Line #341 Characters/GodzillaNotableHumans


1	Although most people are JustHereForGodzilla when watching these films, that doesn't mean that the series has been devoid of interesting human characters.
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3	To return to the main character index, go [[Characters/{{Godzilla}} here]]. For the characters from the [[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} 2014 movie]], go [[Characters/{{Godzilla2014}} here]]. For the characters from ''[[Film/ShinGodzilla Shin Godzilla]]'', go [[Characters/ShinGodzilla here]]. For the characters from ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'', go [[Characters/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters here]].
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8	!Showa Series
9	[[folder:Emiko Yamane]]
10	!!Emiko Yamane
11	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emikoyamane.png]]
12	[[caption-width-right:300:Top: ''Film/Godzilla1954'' Bottom: ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'']]
13	-> '''Played By:''' Momoko Kōchi
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15	The main character and the true protagonist of the first film, Emiko is a simple Japanese woman who works as a nurse until she was involved with the situation with Godzilla. She is engaged to Daisuke Serizawa, a ShellShockedVeteran scientist, but she loves her boyfriend Hideo Ogata. Despite being asked to keep Serizawa's Oxygen Destroyer project a secret, she is forced to reveals its secrets after Godzilla destoys Tokyo.
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17	In 1995, Emiko lives a quiet life with her adopted brother's childen, until Kensaku Ijuin reveals his invention, the micro-oxygen having similar properties as her posthumous husband's Oxygen Destroyer.
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20	* AgeGapRomance: Ogata and Daisuke were the same age, and they were in their late 20s-early 30s while she was in her early 20s.
21	* ArrangedMarriage: She is engaged to Daisuke, but she loves Ogata. ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' reveals that she calls herself Serizawa's wife, thus breaking it off with Ogata.
22	* DecoyProtagonist: Ogata isn't the protagonist of the first film. She is.
23	* DemotedToExtra: ''Kind of''. In ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1956'', her role is downplayed whereas in the original film, she's the reason why Godzilla is dead. In context, the original film has her devastated by the destruction of Tokyo and being surrounded by orphans that she went out of her way to reveal the Oxygen Destroyer. And Serizawa, by his own admission, chose to use it after seeing the destruction Godzilla caused. The recut downplayed this by having Ogata and Emiko tell Martin of the Oxygen Destroyer, and Ogata and Serizawa did most of the talking. However, the film still follows her for most of the major scenes she features in and Martin's biggest contribution to the finale still hinged on convincing her to spur Serizawa into action.
24	* HappilyMarried: Averted. She did not marry Ogata after the events of the original film. Considering her SurvivorGuilt, it would wipe away any flames she had with him, and calls herself Serizawa's wife.
25	* ItsAllMyFault: She firmly believes it's her fault that Serizawa [[HeroicSacrifice gave his life]] to kill Godzilla. Her nightmare supports this in ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah''.
26	* TheProtagonist: She's actually the central main character, not Ogata. Serizawa's TheHero. Subverted in ''King of the Monsters'', where she splits this role with Steve Martin with the film following both of them relatively evenly. She's still the catalyst for the finale, with it hinging on Martin convincing her to spur Serizawa into action.
27	* SmallRoleBigImpact: She may be the protagonist of the original film, but her role is significantly smaller than Serizawa, who is TheHero, but plays a bigger role than her father and Ogata. Godzilla's defeat wasn't possible if it weren't for her.
28	* WhatTheHellHero: At both the giving and receiving end:
29	** When Godzilla has destroyed most of Tokyo, she pities Shinkichi for having to suffer from having to survive another attack, but she stares at her father as if she's asking "Is the lives of millions worth of studying Godzilla?"
30	** When both her and Ogata went to Serizawa's house to ask him to use the Oxygen Destroyer, he doesn't say it, but the look he shoots at her speaks "Why did you tell him!?". Emiko is still remorseful for it because she feels guilty for betraying his trust.
31	* YamatoNadeshiko: She's a natural Japanese woman, even in her old age.
32	[[/folder]]
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34	[[folder:Dr. Serizawa]]
35	!!Doctor Daisuke Serizawa
36	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/daisuke_serizawa_8226.jpg]]
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38	-> '''Played By:''' Akihiko Hirata
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40	Daisuke Serizawa is the character in ''Film/Godzilla1954'' who is the inventor of the Oxygen Destroyer, a powerful weapon that can completely disintegrate any living thing in a selected body of water. Initially hesitant to reveal its existence to his bride-to-be or any of his colleagues, the grim destruction of Tokyo by Godzilla [[GodzillaThreshold convinces him to use the device just this once]]. To this day, Dr. Serizawa remains the only character in the Godzilla franchise to single-handedly kill any iteration of Godzilla.
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42	A similar and similarly named character called Ishiro Serizawa appears in ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' as a scientist working for MONARCH, the organization set up to hide the existence of Godzilla from the world. Tropes about him can go on the page for Characters/{{Godzilla 2014}}.
