Susumu Kodai

**Susumu Kodai** (古(こ)代(だい) 進(すすむ), *Kodai Susumu*?) is a main character in the fan-made series **Universal Warriors**.

Kodai is a United Nations Cosmo Navy officer serving as head of the space battleship *Yamato*'s tactical division. In addition to his important role in many of the ship's military victories, Kodai contributes to Garmillans and humans finding a way out of the Garmillas-Earth War.

## Personality

In many ways, Susumu Kodai is a reflection of his elder brother. As his experience grows, he demonstrates the natural, instinct-driven way of living that Mamoru displayed during his lifetime. However, the younger Susumu is more prone to acting recklessly combative, and creating more difficulties in the process ("Messenger of Iscandar", "What Lies Beyond"). It is only as the long and difficult mission to Iscandar progresses that he gradually learns more self-control and becomes more like the leader that his brother was. He comes to accept his brother's faith in cooperative relations with Garmillas, and he demonstrates friendliness and compassion toward Lorelai Loer and other Jirel who had been manipulating him and his crew. He grows to recognize the importance of showing strength and calm to his shipmates in difficult times, even going so far as to hide the apparent death of Lieutenant Mori and his own grief and exhaustion over it in an effort to maintain ship-wide morale. He also learns from his brother's former commanding officer, Admiral Okita, and builds a closer bond with him ("What Lies Beyond", *Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark*, "Memories of the Blue Planet").

Susumu commemorates Mamoru in the months following his brother's presumed death. He brings the harmonica given to him by Mamoru on *Yamato*'s first mission. Just two days after launching, Susumu finds Mamoru's sidearm lying near the wreck of his brother's destroyer on Enceladus. He brings it with him, and places it on his brother's grave on Iscandar ("Gravestone on a Frozen Field", "The Distant Promised Land").

During the voyage to Iscandar, Susumu Kodai falls in love with Yuki Mori. Their relationship begins on a harsh note when Mori berates him for his disrespect toward Admiral Okita ("Messenger of Iscandar"). However, the two gradually come to respect each other professionally and become friends ("Gravestone on a Frozen Field", "Farewell to the Solar System"). Only after Mori is abducted does Kodai realize the depth of his feelings for her ("Under a Rainbow Sun", "One Man's War"). He stays by Mori's side whenever possible after she is gravely wounded during an attack on *Yamato*. He breaks down in tears at the prospect of losing her forever, but once she makes a sudden recovery, he finally shows his affection for her, and the two share their first kiss ("Memories of the Blue Planet"). The couple are engaged to be married as of 2202 (*Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love*).

Kodai's closest friend during the journey is Daisuke Shima, his academy classmate. The two generally work well together and are stationed next to one another on *Yamato*'s main bridge. However, Kodai's willingness to treat a Garmillas prisoner, Melda Dietz, with respect and to entertain her claim that Earth was the aggressor in its war with her empire causes a brief rift between them ("What Lies Beyond"). He also connects with Akira Yamamoto, who he brings onto the ship's fighter squadron over the squadron leader's objections ("The Trap on All Sides"). Having both lost beloved older brothers over the course of the war, the two quickly establish a very good rapport ("Farewell to the Solar System"). She later becomes attracted to him, but he does not respond to her attraction. Kodai remains friends with her at the same time that he and Mori are becoming closer ("Point of No Return").

Chief Enomoto initially believes that Kodai has little skill in dealing with women, but is encouraged to see that he has "gotten better" when Yamamoto volunteers to join him for repair work ("Gravestone on a Frozen Field", "Farewell to the Solar System").

## Abilities and Equipment

#### Skills

* **Piloting Skills**:
* **Longevity**:
* **Fighting Skills**:

## Story

### Original

Susumu grew up with his supportive elder brother, Mamoru. In or after 2193, most of the Kodai family was killed in the planet bombing of Earth by the Great Garmillas Empire, leaving only the two brothers. Mamoru gave their father's harmonica to young Susumu, a gift that Susumu would continue to carry with him into adulthood ("Farewell to the Solar System", "The Whisper of the Witch").

Kodai followed in his elder brother's footsteps several years later and enrolled in the National Space Defense Academy. While there, he studied under the guidance of the academy's headmaster, Ryu Hijikata, and received practical instruction from Isami Enomoto, a long-time non-commissioned officer. His academy classmates included Hajime Hirata and Daisuke Shima ("Messenger of Iscandar", "Toward a Sea of Stars", "The Wolf from Another Dimension"). At some point after graduation, Kodai was assigned to the 7th Strategic Space Group.

Kodai was stationed for a number of weeks with Shima in the ruins of Arcadia Port on Mars as part of Operation M in January 2199, waiting to rendezvous with an alien emissary. The alien vessel crashed into the Martian desert and the emissary died after ejecting, but Kodai and Shima successfully retrieved the wave motion core that she had tried to deliver. After the two were picked up from Mars by the flagship *Kirishima*, Kodai learned that his older brother's ship had been destroyed by Garmillan forces at Pluto in a disastrous battle that had been nothing more than a decoy. Back on Earth, he angrily attempted to confront the commanding officer, Admiral Juzo Okita, but was stopped and chastised for his behavior by Yuki Mori. Kodai relented and calmed himself, but later that day, an alarm sounded at the approach of enemy planes and a carrier. Eager for a chance to avenge his brother's death, Kodai encouraged Shima to help him commandeer an experimental Cosmo Zero fighter undergoing maintenance and flew off to intercept the intruder near the Japanese island of Kyushu. Despite being able to quickly target the reconnaissance plane, Kodai had neglected to notice that his fighter was unarmed; several seconds later, the fighter suffered engine failure and crashed into the dry sea floor. Kodai and Shima both walked away and watched from hiding as other UNCN fighters engaged the Garmillas planes, and what appeared to be an ancient sunken battleship fired on the carrier. Only after they were rescued did the two realize that what appeared to be an ancient relic would be their next assignment: the space battleship *Yamato*. ("Messenger of Iscandar", "Toward a Sea of Stars").

