History Characters / Daimos

* ChildhoodFriends: Erika was BestFriends with Cindy ever since the two were pre-teens.

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* CulturedBadass: Kyoshiro is a masterful swordsman who is often heard quoting philosophers. In the first episode he quotes Creator/FriedrichNietzsche, and goes on to quote Marx, Goethe and Descartes, amongst others.

* TrueBlueFemininity: In contrast to Erika who usually wears pink, Nana's clothing consists of a light blue shirt and a dark blue skirt, while her underclothes are yellow.

* BrawnHilda: Cairo is the particular target for her rages, as whenever she is angered, she takes out her frustrations by pounding him.

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* HimeCut: Though she's not a Princess, Sayuri's hair is styled this way, which tends to get her confused for Erika.

** They're both a race of aliens that have heavily resemblance to the Earthlings except for a tertiary feature[[note]]Horns for the Boazanians, wings for the Balmites[[/note]], that run on SchizoTech and {{mecha}}? Check!
** They both have a LongHairedPrettyBoy blonde Prince that's been put up to the Earthern Invasion to distract them from the fact that they're secretly the heir to the throne.[[note]]And to top it off, they ''even have the same voice actor''[[/note]].

** The plot of both anime is kicked off when their planet's AlienPrince/AlienPrincess falls in love with a human.

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* HairDecorations: Sayuri has a pink bow on each side of her head.

* KillEmAll: Sayuri says this word-for-word about the Balmites as she's being treated for her injuries in the hospital.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it '''Balm''', '''Barm''', '''Baam''' or '''Bahm'''? Similarly, is the demonym '''Balmite''', '''Barmite''', '''Baamite''' or '''Bahmite'''?

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[[caption-width-right:350: Kazuya Ryuzaki]]

[[caption-width-right:350: Erika[[labelnote:Young]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/erika_daimos_4.png[[/labelnote]]]]

* CulturedBadass: Kyoshiro is a masterful swordsman who is often heard quoting philosophers.

!Balm Empire
[[folder:In General]]
* FantasticRacism: Richter declares that the Balmites are the superior race, and Balbas agrees. Gurney also holds this view, [[spoiler: at first]]. Raiza also despises the human race and considers Erika a traitor for falling in love wth one. Notable aversions to this trope are Erika, Margarete and Cindy.
* SpaceRomans: A ''literal'' example. The Balm Empire's buildings, aesthetics , fashionand culture seem to be modelled of that of Ancient Rome. Richter wears a Roman headdress, and the Balmites' religion resembles Christianity.
** In the Philippine-English dub, their planet is renamed to Planet Brahmin. In Indian culture, Brahmin is the highest caste, which is mirrored in the Balmite's belief that they are the superior race. Though it could be a coincidence, Raiza's style of dressing somewhat resembles an Indian saree.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it '''Balm''', '''Barm''', '''Baam''' or '''Bahm'''? Similarly, is the demonym '''Balmite''', '''Barmite''', '''Baamite''' or '''Bahmite'''?
* WingedHumanoid: The Balms resemble humans, but they have vast, angel-like wings that they can hide at will.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Richter]]

-->'''Voiced by''': Osamu Ichikawa
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[[caption-width-right:350: Richter[[labelnote:Young]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/young_richter.png[[/labelnote]]]]
The son of Admiral Leon and Erika's brother, an extremely proud Balmian with the spirit of its warrior. On witnessing his father's death, he was eager to become the commander of Earth invasion force to avenge his father. He loved his sister, but became extremely cross when he found out about her forbidden love with Kazuya, gaining an obsession with defeating him to restore his and Erika's pride as true Balmians. His noble side prevailed when he found out about certain dirty tactics at work from within his people, especially about his commanding general Olban which has something to do about his father's death, which is not exactly how he imagined.

* AloofBigBrother: He certainly cared about Erika, but he's too duty-bound to set an example for his own people. And while he disowned her due to her love deal, he was actually grief-stricken that he could only cope by thinking that the Erika he knew was dead. He gets better by the final arc, but he's still very aloof.
* TheAtoner: After helping Kazuya avert the crash of Small Balm to Jupiter, he silently committed suicide by setting himself to crash into Jupiter, knowing [[NoPlaceForMeThere that peace would never come as long as he, who used to be the face of the Balm invasion, is still around, and he has to atone for that.]]
* DubNameChange:
** '''Prince Ulrich''' in the Phillipine-English dub.
** '''Prince Roderick''' in the Starbirds dub.
** '''Principe Rikiter''' in the Italian dub.
* {{Expy}}: Pretty much the successor of [[Anime/VoltesV the previous series' Prince Heinel]], being the antagonistic blonde [[spoiler: big brother]] of one of the main protagonists and an aloof rival with some noble sides.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: During a proposed duel with Kazuya, Richter wields a spear and shield and offers Kazuya a pair too, since it'll make the fight fairer. Kazuya refuses and instead proceeds to beat him with just karate, breaking the spear and shield for good measure.
* ManlyTears: Even if he's technically a villain, Richter isn't afraid to cry when situation calls, such as the death of his best friend Aizam who fought because he'd rather die in combat than in bed, fighting for Richter and the Balmian cause to the bitter end.
* NobleDemon: He's more or less very gung-ho when it comes to invading the Earth, but he's still a honorable, caring prince to his people and certainly prefers fair combat like true warriors.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The epitome of the trope for the Balmians. Richter knows that the Balmians, him included, are also born for combat and holds that trait with pride, along with some ideals like "Better die than to be taken prisoner".
* RevengeBeforeReason: The sight of his father being killed unfairly clouded Richter's reasoning, believing that all humans are backstabbing bastards. And his encounter with mankind being mostly Balm-hating warmongers like Miwa certainly didn't help his opinion.
* StaffOfAuthority: See [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raiza_from_daimos_2.png here]].
* WarriorPrince: He's the prince of his people and he'll not go down without a fight.
* WouldHitAGirl: ''In the first episode no less'', Richter delivers a DopeSlap to Margarete because she asked him to show concern for his sister.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: In episode 16, we get a flashback of Richter as a young boy where he rescued Erika from a burning building, hugging her afterwards. Later, him, Erika and their father flew to safety. Unfortunately, the fire claimed their mother.

