Jugglus Juggler

"Why Gai?! What is it with you?! Can't you just let me win just once?!"

- Juggler shouting in mad fury of Maga-Orochi's defeat.

Jugglus Juggler (ジャグラスジャグラー) is a villain from Ultraman Orb, the main antagonist and Ultraman Orb's archenemy. When in times of peace, he appears as a man in a dark suit, while his true form is copper colored Majin. He uses the Dark Ring and monster cards to awaken the King Demon Beasts, as part of his objective to collect their cards.

Subtitle: Phantom Demon (無限魔人)

Personality
When in contact with other beings, Juggler has a smug behavior, but doesn't make much effort to hide his evil nature, by always showing looks of insanity and demonstrating odd behavior, such as casually reminding bystanders of human's mortality: how they will all die, like everything that is living.

In addition, Juggler enjoys fighting Gai in hand to hand combat rather than using his Serpent-Hearted Blade, preferring to beat Gai on his own. He also can't stand the melody Gai plays on the Orbnica, and receives long lasting migraines if he hears it playing.

His relationship with Gai is notable, in that he seems to have a long lasting grudge, and is always trying to get him to either fight him or taunting him. Even as Zeppandon, he frequently taunted Orb.As shown in the series,he likes to joke when talking to Gai and becoming serious after that.He even likes to make Gai suffer and happy when he does that.

However, despite being swayed by the darkness, he has a similar trait with Gai. He is unable to leave someone to face danger alone, something he considers is his weakness.

Ultraman Orb
Long ago, Juggler and Gai was fighting in the same force. Both used to fight and cooperate together, but once given the chance to compete, they constantly challenging each others to become stronger. Juggler was shown to be the strongest, but when he came across a ring of light and stuck his hand into it, the light rejected him. Instead, it chose Gai, and awarded him with the Orb Calibur together with the ability to transform into Ultraman Orb. This caused Juggler to travel around the galaxy in search for a greater power, which eventually led him to believe that darkness is more powerful than light.

On Earth, he had watched and noted the relationship between Gai and Natasha. During the rampage of Maga-Zetton, he was nearby, watching the battle between Orb and Maga-Zetton. When the explosion was about to kill Natasha ,Juggler rushes and saved her from the explosion. He transfer some of his energy, healing Natasha from her injuries and escaped after that when Natasha smiled at him. After that, he probably collected Maga-Zetton's Kaiju Card after Orb defeated it.

"All in creation comes from the Earth and returns there in time. Life is but a momentary flickering light. And this world, a momentary dream."

- Jugglus Juggler in episode 2

Jugglus Juggler has a feud with Gai Kurenai/Ultraman Orb, and releases King Demon Beasts as part of his plan. After collecting the Kaiju Cards of all six King Demon Beasts, he proclaimed that the only thing left he needed the 'Dark King', which was revealed to be Ultraman Belial. He then collaborated with the Planet Invasion Union, assuring them that he will deal with Ultraman Orb while they focus on their plans. However, both sides devised plans to back-stab each other should the opportunity arise. This bites back the Union when he betrayed them and killed both Nagus and Nostra after their attempt to assassinate him failed.

After obtaining Belial's card, Juggler revealed his grand scheme was to summon the most powerful Kaiju of all - Maga-Orochi. Utilising all six King Demon Beast cards in conjunction with Ultraman Belial's card, he was able to nullify Zoffy card's protective seal and resurrect the ultimate King Demon Beast. Maga-Orochi was initially able to defeat Orb in their first skirmish and in return, robbed Gai of his cards. However, with the help of Princess Tamayura, Orb was able to access his Thunder Breaster form to defeat Maga-Orochi in the second battle. Conceding defeat, Juggler returned Gai his Ultra Fusion Card Holder and walked off, telling that the two of them are no longer different.

Having expecting Gai's arrival in Rusalka, they have a brief fight before he reveals Maga-Orochi's severed tail through a wormhole in the sky and used the Zetton and Pandon Kajiu Cards and merged with them to become Zeppandon. Gai transformed into Ultraman Orb and used both Spacium Zeperion and Hurricane Slash but to no avail. Juggler tried to provoke Gai into using Belial's card again but he instead used Burnmite and performed Stobium Dynamite as a cover to escape, much to Juggler's dismay. He soon returns to Japan and made his way to the hospital where Naomi was.

