Natsuno Nanbu (南部 奈津乃, Nanbu Natsuno) is an ally in Tomica Hero: Rescue Force who first appears in Episode 01.
She is portrayed by Yu Hayami.
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Nanbu is a calm and friendly person, although strict when necessary. She prioritizes her work, which led for her to rise to her position, and only see her family once a year.
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- King Era- He is her husband.
- Chiaki Nanbu- She is her daughter
- Eiji Ishiguro, Obuchi, Kamiya, Naomi Okamura- They are her former teammates.
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Nanbu is formerly the first-generation R4 of Rescue Force, who has now promoted to be the chief commander of The United Fire-Defense Agency and the superior to the Rescue Force. She usually stays at the UFDA headquarters, but occasionally comes to assist the Rescue Force.
In the past, she graduated at the top of her class at the UFDA's university, and as a result was sent overseas to study rescue work and lifesaving techniques. Because of this, she acquired a habit of speaking English, and is very fluent.
After learning from Ishiguro about the new enemy Daen, whose true identity was their former teammate Obuchi, she doesn't have any clues as to why. However, she supports Ishiguro's stance of keeping this a secret from the other Rescue Force members for the time being. However, she appears afterwards to meet with Rescue Force, telling them about how their commander has been depressed over the rash way he behaves when he suits up as R5. Nanbu admits that she's also bothered by his wasteful behavior, like launching all the vehicles at once. But she reveals that she actually came to remind them, "every cloud has a silver lining". She thinks something good will come from this whole incident, and that they can help Ishiguro.
In a later incident, the members of Rescue Force overheard a conversation and believed that she was retiring. This, it turned out, was a misunderstanding. It was actually her husband, a soccer player known as King Era, who was retiring. She was reluctant about this when he first told her, but did encourage it. Around this time, the Zero Fire was being completed. However, its auto-pilot functions were not complete yet. Therefore, Nanbu decides to take it out to the disaster scene. She suits up as RU (which stands for Universe) and gives the new Rescue Zamber tool to R1. Afterwards, she starts giving out commands in English, which the others can't really understand, until Ishiguro tells her to stop. Once the incident is resolved, Nanbu leaves for her annual day off, but introduces the others to her daughter, Chiaki, who came along with her husband to pick her up.
In the epilogue, it's shown that Juri Shiraki, who graduated from Rescue Force, is working as her assistant, as are the three Neo Terror Executives, Maare, San, and Sica.
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- Natsuno's surname Nanbu means "southern area" (南部).
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