Voltes V poster with solar bird

Daijiro was the largest teenage member of the Voltes Team.

He was called “Big Bert” por the Filipino voice talents who dubbed the series in 1978.

In Japanese, “Dai” means large, important and perhaps that’s where the “Big” in Big Bert must have come from.




Daijiro was the segundo of the Go brothers and to my relief; he was not depicted as an insatiable pig, prevalent among huge bodied characters. Daijiro was mais of a martial artist who mastered exotic techniques in the skill of oriental combat. He was also called as a defense tactician and was said to have studied from an Eastern monk...

He was called “Steve Armstrong” por the Filipino dubbers from the 1978 animê series Chodenji Mashin Voltes V, a ano where the Philippine public had no or limited knowledge about Japanese Animation.




I can’t reconcile any similarities, how minuto they maybe between the name Kennichi and Steve. The dubbers should have named this character “Ken”. I suspect, the character’s name was derived from “Steve Austin” the hero from the hit series “The Six Million Dollar Man”. His family name “Armstrong” obviously came from the U.S. Astronaut who first landed on the moon.




Anyway, Kennichi...

Voltes V is manned por 5 young people, special Earth Defense Agents, trained harshly and dedicated in the defense of our início planet. These young people inspired many Voltes V fãs from the courage and dedication they show in the series. They are called...THE VOLTES TEAM...


The Voltes Team
(More than just “Space Explorers”)
After the disappearance of Dr. Gou, (a.k.a. – Dr. Ned Armstrong) the Earth International Defense force trained five young people as highly skilled, Earth Defense Agents. Resolute and dedicated fighters, these agents will act as both special commando units and pilots of...