Kou Uraki

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Kou Uraki
Mobile Suit Gundam character
First appearance	Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Episode 1
Last appearance	Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Episode 13
Voiced by	Ryo Horikawa (Japanese) Paul Stephen (English)
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Age	19
Date of birth	UC 0064
Nationality	Earth Federation
Information
Allegiance	E.F.S.F [MSG 0083]
Rank	Ensign/Lieutenant JG
Mobile weapons	MS-06F2 Zaku II RX-78GP01 RX-78GP01fb RX-78GP03 RX78GP03S

In the fictional Gundam universe, Kou Uraki (コウ・ウラキ, Kō Uraki^?) is a 19 year-old Federation pilot stationed at the Torrington base in Australia, assigned as a test pilot after graduating from the Federation military academy and commissioned with the rank of Ensign. He is the main character in Gundam 0083.

Ryo Horikawa is the Japanese seiyuu, while Paul Stephen provides the English voiceover.

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At the start of Operation Stardust, former Zeon pilot Anavel Gato, known as the Nightmare of Solomon, steals the Gundam GP02A, which is armed with a nuclear warhead. In a failed attempt to stop Gato, Kou takes the GP01 and confronts Gato. Kou is assigned to the South Burning team aboard the Albion in its pursuit to either recapture or destroy the GP02 before the last remnants of Zeon led by Admiral Aiguille Delaz decide to destroy the Federation Forces. Kou along the way starts a rough and uneasy relationship with Nina Purpleton, an Anaheim Electronics engineer assigned to the Albion for further studies of Unit 01. He was soon promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade after Lt. South Burning is killed in action.

In the end of Gundam 0083, Kou Uraki was originally sentenced by a military tribunal to a year of hard labor for his role in Operation Stardust. Federal Forces officials decided to remove his sentencing and reinstate his rank, so as to bury the events of Operation Stardust, including their breach of the Antarctic Treaty.

After he is released from Prison, Kou is sent to North America's Oakley base. When he gets there he sees a captured Gelgoog that gives him the peace sign, letting him know that it is Keith. He also encounters Nina and Mora again. Unlike the other members of the Albion crew, Kou Uraki was never seen in a Titan's uniforn.