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** [[SelfDemonstrating/PrinceHeinel Prince Heinel (Self-Demonstrating)]]

** [[Characters/VoltesVBeastKnights Beast Knights]]

** [[Characters/VoltesVBoazanianBeastKnights Boazanian Beast Knights]]

*** [[SelfDemonstrating/PrinceHeinel Prince Heinel (Self-Demonstrating)]]

** [[SelfDemonstrating/PrinceHeinel Prince Heinel (Self-Demonstrating)]]

This is a page about the characters appearing in the {{Anime}} ''Anime/VoltesV''. Due to the length, they have been broken into sub-pages. Just as a warning, they probably contains spoilers.

* [[Characters/VoltesVBigFalconAndAssociates Human Characters]]

** [[Characters/VoltesVPrinceHeinel Prince Heinel]]

See [[Characters/VoltesVLegacy here]] for the character sheet of ''Series/VoltesVLegacy''.

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'''[[Characters/VoltesV Main]]''' | [[Characters/VoltesVTheBoazanianEmpire The Boazanian Empire]] ([[Characters/VoltesVPrinceHeinel Prince Heinel]])]]]] -]

This is a page about the characters appearing in the {{Anime}} ''Anime/VoltesV''. Just as a warning, this page probably contains spoilers.

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!Big Falcon Island
[[folder: Big Falcon]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: [[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/big_falcon_true_form_from_voltes_v.png[[/labelnote]] to see [[spoiler: Big Falcon's docked form]]]]
The base of the heroes, designed by Kentaro Go himself. It is home to the team, Professor Hamaguchi, [[spoiler:Professor Sakonji]] and various personnel that aid the team and the titular robot itself ranging from doctors to technicians. It is situated on Big Falcon Island, a remote island that, as the name implies, is shaped like a falcon.

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* [[spoiler: CoolSpaceship: Episode 38 reveals that Big Falcon is secretly a spaceship, and that Kentaro designed it to dock with Solar Bird]].
* DubNameChange: In the Philippine-English dub, for whatever reason, the name of '''Big Falcon''' was changed to '''Camp Big Falcon'''.
* HeroAcademy: Prior to the start of the series, Big Falcon trained the Voltes team to become skilled [[AcePilot Ace Pilots]] for Voltes V.
* HomeBase: Big Falcon houses the Voltes Team's Volt Machines, their training grounds, their own personal quarters and rooms and [[spoiler: is also secretly a spaceship]].
* IslandBase: Big Falcon is situated on a bird-shaped island.
* MissionControl: Big Falcon is made up of personnel that alert the Voltes Team of updates about their mecha during battle, provide intel about enemy Beast Fighters, and guide them during battle. They also locate their machines when they're missing and provide repairs. Other Big Falcon workers include doctors and nurses, welders, and soldiers with rifles.
* TheProfessor: Kentaro, Mitsuyo, Hamaguchi and Sakonji. [[spoiler: Kentaro is more than a scientist, while he went by "Gohl", he was elected Boazania's Minister of Science and Technology]].
* RedShirtArmy: Unfortunately, shooting is not the area of expertise of Big Falcon's workers. [[spoiler: Episode 34 awesomely subverts with Nakamura and his SuspiciouslySmallArmy, though.]]
[[/folder]]
!!'''The Voltes Team'''
[[folder:General]]
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[[caption-width-right:742: The Voltes Team]]
* BadassCrew: Each member of the Voltes Team excels in a specific niche: Kenichi has won multiple shooting competitions, Hiyoshi is a skilled inventor, Daijiro knows several martial arts, Ippei is a famous rodeo star and Megumi is a skilled ninja who practices Koga-ryu.
* BadassFamily: Kentaro is a genius scientist and [[spoiler: [[AlienAmongUs leader of a slave rebellion in another planet]] ]], Mitsuyo is a technicians expert and ace jet pilot, Kenichi is skilled at shooting and bikeriding, Hiyoshi can wield a knife and take on sharks and Daijirou was trained in several martial arts while during his stay in a different country. [[spoiler: Oh, and the [[EvilColonialist Boazanian]] [[AcePilot Beast Fighter-commanding]] MasterSwordsman EvilPrince who wants to conquer the Earth? He's actually Kentaro's [[AbusiveOffspring long-lost son]] from his first marriage with [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth Lozaria]].]]
** General Oka is a practitioner of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dga-ry%C5%AB Kōga-ryū]] ninja style, but currently works as in the Earth Defense Force to help stave off the AlienInvasion. His daughter, Megumi, is a {{Ninja}} YamatoNadeshiko set to inherit the aforementioned art, and is also the pilot of one the vehicles that form Voltes V. She's also a case of BadassAdorable and CoolBigSis to Hiyoshi.
** Ippei Mine is a [[AmericansAreCowboys Japanese-American]] {{Cowboy}}[[note]]Him and [[AnimalCompanion his horse, Eiffel]], even provides the page image for AmericansAreCowboys![[/note]] who uses whips and pistols. He forms the "arms" part of Voltes V and is TheLancer to Kenichi's [[TheLeader Leader]]. Being badass runs in his blood - [[spoiler: when he was a young boy, one night, his homeless family were surrounded by wild wolves and about to be mauled. Luckily, Ippei's mother had a gun and used the gunpowder to cause an explosion to KillThemAll, saving her son and husband, at the cost of her own life]].
* ColourCodedCharacters: Kenichi's theme is red, Hiyoshi's is light green, Daijirou's is dark green, Ippei's is dark blue and Megumi's is yellow.
* [[spoiler: DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Mitsuyo, Kentaro[[note]][[AliveAllAlong not.]][[/note]] Ippei's parents, Commander Oka...by the end of the series, the only parents of the Voltes Team that remain alive are Kentaro and Megumi's mother, though the latter is never seen and only mentioned]].
* [[spoiler: DefendsAgainstTheirOwnKind: Unknowingly. The Go brothers are half-Boazanian, but don't know this until episode 28]].
* FiveManBand: Kenichi is TheLeader, Hiyoshi is TheSmartGuy, Daijirou is TheBigGuy, Ippei is TheLancer, Megumi is TheHeart.
* PunnyName: Gō means "strong", "powerful", or "sturdy". Every member of the Gō family is strong and powerful in a different field, and at least two of them are martial artists.
* SiblingTeam: Kenichi, Daijiro and Hiyoshi.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is the Go brothers last name [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C5%8D_(given_name) Go, Gō, Gou or Goh]]?[[note]]Gō is the traditional and most common spelling[[/note]]
* TheFellowshipHasEnded: Averted. In the series finale, [[spoiler: after Voltes V invades Boazania, ends the FantasticCasteSystem and allows for Gohl to re-take the throne]], Kenichi, Ippei, Megumi, Daijiro and Hiyoshi vow to stay as Voltes V pilots and to always protect the Earth together no matter what.
* TrainingFromHell:
** The Spin Fly Formation. It involved surviving centrifugal forces that tortured the Voltes Team.
** The beginning had the Voltes Team undergo this in their preparation of piloting Voltes V and the Boazan Army arrive, for one whole year. Worth noting that Hiyoshi, [[TheSmartGuy the smart kid]] of the team, is sent to fight off [[ThreateningShark a living shark]] with nothing but a knife.
* TrueCompanions: Outside of piloting Voltes V, they five often hang out together and enjoy each other's company. In the series finale, they strive to protect the Earth together.
* NomDeMom: Kentaro took Mitsuyo's name upon marriage, [[spoiler: though after he re-takes the Boazanian throne, he sheds his alias and goes by Gohl again]]. Kenichi, Daijirou and Hiyoshi go by her surname instead of his as well.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: When Ippei announces he is leaving, Kenichi and Megumi try to bring him back and reason with him
* UglyHeroGoodLookingVillain: Downplayed and subverted. Kenichi is far from "ugly", but his features are rather plain. However, his wide eyes and sideburns provide their own level of handsomeness. In contrast, Daijirou and Hiyoshi's features are garden variety[[note]]''Literally''. They're both expies of characters from Nagahama's [[Anime/CombattlerV previous work]][[/note]], Megumi is a YamatoNadeshiko and Ippei is a LongHairedPrettyBoy {{Cowboy}}. However, Heinel and Katherine are both cases of FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon that dress in PeltsOfTheBarbarian and FairytaleWeddingDress respectively, while Zuhl, Jangal and Gurul are [[{{Gonk}} Gonks]]. Belgan has CreepyShadowedUndereyes and Zambajil dresses so lavishly it looks ridiculous.
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[[folder:Kenichi Gou]]
!!'''Kenichi Gou (剛健一 , Gō Kenichi)'''
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yukinaga Shiraishi (Japanese) [[labelnote:Other Languages]] Tony Nierras/Earl Palma (Philippine-English), John Armstrong (American-English), Unknown (Cuban Spanish), Cleonir dos Santos (Brazilian Portuguese), Pep Sais (Catalan), Valeriano Leo (Italian), Yannis Kalatzopoulos/Zacharias Rochas (Greek)[[/labelnote]]

The team leader of Voltes Team and piloting the Volt Cruiser, forming the robot's head, and the eldest child of the Gō family. As a child, Kenichi used to be an adventurous child, but after the departure of his father, he changed his attitude into that of a responsible big brother for his siblings. He grows up into a Motocross champion while being an excellent marksman, but heeding his father's last words, he knows his destiny is to lead his siblings and teammates to protect Earth from the invasion of Boazanians.

