Goro Izumi

1="My wings are the embodiment of justice!"

- G7 Icarus's first pre-battle catchphrase

2="Now, you are marked for judgment!"

- G7 Icarus XYZ's pre-battle catchphrase

3="Set the ignition; man and machine united as one, go faster towards destiny!"

- New G7 Icarus's pre-battle catchphrase

4="XYZ Change!"

- Pre-Hazard Level 50 G7 Icarus XYZ's call whenever he changes forms

5="Chou Henshin!"

- G7 Icarus XYZ's Archangel Armor and New G7 Icarus's transformation call

6="Checkmate!"

- G7 Icarus (XYZ)'s proclamation after defeating an enemy

Goro Izumi (泉 五郎) is the main protagonist of Metroid: Kamen Rider Generations Vol. 3: Fates Intertwined. He is the 27-year old CEO of ZETA Technology Industries, a company that is known for their innovative gadgetry and weapons manufacturing being provided to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and JSDF with their G7 Battle Armor series. Goro is also the younger brother of Anzu Izumi, formerly known as the Kamui Tribe ninja Rakurai, whom he is unaware of her relation to him at first until a revelation from his father via video diary.

He transforms into a unique form of Kamen Rider G7 by using the G7 Paralyzer with the Striker Key as Kamen Rider G7 Icarus (仮面ライダーG 7イカルス). He then upgrades with a to become Kamen Rider G7 Icarus XYZ (仮面ライダーG 7イカルスXYZ).

Later, during Hokuto's invasion of Touto, he joins with the government's attack forces as an undercover agent going by the pseudonym Kuroba (黒羽)

Past
Goro was born sometime in 1990. He and his parents were hit by a truck while driving in the midst of the pitch-black night. During the incident, he was saved by a mysterious individual who whispered to him to "live on" and promises to protect him. Goro miraculously survived the accident, but he sustained a massive scar in his abdomen. Unfortunately, his parents died two days after.

He was later taken in and raised by his grandfather Takagi Izumi, all while inheriting his family's inheritance. Growing up, Goro became a child prodigy inventor, and is recognized by his peers because of his formidable genius. As a teen, Goro is very ambitious with the intent of recognizing the world of his intelligence.

At the age of 21, Goro graduated with a master's degree in Computer Science in Tohoku University. The following four years marked him becoming the new CEO of ZETA Technology Industries, under the guidance of mentor Natsuki Nakajima.

Personality
Goro is a polite and hard-working man who values hard work and perseverance above all else, being a CEO of a multinational company, he proves to be a stubborn workaholic and is well-respected authority figure of ZETA Technology Industries. He is quite arrogant, ego-centric, and self-absorbed considering his reputation and good publicity. Also, he is also a prodigy since his teenage years establishing many accomplishments in his life with his superhumanly genius-level intellect, and eventually becoming the self-made man that he is now.

But, Goro is not without a dark and troubled side, as his true personality is that of a textbook Byronic hero. Having lost his parents to a car accident which left him miraculously survived, Goro grew up in a life of loneliness; becoming antisocial and insecure of himself, prefering to be isolated under his mansion's workshop. Despite all his accomplishments, Goro is desperate in looking for a purpose in his life besides being a hard-working corporate boss. Unlike any of the Space Explorers, Goro is very cold, tactical, and pragmatic, he is more willing make decisions that are morally questionable even if by means necessary and is very aware of the consequences of his actions.

After learning his father's secret about his older sister, Goro seems to be both saddened and disappointed by his father's actions at the same time due to the fact that he is unaware of Anzu's disappearance before his birth. It is likely that his parents want to pressure him on being made an heir to his father's company above all else. Regardless of that, it was revealed the reason his father had to keep a secret from him, is for Goro to find Anzu in his coming of age. After reuniting with his sister, Goro is determined to do whatever he can to make up for the 27 years she missed, even though that their parents are long gone.

After learning his sister's motives in taking revenge against, Goro is against her agenda due to the fact that her actions will not only bring harm to those she cares (including Goro himself), but also to innocent lives. This is because he believes that revenge is a pointless concept, and a product of endangering innocent people.

