Character profile
Hiroshi Shiba
司馬宙Biography
Hiroshi Shiba is a car racer who survives a severe laboratory accident through the intervention of his father, Professor Shiba, a scientist and archaeologist researching relics of the ancient Yamatai Kingdom.
Story spoilers
Professor Shiba is murdered by Queen Himika's henchmen after discovering a bronze bell with supernatural power. Hiroshi then learns that his father rebuilt him as a cyborg and hid the bell inside his chest. This gives Hiroshi the ability to transform into the head of Steel Jeeg, the giant robot created to oppose the Yamatai invasion and its clay phantoms.
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