History Characters / SpaceBattleshipYamato

-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/DabneyColeman (original; movie, as Dudley Coleman) Creator/JMichaelTatum (2199)

-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Brian Mathis (2199)
-->'''Voiced in ''Star Blazers'' by:''' Gordon Ramsey (series), Marvin Miller (movie)

-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Chris Wehkamp (2199)
-->'''Voiced in ''Star Blazers'' by:''' Creator/KennethMeseroll (Seasons 1 and 2), John Bellucci (Season 3), Rex Knowles (movie)

* HotBlooded: Not that it hinders his senses. He isn’t as quick tempered in the remake.

-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Mallorie Rodak (2199)
-->'''Voiced in ''Star Blazers'' by:''' Amy Howard (Seasons 1 and 2), Corinne Orr (Season 3), Mercy Goldman (movie)

-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KennyGreen (2199)

** TheSmartGuy: His role as science officer along with application of his knowledge in crisis emphasize his major trait.

-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Chris Rager (2199)
-->'''Voiced in ''Star Blazers'' by:''' Eddie Allen (Seasons 1 and 2), Larry Barrel (movie)

-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JMichaelTatum (2199), Creator/DabneyColeman (movie)

-->'''Voiced in ''Star Blazers'' by:''' Gordon Ramsey

-->'''Voiced in ''Star Blazers'' by:''' Creator/KennethMeseroll (Seasons 1 and 2), John Bellucci (Season 3)

-->'''Voiced in ''Star Blazers'' by:''' Amy Howard (Seasons 1 and 2), Corinne Orr (Season 3)

* AcePilot: Shown to be a skilled pilot in both original and 2199 version.

-->'''Voiced in ''Star Blazers'' by:''' Eddie Allen (Seasons 1 and 2)

-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JMichaelTatum (2199)

* HeroOfAnotherStory: a curious villain example. When he first appears, he just returned from the front against another unidentified enemy (revealed to be the Comet empire in 2199), and apparently defeated it so completely he's being hailed as an hero by the Gamilas people ''and Deslar himself''. From the Gamilas point of view, HE is the hero.
* HotbloodedSideburns
* [[LanternJawOfJustice Lantern Jaw Of EEEVIL]]: Only in the original.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Osamu Kobayashi (Season 1), Creator/AkioOhtsuka (2199)

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: UpToEleven in the 2010 movie.

* BigBad

* StuffedInTheFridge: The sight motivates Kodai.

* AFatherToHisMen: His 2199 version showed him having a general concern towards his men in Black Tiger squadron to the point of telling Kodai that he won't forgive him if his men were killed needlessly.

* StayInTheKitchen: His attitude towards Akira in first five episodes of Anime/SpaceBattleShipYamato2199, which he try to relegate her to logistic positions despite her capability as a pilot. Though this has more to do with his overprotective nature since Akira's brother--Akio--died under his command.

* PunchAWall: Generally prone to do this to the point in 2199 that [[RealityEnsues his bruised knuckles are bandaged often]].

* CrazyAwesome: His reaction to getting jumped on by two thousand ships led by [[FourStarBadass Domel]]? ''Charge through the enemy fleet, ram Domel's flagship, shoot her at point blank to get her out of the way, and then continue on his course while the enemy ships are too shocked to try and stop him''. The only reason it didn't work was that Domel had eight thousand other ships in reserve just in case this happened...

* CrazyAwesome: Especially in the original series, where his reaction to the ''Yamato'' reaching his headquarter is to ''throw an artificial sun at them''.

* CardCarryingVillain: Although he was cruel about it, Desslok actually had reasons for his actions in the first season, [[spoiler: finding a new home for his people.]] Zordar is just a sadistic conqueror and thoroughly enjoys it.

* TragicKeepsake: He finds his brother's pistol in the wreck of his ship, crashed on Titan. In the 2012 reboot he He finds Mamoru's gun his brother's pistol in the hulk wreck of ''Yukikaze'' his ship, crashed on Enceladus.Titan.

* DeathByOriginStory: Actually his whole family, but Mamoru Kodai in particular connects him directly with Okita. He isn’t as quick tempered in the remake.

* HotBlooded: Not that it hinders his senses.

* DeathByOriginStory: Actually his whole family, but Mamoru Kodai in particular connects him directly with Okita.

* [[spoiler:SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''Star Blazers'', instead of suicide bombing his flagship, he places a bomb under the Yamato and explains that it will go off after he leaves. The animation depicts this by showing the flagship attachment to the underside in reverse. Lysis (Domel) and Volgar are seen after the big explosion lamenting that the bomb failed to destroy the Argo and he has to return to Gamilon in defeat.]]

* DueltotheDeath: Does it with Kodai and ''Yamato'', twice over the original series. [[spoiler: It ends badly for him the first time when Sanada pulls a last second save by activating a secret weapon to reflect his WaveMotionGun. The second time, he famously pulls a HeelFaceTurn and lets the crew go out of respect and even gives them a hint on how to beat the bigger villain of the series.]]

!Comet Empire
[[folder:Emperor Zowrdar]]

''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199'' has its own [[Characters/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199 Character page]]; please add any {{Canon Foreigner}}s or tropes only applying to ''2199'' there.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:He actually has an extended family, through his younger brother's marriage. It's revealed in ''2202.'']]

* FountainOfExpies: The prototype of most Anime alien leaders and enemy aces, Dessler is created form the images of Roman nobles.

* TookALevelInBadass: Slightly, in Season 3 of the original series. By that time, after liberating Planet Garumman from the Bolar Federation, he gets declared an Emperor and manages to control a sizeable chunk of territory in the galaxy.

-->'''Voiced in ''Star Blazers'' by:''' Kenneth Meseroll (Seasons 1 and 2), John Bellucci (Season 3)

-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kenny Green (2199)

* DueltotheDeath: Does it with Kodai and ''Yamato'', twice over the original series. [[spoiler: It ends badly for him the first time when Sanada pulls a last second save by activating a secret weapon to reflect his WaveMotionGun. The second time, he famously pulls aHeelFaceTurn and lets the crew go out of respect and even gives them a hint on how to beat the bigger villain of the series.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler: He actually has an extended family, through his younger brother's marriage. It's revealed in ''2202.'']]

* DueltotheDeath: Does it with Kodai and ''Yamato'', twice over the original series. [[spoiler: It ends badly for him the first time when Sanada pulls a last second save by activating a secret weapon to reflect his WaveMotionGun. The second time, he famously pulls a FaceHeelTurn and lets the crew go out of respect and even gives them a hint on how to beat the BiggerBad of the series.]]

* BadassGrandpa

* TheCaptain

* DeathSeeker: Becomes this towards the end of Yamato 2202 due to [[spoiler:guilt over having betrayed the ship for a cure for his son's illness. He gets over it - [[Irony moments before getting shot down.]]]]

* StayInTheKitchen: His attitude towards Akira in first five episodes of Anime/SpaceBattleShipYamato2199, which he try to relegate her to logistic positions despite her capability as a pilot. Though this has more to do with his overprotective nature since Akira's brother--Akira--died under his command.

* BadAssPreacher: His 2199's character is a child of a priest, possibly of Shinto faith as they are allowed to be married and pass their duties to next-of-kin with Kato's father wishes to run the shrine after his death. He can be seen chanting mantras, [[TearJerker even for his fallen comrades during the funeral]].