Kaunaq, Amane

雨音・カウナック

Once the galaxy's top supermodel, Amane Kaunaq grew disgusted and burned out by the industry, leaving it to join the Galaxy Police. She excelled in her role, earning the nickname "the Zero Goddess" for her ability to avoid pirate encounters. Amane was poised for promotion to Detective 1st class when, after landing her spaceship in the lake outside Tenchi Masaki's home, she handed Seina Yamada an application to the G.P. Academy. Earlier, in episode 18 of the third Tenchi OVA, she had contacted Tenchi through her friend Mihoshi Kuramitsu regarding his entry into the G.P. Academy. When she rescued Seina from drowning, she assumed Tenchi was training him and gave the boy an application as well, overlooking a regulation that bars citizens of underdeveloped planets from enrolling (though Tenchi was considered due to his blood connection with the Jurai Royal Family).
Due to this error, Amane's promotion was suspended, and she was assigned as an instructor at the G.P. Academy, alongside Kiriko Masaki and her childhood friend Seiryo Tennan. Despite their past relationship, Amane harbors a deep hatred for Seiryo because of his apparent childlike idiocy and his attempt to seduce her a few years prior. Amane not only feels no affection for Seiryo but would be glad never to see him again, having beaten him up on several occasions when he tried to make a move.
After Seina received the body-enhancing modifications necessary to keep pace with the other students, he moved into Amane's private residence with Kiriko and Erma (secretly, Erma was actually the space pirate Ryoko Balta, who was spying on Seina).
Amane's life soon revolved around Seina as the G.P. exploited the boy's extraordinary bad luck, which seemed to attract space pirates, in a plan to bring peace to the galaxy.
Amane's family owns one of the galaxy's premier fashion houses. She joined the Galaxy Police largely to spite her tradition-bound father, who maintained contact with his daughter despite her career change. Later, Amane briefly returned to modeling when her family sponsored a G.P. fashion show. It was only after witnessing Amane's skills during a live-fire demonstration of the latest G.P. battle gear that her father conceded she had made the right choice, though he still hoped she would return to modeling.
Amane's family is also friends with the powerful Kuramitsu family of planet Seniwa, and Amane knows both Mihoshi and her brother Misao Kuramitsu. In fact, Amane had trained Misao and still refers to him as "Rookie".