Kawashima (Earth-101001)

Taurus
Name	Kawashima
Current Alias	Taurus
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Zodiac
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human Cyborg
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-101001
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	Japanese
Occupation	Member of the Zodiac, former racer
Base of Operations	Japan
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Toshiki Inoue
First	Iron Man S1E04
First	Iron Man S1E04

History

Kawashima used to be a notable Japanese Formula One race car driver sponsored by Stark Industries before an accident cost him the mobility of his legs. He was offered by Yinsen to give him back his ability to race in exchange for killing Tony Stark.

Agreeing, Kawashima was transformed into a cyborg by Zodiac and at a test drive of the new Stark Industries racing car, attempted to run Tony over only for his car to be cut in half by Logan. Kawashima then escapes after his car explodes, revealing his now, mostly cybernetic body.

Tony tracks him to a warehouse the next day where Kawashima ambushes him, now linked into a massive mecha via his cybernetic parts, he now acts as Zodiac's Taurus. Tony holds him off at first, but as the machine takes over, Taurus charges, crushing Tony against the wall of the warehouse. Just as victory seems assured, Taurus loses a leg to Wolverine's claws and Tony quickly dispatches the mecha with a shot from his Unibeam. Saving Kawashima from the wreckage, he loads him into Nanami's car and orders her to get him to Lab 23 in order to save his life.

Kawashima

Attributes

Weaknesses

Despite the power of Kawashima's Taurus mecha, the machine began to take over, seemingly killing Kawashima in the process. Also, while hardly common enough to be called a weakness, the Taurus mecha was susceptible to both Wolverine's claws and Iron Man's Unibeam.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Taurus Mecha: Kawashima's mecha was capable of hiding underground and exploding upward from beneath targets. It also possessed a laser mounted in its forehead and immense physical strength, pushing back Iron Man with minimal effort.

Notes

• He is voiced by Shuuhei Sakaguchi in the Japanese dub and Roger Craig Smith in the English dub of the series.

Trivia

• Along with Cancer, Taurus is the only Zodiac mecha to appear in the opening sequence

See Also

• 2 appearance(s) of Kawashima (Earth-101001)
• 2 image(s) of Kawashima (Earth-101001)