Mr. Famous

Mr. Famous, known as Meijin Eguchi (江口名人) in Japan, is a scientist who works with Yuichiro Hikari. He is recognized for his signature glasses, lab coat, and numbered shirt.

MegaMan Battle Network series
He is the creator of several NetNavis, and he uses four Navis in the games: GateMan (MMBN2), Punk (MMBN3B), KendoMan (MMBN4), and GridMan (MMBN5, FootMan in Japan), but never uses a Navi in the anime. Except for Punk, who is based on a classic series Robot Master, his Navis were created by fans in a contest sponsored by Capcom. Mr. Famous doesn't have much storyline significance and is usually an optional boss. He sometimes gives useful hints.

In MegaMan Battle Network 2, he is in the Marine Harbor and battles to prove himself. He wears a mask over his face.

In MegaMan Battle Network 3, Mr. Famous loses the mask and appears in Yoka in the Blue Version only. He is replaced by a scientist in White Version. He always gives hints and secrets before he battles with Punk. Unlike other optional "friendly navi" battles, defeating Punk will only give you money, regardless of busting rank.

In MegaMan Battle Network 4, he teaches kendo in Netfrica to teach the young people discipline and wears kendo equipment. He appears randomly in the Red Sun/ Blue Moon tournament. He is attacked by a former pupil of his who Mr. Famous defeated and sealed his skills some time ago. The former pupil incapitates Mr. Famous and tries to delete KendoMan but Lan and MegaMan save them both. At the Red Sun tournament, he is defeated.

In MegaMan Battle Network 5, Mr. Famous is found in the mines of Oran Isle and uses GridMan in Netbattles to test him.

In MegaMan Battle Network 6, Mr. Famous observes Lan's and Megaman's skills in a 10-in-a-row virus battle for a mission request. He also appears in Astroland, selling special chips.

MegaMan NT Warrior
In the English version of the anime, he speaks in a British accent. But in either version, he doesn't want formal addressing. When they call him Meijin-san, he says, "Don't put in the 'san'!" Or when they call him Mr. Famous, he says, "No, it's just 'Famous!'" Mr. Famous is a skilled scientist who works at Scilab but in the first season, he went around helping people. Hd presents himself as the famous Mr. Famous but many characters remark that they have never heard of him, disclaiming his supposed fame. Mr. Famous first helps Mr. Match when TorchMan is deleted and offers to use TorchMan's data to complete HeatMan.EXE, a NetNavi, he created. Mr. Match initially refuses but agrees to avenge TorchMan.

Later, when MegaMan.EXE is in space, fighting against PlanetMan.EXE, he gives Lan the Extra Code, which gave MegaMan Aqua Custom Style which won him the battle.

After NT Warrior, he plays a support role in Scilab and guides Lan, Chaud, and the Cross Fusion Team in defeatin their various enemies.

In Rockman.EXE Stream Episode 11, he is shown to enjoy collecting small figures. Of his collection, there are a total of five Rockman.exe figures. There are also figures of Blues, Roll, Rush, Spoutman, Iceman, Gutsman, and Numberman. There are also some virus figures which include (the virus which the Thunder chip is derived from), three Mettaurs (two small one extra large), an extra large Swordy2, a Quake, a Jelly, and several more viruses. His collection also includes two helicopters and three airplanes. He is shown to have several cat & mouse figures, a rabbit and hawk, tiger and zebra, snake and mongoose, and killer whale and seal figures.

In Rockman EXE Beast, it is revealed that Makoto Aoki was his former girlfirend.

MegaMan NT Warrior (manga)
In the manga, Mr. Famous is in a group of skilled Net Battlers and tests Lan and Chaud to see if they qualify for joining their group against the Dark energy. He uses a point system to tell how well they do.

In the manga, Mr. Famous uses Punk.EXE as his NetNavi.

When DesertMan.EXE attacks the base, Mr. Famous and Punk.EXE let themselves become captured so Lan and Megaman can defeat him and are later put into hospital in which Serenade.EXE visits Mr. Famous's mind and it appears the two has met from before.

Trivia

 * Mr. Famous is so used to Lan calling on him for dimensional areas that everytime he gets a call, he says "San wa iranai!" meaning "no need for formalities!". This often led to a few misconceptions, because Chaud and Mayl also contact him for dimensional areas.
 * In each season of the anime, the number on Famous's shirt increases by one, starting at 15 and ending at 19, representing the age of the Mega Man/Rockman franchise at the time.
 * It is often thought that Mr. Famous and Serenade EXE. share a liking toward each other