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 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 Inn. 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.

==MegaMan's Revival == With his return in the Battle Chip GP, confirming his survival from Wily's "deletion", he seemed to play part in MegaMan's revival. After MegaMan was absorbed by Alpha, there was a pitch-black scene with these dialogues:

"Where... am I? Am I... Alive?"

"Grrr... Grrrowwlll..."

"What do you... want? Will you... save me?"

"Grr... Grrroowll!"

When it could be Gospel who was growling, and the one's speaking is Bass.EXE, revealing his survival to become Bass GS, it could be assumed that it was BeastMan.EXE who was growling and MegaMan.EXE who was talking. Even MegaMan's revival is thanks to Dr. Hikari's left program, it could be BeastMan and Takeo Inukai who took MegaMan out from inside of Alpha, as it pretty much explains the growling beast-like voice and Inukai's absence during the Final Battle in Battle Network 3 when Lan have to use a Pulse-Transmission. If Inukai wasn't abset, there wouldn't be any empty Pulse-Transmission device left, leaving Lan unable to act. Still, if this were true, Inukai and BeastMan's reasons are unknown for saving MegaMan. This couldn't be confirmed, as both Inukai and BeastMan didn't appear at all from MegaMan Battle Network 4 and the rest of the series.

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In the anime, Inukai was a animal trainer that was fired due to his harsh treatment to them, and uses BeastMan to get revenge. He is a member of 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.