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Joichiro Nishi
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Joichiro Nishi (西 丈一郎) Nishi is a middle-school (8th grade) veteran of the Gantz world, having arrived there over a year before the beginning of the Gantz. Supposedly, he committed suicide and leapt off the side of a building, breaking his neck on impact. (Though the bonus GANTZ fan book provides a different death: while running away from police officers after shoplifting, he fled onto an apartment building roof where he fell to his death.) Much like how Kurono started out, he is also selfish and has a Social Darwinist approach to life. Nishi is reluctant to reveal anything about the Gantz or himself, but he did run a web site where he posted information about it (carefully avoiding Gantz's rule about informing outsiders, which would in turn prove fatal) Posting Kei's name on the site put him in a bit of trouble by leading the reporter to Kurono and ultimately giving him aways to the vampires. Gantz called him "Mr. Nishi," which is rather interesting given how informally or derisively he refers to most of the other participants. Nishi was killed at the beginning of the Tanaka/Suzuki Alien mission, but after six months of existing only inside Gantz's memory banks, he was revived by Kaze at Kurono's request following the end of the Oni mission. He is probably a sadist. Ostensibly, Kurono hoped that Nishi would be able to provide information about Gantz to the game players. Whether or not Nishi has actually provided any information or if this information has proven useful is yet to be seen. It seems that Nishi and Izumi have a past relationship as "teammates" before Izumi's memory was wiped and he won freedom. It has not been revealed if Nishi and Izumi were friends or just acquaintances forced to fight Aliens together by Gantz. It is not known what role he will fulfill in Phase Two.(Wikipedia) Voice Actors
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