Rage wanted to know who he is and tries to find him. He also knows that "The Great Hacker" was his best friend, Retsu.

He later takes him in EMTI while Yuni takes Emi to her mansion for touring after Akira remembers Retsu's way of speaking snobbish. In the computer room in EMTI where Retsu manages to hack the enemy's main system and location. Rage angrily tells him about his alias which he stands up and knowingly of his alias. Akira also recognizes him for being a snobbish speaker when he meets him for the first time before he serves as Yuni's bodyguard.

"If Yuni comes with you then I'll go with you too. I hate if she makes all the trouble when some conflicts like this."
-Akira to Rage, Emi and Retsu after Yuni likes to join the group.

The trio returns back to Yuni's resthouse where both Yuni and Emi are attacked by one of Kaiser's henchman as Akira shoots his handgun and he manage to take down with his grappling moves as he was aided by both Rage and Retsu. Altogether, they manage to defeat Kaiser's henchman.

After the incident, Yuni finally decides to join with Rage, Emi and Retsu in their group as Akira intervenes and tells them that if she goes with them, he will come as well knowing that she will cause trouble in any conflicts or in their missions which he befriended the three of them.

"This my first time wearing this outfit after Yuni tells me about the people wearing summer clothes in Japan. I tried to find clothes in my closet only that I have lots of tank tops in my military training days."
-Akira to Rage and Retsu referring to his 4thMIX battle outfit.

In the episode "The Faith of the Healer's Hippie", Akira continues to find Yuni in his 4thMIX battle outfit after the latter sneaks away from her resthouse. Being armed and dangerous, he pulls out his handgun as he gunpoints at both Rage and Retsu after they noticed him in searching for Yuni. Rage tells him that Yuni is with Emi at Burning Dome much to his relief and he asks him about his strange get up. Akira replies that it was his first time wearing this outfit after Yuni tells him about the people wearing summer clothes.

Retsu then tells him that Ni-Na was Kaiser's next target which Izam overhears their conversation. After saving Ni-Na from Kaiser's henchman, Izam decides to join up with Rage and the group which the leader angrily refuses who sees him as being a hostile to the group as Retsu tells him that he can join with them to which Rage reluctantly agrees.

After hearing that both Rage and Emi's nearly broke their partner and relationship, he and Yuni decide not to participate in the party with the competitors in the 4th Competition which they were with Retsu and Kari and together they decide to make a overnight vacation for both of them. During the overnight vacation which Rage finally apologizes to Emi from his actions, they are later attacked by a giant cyborg sent by one of Kaiser's men which Akira senses this as he and Kari face off against Varkas who controls the cyborg by gun point. As Rage manages to destroy the cyborg by short circuit, Varkas flees the scene.

During their missions, Akira is the only character beside Rage and the group (excluding Yuni) to fight against Kaiser's men in his base and the only character to fight using firearms.

During the finals of the 4th Competition after he and Yuni were eliminated in the competition. They watch the battle between Team Burning and Team Soul Express. After the competition, he and Izam are the only characters were victimized from Kaiser's monster fuse along with the citizens of DDR City which they gather them in EMTI. He and everyone are later purified from being fused by Rage, Retsu, Emi and Yuni after they set the divine explosives inside at Bio Dome which it creates a deadly explosion and renders them severely injured.

Akira finally compliments Yuni from her bravery despite the latter became upset that her clothes are ruined due to the explosion inflicted on them. After the incident, he continues to guard Yuni at her resthouse.

DDRMAX
"You're trying to fight these assassins. Now I realize that the respected disco king is in danger. I would help both of you, no matter what."
-Akira to Rage and Retsu after Garuda tells him about Schubert Reinrich while he pulls out his handgun.

Akira returns in DDRMAX as he appears alongside, Yuni, Princess-Zukin, Baby-Lon, Charmy, Robo2001, Spike, Astro, Dread-Snake, Janet, Tracy and Emi in Roxette's Centre of the Heart (Stonebridge Club Mix) background video as he was seen shooting his handgun multiple times directly on the target bull's eye. He and Yuni also appears in episode 10, 15 and the finale.

In the episode, "Shadow Fight: Move and Groove", Akira is shown to wonder where Rage is as Yuni and Alice is with him in Afro's disco party at Club London.

