Kiiriyama Eiji

As the director of Kiriyama Heavy Industries, this character was a childhood friend of Reiji Moritsugu, whose ideals of justice initially guided him. However, ambition twisted these ideals into greed and arrogance. He orchestrated a coup to gain control of Japan, initially using the Katou Organization as test subjects before attempting to control them. Later, he fought against the remnants of JUDA, ultimately being defeated and exposed as a dictator. He was later revived as a human fused with his Machina, Pretender, a unique machine capable of transforming into a high-speed fighter jet or walking mecha, armed with powerful weaponry.