Kakizaki, Hayao

柿崎速雄

Hayao Kakizaki was born in Japan in 1991. He served in the Vermilion Squadron under the command of Hikaru Ichijyo. In the television series, he pilots a brown-and-white VF-1A Valkyrie, while in the movie The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?, he pilots a green-striped VF-1A Valkyrie. Among the pilots of the Vermilion Squadron, Kakizaki is the least serious. His characterization adds even more comic relief to an already humor-heavy anime. He is also portrayed as a laid-back character, a trait that sometimes endangers him during battles with the Zentradi. Compared to his teammates, Kakizaki is the least experienced pilot, and Hikaru and Max occasionally have to save him from death.