This article deals with characters from the Cosmic Era universe of Gundam as they appear in Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny and Gundam Seed Astray.

See the characters' individual pages, where available, for detailed information.

Clyne Faction

The Clyne Faction is not a state. Initially a rebel ZAFT movement, becomes the leading force in ending the Bloody Valentine War. All its members are either ex-ZAFT, ex-EA (Earth alliance/OMNI), ex-Orb or civilian colonists (like Kira and his friends).

• Kira Yamato - ex civilian, Coordinator; childhood friend with Athrun Zala; pilot of Strike, later Freedom; has the ability to go in SEED mode; after the Bloody Valentine War lives peacefully in Orb with Lacus, Reverend Malchio and the orphans; following the assassination attempt on Lacus Clyne, he leaves Orb with the Archangel
• Athrun Zala - ex ZAFT, Coordinator; pilots ZAFT unit Aegis, loses it in battle with Kira; later receives Justice from ZAFT but steals it and defects to Clyna's Faction; childhood friend with Kira, son of Patrick Zala, member of PLANT's High Council; through a political arrangement between Patrick and Siegel Clyne, Athrun is engaged to Lacus, but he later becomes involved with Cagalli; after the war he discharges officially from ZAFT and serves as Cagalli's personal bodyguard in Orb, under the alias "Alex Dino"; after the Armory One incident re-enlists in ZAFT and receives the FAITH appointment by chairman Dullindal, along with Saviour; serves aboard Minerva and leads the mobile suit team
• Cagalli Yula Athha - ex Orb, Natural; daughter of the President of Orb, and Kira's Natural twin sister; pilots the Strike Rouge; she also has the ability to go into SEED mode; Cagalli's love interest is Athrun; after the war she gets appointed Representative of Orb, but gets manipulated by Yuna Roma Seiran to marry him; Kira "kidnaps" her with freedom just before the wedding, and she joins the Archangel crew; in the Dardanelles Battle she tries to stop Orb's units to attack ZAFT units, but fails
• Lacus Clyne - ex ZAFT, Coordinator; daughter of Siegel Clyne, PLANT's Chairman, a very popular idol in PLANT; through a political arrangement, she is engaged with Athrun; later she falls in love with Kira; after the war lives peacefully in Orb with Kira and the orphans; following the assassination attempt, she leaves Orb with the Archangel
• Murrue Ramius - ex EA, Natural; captain of the Archangel and Flaga's love interest; her old boyfriend was a mobile armor pilot who was killed in action; captain Ramius is a stern but fair commanding officer who treats Kira Yamato as a younger brother; after the war she goes by the alias "Maria Vernes, and works for Morgenroete, Inc.'s Shipbuilding Section B in Orb, alongside Kojiro Murdoch and possibly other former Archangel crewmembers; after the alliance between EA and Orb, she leaves Orb with the Archangel
• Mu La Flaga - ex EA, Natural; top mobile armor pilot, later pilots a rebuilt Strike; like Ramius, Mu treats Kira as a younger brother, taking the younger pilot frequently under his wing to teach him the finer points of piloting; dies on November 2, C.E. 71 while protecting Archangel from a positron blaster gun attack from Dominion, after learning that Rau Le Crueset is a clone of his father Al Da Flaga
• Andrew Waltfeld - ex ZAFT, Coordinator; the "Desert Tiger" of ZAFT, pilots a LaGOWE; at first believed to have been killed by Kira, survives the battle, losing an arm, a leg, and an eye; he is then assigned as captain of the Eternal, but steals the ship with the Clyne Faction; develops an interest in the twins Kira Yamato and Cagalli Yula Athha; after the war he lives in Onogoro Island in Orb; after the assassination attempt on Lacus Clyne, where he uses a weapon concealed in his prosthetic left arm, he leaves with Archangel; pilots a MVF-M11C Murasame in his custom gold and red colours
