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.
- Ginga Sunshine (ep 10) - Shoots a powerful light beam from his fists. The body crystals glow pink.
- Ginga Especially (ep 11) - The strongest technique, he fires a rainbow beam from his whole body. The body crystals glow in rainbow colors.

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 and a jet 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.
Jean-Nine's design and naming are based on Jeanborg 9, a character from Jeanborg Ace (ジャンボーグA), another Tsuburaya Productions show.

Ultraman Tiga / Tiga Dark

ウルトラマンティガ / ティガダーク

Originated Show: The Ultraman Tiga TV-series and theUltraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey movie
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.
It is later used by Hikaru in Ultraman Ginga Theatrical Special to fight Tyrant.
In episode 10 it is used by Kenta to fight Super Grand King.

Trivia::

It is revealed in The Final Odyssey that Tiga was known 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.

Ultraman / Ultraman Dark

ウルトラマン / ウルトラマンダーク

Height: 40m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 35000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: Ultraman from the Ultraman series. This is the first appearance of his dark version.
Information:

First appeared in episode 8. The dark version is transformed from Misuzu's father, Isurugi Seiichirou.
In episode 10 it is used by Chigusa to fight Super Grand King.

UltraSeven / UltraSeven Dark

ウルトラセブン / ウルトラセブンダーク

Height: 40m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 35000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: UltraSeven from the UltraSeven series. This is the first appearance of his dark version.
Information:

First appeared in episode 8. The dark version is transformed from Misuzu's father, Isurugi Seiichirou.
In episode 10 it is used by Seiichirou to fight Super Grand King.

Alien and Kaiju

Listed in the order of appearance.

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: First appeared in episode 1. 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.

Alien Icarus

イカルス星人

Voiced by: Seki Tomokazu (関智一)
Height: 40m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 18000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: UltraSeven
Information:

First appeared in Ultraman Ginga Theatrical Special. Revived by the Dark Ruler to replace Alien Valkie and to gather 6 Spark Dolls from the mountains to combine into Tyrant.
He's the only one in the series to 'live' and combine multiple dolls at the same time.

Hanzagiran

ハンザギラン

Height: (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: Ultraman Ace
Information:

First appeared in Ultraman Ginga Theatrical Special. The doll was found by Hikaru and Chigusa. It was stolen by Alien Icarus to combine into Tyrant.
Never 'lived' into its original form in the series.

King Crab

キングクラブ

Height: (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: Ultraman Ace
Information:

First appeared in Ultraman Ginga Theatrical Special. The doll was found by Alien Icarus. Misuzu and Kenta obtained it due to Tomoya's intervention. It was later stolen back by Icarus to combine into Tyrant.
Never 'lived' into its original form in the series.

Bemstar

ベムスター

Height: (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: The Return of Ultraman
Information:

First appeared in Ultraman Ginga Theatrical Special. The doll was found by Alien Icarus. It was later used by Alien Icarus to combine into Tyrant.
Never 'lived' into its original form in the series.

Seagorath

シーゴラス

Height: (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: The Return of Ultraman
Information:

First appeared in Ultraman Ginga Theatrical Special. The doll was found by Alien Icarus. It was later used by Alien Icarus to combine into Tyrant.
Never 'lived' into its original form in the series.

Red King

レッドキング

Height: 45m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 20000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: Ultraman
Information:

First appeared in Ultraman Ginga Theatrical Special. The doll was found by Misuzu and Kenta. It was stolen by Alien Icarus to combine into Tyrant.
The doll is later 'lived' by Misuzu in episode 8 to transform and fight.
It is the first doll to be used by the Ginga Light Spark.

Baraba

バラバ

Height: (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: Ultraman Ace
Information:

First appeared in Ultraman Ginga Theatrical Special. The doll was found by Hikaru and Chigusa. It was stolen by Alien Icarus to combine into Tyrant.
Never 'lived' into its original form in the series.

Tyrant

タイラント

Height: 62m
Weight: 57000t
Originated Series: Ultraman Taro
Information:

First appeared in Ultraman Ginga Theatrical Special. Form from the combination of Alien Icarus (ears), Seagoras (face), Bemstar (torso), Hanzagiran (back), Baraba (arms), Red King (legs) and King Crab (tail).
Defeated by Ultraman Tiga and Jean-Nine.
It does not have a doll form.

Dark Zagi

ダークザギ

Height: 50m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 55000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: Ultraman Nexus
Information:

First appeared in Ultraman Ginga Theatrical Special. Revived by the Dark Ruler after Tyrant's defeat.
His doll form was collected by the Dark Ruler after he's defeated by Ultraman Ginga. Hikaru did not obtain this doll.

Alien Nackle Gray

ナックル星人グレイ

Voiced by: Hirano Kunji (平野勲人)
Height: 43m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 20000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: The Return of Ultraman
Information: First appeared in episode 7. Revived by the Dark Ruler to replace Alien Valkie and Alien Icarus after their defeat

Dark Galberos

ダークガルベロス

Height: 52m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 39000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: In Ultraman Nexus as Galberos
Information: First appeared in episode 7. Transformed from Oosato Gou, former boxer and Officer Kakki's childhood friend. It has the ability to clone itself, creating two extra copies of itself.

Zaragas

ザラガス

Height: 40m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 20000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: Ultraman
Information: First appeared in episode 8. Transformed from Kuwabara Shingo, Misuzu's father's business partner. It can absorb its enemy's attack power to change form.

Antlar

アントラー

Height: 40m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 20000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: Ultraman
Information: First appeared in episode 9. Transformed from Kuroki Tomomi , Misuzu's father's business partner. It can release a magnetic beam that attracts metallic objects to each other.

Jasyuline

ジャシュライン

Height: 60m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight:60000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Series: Ultraman Mebius
Information: First appeared in episode 9. Transformed from Misuzu, Kenta and Chigusa using the Ginga Light Spark to fight Antlar.

Super Grand King

スーパーグランドキング

Height: 78m (In doll form: 14cm)
Weight: 215000t (In doll form: 150g)
Originated Movie: In Ultraman Story as Grand King
Information: First appeared in episode 10. Transformed from Misuzu and Alien Nackle Gray. It can fires a powerful beam from its mouth and chest.

Dark Lugiel

ダークルギエル

Voiced by: Sugita Tomokazu (杉田智和)
Height: Micro to Infinite
Weight: 0 to Infinite
Originated Series: First appearance in this series.
Information: Originally credited only as "Unknown Voice", Dark Lugiel is the dark power that turned all Ultraman and kaiju into dolls and the final boss of this series.

Trivia

Thunder Darambia, Ultraman Dark, UltraSeven Dark and Super Grand King are designs original to this series.