Mutsugi, Goh

六木剛 / ロッキー

A SO news reporter dispatched to Area 88 to cover rumors of foreign freelance pilots fighting in the Asranian civil war, he was intrigued by Shin's presence as the sole Japanese pilot fighting for the Asranian military. Ryoko saw one of Rocky's photos, featuring Shin in the background, in a magazine article about Asran, which convinced her that Shin was alive. In the OVA version, he dies after joining a pilot on a patrol and being shot down. In the 2004 TV series, he survives and eventually confesses that his sponsor was Satoru Kanzaki, who wanted a photo of Shin's corpse as proof to Ryoko that he died in action, thereby forcing her to marry him. However, he later helps thwart the marriage. In the Eclipse comic, he survives being shot down but is severely injured in the ordeal. Rocky travels the world, apparently having no ties back in Japan, telling mercenaries that a photographer leaves nothing behind but his camera. Rocky appears (with different names, hair colors, and physical builds) in all three versions of Area 88.