Charactr Bio: Kira Yamato キラ・ヤマト (Gundam SEED)

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キラ・ヤマト Kira Yamato

Genetic type: Ultimate Coordinator
DOB: May 18, CE 55
Age: 16 [GS]
18 [GSD]
Nationality: United Emirates of Orb [GS/GSD]
Allegiance: OMNI Enforcer [GS]
Three Ship Alliance [GS]
United Emirates of Orb [GSD]
ZAFT [GSDSE]
Rank: Ensign (EAF) [GS]
Ensign (Orb) [GSD]
Admiral (Orb) [GSD]
Commander (Orb Space Fleet) [GSD]
White Coat (ZAFT) [GSDSE]
Family: Caridad Yamato (adoptive mother)
Haruma Yamato (adoptive father)
Ulen Hibiki (father, deceased)
Via Hibiki (mother, deceased)
Cagalli Yula Athha (twin sister)
Height: 165 cm (5' 5") [GS]
170 cm (5' 7") [GSD]
Weight: 65 kg (143.3 lbs) [GS][citation needed]
67 kg (147.4 lbs) [GSD]
Blood type: A
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Purple
Mobile Suit: GAT-X105 Strike [GS]
ZGMF-X10A Freedom [GS/GSD]
MBF-02 Strike Rouge [GSD]
ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom [GSD]


In Gundam SEED, Kira was a first-generation Coordinator who lived on the neutral space colony Heliopolis. An expert in computer science, he helped with research at the college he attended. In both Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny, his friendship with Athrun Zala formed one of the main themes of the story.

During the Bloody Valentine War, Kira lives on the neutral colony of Heliopolis where he attends a college with his friends Sai Argyle, Kuzzey Buskirk, Miriallia Haw, and Tolle Koenig. Kira is also attracted to Sai's fiancee, Flay Allster. Kira owns a robotic pet bird, Birdy (Torii in the Japanese anime), which was given to him three years previously, by Kira's childhood best friend, Athrun Zala, who built it.

In episode 1 of Gundam SEED, Heiliopolis is is attacked by ZAFT forces. During the evacuation of civilians, Kira is separated from his friends and follows a mysterious stranger, who he later pushes into an escape pod.

Kira eventually finds two prototype mobile suits, the GAT-X105 Strike and the GAT-X303 Aegis, and a battle taking place between Earth Alliance soldiers and the ZAFT special forces team in the factory. While Kira helps an Earth Alliance officer, Murrue Ramius, he recognizes one of the ZAFT soldiers as his old friend, Athrun. The two friends are stunned by each other's presence. Murrue attempts to shoot Athrun, but he captures the Aegis and escapes, while Murrue and Kira board the Strike.

Kira coins the nickname "Gundam" for the machine from an acronym in the name of the Strike's mobile suit operating system (the "GUNDAM" acronym also finds its way into subsequent mobile suit operating system names within the Cosmic Era timeline). The nickname sticks for similar high performance prototype mobile suits that use the GUNDAM operating system.

Outside the factory, Athrun informs GINN pilot Miguel Aiman, that the Strike is being piloted by an Earth Alliance soldier. Miguel tells Athrun to take his machine back to the ship, and that he will capture the Strike. Murrue is no match for Miguel, and seeing that his friends Sai, Kuzzey, Miriallia, and Tolle, are endangered by this battle, Kira takes control of the Strike and fights back, forcing Miguel to retreat.

After the battle, Murrue tells Kira and his friends that they have to stick with her because they have stumbled upon an Earth Alliance military secret. They are soon joined by Mu La Flaga, Natarle Badgiruel, and several other Earth Alliance survivors of the raid on Heliopolis. Mu concludes that Kira is no ordinary human (he was able to rewrite the Strike's operating system in seconds and pilot it adeptly) and asks if Kira is a Coordinator. When Kira answers yes, some of the Earth Alliance soldiers pull their guns on him, but Tolle vouches that Kira is not part of ZAFT. Murrue mentions that Orb has a policy of non-discrimination against Coordinators, so it makes perfect sense that Kira was living on Heliopolis. Mu apologizes for stirring up a fuss.