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* TheAce: Good at shooting, riding motorcycles, riding mecha...
* AllLovingHero: Kenichi expresses kindness and empathy to both humans and Boazanians after learning that [[spoiler: he is half-Boazanian, as are Hiyoshi and Daijiro. He doesn't let Nakamura's FantasticRacism faze him and also shows kindness to him, which touches his heart and leads him to save Kenichi from a potentially fatal shot]].
* AloofBigBrother: In a way. Since he's promoted as TeamDad, Kenichi can be rather uptight and aloof in treating and disciplining his family members, trying to put an emphasis that they have to set aside personal feelings for the sake of defending Earth from Boazan invasion, though sometimes he knows when to relax and joke around.
* BerserkerTears: After watching his own mother give her life to save the Voltes Team, he relentlessly attacks the Beast Fighter through tears.
* BringIt: In episode 4, despite being outright ''battered'' from Daijirou's training, he insists on Daijirpu shooting him so he can learn the butterfly technique...and he does!
* CelibateHero: Kenichi has no love interest, unlike the other protagonists of the Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy.[[note]]There was, however, a planned episode where Kenichi would fall in love with a hornless Boazanian woman named Marlene Rii[[/note]]
* CharacterDevelopment: In the earlier episodes, Kenichi was rather trigger-happy. In episode 6, when Ippei left Big Falcon on Eiffel, Kenichi chased after him with a gun. In episode 7, he gets frustrated at Hiyoshi being stuck underwater and blames Tako, before taking out his gun again and threatening to shoot Tako. As Hiyoshi begs him not to, Kenichi suggets Hiyoshi shoot Tako himself. However, in later episodes, Kenichi adopted a policy of ThouShallNotKill (unless it is in self-defense) and his empathy warms many of his adversaries, including Giligan and Jangal.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Kenichi's drive for heroism is so intense that him and his teammates have to be ''physically restrained by being bound to their beds'' for their own safety. In response to this, Kenichi declares it is better to die in battle than to die restrained.
* DubPersonalityChange: [[spoiler: The Philippine-English dub changed his lines in episode 28 to make him more vengeful after learning the truth about his father]].
--> [[spoiler: '''Original Japanese''': ''"I never knew it before, but after listening to father's path of life, I realize there's Boazanian blood flowing in our veins!"'']]
--> [[spoiler: '''Philippine-English''': ''"General Watson, your sacrifice will not be in vain! Thank you. Father has severe and tragic past, we will avenge your death".'']]
* DubNameChange:
** The American-English, Philippine-English, Brazilian Portuguese and Catalan dubs change his name to '''Steve Armstrong'''.
** In the Italian dub, his name was changed to '''Michel Go'''.
** In the Greek dub, Kenichi was known as '''Michelle'''.
** In the Cuban Spanish dub, his name was changed to '''Esteban'''.
* GenderBlenderName: Dub-specific example. The Greek dub renamed Kenichi to Michell, a name more common amongst women.
* GoodIsDumb: In Episode 31, Kenichi is sent a letter stating that if he wants to see his father, he must meet the sender, "Jane", at the church in the next morning alone. Instead of sending it to Professor Sakonji for verification, or keeping in mind the numerous times the Boazanians tried to pull similar tricks on him, Kenichi doesn't question it and meets the sender at the church the next morning, as instructed. The church turns out to be secretly full of explosives and traps, but he manages to escape them, all while rescuing "Jane". And the cherry on top is that "Jane" is obviously Katherine wearing a white sheet over her signature long horns, but it takes the explosion of the bomb blowing the sheet off for him to realize this.
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:He's half-Boazanian (from father) and half-human (from mother). But he never lets that get in the way of doing what's right.]]
* [[spoiler: HumanAlienDiscovery: In episode 28, Kenichi, Daijirou and Hiyoshi are shocked to learn that their father used to be Boazanian noble Prince Gohl until he was MadeASlave, which means they're half-Boazanian. Kenichi is shocked at first, but doesn't let this bring his morale down]].
* HotBlooded: And how. A good example is the scene where he and his brothers finally learn about their father's DarkAndTroubledPast: Kenichi swears loudly to defeat the enemy, while shedding plenty of ManlyTears.
* HotBloodedSideburns: Since this is a '70s anime, and Kenichi is the protagonist, obviously. He sports the most prominent ones out of all the heroes of the Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Kenichi is very adamant on a no-killing policy on living beings, especially one that is driven by {{Revenge}}, because he doesn't want his team to look as bad as the (mostly) evil invaders and it will set a good example of the good guys. For the majority of the part, the team understands him.
* LeaderFormsTheHead: Kenichi's vehicle is the Volt Cruiser, which forms the head part of Voltes V. In the transformation sequence, Kenichi has his own scene where he is shifted to the top before Voltes V strikes an AssKickingPose.
* NiceGuy: In spite of what he's been through, Kenichi holds no hatred in his heart for anyone, not even the Boazanians, and is genuinely a pleasant and empathetic person.
* PromotionToParent ''and'' TeamDad: Ever since Professor Gou disappeared, he's done his best to be the "man" of the house.
* RedIsHeroic: Pretty standard for a 70's superhero show. Then again, Kenichi takes after [[Anime/CombattlerV his predecessor Hyouma]] in this department.
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[[folder:Ippei Mine]]
!!'''Ippei Mine (峰一平 , Mine Ippei)'''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuyukiSogabe (Japanese) [[labelnote:Other Languages]] Tony Nierras/Earl Palma (Philippine-English), Cliff Harrington (American-English), Frank Gonzalez (Cuban Spanish), Júlio Chaves (Brazilian Portuguese), Victor Pi (Catalan), Allegrini Carlo/Pannofino Francesco/Ioannucci Marco (Italian), Ilias Plakidis (Greek)[[/labelnote]]

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The second-in-command of the Voltes Team, piloting the Arms section of the robot, the Volt Bomber. A Japanese orphan that grew up alone in America due to his mother dying to protect him from a pack of wolves, and then his father shortly followed. Even so, Ippei managed to make a career of a rodeo champion thanks to the companionship of his beloved horse Eiffel. Until one day he's suddenly plucked out from his life as a rodeo champion by the Big Falcon to serve as one of the defenders of humanity by being a part of the Voltes team. Ippei is a bit bitter and cynical at this sudden change of life, causing him to bicker a lot with the team leader Kenichi, but nonetheless he still gives his all to defend humanity and grows to respect his new friends.