He later aids both Rage and Retsu in the episode "Night Raid in the Verse Resthouse" where he takes down Retsu by grappling him to the ground who mistakes of him as one of the assailants which he apologizes him in return.

After hearing Garuda's mentioning about Schubert Reinrich who plans to assassinate Afro, Akira pulls out his handgun knowing that Afro is in danger as Garuda tells him not to shoot or Yuni would hear the gunshots as he tells him that not to worry as he later changes his handgun to a Silencer gun.

He and Retsu are seen at the rooftop where Retsu assists him to shoot most of Schubert's men disguised as Yuni's other bodyguards with his Silencer gun. Afterwards, He was along with Rage, Retsu, Afro, Yuni and Garuda during the dinner scene.

In the end of DDRMAX, he along with Yuni in their festival outfits and he and Astro are outside the EMTI gates where their female partners are in the festival to hang out and he proudly comments to him that he's the only guy who does not wearing the traditional Japanese costume as he goes inside to find Yuni as Astro angrily annoys from his words stating that his costume is also a Japanese costume.

DDRMAX2
"I have a bad vibe about this kid, Retsu. He maybe live in the same mansion as Yuni? But he can hurt someone with these daggers he's handling."
-Akira to Retsu during their investigation in Izzy's mansion.

Akira returns in DDRMAX2 as he appears along with Rage, Emi, Izam and Yuni in the background video of jun's Sweet Sweet Magic.

After Rage was severely injured by Izzy prior to the MAX Competition, he and Retsu are investigating his mansion and they discover Izzy is a street dancer like Rage but under possessed by an unknown entity. Akira feels his bad vibe towards Izzy and he refers to Izzy's mansion is the same as Yuni's but he can hurt anyone with his knives. Retsu noticed a bouncer is behind him as Akira manage to grapple him down. Knowing of their presence, he pulls out his handgun as he and Retsu battles most of Izzy's bodyguards to escape as they survive the ordeal.

After Team Burning manage to defeat Team Silver in the MAX Competition, he's along with the other dancers including Retsu are watching the fight between Rage and Izzy on the roof of the building.

DDR EXTREME
"What are these people? Why are they planning to take people's lives with that weapon?" 
-Akira to Rage after they defeated one of Yukihime's henchmen.

Akira returns in DDR EXTREME as one of the playable characters in the game as he maintains his appearance in the console version and the fan anime series was his 4thMIX outfit.

Akira watches as a spectator with Emi, Yuni, Retsu and Izam during the traditional knife throwing practice which is a tradition to Kari's family. When Kari is ready to throw her knife towards her cousin Rage who became a practice dummy as per request. She was later attacked by one of Yukihime's henchmen and was extracted her melodic heart crystal which is not pure. He along with Rage, Izam and Retsu fight off and manage to defeat him in the process. Akira then asked Rage about their new adversaries as he tells him that their new enemies are trying to find the victim's melodic heart crystal which is a shock to him. He later decides to aid them if anything means necessary to save the innocent people's lives.

After Emi's pure melodic heart crystal was taken, he along with Rage and the group to find their adversaries. During the fight against Yukihime, he noticed that she does not affect from being shot and knowing the regular weapons are useless as he along with Retsu, Izam, Kari and Yuni are in frozen state and Rage is the only person left to face her. With the help of Garuda's heat invention he and the others are free from being frozen and they watch Rage defeat Yukihime in time. After the incident, he continues to guard Yuni as the latter manages to sneak away at her resthouse making himself irritated to follow her around.

DDR Party Collection
"Looks like our enemy is getting aggressive. We have to brace ourselves!" 
-Akira to Emi and Kari while bracing themselves against the Iwamoto clan inside Kageyama's residence.

Akira returns in DDR Party Collection as one of the playable characters as well as in the fan anime series with his 4thMIX outfit.

He appears along with Rage, Retsu, Emi, Kari and Yuni in Kyoto as they stayed in Kageyama's residence. He along with Emi and Kari are bracing for battle against the Iwamoto clan who attempts to ambush towards the Kageyama clan. Both Rage and Retsu manage to aid them and altogether they manage to dispatch the Iwamoto clans who finally flee the scene.

During the dance tournament after they defeated the clan's leader of the Iwamoto clan, he was asked by Garuda who leads with Retsu's father, Tetsuro Kageyama and half of the family clan. He instructs him to make a warning shot when the Gozaburo ninja clan are attempting to make a stage attack in the tournament.