[[folder:Raiza]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Raiza]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Kazuko Yanaga
A female lieutenant of the Balm Invasion Force, Richter's right hand woman. She's fiercely loyal to Richter and continued to support him through his path. She's responsible in creating many Battle Robots to be sent out against Earth

* AlphaBitch: In contrast to the sweet-natured Erika, Raiza is a cruel bully and enjoys making others suffer. She takes pleasure in seeing Richter abuse Gurney, as she was insecure that he would take her position.
* AppealToForce: When Raiza doesn't get her way, she brandishes her whip. That usually gets the message across.
* BeautyIsBad: As awful as she is personality-wise, one cannot deny that Raiza is a gorgeous woman, and characters in-universe remark on her desirability. Ironically, the one person who doesn't is Richter, who Raiza is in love with.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: After Margarete "poisons"[[note]]Administers a serum that makes her faint[[/note]] Erika, Raiza comes to the old woman's defense as Richter admonishes her, stating that she understands why she did it - Erika is a [[ProperLady noble Princess]], and being poisoned is a preferable alternative to die an undignified death through {{Execution}}. Richter buys her sincerity, but Margarate doesn't - and she's right to do so, as it turns out Raiza was hoping that Margarete would let her guard down and tell her more about her plans with Erika.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Raiza despises the idea of anyone who isn't her being close to Richter. When Richter dismisses her in episode 9, she begs him to allow her to stay. She also spies on his conversation with Gurney, and whispers that she would sell her soul just to have Richter's trust back.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: She has teal-green hair and eyes.
* DubNameChange:
** In the Philippine dub, she was known as '''Laila'''.
** In the Starbirds dub, she was known as '''Lisa'''.
** In the Italian dub, she was known as '''Laiza/Liza'''.
* {{Expy}}: Of Katherine from ''{{Anime/Voltes V}}'', ''Daimos'''s predecessor in the ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy''. Both are [[NerdsAreSexy hot scientists]] that are secretly in love with their respective Prince. They are both gifted at manipulation, take pride in being right hands, manufacture mechas and [[spoiler: die protecting the men they love]]. The main differences are that Katherine is more of a ProperLady and {{Ojou}} compared to [[HotBlooded Raiza]] who's willing to [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey use her assets to get what she wants]], Katherine is less of a {{Jerkass}}, and Katherine and Heinel were [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friends]].
* GreenAndMean: Raiza's hair and eyes are a glamorous green colour, but she is a heartless tyrant who barks at her underlings as if they're machines and jumps at every opportunity to further the Balm Empire's position in the war.
* HiddenBuxom: It's not apparent at first, but [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raiza_daimos.png close-ups]] and the ShowerScene show that Raiza is ''very'' well-endowed.
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: A literal example. In episode 9, as she's telling Balbas about her plan to dispose of Gurney, the camera pans down to her boobs and stays there for a while.
* LackOfEmpathy: Raiza thinks of Richter and only Richter, everyone else is irrelevant to her. She shames Erika "for making him worry" in spite of Erika suffering traumatic amnesia and being innocent in her involvement with Kazuya.
* ManipulativeBitch: ''Many'' examples. First, Raiza sabotages Gurney's spar with Kazuya by sending unrelated gladiators, which force him to invoke his moral code, knowing it anger will Richter and drive a rift between the two. [[spoiler: Then, Raiza forces Erika to pilot a mecha that she knows has a high chance of killing the pilot, threatening to torture innocent Balmians if she disobeys. Raiza also becomes enraged at anyone who she views as a rival to her position as Richter's right-hand and uses dirty tricks to have them ran off from the Balmian army]].
* MissFanservice: In episode 9, we get a long ShowerScene of Raiza showing off her massive bust and nude body. After the shower scene, the camera reminds you that she has massive breasts by panning down to them. In general, Raiza's clothes are skimpy and emphasize her [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raiza_from_daimos.png arms]] and [[ShesGotLegs legs]].
** ShamelessFanserviceGirl: When Balbas enters her room and sees her showering, he becomes abashed at seeing her naked and apologizes, before leaving. However Raiza tells him it's alright, before playing up her breasts to the viewer.
* PinkIsFeminine: Raiza's clothing and wings are pink. Even her whip is a hot-pink colour.
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: Raiza is the [[MissFanservice hot and sexy]] seductress, using her body and charms to manipulate things in her favour, in contrast to the innocent, playful child Nana and loyal, loving wife Erika.
* WhipOfDominance: In some episodes, Raiza uses a whip to punish those of her underlings that she thinks aren't working hard enough. She also uses it to intimidate people who oppose her.
* {{Yandere}}: Raiza is so obsessed with Richter that him having platonic relationships is enough to anger her, and some of her lines imply that she views Erika as competition for his attention as well.

