flagship and within the Comet Empire's own space station, Saito and his men prove their worth in ground combat. Saito is the last surviving member of the team, and sacrifices himself to detonate explosives in the Comet Empire's power centre (though in Star Blazers it was indicated that he escaped). In the 2010 live-action film, Saito is briefly possessed by Desler, who uses his body to tell the Yamato crew of Garmilas' true motives of bombarding Earth. Saito wears a Hachiman amulet, as his mother believes it will shield him from physical harm. Ultimately, he is killed while covering for Sanada during the raid of Iscandar/Gamillas. Japanese voice artist: Isao Sasaki American voice artist: Chris Latta Live-action actor: Hiroyuki Ikeuchi (Corporal Kane): Second-in-Command of the Space Marines. He was likely killed inside the White Comet Gatlantis in the final battle. Japanese voice artist: Toshihiko Kojima : Cosmo Tiger 3rd Squadron commander. Tsurumi got little screen time. His fate is unknown, but he was likely killed in the final battle with the Comet Empire with the other Cosmo Tigers. Japanese voice artist: Shigeru Chiba (William Peale): Yamato's interrogator. He tortured Mazor in a futile attempt at extracting intelligence from him. Japanese voice artist: Rokurō Naya (Neville Q. Royster): An extremely nerdy (and comically drawn) scientist cadet, addressed by all but Kodai—including his superior officer and senpai Sanada—as shinmai (meaning "newbie" or "boot", but also being a different reading of the kanji in his family name). Despite his clumsiness, he proves his worth as a scientist and engineer, and in one episode comes up with an idea to use the wave motion gun as propulsion to save the ship that even Sanada did not think of. He is killed in the final battle against the Comet Empire shortly after locating Gatlantis's power centre (not shown in Star Blazers). Japanese voice artist: Yūji Mitsuya Yamato: The New Voyage (Orion): Son of the late Chief Tokugawa, he is a cadet training to follow in his father's footsteps. He later becomes Yamazaki's assistant engineer aboard the Yamato and is the Chief Engineer in Yamato Rebirth. Japanese voice artist: Tōru Furuya ("Chief"): Chief engineer aboard the Yamato from Yamato: The New Voyage until Final Yamato. Japanese voice artist: Mikio Terashima : An ace fighter pilot who joins the training mission. A born hot-dogger, his stunts earn him a slap in the face from acting captain Kodai.