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45	* AntiHero: Type I.
46	* ArrangedMarriage: To Emiko. It doesn't end well.
47	* BadassBookworm: Despite staying in his laboratory for weeks on end, he still manages to bloody and incapacitate naval man Ogata fairly quickly. Justified as he used to be a soldier in the Japanese Imperial Army.
48	* BadassLabcoat: Wears one.
49	* BadassNormal: A normal human who nevertheless survived his military service (albeit with injuries) and created the weapon that took down Godzilla.
50	* BothSidesHaveAPoint: He adamantly refuses to use the Oxygen Destroyer on the grounds that it's a destructive weapon in its current form, which is the opposite of his intentions for it. Ogata tells him Godzilla is their pressing issue as he had already razed Tokyo to the ground, and the only reason they know about the Oxygen Destroyer is because Emiko finds herself surrounded by children that lost their parents. The narrative actually supports both of their points, and it hinges on Serizawa's choices: If Serizawa reveals his Oxygen Destroyer, then governments all over the world will try to commission him to create another, like Albert Einstein did when he revealed how the creation of the atomic bomb was possible. If he does nothing, then Godzilla would appear again and destroy another city, and their country would be driven to extinction. Though he chooses to use the Oxygen Destroyer, he decides to burn all of his notes so its secrets won't be revealed.
51	* DrivenToSuicide: Cuts his oxygen line and stays down with Godzilla after setting off the Oxygen Destroyer.
52	* EyepatchOfPower: Lost his eye in the Pacific War.
53	* TheHero: He's the closest thing that ''Gojira''/''King of the Monsters'' has to one.
54	* TheHeroDies: As not above, he's the closest that the original film had to a hero. And as not below, Serizawa doesn't live to be a character in any of the sequels.
55	* HeroicSacrifice: Stays below, even when faced with Godzilla, to make sure the monster dies and that he can't be coerced into revealing the secrets of the Oxygen Destroyer.
56	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Before his aforementioned HeroicSacrifice, he tells his fiancee to be happy with the man she really loves.
57	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
58	** His reaction to his own creation, the Oxygen Destroyer. He's horrified that all he's been able to produce is a weapon.
59	** There's also his injuring Ogata during their fight over using the weapon to destroy Godzilla, when he realizes how Emiko feels about Ogata.
60	* OddFriendship: His friendship with Steve Martin in ''King of the Monsters''. Daisuke hates reporters and is a recluse to keep prying eyes from his work. Steve Martin is a reporter. They're apparently old college friends and one of the few times Serizawa is happy and calm is when they share a conversation and plan to meet for dinner.
61	* PosthumousCharacter: Three times in all three series. In ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'', ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', and ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla''.
62	* ProperlyParanoid: His fears of what the Oxygen Destroyer could cause turned out to be ''very'' well founded: his single usage of it created Destroyah, a monster far worse the original Godzilla it was used to kill.
63	* ReluctantMadScientist: Though not necessarily "mad", Serizawa reluctantly decided to use the Oxygen Destroyer after seeing the destruction Godzilla caused. Though he intends to use the Oxygen Destroyer once, [[spoiler: his heroic sacrifice is foreshadowed in an earlier scene when he clearly states that he'd burn his notes at the event of his death.]]
64	* RuleOfSymbolism:
65	** His relationship with Emiko is dishonest (on her part), and he knows this. He then shows her his dark secret of his own, showing that he has nothing to hide to someone he is engaged to. Emiko cheats on him for Hideo Ogata, and the two want to marry each other, and when he sees Ogata in his house, he fully expects for them to talk about breaking off the engagement and let them marry.
66	** His reluctance to use the Oxygen Destroyer is its own can of worms when he only intends to use it for beneficial reasons, and has no intention of using it as a weapon. Ogata coming to his house with Ogata to ask him to use it against Godzilla already proved his point, since he does not want another arms race on his hands. Since Godzilla is a serious issue, he reluctantly does so, but in his own terms, and keeps his own secrets to the grave with him.
67	* ScientistVsSoldier: He is the "scientist" in question in the dillemma of the Oxygen Destroyer. He knows perfectly well that if he makes it known to the world that it exists, the governments will stop at nothing to make him manufacture it as a weapon of mass destruction. When the original GodzillaThreshold is crossed, Serizawa makes sure that the Oxygen Destroyer will be used once and ''only'' once by destroying all of his research and dying alongside Godzilla.
68	* ShellShockedVeteran: A badly traumatized WWII veteran. He can't even be happy around his own fiancée.
69	* TheStoic: Has a severe lack of affect, and displays emotion a grand total of once.
70	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He was fully aware the dangers the Oxygen Destroyer would have if it landed on anyone's hands (or in [=KOTM=], wrong hands) and burned his notes. As the Oxygen Destroyer kills Godzilla, it simultaneously mutated Precambrian lifeforms in the ocean, and mutates them into Destoroyah well in 41 years after his death in the Heisei continuity.
