Isami Minato

"Color me with your power! R/B!"

- Transformation call, shared with Katsumi Minato

Isami Minato (湊) is one of the protagonists of Ultraman R/B and the second eldest son of the Minato Family. He is the human host of Ultraman Blu.

Personality
Isami has great respect for his brother, Katsumi, whom gave up his passion for baseball in order to support the family. Although both brothers collide with each other, they willingly cooperate with each other when fighting against opponents. Isami is a free spirited youth. Due to his clumsy attitude, he is not able to express his gratitude towards others. His desire to study space archaeology stems from the need to honor his missing mother. His devotion to scientific research makes him prefers to do things alone instead of helping his family members in the store.

Ultraman R/B
Isami encountered Grigio Bone during his missing mother's birthday and receiving the R/B Crystals and R/B Gyro while fleeing for his life. Isami would then transform into Ultraman Blu, fighting alongside his brother Katsumi to defend Ayaka City from any monsters threats. Not long after Black King's onslaught, he discovered that both his mother and Makoto Aizen used to collaborate in the research of R/B Crystals and was able to obtain the history of Ayaka City during a tour to Aizen Tech.

Although Isami's determination to help a fellow colleague resulted in acquiring Tiga Crystal, his hesitation to target Mecha Gomora while Kaoru was held as a hostage puts him in an emotional breakdown before he regained his composure.

Unknowingly to them, their battles were being watched and analysed by Makoto himself, who presented them with several trials such as capturing an old friend within Mecha Gomora. When Makoto revealed to them his true nature and origins, the brothers fight against him directly, when he transforms into Ultraman Orb Dark and they were easily defeated.

After that, Katsumi and Isami set out to do some training in the mountains so that they could beat Orb Dark. On their second training session, the brothers with some indirect help from Asahi found the Victory Crystal in a cave, granting them the power of Earth. With this new power and their training, they challenged Orb Dark to a rematch and defeated him. The brothers then took the Orb Ring NEO from Makoto.

Later, the next challenge they faced was Horoboros, who the brothers lose to despite having the Orb Ring NEO. After their defeat, Makoto reclaims the device and transforms into Orb Dark to fight Horoboros. Unable to transform, the brothers could only watch Makoto fight the beast and after his "victory", they confront him in public, telling everyone that he is behind the monster attacks but nobody believes them. Isami gets upset, so Katsumi reminds them about why they fight as Ultraman and that cheers him up. The next day, Makoto summons Bezelb to fight it as Orb Dark to further promote himself but the brothers show up and defeat the Bezelb before he could, angering him. Orb Dark tries to attack them but Horoboros reappears and evolves. It defeats Rosso, Blu and Orb Dark before disappearing, but Katsumi and Isami are badly injured in the process and they detransform in from of Asahi, who finds out about their alter egos before the two of them are sent to a hospital for treatment. After they reawaken, they try desperately to hide their identities from Asahi but it is too late. Horoboros appears yet again and the two brothers transform and fight, coming up with a strategy to put it in hardened stone, but it failed. With Asahi returning the Orb Ring NEO to them, they used its power and finished off Horoboros with the Triple Origium Ray.

After that, they were faced by a vengeful Cereza, who transformed into Grigio King via Saki's Gyro. The brothers try their best but they are unable to defeat Grigio King, exhausting all of their techniques. The brothers return the next day after a short recovery period, but even with a new strategy, they were unable to defeat Grigio King until Asahi reminded them of their mother's words - that when the two of them are together, they can do anything. With that, they unlocked the power of Ultraman Ruebe, who fought Grigio King and destroyed it.

Katsumi and Isami meet Saki Mitsurugi several times, mostly while she is with Asahi and they find out that she is behind the recent monster attacks. The two of them become suspicious and further antagonize her when she announces her plan to turn Earth into a bomb to destroy Reugosite. Later on, the brothers had their Gyros stolen by Saki Mitsurugi after King Joe attacks. Back at Quattro M, Asahi explains to the brothers about Saki's past and while Katsumi sympathizes with her, Isami is determined to stop her. Confronting Saki to get back their stolen Gyros when Gomora attacks, they also try to convince her that defeating Reugosite at the cost of the planet is not what her brothers would have wanted, but she disagrees. The brothers fight her as Grand King Megalos and defeat her though Katsumi was hesitant to fight while Isami attacked without a doubt. After she tells them what happened to their mother, Mio, she transforms into Horoboros but like before, Katsumi hesitated in fighting her. This disagreement causes the brothers to not be able to use the power of Ruebe but after clearing their disagreements and deciding to protect what is important to them; their family, they can once again use the power of Ruebe, which they used to beat Saki but not finish her off. After chasing Saki back to a lab, the brothers and Asahi witnessed the return of Mio Minato.

Transformation
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Powers and Abilities

 * R/B Gyro: Isami possess this device in order to transform into Ultraman Blu.
 * R/B Crystal Holder Blu: A holder that allows Isami to store the R／B Crystals.
 * R/B Crystals: Isami uses the R/B Crystals in conjunction with the R/B Gyro in order to assume the various elemental forms of Ultraman Blu. It seems that he shares the said crystals with Katsumi.
 * R/B Slugger Blu: Isami can wield this weapon during combat against foes when fighting as Blu.
 * Vibe Spa (ヴァイブスパ): Isami's homemade Kaiju detection sensor. The device will spin if a Kaiju is detected.
 * Orb Ring NEO: Isami can use the various attacks of Orb with this item.
 * R/B Kourin: Isami wields the R/B Kourin Blu while fighting as Ruebe.

R/B Crystals in Possession
Although both siblings became separate Ultramen, they shared the same collection of R/B Crystals and thus, only a single power can be used at a time. Outside both the transformation scene and as Ultramen, Isami is suspected to hold the Type Change Crystals in his person.


 * Type Change Crystals


 * Ultraman Ginga: Obtained simultaneously with the Gyros and R/B Crystal Holder. This is Isami's default Crystal to transform into Blu's Aqua form.
 * Ultraman Taro: Obtained simultaneously with the Gyros and R/B Crystal Holder. It is Katsumi's default Crystal.
 * Ultraman Tiga: Obtained after digging out the Crystal by combining Rosso and Blu's attacks.
 * Ultraman Victory: Obtained after finding it inside a mountain cave during their training.


 * Auxiliary Crystals


 * Ultraman Zero: Received from Kumashiro Matsuo.
 * Ultraseven: Received from Kumashiro Matsuo.
 * Ultraman X: Received from Kumashiro Matsuo.
 * Ultraman Orb (Orb Origin): In the form of Orb Ring NEO.
 * Ultraman: Received from Asahi Minato
 * Ultraman Belial: Received from Asahi Minato, used alongside Ultraman's Crystal to summon the Kiwami Crystal to transform into Ruebe
 * New Generation Heroes Crystal: Obtained stimultaneously with the Kiwami Crystal

Trivia

 * His shirt bears the number 3 as a whole is referring to Earth as the third planet in the solar system. Alternatively, it also refers to his actor being a fan of Ultraman Tiga.