Despite his superficial pride, bravado, and flaws, Goro deeply cares for other people and is willing to help them in need. This is likely after meeting notable people like Taki, a kunoichi from the past who ends up settling into his home along with her student and, a scientist from Touto whose level of intellect rivals his to the point they develop an odd friendship. Eventually, that goal in life he was seeking after was actually protecting humanity.

After finding out Sento's past identity as, who is responsible for experimenting on his sister, his friendship with Sento is strained to the point Goro attempts to kill him in revenge for his sister. However, Anzu stops him from doing so. Because if he did kill Sento, Goro would have become as vengeful as his sister. He forgives Sento in a begrudging way out of respect as he knows that a Kamen Rider has a responsibility to protect people, regardless of how he got his powers. Unfortunately, when the war for Pandora Box break out, he is left with no choice to betray Sento. This is later justified once Goro becomes weary of the Hazard Trigger, Goro steeled himself to stop Sento in the event the latter going rogue.

By the time the war between for the Pandora Box immediately break out, Goro is determined to stop the war by all means necessary. Even if it means for him to get his hands dirty; he plays on both sides of the conflict and willingly fractured his friendship with Sento as a means to do so. He has no qualms disobeying 's orders, butting heads with him or any of the, or even manipulating the trio's stupidity by extension to further his plans. Despite being at odds against Kazumi, Goro seems to have genuine respect towards him, Both Kazumi and his men reciprocated that same respect in return, to the point that the Hokuto Three Crows convinced him to be turned into Hazard Smashes, despite his warnings knowing that they might die upon defeat, thus left without a choice after Akaba told everything he and his comrades went through before they were drafted to Hokuto's military.

It is also implied that Goro is fond of mechas in anime, more particularly . It is the reason why he christened Taki's powered-up form as the Tengen Toppa Evolution.

Goro has a couple of catchphrases, as Kamen Rider G7 Icarus XYZ, before a battle he says, "You are marked for judgment!" (貴様はジャッジメントの目印!). As New G7 Icarus, he says "Set the ignition, man and machine united as one, going faster towards destiny!" (設定点火、人間と機械一つに、運命に向かって速く!)

Family

 * Toshihiro Izumi - Father
 * Honoka Izumi - Mother
 * Anzu Izumi/Rakurai - Elder sister
 * Takagi Izumi - Grandfather

Powers And Abilities

 * Genius-Level Intellect: Goro's defining trait is his formidable intelligence, rivaling that of Sento Kiryu and Kuroto Dan. As a child prodigy, he is recognized for inventions that is known to ZETA Tech. Similarly, Goro has built the majority, if not all, of the G7 System's arsenals on his own.
 * Genius-Level Strategist: Paired with his intelligence is his ability to formulate plans of any kind; be it convoluted or precisely adjustable methods.
 *  50+: After gaining access to Archangel Armor, Goro is injected by Anzu's internal Nebula Gas through the Arc-Winger. At this point he gains superhuman abilities much like her sister did during the time she was experimented by Faust. Goro can now transform with the Build Driver without any restrictions, while he remains unaffected by anti-Nebula Gas reactors of his suit.
 * Tengokuryuken: This is Goro's signature fighting style. With this, he can defeat his opponents at a time-delayed effect. Similarly, Anzu has a version of his fighting style combined with her ninja arts.
 * Hazard Level Ability Restriction: One of the functions of Archangel Armor. Goro can seal certain abilities of a Smash, Build Driver, and/or Transteam Gun user when donning the armor.
 * Hazard Level Reduction: Goro can use Archangel Armor's ability to permanently de-power anyone with a high Hazard Level upon contact by neutralizing the effects of Nebula Gas of the target's body, reducing their Hazard Levels to 0. It also applies when G7 Icarus XYZ inflicts melee damage against a Smash or anyone using a Build Driver, Sclash Driver or Transteam Gun, etc., the target's Hazard Level is permanently reduced.
 *  Nullification: According to Anzu Izumi, the Archangel Armor is designed to disable the Transteam System. This is paired with the armor's ability to decrease the opponent's Hazard Level upon contact, rendering the usage of the Transteam Gun useless. This was demonstrated in G7 Icarus XYZ's fight against, as each time Stalk takes damage, it not only degraded his Hazard Level, it also leaves Soichi unable to use the Transteam Gun after his Hazard Level is reduced to 0.
 *  Reverse Engineering: Due to his affinity for gadgetry and technology, Goro is impeccably capable of reverse engineering 's creations such as the and . As such being able to construct backups of his Build Driver, as well as Sclash Drivers for  and G7 Type-S in the event of their belts being destroyed. This explains how Goro created his own Sclash Driver by reverse engineering Sawatari's own Driver by disassembling its components before putting them back together properly.