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* AllThereInTheManual: According to the Roman Robo Anime Climax Selection, Hamaguchi is Ippei's maternal grandfather.
* AmazonChaser: A variant. Ippei remarks in episode 32 that he admires Megumi because even though she's been through a lot, he's never seen her cry. [[spoiler: When he follows her on Eiffel and finds out that Megumi really was crying, he instantly feels protective of her and swears to make the Boazanians pay.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Megumi''': ''They picked you[[note]]Mitsuyo Go, Prof. Hamaguchi, General Oka[[/note]] off, one by one...why father, why?'']]
--> [[spoiler: '''Ippei, silently''': ''Bear it, Megumi. We'll get back at them for this. We'll avenge your father, I swear!'']]
* AmericansAreCowboys: Ippei is Japanese-American (specifically, he lived in California) and is a skilled rodeo champion, winning many awards.
* BigBrotherInstinct: While he isn't Kenichi's big brother, after the two become friends, Ippei becomes protective of him and views him as a little sibling. He flies into a rage when [[spoiler: Nakamura claims that Kenichi is a traitor because of his Boazanian blood and punches him, shocking Kenichi]].
* ABoyAndHisX: A boy and his [[AnimalCompanion horse]], Eiffel.
* CharacterDevelopment: Being an IneffectualLoner means that at first, he tends to insult the others for being too sentimental towards their parents when his were already dead. By the tail end of the series, after much interacting with the team (and getting a fistful on the face by Kenichi quite a bit), he happily defends the team for their beloved departed parents.
* {{Cowboy}}: Ippei is of the rodeo star variety.
* DeadpanSnarker: Ippei's EstablishingCharacterMoment is of him critisizing Hamaguchi and asking why he's forcing them to train relentessly, and when [[spoiler: Zuhl comes to them for aid, begging them to get rid of Prince Heinel, he dismisses Zuhl's stories of Heinel's brutality by mocking him]].
* DubNameChange:
** The Philippine-English and American-English dubs change his name to '''Mark Gordon'''.
** In the Italian dub, his name was changed to '''Gepi Mine'''.
** In the Greek dub, his name was changed to '''Geppy'''.
** In the Cuban Spanish dub, his name was changed to '''Mark'''.
** In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, his name was changed to '''Marky'''.
* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: To Prince Heinel. Both are rivals to Kenichi, both initially despised their parents until the truth was revealed, and both are skilled equestrians.]]
* TheGadfly: Many such cases. In the earlier episodes, Ippei took his duties less seriously than the rest and would be called out by Kenichi, to which he would pull the JustJokingJustification. Even as he grew more respectful post-CharacterDevelopment, when an opportunity arises he can't help himself, such as bringing a crab to Megumi because he knows she's scared of them, or having Eiffel nudge her to get her to admit the identity of the "boy" she was seeing.
* HairTriggerTemper: Another way he's a {{Foil}} to Heinel. [[spoiler: Ippei is quick to turn violent when enraged, calling Zuhl a "bastard" and attempting to beat him with his own staff once it's found out that be brought a bomb to Big Falcon, and also punching Nakamura for his FantasticRacism against the Go brother's half-Boazanian heritage]].
* HormoneAddledTeenager: Downplayed. Ippei flirted with Megumi but it never went sexual, at worst he slapped his shirtless chest while he was training with his whip and joked that she was "welcome to watch".
* KnowsTheRopes: He occasionally carries his whip from his rodeo times and sometimes uses it for things outside riding.
* TheLancer: One of the archetypical examples of the trope, Ippei is the second-in-command of the team and engages in a lot of arguments with Kenichi, which tends to end in both punching out each other to sort their problems (it's even in the opening).
* IneffectualLoner: Ippei has dead parents, not to mention that he's the only unrelated guy in the Voltes team (Kenichi has his brothers, Megumi is the daughter of their BigGood), not to mention he's literally plucked out of his rodeo life to serve at Big Falcon. A constant theme in his CharacterDevelopment is him learning how to deal with his issues.
* MoralityPet: A literal example in the form of Eiffel. He initially abandons the team, but realizes that Eiffel won't be safe if he doesn't fight the Boazanians. Ippei's choice to stay in the team is further cemented as he grows [[Heartwarming/VoltesV genuine friendships with them]].
* PressGanged: This happens to Ippei when Professor Hamaguchi ordered the soldiers of Camp Big Falcon to seize him in the middle of his public rodeo champion tour, forcibly separating Ippei from his horse Eiffel and making the young man to become a member of Voltes Team and the pilot of Volt Bomber. Hamaguchi eventually had Ippei's horse transferred to Camp Big Falcon, though it almost ended in tragedy when a Beast Fighter attack put Eiffel at risk.
* ShipTease: Occasionally has quite the interaction with Megumi, being the only team members not blood-related with the Gou family, but it never went far.
** In episode 3, he tells Megumi she is welcome to see him shirtless.
** [[spoiler: In episode 32, Ippei catches Megumi picking flowers and asks if they're for a boy. Megumi hides who they really are for, but Ippei is curious, and unbeknownst to her, he follows her on Eiffel to see who she gives them to. When Megumi places them on her deceased father's grave and starts crying, Ippei is saddened and feels protective of her, vowing to get revenge on the Boazanians for killing General Oka. Seeing Megumi upset motivates him to try and kill Jangal as revenge, but [[ThouShaltNotKill this puts him at odds with Kenichi]], and the two have a fight. However Ippei later realizes that he was letting his vengeance blind him.]]
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Taken to the extreme after Mitsuyo dies, when he snarks at Kenichi for "missing his mommy" - mind you, Kenichi witnessed her '''die'''. His belligerent attitude results in the Kenichi fistfighting him until Megumi breaks up the fight and informs the team of Ippei's own backstory, which causes him to run away, ashamed. However, as the series progresses, Ippei becomes more respectful while retaining his snark.
* [[spoiler: YouKilledMyFather: Not ''his'' father, but Megumi's. Seeing his love interest cry fills him with rage and when Jangal is in his clutches, he attempts to kill him as revenge, in spite of Kenichi's protests]].
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[[folder:Daijirou Gou]]
!!'''Daijirou Gou (剛大次郎 , Gō Daijirō)'''
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TesshoGenda (Japanese) [[labelnote:Other Languages]] Noel Mallonga/Bob Borjal (Philippine-English), Unknown (American-English), Unknown (Cuban Spanish), Ionei Silva (Brazilian Portuguese), Joaquim Sota (Catalan), Pescucci Gastone/Cosolo Carlo (Italian), George Mazis/Yannis Zografos (Greek)[[/labelnote]]

Defense tactician of the Voltes Team, piloting the Volt Panzer that forms the robot's body chest. Despite his big stature, Daijirou is actually the second son of the Gō family. Formerly a playful boy, the disappearance of his father changed him, and afterwards, he was sent to a country to learn many forms of martial arts. When he returned, he's already mastered many fighting styles with his favorite weapon being the naginata. Like his brothers, he further trained himself to eventually engage in the battle for humanity against the Boazanians.

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* {{Acrofatic}}: Daijirou may be on the tubby side, but he knows several martial arts.
* TheBigGuy: He's a BigLittleBrother, the close combat expert, and his machine forms the biggest bulk of Voltes' body.
* BigLittleBrother: By looks alone, you'd swear he's the eldest brother.
* DubNameChange:
** In the Philippine-English and American-English dubs, his name was changed to '''"Big Bert" Robert Armstrong'''.
** In the Italian and Greek dubs, his name was changed to '''Ivan'''.
** In the Cuban Spanish dub, his name was changed to '''Bert'''.
** In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, his name was changed to '''Bert Armstrong'''.
** In the Catalan dub, his name was changed to '''Albert Armstrong'''.
* FormerTeenRebel: Replace "teen" with "child" and, well...
* GeniusBruiser: A pretty good martial artist and a decent strategist.
* GentleGiant: Daijirou has a soft spot for animals, and takes a liking to a stray puppy.
* HeroesLoveDogs: At one point, he adopts a stray Japanese spitz puppy. [[spoiler: The puppy repays his kindness by helping the Voltes team in batle]].
* MartialArtsStaff: While naginata was his favorite weapon, if he has to pick up a nearby weapon, he'd pick a long stick-like figure to show that he's very good in bojutsu as well.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it '''Daijiro''' or '''Daijirou'''?
* WhenYouComingHomeDad?: Out of all the Gou brothers, Daijirou is the most desperate to see his father again, [[spoiler: abandoning a mission to rescue him from Zuhl's forces. When this fails and he's forced to abandon his father again, Daijiro sheds BerserkerTears and lashes out at Kenichi.]]
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[[folder:Hiyoshi Gou]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NorikoOhara (Japanese) [[labelnote:Other Languages]] Celina S. Cristobal/Dada Carlos (Philippine-English), Unknown (American-English), Unknown (Cuban Spanish), Unknown (Brazilian Portuguese), Ana Pallejà (Catalan), Andreini Gabriella/Cadueri Monica (Italian), Matina Karras/Katerina Petousi (Greek)[[/labelnote]]
!!'''Hiyoshi Gou (剛光代 , Gō Hiyoshi)'''
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The young genius and mechanic of the Voltes Team, piloting Volt Frigate which formed the legs of Voltes V. The youngest of the Gō siblings. For his brothers, he'd always be the child who never felt the warmth and love of a real father. Despite his hurdles, however, he's gifted with a brilliant mind, keen eyes for gadgetries, which landed him the role of a technical handyman and repairman when he's not piloting. He still knows his role for humanity and prepares his body and mind for the day to fight the Boazanians.

