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Kittan Bachika
Kittan Bachika
Voiced by: Kissho Taniyama (JP), Christopher Corey Smith (EN) Foreign VAs
"What's that bozo Kamina gotten himself into now...?"
A Beastman hunter and eldest of the Bachika siblings, an encounter with Kamina and Simon inspires him to unite a group of stolen Gunmen pilots to join their revolution. Despite not having their charisma or gift with words, he grows to become an excellent field commander. Kittan acquires a red, star-shapped Gunmen in a battle against the Beastmen long before meeting Team Gurren, stealing from its original pilot in similar to how Kamina jacked the Gurren. The moment he took over the Gunmen, the Spiral Power of his fighting spirit morphed it into King Kittan.
- 11th-Hour Superpower: He uses his own version of the Giga Drill Break during his Dying Moment of Awesome.
- Big Brother Instinct: Do not mess with his sisters.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Big, spiky, brown eyebrows.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: A near perfect example of this trope as his attitude and demeanor makes it seem like he'd be the last person to be put in charge of legal affairs after the Time Skip, only to be competent and capable of pointing out the flaws in Rossiu's Kangaroo Court that aims to screw over Simon.
- Close-Call Haircut: Parallel Works 8: Kittan Zero reveals he used to have long hair he tied in a ponytail, until a Mugen-esque lion Beastman tried to gun him down and clipped it, giving it the spiked look he sports as a medal of battle.
- A Day in the Limelight: Gets several after the Time Skip while Simon is indisposed.
- A Death in the Limelight: Gets one of these, too.
- Determinator: Just like the rest of the Team Gurren, Kittan won't stop at anything.
- Die Laughing: Caps off his last words with a laugh.
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: Loves "encouraging" the brigadiers with insults and swearing.
- Dying Moment of Awesome: King Kittan... Giga... DRILL... BREAK!!
- Friend to All Children: He even lampshades that he loves children.
- Friendly Rival: To Kamina. They're at each others throats constantly, but it's clear they've both got the other's back. In the second movie during the Lotus-Eater Machine sequence, Kittan also appears not long after Kamina does to help Simon break out, and Kamina confirms that, despite their differences, they were always True Companions.
- A Good Way to Die: Saving his friends, finally experiencing Spiral power
("KING... KITTAN... GIGA... DRILL... BREAKEEEEEEEEEERRRRRR!!!"), and with a huge grin on his face. - Heroic Sacrifice: Pilots his Gunmen toward the Death Spiral Machine to destroy it and disperse the Sea of Despair in place of Yoko. His actions result in its destruction, but also his own violent death. Justified in the second movie- his mecha (in its bullet-mode) was the only one that could bear the massive pressure outside of the mother ship.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: Seems to become this with Dayakka over time. After the timeskip they're brothers in law.
- Hidden Depths: After the timeskip, he's made chief of legal affairs for the human government, and while that sounds rather ridiculous, he actually proves quite competent in that position, such as when he pointed out all the things blatantly wrong with Rossiu's Kangaroo Court.
- Hot-Blooded: By his showing he's pretty much Kamina Version 2 but in his own unique way.
- In Harm's Way: Hates civilian life and jumps at the chance to get back into combat.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's quite rude, but he is a good man. And he likes children.
- The Lancer: His mecha actually uses a lance, too.
- Large Ham: Once, literally chomping down a large ham as he spoke.
- Last Kiss: With Yoko.
- The Last Dance: He charges into his Suicide Mission with gusto.
- Leader Wannabe: He wrestles with Kamina over leadership a few times. When he assumes the leadership position after Kamina's death, he proves to be pretty bad at it.
- Magnetic Hero: He told as many people as he could about Kamina and Simon's mission, and then followed him to join Team Gurren.
- The McCoy: The only time he ever used anything resembling reason was the Kangaroo Court, and even that was more outrage than criticism.
- Mirror Character: Him and Kamina share a lot of similar traits, which might explain their somewhat adversarial relationship. They're both hot blooded men who rely more on charging headlong than using strategy and act as older brother figures towards their younger siblings. They also both, ironically, had a case of inferiority complex toward another; Kittan felt inferior towards Kamina for his natural charisma and leadership skills, while Kamina felt inferior to Simon for his will to keep moving forward in the face of adversity. They also both developed feelings for Yoko and died in a blaze of glory shortly after kissing her.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: Kittan is absurdly badass, but he comes off as inadequate when alongside the likes of Kamina and, later on, Simon. This is remedied a bit later on when he starts getting more focus episodes that give him time to shine.