• Natarle Badgiruel - Natural; Executive Officer of Archangel; transferred before its defection (see EA/OMNI section below)
• Fllay Alster - ex civilian, Natural; the spoiled daughter of George Alster, who by chance, winds up on the Archangel and becomes embroiled in the center of the war; after the shock of witnessing her father killed by ZAFT, she starts to hate all Coordinators, so tries to manipulate Kira by faking an affection for him; gets captured by La Crueset but escapes to become the Dominion's communication officer; in the battle between the Dominion and the Archangel she is ordered by Natarle to return to the Archangel, but dies when her escape pod is shot down by Le Creuset, without being able to tell Kira how she truly felt about him
• Miriallia Haww - ex civilian, Natural; Tolle's girlfriend, in charge of communications in Archangel and later friend with Dearka; after the war becomes a battlefield photographer, and is seen documenting the devastation caused by the Junius-7 colony-drop
• Kuzzey Buskirk - ex civilian, Natural; part of Kira's civilian group but later leaves Archangel when its crew defects
• Tolle Koenig - ex civilian, Natural; Miriallia's boyfriend and backup pilot for the Sky Grasper; killed in battle by Athrun Zala
• Sai Argyle - ex civilian, Natural; Flay's fiancee and Archangel crew member
• Dearka Elsman - ex ZAFT, Coordinator; member of ZAFT and pilot of Buster, he befriends Miriallia and joins the Clyne Faction after being captured by the Archangel; the show's director Mitsuo Fukuda admitted that he had Dearka switching sides due to the poor sales figures of GAT-X103 Buster Gundam related merchandise
• Jackie Tonomura - ex EA, Natural; Archangel's original crew member, in charge of CIC
• Dalida Lolaha Chandra II - ex EA, Natural; Archangel's original crew member, in charge of CIC
• Romero Pal - ex EA, Natural; Archangel's original crew member, first in charge of fire control, then CIC
• Arnold Newmann - ex EA, Natural; Archangel's original crew member, in charge of piloting Archangel itself
• Kojiro Murdoch - ex EA, Natural; Archangel's original crew member, a veteran mechanic
• Jean Carry - ex EA, Coordinator; a professor of engineering/MS pilot; known as "Glittering Star J", Jean piloted a captured ZGMF-1017 GINN and then a GAT-01D Long Dagger Fortressa for the Earth Alliance before defecting to the Junk Guild, then piloted an MBF-M1 Astray after joining the Clyne Faction shortly before the end of the Bloody Valentine War
• Barry Ho - ex Orb, Natural; an Orb ace pilot and protector of the Orb vessel Kusanagi, pilots a MBF-M1A Astray; a skilled pilot and martial arts master with the nickname "God Hand" (though he is an atheist, with the word "Godless" painted on his M1A Astray), but is extremely shy with women
• Asagi Caldwell - ex Orb, Natural; head of the M1 Astray squad on the Kusanagi, one of three test pilots of the Natural OS and the M1 Astray itself; killed On September 26, C.E. 71
• Juri Wu Nien - ex Orb, Natural; one of the members on Asagi's M1 Astray squad, second in command; she tries to steal the MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame, piloted by Lowe Guele, in order to test its Natural OS; killed on Sept. 26, C.E. 71
• Mayura Labatt - ex Orb, Natural; third in command of Asagi's M1 Astray squad; killed when engaging an enemy ZGMF-600 GuAIZ.
• Ledonir Kisaka - ex Orb, Natural; Cagalli's guardian during her time with Desert Dawn, officer with the Orb military, and co-captain of the Kusanagi

