Mutta Nanba

Mutta Nanba is one of the main protagonists from the Uchuu Kyoudai anime and manga.

Mutta is the elder Nanba brother who was born on October 28, 1993, when Japan lost the Football (Soccer) World Cup preliminaries.

Mutta was fired from his job after headbutting his boss, who insulted his younger brother Nanba Hibito. After some encouragement from his brother and mother, Nanba, deciding to follow his dream to be an astronaut, sent a resume to JAXA.

Appearance
Nanba Mutta is known for his "Afro". He was referred to as "Afro" by Hoshika Tadashi in his childhood.

Mutta is usually seen wearing a white shirt, dark grey pants, a red tie, and a brown overcoat.

Mutta has, on a few occasions, tried to change his hairstyle to impress Itou Serika, but his Afro doesn't allow him a different hairstyle.

Young Mutta dresses casual, like most kids usually dress, and was seen wearing a T-Shirt and shorts.

Personality
While Mutta is generally calm and collective, he is shown to be a competitive brother, always trying to stay ahead of his younger brother in every aspect. He is also a quick learner and can multitask easily. Mutta considers himself inherently unlucky, and therefore prone to all sorts of problems. (Maybe he is; he does seem to encounter more obstacles than average) Nevertheless, he has managed to address each obstacle with his extensive engineering background and out-of-the-box thinking, and as a result gained great respect from his colleagues.

During the third JAXA examination, Mutta was the only participant who was observant enough to notice the clock on the bus before they got off, thus showing great observational skills. He also convinced others to believe his calculations while deciding on the time once they were in their sealed environment.

Mutta, in his competitive spirit, is shown to use unusual methods to complete tasks which sometimes turn out to not work well for him. In favor of maintaining a good relationship between all contestants and to give everyone an equal chance, Mutta suggested using "rock, paper, scissors" to select two candidates who would make the best astronauts.

Trivia

 * On July 9, 2006. Mutta and Hibito saw a UFO while recording insects and small life in the nearby woods. After having seen the UFO fly away towards the moon, Hibito announced that he would become an astronaut and go to the moon and Mutta announced that he would stay a step ahead of his little brother and go to Mars, that was a promise they made to each other that day.
 * While Hibito fulfilled his dream and part of the promise, Mutta was pretending to forget his dream and in the process actually forgot it. After he lost his job, his mother sent his resume to JAXA and Hibito encouraged him to follow his dreams. Mutta decided to go ahead and join the new astronaut selection program after JAXA accepted the application his mother sent.