List of Space Battleship Yamato (OS) and sequel characters

This page lists characters appearing in the original Space Battleship Yamato series and/or its sequels: Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato, Space Battleship Yamato 2, Yamato: The New Voyage, Be Forever Yamato, Space Battleship Yamato III, Final Yamato, Yamato Rebirth, Yamato 2520.

Earth Federation[]

Many of the family names of Yamato crewmembers were taken from famous samurai, some specifically from members of the Shinsengumi: Okita, Hajime, Hijikata, Yamanami, Yamazaki, and Tōdō.

First season[]

Yamato Crew[]

Juzo Okita (沖田十三, Okita Jūzō^?) : Captain of the Yamato.

Susumu Kodai (古代進, Kodai Susumu^?) : Combat Chief

Yuki Mori (森雪, Mori Yuki^?): Nurse, radar

Daisuke Shima (島大介, Shima Daisuke^?) : chief navigator and helmsman

Shiro Sanada (真田志郎, Sanada Shirō^?) : science officer

Dr. Sakezo Sado (佐渡酒造, Sado Sakezō^?) : ship's doctor
- Mi-kun (ミーくん, Mī-kun^?) : Dr. Sado's pet cat

Analyzer (アナライザー, Anaraizā^?): analyzing robot

Hikozaemon Tokugawa (徳川彦左衛門, Tokugawa Hikozaemon^?) : chief engineer

Sukeharu Yabu (薮助治, Yabu Sukeharu^?) : assistant engineer

Yoshikazu Aihara (相原義一, Aihara Yoshikazu/Giichi^?) : chief communications officer

Yasuo Nanbu (南部康雄, Nanbu Yasuo^?) : sub-chief of defense

Kenjiro Ota (太田健二郎, Ōta Kenjirō^?) : radar operator

Saburo Kato (加藤三郎, Katō Saburō^?) : leader of the Black Tiger squadron

Akira Yamamoto (山本明, Yamamoto Akira^?) : Black Tiger pilot

Akira Nemoto (根本明, Nemoto Akira^?) (v.a. Yoshito Yasuhara): Commando (ep 8)

Kazuhiko Sugiyama (杉山和彦, Sugiyama Kazuhiko^?) (v.a. Keisuke Yamashita): Commando (ep 8)

Fujimoto (藤本^?) (v.a. Yoshito Yasuhara): Construction Group (eps 9,21)

Kaoru Shintani (新谷かおる, Shintani Kaoru^?) (v.a. Akira Kimura): Chief Cook (ep 10)

Noboru Ishiguro (石黒昇^?) : Construction Group (ep 10)

Hayashi (林^?) (v.a. Masato Ibu): - Navigation Group (ep 15)

Earth[]

Heikuro Todo (藤堂平九郎, Tōdō Heikurō^?) : Commander-in-Chief of the EDF

Mamoru Kodai (古代守, Kodai Mamoru^?) : captain of the Yukikaze.

Jiro Shima (島次郎, Shima Jirō^?) : Shima's younger brother

Takeo Kodai (古代武夫, Kodai Takeo^?) (va Koji Yada) : Father of Susumu and Mamoru. Killed by a Gamilan Meteor Bomb in 2192.

Akiko Kodai (古代あき子, Akiko Takeo^?) (va Akiko Tsuboi) : Mother of Susumu and Mamoru. Killed by a Gamilan Meteor Bomb in 2192.

Hikoshichi Tokugawa (徳川彦七, Tokugawa Hikoshichi^?) (va Shinji Nomura) : Hikozaemon's eldest son

Kikuko Tokugawa (徳川菊子, Tokugawa Kikuko^?) (va Sachiko Chijimatsu) : Hikozaemon's daughter-in-law

Aiko Tokugawa (徳川愛子, Tokugawa Aiko^?) (va Yoko Asagami) : Hikozaemon's granddaughter

Kosaku Aruga (有賀幸作, Aruga Kōsaku^?) (va Goro Naya) : Final captain of the Battleship Yamato. Went down with the ship on April 7, 1945.

Jiro Nomura (能村次郎, Nomura Jirō^?) (va Keisuke Yamashita): Final First Officer of the Battleship Yamato. He survived the sinking of the ship.

