List of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Characters - Gundam Pilots / Colony Liberation Organization

Gundam Pilots / Colony Liberation Organization

Heero Yuy (ヒイロ・ユイ, Hiiro Yui?, spelled Hiiro Yui in the original Japanese version)

• Nationality: Japanese

The protagonist of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, as well as the pilot of the XXXG-01W Wing Gundam and the XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam ZERO. During the series, very little of his past is revealed, although according to the manga Episode Zero, Heero was once a nameless protégé of the assassin Odin Lowe until Odin's death during a failed mission. Shortly thereafter, the nameless boy was taken in by Doctor J and trained as a Gundam pilot. On the onset of Operation Meteor, Doctor J gave him the code name of Heero Yuy, after the martyred leader of the colonies. Although he speaks in a monotone voice and appears cold, reckless and emotionless, according to Doctor J, Heero is actually a very kind-hearted young man who feels sympathy for the oppressed space colony citizens. In the manga version of Endless Waltz, at the end of the battle, he was shown watching over Relena. Heero Yuy is voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa in Japanese and Mark Hildreth in English.

Duo Maxwell (デュオ・マックスウェル,, Dyuo Makkusuweru?)

• Nationality: American

The pilot of the XXXG-01D Gundam Deathscythe and the XXXG-01D2 Gundam Deathscythe Hell. Duo is cheerful, amicable and goofy, but this is mostly a front to cover up his tragic past. In Episode Zero, it was revealed that he chose his name to commemorate a boy named Solo, who he looked up to when they were part of a street gang as children; Solo had previously told the young Duo that they would always be together, but later died from a disease that swept the colony. Duo's last name came from the Maxwell Church; the church was a home for war orphans, and was run by Father Maxwell and Sister Helen, a Catholic priest and nun. Duo lived in the church until it was destroyed during an Alliance attack in what became known as the "Maxwell Church Massacre"; Duo was the only survivor, because he had gone to steal a mobile suit from a nearby military base in order to get a group of Colony rebels, who were hiding in the church, to leave the church alone. Some physical reminders of Duo's lost loved ones are his distinctive 3-foot braid (a reminder of how Sister Helen carefully braided his long hair as a child) and priest's clothes. Because of all the destruction in his past, he refers to himself as Shinigami, the "God of Death" ("Great Destroyer" in the edited English dub), because anyone who gets close to him eventually dies (and, as he once told Father Maxwell, he doesn't believe in miracles, but he has seen many dead people). Duo later became a member of the Sweeper Group, and an engineer and hacker of great skill (as well as a Gundam pilot), after meeting Professor G. Duo Maxwell is voiced by Toshihiko Seki in Japanese and Scott McNeil in English.

Trowa Barton (トロワ・バートン,, Torowa Bāton?)

• Nationality: Unknown (presumed Latin)

The pilot of the XXXG-01H Gundam Heavyarms; a young man of indeterminate origin (some official sources say Latin, others Eastern European, others still Russian, and one unofficial source says he's British), also known as "Nanashi" (名なし, "No-Name"). His age is maintained by some sources as 15, but his physical appearance suggests that 17 or 18 would be a more appropriate number. Trowa is a stoic young man who has spent almost his entire life on the battlefield. Reserved by nature, he can be seen to be as emotionless as Heero, but is in fact a warm-hearted person who is very protective of those he cares about. Trowa took the name of Trowa Barton after the real Trowa (the son of Dekim Barton) was shot and killed by the assistant of Doktor S, who created the Gundam Heavyarms but was unwilling to proceed with Operation Meteor. Besides being a Gundam pilot, Trowa is also an accomplished acrobat, which serves him well in his cover identity as a clown in a travelling circus. Trowa is assumed to be circus performer Catherine Bloom's long-lost brother Triton, who was believed to have died years ago as an infant. There is only a little evidence of this: in the Episode Zero manga, the baby shown being thrown from the cart's wreckage in the bombing that killed Catherine's family has Trowa's trademark bangs, and according to official sources, Trowa has "a burn scar on his back that he didn't get in battle", but if the names of the pilots do relate to numbers, it would seem more likely that this was true. Trowa Barton is voiced by Shigeru Nakahara in Japanese and Kirby Morrow in English.

Quatre Raberba Winner (カトル・ラバーバ・ウィナー,, Katoru Rabāba Winā?)

• Nationality: Arabic

The pilot of the XXXG-01SR Gundam Sandrock and the heir to the Winner Corporation, a major space mining company. He is a very kind young man who loves animals, and is the greatest believer in pacifism of the five Gundam pilots. He has twenty-nine older sisters, who are all test tube babies; according to the Episode Zero manga, the numerous problems experienced in natural pregnancy during the colonists' first arrival in space created the need for test-tube babies until a cure was developed. Everyone was then able to produce children naturally—except for the Winner family, due to their living in space since the colonies' creation. Quatre's mother desperately wanted to bear at least one child naturally, and so she did—though it cost her life. Quatre was never informed that he was the only child who was born naturally, and thus had a cold, angry demeanor for a long time (due to feeling that he and his sisters were just pawns created by his father to benefit the Corporation, and that they could all be replaced at any time). Quatre is a natural leader. Toward the end of the series, Heero turns leadership of the Gundams over to Quatre. Quatre also leads a group of middle-eastern fighters known as the Maganac Corps, who are all test-tube babies themselves. The Maganacs have accepted Quatre as their leader; in Episode Zero, Quatre saved their leader Rashid's life when Quatre flushed out a traitor within the Maganac ranks. Quatre was given his goggles by Rashid as a symbol of the leader of the Maganacs. The Maganacs also taught Quatre to have pride in himself, no matter where he came from, and the young man's kind, gentle nature arose from that understanding. Despite being a pacifist, Quatre sees the Gundams as a necessary evil, which has strained his relationship with his father, who followed the path of absolute pacifism prior to his death. Although Newtypes are not referenced in the Gundam Wing universe, Quatre seems to sense the "Heart of Space" (or "Soul of Outer Space"), as Amuro Ray was able to. Quatre Raberba Winner is voiced by Ai Orikasa in Japanese and Brad Swaile in English., who also voiced Amuro in Mobile Suit Gundam.