Earth Alliance/OMNI

• Natarle Badgiruel - Natural; Executive Officer of Archangel and later Captain of Dominion, Badgiruel is a stern martinet who operates strictly by the book, even when it conflicts with Captain Ramius; shot by Azrael and killed when Dominion is destroyed from Archangel's beam attack
• Lewis Halberton - Natural; Commander of 8th Fleet, admiral Halberton is Lt. Murrue Ramius's mentor and sacrifices his life to protect Archangel during atmospheric reentry
• Clotho Buer - Natural/Biological CPU; Pilot of the GAT-X370 Raider Gundam, addicted to the performance enhancing drug Gamma Glipheptin to gain abilities equal to or greater then those of coordinators for a short period of time; killed by a combined attack from Dearka and Yzak.
• Shani Andras - Natural/Biological CPU; pilot of the GAT-X252 Forbidden Gundam, addicted to the performance enhancing drug Gamma Glipheptin to gain abilities equal to or greater then those of coordinators for a short period of time; killed by Yzak Joule
• Orga Sabnak - Natural/Biological CPU; pilot of the GAT-X131 Calamity Gundam, addicted to the performance enhancing drug Gamma Glipheptin to gain abilities equal to or greater then those of coordinators for a short period of time; he was killed by Athrun Zala, when Orga dodged the Beam Saber from Kira Yamato's METEOR unit only to get struck from behind by the Beam Saber from Athrun Zala's METEOR unit.
• Murata Azrael - Natural; leader of Blue Cosmos, an extreme right-wing group dedicated to destroying Coordinators for a "Blue and Pure Earth" and in charge of the new OMNI Gundam pilots; tries to kill Natarle when she disobeys orders, and kills Flaga; dies a "hero's death" by blocking an attack from the Dominion
• Sting Oakley - Natural/Biological CPU; second generation "Biological CPU" pilot, uses neural enhancements and brainwashing instead of drugs; special forces member of the Earth Alliance, takes part in the Armory One incident and steals the ZGMF-X24S Chaos, becoming its pilot
• Stellar Loussier - Natural/Biological CPU; second generation "Biological CPU" pilot, uses neural enhancements and brainwashing instead of drugs; special forces member of the Earth Alliance, takes part in the Armory One incident and steals the ZGMF-X88S Gaia; behaves like an ordinary girl, but shows abnormal strength during combat; for some reason, she wears a ZAFT uniform belt; during an shore-leave incident gets saved by Shinn Asuka and develops a bond with him. Later became a POW on the Minerva but didn't remember Shinn.
• Auel Neider - Natural/Biological CPU; second generation Biological CPU" pilot, uses neural enhancements and brainwashing instead of drugs; special forces member of the Earth Alliance, takes part in the Armory One incident and steals the ZGMF-X31S Abyss, becoming its pilot
• Neo Lorrnoke - commander of the 81st Independent Mobile Battalion (including Sting, Stellar and Auel), wears a helmet that covers his face and is deeply trusted by his subordinates; pilots the mobile armor TS-MA4F Exass and the mobile suit GAT-04 Windam; has a Newtype reaction to Rey Za Burrel and resembles to deceased Earth Alliance ace Mu La Flaga
• Ian Lee - captain of the Girty Lue, trusts Neo implicitly
• Lord Djibril - Natural; Blue Cosmos's new leader who revives the Blue Cosmos and plans the extermination of all Coordinators; also a member of the secret society "Logos"
• Edward Harrelson - Natural; Earth Alliance ace pilot; pilots a F-7D Spearhead fighter jet, GAT-01 Strike Dagger, GAT-01D1 Duel Dagger Fortresta, GAT-333 Raider Full Spec, and GAT-X133 Sword Calamity Unit 2; prefers hand-to-hand combat; also called "Ed the Ripper"; his former lover was Alliance underwater ace Jane Houston; a prominent member of the U.S.S.A. rebellion against the Earth Alliance
• Jane Houston - Natural; Earth Alliance underwater ace pilot, pilots a prototype GAT-X255 Forbidden Blue and a GAT-706S Deep Forbidden mass production amphibious mobile suit; nicknamed "White Whale" by ZAFT pilots for her underwater prowess; former lover of Edward Harrelson
• Morgan Chevalier - Natural; Earth Alliance Newtype ace pilot, and a Eurasian tank commander before the introduction of EA mobile suits; pilots a GAT-01 Strike Dagger, and a GAT-01A1 "105 Dagger" Gunbarrel unit until the end of the war; also known as the "Mad Dog of the Moonlight", he is actually quite calm and methodical in battle
• Canard Pars - Coordinator; Eurasian Federation ace pilot, Canard is a product of the same "Ultimate Coordinator" project as Kira Yamato, and is possibly his older brother; pilots the CAT1-X1/3 Hyperion Unit 1; defected to the Junk Guild at the end of the war, pilots the rebuilt YMF-X000A/H Dreadnought H
• Rena Imelia - Natural; Earth Alliance ace pilot and combat instructor, piloted GAT-01D1 Duel Dagger Fortressa, GAT/A-01E2 Buster Dagger, and GAT-X133 Sword Calamity; while a Natural, Rena has reflexes on par with Coordinators and prefers to use a Coordinator OS in her mobile suits; initially trained the EA's mobile suit pilots, but was later reassigned as a combat pilot herself; also known by the nickname "Sakura Burst", referring to both her combat style in the Buster Dagger and to a burn scar on her right shoulder
• Balsam Arendo - Natural; Eurasian Federation ace pilot, pilots the CAT1-X2/3 Hyperion Unit 2; killed by Canard when deserting from the Eurasian Federation

