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Susumu Hori（ホリ・ススム）is a fictional character in the Mr. Driller series. He is the main protagonist of the Mr. Driller series, appearing in all of the games to date. He has an older brother named Ataru and a younger brother named Taiyo. He married his childhood best friend Anna Hottenmeyer in 2008, and they have a daughter named Neveah and a son named Osamu according to S9E9 episode "Dear My Future" (親愛なる私の未来). (In the whole of the anime, he is not married and has no kids cuz he is 14) He is the middle son of Taizo Hori, the protagonist of the Dig Dug series, and Masuyo Tobi, the main protagonist of the Baraduke series. Susumu is the world's highest ranked Driller, given the title "Mr. Driller", and is also a member of the Star Trigon Team. He lives in a pink house shaped like a Pooka with his dog roommate Puchi in Edogawa, Tokyo. Susumu is the 2nd youngest character in the series, along side with Taiyo and Puchi. Susumu's favorite food is rice cakes stuffed with bean jam. His favorite hobbies include digging in ancient ruins, and ice sculpting. Susumu is slightly younger than Anna by 2 months. He joined in with Whitney's Squad on August 2018. He is a tank in Miitopia. He was born on March 3, 1987 (3/3/2000 in the anime and 3/3/2010 if he didn't age as of now)). He is 37 as of 2024 and 24 as of the anime adaptation in 2024. Susumu is also the official mascot of the Mr. Driller series, being one of Namco's collective mascots. He is voiced by Mitsuko Horie, who also provides voices for Anna Hottenmeyer and Puchi. He is voiced by Bianca Allen in English. In the UK dub, he is voiced by Ben Small, who also provides the voice of T-Bone from the UK Dub of Clifford the Big Red Dog. Susumu was born on March 3rd, 1987 as the middle son of Taizo Hori and Masuyo Tobi, he became a Driller due to being inspired by his father, Susumu then bought a Dri-Suit from an "old" Nakamura shop in Kanda. Susumu found Puchi as a stray dog abandoned in a box with the text "abandoned dog" on the Arakawa River. His name in Japanese (Hori Susumu) (ホリ・ススム) means "Dig onward" Susumu made a cameo in Klonoa Heroes: Densetsu no Star Medal. In World 3 of one of the villages you go to, he is there Susumu is also an unlockable racer in the Namco motorcycle racing game, Moto GP 3. He also has his own bike A Susumu suit is also unlockable via DLC in Tales of Vesperia Susumu is also an exclusive character to the PSP version of Pac-Man World Rally, along with Mappy Susumu is one of the character's birthdays that are on events and festivals. Susumu was born on March 3, the day of Hinamatsuri, a Japanese doll festival Susumu made a cameo in some of the Taiko no Tatsujin games as a dancer along with Anna, Puchi, Taizo, Ataru, and Holinger-Z He is the highest ranked Driller in the world, which is why he has the title "Mr. Driller" He has 4 anime adaptations. In 2004 Let's Go! Drillers (Based on Drill Land and the then-upcoming New Mr Driller), 2008 Mr Driller Bdaman (A b-daman installment), 2009 Mr Driller B-daman V (Another B-daman) and 2013 Mr Driller Drill Spirits/Jetters (Still running as of today, based on Ace and DS) He even got his own spin-off web series which is the longest running web series airing every Sunday morning called Star Trigon: Mirage Jetters He share his Japanese voice actress with Megumi Aino from HappinessCharge Precure.