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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: When Hiyoshi shows his [[RobotBuddy invention]] to Kenichi, Kenichi isn't interested and tells him he should be focusing on fighting battles rather than inventing things. Kenichi also reacted similarly to Hiyoshi wanting to attend a boat racing competition. [[CoolBigSis Megumi]] calls out Kenichi for being callous to his feelings. Even though she's not related to him by blood, in future episodes Hiyoshi would refer to Megumi as "Megumi-neesan".
* BadassBookworm: Incredibly bright and good enough to join his brothers and friends in piloting Voltes V. Also his 'training' in Episode 1 for a 'bookworm'? Fighting a ThreateningShark with a knife...
* ChildProdigy: He is the youngest of the Voltes Team and a skilled GadgeteerGenius. He repairs his Volt Frigate when it's damaged from a Beast Fighter's attack, and is also the inventor of Tako. He likely inherited his smarts from Mitsuyo and Kentaro.
* DubNameChange:
** The Philippine-English and American-English dubs change his name to '''"Little" John Armstrong'''.
** In the Italian dub, his name was changed to '''Carl'''.
** In the Greek dub, his name was changed to '''Carlo'''.
** In the Cuban Spanish dub, his name was changed to '''Juanito'''.
** In the Catalan dub, his name was changed to '''Johnny Armstrong'''.
* KidHero: Hiyoshi is canonically 10.
* HiddenDepths: Apart from tinkering, Hiyoshi has an interest in ships and the ocean. He built his own miniature ship named Mikasa.
* RobotBuddy: Has one, named Tako.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: Sort of. Hiyoshi is the youngest memmber of the Voltes team, so of course he'd be the shortest.
* TheSmartGuy: Like his parents, Hiyoshi is a robotic scientist.
* TeenGenius: As said above, his speciality is building robots and anything mechanic while being barely in his early teens. This results the creation of the team's RobotBuddy, Takko.
* YouthfulFreckles: He has a freckled face, is the youngest of the group and seems to be seen as the most innocent of the Voltes Team.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Megumi Oka]]
!!'''Megumi Oka (岡めぐみ , Ōka Megumi)'''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MiyukiUeda (Japanese) [[labelnote:Other Languages]] Christine Bonnevie (Philippine-English), Gerri Sorrells (American-English), Unknown (Cuban Spanish), Miriam Fischer (Brazilian Portuguese), Nuria Doménech (Catalan), Sestito Margherita (Italian), Matina Karras/Katerina Petousi (Greek)[[/labelnote]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Megumi-Oka_9776.jpg]]

Heir to the Koga-Ryu ninja style and daughter of General Oka of the Earth Defense Force, as well as the pilot of Volt Lander, forming the feet of Voltes V. Megumi has trained in the arts of ninjutsu since childhood and set to inherit her ninjutsu dojo. She's also learned gentleness from her mother, which tends to translate to trying to mediate for the team, especially when Kenichi is being too hard-ass for his own good and either overly scolds Hiyoshi or gets into an argument with Ippei. Since her father is a commander of the Earth Defense Force and co-designed Voltes V itself, Megumi is also trained to take her place amongst the Voltes Team and to fight against the Boazanians and protect mankind.

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* ActionGirl: Being a HeirToTheDojo and the daughter of a military man has its benefits, and this makes her the go-to person to go on foot solo and then kick ass before going back to her pilot.
* CoolBigSis: Hiyoshi sees her as one.
* BadassAdorable: Megumi can singlehandedly bring multiple mooks to the ground through Koga-Ryu, and does it so with a pretty smile and cute bow.
* BrokenTears: [[spoiler: Watching Daiand destroy the jet her father pilots after he gave her its only jetpack leaves her in tears]].
* DubPersonalityChange: [[spoiler: The Philippine-English dub made Megumi swear for vengeance after Daiand killed her father]].
--> [[spoiler: '''Original Japanese''': ''"Father, please watch me, I will surely beat that armored beast fighter Daiand with my own hands!"'']]
--> [[spoiler: '''Philippine-English''': ''"Father, I vow to avenge your death, I'll destroy that robot!"'']]
* DubNameChange:
** In the Philippine-English, American-English and Catalan dubs, her name was changed to '''Jamie Robinson'''.
** In the Italian dub, her name was changed to '''Sonya Okanin'''.
** In the Greek dub, her name was changed to '''Sonia'''.
** In the Cuban Spanish dub, her name was changed to '''Yami'''.
* MissFanservice: There are a handful of scenes where Megumi's skirt unintentionally sways so that her panties are visible. [[InnocentFanserviceGirl She's oblivious to it]].[[note]]For curious minds, episodes 3, 9, 31, 32 have this trope in full effect[[/note]]
* TheNotLoveInterest: Unlike her predecessor [[Anime/CombattlerV Chizuru]] and successor [[Anime/{{Daimos}} Erika]], Megumi in the end doesn't end up with anyone, not even Kenichi.
* TeamMom: Among the few able to tell Kenichi and Ippei to quit fighting.
* TomboyishPonytail: PlayedWith. She's an ActionGirl that ties her hair in a ponytail, but she's also a bonafide YamatoNadeshiko... but insinuating that she should do some ''ridiculously'' girly stuffs like 'playing with dolls' pisses her off.
* ShipTease: She does get several teases with Ippei because she's not part of the Gou bloodline, but then again, she's TheNotLoveInterest.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Downplayed. As the heir of Koga-Ryu ninja style, she wants to make her father proud and worthy to succeed the house in case of retirement. Her father was strict but overall still loving and approving but to Megumi's sadness, [[spoiler:she never did beat, surpass and make him proud the way she intended (he is proud of her on his own) when he actually died.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Downplayed. Crabs terrify her, but only when it's a small, actual crab. If it's a GiantEnemyCrab like one of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Beast Fighter of the week]], she has no problems.
* YamatoNadeshiko: She had the looks, the calm and gentle but not weak behavior, and the ability to wear kimonos and serve tea in the traditional Japanese manner.
[[/folder]]

!!'''Voltes V'''
[[folder: Voltes V]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/voltes_v_robot.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350: Voltes V]]
->''"Your father loved the earth, and everything about it. That's why he created Voltes V, to protect it."''
-->-- '''Professor Hamaguchi'''

The titular robot of the series who is created as Earth's last line of defense against the Boazanian invasion and piloted by the Voltes Team.

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* ArmCannon: Voltes V can turn its arm into one, dubbed "Voltes Bazooka".
* BattleTops: '''SUPER ELECTROMAGNETIC TOPS!'''
* {{BFG}}: '''VOLTES BAZOOKA!'''
* {{BFS}}: '''TEN-KUU KEN!!'''
* CallingYourAttacks: The Voltes Team often call out their attacks.
* ChestBlaster: '''ULTRA ELECTROMAGNETIC BEAM!'''
* CombiningMecha:
** [[LeaderFormsTheHead Its head is formed by the Volt Cruiser.]]
** Its arms are formed by the Volt Bomber.
** Its chest is formed by the Volt Panzer.
** Its legs are formed by the Volt Frigate.
** Its feet are formed by the Volt Lander.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: One of Voltes V's attacks (activated by Ippei) is called "Bomber Bombs".
* DubNameChange: The Philippine-English dub changed the names of some of it's attacks.
--> '''Original Japanese: [[GatlingGood GATLING MISSILES!]]'''
--> '''Philippine-English: [[FingerFirearms FINGER MISSILES!]]'''
* GratuitousEnglish: While it is a Japanese creation, the phrases needed to activate it are in English. Some of the attacks said to activate it are also in English.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Finger Gatling Missiles, Voltes Bazooka and Chain Knuckles are too big to have all been stored in Voltes V's arms.
* FlyingBrick: Emphasized in the GrandFinale when Voltes V knocks over several buildings and devastates onlookers.
* HumongousMecha: It ''is'' made out of five flying multipurpose vehicles, after all.
* LightningLash: Voltes V can use its belt as a whip. The same belts are also used for the Superelectromagnetic Tops.
* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: Donwplayed, as only a few of Voltes V's weapons are kinetic in nature, including the lightning ball and the super electromagnetic beam
* PrimaryColorChampion: Voltes V's colour scheme consists largely of blue, amongst red and white, with hints of yellow, and was invented to defend the earth. [[spoiler: As pointed out by Super Robot Blueprint, Gohl based the design of Voltes V on [[https://youtu.be/r6MOz2M_Gvs?t=2465 the uniforms of his first wife's personal guards - the same ones Heinel inherited]].]]
* OnlyTheChosenMayPilot: Each member of the Voltes Team had to go through rigourous training to pilot Voltes V in their respective field - guns/motorcross for Kenichi, swimming for Hiyoshi, martial arts for Daijiro, Koga-ryu Ninjutsu for Megumi and rodeo for Ippei.
* RocketPunch: '''CHAIN KNUCKLES!'''
* SignatureMove: Courtesy of the sword, Voltes V performs the V-Cut nearly every episode.
* StealthyColossus: Voltes V takes on Daiand this way. The Volt machines form behind a cloud, setting it up for a nasty shock once it sees the fully formed robot.
* TelescopingRobot: Voltes V includes a vast artillery of weapons, including cement projectiles.
* TransformationNameAnnouncement: '''VOOLTEEEESSSS FIIIVEEE!!!!!'''. Followed by extending arms to form a "V" and an AssKickingPose.
* UtilityBelt: The "belt" on Voltes V can detach to two whips.

