Sol Badguy: series creator Daisuke Ishiwatari's self-insert OC. Daisuke is a huge fan of Queen (the band), and Sol is too.
Name
- Before becoming Sol Badguy, he was Frederick Bulsara
- Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, had the birth name Farrokh Bulsara
- Freddie Mercury's first solo album was Mr. Bad Guy
Design
- "Rock You"
- The words on his headband
- "We Will Rock You" is a song by Queen
- "Free"
- The word on his belt buckle
- "I Want to Break Free" is a song by Queen
- When paired with the word on Ky's belt buckle, "Hope", it could be a reference to the lyric "Ablaze with hope and free" from the song "Revelations" by Iron Maiden
Interests
- Hobbies: "Listening to Queen"
- From the manual of the first Guilty Gear game
- Likes: "His "Sheer Heart Attack" record by Queen"
- Sheer Heart Attack is Queen's third album and is also the name of a song on their fourth album
- The song was never released as a single, so the term "record" can only refer to the album
Weapons
- Junkyard Dog
- His sword in Guilty Gear Xrd
- Shares its name with "Junkyard Dog (Tears on Stone)", a song by the American rock band Winger
- Outrage
- His sword in Guilty Gear Strive
- Shares its name with Outrage, a Japanese thrash metal band
- The singer of Outrage, Naoki Hashimoto, sings on several Guilty Gear songs
Moves
- All Guns Blazing
- His instant kill in the first Guilty Gear game
- Shares its name with "All Guns Blazing", a song by the English metal band Judas Priest
- Napalm Death
- His instant kill in Guilty Gear X and Guilty Gear XX
- Shares its name with Napalm Death, an English grindcore band
Music
- Keep Yourself Alive
- His themes from the first Guilty Gear game to Guilty Gear 2 are named some variation of "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Keep Yourself Alive" is also the name of a Queen song — the first song on their first album
- Give me a break
- His theme from Guilty Gear Xrd, "Give me a break", ends with the opening riff of "Keep Yourself Alive"
- Find Your One Way
- His theme from Strive, "Find Your One Way", uses the opening riff of "Keep Yourself Alive" in the transition from its bridge to its final choruses
