The protagonist of Juusenki L-Gaim. Daba is a young man who was entrusted by his grandfather with the custom-built Heavy Metal named L-Gaim mecha, and would later pilot it as he and his friends are constantly thrown into hairy situations.
Physically very fit and strong (despite his common man appearance), he is also well trained in combat. Daba is very friendly and somewhat of a womanizer, as he managed to passively bring Fanneria Amu and Gaw Ha Leecee to his side without any overt persuasion.
In real life his original character design was based on Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) from Star Wars.