Takeo Inukai

Takeo Inukai (犬飼猛雄) is a character from the MegaMan Battle Network series. He is the operator of BeastMan.EXE in the

Takeo Inukai (犬飼猛雄) is a character from the MegaMan Battle Network series. He is the operator of BeastMan.EXE in the games and Asteroid BeastMan.EXE in the anime.

MegaMan Battle Network 3
He is a member of the WWW and is a zookeeper at the zoo near Yoka. He uses BeastMan to open all the animal cages so that he could steal a TetraCode. BeastMan was defeated by MegaMan, but Inukai escaped with the TetraCode. He later operates BeastMan as one of the UnderNet's top 10 to obtain the Forbidden Program, but was again defeated by MegaMan. When all the WWW members gather at the Wily Castle, Inukai is absent. When one of them members asked Lord Wily why he's not present, he states that he "deleted" Inukai since he failed his mission in the Undernet.

MegaMan Battle Chip Challenge
Inukai seemed to have survived his "deletion", as he was one of the contestants that Lan faced competing in the Battle Chip GP.

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In the anime, Inukai was a animal trainer in a safari funded by IPC. During an advertisement filming, he was fired due to his harsh treatment to the animals. Later, Slur gives him Asteroid BeastMan to test humanity because of his attitude. Inukai releases all the animals on the city and controls tehm via a monitor chip in order to gain respect. He corners Lan and Chaud but they keep the animals away by staying close to a fire. Inukai then summons BeastMan to attack using the Dimensional Chip to materialize him. but Yuichiro Hikari activates the Dimensional Area Generator, allowing Lan and Chaud to use Cross Fusion. BeastMan is defeated but Inukai gets away from them and the cops with his lion Monosuke who still listens to him.

Inukai later joins the Neo WWW and uses BeastMan.EXE to cause trouble. He is one of the four members to have his mind erased by MegaMan DS, who has separated from MegaMan temporarily.