Katz Kobayashi

Katz Kobayashi
Katz Kobayashi
Profile
Species	Human
Classification	Newtype
Height	120 cm3.937 ft <br />47.244 in <br />[MSG] 149 cm4.888 ft <br />58.661 in <br />[MSZG]
Weight	30 kg66.139 lb <br />[MSG] 45 kg99.208 lb <br />[MSZG]
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Brown
Age	8[MSG] 15[MSZG]
Birth Date	0071 (U.C.)
Gender	Male
Family	Hayato Kobayashi (Adopted father deceased) Fraw Kobayashi (Adopted mother) Letz Kobayashi (adopted brother) Kikka Kobayashi (adopted sister)
Love Interests	Sarah Zabiarov
Affiliation	Earth Federation Forces [MSG] Anti Earth Union Group [MSZG]
Occupation	Mobile Suit Pilot Support Craft Pilot
Status	Killed in Action
Mecha & Vehicles
Pilot RX-178 Gundam Mk-II FXA-05D G-Defenser MSA-005 Methuss MSA-003 Nemo MS-14A Gelgoog Crew Argama-class Irish-class Passenger SCV-70 White Base
Real World
Japanese Voices	Fuyumi Shiraishi [MSG] Keiichi Nanba [MSZG] Daisuke Namikawa [MSZG] (Movies)
English Voices	Cathy Weseluck [MSG] Sean Broadhurst [MSZG]
Appearances
Television	MSG: #1 - Episode #43 MSZG: #13 - Episode #49
Manga	MSZG Define

Katz Kobayashi (カツ・コバヤシ, Katsu Kobayashi^?) is a fictional character from the Universal Century timeline, appearing in Mobile Suit Gundam and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.

History

One Year War

Born Katz Howan, he is one of three orphans brought onto the White Base during the One Year War. While aboard the ship, Letz, Katz, and Kikka became a combination of mascots and troublemakers for the ship, and were involved in several incidents, including Ramba Ral's last ditch attack on the ship, as well as Char's infiltration of Jaburo, when they helped to dispose of the bombs. The latter incident lead to their being allowed to stay on the ship, even when the White Base left Earth to return to space for the final offensives at Solomon and A Baoa Qu. After the Battle of A Baoa Qu, the three kids showed their Newtype abilities, when they reached out to allow Amuro Ray to find the lifeboat on which the White Base crew had escaped the ship.

Gryps Conflict

Katz in AEUG uniform. 0087

After the One Year War, Katz, Letz and Kikka are adopted by Hayato Kobayashi and Fraw Bow. During this time, Katz learned how to pilot mobile suits while helping out at his foster father's museum, piloting Zeon mobile suits from the One Year War. Like his foster father Hayato, Katz is impulsive and reckless, not to mention dangerously naive.

By the time of the Gryps Conflict, Katz now feels he's old enough to follow in the footsteps of his childhood heroes, and after helping Amuro escape Earth Federation surveillance, and joins up with the Karaba resistance fighters. After joining with the Karaba forces, Katz attempts to pilot the RX-178 Gundam Mk-II only to damage the suit and cause an enemy mobile suit to retreat. Katz make his way into space to fight alongside the Anti Earth Union Group, an ally of Karaba.

After going into space he joins with the AEUG forces and learns how to pilot a MSA-003 Nemo before taking over as the pilot of the FXA-05D G-Defenser. Teaming up with Emma Sheen, Katz supports her with the G-Defenser.

As a crew member of the Argama, he repeatedly meets Sarah Zabiarov and holds a mutual attraction with the young Titans officer. During the final battle between the AEUG, Titans and Axis fleet, Katz is killed when the G-Defenser is shot down by Yazan Gable and crashes into a wrecked battleship.

In the final battle, Katz's spirit appears to assist Kamille Bidan.

In A New Translation, Katz evaded Yazan's shots, but crashes into a meteorite. His spirit did not appear in the 3rd movie.

First Neo Zeon War

He briefly appears as one of the spirits protecting Judau Ashta from Haman Karn.

Notes and Trivia

• In the English dub of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Katz's name is pronounced /kɒts/ instead of the real-world /kæts/.

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References

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