When Team Best face off against Team Burning, Akira noticed the Gozaburo ninja clan are here since firearms are not allowed in the tournament, he has no choice but to pull out his handgun and fires a warning shot and their battle was disrupted. The Gozaburo ninja clan are later ambush by Garuda, Tetsuro and half of the family clan as Retsu, Kari and Izam aids them to fight as well both Rage and Akira. Garuda later manage to defeat the clan's leader by removing the dark crystal at the back of his neck which renders him unconscious. He finally announces the restart of the dance battle which his team ends up defeated by Team Burning.

"You're very lucky, Retsu? That secret is safe with me. If you go to the United States? It would be different than in Japan."
-Akira to Retsu after hearing his secret to Rage of going to the United States.

After Team Burning defeat Team Special, Rage and the group are dispatched to infiltrate the Tsukihime household. When everyone is asleep, he noticed Retsu has secrets due to his OJT studies. Akira was impressed saying that he was very lucky and he safely keeps his secret.

After Rage defeats Minamoto Tsukihime, he along with Emi, Kari, Izam and Yuni arrived at the airport and reunites with Rage and altogether they went to Retsu who finally decided to leave as he watches Rage angrily scolds Retsu for keeping secrets to him which he made a promise to get back in a week.

DDR EXTREME 2/STRIKE
"Damn these guys? I will never forgive them for hurting Yuni!"
-Akira towards the mafia ruffians before pursuing them in the pilot episode.

Akira returns in DDR EXTREME 2/STRIKE as a playable character along with his alternate appearance. His primary outfit on his 4thMIX outfit is updated as well as his appearance in Ultramix 4 where it has minor changes to his 4thMIX outfit. In a few episodes, he wears three additional outfits due to his appearance in Ultramix 4. In the fan anime series, he retains his updated appearance in DDR EXTREME 2/STRIKE rather than in his Ultramix 4 appearance up to the finale. Aside from his three outfits in Ultramix 4, he also gains two exclusive outfits which is his soldier type-B outfit and his updated 4thMIX battle outfit.

Akira was seen talking to fellow guards while Yuni watches him from behind who attempts to sneak away at her resthouse which makes him to chase after her. However to her dismay, she was nearly attacked by one of the mafia ruffians who threw the grenade at her as Yuni avoids from being exploded by the grenade and renders her unconscious. Akira tries to wake Yuni up and discovers she gains minor injuries after she avoids the grenade explosion. He was later aided by both Rage and Retsu against the mafia ruffians who attacked Yuni earlier. Altogether they manage to defeat them in the process.

Later he along with Rage's group to be introduced to the chairman of Bass' company named Drum and he takes part to protect him from an assassination attempt by the mafia organization.

When Rage was targeted by the mafia organization, he with Retsu and Kari are dealing against the mafia and they manage to defeat them with the distraction made by Rage, Emi and Yuni while they dance.

"Wow... I've never seen your former fashion designer can make these clothes. This looks perfect..."
-Akira to Rage who compliments Ling for making fashion clothes and his reference to his third outfit in Ultramix 4.

In the episode "Trouble in Beijing", he along with Rage and the group are sent by Garuda and Drum to save former Team Burning's fashion designer, Ling Xian Monroe/Cow-Ko who moved from Tokyo to Beijing, China from being assassinated by the mafia organization. Akira is also given his five days time off as Yuni's bodyguard by Yuni's parents.

Akira takes them to his house in the Kongoji residence where he reveals his personal life to them that his parents were died in different causes, his father is from the police force that he was currently working who was killed while saving his boss at the cost of his life while his mother died from a terminal illness when he was a teen. Retsu realizes that Akira is struggling his life from his home country even Rage understands him knowing of his job and his personal life.

He along with Rage and Retsu arrive at Xian Mon fashion store where Ling appears as the fashion store owner. She still flirts Rage after they reunited and she saw Akira due to his good looks and his height and tries to flirt him which he becomes sensitive towards her.

She later gave him an outfit to suit his style (his third outfit in Ultramix 4) and he compliments her for making these clothes which it suits him perfectly. However, the mafia guards are here to assassinate Ling. Akira gets his handgun as he shoots each of them which both Rage and Retsu tries to protect Ling.