Second season[]

Admiral Ryu Hijikata (土方竜, Hijikata Ryū^?) : captain of the Andromeda

General Kotetsu Serizawa (芹沢虎鉄, Serizawa Kotetsu^?) (v.a. Mahito Tsumura)

Company Commander Hajime Saito (斎藤始, Saitō Hajime^?): Captain of the Space Cavalry
Hyogo Todo (藤堂兵吾, Tōdō Hyōgo^?): Space Cavalry

Jiro Tsurumi (鶴見二郎, Tsurumi Jirō^?): Cosmo Tiger 3rd Squadron commander

Yasuhiko Yamada (山田安彦, Yamada Yasuhiko^?): Interrogator

Hyota Arakome (新米俵太, Arakome Hyōta^?): science cadet

Yamato: The New Voyage[]

Tasuke Tokugawa (徳川太助, Tokugawa Tasuke^?) : assistant engineer

Susumu Yamazaki (山崎奨, Yamazaki Susumu/Shō^?) : chief engineer

Shigeru Sakamoto (坂本茂, Sakamoto Shigeru^?): pilot

Tetsu Kitano (北野哲, Kitano Tetsu^?): trainee navigator

Be Forever, Yamato[]

Captain Osamu Yamanami (山南修, Yamanami Osamu^?) : 2nd captain of the Yamato
Shiro Kato (加藤四郎, Katō Shirō^?) : Cosmo Tiger squadron leader
Sasha Kodai (古代サーシャ, Kodai Sāsha^?)/Mio Sanada (真田澪, Sanada Mio^?): daughter of Mamoru Kodai and Starsha
Higashida (東田^?): Panel operator in the Central Computer Room
Nishio (西尾^?): Celestial Radar operator
Daimon (大門^?): #1 Gun Turret Gunner
Kikuchi (菊池^?): Engineering Crew

Third Season[]

Ryusuke Domon (土門竜介, Domon Ryūsuke^?) (v.a. Hideyuki Tanaka): A new recruit assigned to the Kitchen..

Takeshi Ageha (揚羽武, Ageha Takeshi^?) (v.a. Toshio Furukawa): A new member of the Cosmo Tigers. .

Hajime Hirata (平田一, Hirata Hajime^?) (v.a. Kazuyuki Sogabe) : A veteran member of the Kitchen crew.

Namio Sakamaki (坂巻浪夫, Sakamaki Namio^?) (v.a. Shigeru Chiba): Yamato 1st Cannon Gunner; very short.

Goro Raiden (雷電五郎, Raiden Gorō^?) (v.a. Shingo Kanemoto): A very tall, hulking member of the Navigation group.

Heiji Bando (坂東平次, Bandō Heiji^?) (v.a. Kaneto Shiozawa): A new recruit assigned to the Science group.

Dairoku Akagi (赤城大六, Akagi Dairoku^?) (v.a. Daiki Takayama): Works in Engine Room. Former space trucker.

Haruo Nishino (仁科春夫, Nishina Haruo^?) (v.a. Akira Murayama): A 1st Cannon gunner. He is a friend of fellow gunner Sakamaki.

Tsutomu Makunouchi (幕之内勉, Makunouchi Tsutomu^?) (v.a. Satoru Inagaki): A husky, bespectacled member of the Kitchen crew.

Akiko Todo (藤堂晶子, Tōdō Akiko^?) (v.a. Kazuko Sugiyama): Granddaughter of Heikuro Todo and works as his secretary. Has a mutual attraction with Aihara.

Final Yamato[]

Yamaki (山木^?): Cosmo Tiger pilot
Mizutani (水谷^?) (v.a. Osamu Kobayashi): Captain of the Destroyer Fuyuzuki

Uchū Senkan Yamato: Fukkatsu hen[]