[[/folder]]

!!'''Big Falcon'''
[[folder:Professor Kentaro Gou]]
!!'''Prof. Kentarou Gou/[[spoiler:Prince La Gour]][[note]][[SpellMyNameWithAnS Or La Gohl, La Gour or La Gaul]].[[/note]]'''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Hideo Nihei, Creator/YuuMizushima (Young) (Japanese) [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Tony Nierras (Philippine-English), Don Johnson (American-English), Gerardo Riveron (Cuban Spanish), Newton da Matta (Brazilian Portuguese), Juan Carlos Gustems (Catalan), Valeriano Leo/Santi Giulano/Cosolo Carlo (Young) (Italian), George Mazis (Greek)[[/labelnote]]
[[quoteright:450:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gohl_from_voltes_v.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/la_gohl_from_voltes_v.png[[/labelnote]] to see his past identity '''(SPOILER)''' ]]

The father of the Gou brothers. He went missing after warning about the invasion of Boazanians. [[spoiler: But as the series goes on, his true identity unravels to the surprise of many: He's actually Prince [=LaGour=] of the Boazan, but born hornless, considered an abnormality for his people. Despite so, he's still the WisePrince of his people, wearing fake horns until that fact was exposed by his jealous and ambitious cousin Zu Zambajil. For that, he's branded a traitor and had to escape to Earth, with the knowledge that Zu Zambajil will set his sights to Earth. Additionally, he had a wife in Boazan that died in childbirth, and the son he had would be known as Prince Heinel.]]

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* [[spoiler: AbusiveParents: His father, Oral, wanted to murder him when he was born for the crime of having no horns. When he asked his mother if he was meant to be a slave and took off his horns, Oral punched him and threatened him into silence. Gohl himself averts this trope wirh Kenichi, Daijirou and Hiyoshi]]
* [[spoiler: AbusiveOffspring: Prince Heinel is his son, but neither of them know this until the series finale. Sadly, Heinel grew up with the same cruel mentality Gohl's father did towards hornless Boazanians]].
* ActionDad: Apart from creating Voltes V, Kentaro is also [[spoiler: the leader of several Boazanian slave rebellions and manufactured weapons for them. He is willing to die in conflict if it means he can emancipate the slaves. His sons follow in his footsteps]].
* [[spoiler: AlienAmongUs: He is secretly a hornless Boazanian; something his own ''children'' didn't know of until after the AlienInvasion occured]].
* [[spoiler: AliveAllAlong: Mitsuyo thought he was dead because he never returned after going back to Boazania, but he was actually imprisoned]].
* AnimalMotifs: Birds. He founded Big ''Falcon'' and [[spoiler: his symbol in TheResistance is of twin doves - the very same doves on the dagger he gave to his wife Lozaria, that she gave to her son, Heinel]]
* [[spoiler: CallingTheOldManOut: In his flashback growing up, he expresses his disgust at the treatment of hornless Boazanians to his mother]].
-->[[spoiler: ''Gohl: Why is it so? Why are the hornless ones treated with such cruelty?'']]
* [[spoiler: CartwrightCurse. Every woman he falls in love with is doomed to death, be it through the war or other cirumstances. And to rub salt in the would, in the series finale, he finds his long-lost firstborn son...only to lose him too]].
* [[spoiler: BeautyIsGood: Prince Gohl is a handsome {{Bishounen}} with dark, messy purple hair and a heart of gold. He also wears elegant clothes. As evidenced by [[EvilIsSexy Heinel]], being a PrettyBoy runs in the family]].
* CommonalityConnection: Both him and Mitsuyo are scientists.
* [[spoiler: [[DadsOffFightingInTheWar Dad's Off Fighting in the Boazanian Resistance]]: La Gohl went back to Boazania to convince Zambajil to leave the Earth alone, but when Zambajil asked him to use his knowledge in science to create weapons for the Boazanian Empire, he refused, and was subsequently imprisoned. Gohl was then freed by Dange, and led more slave rebellions, before leading some members of resistance to Earth as refugees]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: And holy shit, H O W.
* DisappearedDad: For the Go siblings. And as said above, he had ''very'' good reasons.
* DubNameChange:
** In the Philippine-English and American-English dubs, his name was changed to '''Ned Armstrong/[[spoiler: Baron Hrothgar]]'''.
** In the Italian dub, his name was changed to '''Kentarus'''.
** In the Catalan dub, his name was changed to '''Dr. Richard Armstrong'''. The same dub changed Professor Hamaguchi's name to '''Dr. Richard Smith''', averting the OneSteveLimit.
* [[spoiler: {{Fallen Prince|ss}}: For the mere sin of not having the physical traits "needed" in Boazan.]]
* FirstContact: [[spoiler: Mitsuyo was his. It sooned blossomed into a romance, and they got married and had three sons. Kentaro wanted to stay on Earth and raise them, but Zambajil called him back to Boazania and had him imprisoned]].
* GadgeteerGenius: [[spoiler: In his youth, he was a skilled engineer and was elected the Boazanian Minister of Science and Technology. Even after he was enslaved, he used his genius to create weapons for TheResistance, which led Zambajil to [[WeCanRuleTogether covet him and offer him a spot alongside him in the nobility under the condition that he used his technology to aid the Boazanian military]]. Once he fled to Earth, he created Voltes V, and designed the robot so intricately that it could surpass the Boazanian's strongest defense system.]] His son Hiyoshi inherited this from him.
* [[spoiler: TheGoodKing: Gohl wants a society where everyone is equal and slavery is abolished. His spirit inspires many around him to join the resistance. In the series finale, he declines going back to earth with his sons in favour of devoting himself to making sure Boazania is equal for all]].
* [[spoiler: GoingNative: After Gohl crashes his ship on Earth, he assimilates in Japanese society by taking Mitsuyo's surname adopting the name "Kentaro". Even his own sons have no idea he's an alien until very late in the series]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: In his flashback, he was born with blonde hair, [[spoiler: something Heinel inherited]].
* HasAType: [[spoiler: Both women who he fell in love with were kind-hearted and had brown braided hair.]]
* [[spoiler: HideYourOtherness: His father ordered him to hide his lack of horns from the public]].
* [[spoiler: HowDadMetMom: In his flashback, he met Mitsuyo when he was fleeing from the Boazanian Empire and crashed his spaceship into Japan, a country in Planet Earth. Mitsuyo discovered him and cradled his unconscious body, begging him to awake. Once he awoke, it was LoveAtFirstSight. The two got married, and Kenichi, Daijiro and Hiyoshi happened afterwards.]]
* [[spoiler: HumanAliens: Kentaro is a hornless Boazanian, so this trope is in full effect, This also makes his son half-Human Aliens. The only one not of Boazanian blood in the Go family is Mitsuyo]].
* [[spoiler: KidnappedScientist: Zuhl kidnaps him with the purpose of using his help to overthrow Heinel. However, he is rejected. Angered, Zuhl tries to ensure he stays a hostage so he can force him eventually, but Kentaro escapes]].
* [[spoiler: NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Heinel believes him to be dead because his forces ensured Kentaro fell off a cliff and drowned. Off-screen, Dange and several other Boazanian rebels came to his aid and brought him back to their secret base]].
* [[spoiler: OffingTheOffspring: When he was borns, he had no horns. His father, Oral, considered filicide and was about to stab him had he not been held back by the doctor that delivered him. His wife begged him to spare the child and offered her own life in exchange. Unwilling to kill his wife, Oral relented and agreed to raise the boy with prosthetic horns.]]
* [[spoiler: PunnyName: The Boazanian Empire is a FantasyCounterpartCulture to France, and his name is ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaul Gohl]]''.]]
* RedIsHeroic: He wore a lot of red in his younger days, much like his son, Kenichi.
* [[spoiler: RightfulKingReturns: In the series finale, [[TheGoodKing he]] takes his place as the rightful ruler of Boazania, abolishing the FantasticCasteSystem ]].
* [[spoiler: SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it '''La Gohl, La Gaulle''' or '''La Gour?''' ]]
* [[spoiler: RebelPrince: After Zambajil forces him to be a slave, Gohl becomes this trope]].
* [[spoiler: WeCanRuleTogether: He is offered this twice]].
** [[spoiler: While he initially led a slave rebellion before fleeing to Earth, when he returns to Boazania to convince Zambajil to stop his galactic conquest, Zambajil offers him his position in nobility back...under the condition that he joins them and manufactures weaponry for the military using his skills. Disgusted, Gohl refuses]].
** [[spoiler: In episode 18, Zuhl asks Gohl to join his side for the same reason, stating that he needs Gohl's technology and genius to depose of Prince Heinel. Naturally, Gohl has no interest]].
* [[spoiler:YourSonAllAlong: I'm sorry, Gohl, but your son is the very Prince crushing your rebellion.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Professor Mitsuyo Gou]]
!!'''Prof. Mitsuyo Gou'''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Takako Kondo (Japanese) [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Christine Bonnevie (Philippine-English), Judith Sackheim (American-English), Eslinda Núñez (Cuban Spanish), Ilka Pinheiro (Brazilian Portuguese), Andreini Gabriella (Italian), Matina Karras (Greek)[[/labelnote]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mitsuyo_from_voltes_v.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350: Mitsuyo Goh]]

