This article is about Susumu and Mamoru Kodai's mother from Space Battleship Yamato 2199 and it's sequels. For her counterpart in the original Space Battleship Yamato, see Akiko Kodai.
Noriko Kodai[2] ( 古代紀子, Kodai Noriko) was the wife of Tsuyoshi Kodai and the mother of Mamoru Kodai and Susumu Kodai. Early in the Great Garmillas War, she died by a Garmillas bombing during a family dinner. Only her two sons survived, while the rest of the family was killed.[1][3]
A young Susumu, Tsuyoshi, Noriko and Mamoru in a vision shown to Susumu inside the Sanctel
In 2199, Susumu saw a vision of his mother and the rest of the family while under a psychic attack from a Zirel agent of the Greater Garmillan Empire.[1] In 2205, visions of Tsuyoshi, Noriko, and Mamoru were shown to Susumu as he visited the Sanctel, an underground vault on planet Iscandar.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
Noriko Kodai was designed Shinichi Yamaoka.[2] She is portrayed by Shoko Tsuda in Japanese and by Linda Leonard In English.[1]