Miyuki Kodai (古代美雪, Kodai Miyuki^?) (v.a. Ayumi Fujimura): Daughter of Susumu Kodai and Yuki Mori.
Kosaku Omura (大村耕作, Ōmura Kōsaku^?) (v.a. Chafurin): . He was Susumu Kodai's Executive officer on the Deep Space Cargo Ship Yuki and later on the Yamato. He dies piloting the Special Attack Ship Shinano on a kamikaze mission.
Ryo Kamijo (上条了, Kamijō Ryō^?) (v.a. Kentaro Ito): Battle chief
Jun Kobayashi (小林淳, Kobayashi Jun^?) (v.a. Daisuke Namikawa): Chief Pilot
Maho Orihara (折原真帆, Orihara Maho^?) (v.a. Ryoka Yuzuki): Chief Navigator
Miharu Sasaki (佐々木美晴, Sasaki Miharu^?) (v.a. Fuyuka Oura): Ship's doctor and Cosmo Pulsar pilot
Yoichi Sakurai (桜井洋一, Sakurai Yōichi^?) (v.a. Kenji Nojima): Radar Operator
Ryohei Nakanishi (中西良平, Nakanishi Ryōhei^?) (v.a. Kappei Yamaguchi): Communications Officer
Saburo Kinoshita (木下三郎, Kinoshita Saburō^?) (v.a. Kosuke Toriumi): Science Officer
Minoru Goda (郷田実, Gōda Minoru^?) (v.a. Akimitsu Takase): Chief Gunner
So Tenma (天馬走, Tenma Sō^?) (v.a. Daisuke Sakaguchi): Engineering Maintenance
Sho Tenma (天馬翔, Tenma Shō^?) (v.a. Daisuke Sakaguchi): Engineering Maintenance
Kaede
Kazumina
Chiro
Misato
Myūji
Ruma

Allies of humanity[]

Starsha (スターシャ, Sutāsha^?): queen of Iscandar

Sasha (サーシャ, Sāsha^?)

Teresa (テレサ, Teresa^?): last survivor of Telezart

Princess Luda (ルダ王女, Ruda Ōjo^?) (v.a. Keiko Han)

Gamilus[]

The Gamilus are a race of humanoids from the planet Gamilas in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 148,000 light years from Earth. They are biologically indistinguishable from humans aside from their blue skin (though owing to an animation error they were given pink skin for the first ten episodes of the original series). Many of those who appear in the series are named after high-ranking members of the Nazi party. We seldom see Gamilon civilians (it being a highly-militarized society), and the few female Gamilans who appear in the series are invariably concubines.

Leader Desler (デスラー総統, Desurā Sōtō^?): leader of the Gamilans

General Hiss (ヒス将軍, Hisu Shōgun^?): Desler's lieutenant

Shultz (シュルツ, Shurutsu^?) : Pluto Base Commander
Ganz (ガンツ, Gantsu^?): Pluto Base 2nd-in-command

Major Wol Jaretara (ヴォル・ヤレタラ, Voru Yaretara^?)

General Talan (タラン, Taran^?)

General Dotem Goehin (ドーテム・ゲルヒン, Dōtem Geruhin^?): A loudmouthed general dropped into a pit by Desler for being "vulgar".

General Domel (ドメル, Domeru Shougun^?): A famed general

Goer (ゲール, Gēru^?)

Captains Getto (ゲットー, Gettō^?), Berger (バーガー, Bāgā^?), Charis Kreuz (クロイツ, Kuroitsu^?) and Heidern (ハイデルン, Haiderun^?): captains who serve under Domel in the battle at the Rainbow Cluster, having earned great acclaim at, respectively, the Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond and Omega war fronts. The first three command space carriers and their respective fighter, dive-bomber, and torpedo plane air groups, while the last commands a battle carrier launching a single heavy bomber which carries a drill missile designed by Domel. All four captains fly into battle themselves alongside their men, though Kreuz is not shown (due to an oversight by the animators).
- Japanese voice artists: Kōji Yada (Heidern), Takeshi Aono (Berger), Ichirō Nagai (Getto), Isao Sakuma (Kreuz)

Vandevil (バンデビル, Bandebiru^?)

Generals Barreled Action (バレルド・アクション, Barerudo Akushon^?), Schi Frage (シー・フラーゲ, Shī Furāge^?), Das Lugens (ダス・ルーゲンス, Dasu Rūgensu^?), Meiser Nom Drum (マイセル・ノム・ドラム, Maiseru Nomu Doramu^?): Desler's remaining generals in Season 2.
- Japanese voice artists: Eken Mine (Action), Yoshito Yasuhara (Frage), Kazuo Hayashi (Lugens), Kenichi Ogata (Meiser)

Galman Empire[]

