Akito Tenkawa — Martian Successor Nadesico Character Profile

About Akito Tenkawa

Primary protagonist and Nadesico pilot. Escaped the destruction of Mars' Utopia colony with amnesia and a severe fear of the Jovian Lizards. Despite hating combat and aspiring to be a chef, he is forced to pilot humanoid combat robots. The female crew members, particularly Captain Yurika Misumaru, are romantically interested in him, but he prefers cooking and watching anime.

Akito Tenkawa — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Yuji Ueda

Appears in

Martian Successor Nadesico (1996)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Akito Tenkawa — Romantic Love Interest — Yurika Misumaru (Houko Kuwashima)

  Akito has feelings for Yurika but struggles to express them

• Akito Tenkawa — Alliance Protector — Ruri Hoshino (Omi Minami)

  Akito looks after Ruri like a younger sister

• Akito Tenkawa — Conflict Rival — Gai Daigoji / Jiro Yamada / Tsukumo Shiratori (Tomokazu Seki)

  Gai competes with Akito for Yurika's affection

• Akito Tenkawa — Social Friend — Megumi Reinard (Naoko Takano)

  Megumi is Akito's friend and fellow crew member

• Akito Tenkawa — Conflict Rival — Ryoko Subaru (Chisa Yokoyama)

  Ryoko competes with Akito for various reasons

Explore the full interactive character relationship map of Martian Successor Nadesico

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• Inez Fressange (voice) (Naoko Matsui)
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• Seiya Uribatake / King Premier (voice) (Nobuo Tobita)
• Admiral Jin Fukube (voice) (Nobuo Tanaka)
• Goat Hory (voice) (Jurota Kosugi)
• Haruka Minato (Maya Okamoto)
• Erina Kinjo Won (voice) (Yuko Nagashima)
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