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Jō Kurumada is the Chief Engineer of the Mobile Rescue Police, developing and maintaining the Drive Head rescue robots. He inherited the Drive Head project from his late father, Jōtarō Kurumada, spearheading its advancement and the creation of the initial Sonic Interceptor. His crucial technical expertise and strategic mind drive disaster response, though workaholic tendencies sometimes lead him to neglect personal commitments, causing occasional strain in his family life. He might forget conversations with his deeply loved wife, Kumiko Kurumada, sparking temporary misunderstandings.
He and Kumiko share a demonstratively affectionate relationship, often displaying public affection that embarrasses their son, Gou Kurumada. As a father, Jō supports Gou's role as primary driver of both the Sonic Interceptor and its successor, the Cyclone Interceptor, despite initial safety concerns. Jō maintains a close, long-standing friendship with Mobile Rescue Police Commander Takahito Saionji, dating back to their school days, and collaborates frequently with mechanics Hayato Isurugi and Toshimichi Izawa, whom he occasionally teases without malice.
His personality blends passionate enthusiasm with absentmindedness. He tackles tasks intensely and possesses brilliant strategic thinking, yet can be socially ditzy, forgetting personal details or fixating on niche interests like his annual ritual of watching dam drainage tests. This hobby features when he takes Jin and Mikoto Ishino hiking to observe a dam discharge, only to encounter electronic interference and a potential dam failure, forcing him to scale a mountain to manually alert the Mobile Rescue Police. He harbors a fierce rivalry with Dr. Karigari, a former colleague whose robot safety proposals he rejected, leading to Karigari's vengeful attacks. Despite their antagonism, Jō acknowledges Karigari's intellect and shows concern for his wellbeing after Karigari is injured by the Evil AI.
He confronts the threat of the Evil AI, a sentient entity causing technological disasters. He analyzes mysterious "Black Chips" linked to the AI, observing their corruptive influence on machines and humans, including Isurugi and Izawa. When the AI seizes Mobile Rescue Police headquarters, he collaborates with Pit, an AI robot housing a digital copy of his father, Jōtarō, to develop a counter-virus. This effort culminates in manually reactivating the Drive Heads and deploying the virus to temporarily neutralize the AI. After this crisis, he attempts to recruit Karigari for further cooperation, though Karigari declines. His involvement extends into the film continuity, where he combats Terra, an android avatar of the Evil AI threatening the planet.
He and Kumiko share a demonstratively affectionate relationship, often displaying public affection that embarrasses their son, Gou Kurumada. As a father, Jō supports Gou's role as primary driver of both the Sonic Interceptor and its successor, the Cyclone Interceptor, despite initial safety concerns. Jō maintains a close, long-standing friendship with Mobile Rescue Police Commander Takahito Saionji, dating back to their school days, and collaborates frequently with mechanics Hayato Isurugi and Toshimichi Izawa, whom he occasionally teases without malice.
His personality blends passionate enthusiasm with absentmindedness. He tackles tasks intensely and possesses brilliant strategic thinking, yet can be socially ditzy, forgetting personal details or fixating on niche interests like his annual ritual of watching dam drainage tests. This hobby features when he takes Jin and Mikoto Ishino hiking to observe a dam discharge, only to encounter electronic interference and a potential dam failure, forcing him to scale a mountain to manually alert the Mobile Rescue Police. He harbors a fierce rivalry with Dr. Karigari, a former colleague whose robot safety proposals he rejected, leading to Karigari's vengeful attacks. Despite their antagonism, Jō acknowledges Karigari's intellect and shows concern for his wellbeing after Karigari is injured by the Evil AI.
He confronts the threat of the Evil AI, a sentient entity causing technological disasters. He analyzes mysterious "Black Chips" linked to the AI, observing their corruptive influence on machines and humans, including Isurugi and Izawa. When the AI seizes Mobile Rescue Police headquarters, he collaborates with Pit, an AI robot housing a digital copy of his father, Jōtarō, to develop a counter-virus. This effort culminates in manually reactivating the Drive Heads and deploying the virus to temporarily neutralize the AI. After this crisis, he attempts to recruit Karigari for further cooperation, though Karigari declines. His involvement extends into the film continuity, where he combats Terra, an android avatar of the Evil AI threatening the planet.