Fan Casting Kenneth "Ken" Washio in Gatchaman: Battle of the Planets - Volume I

Age: 18. Team Role: team leader (eventual) and tactical expert. Designation: G-1 the Eagle. Bird Style: Eagle. Arsenal: Birdrang. Mecha: G1 - Red Eagle. Ken is usually calm and collected, but when faced with a crisis he gets swept up in emotion and needs help of his team to pull himself through. Ken grew up believing that his dad died in a plane crash, while his mom died of illness when he was 11. Little does Ken realize that his dad, Kentaro Washio, still lives and flies as captain of a group of fighter pilots called the Red Impulse Squadron - known to the people of planet Riga as their Red Rangers, who work with Doctors Pandora and Nambu against Galactor's many forces.