Range: Melee normally, a couple meters with harpoon. Striking Strength: Wall Class, likely higher Speed: Peak Human, higher with Dash Boots (Lets Taizo move 50% faster than normal) Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, can tunnel through solid objects using his drill, Weapon Mastery, Underground Mobility, Earth Manipulation ( Can create rocks in order to crush enemies), Non-Physical Interaction ( Can attack ghosts and souls), Fire Manipulation ( Can summon fire), Water Manipulation ( Can create bubbles by going around), Time Stop ( Can stop time via Time Hour Glass), Summoning ( Of meteors), Magnetism Manipulation ( Can attract power-ups and enemies), Weather Manipulation ( Can make it rain hard enough to leave holes), Electricity Manipulation ( Can use electricity to stun enemies), Flight ( via jetpack), Energy Projection ( Can shoot lasers with a gun), Forcefield Creation ( via Lightning Shield), Statistics Amplification (via Double Drill/Long Harpoon/Dash Boots), Air Manipulation ( via Tornado Drill), Immortality (Types 2 and 8 can revive himself and has multiple spirits that can destroy dirt), Can breath underwater via Air Capsule/Snorkel, Resistance to lava ( Can get near and touch lava without any harm) and explosions ( Can tank small explosions that normally hurt giant Pookas and Fygars), Self-Sustenance (Type 1 Can survive in space and prevent himself from popping)Īttack Potency: Wall level (Can apply enough pressure to make human-sized enemies explode from the inside like a balloon), likely higher (Can destroy islands by using his jackhammer) Taizo is the chairman of the Driller Council.Īge: Likely 30s or 40s (Is the father of Susumi Hori)Ĭlassification: Human, Excavator, Soldier (formerly) They had three sons: Susumu Hori, Ataru Hori, and Taiyo Tobi. At one point of his life, Taizo was married with Toby "Kissy" Masuyo (who is the protagonist of Baraduke/ Alien Sector), but they separated for unknown reasons.
In the year 1982, Taizo solved the "Dig Dug incident" caused by Pookas and Fygars, and some time later the problem in the tropical islands that happened in Dig Dug II.
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Taizo Hori (originally known as Dig Dug) is the main protagonist of the Dig Dug series created by Namco in 1982 for arcades.