Zoids Genesis Characters

Below is a list of characters that appeared in the Zoids Genesis anime series.

Protagonist

Kotona Elegance

Voice Actor: Ito Shizuka (伊藤静)

Zoid: RainbowJerk

Kotona is a person from the Iron’s Rock city, though she has left the city since a child. She has been travelling around in RainbowJerk with only her pet bird Kurukku as company. Kotona is a very skilled melee fighter. She hides a lot of different kinds of weapons on her, including a large ribbon on her dress that can turn into a bow, a sword in her back, earrings that can turn into sharp needles, and so on. She is also very good at infiltration, knowing a lot of secret paths into cities, such as the underwater passage into the Harayaado City. It is said that “Kotona Elegance” is not her real name, and only her family is allow to know her real name. So an outsider will need to become her husband to get the information.

Since her Zoid is the only Zoid that can fly among the protagonists, she is often tasks with scouting or transporting Zoids across difficult terrains.

Thunder Garaga

Voice Actor: Miyake Kenta (三宅健太)

Zoid :DeadlyKong

Garaga’s village was invaded by Digald while he was away. When he returned, he was shock to discover the BioRaptors loitering around in the village. He fought the BioZoids but lost, barely escaping alive. Hoping the free his village, he started an anti-Digald resistance and recruited comrades with the same goal of defecting Digald. He cares for his comrades a lot and grief over their deaths.

Garaga is simple-minded and impulsive, and has a crush on Kotona. He once challenged Ruuji to a duel thinking Ruuji was Kotona’s fiancé. Once his resistance disbands, he and Ron travel along with Ruuji. He treats Ruuji like his little brother.

Ron Mangun

Voice Actor: Taniyama Kisho (谷山紀章)

Zoid: BamboLian

Ron was the strategist in the Garaga’s resistance force, in charge of planning attacks and defenses. He is invaluable to the force as Garaga was not usually interested in drawing up plans. Once the resistance disbands, the pair travels with Ruuji to search for a Generator mechanic. Being a former traveling merchant, his vast knowledge about the world also proves useful to Ruuji’s group. He once pointed out a special kind of plant that can cure Re Mii’s illness when the group was stuck in the wild.

Seijuurou

Voice Actor: Tsuda Kenjiro (津田健次郎)

Zoid: SoulTiger

Seijuurou is a very skillful swordsman. His sword can cut down almost everything, from a falling leaf to a metal door. He hails from the city of Kaguraku, where a Zoid battle tournament is held every year. Seijuurou has won the tournament ten years in a row, earning him the title of World’s Greatest Zoid Pilot. Seijuurou once was the teacher of a boy who seeks to win the tournament. However, he fatally wounded his student during one of the tournament match. After this incident, he left the city and lived a quiet life in the country side. He despite himself and those who seek strength, believing that strength only leads to destruction.

Seijuurou initially refuses when Ruuji asked him to be his teacher, remember the incident involving his previous student. However, he later learns the Ruuji is not just after strength to become the strongest Zoid pilot, but only wishes to protect his village and others from Digald's harm. Seijuurou agrees to train the young pilot.

A man with few words, he rarely communicates directly with the group. He trains Ruuji by action and not words (like suddenly having the SoulTiger jump on top of MurasameLiger, so Ruuji can carry the Zoid and practice his balance). He and Ra Kan have a mutual respect with each other, often able to convey his message simply through eye contact or by a nod of the head.

Digald Bukoku

Jiin

Voice Actor: Nakamura Hidetoshi (中村秀利)

Zoid: BioTyranno

Jiin is the adopted son of Digald’s King. He seeks out and assigns soldiers such as Zairin, Georg and Souta as his direct subordinate to help further his own goals. He’s good with politics and carefully manages his relationships with the people around him, including the one with his father. He is the one that designed the machine soldiers piloting the BioZoids.

Zairin de Zaltz

Voice Actor: Matsumoto Yasunori (松本保典)

Zoid: Bio MegaRaptor, Bio Volcano

Zairin is a genius Zoid pilot, demonstrating excellent Zoid piloting skills even in his early days in the military academy. His talent was quickly recognized by Jiin, who was also training in the academy at the time. Jiin befriended Zairin and invited Zairin to become his subordinate.

After graduation, Zairin was quickly promoted to the rank of Major by General Jinn due to the victories achieved on the battlefields. He was awarded the Bio MegaRatpor and had been assigned his own squad. He needs not to follow orders from anyone other than Jiin. Zairin and Jiin refer to each other as friends outside a formal situation.

Other than being an excellent pilot, he was also an excellent tactic strategist, often able to anticipate the planning and troops movements of the enemies.

During the raid of Miroodo Village, Zairin fought with Ruuji the Zoid novice. Ruuji fought with an inexperience and unpredictable fighting style, combined with a fair amount of luck, managed to cut off the arm of MegaRaptor. It was this battle that started the long rivalry between the two. As the series progress, Ruuji would eventually defeat the MegaRaptor. In the aftermath of the event, Jinn assigned Zairin with a new and more powerful BioZoid model – the Bio Volcano.

Georg

Voice Actor: Ishii Kouji (石井康嗣)

Zoid: BioTricera

Major Georg is under the direct command of General Jiin. He is extremely loyal to Digald and does not second guess any command. Being a direct subordinate of the General, he has the power and freedom to re-prioritize any army divisions as he sees fit. A power he often exercises, at one point he even ordered a city’s defense force to join his own troops in pursuing a target, leaving the city virtually undefended.

He will use any means necessary to obliterate anyone that Digald considers as enemies, even go as far as ignoring friendly fire or leaving strongholds defenseless. People or villages that have helped these enemies will be considered as enemies and be destroyed.

Feleme

Voice Actor: Hyodo Mako (兵藤まこ)

Zoid: BioPtera

Colonel Feleme is a direct subordinate of the Jiin. Her BioPtera is the first flying BioZoid ever developed even after years of conquests. She does not care for the goals of Digald and only have interest in things that excite her. She is tasked with looking after Souta and oversees the test deployment of BioKentro. She spends most of her free time in a bath.

Souta

Voice Actor: Fukamizu Yumi (深水由美)

Zoid: BioKentro

Souta is a young boy that did not go through training in the military academy like most officers and is not assigned a rank. Jiin places him under his direct command due to his special ability of being able to activate and pilot any Zoids he come across. Due to his special status, he considers himself superior to even other high ranking officers in the army. He does not listen to anyone other than Jiin and Feleme, and sees Feleme as his bigger sister. His arrogance would lead to his defeat by and capture by Ra Kan's forces. Because of his injuries he loses his memory about Digald, loses the attitude and obtains a meek personality. He become friends with Re Mii. This friendship would cause Ruuji to rethink their position against Digald's personnel, eventually leading to his cooperation with defected Digald soldiers.