Kira initially refuses to pilot the Strike again, but Mu, who acts as somewhat of a mentor in the series, tells Kira that he is the only one capable of piloting it and that if he has the power to make a difference, he should.

Archangel
After becoming the pilot of the Strike, Kira often confronts his friend Athrun Zala, a ZAFT soldier. While Athrun fights to protect his nation, Kira who hates war, wants to protect his friends who are onboard the Archangel.

When Kira confronts Athrun for the first time after the destruction of Heliopolis, Athrun tries to get him to join ZAFT. He tells Kira that his mother was killed in the Bloody Valentine Incident and that was what drove him to join ZAFT. This affects Kira, but he refuses to join ZAFT, because he has people to protect on the Archangel, and escapes when Mu La Flaga intervenes.

At Artemis, Kira is claimed a traitor to Coordinators by Eurasian Federation Admiral Gerard Garcia, who was attempting to steal the Archangel and the Strike from the Atlantic Federation. After the Archangel with the Strike onboard escapes Artemis, Kira lays down on his bed and says "traitor" to himself while crying.

A twist of fate lands PLANT pop idol Lacus Clyne — who is Athrun's fiancee — onboard the Archangel. Natarle Badgiruel uses her as a shield to stave off ZAFT forces after they destroy an Earth Alliance fleet, killing Vice Foreign Minister George Allster in the process. Before withdrawing, Athrun asks Kira if it is his idea of justice to fight with cowards who would use innocent civilians as hostages, and vows to rescue Lacus.

Kira later frees Lacus and returns her to Athrun. Again, Athrun asks Kira to join ZAFT but Kira refuses, saying that he has friends on the Archangel he must protect. Athrun tells Kira that the next time they meet in battle, he would not hesitate to kill him; Kira returns the sentiment. Lacus is saddened because she is leaving Kira, realizing that he had similar sentiments against war, yet has the strength to fight.

When Flay, George Allster's daughter, witnesses her father's killing by ZAFT, she berates Kira not saving her father, even though he promised to and accuses him of not fighting his best because his opponents are fellow Coordinators. This accusation traumatizes Kira emotionally. Flay later apologizes, faking affection for him to make him kill all the Coordinators on her behalf. Her misplaced sentiment makes her believe that Kira will fight harder for her. Kira's fighting becomes more violent as shown when he damages the GAT-X102 Duel, giving its pilot Yzak Joule a scar across his face.

Later, when the Archangel rendezvouses with the Earth Alliance's 8th Fleet, Flay, followed by Kira's other friends volunteer to enlist. This causes Kira to decide to officially become an Earth Alliance soldier as well. Soon after, during a battle that results in the destruction of the 8th fleet, a fleeing shuttle of survivors from Heliopolis accidentally crosses in the middle of his fight with Yzak, who has sworn revenge against Kira. Yzak shoots down the shuttle, thinking it contains retreating Earth Alliance soldiers, while Kira fails to protect it.

This event haunts him for a long time. One of the passengers was a little girl named Elle, who gave him an origami flower as a token of her appreciation for his protection in earlier battles. When Flay brings him back the flower, Kira breaks down and cries. Flay comforts and kisses him and eventually the two of them have sex. They later grow apart as Kira becomes obsessed with protecting the ship, to the point that Kira began bunking in the Strike. These incidents lead Kira to use a more violent fighting style against the ZAFT forces which battle the Archangel in the North African desert and later in the Indian Ocean.

Kira and Athrun: A tragic duel
While en route to the Earth Alliance Alaskan base JOSH-A, the Archangel is attacked by Athrun and his comrades. During the initial skirmish, Kira damages all of ZAFT's opposing mobile suits. However, Kira accidentally kills Nicol Amalfi, a close friend of Athrun's and pilot of the GAT-X207 Blitz, when Nicol tries to protect Athrun. Athrun realizes that Nicol's death could have been prevented by killing Kira, and he vows to do so the next time they meet. In their next battle, Kira's friend Tolle Koenig is killed when Athrun destroys the FX-550 Skygrasper he was piloting. Kira and Athrun try to kill each other to avenge their dead friends, and Kira winds up seriously injured when Athrun attaches the Aegis to the Strike and self-destructs the Aegis.