Chang Wufei (張 五飛,, Chan Ūfei?, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhāng Wǔfēi, Zhang Wufei in the original Japanese version)

• Nationality: Chinese

The pilot of the XXXG-01S Shenlong Gundam and the XXXG-01S2 Altron Gundam. He constantly refers to both incarnations of his Gundam as "Nataku", a deity whom his late wife Meilan modelled herself after. Wufei is a fierce warrior descended from a long, proud line of Chinese warriors, and thus despises weakness in character and body. As evidenced in Episode Zero, when he was younger he was calmer and much more cerebral, but his unwillingness to fight resulted in the death of his wife Meilan, a strong girl who took the responsibility of protecting the colony (and the newly built Shenlong Gundam) onto herself and was killed in battle. Wufei then chose to carry out her path of justice in honor of her sacrifice. Wufei looks down on those who he deems weak and cowardly. Although Wufei preferred to fight alone, he eventually realized that he needed to team up with the other Gundam pilots to accomplish his goals. Chang Wufei is voiced by Ryuuzou Ishino in Japanese and Ted Cole in English.

Doctor J (ドクター J?)

The engineer and creator of the Wing Gundam and Heero's mentor, he is an expert in the field of beam weaponry. His distinguishing features include mechanical-looking goggles, a cybernetic right arm (the fingers of which he has an aggravating tendency to clack together), and metal braces on his lower legs. Quirky but affable, Doctor J is immensely proud of Heero's abilities and encourages the young man to choose his own fate, including protecting Relena Darlian and rejecting Operation Meteor. It was J who chose Heero's codename, which he thinks is highly appropriate. He also saves Relena from OZ's hit squad and tells her about Heero's past. J was killed along with the other scientists (and Quinze) when they re-activated Peacemillion's engines to propel Libra away from Earth. Doctor J is voiced by Minoru Inaba in Japanese and Dave Ward in English.

Professor G (プロフェッサー G?)

The engineer and creator of the Gundam Deathscythe, as well as co-creator of the spaceship Peacemillion, and Duo's mentor. He is distinguished by his long nose, mushroom-shaped hair, and a long scar on his cheek. Sardonic and (like Doctor J) rather eccentric, he tends to describe Deathscythe as "the ultimate work of art" (perhaps due to his specialization in stealth systems) and claims that the other Gundams are "a fluke." He was the first to be captured by Lady Une. A member of the Sweeper Group, G was impressed by Duo cracking his security codes, and offered to train him as a Gundam pilot. When Duo refused to go along with Dekim Barton's original Operation Meteor, G told him to "steal" Deathscythe and fight the Alliance on his own terms. G was killed in the re-activation of Peacemillion's engines, along with his fellow scientists.

Doktor S (ドクトル S?)

The engineer and creator of the Gundam Heavyarms, he is distinguished by his prosthetic nose and spiked gray hair. His specialty is ballistic weaponry. He was opposed to Operation Meteor, but Heavyarms' assigned pilot, the original Trowa Barton, was prepared to rat S out to his father, Dekim. The Doktor's assistant shot and killed Trowa, and a nameless young engineer who had been working on Heavyarms offered to take the dead man's name and Gundam, also making it clear that he had no interest in carrying out Operation Meteor. S was killed on Peacemillion, along with the other Gundam scientists.

Instructor H (教授 H?)

The engineer and creator of the Gundam Sandrock, and Quatre's mentor. He is rather fat, with a receding hairline that curls up in the back, and a long, thin, dark mustache that stands straight out at each end. A worker at MO-III, he originally met Quatre when the young heir's shuttle was hijacked by the Maganac Corps (as detailed in the Episode Zero manga). After learning of the youth's strength and resolve, he ended up taking a job as Quatre's tutor, while borrowing Winner family resources to build the Gundam Sandrock. Realizing that he couldn't take away Quatre's kind nature, H rejected Operation Meteor and sent the boy to Earth to join the Maganacs. He appears to be the most reluctant of the engineers to reveal information on the Gundams. H is responsible for leaving the blueprints of the Wing ZERO behind in the facility where he developed Sandrock. He was killed, along with the other scientists, on Peacemillion.

Master O (老師 O?)

The engineer and creator of the Shenlong Gundam, and Wufei's mentor. Of imposing stature and spear-bald, the powerful and athletic Master O is an expert in many forms of martial arts, a skill he brings to the mobile suits he creates. Unlike the other Gundam engineers, he wanted his young ward to follow Operation Meteor, disregarding Wufei's wife's death; this led to a rift between Wufei and O. O was killed, along with the other Gundam scientists, on Peacemillion.

Howard (ハワード?)

One of the original engineers who designed the Tallgeese prototype mobile suit, along with the five men who would become the Gundam engineers. Unlike them, however, Howard chose to live a relatively calm life, operating a salvage boat on Earth as part of the Sweeper Group. Howard repairs both Duo Maxwell's and Zechs Merquise's mobile suits, the latter after he found Zechs washed up on the beach with his Tallgeese. During Operation Meteor, he helped Duo and Heero; later in the conflict, he retrieved Peacemillion, which he co-created. Howard survived the Eve Wars and stayed at the former Lunar Base as custodian of the Gundams. His Hawaiian shirts and wraparound shades make him the most colorfully dressed character in the series.