- Papa Wolf: His actions during the siege of the Mugann on Earth point to this."I'm not about about to let my cute little niece die in some alleyway! Go on without me, Dayakka! Look after Kiyoh for me.... GO!! IT'S ABOUT TO OPEN FIRE!"
- The Reliable One: He's not an eloquent speaker or charismatic front man like Simon and Kamina, nor is he a skilled tactician or logistical manager. The reason he’s Team Dai-Gurren’s Supporting Leader is because he’s extremely talented at mobilising troops and leading them into battle.
- Second Love: To Yoko, whose First Love, Kamina, died before the timeskip.
- Sergeant Rock: His role in Team Dai-Gurren is to take charge of the foot soldiers.
- Shotguns Are Just Better: Uses one when defending a truck full of peoplenote against some Mugann.
- Significant Anagram: His name is an anagram for "tanki", which means "short-tempered".
- Sleeves Are for Wimps: Pre-time skip.
- Smoking Is Cool: Lit up a cigarette in Kittan Zero.
- Suicide Mission: His very last act is to destroy the Death Spiral Machine by piloting his Gunmen into it and punch a big hole in it with a huge Giga Drill, causing a deadly explosion that takes him out with it.
- Supporting Leader: Picks up this role after Simon takes over Team Dai-Gurren. While Simon is off fighting the Monster of the Week, Kittan leads the troops into battle against the Redshirt Army.
- This Is a Drill: He uses a drill attack in his Heroic Sacrifice.
- Time for Plan B: After Space King Kittan's rockets fail to go off and the Gunmen is crushed by the immense gravity of the Death Spiral Machine, Kittan emerges in his King Kittan with the drill that broke off Gurren Lagann previously, performing his very own Giga Drill Break.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Sums up his relationship with Kamina perfectly.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Throws several at Rossiu for his actions post time skip.
- "X" Marks the Hero: The simple, x-shaped scar on his left arm.
Leeron
Leeron
Voiced by: Masaya Onosaka (JP), Steve Blum (EN) Foreign VAs
"Attaboy, attaboy! You can do it! Way to go! Attaboy, attaboy! You can do it! Way to go! Attaboy!"
Leeron, or "Ron," is the flamboyant village mechanic of Littner Village. After taking an interest in Simon's mech he joins Simon, Kamina and Yoko in their quest to defeat the Beastmen. Leeron is astoudingly brillant and innovative, able to whip together his own legion of helper robots and invent ingenious technology with a little tinkering. He's also gay, but only draws attention to it when he wants to screw with people.
- Abhorrent Admirer:
- Tries to put the moves on Kamina twice, causing him to draw his Katana, back away a good hundred yards, and yell, "DIE!!"
- Leeron then moves on to Gimmy, scaring the crap out of him each and every time he gets a little... too... personal.
- And then he moves on to Viral, who reacts the same exact way Kamina does.
- Agent Peacock: The personification of Camp Gay mannerisms and an amazing engineer.
- All Gays are Promiscuous: Invoked and subverted; Leeron hits on straight men several times, but only to annoy them. The reality is much close to But Not Too Gay, as we see no hints of his actual love life.
- Badass Labcoat: This is the one guy who is almost never even mildly anxious about life threatening danger and every weapon of war he's ever macgyvered together usually winds up kicking ass right off the assembly line. Besides, after the time skip, he becomes the head scientist of human civilization. The only time he does take interest is in the Final Battle with the Anti-Spiral collective.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Yes, he's a flaming gay stereotype. He's also the best mechanic and engineer in the world. This is the man who made Gurren out of three broken mecha overnight, complete with a finished coat of paint.
- Camp Gay: Zig-zagged; Leeron dresses somewhat flamboyantly and pretends to hit on other men to get a rise out of them. However, his usual personality is rather sedate.
- The Engineer: The guy basically maintains all the friendly Gunmen, including the MASSIVE Dai-Gurren without help from anyone except Leyte!
- Expy: Of Tekkaman Blade's Levin, both effeminate gay engineers who maintain the heroes' equipment (though compared to Leeron, Levin seems much more like a trans woman).
- Genre Savvy: Out of everybody in the cast, he frequently shows the clearest understanding of how their reality runs on Rule of Cool, such as how anytime somebody even jokingly suggests a Crazy Enough to Work plan (such as having the then-flightless Dai-Gurren perform a flying kick on an enemy airship), he seriously convinces everybody to make it happen, knowing that the laws of their universe will guarantee success so long as the effort is awesome enough.
