Hugo

Hugo, also known as Netherworld President Hugo and Death King Hugo, the 61st President of the Netherworld and father to Emizel, as well one of the major antagonists in Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten. He makes a few short appearences in episodes 2 to 6, hearing a report from Psylos of the Three Brutes on what troubles are going on in the Netherworld and the news on the rebels going against the Corrupterment He appears before Valvatorez and his party at the end of episode 7, stating he was surprised to hear Valvatorez was the leader of the rebels and asks him why he fromed a rival party only to hear him answer that he wouldn of continued his new job as a Prinny Instructor if he never sent out the Prinny execution order. Hugo is then quesioned by Valvatorez on why he is letting the human world get out of control before he the rest of the party asks why they came to overthrow the Corrupterment, only to laugh when he sees how divided their goals are. Hugo is surprised again when he hear Valvaotrez, a demon who live a life alone as a Tyrant and refuse the help of others talk about a camaraderie and declares that he'll judge if Valvatorez's change through sardines and the promise he made 400 years ago is a evolution or degeneration, triggering the battle. After his defeat, he revealed that all of his actions were to hide the deal he made with the Human World due to the decline of fear energy in the Netherworld. He explains that they tried hard to find ways to scare the humans, but they advanced much faster and because of their own actions (wars, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction caused by human error and daily inccidents of murder) they have begun to fear themselve and kept the fear energy in the human world, this causing the decline of fear energy. It is because of this decline that both Hugo and the demons of the Corruptment had weakened in power, since demons become weaker when there is less fear energy in the Netherworld and the Corruptment is affected by this the most. He also reveals that the Netherworld was being controlled by the secret ruler of the Human World, a man named Judge Nemo.

Hugo appears again in episode 9, where he contacts the group on how the Information Bureau helped spread how Valvatorez's party was trying to stop the destruction of the moon, causing them to pray and create awe energy for Great Flonzor X. He also states how strong Emizel has become and says how proud he is of him.

Before the party's battle with Hugo, it is revealed that he fought with Valvatorez a long time ago back when Vavatorez was still known as a Tyrant. Valvatorez states that they fought for days on end and were unable to settle their match. Hugo mentions that Valvatorez was the only demon able to cause an injury on his body.

In battle, Hugo has the Netherworld President enemy class. He fights very much like a Reaper class character, only with much higher stats. He has high SP, followed by ATK, INT and Hit. He has the Reaper's Mind Killer Evility and his unique Protection Target Evility, which increases that stats of his Bouncers by 30%. His only kill is Keeper of the Abyss, which deals star damage and inflects Deprave.