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Kinta Sakata (坂田金太 Sakata Kinta?) is one of the main characters of the manga series Dandadan.
He is a student at Kami High who later became one of Momo and Okarun's main allies whenever the two are faced with the paranormal.
Appearance[]
Kinta's color scheme.
Kinta is a young man with a rotund build, short-trimmed middle-parting dark hair and wears glasses. For attire, he wears his school's gakuran outfit.
Personality[]
Kinta acts vain and prideful, particularly towards young men around his age who he has no interest in interacting with. After Okarun and Jiji carried the defeated Bamora to the Ayase house, Kinta immediately stepped out with a condescending attitude, calling them out as useless for being late and brushing off any flattery from them. He is also an attention seeker, having wanted to present himself at school as an important person to Momo, Okarun, and the others by putting on an eyepatch and wrapping himself in bandages, with the false story behind his appearance being injuries from a battle against an alien that he won single-handedly. Kinta often tries to act cool and strong in front of people, often making eccentric statements and poses. Additionally, he is too proud to admit his own shortcomings and will justify his failures with an excuse.
However, this personality is admitted by Kinta to be a façade. Fully aware that he is an individual who can't amount to anything, Kinta tried masking his insecurities by finding fault in others and making attempts at being acknowledged by his peers. In light of him having nothing to be proud, Kinta declares to be a person who remains true to himself. With his love for robots and girls driving him, Kinta refused to give up and leave behind the Great Kinta and Bamora out of fear of being crushed inside the cockpit by the Spatial Suit Exosuit Kur, stating that he would regret it for the rest of his life, and persisted on with trying to defeat the Kur.
Despite his prideful and awkward traits, Kinta has more than a bit of bravery. He is eager to help the Family face the unknown, as he was visibly excited to have a chance to rush into the fray after finding an SOS note attached to the Ayase house. Even when hurt in a fight and facing possible death, he was able to keep his cool, protect Bamora, and find a way to come out on top against the Hastur Kur. Even during his first battle, when he was largely helpless and incapable of fighting, he rushed into danger to discover the secret of the enemy's invisibility rather than flee to save himself. His bravery is overshadowed by his irritating way of communicating to people, yet he refuses to back down when confronted with the unknown and consistently seeks solutions whenever feasible.
When it comes to the opposite sex, Kinta desires to be seen as being charming to girls but ends up failing from getting the wrong idea analyzing relationships between young men and women. He is also perverted, as he hoped to lock lips with Momo as he was sent flying towards her by Bamora and wanted to end his fight with the Spatial Exosuit Kur quickly to have a "lovey-dovey thunder break" with Bamora.
Along with wanting to be liked by girls, Kinta's other prominent personality is his passion for mechas. While having a hobby of collecting mecha figurines called Dandams and watching mecha genre anime, Kinta dreamed of one day piloting a mecha and committed himself to preparing for the momentous occasion by riding amusement rides to avoid robot sickness. Come the battle against Bamora's out of control exosuit, Kinta's dream came to fruition as he exercised his knowledge of mechas to construct one of the nanoskin the Ayase house is made of and was overjoyed in the end.