- Hot-Blooded: In the finale, like everyone else. It's almost his only moment of hot blood.
- Meaningful Name: His name in Japanese is a homohpone for "riron (theory)" and a Significant Anagram for "ronri (logic)".
- The Medic: Also the Dai-Gurren's medic as well as its head engineer.
- Nerves of Steel: This guy must have been visibly worried maybe once in the whole series.
- Non-Action Guy: He never gets his own gunman, though he does occasionally help out controlling the Dai-Gurren.
- No Sense of Personal Space: Gets a little too close to his teammates at times. See above.
- Older Than He Looks: Leeron shows hardly any signs of old age in the Distant Finale except for a touch of gray hair. Knowing him, he's probably figured out how to preserve his youthful looks and beauty all this time- or resorted to plastic surgery.
- Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Not only is he a crackerjack engineer, medic, and computer scientist, but Yoko's comments make it clear that Leeron has not only dabbled in geology but has been teaching it to other humans from Littner. Bear in mind that most of humanity, by this point, has been deliberately kept in a Stone Age-like stasis by Lordgenome's machinations.
- The Power of Love: When he talks about evolution and reproduction and nobody gets it, he sums it up by saying that love is what keeps the universe going.
- Queer People Are Funny: Invoked by the man himself, who only ever brings up his homosexuality to troll other characters.
- Refuge in Audacity: Leeron would be just a politically incorrect stereotype if not for the fact that Steve Blum plays it up so high it becomes this trope. And the Hilarious Outtakes are even worse.
- Running Gag: Two astoundingly creepy ones. He constantly creeps Gimmy out with his perverted attitude, even after the time skip, and his "advances" onto Kamina cause him to threaten to kill him. When Kamina dies, the joke vanishes... only for it to resurface when Viral has to listen to his fruitcake-level comments and ask Simon permission to kill him.
- The Smart Guy: The smartest person in Team Gurren and the one to handle anything technical.
- Techno Babble: It's actually pretty easy to understand him when he talks like this, although almost all the other characters are absolutely bewildered, so he has to put it in Layman's Terms for them.
- Trans Equals Gay: Leeron is clearly a gay man, and though his wardrobe is colorful, his only feminine traits are his eye makeup and voice. The only arguable time he's equated to a woman is one joke where he's the only male that doesn't Share the Male Pain, as if being gay makes his genitals non-functional. ("Arguable" because the other interpretations is that it's a sight too common to Leeron for him to react to.)
- Troll: Leeron often plays his Camp Gay factor to ridiculous levels just for the sake of freaking people out. Considering how he's often the Only Sane Man surrounded by primarily male Hot-Blooded loudmouths, it may be the only way he can get them to pay attention, but he's also clearly having fun messing with the straight people.
- Undying Loyalty: Leeron is the only adult member of the Dai-Gurren Brigade, other than Kamina, to never doubt Simon (Rossiu and the twins likewise always believed in Simon, but are Simon's age and younger respectably.) When Simon comes back from his Heroic BSoD after Kamina's death, while everyone cheers, Ron just nods as if knowing he'd be back all along. Even post-time skip, he ensures that Simon can get his hands on Gurren Lagann when he needs it, even going beind Rossiu's back to save it.
Dayakka Littner
Dayakka Littner
Voiced by: Daiki Nakamura (JP), Doug Stone (EN) Foreign VAs
The chief of Littner Village, who later becomes the captain of the various Dai-Gurren ships. He's a dedicated protector of his loved ones, a family man, and the initial pilot of the Dayakkaiser, a Gunmen he hijacked in battle against the Beastmen, until Yoko (and once, Kiyoh) decides to commandeer it.
Seven years later, he marries Kiyoh Bachika, then proceeds to get busy with her and have a baby girl named Anne. Unfortunately, Anne's birth brings the human population to the deadly number one million- which sets off a defense system to attack Earth the moment it detects the new life.
- The Big Guy: When you go from piloting a cannon on legs to being in charge of Team Dai-Gurren's biggest Gunmen, this title goes pretty much uncontested.
- Calling Your Attacks: I GOT THE BEST WIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
SWI~NG!!! - The Captain: He commands Dai-Gurren.
- Gentle Giant: He's a huge, burly guy but he's also one of the more laid back members of team Dai-Gurren. He also cries Tears of Joy when Kiyoh readily agrees to the idea of his going to the Anti-Spiral Homeworld for Team Dai-Gurren's last big fight.
- Happily Married: To Kiyoh, post-timeskip — they are implied to have a great marriage as hinted by Dayakka's Calling Your Attacks moments (as seen above).
