Keith (Voltron)

In the Voltron: Legendary Defender Keith is not initially the leader of the Voltron Force.[7] The character receives a lot of character growth as the seasons progress.[8][9][10]

In the 2011 Devil's Due comics the Keith character is referred to as Keith Akira Kogane.[11] The comic book version of Keith depicts him as 26 and a very asocial character in the beginning. Born in Hong Kong to a Japanese father and a Chinese mother, his father trained him in kung fu until Keith's parents died tragically in an accident when he was 12. Afterwards, Keith continued to practice many other forms of martial arts until he turned 18 and enrolled in the United States Marine Corps, spending several years as a reconnaissance specialist. When he was 24, he met and proposed to Beverly Hagel, who died 7 weeks before their wedding date in a plane accident. Two years later, he was approached by Colonel Hawkins to join a team of outcasts to search for the legendary robot Voltron on the distant planet Arus. During the course of the series, he begins to form a comradeship with his teammates, and begins to develop feelings for Princess Allura and vice versa.

Keith has a mostly positive reception from critics.[12]