Shougo B'Stard
Would like to change his avatar
He proves that he's badass in the first 10 seconds of GoGo V, going head on into a fire with barely any oxygen in his tank, and carrying 3 people out, by HIMSELF. He follows 'Save the Lives' to a T.
Well, look who Matoi learned from. (That crazy Kudo guy from episode 41 played by Claude Maki, Mike "Mondo" Maki's actual son, which I thought was a pretty cool touch.)
I love that one episode where the four siblings are irritated by Matoi's training schedule, and try to justify their excluding him when they all went out for a fancy meal. Matoi was a different kind of Red in that he's mostly a smart-ass and a hot-head, but he's still a good and dependable leader.
And what's cool is that Ryuuichirou Nishioka is totally proud of his role. I remember singer Takayuki Miyauchi posting on his blog about Nishioka's wedding, where Miyauchi sang for the couple (including one of his GG5 songs) and Nishioka was photographed with this: