Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese), David A. Thomas (English)
Japanese name: D-Boy (Ｄボゥイ,D-Bōi)/Takaya Aiba (相羽 タカヤ,Aiba Takaya)
English name: Teknoman Blade/Nick Carter (International version)
English name: Teknoman Slade/Ness Carter (U.S. version)
His name is Takaya Aiba (Nick Carter), although he is more commonly referred to as Dangerous-Boy (D-Boy), a nickname Noal (Ringo) coins based on his recklessness and dangerous ideology. Originally on board the Argos when it was taken over by the aliens, Blade was freed by his father before the process of transformation could be completed, leaving him almost free from the Radam's (Venomoid's) influence. Blade swore to avenge the loss of his family and destroy Omega (Darkon) and the Radam (Venomoid).
Although one of the more powerful Tekkamen, Blade is disadvantaged by a number of factors: in a previous battle, Blade's crystal was shattered and he was no longer able to transform independently, having instead to rely on the robot Pegas; also, Blade cannot stay in his Tekkaman form for longer than 30 minutes, lest he regress into a primal state in which he becomes uncontrollable. The transformation process itself also puts a considerable strain on Blade's body, increasing his metabolism and, later in the series, threatening his life. These effects are aggravated further when he uses technology derived from a Radam (Venomoid) "Tek-System" plant to evolve into an advanced Blaster Tekkaman (Super Teknoman). This enhanced form is the next step in the alien evolution but, while extremely powerful, is not without its drawbacks: the most perilous one being that the Tekkaman (Teknoman) in question only has months to live upon upgrading and causes temporary blindness. In an ironic twist of fate, while Blade faked amnesia early on in the series so as to avoid having to talk about what happened to his family, the Blaster Tekkaman (Super Teknoman) evolution causes him to truly develop amnesia, with him losing memories important to him on a regular basis. First he forgets his time spent with the Space Knights, then later Miyuki's (Shara's) favourite flower and other important memories; in one episode, he completely forgets that his crystal was destroyed by Dagger, and that he needs to use Pegas to transform into Blade.
Despite these weaknesses, Blade is able to defeat Omega (Darkon) and saves the universe at the expense of his remaining mental health as shown at the end of this series. He is last seen being cared for by Aki (Star), having forgotten even language skills and the ability to walk. He has, fortunately, shown to have recovered from it by the events of Tekkaman Blade II, even restoring his crystal.
Evil (Sabre)[]
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese), Paul Schrier (English)
Japanese name: Shinya Aiba (相羽 シンヤ,Aiba Shin'ya)/Tekkaman Evil (テッカマンエビル,Tekkaman Ebiru)
English name: Cain Carter/Teknoman Sabre
Takaya's twin brother. Evil (Sabre) believes that only one of them can exist because of his disillusioned memory; this drives Evil (Sabre) to become more concerned with defeating his brother than with the invasion of Earth and this gradually becomes an obsession. As Blade becomes more powerful, Evil (Sabre) receives a power increase from Omega (Darkon).
The truth is that the source of Evil's (Sabre's) grudge against Blade in particular, even before the Radam (Venomoid) invasion, was because he was shown to be resented or looked down on by his father. Not only was he 'helped' during survival training which made him think he only got help because he was inferior, but also during the Burning Clock OVA where he was blamed for his mother's death. Shinya Aiba (Cain Carter) developed an inferiority/perfection complex long before he was taken control of by the Radam (Venomoid), which only amplified his feelings into direct hatred towards those he held responsible for it.
Evil (Sabre) seeks to destroy Blade on an equal footing to prove that he can beat him, and in the final battle, when Blade is overcome by his 30-minute limit, Evil (Sabre) allows him to recover before resuming battle. In the battle that ensues Blade eventually impales Evil (Sabre), holding him in his arms as he dies. Evil (Sabre) redeems himself by handing Blade his crystal, explaining that he will need its power to defeat Omega (Darkon). It is revealed that the Radam (Venomoid) Tekkaman (Teknoman) were only working for the Radam (Venomoid) because of a parasite that was implanted into their minds to maintain their loyalty to the Radam's (Venomoid's) cause.
Rapier[]
Voiced by: Yuko Mizutani (Japanese), Wendee Lee (English)
Japanese name: Miyuki Aiba (相羽 ミユキ,Aiba Miyuki)/Tekkaman Rapier (テッカマンレイピア,Tekkaman Reipia)
English name: Shara Carter/Teknoman Rapier
Blade's younger sister. She manages to escape the final part of the Tekkaman (Teknoman) conversion process and leaves Omega's (Darkon's) base to seek out Blade. Arriving on Earth very ill and weak, she is not expected to live for very long due to a fatal virus that has spread through her system as a result of her incomplete Tekkaman (Teknoman) powers. Aware that her life will end soon, she bids Blade a heartfelt farewell and self-destructs in an overloaded version of her Voltekka attack in a vain attempt to vanquish Evil (Sabre) and his Tekkaman (Teknoman) soldiers, Axe, Sword and Lance. It is later discovered that a piece of her crystal remains in Blade's possession, temporarily boosting his speed and strength. This boost in strength was, however, insufficient for Blade to travel to the Moon to fight against Omega (Darkon).
Omega (Darkon)[]
Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto (Japanese), Simon Prescott (English)
Japanese name: Kengo Aiba (相羽 ケンゴ,Aiba Kengo)/Tekkaman Omega (テッカマンオメガ,Tekkaman Omega)
English name: Conrad Carter/Teknoman Darkon
Omega (Darkon) is the leader of the Radam (Venomoid) army. He remained in the shadows as he was physically linked to the alien space ship until he can eventually raise the air craft from the Moon and descend to Earth. He uses a hologram of himself when he communicates with the others. He is eventually revealed to be Blade's eldest brother, Kengo (Conrad). Omega (Darkon) was also the most powerful Tekkaman (Teknoman), though Blade was able to destroy him by transforming into a Blaster Tekkaman (Super Teknoman) with the help of Evil's (Sabre's) crystal boosting his own, and harnessing his rage over the loss of his family and Pegas' death. He is the only Tekkaman (Teknoman) that never changes into his human form though Kengo's (Conrad's) face can been seen integrated into his final form. Not only was Omega drastically larger than other Tekkamen in size, he possessed numerous other abilities, including tentacles and the ability to generate black copies of the other Tekkamen, though these were easily cut apart by Blade.
Dagger (Gunnar)[]
Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (Japanese), John Vickery (English)
Japanese name: Fritz von Braun (フリッツ・フォン・ブラウン,Furittsu Fon Buraun)/Tekkaman Dagger (テッカマンダガー,Tekkaman Dagā)
English name: Fritz Heiderich/Teknoman Gunnar (U.S. version)
English name: Fritz Heiderich/Teknoman Dagger (International version)
Dagger, real name Fritz, is the first to fight Blade upon his return to Earth and sends Blade crashing down. He is extremely cocky and arrogant and believes that Blade could never defeat him. He was, however, responsible for creating the trap which did prevent Blade from Tek-Setting. When Blade's crystal is shattered, Dagger leads an offensive on the Space Knights' base, offering to relent if they provide Blade, knowing he can no longer transform into a Tekkaman (Teknoman). Blade, however, uses Pegas to transform and easily destroys Dagger with a single Voltekka (Tekno blaster or quantum energy beam) attack.
Axe[]
Voiced by: Yū Shimaka (Japanese), Richard Epcar (English)
Japanese name: Goddard (ゴダード,Godādo)/Tekkaman Axe (テッカマンアックス,Tekkaman Akkusu)
English name: Grant Goddard/Teknoman Axe
Blade and Evil's (Sabre's) martial arts instructor. He's also an electrical engineer and one of the heaviest Tekkamen (Teknoman). He tries to trap Blade and fight him one on one. Blade manages to defeat Axe by stabbing him with his hands in the shape of spears. Even though Axe was dying he tries to grab Blade by bear hugging him and trying to destroy him with his Voltekka blasters. O'Toole (O'Rourke) manages to break into the arena Blade was trapped in and shoots Axe in the head. This allows Blade to escape and Axe self-destructs.
Lance[]
Voiced by:Jūrōta Kosugi (Japanese), Michael McConnohie (English)
Japanese name: Molotov (モロトフ,Morotofu)/Tekkaman Lance (テッカマンランス,Tekkaman Ransu)
English name: Kengo Moroto/Teknoman Lance
Not much is known about his past except that he was one of the crew on the Argos. In the dub, his name was Kengo Moroto. He is tremendously strong in human form. He breaks into the Alaskan Space Knight Command Center while Blade is upgrading. The Space Knights had to distract Lance long enough so that Blade could finish his evolution. O'Toole (O'Rourke) fought Lance with a grenade. which resulted in a explosion and death of O'Toole (O'Rourke) after Lance stabs him to death in the abdomen with his weapon.