[[folder:Balbas]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ShozoIizuka
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[[caption-width-right:350: Balbas]]
A big, burly Balm Invasion Force lieutenant that serves as Richter's right hand man, occasionally teaming up with Raiza. He presented himself as a typical brute, but eventually it was revealed that he had a noble side as well.
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* BaldOfEvil: In contrast to his counterpart Jangal Rui in ''Anime/VoltesV'', who had a head and face full of hair, Balbas is bald.
* TheBrute: In the earlier episodes, Balbas played this trope the full effect, organizing various terror attacks across Earth and hoping to break Daimos. However, when he is capable of empathy, as he felt very sorry for Erika when he was under the assumption that she was tortured by the Earthlings, and felt shock upon seeing Gurney being beaten with a staff, while Raiza took pleasure in it.

[[folder:Olban]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Hisashi Katsuta

Formerly the chief advisor of Admiral Leon, he was promoted to General and later King in order to commence the assault to Earth to ensure a home for the Balmians. However, that was just a front: In truth he orchestrated the death of Leon and later Isamu to seize power for himself and to rule Balm with an iron fist on his own terms.

[[folder:Georiya]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Kazuya Tatekabe

Olban's trusted henchman, complicit in all his plotting and crimes. In truth, he was the one that had Admiral Leon killed and was the one who killed Isamu and made it look like an accident committed by Richter and Erika. He continues to carry on Olban's orders without any remorse to what happened to his people.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Leon]]
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[[caption-width-right:599: King Leon[[labelnote:Young]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leon_daimos.png[[/labelnote]]]]

The chief Admiral of Balmians, trying to save his people after planet Balm were devastated by a meteor by looking for a new planet to inhabit, he chose Earth. He's a man that desired peaceful co-existence, but thanks to the plot of Olban, he ended up being killed by poison and the Earthlings were blamed for this.

* AllLovingHero: [[spoiler: Leon held no hate in his heart for anyone, not even the Earthlings even though they supposedly poisioned him[[note]]They didn't poision him, that was Georiya[[/note]]]].
* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler: Did Leon know the Earthlings were innocent, hence why he told Richter not to shoot them? Could he have seen Olban's assassination attempt coming?]].
* [[spoiler: AssassinationAttempt: Leon dies this way, by his tea being poisoned during peace negotiations with the Earthlings. Richter blames the Earthlings for it because it happened at their conference, when it was actually Georiya who killed him after being ordered to do so by Olban]].
* BigFun: He's on the tubby side, but a kind-hearted and sweet old man nonetheless.
* TheGoodKing: He belived that Earthlings and Balmians could live in peace. [[spoiler: Even after he was poisoned by Georiya, and Richter misunderstood the situation as the humans poisoning him and tried to kill them as revenge, he begged Erika to stop Richter because killing them would end all chances of Earthlings and Balmians co-existing peacefully. Erika tried to stop Richter by attempting to wrangle the gun out of his hands, but was unable to and he shot Earthling representative Isamu Ryuzaki, kicking off the war]].
* GoodParents: He doted on Erika and Richter very much, and his death ''broke'' the latter.

[[folder:Roji]]
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The wife of Leon, and the mother of Erika and Richter.

* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Roji had golden locks and was beloved by everyone around her.
* {{OjouRinglets}}: Roji has thick, long, coil-shaped ones.
* PimpedOutDress: [[spoiler: Roji's wedding dress becomes a plot point in episode 16, when Margarete uses it to hide the serum to save Erika from execution]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Roji has one to Richter - it's clear where he inherited his hair and facial features from.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Roji is barely mentioned outside of flashbacks. She also doesn't have any speaking roles.

[[folder:Margarete]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Margarete]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MiyokoAso

* CoolOldLady: Both Kazuya and Erika view her as this, as do Gurney and Cindy.
* DubNameChange:
** Phillipine-English: '''Rowena'''.
** Starbirds dub: '''Margareta'''.
** Averted in the Italian dub.
* ParentalSubstitute: Erika and Richter's mother is dead, and it's mentioned that Margarete raised them both from infancy. Even though Richter is cold and abusive to her, she still cares about him and desires his safety, [[spoiler: but helps Erika escape to Earth against his wishes. As a result, he has her executed]].
* PinkIsFeminine: Margaret's dress is pink. Her sash is pink, but of a darker shade.
* PromotionToParent: Since Erika and Richter are orphans, she is this trope. Unfortunately, Richter rejects her as a mother figure.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Erika and Kazuya. Though she was initially against their romance, she later realized he was the one for her, at one point even delivering flowers Erika worked on to him as a gift.

