Girouette

Girouette (ジルウェ), going short by Giro in the English version, is a character in Mega Man ZX. He is the owner of a shipping company named Giro Express (Girouette Express in the Japanese version), which is specialized in transporting everything, "illegal or not", as well as taking care of children losing their families in Maverick outbreaks, like Vent/Aile. He is also the guardian and mentor of Vent and/or Aile, who works with him. Unbeknownst to Vent and/or Aile, Girouette is also the owner of Biometal Model Z, which he regards as his partner. His age is officially stated to be between 15 and 25 in Mega Man ZX and unbeknownst to Vent/Aile, he is a member of Guardian.

Personality
~Unter Construction~

The Incident 10 Years ago
In Aile's story, it is implied that Girouette was present during the Maverick Attack in Area H 10 years ago and used to Model Z to save Aile from the Mavericks. Such a thing is not implied in Vent's story of the game, nor that he was in possession of Model Z at that time. After the raid, he took Vent/Aile under his wing, becoming some sort of mentor and foster-father for him/her.

Mega Man ZX


~Unter Construction~

Serpent forces Girouette fight against Vent/Aile. After this, he gives Model Z to the player, and turns into a Cyber-elf.



Trivia

 * Girouette is French for weather vane.
 * Interestingly, Girouette is voiced by Yuuto Kazama, who also voiced Zero in the Mega Man Zero Series, however in a completely different way. This was probably decided to point out his connection to Model Z, yet not being some sort of reincarnation of Zero.
 * Girouette appears to be very similar to both Zero from the Mega Man X series and Mega Man Zero series and The Master from the Mega Man Legends series.