He is not seen again after The New Voyage, although he does appear in the PlayStation 2 games. Japanese voice artist: Toshio Furukawa : A trainee navigator, he is put in charge of ship's weapons during a battle simulation, but when he panics and fires too soon, he nearly destroys the fighter squadron. He is later punished along with Sakamoto to run a lap in the ship with only underwear on. He is not seen again after The New Voyage, although he does appear in the PlayStation 2 games. Japanese voice artist: Makio Inoue Be Forever, Yamato Captain : 2nd captain of the Yamato, and a former colleague of Okita and Hijikata. Japanese voice artist: Osamu Kobayashi (Cory Conroy): Cosmo Tiger pilot and younger brother of the late Saburo Kato. When he appears in the English translation of Space Battleship Yamato III (Season 3 of Star Blazers), Saburo and Shiro, who look identical, are for all intents and purposes regarded as the same "Conroy" character since Saburo's death was edited out of the preceding Comet Empire series of Star Blazers. Japanese voice actor: Akira Kamiya : Introduced as Sanada's niece , she substitutes for Yuki aboard the Yamato. It emerges that she is actually the half-human daughter of Mamoru Kodai and Starsha, and like all Iscandarians has grown into the equivalent of a human teenager in the space of a year. Japanese voice artist: Keiko Han Third season (Jason Jetter): A new recruit assigned to the Kitchen. Originally resentful of his position, he quickly learns to accept it. A focal character in Series 3, he often becomes involved in missions outside of his kitchen duty. Japanese voice artist: Hideyuki Tanaka (Michael "Flash" Contrail): A new member of the Cosmo Tigers. His father did not support his decision to become a pilot, but allowed him to remain with the Yamato at his wife's insistence. Japanese voice artist: Toshio Furukawa (Alan Hardy): A veteran member of the Kitchen crew, he serves as a mentor to new recruit Domon. He is killed in the Yamato's first battle against the Galmans when the ship is infiltrated by enemy soldiers. Japanese voice artist: Kazuyuki Sogabe (Greg): Yamato 1st Cannon Gunner; very short. Japanese voice artist: Shigeru Chiba (Goro "Buster" Block): A very tall, hulking member of the Navigation group. Japanese voice artist: Shingo Kanemoto (Heiji "Beaver" Bando): A new recruit assigned to the Science group.