[[folder:Gurney Halleck]]
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[[caption-width-right:778: Gurney Halleck]]
->''"Piercing this universe, into the starry sky, this vast and infinite universe is my home..."''
-->--'''Gurney Halleck'''
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/HiroyaIshimaru

A Balmian criminal sentenced with life in prison and gladiator fights, only to be released by Richter to defeat Kazuya. [[spoiler: However, in process, he ended up respecting Kazuya's fighter spirit and honor and urged for peace between Balmians and Earthlings, which infuriated Richter. After being freed by Erika, as a last act of honor, he sacrificed his life by hijacking Battle Robot Shyfurd and taking it to space, sparing Kazuya from being blown up with its built-in bomb, stating that just like Erika, he believes that the day that the two will reunite and both races coming together in peace will come]].

* AmbiguouslyGay: While speaking honourably of Kazuya to Richter, one of his lines is that he can see why Erika finds Kazuya so appealing. He also shields Kazuya with his body while the Balmian gladiators shoot at them both, resulting in him being too injured to fight.
* DubNameChange:
** Phillipine-English: '''Hector'''.
* [[spoiler: FamousLastWords: As Gurney flies the Shyfurd into space, knowing he will die when it explodes, Gurney reflects on the vastness of the universe]].
-->[[spoiler:''"Piercing this universe, into the starry sky, this vast and infinite universe is my home..."'']]
* [[spoiler: GoThroughMe: Gurney protects Kazuya from the Balmian {{Mooks}} this way, believing that it is unfair that they interfere in the fight and put him at a disadvantage. When Kazuya protects him in return, Gurney realizes that he has a good heart, and asks for Richter to cease the fighting.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Kazuya:''' ''"Halleck! Why did you save me?"'']]
-->[[spoiler: '''Gurney:''' ''"Just as you love Earth, I love Baam!"'']]
-->[[spoiler: '''Kazuya:''' ''"What?"'']]
-->[[spoiler: '''Gurney:''' ''"To achieve peace between Earth and Balm, Kazuya Ryuzaki, brave men like you must not be allowed to die!"'']]
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Gurney is introduced to us as a Balmian criminal, but it's later shown that he has a code of honour and believes in a fair fight. When Kazuya is attacked by the Balmian gladiators, Gurney curses them and swears to protect Kazuya with his body.
* MrFanservice: Gurney is a handsome man and the camera rewards us to shots of him kneeling and stretching, with attention given to his arms.
* NoodleIncident: We never find out why he was in prison in the first place.
* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath: Gurney dies protecting Kazuya and delivering Erika's message to him]].
* ShoutOut: He is named after the ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurney_Halleck character of the same name]].
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Gurney has messy, dark teal green hair, and his tight clothing exposes his bared, muscular arms. When he's introduced, [[FemaleGaze we as the audience get a ''lot'' of shots of his bare skin]].

[[folder:Aizam]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MakioInoue
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[[caption-width-right:350: Aizam]]
A Balmian reknown scientist, originally ordered by Olban to replace Richter as the invasion force commander, but he ended up swearing his loyalty to Richter instead. His research and improvement forced the Daimovic to implement great upgrades to Daimos, but Aizam hid a severe sickness, overworked himself and got himself into a fatal battle with the upgraded Daimos. Turns out, he wanted nothing more than a warrior's death instead of succumbing to his sickness, something he finally achieved.

[[folder:Cindy]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Mari Okamoto
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[[caption-width-right:350: Cindy]]
Erika's childhood friend. She collaborated with Margarete in her first attempts to get Erika out of detainment and reunite with Kazuya, but it only got her captured and tortured. [[spoiler: Later on, she sacrificed her life to let Margarete go on with her plan to prevent Erika from being executed.]]
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* BestFriend: Cindy and Erika are best friends.
* ChildhoodFriends: Erika and Cindy knew each other since they were young and would play together. Cindy recounted an incident where Erika saved her from a storm while they were flying, and how her courage inspired her to never back down from danger.
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: To allow Margarete's plan to save Erika to continue, Cindy sacrificed herself]].
* SatelliteCharacter: Cindy essentially orbits around Erika in terms of plot and story.

[[folder:Melvi]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Melvi]]

-->'''Voiced by''': Masato Ibu
Olban's frivilous nephew, usually seen being drunk and using [[{{Nepotism}} his links with his uncle to order people around.]] He snatched Erika from Richter using that, but no sooner afterwards, [[ObfuscatingStupidity he reveals himself to be actually cunning and good-hearted]], opposing his uncle's iron fist and seeking to pave way for peace between Balmians and humans. He's in cahoots with Barandock, who lives in the liberated area. He was unfortunately short-lived, but managed to inherit his will to Erika.