Background[]
Weapons[]
| Great Kinta Bodhisattva, Zeta Version (グレートキンタ菩薩ゼータバージョン Gurēto Kinta Bosatsu Zēta Bājon?) | ||
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 Kinta previously piloted a mecha Buddha construct of the Ayase house. After figuring out that the mecha could only be controlled through visualized movements, Kinta altered the first form of the mecha to have it more form fitting for battle. In this form, the V-fin is changed to sunglasses, the robe is changed into a sleeveless gi with a scarf draped over its shoulders, and circular plates are placed on its hips. The pilot for this form was Kinta who controlled the mecha to fight in melee combat and perform improvised techniques. To handle the kaiju's invisibility, Kinta imagined the mecha's sunglasses as an infrared scope but was attacked before the feature could prove to be useful. | ||
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| Hot Wind Straight Fist Punch (熱風 正拳突 Neppū Seikentsuki?) |
Hyper Gora Slasher (ハイパー強羅斬り Haipā Gōra Kiri?) |
Daedalus Acha (ダイダロスアチャ Daidarosu Acha?) |
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| A technique Kinta used against the kaiju where he controls the mecha to throw a straight punch as he is pulled in by its tail. In the VIZ Manga, this is called Blazing Wind Seiken Zuki Punch. | Kinta controls the mecha to bring down a straight chop to his opponent. In the VIZ Manga, this is called Hyper Goura Slash. | Kinta controls the mecha to deliver an upward kick to his opponent. In the VIZ Manga, this is called Daedalus Ahyah. |
| Rocket Punch (ロケットパーンチ Roketto Pānchi?) |
Super Electrowave Tornado (超電波竜巻 Chō Denpa Tatsumaki?) |
Super Electrowave Spin (超電波スピン Chō Denpa Supin?) |
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| Kinta controls the mecha's left arm to throw its detached right arm at the kaiju as a fired projectile. | A technique where Kinta controls the mecha to grab the kaiju by the tail and proceeds to spin it around rapidly until he lets go to send it crashing back a great distance. In the VIZ Manga, this is called Super Electrowave Hurricane. | A technique where Kinta controls the mecha to perform a spinning divebomb onto the kaiju while it is down. The attack was strong enough to destroy the kaiju's horns. |
Character Appearances[]
Kintama Hunt Saga[]
| 63. School Life | Absent |
| 64. The Secret Art of Being Attractive | Debut |
| 65. I Can't See Them! | Appears |
| 66. Hey, It's a Kaiju | Appears |
| 67. The Kaiju's Wicked Strong | Appears |
| 68. Kinta's Imagination | Appears |
| 69. Clash! Space Kaiju vs. Giant Robot! | Appears |
| 70. This Is How You Beat A Kaiju, Okay? | Appears |
| 71. I'm Sick of Robots and Kaiju! | Appears |
| 72. Somebody, Please Translate | Appears |
| 73. Let's Eat Some Takoyaki | Appears |
| 121. Who's This Person? | Appears |
| 122. Let's Form a Club | Appears |
| 123. The Class Rep's Secret | Absent |
| 124. Ombusman | Absent |
| 125. Let's Do an Exorcism | Absent |
| 126. It's a Parade Float. It's a Festival. It's Ninomiya | Absent |
| 127. Float Performance Face-Off | Absent |
| 128. Let's Be Idols | Absent |
Current Saga[]
| 166. Is This a Little Fairy? | Appears |
| 167. Hey, There's Something There | Appears |
| 168. There's Someone Here | Absent |
| 169. Find The Culprit! | Appears |
| 170. A Suspicious Woman | Appears |
| 171. Corner the Perp! | Appears |
| 172. Those Pygmies Are Scary | Absent |
| 173. Corner the Criminal! | Appears |
| 174. Queen Sensei's Infirmary | Absent |
| 175. So Who's the True Perp? | Absent |
| 176. Scattering the Bait | Absent |
| 177. Let's Do Some Kung Fu | Absent |
| 178. The Power of a God | Absent |
| 179. This Seems Kinda Deadly | Absent |
| 180. The Owner of the Kozuka Knives | Appears |
| 181. Must Be the Influence of a Curse | Appears |
| 182. Something's Taken the Bait | Appears |
| 183. So It's You! | Appears |
| 184. The Class Rep's Head! | Absent |
| 185. So You're The Perp! | Absent |
| 186. Kouki Yukishiro's Power | Absent |
| 187. Kick the Crap Outta Murakami! | Absent |
Etymology[]
- The surname Sakata means "sloped rice field" (坂田); the word itself is a compound of "slope" (坂) (saka) and "rice field" (田) (ta).
- It's also homophonous with the popular rice snack company Sakata Beika.
- Kinta's given name means "golden and thick"; the former possibly being a reference to his fascination with the kintama and the latter being a nod to his size. The word is a compound of "gold" (金) (kin) and "thick, fat" (太) (ta).
- Interestingly enough, Kintaro is the name of a folk hero in Japanese mythos. Kintaro was also known as Sakata Kintoki (坂田 金時), who shares the same surname as Kinta and they both have given names meaning gold and with a similar sound.
Trivia[]
- Kinta is listed as #4 among Yukinobu Tatsu's top 4 favorite characters in the series.[1]
- Besides Dandam being an obvious nod to the Gundam series, Kinta's mecha pays homage to several anime shows of the genre, with two notable ones being the Mazinger series (which pioneered the iconic Rocket Punch used in many series, including non-mecha) and Gurren Lagann (whose titular mecha wears similar pointed glasses and makes use of drills).