Weakness

 * Narcissism: Much like Sento, Goro suffers a case of textbook narcissism. He has overwhelming confidence in his own skills, so he tends to be proud of his own achievements and look down on others (especially anyone who relies on his inventions), which contributes to his prideful personality. This also applies to his fighting skills, he is often blinded by his ego in the middle of the battle to the point he is caught off guard, according to Taki.
 * : Despite being able to transform with the Build Driver, the Hazard Trigger is proven to be unstable with the G7 system-integrated Build Driver. As the Kamen Rider G7 system being the antithesis to 's, the Hazard Trigger is designed specifically for himself to access his Hazard Forms and the forms for the Full Full RabbitTank bottles.
 * Paranoia: Goro's fatal flaw is his tendency of becoming paranoid, this is carried on when he gained a high Hazard Level surpassing than those the likes of Build and Grease. This paranoia has becoming more evident when he warns about the  in Sento's possession

Devices

 * XGM-01 G7 Paralyzer - Primary weapon and transformation device as G7 Icarus. Later became the G7 Sky Buster.
 * - Secondary transformation device as G7 Icarus XYZ
 * - Tertiary transformation device as New G7 Icarus.
 * G7 Armor Keys - G7 Icarus's Transformation trinkets.
 * - G7 Icarus XYZ's/New G7 Icarus's Transformation trinkets.
 * - New G7 Icarus's Transformation trinkets.
 * Arc-Winger - Slot adapter for Build Driver to access Archangel Armor and personal familiar.
 * Nova Bracer - G7 Icarus XYZ's stopwatch device acquired from Nova the Archdragon.

Weapons

 * G7 Paralyzer
 * XGR-02 Artemis - G7 Icarus's semi-automatic laser sniper rifle.
 * XGS-03 Yoshiyuki - G7 Icarus's electromagnetic-bladed katana weapon.
 * XGK-04 Blitzenschneider - G7 Icarus's electromagnetic combat knife.
 * Build Driver
 * XGM-01II G7 Sky Buster - Primary side-arm weapon. G7 Icarus XYZ's upgraded version of the XGM-01 G7 Paralyzer.
 * XGR-02II Neo Artemis - Bolt-action laser sniper rifle. G7 Icarus XYZ's upgraded version of the XGR-02 Artemis.
 * XGS-03II Yoshiyuki Shin - Electromagnetic katana. G7 Icarus XYZ's upgraded version of the XGS-03 Yoshiyuki.
 * XGMWR-05 Requiem - G7 Icarus XYZ's modular weapon with three attachments:
 * XGMWR-05+XAR-06 Warhammer - Requiem's pulse laser rifle attachment.
 * XGMWR-05+XAS-07 Kagekiri - Requiem's chainsaw attachment
 * XGMWR-05+XAD-08 Yoroitoshi - Requiem's spear attachment
 * Tengeki Drillancer -  G7 Icarus XYZ's drill like weapon in conjuction with the Drill Full Bottle.
 * Silver Fang - One of G7 Icarus XYZ's auxiliary weapons obtained from Jushin Tiger.
 * Inferno Missile - One of G7 Icarus XYZ's auxiliary weapons obtained from Ifrit the Firebird.
 * Genbu Shield - One of G7 Icarus XYZ's auxiliary weapons obtained from Cagnazzo of the Raging Torrents.
 * - Briefly borrowed from and.

Vehicles

 * Ride Winger - G7 Icarus (XYZ)'s personal Rider Machine.

