List of Ultraman Ginga characters

Below is a list of Ultraman Ginga's characters.

Hikaru's friends and allies

Raidou Hikaru 礼堂ヒカル

Played by Negishi Takuya (根岸拓哉)
During a summer vacation, instead of meeting his rock musician parents in Abbey Road, London, he feels someone is calling for him and returned to his hometown for the first time in seven years. A 17 years old, second grade high school student with a strong sense of justice. His dream is to be the world's best adventurer.

Isurugi Misuzu 石動美鈴

Played by Miyatake Mio (宮武美桜)
Hiraku's childhood friend. A 17 years old high school student. The only other person to knows Hikaru's secret identity. Her dream is to open a Japanese confectionery.

Watarai Kenta 渡会健太

Played by Oono Mizuki (大野瑞生)
Hiraku's childhood friend, also 17 years old. His dream is to become a professional photographer.

Kuno Chigusa 久野千草

Played by Kirara (雲母（きらら）)
Hiraku's childhood friend, also 17 years old. Her dream is to become an idol.

Ichijouji Tomoya 一条寺友也

Played by Kusakawa Takuya (草川拓弥)
A eccentric and quiet transfer student, rarely interacts with other students. 17 years old. He speaks with formal Japanese due to his upbringing as the successor of the Ichijouji Enterprise Group. He doesn't have any dreams, and after listening to Taro and Hikaru, determines that his dream is to "defeat and supress Ultraman Ginga".

Ultraman Taro ウルトラマンタロウ

Voiced by Ishimaru Hiroya (石丸博也)
Turned into a doll during a battle against the dark power. Since then, he's been searching for the mysterious device "Ginga Spark" and the chosen one that can use it.

Town's People

Officer Kakizaki Taichi 柿崎太一

Played by Shohei Uno (宇野祥平)
Nickname "Kakki", he's a police officer in the town. Often gets caught in the midst in the unfortunate situations created by Alien Valkie and his kaiju.

Raidou Hotsuma 礼堂ホツマ

Played by Tsugawa Masahiko (津川雅彦)
Hiraku's grandfather, 62 years old. He is the priest of the Galaxy Shine.

Shirai Kyouko 白井杏子

Played by Kino Hana (木野花)
The principal of the soon to be abolished Furuboshi Elementary School, 56 years old. She allows Raidou Hotsuma to run the Galaxy Shine in the school after it was burned down in a fire.

Warriors

Ultraman Ginga

ウルトラマンギンガ

Suit actor: Terai Daisuke (寺井大介)
Information: Not much is known about Ultraman Ginga except that he's the one who stood against the Dark Power in the war years ago. Taro mentioned that "Ultraman Ginga" has never appeared in the history of the Land of Light. His doll form does not exist in the physical world and will only appear from the Ginga Spark when needed.
List of Attacks:
- Ginga Thunderbolt (ep 1) - Summons a vortex of lighting from the sky and unleashes it on the enemy. The body crystals glow yellow.
- Ginga Fireball(ep 2) - Produces flaming meteorites and hurl them at the enemy. The body crystals glow red.
- Ginga Saber (ep 3) - Creates a sword of light from the right arm. The body crystals glow white.
- Ginga Comfort (ep 4) - Generates a calming ray above the target. The body crystals glow green.
- Ginga Slash (ep 5) - Shoots a Slash Beam from the forehead crystal. The body crystals glow violet.
- Ginga Cross Shoot (ep 6) - Fires the powerful Ultra Beam. The body crystals glow light blue.

Jean-Nine / Jean-Killer

ジャンナイン / ジャンキラー

Suit actor: Kuwabara Yoshiki (桑原義樹)
Originated Movie: Ultraman Zero Gaiden: Killer the Beatstar
Information: First appeared in episode 3. He has a humanoid mode, a jet mode and a tank mode. He's piloted by the teenager Ichijouji Tomoya.
List of Attacks:
- Jean-Cannon - Fires the energy cannons mounted on his right arm.
- Jean-Buster - Fires a powerful beam from his waist cannon.
- Jean-Stardust - While armed with the Gunpad (gun mode), he can continuously fire rounds of powerful energy beams towards the target.
Trivia::

In the Ultraman Zero Gaiden, Jean-Killer was originally created by the evil Beatstar. When Jean-Killer found his own conscious and joined with Ultraman Zero, his eyes changed from red to yellow and was renamed Jean-Nine.