The trio are later manage to dispatch the mafia guards with their fighting abilities in the courtyard near the Chinese temple. After the fight, Ling finally thanked them for saving her and she gains a crush towards Akira due to his good looks. He along with Rage and Retsu are later seen in the Chinese spa to relax which both noticed his muscular physique and Retsu simply mocks Rage from his temper and appearance as the latter angrily beats him comically and calling him a snobby and Akira watch them happily and he still think of his obligation to protect Yuni as her bodyguard and he continues to watch them.

When the second EXTREME competition, his team defeated Team Soul Express but lost from Team AJRK when Yuni made several mistakes. They also managed to reach the semi-finals by beating Team Future Patrol. Therefore his group wins in third place after defeating Team AJRK.  He along with Retsu, Kari and Yuni watch the finals between Team Burning and Team Drum and Bass as he and Retsu sensed the mafia group are here to assassinate Garuda. After Liana saves Garuda and she receives the gunshot wound, he and Retsu immediately fight off against the mafia guards and knowing that both teams end up in a draw.

"I'm not gonna tolerate any assassination attempts anymore. Let's finish this!"
-Akira towards the mafia guards during the infiltration.

He along with Rage and the group are sent to infiltrate the mafia's main base in Honshu and they fought most mafia guards inside of its base. He and Kari are dealing most guards with their weaponry as Robo2001 aids both of them while Emi, Yuni and Retsu are hacking most of the computer systems to direct contact with Garuda.

After the mafia organization has fallen, he and Rage are watching the graduation ceremony in EMTI where Retsu had graduated. In the epilogue scene, Akira watches Yuni and her parents decide to return to New York which he himself was included in the trip.

One year and three months later during the events in both DDR SuperNOVA and SuperNOVA2, it was heavily implied that Akira taught Retsu to shoot firearms prior to his job as a CIA agent and he was later mentioned by Yuni during her reunion with Rage, Emi, Retsu and Kari.

DDR X
"Mmm, this is delicious... This is my first time eating takoyaki and the food is amazing."
-Akira to Rage who compliments his cooking skills after they defeat Yuni's attacker at MAX Carnival.

Akira returns in DDR X but not a playable character. He retains his updated appearance since DDR EXTREME 2/STRIKE as his primary outfit was updated yet again. He is now seen wearing a formal suit outfit as opposed to his previous appearance which he continues to serve as Yuni's bodyguard  and also wears modernized clothes that incorporates both street dancing and fashion attires and one of the clothes that he wears is his battle outfit.

He has a minor role in Yuni's Street Master Mode where he follows Yuni whenever she sneaks away at her mansion to buy Rage's famous takoyaki and he was mentioned a few times by her and later Bonnie and Rage. He also appears as a cameo in Yuni's epilogue.

He appears in the episode "Disco Party Crashers" where he tries to make way for Yuni in Afro's party to go with Emi and her girl friends. During the terrorist attack, Akira is unable to find Yuni inside the party when crowded people are causing to make stampede.  also involved inside the party. After the incident, he eventually found Yuni outside and the latter explains to him that she was looking for Emi after Rage, Retsu and Julio defeats most of the X-Pac group who attempts to hurt Emi.  

In the episode, "The Rich Girl's Quests" which is based on Yuni's Street Master Mode, Akira guards at the Verse Mansion and noticed a maid just passed him at the gate and leave. He then tries to look for Yuni inside the mansion as he found out that she outsmarted him the whole time. Seeing that Yuni disguises as a maid to sneak away from him. Akira has no choice but to follow her despite Yuni could sense him to make her angry.

On Yuni's pursuit, he reunites with Retsu along the way after they bumped each other and he remembers that he taught him to shoot firearms. Retsu informs him about the X-Pac organization and its dangerous activities as well as Yuni was their next target which he tells Retsu to inform Rage about this information.

As he found her at MAX Carnival where Yuni was challenged by Rage to a dance contest, he ends up defeated by her. However, the same brute terrorist who attacked Rage attempts to charge at Yuni after he, Emi and Retsu warn her to get away from her attacker and Rage manages to knock the brute terrorist down temporarily which Emi takes her to safety.