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: Seems to develop into this with Kittan after the timeskip. It makes quite a bit of sense, considering they're now brothers in law.
- The Leader: This was his role in Littner Village, and while he's still a leader afterwards, he gets eclipsed by others.
- Meaningful Name: His name comes from "Odayaka", for "gentle".
- Nice Guy: He's consistently thoughtful, kind, and polite to everyone.
- The Reliable One: He never gets much time in the spotlight, but he is one of the few members of Team Dai-Gurren who consistently keeps a cool enough head to get the job done.
- Sickeningly Sweethearts: With Kiyoh.
- Sleeves Are for Wimps: Often wears a wife-beater, and he's a grade-A badass.
- Supporting Leader: As The Captain of Dai-Gurren, he leads everyone on the ship when Simon is off on his own running missions.
- Team Dad: For Team Dai-Gurren.
Attenborough Cortitch
Attenborough Cortitch
Voiced by: Daisuke Kirii (JP), Derek Stephen Prince (EN) Foreign VAs
"When it comes to spacey interruptions, I'm your man!"
The gunner of Team Dai-Gurren and Plucky Comic Relief. Attenborough actually isn't an official member of the team- he hid in some guy's suitcase and snuck onto the crew unnoticed- until he got behind the control panel of a weapons system. Only knows one tactic: FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
- Chaotic Stupid: How else can you explain his sudden bursts of attacks?
- Dub Name Change: His name in the English dub is "Artenborough."
- Gonk: He's got a natural clown face.
- Leeroy Jenkins: Just about every moment where he shoots without signal. Suddenly opening fire on a village populated by innocent, defenseless girls to clear away the Gunmen earns him a wallop from Kittan. Ironically- it works.
- Macross Missile Massacre: His preferred method of attacking is firing a barrage of missiles, several of which sometimes fails, which is lampshaded.
- More Dakka: His stock-in-trade. In fact, he's one of an elite few that have come close to having enough dakka by creating a weapon that fires on every point in space and time.
- Trigger-Happy: See above.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Gets one from Kittan for shooting at a village full of sexy, young women.
Gimmy and Darry Adai
Gimmy and Darry Adai
Gimmy is voiced by: Takako Honda (JP), Brianne Siddall (EN), Steve Blum (EN, Epilogue) Foreign VAs
Darry is voiced by: Shizuka Itō (JP), Mela Lee (EN) Foreign VAs
Click here to see them post-Time Skip.
Click here to see them as adults.
Gimmy and Darry are twin children from Rossiu's home village. When they were children, they were removed from their village due to a limit on population because they were orphans. However, Rossiu joined them along with Team Gurren (later known as Team Dai-Gurren).
After the timeskip, they both became pilots of the Grapearl mass-production mecha, serving as the faces of the new generation that was pushing Team Dai-Gurren aside... only to discover they need to re-think their positions...
Tropes that apply to both
- Brother–Sister Team: Post-timeskip. They work well together when piloting and eventually, become the next generation of Gurren Lagann pilots.
- Character Development:
- Pre-timesip, Gimmy was an impulsive, hot-blooded boy. Post-timeskip, he has matured a lot.
- After the timeskip, Darry has left her old personality behind and is much more confident, though she is still less talkative than her brother.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Gimmy is the red (impulsive and hot-blooded) and Darry's the blue (rational and careful) after the timeskip.
- She Is All Grown Up: They go from cartoonish looking kids to cute teens after the timeskip. They're both shown to be very good looking adults in the Distant Finale as well.
- Tagalong Kids: Pre-time skip. They are mostly used for comic relief and menial chores.
- Theme Twin Naming: "hidari" means left and "migi" means right.
- Took a Level in Badass: The two have become the top Grapearl pilots after the timeskip. They go on to become the next generation of Gurren Lagann pilots.
Tropes that apply to Gimmy
- Big Brother Instinct: When Dai-Gurren was drowning, Gimmy immediately picked up Darry to the escape pod first.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: His hair becomes more spiky after the time-skip (to represent his Hot-Blooded nature). And as an adult, his hair is now cut to represent his maturity and experience he (and his sister) have gained.
- Fiery Redhead: Gimmy has orange hair is the impulsive one between him and his sister.
- Hot-Blooded: Especially after the timeskip. It makes him becoming Lagann's new pilot make all the more sense.
- Kid-Appeal Character: Gimmy after the timeskip is the "Ankle Biter" version.
- Youthful Freckles: Gimmy has these to symbolize his more Hot-Blooded nature.
