This article is about Susumu and Mamoru Kodai's father from Space Battleship Yamato 2199 and it's sequels. For his counterpart in the original Space Battleship Yamato, see Takeo Kodai.
Tsuyoshi Kodai[2] (古代剛, Kodai Tsuyoshi) was the husband of Noriko Kodai and father of Mamoru Kodai and Susumu Kodai. Early in the Great Garmillas War, he died by a Garmillas bombing during a family dinner. Only his 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 father 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 shan to Susumu as he visited the Sanctel, an underground vault on planet Iscandar.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
He was designed by Shinichi Yamaoka.[2] He is portraeyed by Junpei Morita in Japanese and by Barry Samsula in English.[1]