Space Kicker

The Space Kicker (リフティングマン^?, Lifting Man), also known as knee-ball guy (リフティングマン^?, Lifting Man), is part of a group of purple humanoids that appear in Space Soccer in Rhythm Heaven. They are led by Cosmic Coach (コーチ^?, Coach), who judges their performance.

Space Kicker

Image

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Sprite from Rhythm Heaven

Appears in

Rhythm Heaven

Voices

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The Space Kickers are tall, light purple humanoids with dark purple feet, cone-shaped ears and small, white gloves. Similar to the Cosmo Dancers, they have a square white face, a bracket-like smile, round eyes, and a big nose.

Story

A space kicker's job is to keep a ball afloat as they float in space. One such kicker wrote An Essay on Keepy-Upsy, regarding their first experience of being launched into space, but they have gotten used to it. They mention their appreciation for their teammates as well, and that they're proud of being born a space kicker, thanking their mom in return.

A space kicker can be seen in the audience in Battle of the Bands. A pair of space kickers can also be seen dancing at a club in Rhythm Tengoku Gold Comic 09 にぎやかでおだやかな夜の巻き (A lively and peaceful night by Maki).

Appearances

• File:Space Soccer icon.png Space Soccer
• File:Remix 6 DS icon.png Remix 6
• File:Space Soccer 2 icon.png Space Soccer 2
• File:Remix 9 DS icon.png Remix 9
• File:Remix 10 DS icon.png Remix 10
• File:Battle of the Bands Icon.png Battle of the Bands (cameo)

Gallery

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  Sprite from Rhythm Heaven

Trivia

• Despite being known as "knee-ball guy", his voice is femenine. In Rhythm Tengoku Gold and Rhythm Sesang, his voice clips are recycled from a scrapped rhythm game using a female announcer.
  • Some other voice clips from the mentioned game are repurposed for Board Meeting, meaning the Space Kicker has the same voice as the Assistant in Japanese.

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	リフティングマン	Lifting Man
EnglishNOA	Space Kicker Knee-ball guy
EnglishNOE	Space Kicker Knee-ball guy
French	Le footballeur spatial	The space footballer
Spanish	El futbolista cósmico Nuestro futbolista	The cosmic footballer Our footballer
Italian	Il Fuoriclasse Il fuoriclasse del palleggio Calciatore spaziale	The Star Player The champion of dribbling Space footballer
Korean	리프팅맨	Lifting Man

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	コーチ	Coach
EnglishNOA	Cosmic Coach
EnglishNOE	Cosmic Coach
French	L'entraîneur	The coach
Spanish	El míster cósmico	The cosmic mister
Italian	L'allenatore	The coach
Korean	코치	Coach