Kyosuke Toraya (Japanese: 虎殺狂介, Toraya Kyosuke) or Kyosuke Kosatsu, is a major character from Alien Soldier.
General Information[]
Kyosuke is the human host of Xi-Tiger, who fled from the Sierrans' research facility after killing Kaede Nanase with Epsilon-2 in pursuit. In stage 8 of Alien Soldier, he can be seen briefly standing on top of an airplane before leaving in pursuit of Epsilon Eagle. In the next stage (Stage 9), he is seen for a brief moment, before he undergoes a dramatic transformation into Xi-Tiger now that the latter has finally caught up with the birdman.
Extended Backstory[]
Kyosuke's backstory began when he fought on behalf of humanity against the rouge mutant lifeforms that would later go on to form the terrorist sect known as Scarlet.
In response to their attacks, the Earth government have set up special task forces with the intent of tracking down these mutants and deal with them through whatever means necessary. One such group was the "Black Sheep", led by Kyosuke Toraya/Kosatsu, (who was a detective at the time) and established by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. It has also devoted itself to not only exterminate the rouge mutants, but also to carry out investigations behind the terrorist attacks carried out by Scarlet as well.
Meanwhile, the genetically engineered creatures created as a result of the "Alpha Plan", took control of the Scarlet research institute and rebel against their creators. This eventually leads to them declaring war against humanity for control of the planet while their leaders continue to run the "Alpha Plan" and create more super-soldiers to further expand their army. Armed forces (including the special task force "Black Sheep") were dispatched to liberate the research facility from the mutants, but they were quickly defeated (with some being forced to retreat). The powerful mutants could repeatedly parasitize the humans and assimilate technology at will. It was at this time that Kyosuke would make his first encounter with Xi-Tiger, the brutal commander of Scarlet, and parasitized by the latter.
Unbeknownst to Xi-Tiger, however, Kyosuke was, in fact, a powerful assassin and practitioner of the ancient assassination technique known as the Burning/Flaming Tiger Fist. His power and strength of will allowed him to resist Xi Tiger’s attempt to claim his body as his own. Instead, Kosatsu used his power of will to dominate Xi Tiger’s will into submission, and Kosatsu claimed the body of Xi Tiger instead of the other way around. In fact, it was his murderous intent that brought chaos upon Scarlet in hopes of defeating them from within.
Following this incident, Xi-Tiger was isolated from the other members of Scarlet as a result of his own brutal methods. While his "siblings" came up with a plan to locate Epsilon Eagle once more and restore him to his former glory, Xi overheard this and decided that he would be the one to act first. After overhearing their plan, he believed that the true form of Epsilon could still be trapped within the space-time continuum. The other members of Scarlet learned from captured human test subjects from the "X-Ages" special task force of the location of Indigo and that there were also superhuman children there who are capable of opening holes into the space-time continuum. His plan was simple: Attack Indigo, hold the children there as his hostages, locate Epsilon Eagle, and kill him so he could secure power within Scarlet and resume his former position as leader.
During his attack on Indigo, Xi-Tiger (who could presumably be posing as his human host) was surprised to sense what felt like the presence of Epsilon Eagle within one of the children there - Fou Misaki. However, something felt strange to him. He could not sense Epsilon's former will of pure evil. Afterwards, Kyosuke (or rather, Xi-Tiger) grabbed the girl next to Fou Misaki - Kaede Nanase. He attempted to tell Epsilon Eagle to reveal himself while holding the girl as his hostage. Fou learned to felt anger at that moment, and through that anger, he undergoes a drastic transformation into Epsilon-2. In return, the steel-winged birdman has inherited Fou's will of love and benevolence, and so he developed a "human" sense of justice.
Shocked by this revelation, Xi-Tiger killed Kaede in front of his nemesis and fled. Epsilon-2 would later chase after him in a burst of grief and anger, thus leading up to the events of the game. In the first half of the game, Epsilon-2 chases Xi-Tiger down through a spaceport and onto the roof of a flying airplane, where Xi-Tiger (along with Kyosuke as his human host) was defeated once and for all.
Statistics[]
- Age: 29
- Gender: Male
- Place of Birth: Osaka