Blade finishes his transformation and destroys Lance with a Blaster Voltekka (Tekno blaster or Tekno-Bolt) in his upgraded form. Lance is capable of shooting darts out of his shoulder as well as being able to cling onto walls and hang from ceilings.[1]
Sword[]
Voiced by: Mari Yokoo (Japanese), Melodee M. Spevack (English)
Japanese name: Feng-Li (フォン・リー,Fon Rī)/Tekkaman Sword (テッカマンソード,Tekkaman Sōdo)
English name: Catherine Ayano/Teknoman Rapier (Only used in her first appearance in the International version)
English name: Catherine Ayano/Teknoman Sword (Used from episode 35 and onwards)
Feng-Li (Catherine Ayano) is Kengo Aiba's (Conrad Carter's) former lover and fiancée. She is now Tekkaman (Teknoman) Sword. Although she is loyal to the Radam's (Venomoid's) cause, she still has memories of her past life and wishes that Omega (Darkon) was still the man she loved. She saves Evil (Sabre) from being killed by Blade and also destroys all but one of the space ports on the Space Ring. Sword damages the Blue Earth while Noal and Balzac are on a mission. She finally dies when she burns up while entering earth's atmosphere, after being gunned down by Balzac.[2]
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Aki (Star)[]
Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese), Barbara Goodson (English)
Japanese name: Aki Kisaragi (如月 アキ,Kisaragi Aki)
English name: Star Summers
A member of the Space Knights, Aki (Star) is the Blue Earth's navigator. She is headstrong yet compassionate, though she sometimes romanticizes situations. Aki (Star), along with Noal (Ringo), discovered Blade when he crashed on Earth and soon developed a friendship that eventually became love. As Blade slips into his primal state after the final battle with Evil (Sabre), he holds on to the image of Aki (Star) to keep him sane. She accompanies the Space Knights on many missions while piloting the Blue Earth and/or as a field commander.
English name: Richard 'Ringo' Vereuse (International version)
English name: Ringo Richards (U.S. version)
A member of the Space Knights, Noal (Ringo) is a tough joker who initially doesn't trust Blade at all and shows it. He seems to like Aki (Star) as seen in the first episode and cares for her a lot as seen in the episode "Falling Star" when he bashed up Blade for indirectly causing Aki (Star) to be hospitalized. He is also willing to kill him in the fifth episode, as seen when he is fully prepared to blow Blade out of the sky when it seems that his time is up. As the series goes on, however, they become firm friends, and he plays a strong part in breaking Blade out of the military confinement center where Blade had been taken and begins to constantly tell him to reveal his feelings to Aki (Star), such as advising him to buy flowers, and so on. Sometime into the series, when he is breaking Blade out of the confinement center, he steals the second 'Sol-Tekkaman suit' ('Tekno-Suit') and participates in almost every battle after that, fighting alongside Blade and sometimes alone. While the suit is strong, he is more often than not defeated when battling Tekkamen (Teknomen), though he puts it to good use against the more vulnerable Radam (Venomoid). Unfortunately, it can't match either the strength or firepower of the Tekkamen (Teknoman) armor, who can easily counter or avoid all of the suit's weapons.
She is a bright and young Space Knight, and seems to be the one that Blade trusts at first. He certainly confides in her the condition of his 30 minutes time limit in a more compassionate way than he does to anyone else, even Aki (Star). She looks like Blade's younger sister, Miyuki (Shara), a coincidence not left unused. When Blade exceeded his 30 minute time limit and became a Radam (Venomoid) warrior, she was the only one who could bring him back and he reverted back to his normal state, horrified at what he had done.
Heinrich Van Freeman[]
Voiced by: Hirotaka Suzuoki (Japanese), Michael Forest (English)
Japanese name: Heinrich Van Freeman
English name: Commander Jamison
A strong, tall commander, who leads the Space Knights well. He is extremely concerned with the safety of his military squad, as shown by his absolute unwillingness to force Blade into battle, or to undergo the evolution process. He is the one who discovered the information on the Argos, prompting Blade to fill in the rest of the gaps. Freeman (Jamison) seems to suffer from a form of albinism: he has red eyes and white hair, although his skin is not unusually pale.
A wide, caring mechanic. He designed Pegas with Levin's (Maggie's) help. He is brave and will not step down from the line of Duty. After the attack on the Space Knights HQ, he chose to stay with Freeman (Jamison) and build the new command center rather than travel with Aki (Star), Noal (Ringo) and Levin (Maggie) to destroy the Tekkamen (Teknomen).
Levin (Maggie)[]
Voiced by: [Shigeru Nakahara (Japanese), Mari Devon (English)
Japanese name: Levin
English name: Maggie Matherson
Levin (Maggie) is a transsexual and a highly skilled mechanic.[3] Levin also fantasizes about Tekkaman Blade's armor calling him "Sexy" in earlier episodes, only to have herself brought back to reality by Honda (Mac). She is extremely talented in mechanics, cooking, and history. She chooses to travel with Aki (Star) and Noal (Ringo) in the land vehicle, the "Green Earth."