Geidel (ガイデル, Gaideru^?) (v.a. Hidekatsu Shibata): Eastern District Army Commander. Named after Wilhelm Keitel.
Dagon (ダゴン, Dagon^?) (v.a. Mugihito)
Dahl Histenberger (ダール・ヒステンバーガー, Daaru Hisutenbāgā^?) (v.a. Mikio Terashima)
Nerunn Keyring (ネルン・キーリング, Nerun Kīringu^?) (v.a. Yoshito Miyamura): Imperial Army Chief of Staff
Frakken (フラーケン, Vorufu Furāken^?) (v.a. Tamio Oki)
Heini (ハイニ, Haini^?) (v.a. Shingo Kanemoto)
Helmeyer (ヘルマイヤー, Herumaiyā^?) (v.a. Masaru Ikeda)
Gustav (グスタフ, Gusutafu^?) (v.a. Eiji Kanie)
Frauski (フラウスキー, Furausukī^?) (v.a. Shojiro Kihara): Technology Major Frauski is one of the more likable Galmans. He is scholarly and reserved. He is commissioned by Desler to find a way to restore the normal conditions of Earth's Sun. Failing in this, he cannot return to Desler honorably, and so crashes his ship into the Sun.
Heiger (ハイゲル, Haigeru^?) (v.a. Shingo Kanemoto)
Gehlen (ゲーレン, Gēren^?) (v.a. Hajime Koseki)

White Comet Empire Gatlantis[]

The people of the White Comet Empire Gatlantis (白色彗星帝国ガトランティス Hakushoku Suisei Teikoku Gatorantisu) appear in the second season; like the Gamilons they are identical to humans aside from their green skin.

Emperor Zwordar the Great (ズォーダー大帝, Zwōdā taitei^?)

Sabera (サーベラ, Sābera^?): Zwordar's mistress

Goenitz (ゲーニッツ, Gēnittsu^?)

Razera (ラーゼラー, Rāzerā^?)

Miru (ミル^?)

Admiral Cosmodart Nazca (コズモダード・ナスカ, Kozumodāto Nasuka^?)

Admiral Gorand (ゴーランド, Gōrando^?)

General Zurvival (ザバイバル, Zabaibaru^?)

Mazor (メーザー, Mēzā^?): pilot

Destar (デスタール, Desutāru^?)

Gern (ゲルン, Gerun^?)

Admiral Valsey (バルゼー, Baruzē^?)

Dark Star Cluster Empire[]

The people of the Dark Star Cluster Empire (暗黒星団帝国 Ankoku Seidan Teikoku) live on the metal planet Dezarium in the Dark Star Cluster, a double-galaxy 200,000 light years from Earth. Although humanoid, they are in fact bionic, having given up the pleasures of human flesh in exchange for longevity. They appear in the movies Yamato: The New Voyage and Be Forever, Yamato.

Daeder (デーダー, Dēdā^?)

Moelders (メルダーズ, Merudāzu^?)

2nd Lt. Alphon (アルフォン少尉, Arufon shōi^?)

Great Emperor Skulldart (聖総統スカルダート, Seisōtō Sukarudāto^?)

Sada (サーダ, Sāda^?)
- Japanese voice artist: Yumi Nakatani

Kazan (カザン, Kazan^?)
- Japanese voice artist: Mugihito

Commodore Grotus (グロータス准将, Gurōtasu junshō^?): Commander of the Gorba fleet.
- Japanese voice artist: Banjō Ginga

Bolar Federation[]

Loosely based on the Soviet Union, the Bolar Federation (ボラー連邦) is one of the two galactic superpowers at odds with the Galman-Gamilas Empire. They hold 35% of the star systems on the opposite side of Orion Arm.

Bemlarze (ベムラーゼ, Bemurāze^?) (v.a. Junpei Takiguchi): Prime Minister of the Bolar Federation.
Gorsakov (ゴルサコフ, Gorusakofu^?) (v.a. Tessho Genda)
Balcom (バルコム, Barukomu^?) (v.a. Shozo Iizuka)
Harkins (ハーキンス, Hākinsu^?) (v.a. Masaru Tanaka)
Governor-General Borroughs (ボローズ, Borōzu^?) (v.a. Masaru Ikeda)
Rebulse (レバルス, Rebarusu^?) (v.a. Tomomichi Nishimura)

Birth[]

Ram (ラム, Ramu^?): Captain of the Rajendra (v.a. Akira Kimura)

Dingirians[]

The people of the planet Dingir, who appear in the movie Final Yamato, are descendants of Sumerians rescued from Earth by unknown aliens (whom they now regard as gods) during The Great Flood 10,000 years ago. They developed an advanced empire (as well as grey skin) on their new homeworld they named Dingir and have become extremely arrogant and militant. Most of them were wiped out when their homeworld was flooded by the planet Aquarius.

