Amano, Kazumi

アマノ・カズミ

Kazumi Amano is the school's top student; every girl speaks to her with reverence, as Kazumi is clearly a step ahead of the others. Her abilities, however, do not stem from natural talent but from her relentless diligence and dedication to work and training.
Kazumi Amano was already a senior at Okinawa High School for Girls when Coach Ota selected her as a pilot candidate for the Gunbuster. She had previously shown remarkable potential after volunteering for the Machine Weapon Junior Training Program in 2015.
The hard work she put into refining her skills allowed her to earn the title of Rose Queen, a distinction reserved only for Japan's top female pilots. And Kazumi was the best at what she did, as she proved during numerous class training sessions.
It was during one of these training sessions that she met Noriko Takaya.
Kazumi was shocked to learn that Noriko would be selected as her operating partner for the Gunbuster. She felt that Noriko needed more experience, believing that choosing a class freshman who could barely keep her RX-7 Trainer upright for actual combat duties was a fatal mistake. Coach Ota refused to listen to her and ordered Kazumi to continue working on her own skills. This only fueled Kazumi's passions, for she also secretly harbored love for him. This later played out to some extent through the heated arguments the pair had when Kazumi confronted him.
Kazumi married Ota in 2033 when she returned from the mission in which the Exelion was used to defeat the alien armada beyond Earth's solar system. She then remained on Earth as the new head coach for the Girl's School, picking up where her husband left off. In 2048, Kazumi accepted a promotion to colonel and returned to the Space Force to pilot Earth's massive new weapon against the aliens: the Black Hole Bomb.