Roy Focker (ロイ・フォッカー, Roi Fokkā?) is a character from the Japanese anime science fiction series
Macross (which was loosely adapted as the first story arc of Robotech) and the prequel OVA
Macross Zero. A talented and strong-willed fighter pilot, he is known for his love of women and alcohol. He is voiced by veteran
seiyuu Akira Kamiya in the original Japanese and by Brett Weaver in the 2006 English dub.
In
Macross Zero, Focker is one of the first test pilots for the development of the variable fighter by the U.N. Forces. In 2008 he is deployed with the Skull Team aboard the stealth carrier
Asuka II (CVN-99) to the South Pacific and flies the VF-0, in battle against SV-51s of the Anti-U.N. Forces. The work done on the VF-0 helps the coinciding development of the VF-1 Valkyrie.
In
Macross, Focker is not exactly portrayed as a fatherly character. Despite being
senpai (upperclassman/big brother figure) to a young pilot named Hikaru Ichijyo, his portrayal is that of a smoking, drinking womanizer who constantly defies death and, when not on another desperate mission, enjoys life and its pleasures to the fullest. He has a relationship with Claudia LaSalle, an officer stationed on the SDF-1 Macross bridge.
Roy dies in episode 18 ("Pineapple Salad"), from wounds sustained while defending
Macross from Milia Fallyna's force of Queadluun-Rau battle suits. Instead of going to the hospital to treat his wounds, he chooses to play the guitar while waiting for Claudia LaSalle to finish her pineapple salad; while she's cooking for him, he collapses from a sudden internal bleeding and passes away few minutes later. To Hikaru's chagrin given his then shaken self-confidence in his flying skill in war, he is promoted as the new leader of Roy's squadron, using his mecha as well.
In
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (a movie version of the TV series that is portrayed as a movie within the fictional
Macross universe itself), Roy dies aboard the alien Zentradi ship while fighting Quamzin Kravshera. He sacrifices himself to let Hikaru and Misa Hayase escape.
Source:
Wikipedia 