71	* WeaponsOfMassDestruction: The Oxygen Destroyer. Serizawa is actually horrified by it.
72	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Shares this trope with Godzilla in the first film. However, he literally ''is'' a {{Woobie}}, destroyer of worlds, unlike Godzilla. ShellShockedVeteran? Check. Accidentally created a weapon? Check. Unknowingly created a monster born from it? Double check. He ''really'' doesn't want to use the Oxygen Destroyer as a weapon, but circumstances forced him to use it on Godzilla after the destruction he caused. He then pulled a HeroicSacrifice so he can [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy let Emiko be happy with Ogata]].
73	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Played by then 26 year old Akihiko Hirata. Given that World War II ended in 1945, this would have implied that he was at least 17 years old when he was a soldier. Being that young while in the warzone makes ''a lot of sense'' for being shell-shocked as he is.
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76	[[folder:Dr. Yamane]]
77	!!Doctor Kyohei Yamane
78	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kyohei_yamane_7429.jpg]]
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80	-> '''Played By:''' Takashi Shimura
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82	An eminent Japanese paleontologist, Yamane led an investigation into the mysterious devastation of the village of Oto Island, leading him and his team to discover a previously unknown creature responsible for the damage -- Godzilla.
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85	* HappilyAdopted: It is implied in the original (and outright stated in ''Vs. Destroyoah'') that Yamane adopted Shinkichi after the death of his family.
86	* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: He doesn't mince words when he makes it clear Godzilla is the direct byproduct of nuclear bomb testing, and that if such tests continue then another Godzilla is sure to appear. He likewise places the blame on such bomb testing for also unleashing Anguirus in ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain''.
87	* PosthumousCharacter: In ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', he passed away some years ago and is survived by his daughter Emiko, and his grandson and granddaughter through Shinkichi.
88	* SaveTheVillain: Yamane does not want Godzilla to be killed because he survived the H-Bomb testing in the Pacific. As mentioned above, Yamane wants to study Godzilla because he's a paleontologist and because studying him could reveal medical secrets on how to survive radiation. However, he ends up having to agree to kill Godzilla after what he did to Tokyo.
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91	[[folder:Steve Martin]]
92	!!Steve Martin
93	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/steve-martin_1690.jpg]]
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95	-> '''Played By:''' Creator/RaymondBurr
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97	An American reporter character added to the English-language recut of the first film, he provides exposition on the events surrounding Godzilla's first rampage. He is also a published author in the English-language recut of ''Godzilla'' (1984) and the novel ''Godzilla Returns'' (1996), having written ''Cairo Via Tokyo'' in the former continuity and ''This is Tokyo'' in the latter, both based on the events of 1954.
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100	* AudienceSurrogate: Serves as this by being there for Godzilla's attacks and providing exposition.
101	* CanonImmigrant: Various media such as books, comics, and videogames placed him into the continuity of the original film, having been witness to the 1954 attack.
102	* CulturalTranslation: He was added to the American edition of ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' and, later, ''Godzilla 1985''.
103	* FaceDeathWithDignity: Seeing Godzilla [[OhCrap just across the street from him]], knowing he can't escape and is almost certainly going to die, Steve still remains professional up until the building collapses on him. (Thankfully, he survives.)
104	--> "This is it, George. Steve Martin, signing off from Tokyo, Japan."
105	--> '''''CRASH'''''
106	* IntrepidReporter: Travels to Odo Island, despite knowing all ships heading that way have been destroyed, and stays in Tokyo even after Godzilla is known to be heading there. He is likely the inspiration for many similar characters in sequent Toho films.
107	* LastNameBasis: Because ''another'' Creator/SteveMartin was at the height of his popularity at the time, the English cut of ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' only ever refers to him as "Mr. Martin".
108	* MightyWhitey: Completely and, especially for the time, refreshingly averted. While he has his role to play and helped to push events along so Godzilla could be stopped, he plays a supporting role to the Japanese cast and isn't portrayed as more capable.
109	* MythologyGag: In the novel continuity, Stephen "Steve" Martin was a witness to the events of 1954; his book, ''This is Tokyo'', was made into a 1956 docudrama titled ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters'', in which Raymond Burr portrayed Martin. In the present day, when supporting character Nick Gordon reads a few lines of the book aloud, they're from Martin's narration in the real-life film.
110	* NeverTrustATrailer: A subdued example. The American ads for ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' say that he helped save the world from Godzilla in ''King of the Monsters''. All he really did was report on said saving of the world, but he did convince Emiko Yamane to go to Daisuke Serizawa and get him to use the one thing that could stop Godzilla.
111	* OddFriendship: Dr. Serizawa is remarked as being a recluse who hates reporters. Martin is, himself, a reporter. They're old friends.
112	* PinballProtagonist: Steve moves around a lot during the story (conveniently letting him witness every major event), but isn't really making any decisions, instead just offering commentary on what happens and what other people decide to do.
