Cagalli Yula Athha

Do-gooder
Full Name	Cagalli Hibiki (Birthname) Cagalli Yula Athha
Alias(es)	Princess Representative Athha
Origin	Gundam Seed
Occupation	Princess of Orb Union Chief Representative of Orb Union Co-Leader of the Three Ships Alliance
Powers / Skills	Mobile Suit Piloting Hand-to-Hand Combat Sharpshooter Military and Political Leadership SEED Mode
Hobby	Protecting Others On Her Side Spending time with Athrun
Goals	Protect Orb Union (Main priority) Oppose the implementation of the Destiny Plan End conflict (all succeeded)
Family	Kira Yamato (Twin Brother) Uzumi Nara Athha (Adoptive Father) Ulen Hibiki (Biological Father) Via Hibiki (Biological Mother)
Friends / Allies	Athrun Zala (Boyfriend) Kira Yamato (Twin Brother) Lacus Clyne Murrue Ramius Mu La Flaga Dearka Elsman Yzak Joule Meyrin Hawke Miriallia Haw Andrew Waltfeld Toyah Mashima (Assistant) Three Ships Alliance
Enemies	Gilbert Durandal Yuna Roma Seiran ZAFT Earth Alliance Blue Cosmos / LOGOS Kingdom of Foundation Shura Serpentine (Athrun's arch-enemy)
Type of Hero	Political Warrior

Cagalli Yula Athha is the tritagonist in Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny, and Gundam SEED Freedom.

She is the adopted daughter of Uzumi Nara Athha, Chief Representative and "Lion" of Orb Union . She is also Kira Yamato's twin sister, although neither sibling was aware of this until later in the Bloody Valentine War. Cagalli's birth name is Cagalli Hibiki. She is also well known for piloting the MBF-02 Strike Rouge during the First and Second Bloody Valentine Wars, though she would later pilot the ORB-01 Akatsuki, only once to fight against ZAFT in their invasion of Orb. She later gave it to Mu La Flaga to use, as she had her duty to run Orb.

According to an interview with Mitsuo Fukuda, her name is derived after the Japanese word kagaribi (a watch fire or a bonfire).

She was voiced by Naomi Shindō in both animes Gundam SEED, and Gundam SEED Destiny. In Gundam SEED Freedom, she is currently voiced by Nanako Mori, who voiced Arlecchino in Genshin Impact in Japanese version.

Biography

In the series, Cagalli is one of the regular humans, labeled as Naturals, fighting against genetically enhanced humans known as Coordinators in a prolonged war. Despite being seen fighting on the battlefield at various times alongside the Naturals military organization the Earth Alliance, Cagalli is later revealed to be the daughter of Uzumi Nara Athha, the leader of the neutral country of Orb. After assisting her new allies to stop the war, Cagalli becomes the leader of Orb.

Personality & Character

Although raised as a princess in Orb and taught to be proper, sophisticated, and elegant; Cagalli is tough and headstrong, and her impulsive nature often leads her to take bold risks. Learning that her nation is secretly aiding the Earth Alliance, she travels to the resource satellite Heliopolis to see the evidence for herself, and after escaping the satellite's collapse she makes her way to Earth to join the Desert Dawn resistance group in northern Africa. By the time she returns to Orb aboard the warship Archangel, Cagalli has formed strong bonds with both Strike Gundam pilot Kira Yamato and his no-longer-estranged best friend Athrun Zala.

Quotes

“	Stop running away! It's more a battle to continue living!	„
	~ Cagalli to Athrun Zala

Notes and Trivia

• Before knowing her true identity, both Kira and Athrun had been rough to her (Kira slapped her in the desert while Athrun tried to kill her on their first meeting.).
• Despite the fact that she and Kira Yamato are twin siblings, she insists that Kira is her "little" brother. This is most likely due to his meek nature in the first series. It should be noted that Kira was taken from his mother's womb early in his development and placed into an artificial womb while Cagalli was born as a Natural in her mother's womb, so the two could literally have been born at the same exact time. Although technically, since Kira was removed earlier on from their mother's womb, it can also be said that he was born first.
• Her name, Cagalli, is named after Japanese word kagaribi (a watch fire or a bonfire).
• There are several references to "dawn" in groups/objects around her.
  1. Her love interest, Athrun Zala's first name means dawn or daybreak.
  2. The last mobile suit she pilots, the Akatsuki, means "dawn" in Japanese.
  3. The resistance group she joins is known as the "Desert Dawn'.
  4. The disastrous counterattack after the ZAFT attack on Tassil took place at dawn.
  5. The company that built the original 5 Gundams, Morgenroete, is based in Orb. "Morgenroete" is German for dawn.
• Also, she has links to the color red as well.

1. The "Rouge" in the name of her first mobile suit means red in French.
2. Her love interest, Athrun Zala, mostly pilots MSes which were either red or pink.
3. Her image song is "Desert Rose"; roses are mostly known for being red.

• She and her VA, Naomi Shindō are at the center of a controversy as aspects of her characterization and relationship status with Athrun were said to be affected by Morosawa's dislike of Cagalli. The treatment was so bad Naomi swore off of voicing her in games, leading to among other things, Cagalli being unplayable in Super Robot Wars Z. However with the release of SD G Generation Overworld, it appears she has returned to voicing Cagalli in games.

References

• http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/ce/seed/characters/chara_cagalli.html
• http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/ce/destiny/characters/chara_cagalli.html

External links

• Cagalli Yula Athha on Wikipedia

See also

• Cagalli Yula Athha - Gundam