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Mataro Tamada (Japanese: 玉田 マタロウ Tamada Matarō) is one of the main characters in the Y School Heroes series. He attends a boarding school called Y-Academy as a first-year student in the scholarship section, a YSP Club member, and also the leader of the Special Effects Hero Club.
He can transform into Shining Boy via usage of the Shining Watch, as well as being able to transform into T-Dine when combining powers with T-Dus while handling UR Watch GAI. With training received from Zazel, he can transform into Last T-Dine. With the Majin Watch he could transform into MT Bouncer when combining powers with Bousou Maten Soranaki.
Appearances[]
Video Games[]
- Y School Heroes: Bustlin' School Life: Playable Protagonist
Anime series[]
- Y School Heroes Movie: Major Protagonist
- Y School Heroes: Major Tritagonist
Manga series[]
- Yo-kai Academy Y: Major Tritagonist
Physical Traits[]
Appearance[]
Mataro is a young adolescent with an average height, he has black onion-shaped hair, with round glasses, with dark blue eyes, he wears a uniform with green details that indicate that he is a student with Scholarship and his shoes are white with a single line. red that ends in a red circle for each shoe.
Personality[]
According to his bio, Mataro Tamada has lived a life full of mediocrity and dumb luck. He is shown to be a huge fan of special effects, anime heroes, action movies, anything sci-fi and jubilantly overreacted at the first time seeing Kengo Benimaru. Sometimes when solving a mystery, Mataro will try to imitate Detective Conapoine (Who references Detective Conan), known for his distinct laugh. Occasionally, he will also do the Ina Bauer (Japanese: イナバウアー Inabauā).
Profile[]
Prior Events[]
When Mataro was younger, he liked watching old superhero shows and always wanted to become one at a younger age. He spent time with his grandfather, whom also liked the shows Mataro watched, all the way until his eventual death.
Y School Heroes: Bustlin' School Life[]
Jinpei Jiba and Sandayu Koma first meet Mataro when he finds himself cornered by delinquents on his first day at school.
Relationships[]
YSP Club[]
He is an important member of the Club for solving some mysteries without even being Yo-kai Hero but after becoming a hero he helped his friends to face the aliens and Mazera.
Jinpei Jiba[]
He is a close friend and their leader in the Club, Jinpei could be considered the right hand man and likes to see how he fights in his Yo-kai Hero forms, form a trio with him and Sandayu Koma.
Sandayu Koma[]
He is a close friend and partner at the Club, form a trio with him and Jinpei Jiba.
Mera Raido[]
At first he was an enemy of the YSP Club, hence his, but after Mera joined the Club, Mataro considers him a friend and he knows that he is ashamed to be kind, he is a great partner of the Club.
Fubuki Himekawa[]
Fubuki is a partner in the club.
Other Clubs[]
Ryusuke Kyubi[]
Ryusuke is the leader of the Tennis Club, he is an important ally for Mataro and the YSP Club, he loves the elegance of Ninetail so much that he appears in almost any transformation sequence that Ryusuke does.
Ranto Kirigakure[]
Ranto is a leader of the UFO Research Club and Student Council President of Y-Academy, first he was an antagonist for him and the YSP Club but later he became a vital ally due to his position in the Student Council, outside of that he is a friend more than he.
Kuka Nanakumo[]
Kuka is the leader of the Y-Lab, she is an important ally because it is she who developed the Shining Watch to become the Shining Boy and the UR Watch GAI to become T-Dine and Last T-Dine.
Haruki Hirono[]
Haruki is the partner of Mataro's Club and a minor ally, he is the one who shares likes towards the Tokusatsu Super Heroes and that is why he joined the Special Effects Hero Club.
School Mafia[]
The School Mafia were enemies of the Student Council and the YSP Club but after YG024 they became powerful allies.
Nozuchika Mitsumatagi[]
Nozuchika is a leading ally of the School Mafia.
Chiaki Hebiyama[]
Chiaki is an ally member of the School Mafia.
Y High School[]
Lime Ashiya[]
Alien[]
Nayu Kuruhoshi[]
Nayu was first an enemy of the YSP Club and its allies but that was a facade to return to the stronger Heroes, she is the one who takes T-Dus out of Mataro's body to be trained by the latter.
T-Dus[]
T-Dus is Mataro's fellow alien who trains him to become T-Dine by combining his powers.
Mazera[]
Mazera is the great enemy of the Heroes for Mataro was about to sacrifice to destroy his ship and contributed to his eminent defeat at the hands of Black Cat.
Quotes[]
- The best hero in the universe... I want to be one. (Japanese: 宇宙一のヒーロー... 僕もなるんたい。 Uchū ichi no hīrō... Boku mo naru ntai.)
- Meaning of passing the YSP Standard... I feel like I understand a little...! (Japanese: YSP基準 合格の意味 ... 少し 分かった気がする~...！ YSP kijun gōkaku no imi... Sukoshi wakatta ki ga suru ~...!)
- That's it. Make an effort and face each other. Grandpa taught me... I'm not afraid! I will definitely overcome it! (Japanese: そうだ。努力しエ木向かい合う。 爺ちゃんに 教わったじゃないか… 僕は あきらぬない！絶対に 乗り越えてみせる！ Sōda. Doryoku shi e ki mukaiau. Jī-chan ni osowatta janai ka… boku wa Akiranunai! Zettai ni norikoete miseru!)
- Yeah. With effort and ingenuity, I'll see things through to the end! (Japanese: そうだ。努力しエ木向かい合う。乗り越えてみせる！ Sōda. Doryoku shi e ki mukaiau. Norikoete miseru!)
- LET'S GO! I'M GONNA BE THE GREATEST HERO IN THE UNIVERSE!! (Japanese: やるぞ！ 宇宙一のヒーローになるんだぁ！！ Yaru zo! uchū ichi no hīrō ni naru nda ~a!!)
- Ninetail's transformation is so cool! (Japanese: 超！ ナインテイル変身超かる！ Chō! Nainteiru henshin chō karu!)
- Shining Charge! Transform! (Japanese: シャイニング チャージ！ 変身！ Shainingu chāji! Henshin!)
- Overseer... Lend me your power! (Japanese: 空亡 お前は… 僕の力になるんだ！ Soranaki omaeha… boku no chikara ni naru nda!)
In the anime[]
- Main article: Mataro Tamada (anime)
In the manga[]
Etymology[]
Trivia[]
- He is the second human to defeat the Main Antagonist, who were in their final form. The first being Cole in Yo-kai Watch Shadowside the Movie: The Return of the Oni King.
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- Mataro is the first Jam Character introduced to not have an in-universe counterpart.
- His favorite food is Curry with a lot of Ingredients.
- He is the second human protagonist whose grandfather is deceased, the first one being Nathan Adams.