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Kei Yuki is a human female serving as combat commander, navigator, and science officer aboard the starship Arcadia. She possesses a willowy frame, blonde hair, and wears a standard crew uniform: a pink jumpsuit with a black collar featuring a skull and crossbones, black bloomers, black boots with white tops, and white gloves. Her facial features show more definition in some adaptations, and she occasionally utilizes powered combat armor.
Kei lost her parents due to Earth government indifference or malfeasance. Her scientist father, researching space colonization, died in a laboratory accident orchestrated by her fiancé Kazuya Katagiri, secretly allied with the alien Mazone. Her mother died of grief shortly after. Attempting to leave Earth, Kei assaulted a military officer disparaging her father's death and was arrested. Captain Harlock freed her during a prison transport raid; she joined his crew permanently, viewing this as a second chance at life.
Her Arcadia duties encompass radar operation, scientific data analysis, navigation, and piloting fighters or the Arcadia itself. She excels at predicting enemy tactics from sensor data and is a capable combatant with firearms or hand-to-hand. She also plays the shamisen. Kei harbors deep admiration and fierce loyalty toward Harlock, with slight romantic undertones in some continuities. Her initial relationship with young crewmate Tadashi Daiba was rocky, bordering on potential romance in certain iterations, but evolved into a stable platonic friendship where she tempered his impulsiveness. She maintains dependable friendships with other crew, particularly Yattaran.
Character development varies:
* In the original continuity, she fought the Mazone, confronted and killed Kazuya, and later returned to Earth to help Tadashi Daiba build an observatory.
* In the *Endless Odyssey* OVA, years after the Arcadia disbanded, Kei captained the pirate ship *Flourite*. Captured by Earth authorities and rescued by Harlock, she was critically injured shielding Tadashi, fell into a coma, and became possessed by an alien spirit until exorcised. Post-recovery, she remained with the Arcadia.
* In the 2013 CGI film, she initially distrusted new recruit Yama, acting as his supervisor. Their relationship shifted from hostility to cautious trust after he saved her during a vibration bomb mission. She later aligned with him to expose the Gaia Sanction's deception about Earth's condition.
* A separate continuity places Kei in Siren's Port post-*Endless Odyssey*, using the alias Mayu Oyama while investigating environmental corruption and government conspiracies. There, she displayed a protective, maternal instinct toward vulnerable individuals but struggled with confinement after a life of spacefaring freedom.
Her personality consistently blends professionalism, dry humor, and resilience forged by betrayal and loss. Her surname "Yuki" translates to 'Existing Record,' symbolizing her role as a testament to her parents' legacy and humanity's unresolved struggles.
Kei lost her parents due to Earth government indifference or malfeasance. Her scientist father, researching space colonization, died in a laboratory accident orchestrated by her fiancé Kazuya Katagiri, secretly allied with the alien Mazone. Her mother died of grief shortly after. Attempting to leave Earth, Kei assaulted a military officer disparaging her father's death and was arrested. Captain Harlock freed her during a prison transport raid; she joined his crew permanently, viewing this as a second chance at life.
Her Arcadia duties encompass radar operation, scientific data analysis, navigation, and piloting fighters or the Arcadia itself. She excels at predicting enemy tactics from sensor data and is a capable combatant with firearms or hand-to-hand. She also plays the shamisen. Kei harbors deep admiration and fierce loyalty toward Harlock, with slight romantic undertones in some continuities. Her initial relationship with young crewmate Tadashi Daiba was rocky, bordering on potential romance in certain iterations, but evolved into a stable platonic friendship where she tempered his impulsiveness. She maintains dependable friendships with other crew, particularly Yattaran.
Character development varies:
* In the original continuity, she fought the Mazone, confronted and killed Kazuya, and later returned to Earth to help Tadashi Daiba build an observatory.
* In the *Endless Odyssey* OVA, years after the Arcadia disbanded, Kei captained the pirate ship *Flourite*. Captured by Earth authorities and rescued by Harlock, she was critically injured shielding Tadashi, fell into a coma, and became possessed by an alien spirit until exorcised. Post-recovery, she remained with the Arcadia.
* In the 2013 CGI film, she initially distrusted new recruit Yama, acting as his supervisor. Their relationship shifted from hostility to cautious trust after he saved her during a vibration bomb mission. She later aligned with him to expose the Gaia Sanction's deception about Earth's condition.
* A separate continuity places Kei in Siren's Port post-*Endless Odyssey*, using the alias Mayu Oyama while investigating environmental corruption and government conspiracies. There, she displayed a protective, maternal instinct toward vulnerable individuals but struggled with confinement after a life of spacefaring freedom.
Her personality consistently blends professionalism, dry humor, and resilience forged by betrayal and loss. Her surname "Yuki" translates to 'Existing Record,' symbolizing her role as a testament to her parents' legacy and humanity's unresolved struggles.