113	* PosthumousCharacter: In the novel continuity of Marc Cerasini, Martin is noted as having died in 1994 (a year after the death of his actor Raymond Burr).
114	* SupportingProtagonist: In ''King of the Monsters''. In general, the audience follows him around, gets events from his point of view, and hears his narration, but he has very little impact on what actually happens in the story.
115	* SurvivorsGuilt: At the end of ''King of the Monsters'', even as he notes the world can live again in peace with Godzilla dead, he grievingly laments the loss of a great man in the form of his friend Dr. Serizawa giving his life. Come ''The Return of Godzilla'' 30 years later, and it's clear he's still haunted by what happened.
116	* SympathyForTheDevil: Despite experiencing firsthand Godzilla's original rampage and barely surviving, Steve Martin's final words witnessing Godzilla getting trapped in 1985 are ones of pity.
117	* TwoFirstNames: Both his first and last names are common first names.
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120	[[folder:Yoshio Tako]]
121	!!Advertising Director Yoshio Tako
122	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yoshio_tako_8654.jpg]]
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124	-> '''Played By:''' Ichiro Arishima
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126	An eccentric, screwball publicity man working for Pacific Pharmaceuticals. After ratings for the sponsored TTV science documentary show dwindle from competition by QTV, he sends Sakurai and Furue to Faro Island to start filming a new series about a gigantic demon god named King Kong supposedly living there. Tako receives more than he bargained for when the duo brings the massive ape back to Japan in the flesh.
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129	* AntiVillain: Lets loose a destructive, but mostly confused creature in Japan to give his pharmaceutical company's number one product more publicity. Only after Kong swims home does he give up.
130	* BumblingSidekick: Obayashi, his assistant.
131	* ChewingTheScenery: Especially during the office scenes, where he shreds and tosses newspapers in frustration and later celebration.
132	* ComicalOverreacting: To all of Godzilla's appearances in the media, even shouting at the TV to shut up before switching it off.
133	* ExecutiveMeddling: He's the in-universe executive. Because of him, the events of ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' happens because he wanted to increase his televison network's ratings, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which undoubtedly caused a lot of destruction by both titular monsters]]. It's at the end of the film he realizes it's not worth the ratings he was going for.
134	* {{Expy}}: He's essentially a DenserAndWackier version of Carl Denham from ''Film/KingKong1933''. Both characters somehow think [[SarcasmMode it's a good idea]] to bring a giant gorilla into a city full of innocent and unsuspecting people as a publicity stunt.
135	* {{Fainting}}: Of the Girly Man variety when the Coast Guard tells him he'll be responsible for the damage Kong causes ashore.
136	* IncomingHam: BANZAAAIIII!!!
137	* LargeHam: Given a very ecstatic performance by Ichiro Arishima.
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140	[[folder:Shinzo Mafune]]
141	!!Doctor Shinzo Mafune
142	[[quoteright:326:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4337.jpeg]]
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145	-> '''Played By:''' Akihiko Hirata
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147	The MadScientist and secondary antagonist of Terror of Mechagodzilla. He discovered Titanosaurus an undisclosed amount of time before the events first Godzilla film and built a machine capable of controlling it. However, he was considered a laughingstock by the scientific community and fired for a crackpot theory. In the film proper, Mafune has joined forces with the Black Hole Aliens/Simeons to get revenge on Japan.
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150	* DealWithTheDevil: He joined the Black Hole Aliens to get his revenge on Japan, and to save his daughter's life. In exchange he offered control of his discovery, Titanosaurus. The deal of course backfires--one of the alien leaders later uses him as a HumanShield and his daughter's new life is little more than the aliens' brainwashed puppet.
151	* EvilIsNotAToy: Mafune thought that Mugal was loyal to him. He was dead wrong.
152	* FatalFlaw: Wrath. Mafune's insane plan to use Titanosaurus as a weapon is driven by his need for {{Revenge}} against Japan. The plan of course ends with him dead, Titanosaurus destroyed and his daughter's death.
153	* TheHeavy: Mafune works for the aliens in question, and drives much of the plot of Terror of [=MechaGodzilla=], but he's not actually the main antagonist.
154	* LesCollaborateurs: Willingly assisted the Simians’ invasion of Earth simply to satiate his revenge against human society for ostracizing him, with Mugal promising a lofty position in Earth’s “improved” government to sweeten the deal. [[spoiler: Considering how eager they were to use Mafune as a {{Human Shield}}, it’s more likely they were planning to pay him back [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefullness with a laser blast to the back of the head]].]]
155	* EvilGenius: He didn't start this way, but is thoroughly hateful by the events of Terror. It's hard to blame him.
156	* TheyCalledMeMad: Every other line by this man is about how the humans he worked for abandoned him.
157	* MadScientist: Invented a machine capable of controlling a kaiju, and gave up everything to make it work.