Tropes that apply to Darry
- Blush Sticker: Darry pre-timeskip had the pink oval variety.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: In a slight example, Darry becomes more emotive as the plot progresses.
- Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Darry is always seen carrying a stuffed toy before the timeskip.
- Hairstyle Inertia: In contrast to Gimmy, Darry kept her ponytail hairstyle up to adulthood.
- Male Gaze: Almost every time she's seen post-timeskip, the camera focuses on her butt.
- The Quiet One: She rarely talks out loud, even after the time-skip.
Balinbow and Jougan Bakusa
Balinbow and Jougan Bakusa
Balinbow is voiced by: Kouzou Douzaka (JP), Paul St. Peter (EN) Foreign VAs
Jougan is voiced by: Go Shinomiya (JP), Tony Oliver (EN) Foreign VAs
The towering, twin brothers of Team Dai-Gurren, piloting the two-faced Gunmen, Twinboekun, and also Space Twinboekun. They are extremely loud and exuberant brothers who love to beat stuff up- but seem to have the minds of cavemen. That, and they think staggeringly alike. The brothers often speak in monosyllabic bursts, but their battle prowness is terrifying. Somehow, they end up with government positions after the time skip.
- The Big Guys: They are big, they are strong, and not too bright.
- Cool Shades: One pair per brother. They lose them seconds before they die when they shatter.
- Crouching Morons, Hidden Badasses
- Die Laughing: They mock death right up to the very end.
- Dumb Muscle: They even use Hulk Speak sometimes.
- Gonk: They fit the bill quite nicely.
- Heroic Sacrifice: To rescue Gimmy and Darry from the wrath of the Anti-Spiral forces, the throw themselves into the line of fire and then throw the kids' Grapearls to safety. Then, just to top it off- they died laughing- in a HUGE explosion.
- Identical Twin ID Tag: Jorgun wears red shades, while Balinbow sports blue ones to tell them apart.
- Is It Something You Eat?: "Atmosphere? What that? Can you eat it?"
- Large Ham: Both of them.
- Manly Tears: In the second movie at Nia's wedding, at which the two are seen crying like babies.
- Single-Minded Twins: We're only one step away from "Jorginbow." Just add purple glasses.
- Spared by the Adaptation: They survive in the second movie.
- Theme Twin Naming: "Jougan" comes from "ganjou" ("tough" and/or "burly"), while "Balinbow" may be derived from "abarenbou" ("rowdy").
- Too Dumb to Live: At first. They effectively prove to be a pair of buffons who can barely talk- but fight like gladiators. Yet out of all jobs the two could get in the future, they end up partly in charge of government and human affairs. When the population starts complaining, one twin's reaction is to shout "QUIT BITCHING!!" over the phone, and then both twins smash the phone booths to pieces. In fact, when Rossiu put together a Kangaroo Court, Balinbow was Simon's lawyer.
- Here comes the tragic subversion: The twins pull a Heroic Sacrifice to save Gimmy and Darry, boasting that their Twinbokkun will hold up to the Anti-Spiral's firepower. It turns out they knew their Gunmen would be torn apart by the lasers- so they laugh at their foes in death. However, Twinboekun explodes in such a spectacular fashion, it wipes out a good chunk of Anti-Spiral fighters.
- Use Your Head: If a wall is in the way, their hollow skulls are the first weapon they use.
Makken Jokin
Makken Jokin
Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (JP), Keith Silverstein (EN) Foreign VAs
"Sorry- it took awhile for me to find a sitter for the kids."
The stout, often silent member of Team Dai-Gurren, and pilot of Mo-Shogun, and later, Space Mo-Shogun. Makken is keen to the art of the samurai, having a very deep sense of honor. Much like Kamina, he's very profound with swords, and shares a love for building machines with Leyte.
After seven years go by, he marries Leyte, having three kids and acting as a humble mechanic in his retirement from the team until he has to spring to action again against a new threat. Fortunately, he and Leite were entrusted with the team's former Gunmen but instructed to scrap the due to the presence of "superior" Grapearls. Luckily, they refused to do so, instead improving the Gunmen to new heights.
- Big Damn Heroes: Once to protect Kittan, once to protect Team Dai-Gurren from a planet-sized missle. The latter marks the final act of his life.
- BFS: Mo-Shogun has a Wakizashi Blade, and Space Mo-Shogun has two.
- Chekhov's Gunman: He and Leyte take care of Team Dai-Gurren's Gunmen over the seven years they remain unused, instead of disposing of them when told to do so. Better yet, they designed much stronger versions of the Gunmen—the Space Gunmen.
