Artistic Forces/Kyoudai Gundan

The Kyoudai Gundan, also known as the Kyoudai Kankei, is one of the bonus factions in Artistic Forces.

Name
The name Kyoudai Gundan (hiragana: きょうだいぐんだん, kanji: 兄弟軍団, furigana: ) possibly translates to the "Brother Corps", "Brother Legion", or "Brother Army" in Japanese. Etymologically, while Gundan commonly means "corps" or "army", the Japanese term Kyoudai also applies to female siblings or sisters. However, this is contrary to another Japanese term for "sister": Shimai, which is used for a title of the all-female Josei Guntai under the alias called the Shimai Kankei. So this faction is a gender-swapped counterpart of Josei Guntai in an etymological sense. Kyoudai is followed by another Japanese term for "Army" or "Corps": Gundan, which considerably fits for this faction's military as it has ground, naval, and air forces that are modeled after those of Japan Self-Defense Forces, the real-life military forces that influenced both the Rising Sun Self-Defense Force and the Josei Guntai. As a result, both of these Japanese terms possibly fit the inspirations for this faction, most especially the Frateris Templar from Warhammer 40k, Touken Danshi from Touken Ranbu, and of course the Japanese youth culture.

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Commanders

 * King Masahiro Ohka (まさひろ・おうか): King of Sakurakoku and the father of Kentaro Ohka.
 * Prince Kentaro Ohka (けんたろう・おうか): Prince of Sakurakoku and the commander-in-chief of the Kyoudai Gundan
 * Field Marshal Hideyuki Ishimori (ひでゆき・いしもり): Supreme Commander of the Kyoudai Gundan
 * General Shotaro Tezuka (しょうたろう・てづか): Kyoudai Gundan Corps Commander
 * Colonel Daisuke Ishizuka (だいすけ・いしづか): Kyoudai Rikugun Mecha Commander
 * Brigadier Jin Onodera (じん・おのでら): Kyoudai Rikugun Defense Commander
 * Admiral Kenji Matsumoto (けんじ・まつもと): Kyoudai Kaigun Fleet Commander
 * Air Marshal Tetsuo Takahashi (てつお・たかはし): Kyoudai Kuugun Air Service Commander

Agents

 * Hiro Masamune (ひろ・まさむね): Kyoudai Gundan Terrain Agent (hero unit)
 * Takeo Kiyomura (たけお・きよむら): Communications Officer (announcer)

Trivia

 * The Kyoudai Gundan is the seventh of the ten bonus factions for Artistic Forces as free DLCs.
 * This bonus faction usually adds to a new set of factions called the Shonen Forces.
 * The Kyoudai Gundan is a gender-bent version of the all-female Josei Guntai.
 * Like the Josei Guntai, which is influenced by the Sisters of Battle (aka the "Sisterhood" or Adepta Sororitas) from Warhammer 40k as an all-female faction, Mahou Shoujo (Magical Girl) genre in popular culture, the Japan Self-Defense Forces, Kanmusu from Kantai Collection, and Japanese youth culture, the Kyoudai Gundan is heavily inspired by Frateris Templar from Warhammer 40k, Japan Self-Defense Forces, Touken Danshi from Touken Ranbu, and even the Japanese youth culture.
 * Some commanders of the Kyoudai Gundan have their last names that are named after the deceased Japanese manga artists and celebrities: Hideyuki Ishimori (named after Shotaro Ishinomori), Shotaro Tezuka (named after Osamu Tezuka), Daisuke Ishizuka (named after Unshou Ishizuka), Kenji Matsumoto (named after Leiji Matsumoto), and Tetsuo Takahashi (named after Tazuki Takahashi).
 * The Kyoudai Gundan is one of the few factions in Artistic Forces that keeps its original Japanese name untranslated, the other ones are Josei Guntai, Kemonomimi, Yami Musume, and Kaijin Gundan, with the next one being Zaibatsu Teikoku.