Kamina

Kamina is the founder of Team Gurren and Simon's mentor-like companion in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. He dreams of reaching the surface and refuses to accept the underground village's limits.

Kamina and the founding of Team Gurren

Loud, fearless, and theatrically confident, Kamina often acts on belief before evidence. His bravado gives Simon courage, but it also hides his dependence on Simon's genuine skill and support.

Gurren, impossible confidence, and his legacy for Simon

Kamina pilots the Gunmen Gurren and combines it with Simon's Lagann. His death becomes the emotional turning point that forces Simon to develop independent confidence and carry Team Gurren's ideals into a much larger war.