< Martian Successor Nadesico

Martian Successor Nadesico/Characters


Here are the characters from the popular sci-fi anime Martian Successor Nadesico, along with the tropes they represent. Please be aware of spoilers.

Crew of the Nadesico

Akito Tenkawa
Tropes exhibited by Akito Tenkawa include:
Yurika Misumaru
Tropes exhibited by Yurika Misumaru include:
Ruri Hoshino
Tropes exhibited by Ruri Hoshino include:
Jiro Yamada Gai Daigouji
Tropes exhibited by Gai Daigouji include:
Megumi Reinald
Tropes exhibited by Megumi Reinald include:
  • Clingy Jealous Girl: A lot more so than Yurika, and that's saying something. It took awhile to set in, but once it did, it effectively murdered her chances of getting Akito's affection at all. She actually does gets the seeds of a serious relationship started, but she destroyed it all by trying to take things too far, which utterly repulsed him. Trying to get him to leave the crew of the Nadesico to their fate when they were in trouble didn't help either.
  • Heroic BSOD: A brief one in Episode 4, after the destruction of the space station.
  • Lethal Chef
  • Naoko Takano
  • No Celebrities Were Harmed: She's a voice actress who shares the same name as a certain real-life popularity...
Minato Haruka
Tropes exhibited by Minato Haruka include:
Jun Aoi
Tropes exhibited by Jun Aoi include:
Goat Hoary
Tropes exhibited by Goat Hoary include:
Mr. Prospector
Tropes exhibited by Mr. Prospector include:
Ryoko Subaru
Tropes exhibited by Ryoko Subaru include:
  • Action Girl
  • Berserk Button: Do not try to harm Akito. It will not end well for you.
  • Bokukko
  • Refuses To Spit It Out: Unlike Yurika and Megumi, she never managed to confess to Akito...though it's more out of pride than anything
  • Clingy Jealous Girl: Minor streak, but occasional subconscious referral to Akito as "My Tenkawa" and the aforementioned Berserk Button do seem to give this impression.
  • Stellar Name: Subaru is the Japanese name for the Pleiades...
  • Tiffany Grant: her dub VA
  • Tsundere
  • "Well Done, Son" Guy: Mentioned in a flashback.
  • You Gotta Have Green Hair: However, it turns out it's dyed, evidenced both in the above mentioned flashback in the show and through the entirety of the movie, which shows she's entirely given up on dyeing it.
    • Her natural hair color is purple, so the trope still applies.
Hikaru Amano


Tropes exhibited by Hikaru Amano include:
Izumi Maki
Tropes exhibited by Izumi Maki include:
Seiya Uribatake
Tropes exhibited by Seiya Uribatake include:
  • Berserk Button: He has two of these: 1) Seeing Akito 'get all the chicks', and 2) people breaking his Aestivalises.
  • Cargo Ship: He went head over heels with glee at the sight of the Aestivalis piloted by Nagare Akatsuki.
  • Dirty Old Man: Played straight and subverted and played straight again. Part of the reason he came aboard was to get away from his wife and (theoretically) spread some wild oats. Later on, people think there's something going on between him and Hikaru. Then they find out that she's helping him build a diorama with 1/48 scale plastic Aestivalis models. Then Hikaru has to let him down easy when he does try to start a romantic relationship with her.
    • And then subverted again later in the series when he makes a heartfelt promise to his wife that he'll return to her once the fighting ends.
  • The Engineer
  • Mr. Fixit and The Engineer (specifically, a Mechanic)
  • Nobuo Tobita
  • Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?: Justified; he makes most of the special gear used by the Nadesico by embezzling Nergal company funds, but they turn a blind eye to it as it means they get new equipment to use.
Inez Fressange
Tropes exhibited by Inez Fressange include:
Howmei
Tropes exhibited by Howmei include:
  • Crazy Prepared: She has over 300 different spices in the ships pantry. Her reason: she wants to make sure each crew member gets to eat exactly what they want, because nobody knows if it might be their last meal.
  • Mentor: To Akito, at least where cooking is concerned.
  • Supreme Chef
Sadaki Munetake
Tropes exhibited by Sadaki Munetake include:
  • Driven to Suicide
  • The Neidermeyer
  • Heroic BSOD- He was actually a much more moral, upright human being who believed in justice and doing the right thing, but he became corrupted by his own ambition, and after The Reveal on the identity of the Jovian Lizards, he snaps when his guilt over the bastard he became and his horror that what he fought for was a massive lie combine and drive him crazy.
  • The Scrappy
  • We Have Reserves: When Minato points out that shooting the Nadesico's gravity blast will cause massive friendly casualties, his answer is pretty much "So what?"
Nagare Akatsuki
Tropes exhibited by Nagare Akatsuki include:
Erina Kinjo Won
Tropes exhibited by Erina Kinjo Won include:
  • Love Hurts (It's implied she knew and had feelings for Akito's father, which might explain why she's so snappy around him)
  • Manipulative Bitch
  • The Scrappy
  • Smug Snake: Never quite reaches her boss Akatsuki's levels of brilliance, and comes across more as an annoying, self-important bitch who cares for nothing but herself.

Jovian Federation / Martian Successors

Tsukumo Shiratori
Tropes exhibited by Tsukumo Shiratori include:
Yukina Shiratori
Tropes exhibited by Yukina Shiratori include:
Genichiro Tsukiyomi
Tropes exhibited by Genichiro Tsukiyomi include:
Saburota Takasugi
Tropes exhibited by Saburota Takasugi include:
Haruki Kusakabe
Tropes exhibited by Haruki Kusakabe include:
Aritomo Shinjo
Tropes exhibited by Aritomo Shinjo include:
Hokushin
Tropes exhibited by Hokushin include:
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