158	* TragicVillain: Mafune gave up everything, his marriage, his daughter, his wife, in order to prove his discovery of Titanosaurus was right. The irony is his humiliating rejection took place right after the events of the first Godzilla--he would have been fine had he revealed Titanosaurus to the world a few years later.
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162	!Heisei Series
163	[[folder:Goro Gondo]]
164	!!Colonel Goro Gondo
165	[[quoteright:622:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4338.png]]
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168	-> '''Played By:''' Toru Minegishi
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170	A colonel in the JSDF and one of the leaders of the Defend Against Godzilla unit. He is a supporting character in Godzilla vs. Biollante, and is later referenced in Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla.
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173	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Admits that he hopes Godzilla will appear since a lot of money was spent in preparing for his return. Averted in that he doesn't mind the personal risk and seemingly dies with a smile.
174	* TheBigGuy: Paired up with Kirishima, he was noticeable bigger than him, and Kirishima was a scientist, Gondo was in the military.
175	* BondOneLiner: After shooting Godzilla right in the mouth with the Anti-Nuclear-Energy-Bacteria: "All this intravenous stuff is no good for you...stick to smoking." Never mind he was facing a VERY pissed off Godzilla. Bad ass!
176	* PluckyComicRelief: Not really plucky, quite bad ass actually, but he does inject the film with some humor.
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179	[[folder:Miki Saegusa]]
180	!!Miki Saegusa
181	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miki_saegusa_8989.jpg]]
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183	-> '''Played By:''' Megumi Odaka
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185	A psychic who has ties with Godzilla. With the exception of Godzilla 1985, she has been in every Heisei film and thus the longest-running human character in the franchise.
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188	* AllThereInTheManual: Some supplementary material reveals her parents were killed by Godzilla in the first Heisei film.
189	* AscendedExtra: Had a small but memorable role in ''Godzilla vs. Biollante.'' Later returns for every subsequent film and is a major character in ''Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla'' and ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah''.
190	* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: In ''Godzilla vs. Biollante'', Miki attempts to fend Godzilla off with her psychic powers and it even kinda works for a few moments... but ultimately the effort is too much and she faints which would have killed her had she kept on going.
191	* BoyishShortHair: In ''Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla''. In earlier and later films, she wears her hair longer.
192	* CanonImmigrant: So far, she's the only canonical human Godzilla character to appear in the official IDW Godzilla comics.
193	* ADayInTheLimelight: Miki gets an expanded role in ''Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla'', where her psychic powers are on greatest display and using them to control Godzilla is a main subplot. She also gets a romance with Shinjo, the male lead.
194	* GirlinessUpgrade: In ''Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla'', Miki acts and dresses the most feminine of all her appearances in the Heisei series. She seems to have [[UnlimitedWardrobe a new outfit]] every scene (and not just the uniforms she wears in ''vs. Mechagodzilla'' or ''vs. Destoroyah'') and has a romance with Shinjo.
195	* PsychicPowers: Her psychic abilities are as accepted as {{Kaiju}} in the Heisei Universe. Her powers are generally [[TheEmpath reading the moods of monsters and occasionally humans]] and locating monsters, though she has used it to try to dissuade Godzilla from attacking (it backfires) and participating in Project T. She even once levitated a table!
196	* SympathyForTheDevil: Seems to have a fascination with Godzilla and other monsters. She always hopes for a nonviolent way to stop Godzilla and weeps when he finally melts down and dies.
197	* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla'', Miki's powers (which up to this point have mostly been telepathy-related) suddenly get boosted to full-on telekinesis, lifting a table and opening a stuck hatch. Later inverted in ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'', where it's pointed out that Miki's powers are starting to fade with age.
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200	[[folder:Emi Kano]]
201	!!Emi Kano
202	[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4339.jpeg]]
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204	-> '''Played By:''' Anna Nakagawa
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206	One of the Futurians in ''Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah'', Emi switches sides, eventually piloting Mecha-Ghidorah against Godzilla. She's a descendent of Kenichiro Terasawa, the writer who theorized on Godzilla's origins.
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209	* ActionGirl: Puts up a decent fight against M-11 and later flies Mecha-Ghidorah against Godzilla himself. That probably counts.
210	* ButNotTooForeign: Half-Japanese.
211	* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: In the manga adaptation of the film, Emi is killed by Godzilla after dropping him into the ocean in the climax.]]
212	* HellBentForLeather: During the raid on the Futurians.
213	* HighHeelFaceTurn: Sides with the heroes after realizing what the other Futurians are up to.
214	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Realises how bad her friends are when King Ghidorah shows up.
215	* TimeTravel: Makes six trips -- from the 23rd century to the 20th (with the other Futurians), from the 1990s to Lagos Island in the 1940s, a return from the 1940s to the 1990s, then back to the 23rd century to get help against Godzilla, a ''second'' trip to the 20th century (this time in Mecha-King Ghidorah) and a final trip back to her own time after sending Godzilla to the bottom of the sea.
