History
Noboru was the husband of Ikeda Honda. He was a ruthless and violent person, who often hit his wife and threatened his stepson Seiji. Unbeknownst to him, Seiji was a powerful telekinetic mutant. When Noboru eventually found out about his mutant powers of his stepson and intended to sell Seiji to the government, Ikeda tried to stop him; in retaliation Noboru threatened her.
In order to save his mother's life, Seiji animated all of his action figures at once and sent them against his cruel stepfather. This proved insufficient to stop Noboru, who cornered the boy on the balcony of their apartment. Noboru made a desperate lunge, and he and Seiji fell over the edge. The fall killed Noboru and left Seiji paralyzed from the neck down.[1]