Takeda Kousei

First appearance: Crows #80

Affiliation: The Front of Armament

The leader of the 5th generation of T.F.O.A., he was a lonewolf from Kajiya Mid and on his first year he challenged the head of the school Murata Juuzou to a fight, even after breaking three ribs he kept charging. Kousei lost but after that no one dared to challenge him.

He was scoped by Murata and was being trained by the Armament to join them, the first mid schooler to do so. After getting part in a war against Kyouka with Inada Genji and Genba Hisashi the three of them were accepted in the gang. After Ryuushin retired he named Takeda Kousei the new leader, and all old members retired with him, let the three alone to take care of the 5th generation. Hyakki, thinking they were weak, went with 20 or 30 members to smash them, but they couldn't finish the Armament.

During the hunt of Kai Gang, Kousei accidently met with King Joe, Nakajima Shinsuke and Zetton, the so called New Four Kings. King Joe wanted to decide who was the strongest and was going to draw lots to see who was going to fight who, but when Kai's matter was resolved Kousei and the others left and they didn't have a fight. King Joe draw lots anyway and discovered he was going to fight against Kousei. He later called Kousei to fight and got his friend Matsuo as a witness, the result of the fight is unknow but both King Joe and Kousei were badly injured.

Kousei grew a strong Armament, but saddly he had mid-level cerebral infarction and had to do a very expensive and high risk surgery, he wanted to wait a little longer and choose a new head but his vice-head Yanagi Shinji called an emergency meeting with the older members and announced that their generation was over, they protested but understood that the new generation had to fight their way. 

Kousei got mad for Yanagi deciding for him and especially cause he didn't choose a new head and Tesshou and Kiyohiro couldn't stand each other, he feared that the Armament could break in two, but Yanagi said that wathever would be would be. Kousei went to Tokyo do his surgery, the Armament gathered what they could to help with his expenses, as did King Joe, Nakajima Shinsuke and Zetton.

Fights:
Kousei vs. Murata - Lost (mentioned Crows #80)
Kousei vs. Kai Yasunori - Won (flashback Crows #80)
Kousei vs. King Joe - unkown result (Crows #88)
Kousei, Inada Genji, Yanagi Shinji, Kawaji Koukichi, Murota Kenzou vs. Kuzugami Tatsuo - Lost (Crows #89)