Mega Man (character)

Mega Man
Mega Man character
Mega Man in his latest design
First game	Mega Man (1987)
Created by	Akira Kitamura
Designed by	Akira Kitamura
Voiced by (English)	Doug Parker (Captain N: The Game Master) Ian James Corlett (Ruby-Spears Productions cartoon) Ruth Shiraishi (Mega Man 8) Cole Howard (Mega Man: Powered Up) Chris Cason (Street Fighter X Tekken)
Voiced by (Japanese)	Hekiru Shiina (CD drama, Mega Man: The Power Battle, Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters) Ai Orikasa (Mega Man 8, Mega Man Battle & Chase, Super Adventure Rockman) Kaoru Fujino (Marvel vs. Capcom series) Yumiko Kobayashi (Mega Man Powered Up) Naoki Koshida (Street Fighter X Tekken)
Portrayed by	Jun Naito (2010 fan flim)

Mega Man, known as Rockman (Japanese: ロックマン, Hepburn: Rokkuman^?) in Japan, is the title character and the protagonist of the Mega Man series by Capcom. The character was created by Akira Kitamura for the first Mega Man game released in 1987, with artist Keiji Inafune providing detailed character artwork based on Kitamura's pixel art design.

Since then, Mega Man has become one of Capcom's mascots, one of the company's primary original characters, and continues to be one of the video game industry's most recognizable icons. Having appeared on many consoles since the Nintendo Entertainment System, Mega Man has had a wide gaming audience, and his games continue to evolve with the ever-changing hardware demands of modern gaming systems. Mega Man's fictional universe can be divided into seven categories, each featuring different variations and incarnations of a robot boy hero. Although "Mega Man", or "Rockman", is usually the name used to describe only the original Mega Man from the classic series, it can also be used less specifically to describe the Mega Man series of fictional works, or the group of adherently named main characters within.

The several spin-off series that have emerged over the past years, each one continuing the Mega Man mythos in some unique way, includes but is not limited to the Mega Man X, Mega Man Legends, Mega Man Battle Network, and Mega Man Star Force series. A resulting animated series was also produced originally in Japan as well as a number of toys, comics, and collectables available both in and outside Japan.