Shin Matsunaga
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| Shin Matsunaga | |
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 Shin Matsunaga as depicted in Gihren's Greed |
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| Alias: | White Wolf of Solomon |
| DOB: | UC 0055 |
| Age: | 24 |
| Nationality: | Principality of Zeon |
| Allegiance: | Principality of Zeon |
| Rank/Position: | Lieutenant (After Battle of Loum) Captain |
| Ethnic Origin: | Japanese |
| Mobile Suit: | Zaku II Gelgoog Jager Gyan MS-06F Matsunaga Custom MS-06R-1 Matsunaga Custom |
A fictional character from the Universal Century timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries.
[edit] Background
In the Mobile Suit Gundam fictional world, Shin Matsunaga was a Zeon ace pilot during the One Year War. When his talent was recognized, his mobile suit was painted white, thus giving him the nickname The White Wolf (Hakurou 白狼), which was later expanded into "The White Wolf of Solomon" when it became clear the space fortress Solomon was his base of operations. For much of the war Shin served as the bodyguard of Vice Admiral Dozle Zabi, whom he greatly revered, during the Admiral's frontline inspections. His mobile suits included a Zaku II, Gelgoog Jager, and a Gyan (which was never used). Ironically, he was not at Solomon when the battle occurred, having been recalled to Side-3 shortly before the operation began. It was said that upon hearing the news of Dozle's death, Shin broke down and "cried like a baby".
Shin's nickname "White Wolf" came not only from his white colour scheme, but also his preference for close combat. His most well-known tactic was using his Mobile Suit's generally superior thrusters to move in close to a target and then use his Heat Hawk to carve it into pieces. This was very effective against warships, once he was close enough he no longer had to worry about their powerful beam cannons and their close combat weapons were often too weak to do any significant damage.
Shin is also reputed to be a "defensive Newtype".
[edit] Gundam Evolve
In Gundam Evolve: 09 there is a character code-named Grey Wolf who pilots a yellow Zeta Gundam. While his name is never specifically stated, his physical appearance matches that of Matsunaga. In addition, he is referred to as a former Zeon ace pilot and a Grey Wolf emblem similar to Matsunaga's White Wolf emblem is located on the Zeta's shield.
The Zeta's yellow colour is the result of being covered in the same anti-beam coating as AEUG's Hyaku Shiki. While understanding the value of such a coating, it does not stop Grey Wolf from complaining that he wanted the Zeta to be coloured Grey.
Two other Zetas in the same movie; one is coloured in the purple-and-white colour scheme of Amuro Ray (and Amuro himself is implied to be the pilot) and the other is painted in the red-and-black colours of Johnny Ridden (though it is a young Newtype girl named Yurii Ajissah who is piloting it).
