Yoko Littner

Yoko Littner is the main tritagonist of the series. She is a fourteen year old girl from Giha's neighboring village of Littner who had been chasing the Gunmen that crashed into Giha Village during the events of Episode 1. She wields an extensive range of firearms, most frequently use of which is a long-range Superconducting Rifle modeled after the Barrett M82 and Railguns. In the first and second part, she commonly wore a black and red flame-patterned bikini top with black shorts, a white studded belt, pink thigh-high socks and white, usually unzipped mid-calf boots designed with red flames emerging from the soles. She also wore black open-knuckled half-gloves complete with gold studded black bracelets and around her neck, a tall white, red and pink striped scarf in which she kept a space magazine for her gun. Like Simon and Kamina, Yoko also had a piece of signature headwear in the form of a white cracked skull hair accessory on the left side of her head as well two yellow chopsticks that kept her hair up and doubled as melee weapons. Yoko is known primarily for her has thigh-length red hair that she commonly ties in a ponytail with bangs hanging on the right side, large amber eyes, a curvaceous figure, a big butt, and very large but only partially covered breasts that were present even from a young age. Even seven years after the fall of Teppelin, Yoko's physical features fully develop and the young, more roundish facial structure she maintained as a young teenager mature into that of a woman's. In addition to more defined, mature facial features and a sharper jawline, the rest of her body follows suit with her frame becoming more slender, her curves becoming more defined, and her breasts and butt becoming even larger, making for an even more bodacious look than before. Yoko is shown to be a very mature and quite knowledgeable woman, especially when it comes to survival and general common sense. Yoko is a kind and caring person but can become quite irritable and aggressive sometimes, particularly when dealing with belligerent or uncooperative people, namely Kamina. Despite this, Yoko is a person who can endure and even handle most situations while maintaining a level head. Perhaps due to this, she has built up a well earned reputation as an excellent rifleman, a fact she is very confident in, as well as the resident sniper of the Dai-Gurren brigade. Unlike Kamina and more like Simon, Yoko prefers to think things through before charging head-first into a battle and is easily the most rational member of the group along with Rossiu and generally, Simon. Yoko is also shown to be a very protective person and cares deeply for her team mates and friends. Initially, Yoko doesn't think much of Simon, largely due to his lack of self-confidence. She couldn't understand Kamina's blind faith in him as she believes him not to be the fighting type due to his inability to cope under pressure. However, she later warms up to him and eventually forms a sisterly bond with him. She was horrified by Nia's (unintentionally) tactless and insensitive words about Kamina, namely that Simon can't rely on someone who isn't even around anymore. Even though Yoko acknowledged that no amount of crying would bring Kamina back, she still believed that they couldn't just forget about him like he was nothing. This incident caused Yoko to hold a grudge against Nia Teppelin and develop a deep resentment towards her. Yoko is also shown to be a rather competitive person, as shown when she attempted (and failed miserably) to defeat Nia in a sport during their stay on the beach. Her opinion of Nia changed once the two worked together to take down Adiane the Elegant. This convinced Yoko to let go of her resentment of Nia and the two became friends. After the defeat of Teppelin, Yoko remains generally the same, but with a new outlook on violence. Having seen friends die, Yoko believes that violence, mostly senseless, is terrible and should not be used with little children. She is shown to dislike politics, judging by her decision to leave Kamina City and become a teacher on a remote island.