The human wife of Dr. Kentarō Gō, the mother of the Gō brothers. She co-designed Voltes V with her husband, Professor Hamaguchi and General Oka, and eventually saw her husband leaving and going missing, while warning her that the Boazanians will come to invade. For that, she had to train her children to prepare for the day of reckoning as warned by her husband. [[spoiler: Despite her harsh attitude, she cared for her children, willingly giving her life to protect them.]]

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* BrainyBrunette: Mitsuyo has brown hair and helped create Voltes V. Prior to that, she was already an accomplished scientist. AllThereInTheManual material states that she was a student of Hamaguchi.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Is killed in the second episode.
* DubNameChange:
** The Philippine-English and American-English dubs change her name to '''Dr. Mary Anne Armstrong'''.
** In the Italian and Greek dubs, her name was changed to '''Dr. Annabelle'''.
** In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, her name was changed to '''Senorita Armstrong'''.
* HeroicSacrifice: While piloting a jet fighter, on top of having suffered heavy injuries beforehand and making an incomplete recovery before the infirmary was attacked, she frees Voltes V from being bound by the Beast Fighter that had them chained by blasting those chains, and ends up crashing her plane in front of it after sustaining heavy damage.
* InterSpeciesRomance: Though her husband looked human enough to pass as a normal Earthling.
* MamaBear: To her sons, to the point of giving her life for them.
* [[spoiler: SecondLove: To Kentaro, as his first was Lozaria. However in episode 27, it's shown that he still loves her and has a portrait of her in his quarters of the Boazanian Resistance Camp. Removing said portrait reveals a button that leads to a secret room]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Professor Hamaguchi]]
!!'''Prof. Hamaguchi'''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SeizoKato (Japanese) [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Joonee Gamboa (Philippine-English), William Ross (American-English), Unknown (Cuban Spanish), Dario Lourenço (Brazilian Portuguese), Antonio Crespo (Catalan), Allegrini Carlo (Italian), George Mazis (Greek)[[/labelnote]]

[[quoteright:652:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hakase_hamaguchi.png]]
[[caption-width-right:652: Prof. Hamaguchi]]
He is the commander of Camp Big Falcon fortress at the beginning of the Voltes V series. He helped design and build the Voltes V robot and is a good friend of Prof. Gō. [[TeamDad He is somewhat a father figure]] to the Voltes team, [[ParentalSubstitute especially to the Gou brothers]] due to his relationship with their father. [[spoiler: He managed Big Falcon on Prof. Gō's behalf until [[HeroicSacrifice he was killed saving Voltes V]].]]
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* AllThereInTheManual: According to the Roman Robo Anime Climax Selection, Hamaguchi is Ippei's maternal grandfather. In the anime, neither of them mention this, with Ippei stating Hamaguchi basically kidnapped him.
* BadassBookworm: In Episode 12, when Boazanians follow him and Gen. Oka to their secret lab, he's just as capable of holding the soldiers off as his {{Acrofatic}} companion.
* CallingTheYoungManOut: In Episode 5, he calls out Kenichi for wanting to abandon Hiyoshi.
* CoolOldGuy: Though he can be strict and harsh, he is a caring father figure to the Voltes Team.
* DubNameChange:
** The Philippine-English, American-English and Catalan dubs change his name to '''Dr. Richard Smith'''.
** In the Italian dub, his name was changed to '''Dr. Esperus'''.
** In the Brazilian-Portuguese dub, his name was changed to '''Dr. Smith'''.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Like Mitsuyo, Hamaguchi dies saving the Voltes team, his last words being that he thinks the Go brother's father is alive]].
* [[spoiler: MentorOccupationalHazard: Hamaguchi dies in Episode 13, crashing his ship into a Beast Fighter the same way Mitsuyo did, before telling the Go brothers he believes that their father is alive]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is in charge at Big Falcon, and in general seems most concerned with stopping the Boazanian invasion force.
* TeamDad: A parental figure for his best friend's sons and their friends.
* {{Tuckerization}}: His name is a {{Portmanteau}} of Tadao Naga'''hama''' (the creator of the Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy) and Shoichi Ta'''guchi''' (the screenplay writer for ''Voltes V'').
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Professor Kozo Sakonji]]
!!'''Prof. Kozo Sakonji'''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Tamio Ohki (Japanese) [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Joonee Gamboa (Philippine-English), Unknown (American-English), Ribaudo Ermanno (Italian), George Mazis (Greek)[[/labelnote]]

[[quoteright:532:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/professor_kozo_sakonji_from_voltes_v.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350: Professor Sakonji]]

A protege of Kentaro and Hamaguchi that only appeared halfway of the series, shortly after Hamaguchi sacrificed himself. He's a very strict commander that nevertheless still had the best interests of the team and the defense of Earth.
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* AdaptedOut: Want to know why there isn't a listed Cuban Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese voice actor for him? Because the dubs of those adapted ''Voltes V'' into a movie and cut him out.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Shortly after his appearance, he gave a super harsh training for the Voltes Team so they could pilot better, save themselves and protect Earth better.
* DubNameChange:
** In the Philippine-English dub, his name was changed to '''Dr. Hook'''.
** In The Italian dub, his name was changed to '''Dr. Barrion'''.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He made it clear that he's not THAT nice and began as a harsh DrillSergeantNasty, but he did all of those because he doesn't want the team to die and not because they're just pilots of Voltes, but because he swore to protect the team after the passing of Hamaguchi. After his first appearance he becomes a much more likable character, although he can still be extremely aggressive and set in his ways at times.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He might look like an unreasonable, uptight person, but he can be convinced to listen to reason. Or sometimes, that convincing wasn't even necessary.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Kozo '''Sakonji''', '''Sakunji''' or '''Sakaonji'''?
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tako]]
!!'''Tako'''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tako_from_voltes_v.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350: Tako]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Ayako Hori
An octopus-shaped mecha created by Hiyoshi. For Hiyoshi, Tako is a good playmate, companion, and comrade-in-arms. At first, Kenichi and his friends disliked them, but later accepted Tako as a teammate.
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* ADogNamedDog: "Tako" is Japanese for "octopus".
* AmbiguousRobots: Sure, it was created by Hiyoshi, but it's also capable of crying, manipulating through tantrums and showing emotions.
* CuteMachines: Hiyoshi thinks so.
* DubNameChange:
** In the Philippine-English dub, Tako's name was changed to '''OCTO-1'''.
** Averted in the Italian dub where Tako's name was left unchanged.
* DoAnythingRobot: Tako can fly, cut objects with their blades, detect bombs and dispose of them, and make coffee.
* MechanicalAnimals: In this case, an octopus.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Tako's name comes from the nickname director Tadao Nagahama was often called when he was a child.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Eiffel]]
!!'''Eiffel'''
Ippei's horse.
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eiffel_voltes_v.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Eiffel]]
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* CoolHorse: Survives an assault from the Boazanian space ship blasters on Earth.
* DubNameChange:
** In the Philippine-English dub, Eiffel's name was changed to '''Alpha'''.
* OnlyFriend: To Ippei, after he was left orphaned while he was in America.
[[/folder]]

