Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)

the Black Tri-Stars in episodes 24 and 25 of the original Mobile Suit Gundam

Voice Actors

Japanese: Issei Masamune (Gaia), Issei Futamata (Ortega)

English (2001): Colin Murdock (Gaia), Matt Hill (Ortega)

Episode 24 - Black Tri-Star (迫撃!トリプル·ドム)

The Black Tri-Stars arrive at the Odessa base, overseen by Colonel M'Quve. They're given three MS-09 Doms, and engage the White Base and the Gundam in the mountains. Using Gaia's MS as a stepping stone, Amuro takes out Mash during their Jet-Stream Attack. Gaia and Ortega end up retreating.

Episode 25 - the Battle of Odessa (オデッサの激戦)

Gaia and Ortega take a moment to honor Mash's passing with a small soldier's funeral, but M'Quve finds this to be an annoying waste of time. Gaia and Ortega sortie again to take on the Gundam. Amuro takes them both out.

Soldiers of Sorrow (1981)

the second movie edit of the Mobile Suit Gundam TV show, these are mostly just the shots that were different from the TV show

the scene starts at Odessa again, though this opening scene is now about how the White Base has Newtypes and M'Quve doesn't believe in them. The whole thing plays out mostly the same, but Gaia and Ortega continue to engage after Amuro kills Mash. Shayla also sorties in the Core Fighter, and Gaia and Ortega are also taken out.

Gundam: the Origin (2015 OVA)

the Black Tri-Stars appear in episodes 2, 4, 5, and 6 of the 2015 Origin theatrical OVA release. The 2019 TV release is broken up differently but the content and visuals are the same.

Voice Actors

Japanese: Kazuya Ichijo (Gaia), Kenichiro Matsuda (Ortega), Toshihide Tsuchiya (Mash)

English: David Vincent (Gaia), Doug Erholtz (Ortega), Tom Wayland (Mash)

Mobile Suit Gundam: the Origin Manga

written and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, the Origin manga originally ran in Gundam Ace between 2001 and 2011. Originally picked up by VIZ for English publication, they only released 12 volumes and it was canceled. The English was later published by Vertical starting in 2013. In 2014 ComicWalker began publishing digitally colorized versions, my manga caps are from the Japanese ComicWalker digital version.

the Black Tri-Stars appear in Japanese volumes 7, 12, 13, 14, and 16 (the English volumes are separated differently). these are mostly panels out of context, that I've separated from the panels around them, though if most of the page was any of the three of them I've left it intact

Card and Video Games

the Black Tri-Stars in various Gundam card and video games

↑ this first one is from the Monster Strike x GQuuuuuux collab that ran from July 15 to August 2 2025 (from the Monster Strike website)

Gundam GQuuuuuux (2025)

Episode 5 of GQuuuuux (Nyaan Doesn't Know About Kira-kira / ニャアンはキラキラを知らない)

Voice Actors

Japanese: Yoji Ueda (Gaia), Kenji Hamada (Ortega)

English: Brent Mukai (Gaia), Jason Miller (Ortega)

Some incident between the three of them resulted in Mash leaving the group, and M'Quve kicked them all out of the military. Mash has become the mayor of Uusen City in an unknown colony. Gaia and Ortega collect scrap for a living now and participate in Clan Battle with their Doms as the BINARYS clan. They battle Shuuji and Nyaan, who ultimately defeat them.

a lot of it is cut off and the kanji under the cracks in Gaia's phone screen are difficult for me to read but here's a rough translation of the article on Mash:

PRSHOT | 0085.06.11 07:00 Mayor Mash having an affair with his beautiful secretary? A scandal has erupted involving Mayor Mash, who rose to fame as one of the “Black Tri-Stars” and won the election a year ago. It's still fresh in our memory how he leveraged his name as a former Zeon ace pilot to win the Uusen mayoral election after retiring from the military. His self-described “extreme” stance made headlines when he ousted the conservative faction that had long occupied the Colony's leadership. Riding high on this momentum, he may have pushed things too far however. The leak-focused news site Purple reported allegations of an extramarital affair between him and his secretary. Photos surfaced showing them on a date and embracing in broad daylight, suggesting he may have abused his authority over personnel decisions.

△ Mayor Mash walking hand-in-hand with his secretary. Not very discrete for a married man.

their clan name is BINARYS which I feel like is a miss for the English audience - in Japanese their original squad name is 黒い三連星 (kuroi sanrensei) where 連星 (rensei) is specifically "binary star" and not just "star" like it is in English

G.M.G Figures

official product images of the figures in Megahouse's Gundam Military Generation line of action figures, scheduled for July 2026 release in Japan and September 2026 release in the US!

official news link at Dengenki Hobby

Best References

★ selections that I feel like are the good references if you are drawing the Black Tri-Stars ★