Artistic Forces/Rising Sun Self-Defense Force

"自衛隊が戦い、防御します！"

- The voice when the RSSDF is selected in the Campaign mode. The Rising Sun Self-Defense Force, otherwise referred to as the Self-Defense Force, is one of the factions of Artistic Forces.

Description
Based on the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, the Rising Sun Self-Defense Force (旭日自衛隊) is a defensively oriented and technologically advantaged faction. The military doctrine of the RSSDF is a unique combination of Japanese modernization, tradition and technology, and relies the variety of futuristic and modern Japanese military arsenal, GEKKO XII lasers, fortifications, defensive operations, industrial Tokusatsu and Otaku ties, superb firepower, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear reconnaissance, and high-tech, highly versatile transforming units in many possible ways to beat enemies. In addition to their futuristic warfare, armored infantry division can be technologically equipped with one that is based on Japanese tradition. Their manpower is naturally not as much as the one of its rival factions, but to compensate for this, they developed advanced technologies, mechas, drones and robots to combat for them along with their soldiers, vehicles, aircraft and vessels.

History
TBA

Commanders

 * Emperor Retsuhito (列人): State Emperor of Japan
 * Prime Minister Shintaro Nishimura (西村真太郎): Prime Minister of Japan and commander-in-chief of the RSSDF
 * Shinjihiko Akari (灯真司彦): Japanese Minister of Defense
 * Field Marshal Tomoyasu Nishimura (寅泰西村): Supreme Commander of the RSSDF
 * General Geki Nakamura (中村激): RSSDF Technological Advancement Commander
 * Lieutenant General Yukiya Igarashi (五十嵐雪矢): RSSDF Defensive Operations Commander
 * Brigadier Kiyomaro Yamazaki (山崎清麿): RSSDF Mecha Commander
 * Admiral Kaiji Oguma (小熊凱司): RSSDF Maritime Commander
 * Air Chief Marshal Jiro Nakashima (中島二郎): RSSDF Air Commander
 * General Yuta Takumi (匠勇太): RSSDF Expedition Commander

Agents

 * Sergeant Major Kenzo Imada (今田健三): RSSDF Male Terrain Agent (hero unit)
 * Sergeant Kazari Iwatani (岩谷かざり): RSSDF Female Terrain Agent (hero unit)
 * Officer Cadet Norio Wakizashi (脇差規夫): RSSDF Mecha Agent (hero unit)
 * Tsuguhime (つぐひめ): Communications Officer (announcer)

List of Keiretsu and Military Contractors
Here are a list of companies directly responsible for manufacturing the RSSDF's arsenal:
 * Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
 * Mitsubishi Electric
 * Mitsubishi Fuso
 * Toyota
 * Kawasaki Heavy Industries
 * IHI Corporation
 * Japan Marine United
 * Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding
 * Nippon Electronics Corporation
 * Japan Radio Company
 * Toshiba
 * Fujitsu
 * Oki Electric Industry
 * Koito Manufacturing
 * Howa
 * Chugoku Kayaku
 * Toray Industries
 * Idemitsu Kosan
 * Daicel
 * Asahi-Seiki Manufacturing
 * ShinMaywa
 * Japan Steel Works
 * Subaru Corporation
 * MinebeaMitsumi
 * Komatsu Limited
 * Yamaha Motor Company
 * Kayaba Industry
 * Rikigaku Robotics
 * Kisai Robotics
 * Tsurugi Robotics
 * Sera Ship Works
 * Morikawa Industries
 * Osakawa Energy Corporation
 * Kyodai Heavy Industries
 * Tokuhara Bureau

Trivia

 * An inspiration of the Rising Sun Self-Defense Force is clearly based on the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, popular culture and post-war periods. Its units and buildings are largely inspired by anime, manga, novels, video games, feudal Japan and Tokusatsu.
 * Most of the RSSDF units speak in a Japanese accent, with the transliterated lines using the katakana alphabet.
 * The RSSDF units and buildings have cultural references and inspirations to the following Tokusatsu and live-action titles:
 * Super Sentai
 * Ultraman
 * Kamen Rider
 * Godzilla
 * Shin Godzilla
 * G.I. Samurai
 * Samurai Commando: Mission 1549
 * Frankenstein Conquers the World
 * Chouseishin Gransazer
 * Additionally, each unit and building of the RSSDF has many references from the following anime, novel and manga titles:
 * Gate: Thus the Japanese Self-Defense Force Fought There
 * Gundam Series
 * Macross
 * Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan
 * The Library War
 * Raid on Tokyo/Tokyo Wars
 * The Irregular at Magic High School
 * Patlabor 2: The Movie
 * Innocent Venus
 * Saikano
 * Yomigaeru Sora – Rescue Wings
 * Gurren Lagann
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion
 * Future War 198X
 * Gasaraki
 * Akira
 * Arpeggio of Blue Steel
 * 801 T.T.S. Airbats
 * The futuristic technological level of the RSSDF alludes to Japanese post-war economic boom and the numerous high-tech products manufactured by the advanced Japanese industry.
 * The RSSDF's defense contractors and armament manufacturers are influenced by the concept of Keiretsu, a Japanese term literally means system, series, grouping of enterprises, or order of succession. This also refers to a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings by the Allied occupation of Japan following World War II and the elimination of Zaibatsu holding companies, such as Nakajima Aircraft Company.
 * The gameplay of the RSSDF is based on the Empire of the Rising Sun from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (including its Uprising expansion pack) and Terran from the StarCraft series.