## Relationships

### Original

#### Family

* Yuki Mori (fiancée)
* Mamoru Kodai (brother)
* Noriko Kodai (mother)
* Go Kodai (father)
* Maki Kodai (aunt)
* Yoshio Kodai (uncle)

### Universal Warriors

* The Universes
* The Another World

* Jennifer Amantea
* Natsu Dragneel
* Lucy Heartfilia
* Gray Fullbuster
* Erza Scarlet
* Wendy Marvell
* Aladdin
* Alibaba Saluja
* Morgiana
* Hakuryuu Ren
* Kouha Ren
* Sinbad
* Kougyoku Ren
* Gingka Hagane
* Kenta Yumiya
* Madoka Amano
* Yu Tendo
* Masamune Kadoya
* Benkei Hanawa
* Kyoya Tategami

* Rebecca Bluegarden
* Juvia Lockser
* Cana Alberona
* Mirajane Strauss
* Levy McGarden
* Zeref Dragneel
* Mard Geer Tartaros
* Seilah
* Sonya
* Animus
* Suzaku
* Elie
* Lucia Raregroove
* Weisz Steiner
* Homura Kōgetsu
* Sister Ivry
* Holy
* Eraser
* Feather
* Mashima Heroes
* Yoh Asakura
* Tao Ren
* Horokeu Usui
* Silva
* Hao Asakura
* Genjo Sanzo
* Snow
* Nanashi
* Sakura Li
* Kurogane
* Fai D. Fluorite
* Eren Yeager
* Mikasa Ackerman
* Annie Leonhart
* Reiner Braun
* Sasha Blouse
* Hange Zoë
* Zeke Yeager
* Pieck Finger
* Porco Galliard
* Colt Grice
* Yelena
* Cecily Fairchild
* Anavel Gato
* Aina Sahalin
* Gym Ghingham
* Cagalli Yula Athha
* Mu La Flaga
* Allelujah Haptism
* Patrick Colasour
* Ali al-Saachez
* Full Frontal
* Akihiro Altland
* Gaelio Bauduin
* Zoltan Akkanen
* Lane Aim
* Suletta Mercury
* Guer Jeturk
* Elan Ceres
* Shaddiq Zenelli
* Yukimura Sanada
* Nobunaga Oda
* Ieyasu Tokugawa
* Shiemi Moriyama
* Shura Kirigakure
* Cheng-Long Liu
* Duke Hyou
* Ou Ki
* Ou Sen
* Kan Ki
* Mou Ten
* Ri Boku
* Ordo
* Ka Rin
* Kan Mei
* Slaine Troyard
* Elizabeth Liones
* Escanor
* Derieri
* Tristan Liones
* Ikoma
* Mumei
* Ayame Yomogawa
* Biba Amatori
* Hikayu Hoshikawa
* Vladilena Milizé
* Anju Emma
* Yuna Akashi
* Kazumi Asakura
* Yue Ayase
* Ako Izumi
* Akira Okouchi
* Misora Kasuga
* Makie Sasaki
* Chizuru Naba
* Haruna Mutsuishi
* Honoka Tsukii
* Chisa Akagawa
* Airi Eniwa
* Miharu Yomine
* Aya Kamuro
* Riko Hinakura
* Rinne Myojin
* Lü Bu
* Kojiro Sasaki
* Poseidon
* Raiden Tameemon
* Qin Shi Huang
* Tomoe Gozen
* Elizabeth Bathory
* Cleopatra
* Mata Hari
* Mary Read
* Musashi Miyamoto
* Kaolan Wongsawat
* Brunhilde
* Manjiro Sano
* Keisuke Baji
* Chifuyu Matsuno
* Kazutora Hanemiya
* Seishu Inui
* Hajime Kokonoi
* Meguru Bachira
* Hyoma Chigiri
* Haruka Sakura
* Hajime Umemiya
* Kyotaro Sugishita
* Hayato Suou
* Ren Kaji
* Naotora Takeda
* Tatsuomi Uesugi
* Tsubasa Tokugawa
* Soma Date
* Seiroku Inukawa
* Aijiro Inue
* Imari Inuyama
* Towa Higurashi
* Akira Renbokoji
* A-drei
* H-neun
* Shion Shishibe
* Tokaku Azuma
* Ryoma Nagare
* Tetsuya Tsurugi
* Anya Alstreim
* Adeltrud Alter
* Atlee Ariel
* Zetsu Daidan
* Fine Forte
* Tughril Mahmut
* Lelederik of Ellvaldez
* Al-Kaplan Balaban
* Nancy Schaal Bancroft
* Daryun
* Shimon Ikaruga
* Noelle Silva
* Fena Houtman
* Alisha Diphda
* Adele von Ascham
* Mischa
* Tenma Tsukamoto
* Suou Pavlichenko
* Koumei Ren
* Lenalee Lee
* Kei Mizusawa
* Virgo Fudō
* Torque
* Mora Chester

## Trivia

* According to his Character Profile:

* Kodai's favorite subject is information, while his least favorite subject is classics.
* His favorite food is and disliked food is .
* Kodai prefers woman with ruthless and brave and he doesn't like clumsy people.
* The people he respects or admires are Draken.
* The people he dislikes or fears are Naotora and Rebecca.
* His special skill is unknown.
* He dislikes .

## Gallery

*Main article: Susumu Kodai/Image Gallery*