He along with Rage and Retsu fought against the brute terrorist in an handicap which proves their fight was fierce. Retsu discovers the brute terrorist was not human and was a cyborg. He instructs Akira to shoot his handgun as he pulls the trigger and shoots the brute terrorist at the back of his head causing him to be malfunction and Rage manages to defeat it in explosion. Rage later explains to Yuni about this and she angrily knows that Akira was following her the whole time and also Retsu was responsible for the incident made up by him which she angrily blames him for not informing her as she cries after the latter explains to her the whole thing.

After the incident, Akira finally taste the takoyaki and it was his first time eating it which makes Rage happily likes his compliment since he made the takoyaki on the house and Yuni cannot carry most of the boxes as Akira will help her to carry it. To his disappointment however, he becomes terrified to Yuni for not helping him while carrying the box of takoyaki within the four plastic bags while she simply eats the takoyaki happily while they walked back to her mansion.

"Seems like these guys need to be taken them down one by one. Let's go, Retsu..."
-Akira to Retsu as they fight against Ishtar's rebel soldiers in his main base.

Throughout the episodes, Akira is mostly seen at Yuni's mansion where he watches the conversation between Garuda and Afro to stop the X-Pac organization. He later takes part of the infiltration of General Kharam Ishtar's main base where he saves both Rage and Retsu from being killed by the remaining X-Pac's rebel soldiers as he along with Retsu continue to fight off against most of Ishtar's soldiers after they let Rage to fight off against General Kharam Ishtar.

After the fall of X-Pac organization, Akira remains to guard Yuni as her bodyguard and he was later seen in Afro's party among the other dancers including Yuni.

DDR X3
"I'm impressed that we're getting back together, Rage. Just like old times..."
-Akira to Rage reminding him as the protecting leader of DDR City before rejoining with Emi, Yuni, Retsu and Kari.

Akira does not return in later DDR games since his minor appearance in DDR X, he returns in the fan anime series for his active role and onwards.

After the invasion in Tokyo made by Dark Rinon and her Replicants in the events of DDR X2, Both Afro and Garuda formed a defense group called DDR Global Protectors which Rage is appointed again as the leader. Akira along with Emi, Retsu, Kari and Yuni reunites with Rage as he reminds him as the leader of the previous group and they rejoin with him.

In one of the filler episodes, Akira is very determined to protect Yuni whenever danger is ahead of them. He can easily sensed that Rinon is spying on Yuni which is a friend of Emi's. She also gives some advice that his solitude would be his weakness to protect people from harm's way as well as Yuni does. Akira believes that protecting the people that he cared for was to strengthen his duties and his obligation and fights in the memory of his late father. Yuni came to see him and wants to accompany her to EMTI's underground facility which he agrees and he looked at Rinon who is already gone and he and Yuni goes to EMTI as Rinon continues to watch them from behind as she flies away.

When the EX Competition sponsored by Garuda has ended, Dark Rinon creates a dark mist throughout the city as Rinon protects them with her energy barrier.

"Darn it, there's too many of them...? We have to defend ourselves!"
-Akira to Kari and Yuni after running out of ammunition against the Replicants.

At Darkness Space Dome where Dark Rinon and her Replicants resides, everyone including the DDR Global Protectors to infiltrate her base. Retsu, Emi and Julio are dealing most Replicants while he with Kari and Yuni are fighting as well. Seemingly outmatched, Akira runs out of ammunition from his handgun as he and Kari defend against the multitude of Replicants. They were later became relief after seeing the multitude of Replicants are stopped by Garuda, Rinon and Victory Consent by deactivating the Replicant D-Machine where it activates the Replicants with Replicant D-Action as the multitude of Replicants are now malfunctioned.

After Rage defeats Dark Rinon, he among with the others watch Rinon leaves Earth as she flies away and he continues his obligation as Yuni's bodyguard.

DDR 2013 movie
"I have a bad feeling about this... I can sense more danger will occur again in this town."
-Akira referring to the UFOs known as Unidentified Funky Objects.

Akira returns in DDR2013 and still not playable character since his minor appearance in DDR X where he continues to guard Yuni at her mansion. The plot of the movie is based on DDR Dance Wars.