Relationships

 * Family
 * Anzu Izumi: At first, Goro was unaware that he had an older sister. This is because months before he was born, Anzu mysteriously disappeared due to an accident in the beach, following that fateful incident, her sudden disappearance was kept secret from him. Fast forward the following 27 years, it is his father's video diary that Goro indeed discovers that he has an older sister, and his parents bear the sin of keeping it a secret. He later begins to suspect that Rakurai (Anzu's ninja identity) is connected to Anzu herself, when Rakurai encounters Goro in the Hoko Memorial Pillar visiting his parents' graves, Rakurai denies of being Anzu. That is until during the siege of the Touto Institute by Faust, Rakurai reveals herself to be Anzu, his older sister. Anzu would later join his brother's side all while manipulating the Kamui Tribe to get revenge against Faust in regards to her history against the evil organization. Upon hearing this, Goro disapproves her agenda because he points out that not only her actions will endanger those she cared for (namely Goro himself), she would have innocent people involved, albeit indirectly, by allowing Shingetsu kill a lot of people, among her victims includes those were Touto Prime Minister, and later his son , who is also revealed to be Night Rogue, the leader of Faust. After Anzu decided to return home to her younger brother, both siblings develop their familial relationship after the 27 years she missed.
 * Allies
 * Kasumi Kiriyama: His loyal maid. Although Goro has known Kasumi back in their childhood days, Kasumi has ever since very dedicated so much to Goro and is the latter's only close friend and companion. Kasumi has been doing all the household work whenever her master is out working.
 * Taki: Though their first meeting was a rocky start, he later decided to bring Taki and Natsu to his mansion and ended up living with him. Taki was initially cold towards him at first, until Goro reveals his tragic past to her as a means of reaching out to her. Eventually, Taki falls in love with Goro due to him having a resemblance to a certain ninja Taki looked up to in her teens and Goro himself guides Taki in terms of trying to adapt into the modern era.
 * Natsu:
 * Natsuki Nakajima:
 * Space Explorers
 * Samus Aran:
 * Ange and friends
 * Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi
 * Tusk
 * Momoka Oginome
 * Hilda
 * Salamandinay
 * Hokuto government
 * Goro (and by extension, his parents) know Tajimi as a family friend. Upon learning the break out of the war for Pandora Box, Goro begins to lose his respect towards Tajimi because of her altered personality caused by 's energy.
 * Both Goro and Sawatari met in a rocky start, upon hearing his willingness to join into the war, he and his underlings belittle him, until Goro proved his worth by challenging him into a fight, which ended in a draw. Ultimately, he and the Three Crows begin to admire his determination and charisma. When Sawatari learns that Goro had his underlings undergo enhancements via, and consequently Aoba's demise at the hands of the Kerberos Smash, their partnership is strained. If anything, both of their mutual respect still remains. Sawatari can be easily ticked off whenever Goro tries to harm , who happens to be his idol, Mii-Tan.
 * As with the rest of the Hokuto Three Crows, Akaba looked down on Goro at first; Goro responds by poking fun of his hair, and then started a fight with him. Eventually, Akaba is one of the first of Sawatari's men to earn Goro's respect. In turn, Goro eventually sympathizes with him when he learns their past, and even convinced him to have himself and his comrades undergo the Hazard Trigger enhancement.
 * As with the rest of the Hokuto Three Crows, Aoba appears to be impressed with Goro's skills and personality which greatly influenced him, his comrades and captain. When Aoba died at the hands of the Kerberos Smash, Goro felt responsible for his well-being and is nearly afraid of facing Sawatari because of that. Sawatari eventually tells Goro not to take it upon himself before entrusting him his Kuwagata Full Bottle begrudgingly and promises to beat Kerberos.
 * As with the rest of the Hokuto Three Crows, Kiba appears to idolize Goro's bravado, often gets into an argument with him and his sister.
 * Enemies
 * Space Demon Clan Kamui Tribe
 * Shingetsu: Goro and Shingetsu already became bitter rivals in their first encounter. The latter sees him as a worthy opponent who can match his strength. Their rivalry grew worse once Shingetsu's insanity went off the deep end because of his lust for the Pandora Box's power.