216	* TookALevelInBadass: Is initially little more than a particularly stereotypical example of a female villain, complete with HighHeelFaceTurn. Then she returns in command of Mecha-King Ghidorah, and is able to fight Godzilla to a draw.
217	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She alone is more or less responsible for nearly ''everything'' that happens in the Heisei series. Not only did she knowingly create King Ghidorah, but she also inadvertently created Godzilla by moving the Godsillasaurus to the Bering Sea, where it would be mutated by the nuclear sub crash, leading to the events of ''The Return of Godzilla'', which in itself led to the events of ''Godzilla vs. Biollante'', whose titular monster would go onto being considered one of two possible causes behind [=SpaceGodzilla=]'s birth. That being said, countless innocent lives can be traced back to her actions. The only developments her actions didn't influence were the emergence of Mothra, Battra, and Destoroyah.
218	** Though, her actions did have some benefits. The technology used to create Mecha-King Ghidorah would prove instrumental in providing Japan with considerable technological advancements, Mechagodzilla among them. And if she hadn't created Godzilla, Destoroyah would have been well on its way to exterminating all life on Earth.
219	[[/folder]]
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221	[[folder:Azusa Gojo]]
222	!!Azusa Gojo
223	[[quoteright:315:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/azusa_8.png]]
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225	-> '''Played By:''' Ryoko Sano
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227	A biologist researcher at the Japanese National Life Sciences Institute at Kyoto, Azusa was part of an expedition that uncovered a giant egg on Adona Island. This egg turned out to be a young of Godzilla's species and the docile infant imprinted on her as his mother. Shouldering the responsability, Azusa cared for the young kaiju for some time whilst beginning to worry for his safety as [=G-Force=] involved him in their plans to lure the adult Godzilla into a trap.
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230	* ClingyChild: When she has to give up the baby Godzilla to be adopted and turns to board an escape helicopter, the infant tugs on her dress. It results in both of them shedding tears as she says her final goodbye.
231	* GiveHimANormalLife: In a roundabout way. She gives up care of the baby Godzilla to the Heisei Godzilla so the baby can be with his own kind and protected.
232	* MotherlyScientist: When the baby Godzilla imprints on her, she steps up her role as his caretaker. She winds up in the middle of the final battle because she refused to let the terrified youngster be left alone.
233	* ParentalSubstitute: The unhatched egg listened to her voice and imprinted on her as his mother. Azusa accepted the role and cared for the newly hatched, future Godzilla Junior, for many months.
234	* SympathyForTheDevil: She has some sympathy for Godzilla and Rodan as living beings, even if she knows they are extremely dangerous.
235	[[/folder]]
236
237	!Millennium Series
238	[[folder:Kiriko Tsujimori]]
239	!! Kiriko Tsujimori
240	[[quoteright:819:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4342.jpeg]]
241
242	-> '''Played By:''' Misato Tanaka
243
244	The main character of ''[[Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus Megaguirus]]'', Kiriko is the Captain of a G-Graspers unit that fights Godzilla. She holds a grudge against the King of the Monsters for killing her Major.
245
246	----
247	* AcePilot: She somehow manages to wrestle the ''Griffon'', a fairly big and bulky prototype VTOL, onto a Shibuya rooftop even after the controls have been rendered almost inoperable. Later, she pilots the same VTOL up high enough for a satellite tracking system to lock onto it, then dives back down and slams it into Godzilla in a kamikaze attack, only bailing out at the last second.
248	%%* ActionGirl
249	* InconsistentSpelling: Kiriko's surname, Tsujimori, is romanized as "Tuzimori" on the back of her helmet, despite a computer screen in the film later reading "Tsujimori." That not even getting to the fact that the English subtitles on Sony's Blu-ray release of Godzilla vs. Megaguirus instead romanize her name as "Tujimori."
250	%%* PrimAndProperBun
251	* ShipTease: With Hajime Kudo.
252	%%* SugarAndIcePersonality
253	[[/folder]]
254
255	[[folder:Yuri Tachibana]]
256	!!Yuri Tachibana
257	[[quoteright:879:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4340.jpeg]]
258
259	-> '''Played By:''' Chiharu Niiyama
260
261	The protagonist ''Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack''. She is a tabloid news reporter who follows Godzilla during his rampage through Japan and battle with the Guardian Monsters.
262
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264	%%* ActionGirl: She follows Godzilla closely during the events of the movie, and repeatedly finds herself right smack dab in the middle between him and the Guardians.
265	* GoingForTheBigScoop: As a reporter, she frequently pursues Godzilla, hoping to get the best story of him. Its safe to say that by the end of the film, she has become something of a celebrity thanks to her story.
266	* IntrepidReporter: What she ends up by the end of her movie, though she starts off as a tabloid reporter thanks to the channel she works for.
267
268	[[/folder]]
269
270	[[folder:Taizo Tachibana]]
271	!!Admiral Taizo Tachibana
272	[[quoteright:961:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4341.png]]
273
274	-> '''Played By:''' Ryudo Uzaki
275
276	Yuri's father and military man from ''Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack''.
277	----
278	%%* AFatherToHisMen
279	* CoolOldGuy: Pushing sixty and proud to go to the front lines and fight with Godzilla.