* TheAlcoholic: Results in some Funny moments when even in the most serious of situations, Melvi refuses to put down the liquor. After he rescues Erika from Miwa's base and takes her to the Undersea Castle, he takes a huge swig of the bottle while walking down the stairs as Erika grabs on to him, and takes more when negotiating with Richter about the fate of Erika.
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Melvi announces to Richter that he cannot execute Erika because he wants to make her his bride, and threatens to ask Olban to make it official between the two should he object. It's actually a front - Melvi is a ShipperOnDeck for Erika and Kazuya, because he believes the two can bring peace and stop the war, but he had to convince Richter to let her go ''somehow''.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Richter says this about him to Raiza.
-->'''Richter:''' ''"I had to grow up holding his hand."''
* HidingBehindYourBangs: Melvi's right eye is covered by his messy hair, though there are times when he shows the rest of his face.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Raiza wants Melvi killed this way, because she fears that if he reports Richter's incompetence to Olban, he will be disgraced and possibly lose his position. Unfortunately, it works.
* MrFanservice: When he's introduced, we get a lot of close-ups to his arms and pectorals. When he stands up, it's apparent how little clothing he's actually [[https://ibb.co/CtfrMpN wearing]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Richter remarks that Melvi is child-like and uses his position to get away with not taking his duties seriously. Melvi is well-aware, and milks it for all it's worth. He even lampshades about how he's "The Emperor's frivolous alcoholic nephew".
* LegFocus: He has very [[https://ibb.co/DtzGRsG shapely,]] [[https://ibb.co/6vtGsTt thin]] [[https://ibb.co/r3kDqgs legs]].
* ShipperOnDeck: For Erika and Kazuya. He teases Erika about her crush after rescuing her from Miwa, laughing when Erika doesn't deny it.
* SultryBangs: Melvi is introduced as a flirtatious UpperClassTwit who remarks that Erika has gotten prettier since he's last seen her in his drunken state. He's also shameless when it comes to {{Fanservice}}.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He's almost the same height as Richter, has wild, untamed dark locks that crown his head and dresses like a Roman gladiator. His carefree nature and GoodAllAlong status also add to this appeal.
* TotallyRadical: Despite being a rank higher than Richter, Melvi doesn't care for speaking formally and addresses everyone around him the same way, regardless of what position they hold.

[[folder:Barandock]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KenjiUtsumi

A Balmian leader of Utopia, a sanctioned place in New Zealand where humans and Balmians live together in peace and seeking to spread the philosophy worldwide. He gave Erika shelter and aided Daimos in secret since exposing their presence would put them in peril from both humans and Balmians. Unfortunately his cover was blown, but he also inherited his will to Erika.

[[folder:Himley]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RyuseiNakao

Balbas' little brother and part of Small Balm's peacekeeping force, which came under fire due to clashing with Olban's megalomaniacal way. When Georiya had his parents (and to an extent, Balbas' too) murdered out of 'treason' by his secret police, Himley was about to report such injustice to Olban, but [[SpannerInTheWorks ended up learning that Olban was behind everything.]] He managed to relay everything he knew to Richter and his men, but Georiya's men caught up to him and then he died protecting Raiza to make sure Richter lives and save Balm from Olban.

* AllLovingHero: [[spoiler: Leon held no hate in his heart for anyone, not even the Earthlings even though they supposedly poisioned him[[note]]They didn't poision him, that was Olban[[/note]]]].

-->'''''Richter:''' "I had to grow up holding his hand."''

[[caption-width-right:350: Nana Izumi]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The 'jerk' part is because of her short temper, but the 'heart of gold' is undeniable.

Olban's frivilous nephew, usually seen being drunk and using [[{{Nepotism}} his links with his uncle to order people around.]] He snatched Erika from Richter using that, but no sooner afterwards, [[ObfuscatingStupidity he reveals himself to be actually cunning and good-hearted]], opposing his uncle's iron fist and seeking to pave way for peace between Balmians and humans. He was unfortunately short-lived, but managed to inherit his will to Erika.

* TheAlcoholic: Results in some {{Funny}} moments when even in the most serious of situations, Melvi refuses to put down the liquor. After he rescues Erika from Miwa's base and takes her to the Undersea Castle, he takes a huge swig of the bottle while walking down the stairs as Erika grabs on to him, and takes more when negotiating with Richter about the fate of Erika.

-->'''''Richter:''' I had to grow up holding his hand.''

* SensualBangs: Melvi is introduced as a flirtatious UpperClassTwit who remarks that Erika has gotten prettier since he's last seen her in his drunken state. He's also shameless when it comes to {{Fanservice}}.

* TheMedic: She heads the Balmian invading force's field medic division before amnesia hit in.
* PinkIsFeminine: She wears a pink dress and [[spoiler: her own mech Phobos in ''Victory Five'' manga is colored pink]].

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* PluckyComicRelief
* RobotBuddy

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* GreenAndMean: Raiza's hair and eyes are a glamorous green colour, but she is a heartless tyrant who.

* PinkIsFeminine: Raiza's clothing and wings are pink.

* WhipOfDominance: In some episodes, Raiza uses a whip to punish those of her underlings that she thinks aren't working hard enough.

