Hayato Kobayashi

Infobox animanga character
name = Hayato Kobayashi
series = Mobile Suit Gundam


caption = Hayato Kobayashi in
first = Episode 1, Gundam Rising (MSG)
last = Episode 35, The Sky is Falling! (MSG-ZZ)
creator =
voiced by = Kiyonobu Suzuki (Japanese; MSG, MSG I-III, MSG-Z, & MSG-ZZ)
Nobuyuki Hiyama (Japanese, 1 and 2)
Matt Smith (English, original series)
Richard Cansino (English, the original series' movies)
C. Adam Leigh (English, Zeta Gundam).
alias = None
age = 15 [MSG]
22 [MSG-Z]
23 [MSG-ZZ]
born = UC 0064
death = UC 0088
nationality = Earth Federation
relatives = Frau Bow (Wife)
Katz Hawin Kobayashi (Adopted Son, Deceased) Letz Cofan Kobayashi (Adopted Son)
Kikka Kitamoto Kobayashi (Adopted Daughter)
divider = yes
aux1 name = Allegiance
aux1 = E.F.S.F [MSG]
Karaba [MSG-Z and MSG-ZZ]
aux2 name = Rank
aux2 = Petty Officer 2nd Class/
Ensign [MSG]
Karaba leader [MSG-Z]
aux3 name = Mobile weapons
aux3 = RX-75 Guntank
RX-77 Guncannon

nihongo|Hayato Kobayashi|ハヤト・コバヤシ|Hayato Kobayashi was a character who first appeared in the anime TV series Mobile Suit Gundam. He is played by Kiyonobu Suzuki (original series, Zeta Gundam, Gundam ZZ, and the 3 Mobile Suit Gundam movies), Nobuyuki Hiyama ( 1 and 2), Matt Smith (the dub of the original series), Richard Cansino (the dub of the original series' movies), and C. Adam Leigh (Zeta Gundam Tv series dub).

History

Hayato was one of Amuro Ray's neighbors on Side 7. Short and stocky and with a tendency towards insecurity, Hayato often measured himself against the his friend Amuro's accomplishments. After surviving the attack on his Side 7 home, Hayato eventually started co-piloting the Guntank alongside Ryu Jose, acting as the gunner while Ryu acted as pilot.

After Ryu's tragically heroic death to save Amuro from Hamon Crowley, Hayato had to pilot the Guntank modified for use by one pilot, even during the latter part of the story in which the White Base joins the main Federal fleet up in space.

In the last part of the second compilation movie, "Soldiers of Sorrow", Hayato was assigned to a second Guncannon (C-109) which he piloted all the way through the third movie, "Encounters in Space". It's at this part of the story that Hayato confessed his hopeless struggle to be as good a pilot as Amuro to Fraw Bow, which serves as a precursor scene to the two becoming slightly more romantically involved as the final part of the story played out.

In "Zeta Gundam", Hayato had married Frau Bow, who was pregnant by this time, and adopted the White Base's kid mascots Katz, Letz and Kikka. He was also the leader of the Earth-based anti-Titans group, Karaba, and the owner of the Kennedy Space Museum. After Katz was killed in the Battle of Gryps while fighting as a member of the AEUG, Karaba's main ally and space equivalent, Hayato was eventually killed in "Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam" by a Zaku III piloted by Neo-Zeon ace Rakan Dahkaran, while assisting the AEUG in an attempt to rescue the civilians of Dublin when the Neo-Zeon had targeted the city with a Colony Drop.

Trivia

*Unlike some of the other mobile suit pilots in Gundam, he is not a Newtype. This is symbolized by his name, which comes from that of a Japanese infantry hero of the Second World War. Some characters in first Gundam who do become Newtypes have names taken from Japanese fighter aircraft of that war.