- Dying Moment of Awesome: Charges a missile at full-force, screaming at the top of his lungs, without even flinching!
- Happily Married: To Leyte, post Time Skip.
- Heroic Sacrifice: To save Team Dai-Gurren from a fatal missile impact. Made even worse knowing that Leyte will have to go home and tell his kids daddy isn't coming back. Thankfully, the second movie dodged that bullet- err... missile.
- Everything's Better with Samurai: His Gunman is inexplicably themed after samurai with it's Wakizashi blade and style of fighting.
- Knight in Shining Armor: When piloting the samurai-esque Mo-Shogun.
- Mr Fix It: Like his future wife he's got good skills at fixing up both Gunmen and regular vehicles, though he displays it less thanks to being a Gunman pilot.
- Odd Couple: It's surprising to see him paired up with Leyte.
- Retired Badass: Post time-skip up until the first Mugann attack.
- Silent Bob: Makken doesn't speak so much as he sports a determined look on his face, but always has something interesting to say whenever the moment comes up.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Stays alive in the second movie and gets to pilot a cool new mech, too!
- Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: He's much shorter than his wife Leyte.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Not so much ugly as scruffy-looking, but his little boys share his looks. His girl, however, is a cutie.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: Pre-time skip, but not as evident as Kamina.
Leyte Jokin
Leyte Jokin
Voiced by: Takako Honda (JP), Julie Ann Taylor (EN) Foreign VAs
The chief mechanic of Team Dai-Gurren. She's a compassionate and dedicated worker who can concoct amazing new weapons and implement new technology seamlessly.
Soon after Dai-Gurren defeats the Spiral King, she gets married to Makken and has three kids. Following the disbanding of the team, she and Makken are tasked with dismantling the old Gunmen- but the two of them aptly refuse to do so, and instead keep them in top condition. Even better- when she's able to harness the production facilities of the Super Galaxy Dai Gurren, she helps create the massive Space Gunmen fleet.
- Chekhov's Gunman: She and Makken were given Team Dai-Gurren's Gunmen and told to dismantle every single one. Instead, they spruced them up and kept them pristine, all the while working to make larger, space-compatible versions of the machines.
- Clothing Damage: When the Dai-Gurren catches fire in battle, her bra is half-shredded and scorched from the fire, providing a teasing look at her chest underneath.
- Odd Couple: Marrying Makken is a curveball, alright.
- The Engineer: She's constantly tinkering with Gunmen to both keep them in top condition and improve their capabilities.
- Happily Married: To Makken, post Time Skip (until his Heroic Sacrifice).
- Her Heart Will Go On: Right after Makken rams his Gunmen into an Anti-Spiral missle and she learns what he did, she refuses to grieve at all and instead works to avenge him! Iron will, indeed!
- Miss Fixit: She's the main mechanic of Team Dai-Gurren, and she can not only fix up any Gunman as good as new, she's capable of improving on them with every new material or method given to her in only a few days. In peace-time she takes up fixing cars, but when the Anti-Spirals arrive she resumes her old profession with Gunmen.
- Smoking Is Cool: Her frequent smoking is used to give her an air of being a mature and hardy mechanic.
- Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: She is noticeably taller than the squat Makken.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Even when coated in grease she manages to be Unkempt Beauty, while Makken is more scruffy than hunky.
- Wrench Wench: She's a frequently grease-covered and machine-loving mechanic of a woman who's always thrilled about ho much harder she can work her skills.
Kiyoh Bachika
Kiyoh Bachika
Voiced by: Rina Sato (JP), Karen Strassman (EN) Foreign VAs
Click here to see her post-Time Skip
The eldest of Kittan's younger sisters, and by far the most developed. Kiyoh is a sly blonde with a sassy attitude, and a champion at using a yo-yo in ways that would make your jaw drop to the floor- if her curvaceous figure didn't already do that. Eventually, she discovers Dayakka is crushing on her.
After the timeskip, she marries Dayakka and gives birth a little girl named Anne- the one millionth human.
- Cool Big Sis: She a gentle woman that's the most mature and supportive member among her siblings, including her older brother.
- Happily Married: To Dayakka, post-timeskip — they are implied to have a great marriage as hinted by Dayakka's Calling Your Attacks moments (as seen in his section above).
- Killer Yoyo: Demonstrates prowess with one in Kittan Zero.
- Marshmallow Hell: She introduces herself to Simon by shoving his face into her cleavage.
