Dan Gotanda

Dan Gotanda is a character from the Infinite Stratos anime and novels.

Dan is a close friend of Ichika Orimura back from their days in middle school.

In the Heroes Coalition fics, Dan is originally an info broker for Ichika Orimura, he was later recruited by the Heroes Coalition for his talent however, he was later promoted as an Executive Officer making him the most reliable staff member after Double D and Minna.

Appearance
Dan is a pretty tall young man with brown eyes and a long red hair which he sometimes hung down tied by a bandana. He usually wears casual clothing.

In the Heroes Coalition fics, Dan wears a brown long-sleeve shirt over a blue high-collar shirt, light brown pants, black boots and a brown newsboy cap. He ties his hair down in a low ponytail.

Personality
A very laid-back person who enjoys playing video games. He thinks Ichika's entry to IS Academy is paradise for him, being surrounded by all the girls there. However, he seems oblivious as to what occurs at the IS Academy.

He is also sharp when it comes to Ichika and the general effect he has on girls, saying that he is extremely dense when knowing about their feelings. He even sympathized with Lingyin for Ichika not knowing her feelings.

In the Heroes Coalition fics, when at work he is very serious and responsible. Despite his high position, he gets a long well with everyone including Anna whom relies on him, most of the time.

He has lately been showing a threatening side of him when he warned Houki, Cecilia and Lingyin.

Trivia

 * In the Heroes Coalition stories, Dan smokes.
 * In the Heroes Coalition stories, Dan owns a NSU 601 Motorcycle with a Steib Sidecar.
 * In the Heroes Coalition stories, despite sharing the same name as Dan Mandel, no one gets confused in calling them, whenever they're in the same place.
 * Dan's name in kanji means "bullet".
 * In the Heroes Coalition stories, Dan shares a room with Yuuji Kitao, Terrence Ohno and Taco Talberts.


 * Dan has a little sister named Ran, whom has a crush on Ichika.

Notable Quotes

 * (to Houki, Cecilia and Lingyin) "Before we go in let me remind you girls, that you girls are thin on ice with us. The reason we accepted you in the Coalition it 's because Charlotte, Laura and Ichika himself put a good word for the three of you. But if the three of you did something to Ichika nor Kanzashi, I myself won't hesitate to axe the three of you outta here. ''