Higsby

Higsby, known as Yamitaro Higure (日暮闇太郎) in Japan, is a recurring character from the MegaMan Battle Network series. He is found in every Battle Network game except for 6, although for the most part of the story his role is selling Battle Chips in his chip shop. His NetNavi is NumberMan.EXE. He first appears in the first game as a professor working for World Three to brainwash kids and take their rare Battle Chips. He locks the doors in the classrooms and ties Ms. Mari up. After being defeated by Lan, he opens a shop and promises to be good for now on.

Games
In MegaMan Battle Network he is introduced as a substitute teacher by Ms. Mari lecturing on battle chips in Lan's class 5-A. It is revealed that this is a ruse; Higsby is a WWW agent. Higsby instigates the WWW's Re-education Program after class which locks down the school to prevent escape and projects Wily's image on the Blackboard which spouts WWW propaganda to brainwash students and staff. Higsby also used to work at Scilab with a colleague before he joined the WWW.

In MegaMan Battle Network 2, he goes on a trip to Netopia collecting rare chips and installing Chip Traders in other countries; he helps Lan and MegaMan.EXE reconcile after their fight in Netopia. During the latter half of the game he returns to Electopia and reopens his shop.

In MegaMan Battle Network 3, he goes on vacation to Yumland and returns later to Electopia. Mayl promises to help him with chores but on the same day she got the BubbleWash. She convinces Lan to do it for her and he has to accomplish several tasks.

In MegaMan Battle Network 5, he joins Team Colonel and allows them to use the back of his shop as a base. However, If Lan joins Team ProtoMan, it is not until later in the game when Chaud needs a secret base that Higsby's shop is used. In the latter case Higsby is a bit more reluctant to lend this room.

In MegaMan Battle Network 6, he doesn't appear because he is once again travelling but he does send his congratulations to ACDC School for graduation.

MegaMan NT Warrior
Higsby shows up to teach the students of Lan's school about Virus busting but is mostly concerned about rare chips. He attempts to steal Yai's chips but Ms. Mari convinces him otherwise, reminding him of how he would feel if chips were stolen from him. After this event, he quits teaching and opens up a chip shop like in the games. In the anime, he is Maysa's rival for Ms. Mari's affection, and the two are seen fighting on many occasions.

Later, he runs out of money for his Battle chip shop. Numberman thinks its because it is because he wont sell his rare chips. Gauss Magnus offers him a job at his company where he makes lots of money but it turns out the money was being stolen. After Lan and Chaud foil Gauss's plan, he returns to his chip shop.

In Axess, he becomes a role model for Shuko Kido because of his upbeat attitude despite his misfortunes. She and SpoutMan enter a promotional tournament for the rice cooker and wins. Then SpoutMan goes out of control and Shuko falls into despair. However Higsby cheers her up and they stop SpoutMan. Shuko admires his attitude and decided to work for his Chip Shop ever since.

Trivia

 * Although Higsby knows how dangerous Dark Chips are and even freaks out at seeing one, in BN5 the player can obtain a Dark Chip from the Number Lotto.
 * Higsby, unlike his Battle Network and Star Force successors, has several ways of selling Battle Chips. (normal vendor and via a Premium service order list) You might be able to buy some rare chips you can't ordinarily get from his shop or other places if you look through Higsby's display shelves. Additionally, his "bargain bin" may also contain some chips you can buy.