as they share similar interests. He and Kento are childhood friends, having met through Kento's paternal grandfather. He is said to have an IQ of 250, making him the most intelligent of the Ronin Warriors. His enemy is Anubis, the Darklord of Cruelty. Rowen was the only Ronin not found in a Japanese landmark; but in space instead. Guided by the virtue of (originally in the original dub), Rowen commands the indigo , which draws its power from the air, wind and sky. Rowen’s transformation call is Armor of Strata, Tao-Inochi. In Japanese, Touma calls . Rowen is the . His weapon is a collapsible, golden bow and a small, back-mounted quiver which supplies an virtually endless amount of arrows. Rowen has demonstrated great expertise using this weapon and displayed exceptional marksmanship His finishing move is the (Heaven's Shockwave in the OVA), an extremely powerful light arrow. (The first use of which demolished a large section of a mountain). Other abilities include Rowen can erect protective barriers of around himself to slow his descent. Rowen gains a new suit of Armor in the third OVA, Message, but its powers are unknown. The English dub of the series gives him a thick Brooklyn accent, but that went missing in the OVAs. Rowen's name Hashiba is most likely from Toyotomi Hideyoshi's original surname, Hashiba. Toyotomi was Oda Nobunaga's successor, and unified Japan under his rule for a short while. This can be backed up by Rowen’s claim that he follows the way of the Taiko Kampaku school. A retired Kampaku (which is both a first secretary and regent to an adult Emperor) was called a taiko and this usually referred to Toyotomi Hideyoshi Antagonists Talpa Voiced by: Shigezō Sasaoka (Japanese), Mina E. Mina (English) Talpa, the Emperor of the Dynasty, known in Japan as , is the central antagonist of the series. He was defeated by the Ancient One during his first attempt to conquer Earth a thousand years earlier. Talpa's spirit was banished to the Nether Realm while his armor remained on Earth. Since the armor could not be destroyed, the Ancient One split it apart into nine separate armors with their own powers and virtues. Talpa re-acquired four of them, Cruelty, Corruption, Illusion, and Venom, and gave them to four humans who became his Dark Warlords. When Talpa returns in the modern era, he takes over the city of Tokyo