The ZGMF-X10A Freedom
Although believed dead, Kira ends up on PLANT in the mansion of Lacus Clyne. The anime does not explain how he ends up in Reverend Malchio's garden, but makes it clear that Malchio had brought him to the Clynes. The Gundam SEED manga shows Kira stagger to Malchio's before collapsing. In the Astray manga, he is pulled from the wreckage of the Strike by Junk Guild member Lowe Guele, who turns Kira over to Reverend Malchio, a friend of the Clyne family (Kira thanks Guele when ReHOME delivers supplies for the Three Ships Alliance later in the war).

During this time, Lacus and Kira grow closer to each other. Lacus tells Kira that he is safe and that he can stay as long as he wants to. However, he overhears a message to Lacus' father Siegel Clyne, from Council member Eileen Canaver that PLANT chairman Patrick Zala lied about ZAFT's newest major operation and that the bulk of ZAFT forces are actually on their way to crush JOSH-A in Alaska, the main base of the Earth Alliance military and where the Archangel is currently stationed. Kira decides to leave PLANT and save his friends onboard the Archangel. Lacus helps Kira enter a ZAFT base and gives him the ZGMF-X10A Freedom, then kisses his cheek. Kira then returns to Earth in his new mobile suit.

After the Battle of JOSH-A, the Archangel defects to Orb. In Orb, Cagalli tearfully welcomes Kira with an embrace that tackles him to the ground, Cagalli calls him an idiot while beating him and admitting she feared he was dead. Kira comforts Cagalli by reminding her that he kept his promise to return.

Later, Athrun decides that Kira is not his enemy. Using the ZGMF-X09A Justice, Athrun aids the Archangel during the Earth Alliance's invasion of Orb. After staving off the Earth Alliance, Athrun and Kira call a truce to discuss the situation. They acknowledge that Nicol and Tolle did not deserve to die, and that they had wanted to kill each other despite being best friends, in order to avenge the deaths of their comrades. Kira asserts something that was previously noted by Lacus about what they should be fighting for. Kira asks Athrun to join Orb, so they can eventually put an end to the war.

The Earth Alliance attacks Orb again. Uzumi Nara Athha sacrifices his life in order to prevent the Earth Alliance from getting their hands on their main target: Orb's mass driver. Before that happens, however, he gives Cagalli a photograph of her and Kira when they were babies and tells her that although she is leaving her father she will not be alone, for she will be with her brother. When Cagalli shows Kira the photo after the Archangel and the Kusanagi ascend into space, he is shocked, especially since the woman cuddling them is not Caridad Yamato, the only mother he has known.

Three Ships Alliance
Eventually the Archangel, the Kusanagi, and the Clyne Faction's stolen ZAFT ship Eternal (which is commanded by Kira's former adversary Andrew Waltfeld no less), form the Three Ships Alliance, supported by Kira's stolen Freedom and Athrun's Justice mobile suits. In the Astray manga, this group receives assistance from the Junk Guild, and the prototype Archangel tender ship turned Junk Guild vessel ReHOME serves as a tender ship for the Three Ships Alliance.

During the Battle of Mendel, Kira learns from Rau Le Creuset that Caridad and Haruma Yamato are not his biological parents. His true parents were Ulen and Via Hibiki, geneticists who are both deceased. He also learns that he is the Ultimate Coordinator; his fetus was artificially developed outside his mother's womb, and all his genetic enhancements are exactly as they were intended to be. He is the only fetus to be successfully developed using the apparatus. Kira also learns that Cagalli is indeed his twin sister, who was born naturally and not genetically modified

After this, Kira is shocked when he learns that Flay, whom he had believed was transferred from the Archangel along with Natarle Badgiruel before the Battle of JOSH-A, was in a nearby escape pod. In the escape pod, Flay says she has something that will end the war. Upon hearing Kira's voice again, Flay weeps with joy, since she thought he was dead.