280	* FantasticVoyagePlot: [[spoiler:He swims a sub into Godzilla's mouth, gets swallowed, and fires a missile into a wound from Ghidorah from the inside.]]
281	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: One of the few to consider the guardian monsters allies.
282
283	[[/folder]]
284
285	[[folder:Akane Yashiro]]
286	!!Akane Yashiro
287	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4343.jpeg]]
288
289	-> '''Played By:''' Yumiko Shaku
290
291	The pilot of the Millenium Era Mechagodzilla, Akane is one of the main protagonists of ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla''.
292
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294	* AcePilot: She was able to (In a damage mech no less) force Godzilla into a stalemate.
295	%%* ActionGirl
296	* TheAtoner: Believes she has to make up for her failure to defeat Godzilla on her first outing against him.
297	* {{Expy}}: Of ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'''s Kiriko Tsujimori, whose actress makes a cameo as a nurse rescued by Akane.
298	* TheScapegoat: After her initial attempt at defeating Godzilla fails, she is blamed for all of the military's losses and transferred to a desk job.
299	* ShipTease: With project scientist and Mechagodzilla technician, Tokumitsu Yuhara.
300	* TookALevelInBadass: Seems to take one everytime Mechagodzilla III does.
301	* WorthyOpponent: She and Kiryu seem to view Godzilla as one. He may just reciprocate.
302	[[/folder]]
303
304	[[folder:Captain Douglas Gordon]]
305	!!Captain Douglas Gordon
306	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/douglas_gordon_1185.jpg]]
307
308	-> '''Played By:''' Don Frye
309
310	The non-mutant captain of the ''Gotengo'', Gordon leads the remaining resistance against the Xiliens.
311
312	----
313	* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Manda learned the hard way that his crew respect his authority enough to risk getting fried near a volcano if it means killing a kaiju.
314	* BadassBoast: "There are two things you didn't know about Earth. One's me. And the other's [[GodzillaThreshold Godzilla.]]"
315	* BadassNormal: The most ass-kicking normal person in the movie.
316	* BigShutUp: Delivers one to his superior when she calls up to chastise him about almost sinking the Gotengo.
317	* GratuitousEnglish: Gordon's dialogue in ''Final Wars'' is always in English. Even if he's the only person in the conversation speaking it.
318	%%* KatanasAreJustBetter
319	* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: NOTHING, not even court martials can stop him from doing his job.
320	%%* TheCaptain
321	* WouldHitAGirl: Would bitchslap her in fact, ''killing her.''
322	[[/folder]]
323
324	[[folder:Shinichi Ozaki]]
325	!!Shinichi Ozaki
326	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ozaki_kaiser_6505.jpg]]
327
328	-> '''Played By:''' Masahiro Matsuoka
329
330	The main character of ''Final Wars'', Ozaki is a mutant who manages to escape Xilien mind control thanks to his special "Keizer" heritage.
331
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333	* {{Expy}}: Of Neo from Franchise/TheMatrix.
334	* TheHero: Share this role with Godzilla.
335	* LastOfHisKind: By the end of the film, he is the last surviving Mutant on Earth.
336	* {{Mutant}}: And a special one at that.
337	* ShipTease: With Otonashi.
338	* ShockAndAwe: Has the same powers as the Xilien leader X.
339	[[/folder]]
340
341	!Reiwa Series
342	[[folder:Rando Yaguchi]]
343	!!Rando Yaguchi
344	[[quoteright:403:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4347.jpeg]]
345
346	-> '''Played By:''' Hiroki Hasegawa
347
348	The closest thing to a protagonist that ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' has. Yaguchi is the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Japan, and heads the task force created to research Godzilla and find its weaknesses.
349	----
350	* AgentMulder: Yaguchi is the only one to dare to believe that the "massive entity" is indeed a living creature. Initially, [[CassandraTruth nobody takes his claims seriously]]. Then the creature's tail shows up.
351	* BadassBureaucrat: He does everything he can to deal with Godzilla and minimize the kaiju's threat over the country. He gets help from all over the government to put together a RagtagBunchOfMisfits to assist him to that end.
352	[[/folder]]
353
354	[[folder:Koichi Shikishima]]
355	->'''Played By:''' Ryunosuke Kamiki
356	[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4344.png]]
357
358	The protagonist of ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne''. Koichi is a former kamikaze pilot who was heavily traumatized by Godzilla's attack on Odo Island, and after World War II ended, his neighborhood near Ginza was burned to the ground by American B29 Firebombing, killing his parents. However, he takes in a thief named Noriko Oishi and a baby girl named Akiko who both parents had died in the firebombings. As life seems to turn around, he takes a minesweeping job, but his war isn't over as he once again faces Godzilla, who was mutated by Operation Crossroads nuclear test.