* FantasticRacism: Richter declares that the Balmites are the superior race, and Balbas agrees. Gurney also holds this view, [[spoiler: at first]]. Raiza also despises the human race and considers Erika a traitor for falling in love wth one. Notable aversions to this trope are Erika, Margaret and Cindy.

[[folder:Roja]]

The wife of Leon and the mother of Erika and Richter.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Roja has one to Richter - it's clear where he inherited his hair and facial features from.

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[[caption-width-right:350: Erika]]

[[caption-width-right:350: Richter]]

[[caption-width-right:599: King Leon]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: Margarete]]
Richter and Erika's nanny, who believed in their inherent goodness. After Erika's fall from grace, Margarete continued to be the only one that believed in Erika and becoming her confidant.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Erika and Richter's mother is never mentioned, and it's mentioned that Margarete raised them both from infancy. Even though Richter is cold and abusive to her, she still cares about him and desires his safety.

** '''Prince Roderick'' in the Starbirds dub.

* WouldHitAGirl: ''In the first episode no less'', Richter delivers a DopeSlap to Margaret because she asked him to show concern for his sister.

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* FantasticRacism: Richter declares that the Balmites are the superior race, and Balbas agrees. Gurney also holds this view, [[spoiler: at first]]. Raiza also despises the human race and considers Erika a traitor for falling in love wth one. Notable aversions to this trope are Erika, Margarete and Cindy.

** '''Prince Ulrich''' in the English dub.

* BigFun: He's on the tubby side, but a kind-hearted and sweet man nonetheless.

* PromotionToParent: Since Erika is an orphan, she is this trope.

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Erika's childhood friend. She collaborated with Margarete in her first attempts to get Erika out of detainment and reunite with Kazuya, but it only got her captured and tortured. Later on, she sacrificed her life to let Margarete go on with her plan to prevent Erika from being executed.

!Balmian Army

* AlphaBitch: In contrast to the sweet-natured Erika, Raiza is a cruel bully and enjoys making others suffer. She takes pleasure in seeing Richter abuse Gurney, as she was insecure that Gurney would take her position.

** In the Philippine dub, she was known as Laila.
** In the Starbirds dub, she was known as Lisa.
** In the Italian dub, she was known as Laiza/Liza.

!Other Balmians

A Balmian criminal sentenced with life in prison and gladiator fights, only to be released by Richter to defeat Kazuya. [[spoiler: However, in process, he ended up respecting Kazuya's fighter spirit and honor and urged for peace between Balmians and Earthlings, which infuriated Richter. After being freed by Erika, as a last act of honor, he sacrificed his life by hijacking a Battle Robot and taking it to space, sparing Kazuya from being blown up with its built-in bomb, stating that just like Erika, he believes that the day that the two will reunite and both races coming together in peace will come]].
--> [[FamousLastWords ''"Piercing this universe, into the starry sky, this vast and infinite universe is my home..."'']]

* AmbigiouslyGay: While speaking honourably of Kazuya to Richter, one of his lines is that he can see why Erika finds Kazuya so appealing. He also shields Kazuya with his body while the Balmian gladiators shoot at them both, resulting in him being too injured to fight.
* [[spoiler: FamousLastWords: ''"Piercing this universe, into the starry sky, this vast and infinite universe is my home..."'']]
* GoThroughMe: Gurney protects Kazua this way.

* WouldHurtASenior: ''In the first episode no less'', Richter delivers a DopeSlap to Margaret because she asked him to show concern for his sister.

-->'''Voiced by''': Kazuko Yanaga

-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AkiraKamiya

-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MiyukiUeda

-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KazuyukiSogabe (TV series), Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (''Super Robot Wars'')

* {{Expy}}: Downplayed, but he has some elements in common with Ippei Mine from ''{{Anime/Voltes V}}''. Both are Japanese, but had parents who moved to a Western country in their youth, hoping to acheive a better life, only to suffer from poverty instead - Ippei is Japanese-American and [[spoiler: his father succumbed to his illness and his mother blew herself up while they were homeless]], while Kyoshiro is Japanese-French and lost his father to a car accident and his mother to a disease. Both also had to learn to fend for themselves in said foreign country, though Ippei managed to make a career out of being a rodeo star with his [[AnimalCompanion horse, Eiffel]]. However, Kyoshiro at least wanted to go back to Japan, whereas Ippei was forcibly kidnapped. Kyoshiro is also a nicer person than Ippei, who in contrast is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

-->'''Voiced by''': Youko Kuri (TV series), Creator/KonamiYoshida (''Super Robot Wars'')

-->'''Voiced by''': Hisashi Katsuta

-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MiyokoAso

* AlphaBitch: In contrast to the sweet-natured Erika, Raiza is a cruel bully and enjoys making others suffer.

** In the Starbird dub, she was known as Lisa.
** In the Italian dub, she was known as Laiza.
* {{Expy}}: Of Katherine from ''{{Anime/Voltes V}}'', ''Daimos'''s predecessor in the ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy''. Both are [[NerdsAreSexy hot scientists]] that are secretly in love with their respective Prince. They are both gifted at manipulation, take pride in being right hands, manufacture mechas and [[spoiler: die protecting the men they love]]. The main differences are that Katherine is more of a ProperLady and {{Ojou}} compared to [[HotBlooded Raiza]], Katherine is less of a {{Jerkass}}, and Katherine and Heinel were [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friends]].

