Nagare Akatsuki (アカツキ・ナガレ Akatsuki Nagare?) is an Aestivalis pilot who first appears after the Nadesico reappears near the Moon after disappearing from Mars as part of the task force from the battleship Cosmos. He soon joins the regular cast as a pilot and is a very skilled one. Nagare has the reputation of being a playboy, though he is often seen with Jun Aoi and Seiya Uribitake eating instant ramen, lamenting over Akito Tenkawa's inexplicable luck with the women of the Nadesico.