359
360	Go [[Characters/GodzillaMinusOne here]] for his character page.
361	[[/folder]]
362
363	!From Other Media
364	[[folder:Commander Tagaki]]
365	!!Commander Tagaki
366
367	The man in charge in ''Godzilla Unleashed''. Commander Tagaki witnessed firsthand how the Kaiju seemed to join forces against the aliens to save the world. The experience changed his views on Earth's monsters being a threat to humanity.
368
369	----
370	* NoNameGiven: His name isn't mentioned in the actual game.
371	* WideEyedIdealist: He wants to try and work together with the Kaiju to save the earth from the aliens.
372	[[/folder]]
373
374	[[folder:Sergeant Steven Woods]]
375	!!Sergeant Steven Woods
376	--> IDW Publishing, "''Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters"
377
378	----
379	* BadassNormal: He survives a brawl between Godzilla and Anguirus in Hollywood and can hold his own in a fight be it against thugs, bikers or even giant monsters.
380	* BerserkButton: Do '''NOT''' hurt or threaten Allie, a girl he came across who was orphaned by Godzilla in front of him. Not even Anguirus got away with it when he gave her a concussion while Steve was fighting him in Mecha-Godzilla.
381	* TheBusCameBack: After disappearing after the events of ''Kingdom of Monsters'' and being neither seen nor mentioned in IDW's first ongoing ''Godzilla'' series, he makes his return in IDW's second ongoing series, ''Godzilla: Rulers of Earth''.
382	* HandicappedBadass: In later issues, he is poisoned by a snake and this causes him to become disorientated.
383	%%* KilledOffForReal
384	* PapaWolf: '''DON'T''' threaten Allie. It will not go well for you. In fact, don't be anywhere '''near''' him when he is with Allie.
385	* PutOnABus: Woods disappears after the events of ''Kingdom of Monsters'' and is neither seen nor mentioned in IDW's first ''Godzilla'' ongoing.
386	[[/folder]]
387
388	[[folder:Murakami Ota]]
389	!Lieutenant (later Captain) Murakami Ota
390	-->IDW Publishing, "''Godzilla: The Half-Century War''"
391
392	----
393	* BadassNormal: Spends 50 years hunting and battling Godzilla and others like him with his HeterosexualLifePartners Yoshihara Kentaro.
394	* BerserkButton: Dr. Deverich, especially after he causes the death of [[spoiler:Colonel Schooler.]]
395	* DefiantToTheEnd
396	* {{Determinator}}
397	* EnemyMine: Helps [[spoiler: Godzilla]] defeat the bigger threats of [[spoiler:Space Godzilla, Gigan, and King Ghidorah.]]
398	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Yoshihara Kentaro, who joined a government team of Godzilla hunters because Ota did.
399	[[/folder]]
400
401	[[folder:Dr. Pohl]]
402	!!Dr. Pohl
403	-->IDW Publishing "''Godzilla Ongoing''"
404
405	----
406	* AffablyEvil
407	* BaldOfEvil
408	* BigBadWannabe: His acts of antagonism are made paltry by the arrival of [[spoiler: Space-Godzilla, Gigan, Hedorah, and Monster X]], who are the '''[[ManBehindTheMan true]]''' antagonists of the comic.
409	[[/folder]]
410
411	[[folder:"Boxer" Louis]]
412	!!Chauncey "Boxer" Louis
413	-->IDW Publishing "''Godzilla Ongoing''"
414
415	----
416	* AntiHero: He saves millions of lives taking down giant monsters... by destroying large swaths of cities and demanding billions of dollars to do it. Specifically a PragmaticHero.
417	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He dives into Godzilla's gullet with an experimental super-weapon to try and kill him. Sadly, all it does is drive him off for a while.]]
418	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He bears a marked resemblance to actor Creator/JasonStatham.
419	[[/folder]]
420
421	[[folder:Jeremy]]
422	!!Jeremy
423	--> IDW Publishing "''Godzilla: Rulers of Earth''"
424
425	----
426	* JerkAss: He pushes Kristina out of the way while running from Varan.
427	%%* SmugSnake
428	[[/folder]]
429
430	[[folder:Kristina Sumre]]
431	!!Kristina Sumre
432	--> IDW Publishing "''Godzilla: Rulers of Earth''"
433
434	----
435	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Lucy.
436	%%* PerkyGoth
437	[[/folder]]
438
439	[[folder:Lucy Casprell]]
440	!!Lucy Casprell
441	--> IDW Publishing "''Godzilla: Rulers of Earth''"
442
443	----
444	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kristina.
445	* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: This happens to her twice. The first time is when she goes out to videotape Zilla's attack on Honolulu, which nearly results in her being eaten and the second time is when she lets Gaira out of his containment cell.
446	* RollerbladeGood: She becomes this in the TimeSkip under the nickname "Kaiju Cutie".
447	%%* SciFiBobHaircut
448	[[/folder]]
449

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