Tatsuya Honda

Tatsuya Honda is a main character in Silver NX.

Tatsuya started out as a street thug who would get into fights, until becoming acquainted with Judai Rhodes and Shunichi Takahashi. As a student at Seven Stars University, Tatsuya accompanied Shunichi in his adventures as extra muscle, his fighting and shooting skills proving useful via his Trinity.

In later conflicts, he provided support and encouragement for Shunichi. After surviving the Zeta Race, Tatsuya and the others returned to Earth with Shunichi and aided him in defeating Theodore Heinrich and Upsilon. Afterwards, he bore witness to his friend's final battle with Darkness.

Personality
Tatsuya can seem gullible, sarcastic, impulsive, at times mean, but he is also heroic, loyal, strong, bold, kind-hearted, caring, good-natured, funny, friendly, sometimes nice, confident, brave, selfless and loving. He, along with Serena, Mizuki, and Joeri, are often supportive of their friends. Tatsuya deeply cares for his younger sister, Amy, and will do anything to make her happy. He is also very protective of her, which he shows once by sacrificing his own life in order to ensure her safety.

Background
As a child, Tatsuya enjoyed Battle Fusion, a popular trading card game and would play it with the neighborhood children. Though not an expert, Tatsuya enjoyed dueling. Tatsuya and his sister, Amy, were separated when their parents divorced when he was 10. Amy was brought up by her mother while Tatsuya lived with his father. During a trip to his mother's house, Tatsuya nearly drowned in a nearby river while his mother simply watched after initially rushing to save him. He was rescued by Judai and Tatsuya's relationship with his mother became nonexistent following the incident.

Tatsuya became a street thug and hung out in a gang for periods of time while he was in middle school. He often got into fights and developed great fighting skills. At some point, Judai heard Tatsuya was getting into a fight with some gang members while standing up for a kid and rushed to his aid. After this, Tatsuya became well-acquainted with Judai and during a study session, the two met Serena Tenjoin.