Unfortunately, Kira fails to retrieve her escape pod because the Freedom is beheaded by the GAT-X252 Forbidden and GAT-X370 Raider after Kira recklessly tries to get to Flay before everyone else does. Flay winds up onboard the Dominion instead. As Forbidden and Raider pilots Shani Andras and Clotho Buer continue their assault on Kira, he is saved by Athrun and Dearka Elsman.

After making it back to the Eternal, Kira looks at Lacus, ends up seeing Flay instead and passes out. When he wakes up from this blackout, again he looks at Lacus and he imagines seeing Flay naked, an obvious flashback. Just as Cagalli is about to ask Kira about the photo of the two of them when they were babies, Athrun takes her outside, leaving Kira and Lacus alone together. Kira tells Lacus he vowed not to cry, and she tells him he can cry when he feels like it. Kira cries himself to sleep in Lacus' lap.

Jachin Due
Kira, Lacus, Athrun, Cagalli and the Three Ships Alliance help in ending the Bloody Valentine War. Just before the final battle, Lacus helps Kira come to terms with his true origins and admits her love for him by giving him the ring that belonged to her mother. Kira responds with a thanks for her support and kisses her on the cheek.

In the final battle at Jachin Due, Kira fights both ZAFT and the Earth Alliance, assisting in the destruction of the Earth Alliance's Peacemaker Nuclear Taskforce's motherships. Kira later battles Rau Le Creuset, who now pilots the ZGMF-X13A Providence. While fighting Le Creuset, Kira again hears Flay cry out from an escape pod and backs out of the fight in an attempt to rescue her. Instead of going after Kira, Le Creuset attacks the escape pod. Kira stops Le Creuset's first attack and sees Flay, who has tears in her eyes and a smile on her face. While Kira is distracted, one of Rau's DRAGOONs fires from above and destroys the pod, killing Flay. Kira cries out in anguish, realizing Flay's death could have been prevented if he hadn't lost focus on Le Creuset. Flay's spirit briefly appears to thank and apologize to Kira. She also assures Kira that her true feelings will protect him.

Angry over Flay's death, Kira activates his SEED Factor. Though the Freedom is heavily damaged in the renewed fight, he mortally wounds Le Creuset and the Providence is destroyed by the sabotaged ZAFT superweapon GENESIS. Kira is later rescued by Cagalli and Athrun.

The Astray X manga features the mercenary Canard Pars, the only "failed" Ultimate Coordinator prototype known to have survived. Canard, consumed by an intense inferiority complex and hatred towards Kira, constantly thought fruitlessly searches for him with the intention to defeat him and become the true Ultimate Coordinator; however, during the course of the story he abandons that goal and finally comes to terms with himself. Although Kira and Canard crossed each other during a walk on the Orb beaches, the latter chose to pass him by without addressing him and it is unknown whether Kira is aware of Canard’s existence


Lacus Relationship
During Gundam SEED, Lacus entrusts Kira with her ring during later episodes, followed by a kiss from Kira on Lacus' cheek. In Japanese (or East Asian in general) tradition, when a woman entrusts an ornament to a man, it usually implies romantic love and later, marriage.[citation needed]

In the short "aftermath" OVA following the end of SEED, Lacus and Kira are clearly shown living together and the continue to do so in Destiny. The two are often shown embracing and holding hands. Lacus is shown to be uneasy whenever Kira goes off to battle. *When she hijacks a shuttle (with the help of Andrew Waltfeld) to go into space; Kira chases the ship trying to tell Lacus his feelings as the communication cuts out.

*In final installment of the Destiny Special Edition reveal Kira, in a ZAFT commander uniform reuniting with Lacus on PLANT. They share a romantic embrace showing their love and affection.

*Gundam SEED Destiny

*EDIT

KIRA IS TEH WIN!!

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