PLANT/ZAFT

• Patrick Zala - Coordinator; Athrun's father, escalates the ZAFT-OMNI war in his quest to purge the world of Naturals; believes Coordinators are the only Humans for the Cosmic Era, goes to extreme measures such as the use of the Neutron Jammer Cancellers, the creation of the Eternal, and the building of a superweapon called GENESIS; shot to death by a dissenting soldier who objects to his plan to vaporize Earth
• Siegel Clyne - Coordinator; chairman of the PLANT Supreme Council (the government that ZAFT is part of) and father of Lacus Clyne; more moderate in seeking a peaceful solution to the war, doesn't have the hate most have towards naturals; this had made him and his supporters the minority in the PLANT council and he gets brutally gunned down by Patrick's minions searching for his daughter
• Nicol Amalfi - Coordinator; pilot of Blitz, gets killed by Kira; his last words are, "Mother... my piano...".
• Yzak Joule - Coordinator; pilot of Duel, gets a scar on the forehead from Kira; joins Dearka in the final battle to fight OMNI Enforcer and save PLANT; after the war returns to ZAFT as commanding officer of the Joule Team; pilots a Slash ZAKU Phantom
• Dearka Elsman - Coordinator; member of ZAFT] and pilot of Buster, he befriends Miriallia and joins the Clyne Faction after being captured by the Archangel; after the war returns to ZAFT as a member of the Joule Team; Doesn't wear the red uniform of a top gun but the green uniform of an ordinary pilot; pilots a ZAKU Warrior
• Rau Le Creuset - Natural; a failed clone of Al Da Flaga, hellbent on destroying all of humanity; killed by Kira Yamato; Rau's surname means "Crucible" in French
• Shinn Asuka - Coordinator; born in Orb, after losing his parents and younger sister Mayu Asuka during the Orb invasion of C.E. 71, moves to PLANT and enlists in ZAFT and becomes a very talented pilot; pilot of the Impulse, wears the red uniform meaning he belongs in the top class of his military cadet school; arrogant and proud, aggressively disdainful of Orb and its ideals; blames Uzumi Nara Athha (and his daughter Cagalli) for the deaths of his family; Asuka also possesses the SEED factor
  • Like Kira Yamato who is named after Japan's historical Yamato period, Shinn is named after the Asuka period.
• Lunamaria Hawke - Coordinator; crew member of ZAFT's latest ship Minerva; wears the red elite uniform like Shinn Asuka, pilots the ZAKU Warrior; her unit is red, rather than the standard green; likes Athrun Zala
• Gilbert Dullindal - after signing the Treaty of Junius as the successor of the Temporary Council, becomes the Chairman of the Supreme Council; pushes forward with Clyne's political ideals and is deeply trusted by the common people; currently seeking reconciliation with the Naturals; the crew of Archangel blames him for the assassination attempt of Lacus Clyne
