Kaiju bios

Redking

Red King (レッドキング Reddo Kingu) are a destructive ancient Daikaiju species created by . The very first Red King made his debut on episode 8 of the original Ultraman series titled "The Lawless Monster Zone", wherein he lived on Tatara Island as the brutal, undisputed ruler of the primal land while terrorizing other inhabitants he could find. He was defeated but more members of his species appeared frequently.

Red King is one of the franchise's most popular kaiju, and has made recurring reappeareances troughout the franchise's story. His popularity has made him one of the most well-known characters of the Ultra Series.

Subtitle: Skull Monster (どくろ怪獣 Dokuro Kaijū)Max Subtitle: Armored Monster (装甲怪獣 Sōkō Kaijū)ContentsHeight:45-60 meters

Weight: 20,000-70,000 metric tons

At the end of the run of and before the start of , a stage show was put together by Tsuburaya, explaining the premise of the Ultraman series. In it, the Ultra Q monsters, , , and are causing chaos in a lab of monster researchers, and the chaos only goes further when Red King, leading , , and burst into the lab, being chased by the . Soon, the Q and Ultraman monsters started a brawl, destroying most the lab, only until arrived and started to fight back. Soon, the entire cast of monsters were soothed by a chorus of children singing the Ultraman theme.

Generation I

Red King in Ultraman

The first Red King, Red King I (レッドキング（一代目）Reddo Kingu (Shodaime)), was discovered on a remote island filled with other monsters, where a small group of scientists had been terrorized and all but one were ultimately killed.

Red King appeared along with and . This episode also featured the first appearance of , a monster the size of a human child that was friendly toward humans. The reason for the monsters' appearances was because the magnetic field on the island was off balance, causing creatures to mutate. The island was named "Tatara Island".

Red King was first spotted by the battling Chandora. After a short fight, Red King defeated Chandora by tearing off a limb/wing and throwing the dismembered limb, as well as some rocks at the monster as it fled, and was never seen or heard from again. Magular, a burrowing monster, survived the episode almost unnoticed, but was eventually killed by the SSSP. Red King then found the SSSP and Pigmon. Red King then made an avalanche of rocks which killed Pigmon. Once appeared, Red King was caught off guard and was defeated without the need for the Specium Ray (Except for when Ultraman used it on a rock Red King was about to throw at him). After being thrown around a few times by the Flying Mare, this Red King got paralyzed and was never seen again.

Generation II

Red King II

A second Red King, Red King II (レッドキング（二代目）Reddo Kingu (Nidaime)), appeared in episode 25 "The Mysterious Comet Cyphon". He appeared as part of another trio of kaiju, including and .

When the giant comet Cyphon was headed towards Earth, the SSSP division in Paris discovered that it's cosmic rays might set off unprotected hydrogen bombs. Japan's SSSP sent members , Daisuke Arashi, and Mitsuhiro Ide to search for 6 missing hydrogen bombs in the Japanese Alps. Shortly after the men arrived in the Alps, Cyphon had already passed over the Earth, but it's presence disturbed the kaiju Gigass, then later Dorako. Still in search of the missing bombs the SSSP found another Red King, (Red King II) who had the missing hydrogen bombs on his neck.

Red King then found the two previous kaiju locked in combat and decided to join. Both he and Gigass ganged up against Dorako and beat the kaiju mercilessly. Red King viciously tore Dorako's wings off, and Dorako died of it's injuries soon afterward. Gigass was driven off by Red King and fell victim to the Extreme Drought Bomb deployed by the Science Patrol. All three monsters apparently precipitated out of a fragment of comet debris, or were awakened by the comet's radiation; it is not entirely clear, but the comet somehow triggered their appearance. Apparently Red King now presented an extra danger, as it had swallowed the six long-lost hydrogen bombs. was unable to use his Specium Ray without detonating the hydrogen bombs lodged in his throat, and the second Red King proved to be a more formidable adversary than the original. After a brutal battle Ultraman ultimately paralyzed Red King and raised it off the ground with the Ultra Air Catch. He then used two of his Ultra Slashes to slice Red King into thirds. Ultraman took the head and neck portion and flew away into space with it to allow the H-bombs to detonate harmlessly.