Iwanoi

Iwanoi
Name
Japanese:	イワノイ Iwanoi
Official English:	Spyke
Information
Gender:	Male
Medarots:	Bluesdog Cyandog Hypocrite Purple Collar Danin Straywolf
Nationality:	Japanese
Game appearances
Medarot 2, Medarot R, Medarot 3, Medarot 4, Medarot Navi, Medabots AX Medarot Brave, Medarot DS, Medarot Dual (DLC), Medarot S
Other appearances
Anime: Medarot, Medarot Damashii Manga: Medarot 2

Iwanoi (Spyke in English translations) is a recurring character in the Medarot series, introduced in Medarot 2. He is a member of The Screws and loyal to Kikuhime. Iwanoi is skilled in informatics and programming, and takes great pride in his reputation as a hacker.

Iwanoi favors Shooting-focus DOG type Medarots, with his best-known Medarots being Bluesdog and Cyandog.

In the games

Medarot 2

Iwanoi's battle view sprite in the original Medarot 2.

Iwanoi appears early in Medarot 2, having won the school's annual Robattle contest with his fellow Screws. When Ikki challenges The Screws and defeats Kagamiyama, he is the next to go up against him but is also beaten. He is defeated and runs away when Ikki's medarot unleashes the Medaforce.

Kouji comes to the school to look for the individual who has been "tickling" girls with a Medarot, he mistakes the Screws as the perpetrators and challenges them to a Robattle. He easily defeats their Medarots and Kagamiyam runs away with his fellow Screws, hiding in a class on the second floor.

After Ikki clears up the misunderstanding, Iwanoi steps up on the tribune in the school's playground and makes a speech about the rumours that a ghost medarot has been stealing parts in Mt. Odoro. He fails to get the crowd's attention, prompting Kikuhime to step up and declare The Screws will go to Mt. Odoro and claim any medarot parts they find as theirs. On the 2nd floor of Mt. Odoro's Marsh, he is found doing maintenance on his medarot in a narrow path leading to Kukihime. When Ikki speaks to him, he is surprised and challenge him to a Robattle with his main medarot and a Mantaprey.

In the tournament on Medarot Island, he is is Ikki's fourth opponent in the Block B heats, using Bluesdog/Cyandog and two Mantapreys.

In the original Medarot 2, he uses Bluesdog, while Medarot 2 Core has Cyandog as his main medarot to match the anime.

In the anime

Medarot

Iwanoi is a recurring character in the original Medarot anime, portrayed as a member of The Screws and assisting Kikuhime in her antics. He is portrayed as the single-worst Medarotter in Japan due to his Cyandog being mismatched with his Monkey medal and gets kicked out of The Screws on two ocassions due to his poor Robattling record. Unlike the games, he is not shown to have any strong aptitude in hacking.

Medarot Damashii

He appears in a similar capacity in the sequel Medarot Damashii, often taking part in Kikuhime's schemes to gain favor with Kokuryuu Kamizake. Compared to the first series, his incompetence as a Medarotter is downplayed.