Lugal (ルガール大神官大総統, Rugāru Daishinkan Daisōtō^?): supreme leader

Lugal de Zahl (ルガール・ド・ザール, Rugāru Do Zāru^?)

Dingir Boy (ディンギルの少年, Dingiru no Shōnen^?): the younger son of the Dingirian leader, and the only survivor of the drowned homeworld rescued by the Yamato crew. He stows away aboard the Earth ship when it sets off to fight deZahl's fleet, hoping to learn more about humanity. He learns the alien concept of self-sacrifice when he sees another warship take a deadly missile hit for the Yamato; he is so impressed that he jumps in front of Kodai and is shot by his own father. His real name is never given and is just called Bōya.
- Japanese voice artist: Kazue Ikura

Great Urup Interstellar Confederation[]

Great Urup Interstellar Confederation (大ウルップ星間国家連合 Dai Uruppu Seikan Kokka Renpō)

SUS[]

The SUS are the antagonists in Yamato Rebirth. They control the Great Urup Interstellar Confederation.

Admiral Metzler (メッツラー提督, Mettsuraa Teitoku^?) (va Hiroshi Yanaka)
Fleet Admiral Barthman (バルスマン総司令官, Barusuman Sōshireikan^?) (va Shozo Iizuka)

Amar[]

アマール星 (Amaaru-sei)

Queen Iliya (イリヤ女王, Iriya Joō^?) (va Atsuko Tanaka)
General Pascal (パスカル将軍, Pasukaru Shōgun^?) (va Kazuhiko Inoue)

Ethos[]

エトス星 (Etosu-sei) Honorable warriors that are moved to defy the SUS due to the Yamato's courage. They look virtually the same as humans.

Admiral Gorui (ゴルイ将軍, Gorui Shōgun^?) (va Masatō Ibu)
Seagull Captain (シーガル艦長, Shiigaru Kanchō^?) (va Takehito Koyasu)

Bereder[]

ベルデル星

Friede[]

フリーデ星

References[]


TV series
Original Series: Space Battleship Yamato (Episodes) • Space Battleship Yamato 2 (Episodes) • Space Battleship Yamato III (Episodes) Remakes: Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (Episodes) • Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 (Episodes) Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205 (Episodes) • Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199 (Episodes)
Films
Original Series: Space Battleship Yamato • Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato • Space Battleship Yamato 2: Compilation Yamato: The New Voyage • Be Forever Yamato • Space Battleship Yamato III: Catastrophe of the Solar System Final Yamato • Yamato Rebirth Remakes: Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember Star Blazers 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark • Star Blazers Chronicle 2202
Live action films
Space Battleship Yamato • Star Blazers
OVAs
Yamato 2520 • Great Yamato #0
Manga
Space Battleship Yamato by Leiji Matsumoto • Space Battleship Yamato by Yuki Hijiri • Space Battleship Yamato by Akira Hio Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato • Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage • Be Forever Yamato Space Battleship Yamato III by Takayuki Masuo • Space Battleship Yamato III by Hiroshi Aizawa • Final Yamato • Space Battleship Great Yamato Star Blazers 2199 • Ace with the Scarlet Eyes • Space Battleship Yamato Next: Star Blazers Lambda
Comics
Star Blazers • Star Blazers : The Magazine of Space Battleship Yamato
Novels
Space Battleship Yamato novelizations • Space Battleship Yamato Dawn: Aquarius Algorithm • Space Battleship Yamato Dawn: The Malignant Memory Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love Side Stories • My Heart is Like This
Video games
The Distant Planet Iscandar • Warriors of Love • Reminiscences of Iscandar • Revenge of the Dark Nebula Empire • Collapse of the Double Galaxy Super Robot Wars V • Space Battleship Yamato arcade game • Space Battleship Yamato for PC • Space Battleship Yamato for Game Boy Space Battleship Yamato for WanderSwan Color • Final Yamato • Space Battleship Yamato 2199 BFI Chapter 2: The Romance of the Endless Sea Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Iscandar • Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Cosmo Guardian • Space Battleship Yamato 2199: The Last Hope 365 Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Hero's Record • Space Battleship Yamato 2202: A Long Journey • Space Battleship Yamato: Voyagers of Tomorrow
Radio
Stereo Gekiga Space Battleship Yamato • All Night Nippon Space Battleship Yamato Special • YRA Radio Yamato