Akira remains to guard at the Verse Mansion where Yuni lives. He senses another new enemy threat is coming throughout Disco Town. Things begin to worse when he saw a UFO spaceship nearly destroys the mansion and he saw Yuni was safe, unscathed. He and Yuni are later reunite with Emi which she warns them about the alien invasion and later Rage, Retsu, Julio and Rena to go with them as well. They hijacked a jet bomber in the U.S. military air force as he was the one behind the wheel as they take flight to Japan and they saw Disco Town has been ravaged by the UFOs.

Arriving at Japan and in EMTI, they were finally reunited with other dancers including Kari and Michael as well as Garuda, Afro, Naoki, U1 and jun. He along with the other dancers takes part to fight against the UFO fleets led by Rage as Gus controls Garuda's most powerful invention to make soundwaves. After hearing Emi's sacrifice and Rage angrily walks out after what happened to his girlfriend. Akira became suspicious about the turn of the events.

"Yuni had already made a request for me to go with the two of you. Emi is her friend and I'm not gonna let them take other people's lives all over again."
-Akira to Rage and Retsu as he joins with them to rescue Emi.

When everyone is resting, Akira watches Yuni who became depressed after her friend Emi was sacrificed her life for the UFOs. But she noticed Retsu goes to the underground facility in EMTI where Rage was heading and Yuni noticed that Emi would be alive as she convinced him to go after Retsu as Akira initially refuses and Yuni angrily tells him that she will be alright and she keeps up with the other dancers to fight for another set of UFO fleets. Seeing her determination, Akira finally agrees with her and Yuni tells him to go with Rage and Retsu knowing that Emi was alive.

Akira later reunites with both Rage and Retsu who attempt to hijack the Rocket Space Jet 5000 and he tells them that he will go with them as Yuni's request which both agreed to join him to their cause as they hijack the space jet.

He and Retsu are piloting the space jet which Rage loses his composure and Retsu tells him that inside of the space jet is oxygenated which they can still breathe. The trio discover a space station where the UFOs that they beat manage to enter and they finally found something suspicious as they follow it's trail. Both then ambushed the soldiers by shooting their handguns as Rage knocks the two soldiers with a scissors kick. Akira then let Rage and Retsu to infiltrate the space station while he guards the space jet.

"Yeah, let's finish these remaining UFOs, here and now!"
-Akira to Gideon as he and Retsu finally subdue most of the remaining UFOs by activating the laser blasts from their space jet.

After Rage defeats Gideon the real culprit behind the alien invasion and finally rescue Emi with Retsu in his side, Gideon falls to his knees after the trio defeat his remaining men. As he attempts to flee, Akira was behind him as he gunpoint at Gideon's head with his handgun.

He and Retsu finally pilots the space jet to return back to Earth. Gideon gloats that they can't survive from the remaining UFOs and both manage to defeat them by activating the laser blasts from their space jet making him hysterical from his loss.

As they return to Earth they were finally reunited with Afro and the others including Garuda, Akira finally reunites with his escort, Yuni while Retsu was congratulated by Peggy from his bravery as he watches Gideon to be taken in custody after Garuda knocks him down with a single punch due to his attempt to escape.

After the incident, he along with Yuni and Kari reunite with Rage, Retsu, Emi, Julio and Rena as they noticed a fireworks display as they watch the fireworks.

DDR 2014 movie
"Alright, Yuni. Have it your way? I know for sure that you're gonna compete in that competition."
-Akira to Yuni who finally let her go to compete in the second EX Dance Competition.

Akira returns in DDR2014 as the plot is based on the actual game, DDR2013 and it's updates.

Akira still guards Yuni after the UFO incident which is her mansion is repaired after the UFOs invaded Disco Town. He noticed Yuni would snuck him again and noticed that she going to compete in the second EX Dance Competition. He finally let her compete knowing that she can win as she wants to.

By the time Rage defeats the final competitor in the competition, Akira guards inside the mansion noticed something terrible is about to happen. He discovers a bomb beneath the sack knowing that a new assailant is responsible and he quickly escorted Yuni's parents to safety as it explodes in smithereens and was gulfed in flames as he himself got hit in the explosion. When meeting with Rage and the group, Akira tells Yuni that her parents are safe after he escorts them safety and falls unconscious due to mild concussion.

He later joins with Rage and the group after his recovery to stop Dulton Tranza and his terrorist group at his fortress in Toronto, Canada.  He and Retsu are the ones to restrain a brainwashed Garuda as Retsu removes the patch at the back of his neck.