• Rey Za Burrel - Coordinator; Minerva crew member and a cool-minded, high-profile pilot; pilots the commander class ZAKU Phantom; has a Newtype reaction to Neo Lorrnoke
• Talia Gladys - appointed captain of Minerva, possesses excellent ability and great decision making skills; she is shown sharing her quarters with Dullindal wearing nothing but a bed sheet wrapped around her, but it is unknown if the two were lovers before or after Dullindal came aboard the Minerva; appointed to FAITH, answers directly to Chairman Dullindal
• Meyrin Hawke - of Lunamaria's sister and communications officer of Minerva
• Arthur Trine - Executive officer of the Minerva.
• Mad Abes - Minerva's tech crew team leader
• Youlan Kent - Member of Minerva's tech crew; friend with Shinn
• Vino Dupre - Member of Minerva's tech crew
• Malik Yardbirds - Minerva bridge personnel; helm
• Chen Zheng Y - Minerva bridge personnel, weapons systems
• Burt Heim - Minerva bridge personnel, sensors and secondary systems
• Meer Campbell - a singer who is impersonating Lacus Clyne for political reason; accompanied by a red Haro
• Haine Westenfluss - elite pilot, also given the special FAITH insignia; belongs to Athrun's FAITH squad and pilots a GOUF Ignited; previously piloted an orange Blaze ZAKU Phantom; killed in action after his GOUF was disabled by Kira Yamato and cut in half by Stellar Loussier with the ZGMF-X88S Gaia
• Shiho Hahnenfuss - elite pilot, wears the red uniform of the top cadets of the military cadet school; piloted the ZGMF-515 CGUE and YFX-200 CGUE Deep Arms. Assigned to the Joule Squadron before the end of the Bloody Valentine War, she participated in the Second Battle of Jachin Due; pilots a purple Blaze ZAKU Phantom
• Miguel Aiman - Coordinator; known as the "Magic Bullet Of Dusk", a ZAFT ace under the command of Le Creuset, who normally piloted a customized GINN tailored to his combat style; unfortunately, Miguel ended up meeting two bits of bad luck that ultimately cost him his life - his custom GINN was severely damaged by Serpent Tail mercenary ace Gai Murakumo, forcing him to use a standard GINN in the Heliopolis assault - where he was killed by the Strike piloted by Kira Yamato
• Goud Veia- Coordinator; known as "The Hero Of ZAFT", Veia is a ZAFT ace along with Miguel & Elijiah, the best of the three; with his outstanding skills he brought ZAFT many victories turning the tide to OMNI ENFORCERS Mass Forces; during and after the Eleven Month War, Veia develops a split personality problem, one personality is kind, helpful, the other is revengeful and wants to kill anyone around him, including Elijah Kiel; he pilots a customized GINN tailored to his combat style, that makes him famous; Veia gets killed by Elijah at the Literia space colony
• Ash Gray - Coordinator; ZAFT Special Forces Ace Pilot, freaky Coordinator that has extra eyes on his forehead; pilots the ZGMF-X11A Regenerate; killed by Lowe & Gai.

