Tatsuya Kuruma/Abilities

Kuruma is the leader and chief tactician of his unit, although strategies are workshopped with all members present. His kindness and consideration are known to have earned him the complete loyalty of his teammates. In battle his role is to support Kō Murakami from mid-range or by suppressing other Gunners, but the two recently developed a new formation that sees Kuruma moving right behind Murakami and switching to a Full Attack stance while the Attacker defends him. The effectiveness of this tactic in open areas is such that it managed to turn the tables on Masato Kageura and Hiro Kitazoe, even though individually the latter two are, respectively, slightly and notably more powerful than Murakami and Kuruma.

When separated from Murakami, Kuruma will ideally team up with Taichi Betsuyaku so the two can combine their firepower and defenses to restrain the opponent and wait for an opening. However, even by fighting alongside the Sniper Kuruma is still severely outmatched by more skilled ranged fighters such as Rei Nasu, whom he nonetheless managed to critically injure right before his own defeat with a sneak attack.