A Balmian criminal sentenced with life in prison and gladiator fights, only to be released by Richter to defeat Kazuya. However, in process, he ended up respecting Kazuya's fighter spirit and honor and urged for peace between Balmians and Earthlings, which infuriated Richter. After being freed by Erika, as a last act of honor, he sacrificed his life by hijacking a Battle Robot and taking it to space, sparing Kazuya from being blown up with its built-in bomb, stating that just like Erika, he believes that the day that the two will reunite and both races coming together in peace will come.

* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/{{Dune}}''.

* WhipItGood: In some episodes, Raiza uses a whip to punish those of her underlings that she thinks aren't working hard enough.

* {{Expy}}: Downplayed, but he has some elements in common with Ippei Mine from ''{{Anime/Voltes V}}''. Both are Japanese, but had parents who moved to a Western country in their youth, hoping to acheive a better life, only to suffer from poverty instead - Ippei is Japanese-American and [[spoiler: his father succumbed to his illness and his mother blew herself up while they were homeless]], while Kyoshiro is Japanese-French and lost his father to a car accident and his mother to a disease. Both also had to learn to fend for themselves in said foreign country, though Ippei managed to make a career out of being a rodeo star with his [[AnimalCompamnion horse, Eiffel]]. However, Kyoshiro at least wanted to go back to Japan, whereas Ippei was forcibly kidnapped. Kyoshiro is also a nicer person than Ippei, who in contrast is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

* {{Expy}}: Pretty much the successor of [[Anime/VoltesV the previous series' Prince Heinel]], being the antagonistic blonde big brother of one of the main protagonists and an aloof rival with some noble sides.

* AplhaBitch: In contrast to the sweet-natured Erika, Raiza is a cruel bully and enjoys making others suffer.

The main character of the series. An astronaut, karateka and pilot of the titular machine Daimos. Kazuya's father Isamu was killed during an attempt to broker peace between the Balmians. During his first battle with Daimos, Kazuya found an amnesiac girl named Erika and fell in love, despite eventually learning that she was actually the Princess of Balm. His love continue to drive him forward despite others warning him and along the way, he also learned that the Balmians are more than just mere invading people and also how some of the men that fought for his side weren't that squeaky clean and good.

* HeartbrokenBadass: Near the end of the series, [[spoiler:as part of her BatmanGambit, Erika betrayed her relationship with Kazuya. This made Kazuya utterly heartbroken... but even if he was in pain due to the betrayal, he still summoned enough willpower to finish the mission of brokering peace between humans and Balmians... the willpower ends up being ''doubled'' when he eventually learned that Erika was just staging her betrayal.]]

* TheIdealist: People around him are usually sarcastic about love and the nature of Balmians. On the other hand, Kazuya continued to believe in ThePowerOfLove and the good within all living beings. For the most part, he's proven right although sometimes he found exceptions.

* ThePowerOfLove: Whenever he thinks of Erika and his love for her, his willpower gets boosted that he could turn around difficult battles.
* RageBreakingPoint: Kazuya prefers diplomacy, words, or at worst harsh warnings when it comes to racism, especially by Miwa. But the moment Miwa is seen gunning down human and Balm civilians, Kazuya goes absolutely apeshit and wants nothing but to kill Miwa with his bare hands.

* YouKilledMyFather: Actually averted and it shows a great contrast with Richter. Kazuya lost his father against the Balmians, but he didn't make it a super big deal unlike Richter who was consumed with vengeance over his father's death.

The heroine of the series. The peace-loving princess of Balm, Erika saw her father Leon assassinated during a peace conference and she mistakenly thought she had a hand in the death of Earth's representative Isamu Ryuuzaki. She's ordered by General Olban to assist her brother Richter in invading Earth for vengeance and atonement, working as a field medic, but ended up struck with amnesia and was recovered by Kazuya Ryuuzaki and fell in love. She regained her memories quickly enough and with heavy heart, returned to her brother, but not only her love with Kazuya, her supposed enemy and the son of the man she thought she accidentally killed, persisted and created conflict with her, her fellow Balmians, especially Richter, didn't take her relationship well...

* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: One of Erika's biggest feats near the end of the series. [[spoiler:To get closer to Olban and accomplish her and Kazuya's mission to ensure peace between Earthlings and Balmians, Erika shot Kazuya with a real gun and pretended like she was only toying with him and was willing to get the power from being with Olban, leaving Kazuya utterly heartbroken. Of course, if she didn't do that, she wouldn't be in a position to attempt to assassinate Olban and causing a chain of events that ends with Olban's death, their mission accomplished and Kazuya learning the truth.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Kyoshiro spent his childhood in France because his parents fled to France due to his grandfather Ittousai disapproved his father's artistic lifestyle which caused his mother to abandon any notions to become the HeirToTheDojo as grandfather wanted. Life in France turned out to be harsher that his parents struggled to make money with arts, his father then died in a car accident, then after being driven out to streets in poverty, Kyoshiro witnessed his mother succumbing to sickness and he had to fend for himself alone until he could return to Japan. This bitter experience caused him to develop a much more pragmatic view in life compared to Kazuya and refusing to acknowledge Ittousai as his grandfather, but merely his sword instructor.