Orb Union

• Uzumi Nara Athha - Natural; leader of the Emirate of Orb; commits suicide with the rest of Orb forces to stop OMNI from occupying their nation
• Unato Ema Seiran - prime minister of Orb after the deaths of former chief representatives Uzumi Nara Athha and Representative Homura
• Cagalli Yula Athha - Orb representative after the war, gets "kidnapped" by Kira in Freedom just before the marriage with Yuna Roma Seiran (see Clyne Faction, above)
• Yuuna Roma Seiran - Unato's son, manipulates Cagalli into accepting the Earth Alliance's alleance with Orb, and tries to marry her; advocates the alliance and strongly opposes Cagalli, ZAFT and both Minerva and Archangel
• Captain Todaka - commander of Orb's 2nd Defense Fleet, defies Yuuna Roma Seiran by allowing first Minerva and then Archangel to escape Orb; later assigned as captain of the Takemikazuchi aircraft carrier
• Rondo Ghina Sahaku - Coordinator; co-head of the Sahaku royal family of the Orb Union; desired Orb to rule the Earth Sphere; killed in July C.E. 71 by Blue Frame pilot Gai Murakumo
• Rondo Mina Sahaku - Coordinator; co-head of the Sahaku royal family of the Orb Union and sister of Rondo Ghina
• Mayu Asuka - Shinn's sister; as the Asuka family ran to an Orb escape ship, she dropped her cell phone; Shinn went after it, and a misfire by Freedom destroyed the hillside the family was on, killing them instantly; Shinn still has Mayu's cell phone and occasionally listens to her voice mail recording, just to hear her voice again
• Erica Simmons - chief designer in the Orb Union's military force; she is a Coordinator, but hides this fact; failed to develop an Operating System (OS) that would allow a Natural to fight on a similar level as a Coordinator, until the arrival of Kira Yamato with Archangel, who helps her construct an OS for the Orb Union's own mobile suits, the MBF-M1 M1 Astray

Junk Guild

• Lowe Guele - Natural; engineer, pilot and technician, pilots the MBF-P02 Astray Red Frame; first operated from the HOME, with the Professor Kisato Yamabuki and Liam Garfield; later transferred to ReHOME
• Prayer Reverie- Coordinator; pilot of the YMF-X000A Dreadnought, has extremely good Newtype potential, due to the fact that he is a failed Al Da Flaga clone; rival of Canard Pars, dies in November C.E. 71 due to flaws in the cloning process
• Liam Garfield - Coordinator; a member of the Junk Guild, pilots a customized Kimera and a Works Ginn

Serpent Tail

• Gai Murakumo - Coordinator; leader of the Serpent Tail mercenary company, and pilot of the MBF-P03 Astray Blue Frame; first meets Lowe Guele at the remains of Heliopolis; goes where the money takes him, and is friend with fellow pilot Elijah Kiel
• Elijah Kiel - Coordinator/Natural; Gai's wingman, pilots a custom ZGMF-1017 GINN with a blade-like head crest; before joining Gai he was with ZAFT alongside his best friend Goud Veia
• Loretta Adja - Natural; explosives expert and mother to Kazahana Adja

Other

• Conil Almeta - a young 14-years-old girl with the anti-Alliance resistance in Eurasia's Western Galnahan; under her guidance the Minerva strikes an Alliance stronghold
• Kenaf Luchini- Coordinator; head of the defense comglomerate Actaeon Industries, contracts Gai Murakumo to destroy the Astray project, talks to him about getting the Red Frame; pilots the prototype NMS-X07PO Gel Finieto
• George Glenn - Coordinator; graduated from MIT, became an American football star and Olympic athlete, served in the Air Force; develops PLANT as research labs; head of the Jupiter exploration project; he is the first Coordinator and gives away his genetic secret to the world, sowing the Coordinator-Natural rift; assassinated in C.E. 53 by a young Natural
• Evidence 01 - also called the "Winged Whale", it is an extraterrestial fossil that was found orbiting Jupiter by George Glenn, proving the existence of life beyond Earth; the discovery weakens the influence of many religions, which in turn led to a temporary increase in tolerance for Coordinators; this is a first-ever occurrence of an alien life in the entire Gundam universe, in all timelines