!!'''Earth Defense Force'''

[[folder: General Oka]]
!!'''General Oka'''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Hiroshi Masuoka (Japanese) [[labelnote:Other Languages]]Chito Vicente (Philippine-English), Cliff Harrington (American-English), Unknown (Cuban Spanish), Amaury Costa (Brazilian Portuguese), Claudi García (Catalan), Valeriano Leo (Italian), George Mazis (Greek)[[/labelnote]]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oka_from_voltes_v.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350: General Oka]]
General Oka is a commander of the Earth Defense Force and co-designed Voltes V. He is also a practicioner of the Koga-Ryu ninja style, an art his daughter Megumi is set to inherit. After the [[spoiler: death of Hamaguchi, Oka commanded the Voltes Team temporarily until Professor Sakonji arrived. Oka is SecretlyDying from an unspecified illness]].

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* AbusiveParents: While he is generally a caring father, in Episode 9 he slaps Megumi because she abandoned her teammates during an attack from the Boazanians. It was a one-time incident, and a severe OutOfCharacter moment.
* {{Acrofatic}}: Oka descends from a clan of ninjas and is a skilled martial artist. However, he's also a case of BigFun.
* [[spoiler: DangerTakesABackseat: In episode 31, Oka is oblivious to a mind-controlled Megumi in the back of his vehicle. However, when he does notice her, he realizes that she;s being controlled by the ring and shoots it with his gun, destroying it. Unfortunately, the ring transforms into Beast Fighter Daiand. Knowing that Voltes V can't form without Megumi, Oka hands her the only jetpack in the aircraft and tells her to escape, while he lures Daiand away. Daiand eventually shoots enough projectiles at his helicopter to make it explode, and Oka tearfully manages to say "Megumi! My daughter! Be strong! Get back to the base!" before the explosion claims him. Megumi, who is watching ths unfold, breaks into tears, and when she reunites with her teammates, they subject Daiand to a heavy whooping]].
* DisappointedInYou: When Megumi deserts her teammates to check on him, he gets so furious he ''slaps'' her.
* DopeSlap: In Episode 9, Megumi receives one from him.
* DubNameChange:
** The Philippine-English and American-English dubs change his name to '''Commander Oscar Robinson'''.
** In the Italian dub, his name was changed to '''Commander Okanin'''.
** In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, his name was changed to '''Comandante Robinson'''. The Catalan dub has a similar case, where his name was changed to '''Comandant Robinson'''.
* GondorCallsForAid: In episode 9, Oka and Hamaguchi attend a conference amongst many other world leaders to plead for them to take the threat of a Boazanian Invasion seriously. Unfortunately, the other representatives are too busy argung amongst themselves to come to a conclusion.
* GratuitousNinja: It may seem out of place to have one in a mecha anime, but him and his daughter fit in.
* PapaWolf: A variant. He deeply cares about his daughter, but when danger strikes, he trusts her to handle it on her own because he knows that she's a BadassAdorable.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When Kentaro warned the Earthlings of the incoming [[AlienInvasion Boazanian invasion]], not many people heeded it, apart from Mitsuyo, Hamaguchi, Oka and a few others. He is also a supportive father figure to the Voltes Team, and when Dr. Sakonji mistreats them, they decide to go to Oka instead.
* {{Retirony}}: [[spoiler: General Oka dies in the same episode when he decides to retire]].
* [[spoiler: SecretlyDying: In episode 31, it's revealed that he's suffering from an unnamed illness that shortens his life expectancy by a huge mile, and announces his retirement from the Earth Defense Force. Shortly afterwards, he dies during his flight back home after being shot by Jangal's forces]].
[[/folder]]
!'''The Boazanian Empire'''
[[Characters/VoltesVTheBoazanianEmpire See here]]

!One-note characters
[[folder:Ippei's mother]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Mrs. Mine]]
-->'''Debut''': Episode 3
-->'''Voiced by''': Unknown
An Japanese-American immigrant who came to the country hoping to acheive a better life for her family, only to suffer from poverty and live on the streets instead. [[spoiler: She sacrificed herself to save her son and husband from a pack of wolves]].
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* [[spoiler: ActionMom: Ippei's mother has a gun and knows how to use it. She is also strategic and used gunpowder to fend off a pack of wolves]].
* [[spoiler: AnImmigrantsTale: Hers ended tragically. Unable to make a living for themselves, the Mine family were forced to sleep on the streets. One night, they were cornered by a pack of wolves, so she emptied the gunpowder from her rifle to cause an explosion and kill them off. In the process, she lost her own life, but a newspaper managed to record her bravery]].
* [[spoiler: GratuitousEnglish: The newspaper that mentions her HeroicSacrifice is in English. Justified, since it's an American publication.]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: She killed herself hoping that her son and husband would survive. Unfortunately, her husband succumbed to his illness not long after, and her son would misremember her as abandoning him until he read said newspaper]].
* [[spoiler: {{Expy}}: Of Mitsuyo, the mother of the Go brothers. Both died to save their children, and have similar hairstyles. Many other characters lampshade this]].
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[[folder:Ippei's father]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Mr. Mine]]
-->'''Debut''': Episode 3
-->'''Voiced by''': Yusaku Yura
An Japanese-American immigrant who came to the country hoping to acheive a better life for his family, only to suffer from poverty and live on the streets, and [[spoiler: die from an unspecified illness]].
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* [[spoiler: AnImmigrantsTale: His ended with him dying from an illness and leaving Ippei orphaned]].
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: What illness he had is never named, but it's possibly related to him being homeless, therefore not having access to sanitary food and water. In Ippei's flashback, he's seen coughing a lot and being too ill to move.
* [[spoiler: SmallRoleBigImpact: Had he not told the news reporters of his wife's HeroicSacrifice, Ippei would remain believing that his mother abandoned him]].
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[[folder:Mr. Sakame]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Mr. Sakame]]
-->'''Debut''': Episode 14
-->'''Voiced by''': Kohei Miyauchi
A human who was taken by the Boazanians as slaves.
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* [[spoiler: BitchInSheepsClothing: He presents himself as a slave and [[MaliciousSlander slanders Kentaro Goh as a slave owner to his children]]. While it's true that he was a slave, Kentaro never enslaved him. When he hears the Voltes Team arguing after hearing this, he smirks to himself]].
* DubNameChange: The Philippine-English dub changed his name to '''Wilson'''.
* [[spoiler:IHaveYourWife: Or rather Daughter. Heinel has his daughter, Rumi, hostage. He promises to free her from captivity under the condition that Sakame infiltrates Big Falcon, sabotages Voltes V, and weakens their resolve by saying that the Go brother's father, Kentaro, is a slave driver. Though Sakabe holds up his end of the bargain, [[ILied Heinel doesn't]], before setting off a bomb that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kills him]]. Oh, and said daughter was DeadAllAlong]].
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it '''Sakame''' or '''Sakabe'''?
* [[spoiler: YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Heinel had no intention of releasing Rumi [[DeadAllAlong (not that he could)]] and once Sakame sabotaged Voltes V, Heinel killed him. However, [[RedemptionEqualsDeath Sakame managed to tell Kenichi how to undo the sabotage before he died from his injuries]].]]
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[[folder:Rumi Sakame]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Rumi]]
-->'''Debut''': Episode 14
-->'''Voiced by''': [-Character doesn't speak-]
Mr. Sakame's young daughter.
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* DubNameChange: The Philippine-English dub changed her name to '''Mary Wilson'''.
* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong: The "Rumi" Mr. Sakabe thought was his daughter was a mere robot with Heinel speaking through it to tell Mr. Sakabe the cruel truth and that he outlived his usefulness. The real Rumi died a long time ago]].
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[[folder:The puppy]]
-->'''Debut''': Episode 23
-->'''Voiced by''': Unknown
A Japanese spitz that Daijirou takes a shine to and adopts.
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[[caption-width-right:378: The puppy]]
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* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Daijirou earns its trust by petting it this way, before taking it to Big Falcon.
* AmbiguousGender: The puppy's gender is never specified. It doesn't help that it [[NoNameGiven doesn't have a given name]].
* [[spoiler: ButNowIMustGo: After helping the Voltes team defeat Garus, the puppy walks away from the robot. When Hiyoshi asks where it's going, Ippei says that the puppy has avenged it's mother and is moving away from the battlefield]].
* [[spoiler: CommonalityConnection: Daijirou encounters the puppy while fishing as it is nuzzling the corpse of its mother. He then remarks that the puppy lost its mother, just like he lost his. He then [[AffectionateGestureToTheHead pets the dog]] and tells it not to worry, as he will bury its mother.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilDetectingDog: While watching Voltes V fight Garus, the puppy recognizes it as the same wolf that killed its mother.]]
* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: Much like the Go brothers and Ippei, the puppy's mother died protecting it]].
* NoNameGiven: Everyone refers it as "The puppy".
* TeamPet: Only for one episode. [[spoiler: However, it fulfills many roles of the typical depictions of a Team Pet, such as helping the heroes save the day by attacking the villain]].
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[[folder:Nakamura]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Nakamura[[labelnote:Click here to see him as a child]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/young_nakamura_from_voltes_v.png[[/labelnote]]]]

