Kōtarō Suwa

"First the new models, and now a Black Trigger?! A man can't have a little rest 'round here?"

- Kōtarō Suwa

Kōtarō Suwa is a B-rank Gunner and the captain of Suwa Squad.

Appearance
Suwa is a light-skinned, young man of average build. He has medium-length, messy hair dyed blonde, shaved on the sides and back of his head, and short sideburns. He has black eyes with small pupils. One of his causal outfits includes a zipped, camo jacket with a high collar over a dark, long-sleeved shirt.

His Squad's uniform is composed of an olive green jacket with black lines around the hem, the zipper, and the high collar, and white ones running along the outer side of the sleeves and around the middle of the collar. There are two piped patch pockets closed by the same flap on each breast, and the B-rank logo is emblazoned above the left one while Border's is located on the outer side of both sleeves a little below the shoulders. The uniform also includes headphones that Suwa wears around his neck, a dark red undershirt with a V-neck, grey pants, a black belt with a dark grey pocket on the left side, and dark grey boots with black. In his trion body Suwa is always seen with a cigarette in his mouth.

Personality
Suwa is loud, with a bombastic personality that often reacts explosively. He is vulgar and assertive, but very approachable and quick to warm up to without pretenses. When in combat, he has a tendency to be reckless and enjoys teasing opponents by riling them up, as he did with Enedra. He has a cigarette in his trion body to show off.

In a leadership position away from his usual teammates, however, he assumes a mentor-like persona — even reassuring Osamu during lights-out about his prospects during the Away Mission Test. Unlike his previous depictions, Suwa is shown to handle new developments and on-the-spot decisions with a level head; defeats are followed by matter-of-fact assessments.

Quotes

 * "First the new models, and now a Black Trigger?! A man can't have a little rest 'round here?"
 * "Stupid A-rank! He makes it sound easy!"
 * (To Enedra) "You don't know what's going on, do you? I can tell by that stupid look on your face."
 * (To Enedra) "Come on, Mr. Black Trigger. Let's have some fun, just like you wanted."
 * (To Enedra) "Oh, nice attack there. Hit me again, I dare you. C'mon!"
 * (About Kizaki training Chika) "What?! How does physics work in that relationship?! What's that beefcake gorilla thinking?!"

Trivia

 * Suwa likes cigarettes, beer, meat, mahjong, and mystery novels.
 * The cigarette that is part of Suwa's trion body may not be real.
 * Suwa has a driver's license.
 * The author initially described a cube in Suwa's cover profile. He then went on to call him a male version of Izuho Natsume, as well as one of his favorite B-rank agents.