Pegas[]
Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (Japanese), Tom Wyner (English)
Japanese name: Pegas
English name: Pegus/Teknobot
The mobile support unit used by Blade to transform into Tekkaman Blade (Teknoman) after his crystal is shattered. Pegas has a deep, bland strong voice which is easily recognizable. He can be activated by voice command, or by remote from the Space Knight Central Command. He was named "Pegas" from the beginning in the original version, but the dubbed versions instead state that O'Toole (O'Rourke) named him "Pegus" after the mythological flying horse Pegasus. His trademark is singing a soldier's song the Irish "Danny Boy" ("Bold Soldier Boy"), a tune which O'Toole (O'Rourke) always sings; to Levin's (Maggie's) annoyance, O'Toole (O'Rourke) saves the song in Pegas' memory banks, although Blade requests that it be left in, much to the surprise of the other Space Knights. In the English dub, Pegas sings the same tune ("Bold Soldier Boy"), but with different words to the original Japanese version.
Pegas is destroyed by Omega (Darkon) in the final episode.[4] He is later rebuilt and used by Aki (Star) in Tekkaman Blade II.
The leader of a special commando unit, who was stranded on the Space Ring. At first, he didn't believe in Tekkaman Blade's (Teknoman's) abilities until he was saved by him. He teaches Blade about how soldiers have lives too. When he lost three of his soldiers, he asked him how the families of those lost soldiers would feel, which made him realize that he can put trust in others, specifically the Space Knights. In addition, he taught Pegas to sing the song "Danny Boy" ("Bold Soldier Boy") Unfortunately, he is killed by Lance in order to give Tekkaman (Teknoman) Blade the time needed to upgrade into Blade's Blaster (Super Teknoman) form. He was buried in the flower field hidden deep under the Antarctic Space Knight Base.
Balzac[]
Japanese name: Balzac Asimov
English name: Balzac St. Jacques
Voiced by: Kenyuu Horiuchi (Japanese), Steve Bulen (English)
An arrogant soldier who was a spy for the military commander, General Colbert (General Galt), who maliciously taunted Blade and the Space Knights. Freeman (Jamison) intentionally gave him the data of the Tekkaman (Teknoman), implying that the Space Knights will need all the help they can get, leading to the creation of the Sol-Tekkaman suits (Tekno suits), with Balzac piloting the first one. He led a strike team on the Space Ring thinking it was the main base; however, it wasn't and he fell into a trap set by Evil (Sabre), who proceeded to annihilate Balzac's military squad. Balzac escaped the massacre and returned to Earth where he was saved by a woman named Lille and her younger brother Rick. For several months, he stayed with Lille Rachael and Rick, finally understanding what it feels like to have people care for him, but also seeking revenge for the death of Marlou, his best friend. It is implied that he and Lille became lovers as she is visibly pregnant during the evacuation during the final battle. while He ends up helping the Space Knights, giving extra firepower to the team, which already had Blade and Noal (Ringo). He and Noal (Ringo) still show rivalry towards each other, but without a sense of grudge against each other unlike before. Near the end, both he and Noal (Ringo) take on Tekkaman (Teknoman) Sword. Balzac used Noal's (Ringo's) suit to use a special cannon designed by Freeman (Jamison) to negate the Tek Set. He managed to kill Sword in battle, however, she grabbed Balzac at the last moment, taking him along with her. As they descended, Balzac thought of Lille one last time before shooting her in the chest. As they both plummeted towards Earth, Balzac burns to death on his entry towards the earths atmosphere, with Sword burning up along with him. In the dub, however, Balzac survived in the final battle.
↑NOTE: In his first appearance the English language version, Lance is credited as Teknoman Rapier. This error was corrected in subsequent appearances and was fixed for the International version.
↑NOTE: In her first appearance the English version, Sword is credited as Teknoman Lance (with Teknoman Lance being credited as Rapier) and speaks with a male voice. This error was corrected in subsequent appearances and was fixed for the International version.
↑NOTE: While biologically male in the Japanese version, this character is female in the English dubs. Levin's (Maggie) fascination with Blade was one of the more notable characteristics carried over to the English dubs. As a result, Levin (Maggie) would often gush over Blade and even attempted to assist him in battle at one point by blasting a Spider Crab with a turret gun, only to be saved at the last minute by Balzac in the Sol-Tekkaman 1. (Tekno-Suit 1)
↑NOTE: In the original Japanese version and International version, an oil tear floats from Pegas' eye when saying his final goodbye after he is killed, but this was removed in the U.S. version.
