Akito Kurusu

"“Does it even matter anymore?” ―Akito Kurusu" Akito Kurusu (来くる 栖す 秋あ  人きと) is a recurring character in the Cross Crisis Series, introduced as one of the original characters and the main protagonist of the crossover fighting game Namco X Capcom: Crisis, before returning as a supporting character in Super Hero Taisen XX: Lost Heroes and a playable character in Project X Zone 3: War of Infinite Worlds – Ultimate Edition.

He is a young man who has lost everything after a tragic moment and in a twist of fate, he is given another chance at life by becoming the superhero known as the Super Electromagnetic Knight Volthur (超ちょう 電でん 士じ ボルサー). It would take a long time for him to recover however.

Appearance
Akito is a young teenage boy of average height with brown spiky hair and three scars on the lower right of his cheek. On his eyes are brown irises. His signature outfit is a red shirt underneath a black jacket, black pants and white sneakers.

Personality
Prior to the events of Namco X Capcom: Crisis, as a baseball player, Akito was very energetic and hot-blooded, often determined to win, both the games and his friendship to people to some success, including his classmates and his… childhood friend. However, after a horrifying incident that changed his life for the worse, he was never the same and began distancing himself from everyone else. He became nearly emotionless and distant from expressing anything to other people other than angst and sadness. Even when he would become Volthur, Akito is very reluctant to use his powers or whatever he has left, if there is any at all, for good.

Namco X Capcom: Crisis
Akito was a young boy who once had a happy family with his parents. During this tragic event, Akito had witnessed his parents are killed by Shocker Combatmen, thus making him emotionally scarred forever until he was adopted by Hikaru Shihodo and his wife alongside his elder brother. He even befriended his future love interest named Aoi Kanzaki thus forming a friendship with her.

After returning home with his elder brother, Akito had just seen Shoda cripple and beat his girlfriend Aoi. As the rage had awoken within Akito, he had roared in fury instead and as a sudden flash of lightning struck him, he was then miraculously clad with new armor and weapons. With these newfound powers, he successfully managed to not only save Aoi, proving that he is strong enough to protect her after all, but also beat down Shoda, until Shoda was finally caught by the officer Hikaru, donning the identity of a superhero called Hikaruon. After finally saving Aoi and then giving her to his elder brother's care, Akito decided to use his newfound power to protect the others and soon, he was accepted into Shinra, thus earning him the nickname Super Electromagnetic Knight Volthur as Shinra's new trump card as he is about to fight those who harm the others in the name of justice.

Super Project Cross Tag Battle
While Akito doesn't appear in the game, he is mentioned when Euzeth Gozzo reveals himself to be the mastermind behind the majority of the events of the Cross Crisis Series. Volthrun's powers are actually a result of a failed experiment as part of Euzeth's attempt to eventually create Zenshin'ou. Euzeth planned to capture Volthrun by manipulating the events of Namco X Capcom: Crisis, so that he could absorb the superhero into Zenshin'ou's essence and make it virtually "complete", but it failed miserably.

Project X Zone 3
A few months after Akito became Volthrun and the defeat of Devil Bison, Aoi and Akito had reconciled their friendship and love towards each other as they both joined Shinra and later the Army of the Light, alongside Akito's adoptive father Hikaru, as they would be involved in a great war with the fate of all worlds including theirs at stake. Akito's girlfriend, Aoi becomes new Space Sheriff Estevan, but unlike the previous one (Seigi from Sharivan NEXT GENERATION), she uses her newfound Estavan powers instead to help people and make evil-doers pay dearly, such as when Aoi manages to finally avenge herself and Akito by kicking Shoda in the crotch repeatedly. Shoda would then be killed by the Punisher.

At some time, Euzeth confronts Volthrun and claims to be responsible for accidentally giving him his superpowers.

Trivia

 * His superhero alias "Volthur" is a combination of the word "volt" and the name "Arthur", the well-known legendary king in English folklore.
 * He is based off the protagonist character of the same name of LiLiM Darkness' notorious visual novel-turned-anime True Blue.