Mr. Match

Mr. Match, known in Japan as Hino Ken'ichi (火野ケンイチ), is a recurring character in the MegaMan Battle Network series. He uses three NetNavis in the games: FireMan.EXE, HeatMan.EXE, and FlameMan.EXE. He was part of the criminal organization WWW until MegaMan Battle Network 3.

MegaMan Battle Network
In MegaMan Battle Network, he is a member of the WWW that uses his NetNavi FireMan to cause criminal fires to search a superprogram for Wily. He disguises himself as a NetSafety repair man and hacks into the control panels of houses to spread viruses in the ovens, making them explode. Mr. Match then goes to Lan's house and fills his control panel and stove full of viruses. However, this time MegaMan.EXE fights FireMan and deletes him. But he reveals that he already got his hands on a program that he needed in the stove, meaning that the operation wasn't a total bust.

MegaMan Battle Network 2
In MegaMan Battle Network 2, he appears in the airport with HeatMan as his Navi, and challenges the player to an optional NetBattle.

MegaMan Battle Network 3
In MegaMan Battle Network 3, he pretends that he quit the WWW and is now a good person, starting to work in SciLab and using his Navi FlameMan to help Lan against weak WWW Navis sent by him. He lures Lan into installing three malicious programs in the SciLab computers that caused the place to reach high temperatures. Match reveals himself to Lan as a WWW member and challenge him to extinguish the flames that he had spread throughout the web. After extinguishing all flames, Mr. Match calls him to Undernet 3 and fights against him with FlameMan. He had the advantage, but Bass appears and deletes FlameMan, forcing Mr. Match to retreat. The security of SciLab weakened after this, and several scientists, including Lan's father, where sent to the hospital. He appears again with Anetta and PlantMan in Castle Wily, where they use Full Synchro and fights MegaMan at the same time. After Wily's defeat, he and the other WWW members were taken into custody and sent to a hospital.

MegaMan Battle Network 4 Red Sun
In MegaMan Battle Network 4 Red Sun, he appears randomly with FireMan in the Den Battle Tournament, and also in Blue Moon if the player fights BurnerMan in the Eagle Tournament. In this game it appears that he had somehow gotten out of prison and redeemed himself, because Lan and MegaMan show no animosity towards him for betraying them in the previous game. Mr. Match appears and makes two thugs who are harassing a hot dog selling lady to stop. He plans to blow up the DenDome, but decides not to because of the hot dog selling woman who likes him. The thugs he hired do it anyway and Lan has to stop them. Then Mr. Match and Lan Netbattle and FireMan loses. The hot dog selling woman asks him to marry her, but he refuses.

MegaMan Battle Network 6 Cybeast Gregar
In MegaMan Battle Network 6 Cybeast Gregar, he became a teacher at Cyber Elementary School and gives Lan his first Link Navi and Cross after the defeat of DiveMan (at this time, he had quit WWW and truly became a good person). He sends some modified Kettle viruses throughout the net to test Lan's ability to bust viruses, and sends HeatMan along with Lan to help learn the powers of the Cross System. His outfit changes drastically, turning from a shirt and loose pants or jumpsuit, into a suit and tie, along with glasses.

MegaMan NT Warrior
In the anime and manga, Mr. Match's first appearance is similar to the games, causing criminal fire for WWW, but he has more appearances in the anime.

Anime
After setting Lan's oven on fire, MegaMan destroyed all of the viruses and TorchMan decided to leave. He later attacks Maylu's house and is defeated by MegaMan. Later, Match wants revenge on MegaMan and fights against him, but is again defeated. He participates in the N1 Grand Prix with other WWW members and fights twice against MegaMan. After PharaohMan and Mr. Wily were believed to be destroyed, Mr. Match and the other WWW members started there own a curry shop to support themselves.

While Lan was traveling through several locations as a reward for getting 2nd place in the N1 Grand Prix, Mr. Match traveled after him to have a rematch, but only manages to stay on step behind; reaching a city after had Lan departed. After returning to DenCity, TorchMan was deleted by FreezeMan in NetCity, and Match had the help of Mr. Famous to change TorchMan into HeatMan using his remaining data to save him. HeatMan is able to defeat FreezeMan during the incident with Gospel.

In his fight against VineMan in episode 7 of MegaMan NT Warrior Axess, HeatMan turns back into TorchMan, and MegaMan uses Double Soul with him to defeat VineMan.

Manga
Match uses TorchMan to set fire to Lan's school, and Dex is stuck inside with the other students. MegaMan enters the schools server and finds several viruses and TorchMan, deleting them. After being defeated, Match uses a backup of TorchMan and sends a message to MegaMan to meet his operator. Mr. Match lures Lan to join the WWW and wants him to rob a bank with him as his first job, but it was actually a trap to delete MegaMan. However, MegaMan is too strong for him and TorchMan is deleted again.

In a later chapter, he reappears with his new NetNavi FlameMan.EXE. They are one of the first DarkNavi to appear and after defeating MegaMan they are defeated by KingMan.