Yuko Tani

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Template:Tabber2PostMillennium Template:Infobox Characters Yuko Tani (ユウコ・タニ^?) is a supporting protagonist in the 2017 Godzilla film, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters.

Yuko was both raised and schooled alongside Haruo Sakaki, however, in school she performed under Haruo's standard.

Appearance

Yuko holds a much slimmer appearance in comparison to the rest of the film's cast. Her complexion is similarly pale to Haruo Sakaki, and her hair and eyes are both brown in coloration.

Personality

It's stated that Yuko has a complex about her body, mainly centering around her physical strength. The extent of this is not yet known. She's also apparently fond of weapon design and modification.

In the film, Yuko's presented as curious, but also as someone who won't overstep boundaries, as shown while she speaks to Haruo for the first time. In addition, she's shown to be more lowkey in nature, and maintains a rather calm demeanor, only breaking it when Haruo puts himself in harm's way.

History

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters

Yuko was seen briefly in the film's intro as Haruo Sakaki threatened to detonate bombs due to the Committee's seeming recklessness in sending elderly to the surface in what he deemed as pure suicide, due to the planet's uninhabitable nature.

Later on, she's introduced as Haruo's "handler" as he was released on bail, albeit remaining cuffed. Yuko and Haruo speak for the first time shortly after, where she questions him on whether or not he thought the landing craft explosion was an accident. Becoming slightly agitated, Haruo speaks up about how living in a confined space on minimal supplies makes everyone seem mistrustful, while saying he didn't believe the Committee was actually corrupt enough to coerce volunteers into the accident that occurred.

She later witnesses the fossilized ruins of prior Human civilizations and is shocked that people seemingly used to live there. She and the group later run back to base as the returning population has their first run in with the Servum, and was around to see Martin Lazzari's acquisition of a Servum fang for study.

Once the attack's over and the study on both the Servum and the surrounding flora is over, Yuko was one of the few to witness Haruo and Eliott's argument over what to do with their remaining forces. In spite of Yuko's want to seemingly stop Haruo, Metphies stopped her, first.

She was one of the pilots of the few salvageable landing crafts, attempting to cross through Godzilla-dominated territory, when Godzilla suddenly arrived. Despite attempting to evade the monster, the craft crash landed, suffering from a stall. As the ship's crew and population evacuated, Yuko witnessed Haruo mounting a hovercraft and questioned what he was doing. Martin informed her of the plan to figure out how Godzilla activates its shield by attacking it. She bears witness to Leland's sacrifice as well, and watches Godzilla walk away from the fight.

Yuko would later question Metphies' choice in giving his military command powers to Haruo, insisting the choice was insane. However, no one else spoke up, and she in turn listened to Haruo's speech as he accepted the mantle, and ended up saluting first once he finished speaking.

Haruo would then ask Yuko about Godzilla's position, to which she'd acknowledge and elaborate on it, stating he was about eighty kilometers north east, but moving south west at 40 kilometers an hour. Haruo would then order her to set up transmission balloons every 3,000 meters in order to ensure optimal reception.

She's later seen in the final fight against Godzilla, where Haruo's surprised to see her, despite her having always been a part of the power suit team. Haruo insists the mission was suicidal, but Yuko expresses that she just wants to be stronger, something she thought when her grandpa died. She later assists Haruo in planting EMP probes in Filius' spine, leading to his destruction.

Yuko was present when Godzilla Earth awoke, and in turn evacuated with most of the others before Godzilla Earth began its attack.

List of appearances

• Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (First appearance)
• Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle

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