| Kaz Takagi | |
|---|---|
 ExoTrooper Kaz Takagi | |
| Career | |
| Faction | Exofleet |
| Race | Terran |
| E-Frame | Exofighter Space E-frame #CR-001 |
| Status | Active |
| Voice Actor | Michael Benyaer |
ExoTrooper Kaz Takagi was assigned to ExoSquad Flight One: Able Squad.
History[]
Kaz Takagi is young, wild, impressionable and eager to prove himself to his peers. He’s driven by the fact that his father never thought he would be good enough for the ExoFleet or any endeavor that Takagi would pursue in life. Takagi is excited to be apart of Able Squad, an elite unit that he desires to be accepted by. His squad leader, Cmdr. Marsh, was similar as an ensign pilot. Marsh’s love for joy-riding early in his career was shared with his squad, including Takagi, pre-Pirate Clans War. Takagi’s drive is reigned in from time to time and has befriended fellow senior squad mate Wolf Bronski.
As excellent of a pilot as Takagi is, he is prone to the rookie mistake every so often. Some of which were setting off a pirate booby trap on the ore freighter Danube, getting knocked out during the first battle of the Pirate Clans War and being shot down by Thrax during the liberation of Mercury.
Also mentoring Takagi along the way, is the unlikely, anti-social and stand-offish ExoTrooper Weston. When most of Able Squad was left for dead on Mars as a by-product of the Captain Marcus mutiny, they fought together to save the Resolute life-boat, watching the ExoFleet slaughtered and witnessing the death of Captain Marcus, despite Takagi's attempts to get him to safety. After the battle, they both volunteered on a suicide mission to rescue, successfully, their squad members on Mars.
Takagi had also taken a liking to a replacement pilot assigned to Able Squad, Yuri Stavrogan, who was a bad influence on Kaz. Stavrogan was generally known for a long history for constant insubordination of his superior officers and a poor attitude. Initially, Takagi and Stavrogan only caused trouble for J.T. and Able Squad by joy-riding while stationed in Port Chaos. The Duo's problems worsen during the liberation of Mercury when they disobey orders so they can go after a Neosapaien Ace pilot by the name of Thrax. Their arrogance and vanity lead them to care more about who's the better pilot, than being part of a team.
During Takagi's second encounter with Thrax, he's shot down but spared. With Takagi resigned to his death, being spared makes him realize there's more important things in life, like his relationship with his fellow squad mates and being a team player. Takagi eventually returned the favor to Thrax by sparing him during the liberation of Venus.
With being so young, Takagi had his growing pains but by the end of the war, had matured with all the death and destruction he witnessed. After the war, he was sent to OCS (Officer Candidate School) at the Exofleet Academy with the newly appointed drill master Captain Butler. Upon asked why he was sent to OCS, Kaz stated Cmdr. Marsh made him sign up because " ...If I couldn't follow orders, I might as well learn how to give them." Butler did not approve.
Episode Appearances[]
- Episode 1 - Pirate Scourge
- Episode 2 - Seeds of Deception
- Episode 3 - Hidden Terrors
- Episode 4 - Blitzkrieg
- Episode 52 - Beyond Chaos