- Ms. Fanservice: Her ample cleavage is thrust into the viewer's face pretty much every second she's on screen. It's no longer present after the Timeskip, where she is modestly dressed throughout.
- Retired Badass: Post-Time Skip, she has retired from her fighting days, especially since she is pregnant with her and Dayakka's child.
- Shipper on Deck: She was ecstatic when Simon proposed to Nia.
- Sickeningly Sweethearts: With Dayakka.
- Significant Anagram: Her name is an anagram for "youki," or "cheerful".
- The Three Faces of Eve: The Seductress, being the sexiest of the sisters. Subverted after the Time Skip.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: With Dayakka. While he's not a Gonk, he's more considerably cartoonish looking while she's a Ms. Fanservice.
Kinon Bachika
Kinon Bachika
Voiced by: Kana Ueda (JP), Stephanie Sheh (EN) Foreign VAs
Click here to see her post-Time Skip
The second oldest of Kittan's younger sisters. After Team Dai-Gurren's capture of Dai-Gunzan, she takes up a position within its control tower, monitoring the radar. She seems to be the calmest and smartest member of the Black Siblings.
- Ace Pilot: Downplayed, but she does occasionally act as the Gurren's pilot after the timeskip before Viral joins the team, and is shown to be able to synergize with Simon pretty well.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Her behavior during the second arc was toned down in the manga, where she admits in a conversation with Cybela her uncertainty regarding Simon's imprisonment.
- Break the Cutie: Rossiu's actions break her heart- but then it's promptly healed and strengthened when his sorrow comes out.
- Cooldown Hug: She bursts into tears when she sees Rossiu hasn't committed suicide, then dashes right into his arms and gives him a tender hug, while sobbing in his chest. Afterward, she cuddles up on top of his lap the whole ride back to Kamina City with a gentle smile, blushing nonstop.
- Extreme Doormat: Deconstructed: Kinon is forced to do unthinkable things just to prevent Rossiu from taking everything too far, culminating in having a gigaton of explosives strapped to her chest in case Simon tries to escape custody. Rossiu was deeply sorry for this.
- Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: In the movie version, she is the one to snap Rossiu out of his suicidal depression instead of Simon.
- Grew a Spine: After being an Extreme Doormat to Rossiu for so long out of love for him, she grows one after learning he intends on killing himself, going with Simon to stop him. The movies take it even further by having her return Rossiu to his senses without Simon's help.
- Mission Control: Kinon serves as this on the Dai-Gurren.
- Official Couple: With Rossiu.
- Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Kinon tries to reassure Simon before they go on on their bomb ladden mission to destroy the Anti-Spirals that they should be fine. Simon cooly points out he's just going to be executed afterwards, causing her to shut up and look really ashamed.
- Out of Focus: Sadly, after Episode 23. Gainax couldn't expand on her relationship with Rossiu due to budget constraints stopping them flat at the final episode. However, we pretty much understand it's a happy ending (and in the manga, she is with Rossiu and Leeron in the distant timeskip).
- The Power of Love: Her love combined with Simon's friendship with Rossiu allowed them to reach him before he killed himself. And her pleas for him to stop made him flinch up long enough for Simon to punch some sense back into him.
- Regretful Traitor: She takes no pleasure in betraying her friends, namely Simon, but did it solely out of love and devotion for Rossiu. While she put on a brave face whenever someone tried calling Rossiu out, even strapping bombs to herself and holding herself hostage to stop Simon from potentially running, she only did it so that Rossiu wouldn't have to shoulder the burden alone, even telling Simon such when she has the chance to speak with him alone. So when Rossiu makes clear he's been Driven to Suicide, she goes to find Simon and begs him to help stop him, the two combined able to save him from himself.
- Sci-Fi Bob Haircut: Pre-timeskip. Post time-skip, she's let it grow out down past her neck.
- Security Cling: She runs up and leaps into Rossiu's arms while spilling tears and whimpering, not even stopping to shed the glasses and wipe her eyes.
- Shipper on Deck: In the high school AU manga, Simon and Nia catch her in the middle of drawing a picture of Kamina and Kittan.
- Shrinking Violet: Pre-timeskip.
- Significant Anagram: Her name is an anagram for "nonki", or "carefree".
- Subordinate Excuse: Post-timeskip, she has become Rossiu's assistant and has feelings for him.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Post-timeskip, she's much more serious and harsh to everyone, except Rossiu. The only time she becomes emotional is when Rossiu nearly commits suicide.
- Tears of Joy: Seeing Rossiu (fairly) unharmed sends her into a crying wreck, pouring out tears of relief.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: She hardens up after the time skip, becoming harsh and drastic in response to Rossiu's actions. However, it only serves to reveal she's doing it out of pure, unrestrained love for him.