-->'''Debut''': Episode 34
-->'''Voiced by''': Masane Tsukayama

A Big Falcon worker who's parents were forcibly enslaved by the Boazanians. Blind with grief, he [[spoiler: turns against Big Falcon due to Kenichi, Daijirou and Hiyoshi being Boazanians]].
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* TheAlcoholic: [[spoiler:After the Boazanians abduct his parents, he turns to alcohol to cope. However, while drunk, he tries to steal a plane from Big Falcon and fly it to the Boazanian base, and as a result is fired by Professor Sakonji. This makes his FantasticRacism towards Kenichi, Daijirou and Hiyoshi ''worsen'']].
* [[spoiler: CynicismCatalyst: Invoked. Belgan deliberately sends him the corpses of his parents to stir up hatred against the Go brothers for being Boazanian. It works, and Nakamura undergoes a BSoD, before crying and hugging his father's corpse]].
* DubNameChange: The Philippine-English dub changed his name to '''John Saunders'''.
* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler: After he watches the news of the latest Boazanian attack and sees his parents being forcibly enslaved, he undergoes a BSoD. In a fit of rage, Nakamura accuses the Go brothers of being sympathizers to the enemy and subjects them to a torrent of veral abuse. He then threatens to kill every Boazanian, starting with Kenichi. When Ippei defends them and says that they are no different from their fellow humans, Nakamura accuses him of being a Boazanian sympathizer too. Ippei then punches Nakamura, though Kenichi restrains him from escalating the situation further. Dr. Sakonji lets him go. The Voltes Team oppose this, saying while it was wrong for him to attack the Go brothers for their heritage, they should have compassion since he acted from a place of concern and fear for his parents]].
* [[spoiler: FatalFamilyPhoto: After his parents are kidnapped, Nakamura gazes at a childhood photo of them together, hoping they'll be alright. [[ElectricTorture They aren't]].]]
* [[spoiler: NotSoDifferent: Nakamura accuses the Voltes Team of not knowing how it's like to lose your parents to the Boazanians. Ippei rebukes him by saying that the Go brothers lost their mother and Megumi lost her father to the Boazanians, but unlike Nakamura, they didn't let their hatred consume them]].
* [[spoiler: SuspiciouslySmallArmy: Desperate to save his parents, Nakamura leads a small army consisting of other Big Falcon workers with guns and attacks Heinel's LizardFolk Mooks]].
* [[spoiler: TraumaCongaLine: Nakamura watches his parents get abducted and forcibly enslaved, gets fired from his job and is sent their corpses in the span of a day. And then he dies shortly after]].
* [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe: While he's trying to avenge his parents, he is shot by a Boazanian mook, causing him to collapse. Kaori saves him from falling and holds his body. Before he passes, Nakamura apologizes to Kenichi for allowing his hatred to blind him, and thanks him for shooting aforementioned [[{{Mook}} mook]]. As his body goes limp, Kaori sobs hysterically]].
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[[folder:Nakamura's parents]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Nakamura's parents[[labelnote:Click here to see them when they were younger]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/young_nakamura_from_voltes_v.png[[/labelnote]]]]

-->'''Debut''': Episode 34
-->'''Voiced by''': Unknown
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* [[spoiler: CruelAndUnusualDeath: After Belgan learns that their son works at Big Falcon, he orders for them to be [[ElectricTorture tortured]] and then executed. He sends their corpses to Big Falcon to stoke the flames of hatred the workers have towards Boazanians]].
* DubNameChange: The Philippine-English dub changed their names to '''Mr. and Mrs. Saunders'''. Nakamura's mother was also [[NamedInTheAdaptation renamed]] '''Stella'''.
* GoodParents: They were loving parents to Nakamura and took pride in the fact that he worked for Big Falcon. [[spoiler: And like most GoodParents of ''{{Anime/Voltes V}}'', they end up dead]].
* {{Expy}}: Nakamura's father looks like a 70's version of [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]].
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[[folder: Kaori Adachi]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Kaori Adachi[[labelnote: Click here to see Kaori in her nurse uniform]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kaori_from_voltes_v.png[[/labelnote]]]]

-->'''Debut''': Episode 34
-->'''Voiced by''': Kazuko Yanaga
A nurse who works at Big Falcon, who sympthazies with Nakamura. Like him, she is from Masaku Cho.
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* BreakTheCutie: When Kaori finds out the Boazanians abducted her parents to enslave them while watching the news report, she collapses and tries to hide her tears. [[spoiler: When Nakamura dies, she breaks again]].
* DubNameChange: The Philippine-English dub changed her name to '''Laura Carter'''.
* HospitalHottie: Kaori is a cute nurse.
* [[spoiler: SuspiciouslySmallArmy: Kaori and various other Big Falcon workers join Nakamura's rogue army in an effort to rescue their parents. It doesn't end well for them]].
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'''[[Characters/VoltesV Main]]''' | [[Characters/VoltesVTheBoazanianEmpire The Boazanian Empire]] ]]]] -]

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'''[[Characters/VoltesV Main]]''' | [[Characters/VoltesVTheBoazanianEmpire The Boazanian Empire]] [[Characters/VoltesVPrinceHeinel Prince Heinel]]]]]] -]

* AllThereInTheManual: According to the Roman Robo Anime Climax Selection, Hamaguchi is Ippei's maternal grandfather. In the anime neither of them mention this, with Ippei stating Hamaguchi kidnapped him.

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Like Mitsuyo, Hamaguchi dies saving the Voltes team, his last words being that he thinks the Go brother's father is alive]].
* [[spoiler: MentorOccupationalHazard: Hamaguchi dies in Episode 14, crashing his ship into a Beast Fighter the same way Mitsuyo did, before telling the Go brothers he believes that their father is alive]].

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yukinaga Shiraishi (Japanese) [[labelnote:Other Languages]] Tony Nierras/Earl Palma (Philippine-English), John Armstrong (American-English), Unknown (Cuban Spanish), Cleonir dos Santos (Portugese), Pep Sais (Catalan), Valeriano Leo (Italian), Yannis Kalatzopoulos/Zacharias Rochas (Greek)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuyukiSogabe (Japanese) [[labelnote:Other Languages]] Tony Nierras/Earl Palma (Philippine-English), Cliff Harrington (American-English), Frank Gonzalez (Cuban Spanish), Júlio Chaves (Portugese), Victor Pi (Catalan), Allegrini Carlo/Pannofino Francesco/Ioannucci Marco (Italian), Ilias Plakidis (Greek)[[/labelnote]]

** In the Portugese dub, his name was changed to '''Marky'''.

** In the Portuguese dub, his name was changed to '''Bert Armstrong'''.