Juzaburo Namba

"Here comes true hell."

- Juzaburo's introduction to Hell Bro's.

Juzaburo Namba (難波重三郎) is a benefactor of Faust and the CEO of Namba Heavy Industries Ltd.

Character History
Juzaburo appeared in a bathhouse to meet with Gentoku Himuro for a status update on whether Prime Minister Himuro was interested in his weapons manufacturing plans of the Rider System. Gentoku regretted to inform him that Prime Minister Himuro was still not interested. Juzaburo reminded Gentoku how much of his company's money he invested in Faust and that he wants the destructive power of the Rider System to be his so he can corner the weapons manufacturing market in a way that will reshape the status quo of global military power structure with Touto in the lead. If no deal comes, he will reveal to Hokuto and Seito's governments the Rider System plans to make a profit elsewhere. Juzaburo urges Gentoku to convince the Prime Minister on a weapons deal with his company soon, as he is running out of patience and growing tired of Gentoku's excuses.

After Souichi stole the Pandora Box, Juzaburo stated upon the delivery of the item to him that he plans to reverse engineer its power source to give his company the undisputed lead in weapons manufacturing, creating arms far more powerful than any nuclear weapons used by foreign nations. However, the two were quick to find out that the Fullbottles that Souichi stole as well were all fakes, except for the Octopus and Light Fullbottles.

Secretly, Nanba gave his support to Prime Minister Masakuni Mido of Seito, his prefered choice to inherit Japan to whom he would spare all expenses to support. Taking advantage of Hokuto's advance into Touto, the initially neutral Seito quickly seized the vulnerable Hokuto before declaring war on Touto. Working on Nanba's behalf, Nariaki Utsumi updated the Kaiser System originally developed by Kaisei Mogami to create Remocon and Engine Bro's, soldiers of Seito alongside Rogue, a new Rider system used by Gentoku Himuro.

Personality
Juzaburo is a war profiteer who collaborates with Faust to instigate a war between the three warring nations to see which of them are determined enough to unify Japan. Based on his desires outside of profit, it seems Namba is somewhat nationalistic, as he plans to make the reunified Japan into a world superpower capable of defeating other nations with superior weapons to overcome potential world wars and repel invasions.

He also has abducted children, training and indoctrinating them into becoming loyal soldiers, spies and scientists for his causes, showing a manipulative and controlling facet to him akin to a dictator.

Portrayal
Juzaburo Nanba is portrayed by Akira Hamada (浜田 晃), who previously portrayed Mr. Titan in Kamen Rider Stronger.