 * / Night Rogue: Although they have interacted in rare occasions, Goro is revealed to have a respect for Gentoku. But, this is proven to be false due to his suspicions about the Touto government; Goro looks down on Gentoku with disdain because of his negative personality. This has become apparent when he discovered that he is also Night Rogue. Unfortunately, Goro never had the chance to fight Rogue due to Shingetsu immediately killing Gentoku after his identity exposed; in which his sister Anzu is responsible for.
 * / Blood Stalk: Goro sees Blood Stalk as a major threat ever since he saw his G7 suits used by Guardians under his control, which prompted him to self-destruct the G7 suits worn by the Faust Guardians. Ironically, Faust using the G7 suits for their objective leads to their undoing: Soichi's defeat at Goro's hands and subsequently killed by Shingetsu.
 * Ryohei Kusanagi:
 * Super Sentai
 * Others
 * Though his meeting with Sento was a bit formal, having learned of his genius-level intellect Goro begins to admire Sento very much, especially after learning the former that he is Kamen Rider Build. In turn, Sento would present him a Build Driver and the Crow and Stealth Full Bottles to upgrade his prototype armor. Despite mocking Sento for his actions after helped an  escape from the authorities, Goro still respects him. Their friendship was temporarily strained after he finds out that Sento is also revealed to be, the founder of . Regardless, Goro begrudgingly decided to accept Sento even if he was once Katsuragi, reminding him that the most important thing about being a Kamen Rider is to protect people.
 * / Blood Stalk: Goro sees Blood Stalk as a major threat ever since he saw his G7 suits used by Guardians under his control, which prompted him to self-destruct the G7 suits worn by the Faust Guardians. Ironically, Faust using the G7 suits for their objective leads to their undoing: Soichi's defeat at Goro's hands and subsequently killed by Shingetsu.
 * Ryohei Kusanagi:
 * Super Sentai
 * Others
 * Though his meeting with Sento was a bit formal, having learned of his genius-level intellect Goro begins to admire Sento very much, especially after learning the former that he is Kamen Rider Build. In turn, Sento would present him a Build Driver and the Crow and Stealth Full Bottles to upgrade his prototype armor. Despite mocking Sento for his actions after helped an  escape from the authorities, Goro still respects him. Their friendship was temporarily strained after he finds out that Sento is also revealed to be, the founder of . Regardless, Goro begrudgingly decided to accept Sento even if he was once Katsuragi, reminding him that the most important thing about being a Kamen Rider is to protect people.
 * Others
 * Though his meeting with Sento was a bit formal, having learned of his genius-level intellect Goro begins to admire Sento very much, especially after learning the former that he is Kamen Rider Build. In turn, Sento would present him a Build Driver and the Crow and Stealth Full Bottles to upgrade his prototype armor. Despite mocking Sento for his actions after helped an  escape from the authorities, Goro still respects him. Their friendship was temporarily strained after he finds out that Sento is also revealed to be, the founder of . Regardless, Goro begrudgingly decided to accept Sento even if he was once Katsuragi, reminding him that the most important thing about being a Kamen Rider is to protect people.
 * Though his meeting with Sento was a bit formal, having learned of his genius-level intellect Goro begins to admire Sento very much, especially after learning the former that he is Kamen Rider Build. In turn, Sento would present him a Build Driver and the Crow and Stealth Full Bottles to upgrade his prototype armor. Despite mocking Sento for his actions after helped an  escape from the authorities, Goro still respects him. Their friendship was temporarily strained after he finds out that Sento is also revealed to be, the founder of . Regardless, Goro begrudgingly decided to accept Sento even if he was once Katsuragi, reminding him that the most important thing about being a Kamen Rider is to protect people.

Portrayal
Goro Izumi is portrayed by Taishi Nakagawa (中川大志). As Kamen Rider G7 Icarus, his suit actor is Watanabe Jun (渡辺 淳), who would later on go to portray in the story and in . As Kamen Rider G7 Icarus XYZ, his suit actor is Iwakami Hirokazu (岩上 弘数).

Etymology
Goro's name translates as "fifth rookie", referencing as the author's first original character being an experienced newcomer as a Kamen Rider.

His alias of Kuroba translates to "black wings", sharing the main Hokuto Three Crows' color theme with Akaba (赤羽 lit., "red wings"), Kiba (黄羽 lit. "yellow wings") and Aoba (青羽 lit. "blue wings"), as well his sister's alias of Shirahane (白羽 lit., "white wings"), hence his rider form being black. Ironically, he is often compared to, another black-colored Rider.