Dr. Kasuminome

is the main antagonist of Baoh: The Visitor.

He is an unscrupulous scientist who, after letting Ikuro Hashizawa, tries to assassinate the boy before he grows too powerful.

Appearance
Kasuminome is a mature man with a medium constitution. He has a long head and a wrinkled face and puffy eyes. He is bald but has a moustache. He wears large round speckles.

His attire depends on the situation. In his first appearance, he wears a suit. When he goes to a temple above a secret Dress facility, he wears a dark kimono. He is also seen with a lab coat.

Personality
Kasuminome is an unscrupulous weapons developer for Dress.

Kasuminome is a brilliant yet ruthless scientist. He has developed powerful biological weapons through cruel experimentations on animals, something he never shows regret for. He even used Ikuro Hashizawa as a guinea pig and ordered that his parents be killed so that no one would seek him. The weapon "Baoh" is so powerful even he fears about it running amok and deploys many men to kill Ikuro before he becomes uncontrollable. When Dordo disobeys orders and tries to assassinate Ikuro on his own, Kasuminome has him killed by Walken. To catch Baoh, Kasuminome readily tortures Sumire and sacrifices his own men.

Despite his fear of Baoh, Kasuminome shows a degree of admiration for Baoh's sheer might.

Otherwise, Kasuminome is a cold and professional man, who is never seen doing anything but his job. When he's forced to trigger the self-destruction sequence of his laboratory, he does warn all present personnel to flee.

Intelligence
Kasuminome is a brilliant scientist who specializes in developing biological weapons. He is responsible for creating mutated versions of wild animal for combat purposes. His masterpiece is "Baoh", a parasitic worm that grants the host superhuman powers.

History
Dr. Kasuminome is a scientist who works for the Dress Organization. He has conducted cruel experiments on animals, using a serum of his creation that facilitated mutation. By subjecting animal to gruelling environmental conditions to force them to adapt. The few survivors bred and had monstrous children born for combat. Six months before the events of Baoh, Dr. Kasuminome asked his contacts in the hospitals of Japan to bring him young boys as a guinea pigs. One doctor brought him to the Hashizawa Family, who had barely survived a car accident. He took the son, Ikuro Hashizawa but ordered his Parents be killed. He experimented on Ikuro and inserted the "Baoh" parasite in him.

However, Ikuro was freed in the middle of a transit operation and the boy escaped. Fearful about the potentiel of his creation, Kasuminome immediately dispatched assassins to kill the boy because he could run wild and fully develop his powers. While his assassins tried to kill Ikuro, Kasuminome had to report to three higher-ups of the Dress organization. He showed them the potential of Baoh when a dog with the parasite in it killed a tiger, and was given free reign to dispose of Ikuro.

Eventually, Dordo came back to his laboratory with Sumire and Kasuminome decided to use her as bait. He placed her in a room with loudspeaker set at maximum to torture her with the noise, hoping that Baoh would sense her and come to the laboratory. In here, Baoh killed all his assassins and weapons. Kasuminome had no choice but to set off the self-destruct sequence of the laboratory to kill Baoh. He tried to use an escape pod, but the battle between Baoh and Walken, who had gone berserk, creates a sink hole and everyone fell into a cavern under the laboratory. In there, Kasuminome was killed when Ikuro used a laser to kill Walken, the beam cutting a stalactite that pierced Kasuminome. The scientist spends his last moments admiring his creation but warns that the Dress Organization will come for him.