Tiga Dark

ティガダーク

Originated Movie: Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey
Information: First appeared in episode 5. The Dark Power uses the DarkSpark to 'live' Ultraman Tiga's doll into Tiga Dark in order to eliminate Ultraman Ginga.
Trivia::

It is revealed in The Final Odyssey that Tiga was know as the strongest warrior of darkness in the ancient times. He eventually abandoned darkness, turned to the way of light and battled his former comrades. He sealed the three Dark Giants and absorbed their respective powers, giving him his current silver-red-blue Multi Type form.

Aliens and Kaiju

Unknown Voice

謎の声

Voiced by: Sugita Tomokazu (杉田智和)
Information: The dark power that turned all Ultraman and kaiju into dolls.

Alien Valkie

バルキー星人

Voiced by: Hashimoto Tatsuya (橋本達也)
Height: 49m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 22000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: Ultraman Taro
Information: Revived from doll form by the Dark Power to do his bidding.
Trivia::

Alien Valkie is a space fisherman. He came to earth in Ultraman Taro to hunt the Samekujira to make his mark in the universe. Alien Valkie made his next appearance in Ultraman Mebius episode 16 as one of the aliens fighting Zamusha.

Translation trivia:

Technically, Alien Valkie's name ought to be "Being from Valkie". バルキー星 = Planet of Valkie, while 人 = Man/Being. A more 'accurate' translation might be "Valkyrian" or "Valkierian". However, since "Alien Valkie" is rather established in the Ultraman fanbase, I went with that instead. In general, when there's 星人 (seijin) in the kaiju's name, it's usually translated as "Alien". For example, "Alien Baltan" is actually "Baltan Seijin".
Another translation you'll find online would be "Alien Valky".

Black King

ブラックキング

Height: 65m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 60000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: The Return of Ultraman
Information: First appeared in episode 1. Its doll form is found by Hikaru on the hillside.
Trivia::

In The Return of Ultraman series, Black King served as Alien Nackle's bodyguard. Together with Alien Nackle, Black King managed to defeat Ultraman Jack!

Thunder Darambia

サンダーダランビア

Height: 40m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 40000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: In Ultraman Dyna as Darambia
Information: First appeared in episode 1. Transformed from two illegal junk disposal trader. It's able to generate lighting attacks from the horns on its back.
Trivia:

This Darambia is actually the fourth incarnation of Darambia. The first Darambia is a gour-legged monster that kinda looks like a spider. The second Darambia is Neo Darambia, which is a bipedal dinosaur-like, recreated from the remains of Darambia. Neo Darambia II is simply a black-colored Neo Darambia (Neo Darambia I is light brown in color). Thunder Darambia is basically a slight modification of Neo Darambia, the major change being that the back of Thunder Darambia has been modified to look like lightning conductor rods.

Kemurloid

ケムール人

Height: 30m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 15000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: Ultra Q
Information: First appeared in episode 2. Transformed from the speed demon, Yagami. Able to move in human size. The tube at the crown of the head can spill liquid that erases its target from existence.
Trivia::

In the Ultra Q series, Kemurloid came from the future and hails from the planet Kemur (hence the name Kemur-jin). Kemurloid is apparently a next possible evolution for humans. (Eww?) Kemurloid II made his appearance in Ultraman.

Translation trivia:

The Ultraman fans have long called it as "Kemur Man". However, this isn't a very accurate translation. A more accurate translation would be "Man from Kemur", which is quite a mouthful. Possible translations include "Kemurroid", "Kemurloid", "Kemurrian", "Kemurlian". I went with "Kemurloid" instead.

King Pandon

キングパンドン

Height: 63m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 68000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: In UltraSeven as Pandon
Information: First appeared in episode 3. Transformed from Sugou Yuuka, an alumna of Furuboshi Elementary School. It can shoot fire from both of its mouth.

Ragon

ラゴン

Height: 30m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 20000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: Ultra Q
Information: First appeared in episode 4. Transformed from Kuno Chigusa. Able to move in human size. It can shoot white lasers from its mouth.

Doragorie

ドラゴリー

Height: 67m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 58000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: Ultraman Ace
Information: First appeared in episode 5. Its doll was given to Watarai Kenta, but Kenta never had a chance to transform into Doragorie. It is used by Hikaru later in the episode.