History Characters / SpaceBattleshipYamato2199

* UnexplainedSurvival: [[spoiler:Her Cosmo Tiger I is actually ''shown'' to be blown up in episode 25 of ''2202'', and indeed her name is listed in the following episode as among those killed in action. However, she gets found later on, injured and unconscious, in the Yamato's engine room once it reappears in the Time Fault. WordOfGod later reveals that when her craft exploded, the cockpit’s automatic navigation system brought her back to the ship, presumably still alive but injured, and somehow she wound up in the fractured engine room by the time the Yamato was brought into Teresa’s dimension. Unfortunately, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the sequence that would have shown her return proved to be too complex, so it was deleted]].]]

* SenpaiKohai: She's Sanada's junior from the Academy, and still treats Sanada with more than a little respect, despite his current position as ship XO.

* PeekABangs: Her initial hairstyle before her ImportantHaircut. In ''2202'' she adopts a style that once again has these.

* AlternateCharacterReading: Kodai initially mistakes her name for "Rei", another reading for her given name's kanji.

* NoPronunciationGuide: In-universe -- Kodai's visibly surprised when he hears Akira's first name, since he assumed ([[GenderBlenderName understandably]]) that the kanji was pronounced "Rei". Akira swiftly explains the situation.

* SempaiKouhai: She's Sanada's junior from the Academy, and still treats Sanada with more than a little respect, despite his current position as ship XO.

* TheRedBaron: Was called "the Galman Wolf" in the original series, while here he called "The Hound" instead.

* HotScientist: The Science & Technology officer (Intelligence Division) of the ''Yamato''. Tag-teams with Sanada for {{Technobabble}} and exposition. [[spoiler:Indeed, she tries to use that womanly charm to get Shima to side with the mutineers, but that didn't quite work out as planned.]]

* AscendedExtra: Her most notable canon appearances before the ''Ark of the Stars'' movie are in episodes 20[[labelnote:note]]filling in for [[NumberTwo Sanada]] as he supervises the repairs on the third bridge[[/labelnote]], 22[[labelnote:note]]alongside [[HotScientist Niimi]] in the lab during Captain Okita's pre-warp RousingSpeech[[/labelnote]], and 24[[labelnote:note]]wearing a [[{{Fanservice}} swimsuit]] alongside Makoto and later talking with the third bridge crew[[/labelnote]].

* AwesomeMcCoolname: The Ko in Kotetsu means tiger and Tetsu means iron. Also Kotetsu is the homonym of a Japanese word for ironclads.

* BlueSkinnedSpaceBabe: Actually subject to FantasticRacism for being light blue instead of blue, along with her kinds PsychicPowers.

* BlueSkinnedSpaceBabe: Though, she disguises herself as pink skinned when exploring the Yamato.

* BlueSkinnedSpaceBabe: Of course.

* CuteShotaroBoy: He's drawn noticeably younger-looking than most of the Yamato's male crew.

* {{Meganekko}}: The most visible female example among the cast.

* NoPronunciationGuide: In-universe -- Kodai's visibly surprised when he hears Akira's first name, since he assumed ([[ReiAyanamiExpy understandably]]) that the kanji was pronounced "Rei". Akira swiftly explains the situation.

* UnexplainedSurvival: [[spoiler:Her Cosmo Tiger I is actually ''shown'' to be blown up in episode 25 of ''2202'', and indeed her name is listed in the following episode as among those killed in action. However, she gets found later on, injured and unconscious, in the Yamato's engine room once it reappears in the Time Fault. WordOfGod later reveals that when her cockpit exploded, the cockpit’s automatic navigation system brought her back to the ship, presumably still alive but injured, and somehow she wound up in the fractured engine room by the time the Yamato was brought into Teresa’s dimension. Unfortunately, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the sequence that would have shown her return proved to be too complex, so it was deleted]].]]

%%* PunchClockVillain

%%* TraumaCongaLine
* VillainousValor: Sings the Gamilas anthem nervously which then cheer the entire army up.

%%* MoralityChain: For Shulz and possibly for Celestela.

%%* BodySurf

%%* MythologyGag: To Sasha in the semi-official ''Star Blazers'' webcomic ''Rebirth''.

* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler: When his ship was destroyed during Yamato's attack on Gamilas in ep. 23, he just calmly wondered, [[ASpotOfTea teacup in hand]]: "So, that's what death is?"]]

* {{Megane}}: One of several among the male crew.

* CunningLinguist: Is shown working on a translation program that would help Terrans, Gamilons, and Jirellians to communicate. In fact she's so fluent in the latter, despite it being a ''nearly-extinct language'', that she can understand it by ear, and read its rune-like alphabet via touch.

* BadassMoustache: The owner of an impressive one, at that. In a bit of a subversion however, Deitz is actually a ''moderate'' rather than a warmonger.