Star Gladiator - Characters

Characters

• Hayato Kanzaki: The main protagonist of the series who wields a Plasma Sword in battle. He is a rebellious young Japanese bounty hunter living on his own and caring about others – especially the children living in the orphanage in which he was raised from, and his close friends June, Saturn and Gamof. Hayato's noble love and determination for his friends is the driving force that prompts him to go up against Bilstein and the Fourth Empire. Hayato is the only character in the series to cross over in another Capcom game; in this case, Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Hayato also makes a cameo appearance in Tekkaman Blade's ending in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. His Plasma Sword, when activated, makes a sound similar to the Lightsaber weapon of Star Wars fame.

• June Lin Milliam: One of the most talented rhythmic gymnasts in the world who uses a Plasma Ring to fight with. A British-Chinese girl of mixed race descent (her scientist father, Michael Milliam, was English, and her mother Cantonese) who battles to avenge the death of her father by Bilstein's hands (she is unaware that her father is in fact Rimgal). Even though she has a happy-go-lucky outlook, June hides deep within her soul the pain of having to lose the people that she loved the most. After Bilstein's defeat, June felt that she had nothing else to live for and tried to commit suicide, but Hayato stopped her in the end and reminded her that he and the rest of their friends had cared very much for her. With this emotional revelation, June realizes that she still has much to live for and is determined to spend the rest of her life in peace with Hayato and the others. June makes a cameo appearance in two of the background stages in Super Gem Fighter: Mini Mix, as well as the Shanghai stage in Capcom vs SNK 2. She also makes a cameo appearance in one of Hayato's win poses in Marvel vs. Capcom 2. She makes a cameo appearance in Hawkeye's ending in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 as a member of the new West Coast Avengers. She can also be seen in Deadpool's ending.

• Saturn Dyer: A green-skinned cone-headed alien who has an eccentric personality towards those that meet him. He is somewhat of the comic relief in the hero group, with a clown-like attitude and a perennial ten-mile-wide smile on his face. Saturn fights with a set of Plasma Yo-Yos and is named after the planet where he comes from (but not the one present in this Solar System). Upon coming to Earth in order to enjoy his personal hobby of theater, Saturn learns about the threat of the Fourth Empire and decides to join the Star Gladiator project to help protect both Earth and his home planet. Saturn makes a cameo appearance in one of Hayato's win poses in Marvel vs. Capcom 2.

• Gamof Gohgry: A brown-furred alien who is possibly inspired by Chewbacca of the Star Wars series. He hails from the forest planet of De Rosa, where he works as a lumberjack to help support his family and fights with a Plasma Axe. When his job as a lumberjack is compromised at the hand of an Earth microbe virus that destroys nearly all of De Rosa's forests, Gamof decides to become a reluctant bounty hunter and eventually meets up with Hayato, becoming good friends with him in due time. When Gamof learns about the threat of the Fourth Empire, he decides to join the Star Gladiator project along with Hayato so that he can protect both his home planet and his family.

• Franco Gerelt: A Spanish matador who fights with a Plasma Rapier, Gerelt is a forced ally of Bilstein. Seeing the strong potential that Gerelt has within his fighting skills, Bilstein had kidnapped Gerelt's wife and daughter and threatens to kill them unless Gerelt follows his direct command. Making sure that he also had Gerelt's willingness, Bilstein had implanted a bomb in his chest, forcing Gerelt to commit horrible crimes against mankind for if he refuses, the bomb would be triggered and go off. All that Gerelt wants is to be free to save his family.

• Vector: A killer robot created by Bilstein, whose only directive is to seek and destroy every single human being while using his Plasma Gun. He makes an appearance in Roll's ending in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars, where Roll reprograms the heartless robot, along with Huitzil from Darkstalkers, into a caring and loving individual who not only helps out with Dr. Light (Roll's Creator), but also, in the Japanese version of the game (known as Cross Generation of Heroes), displays a newfound affinity for human children.

• Rimgal: June's father, the former scientist Michael Milliam, turned into a dinosaur who wields a Bone Club after Bilstein experimented on him, mixing his human DNA with dinosaur DNA. He fights to try and control his transformation. However, he ultimately fails, and fearing his primal instincts will overtake his human sensitivity and end up having him kill his daughter, he kills himself in the end. He is the only regular character not to return in Plasma Sword (along with Kappah, who is a secret character).

• Zelkin Fiskekrogen: A blue humanoid bird-like man that comes from the Planet Klondike, and wields a Plasma Claw in battle. Zelkin fights alongside with Bilstein because of his loathing of humans, who nearly destroyed his humanoid bird race in a past war. He is also an old acquaintance of Hayato.

• Gore Gajah: A member of an unspecified alien race and a genius magician who wields a Plasma Mace in battle, Gore seeks to gain much knowledge about Plasma Wizardry and joins Bilstein's Fourth Empire in order to advance his own studies into Plasma Power itself. It is to be noted that his profile states he hails from Indonesia, even though he is clearly not an Earthling.

• Dr. Edward Bilstein: The main antagonist of the series who leads the Fourth Empire and wields a Plasma Broadsword in battle. He once stumbled upon a research document left behind by one of his ancestors. It described Plasma Power and how it could be derived from human emotions. Bilstein was driven by his ancestor's evil will because they were unable to complete the project and that Bilstein himself had decided to carry out their work and build the unknown Plasma weapon. However...before Bilstein could realize his evil plot, he was detected by the Earth Federation and was then arrested for violating human rights, using actual human bodies in his experiments. After escaping his prison and forming his "Fourth Empire" organization, Bilstein now seeks to conquer the entire universe and establish a new order under his own rule. This form of Bilstein, who would later be known as "Ghost Bilstein", would make a cameo appearance in Tekkaman Blade's ending in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars.

• Kappah Nosuke: An unknown turtle-like green-skinned alien that comes from Planet Kappa and wields a Plasma Spear in battle. He is based on a Japanese legendary creature known as a Kappa, which is a type of water sprite that usually inhabits various ponds and rivers throughout most of Japan. Kappah and his race are known for having a military and war-like lifestyle on their home planet and that all of them despise peace and friendship, living only for war and fighting. Kappah himself has a bitter and belligerent nature and personality, that lead him to join Bilstein and the Fourth Empire, who in turn would promise to defend his home planet from any potential outside threats. A sub-boss and secret character. He plays very similar to Gerelt barring a few specials, although the characters are in no way related. Also, he does not have a character select screen portrait in favor of a zucchini pair image instead.

• Blood Barbarians: A young man of European descent who wields a Plasma Broadsword in battle. He was taken in by Bilstein at a very young age, due to the fact that his parents were killed by the villain on account that Blood had the highest amount of Plasma Power stored in his body, and that Bilstein had wanted to use his potential on his Plasma research. Also a sub-boss and a secret character. He plays in similar respect to Bilstein, barring a few specials.