* PragmaticHero: Unlike Kazuya who's all heels over love, Kyoshiro is a much more reserved man who understood the dangers of war and love could sometimes be an obstacle. He'll chastise Kazuya over some blockheaded decisions in the name of love, but he's also very much against Miwa's extremism.
* TrueCompanions: In true 70's style, Kyoshiro and Kazuya may bicker and trade punches to each other, but they still trust each other to cover their backs.

The Daimovic operating robot assistant. Aside of assisting Shinichiro, he's also a wisecracking robot that snarks on certain situations and usually serve as a comedy relief usually in conjunction with Okane.

A representative general of the United Nations in charge of the defense of Earth. A bigot that believed that all aliens are monsters and will do everything to exterminate them without mercy. He's constantly at odds with the Daimovic base and ''especially'' Kazuya for not following his extremist ways and continues to accuse and threaten them. This eventually peaked when he murdered several defenseless Balmians personally, only for Kazuya to stop playing nice and gave him a severe beating before Kyoshiro revealed that he has done a lot of corruption within the UN, and once found out, he's to be arrested and stripped from all of his power.

* ARealManIsAKiller: Basically, this is what Miwa adheres. If a man is set to destroy/kill something, then it's a real man. When Kazuya, out of DespairEventHorizon with the information of Erika dying, steeled himself to destroy Balmlings, Miwa praised him, stating that it was truly how a real man would act. It landed him a punch in the face by Kyoshiro.
* ButtMonkey: In the early parts, he's usually playing the role of TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong because he kept complaining about the Daimovic's methods. Later on, it's averted when his crimes got really serious that they couldn't take him as a joke anymore.

* FantasticRacism: To an extreme degree, he's the show's shining example of racism by humankind.

* HateSink: In between his extreme racism, his disregard to even human lives as long as it gets to his goal of more promotion and power, and constantly being an obstacle to Daimovic and the efforts of peace between humans and Balmians, you're supposed to cheer when Kazuya [[WhatTheHellHero yells at him]] or [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown finally let it rip on him.]]

The son of Admiral Leon and Erika's brother, an extremely proud Balmian with the spirit of its warrior. On witnessing his father's death, he was eager to become the commander of Earth invasion force to avenge his father. He loved his sister, but became extremely cross when he found out about her forbidden love with Kazuya, gaining an obsession to defeat him to restore his and Erika's pride as true Balmians. His noble side prevailed when he found out about certain dirty tactics at work from within his people, especially about his commanding general Olban which has something to do about his father's death which is not exactly how he imagined.

* AloofBigBrother: He certainly cared about Erika, but he's too duty-bound to set an example for his own people. And while he disowned her due to her love deal, he was actually grief-stricken that he could only cope by thinking that the Erika he knew was dead. All those got better by the final arc, but he's still very aloof.
* TheAtoner: After helping Kazuya avert the crash of Small Balm to Jupiter, he silently committed suicide by setting himself to crash to Jupiter, knowing [[NoPlaceForMeThere that peace would never come as long as he, who used to be the face of Balm invasion force that caused the deaths of many humans, is still around and he has to atone for that.]]

* ManlyTears: Even if he's technically a villain, Richter isn't afraid to cry when situation calls, such as the death of his best friend Aizam who fought because he'd rather die in combat than in sickbed, fighting for Richter and the Balmian cause to the bitter end.
* NobleDemon: He's more or less very gung-ho when it comes to invading the Earth, but he's still a honorable, caring prince to his people and certainly prefers a fair combat like true warriors.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: During a proposed duel with Kazuya, Richter wields a spear and shield and offers Kazuya to wield a pair too, since it'll make the fight fairer to him. Though Kazuya refuses and instead proceeds to beat him with just karate, and broke the spear and shield for good measure.

* RevengeBeforeReason: The sight of his father being killed unfairly clouded Richter's reasoning side with vengeance, believing that all humans are backstabbing bastards. And his encounter with mankind being mostly Balm-hating warmongers like Miwa certainly didn't help his opinion.

Formerly the chief advisor of Admiral Leon, he was promoted to General and later King in order to commence the assault to Earth to ensure a home for the Balmians. However, that was just a front: In truth he orchestrated the death of Leon and later Isamu to seize power for himself and to rule Balm with an iron fist on his own term.

Olban's trusted henchman, complicit in all his plotting and crimes. In truth, he was the only one that had Admiral Leon killed and was the one who killed Isamu and made it look like an accident committed by Richter and Erika. He continues to carry on Olban's orders without any remorse to what happened to his people.

The chief Admiral of Balmians, trying to save his people after planet Balm were devastated by a meteor by looking for a new planet to inhabit, in which he chose Earth. He's a man that desired peaceful co-existence, but thanks to the plot of Olban, he ended up being killed by poison and the Earthlings were blamed for this.