Shin Kudou

As a child in 1999, he witnessed the fall of the Macross and the war that followed. During these so called U.N. Wars his family was killed in front of his eyes, a memory that would haunt him for the rest of his life. Later he would join the U.N. as a skilled fighter pilot flying the F-14. During a mission he is shot down by the transformable SV-51 and lands in Mayan Island. He would later fly the new VF-0 variable fighter under the tutelage of Roy Focker. Due to his horrifying experiences as a young child, Shin grew up to be a quiet and untrusting person. Aside from his rear-seat radar intercept officer, Edgar La Salle, he has very few friends, and is slow to trust.

His interactions with the infectiously cheerful Mao Nome and her more reserved sister Sara help him open up, especially his growing attraction to the somber and mysterious Sara.