- The Three Faces of Eve: The Wife, being the most sensible and smartest of the sisters.
Kiyal Bachika
Kiyal Bachika
Voiced by: Kana Asumi (JP), Gina Bowes (EN) Foreign VAs
Click here to see her post-Time Skip
The youngest of Kittan's younger sisters. She's quite the tomboy. Kiyal is the playful little sis of the Black Siblings, often joking at the situation and keeping a bright but forceful attitude about her. She pilots the Kiyalunga, a suprisingly adorable pink Gunmen with a big smile on its face.
- And This Is for...: When piloting the Tengen Toppa King Kittan during the final battle in the manga.Kiyal: This is for all who have fallen! And this is for my brother!
- Ascended Extra: Her role was expanded in the manga, where she's shown to have become a famous singer and gets more additional involvement. Most prominently, she joins Team Dai-Gurren to take part in the final battle against The Anti-Spiral.
- Cathartic Crying: In the manga adaptation, when she reunites with Kiyoh and Kinon after the final battle, she does a V-Sign with a smile before her tears start coming loose and cries loudly after telling them of Kittan's Heroic Sacrifice.
- Cute Little Fang: She sports one in keeping with her personality.
- Hidden Depths: The manga reveals that she wants to be a mother like her big sis, as she's shown caring for quite a few children when trapped in the Anti-Spirals' illusion.
- Genki Girl: She's the most evergetic of the Bachika sisters, and still retains this trait after the Time Skip.
- Girlish Pigtails: When she joins Team Dai-Gurren for the last fight against The Anti-Spiral in the manga, she changes her hairstyle into pigtails.
- Idol Singer: She became one after the Time Skip in the manga, with her outfits being based on the ones in Kiyal's Magical Time.
- Magical Girl: She becomes one in Parallel Works 2: Kiyal's Magical Time.
- No Indoor Voice: If you anger her, she'll start screaming... a lot.
- Out of Focus: She gets hit with it the worst of Kittan's sisters after the timeskip, doing next to nothing beyond hanging around Kittan and Kiyoh throughout it. This is averted in the manga, where it's revealed that she's become an Idol Singer and is very popular. More importantly, she joins Team Dai-Gurren in their final battle against the Anti-Spirals, piloting the Kiyalunga, and much later, the Tengen Toppa King Kittan.
- Retired Badass: Post-time skip, she has now retired from her fighting days. In the manga, she joins the fight against The Anti-Spirals.
- Shipper on Deck: She was ecstatic when Simon proposed to Nia.
- Significant Anagram: Her name is an anagram for "yaruki" or "eager".
- The Three Faces of Eve: The Child, being the youngest and childish of the sisters.
- Tragic Keepsake: In the manga, Kittan gives his jacket to her before heading off to do his Heroic Sacrifice. She wears it for the remainder of the final battle.
Anne
Dayakka and Kiyoh's daughter.
- Adaptation Expansion: She's entirely absent in the epilogue of the anime. In the manga's ending, she appears as a grown woman alongside Simon visiting the gravesite of the fallen heroes to give flowers.
- Grave-Marking Scene: At the end of the manga, she plants flowers at the gravesite for the deceased heroes.
- Strong Family Resemblance: When she appears as an adult in the manga's epilogue, she greatly resembles Kiyoh.
Chief Shak
Chief Shak
Voiced by: Tesshō Genda (JP), Paul St. Peter (EN)
The Chief of Giha Village at the start of the series.
- All There in the Manual: His name is only given in the credits.
- The Bus Came Back: Returns briefly in episode 17, where it's shown he's opened a restaurant.
- Cool Sword: Wields the odachi that becomes Kamina's signature weapon.
- Fat Bastard: Overweight and an overbearing jerk.
- Jerkass Has a Point: While he's not a particularly pleasant fellow, his frustration with Kamina's antics is somewhat understandable considering the damage he caused.
- Large and in Charge: He's one of the biggest members of Giha Village and serves as the Chief.
- Pet the Dog:
- He's at least somewhat nice to Simon, recognizing his skill as a digger and acknowledging he got dragged into helping Kamina's scheme against his will.
- It's mentioned that he was willing to shelter the denizens of Littner Village in Giha.
- Slimeball: Post Time Skip he's opened a pig mole steak restaurant, capitalizing on his connection to Simon and Kamina to promote it. Pretty much everyone including his own staff are put off by his sleazy attitude.
