Ochiai Info Sheet

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Who is Ochiai in Sidonia?

  OCHIAI was once great friends and comrades to Hiyama, Saitou, and Kobayashi (all part of the Immortal Ship Committee ). He was once hailed as a great scientist of his age and greatly contributed to the technological and biological advancements for Sidonia. However, he changed and was later hailed as the great mad scientist instead.

• Is serving Kobayashi Ochiai?

  Serving Kobayashi is a cloned version of OCHIAI. Due to limited information, not everything about the clone has been defined. Taking OCHIAI's human form, he loyally serves Kobayashi without any degree of treachery nor mad scientist ambitions.

• How did Ochiai survive in space?

  OCHIAI began life as a normal member of the Sidonia 's crew. As time went on, he became an advocate for body modification, swapping out his body parts with bio-tech enhancements. As of 400 years after Sidonia launched, his body modifications progressed to the point where he could survive in the vacuum of space without a suit.

• What happened to Ochiai's Chimera?

  OCHIAI declared he's leaving Sidonia and unlikely to return while the ship is in immanent danger from a Mass Union Ship; Hiroki Saitou (in Tsugumori) held his garde team behind and retrieve the kabi while he and Lala tried to talk him out of things. It was then the mass union ship attacked with Gauna and OCHIAI lost control of his chimera.

• Who is Ochiai in Sidonia?

  OCHIAI was once great friends and comrades to Hiyama, Saitou, and Kobayashi (all part of the Immortal Ship Committee ). He was once hailed as a great scientist of his age and greatly contributed to the technological and biological advancements for Sidonia. However, he changed and was later hailed as the great mad scientist instead.

• Who is Derek Ochiai?

  Dr. Derek OCHIAI is a graduate with honors from Cornell University. He attended Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where he received several awards, and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society. Dr. OCHIAI is fellowship trained in sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery.

• What does Ochiai see in Furuya?

  In the past, he was an assistant coach of the baseball club/team in Kokai University Sagara High School from Kanagawa, a team that regularly appeared at Koshien. Right from the beginning OCHIAI sees great potential in Furuya. He would prefer it, if Kataoka would let Furuya pitch a whole game, so that Furuya could gain more game experience.

• Why does Ochiai always appear out of nowhere?

  Because OCHIAI doesn't share the same view as Kataoka, he often appears out of nowhere – which is kind of creepy sometimes - when the coach is not around, to talk to one or two players alone, so that nobody gets in his way.