Before he would kill Naomi, Gai managed to arrive and rescue her from the hospital. The next day, he summoned Zeppandon again and asked Gai to use Belial's card which Gai did. Even as Thunder Breastar, Orb cannot beat Zeppandon as Juggler repeatedly taunts the Ultra, reminding that the loss of his public image cause him to have nothing left to protect. However, Orb protected the SSP Members without suffering any damage. Upon regaining his long lost power, Orb Origin, Jugglus was shocked upon his rival and was quickly defeated. His Dark Ring vanished, further adding insult to his defeat. His appearance changed from that event, now fully relying on his sword instead. For once, he also killed Katarohi, who was running from the authorities, for no reason.

One night, when Naomi went to the wishing stone to investigate only to find the stone and her shoes gone. Juggler appeared and commended her for awakening Renki, remarking that there was tragedy and darkness within her but then Gai appeared and told Jugglus that light and darkness appear because of each other. Jugglus then vanished after he told him that reality will beat down on him soon enough. He eventually met Naomi once more when trying to escape Tarude for his assassination on the members of the Union. Despite her hospitality to treat his injury and him willingly revealed her his backstory, Juggler instead try to have Naomi leave quickly before Tarude attacked them. Once Tarude is about to kill them, Gai/Ultraman Orb interfered and brought the aliens battle on the city as giants. During that time, Juggler reclaimed his stolen Katana and revealed that he was using both of them to escape before returning Naomi her handkerchief. Gazing upon the sunset, Juggler commences that a greater darkness is about to unleashed and laughs maniacally.

With all of his rivals eliminated, Jugglus Juggler began to train himself in order to become stronger than Gai by perfecting his new attack while noticing that the power of darkness was growing. In the process, he slashed a lot of buildings, leaving in crescent moon cracks that get bigger every time, with the SSP believing it to be the work of a monster named Kamaitadon. Afterwards, when he came to a certain spot in town, he stabbed his katana into the ground, he obtained dark energy in which he unleashed with the same thing, which got Gai's attention. When he met up with the SSP, Juggler made himself known to Gai and kept attacking, wanting to prove that he is superior to Gai before a certain darkness destroys the world, which was giving him strength. He then grew to the size of a kaiju and Gai immediately transformed into Ultraman Orb Thunder Breaster to fight him.

The two of them started their fight in an evenly matched close combat fight and then Juggler brought out his sword when Orb was brought down temporarily. He then lashed out at Orb with his Finisher Sword New Moon Slash Wave while the latter tried to defend it with his Thunder Cross Guard, but it proved to be too much for him. He then turned his attention toward Naomi, her friends, and her uncle when the latter shot at him, but to no avail and he countered with an energy slash from his sword with only Shin being injured in the process. Before Juggler could finish off Orb with his sword, Orb leapt up and transformed into his Orb Origin form to even the odds.

The two of them clashed with their swords, but both of them ended up losing them as they were force planted into the ground. While Orb managed to reclaim his sword, Jugglus had trouble picking it up, leaving him exposed to Orb's Flame Calibur, but he reclaimed his sword in time and managed to slice the attack in half. While the Ultra got sidetracked by Shin's situation, Jugglus took the opportunity to lash out at him with his new finisher move which knocked away the Orb Calibur and kept launching the same move at the Ultra, causing him great suffering and when Orb saw his human friends in danger, he offered his life to spare them from Juggler's wrath. As such he fired his new signature move on him one last time, which led everyone to believe he was defeated.

While Juggler was gloating about how he finally got rid of his arch nemesis, he noticed the facial expressions on his victims face and then turned around to see Orb still alive and well, explaining that the power to surpass him was the power that he threw away. After gaining the upper hand on the majin in combat, Orb threw him away and then re-summoned his Orb Calibur finished him off with his Orb Supreme Calibur. He then reverted back to his human form and was arrested by the VTL.

While being held prisoner at VTL headquarters, Jugglus Juggler revealed to the director of the VTL Japanese branch director, that the final King Devil Beast will appear and consume the Earth and that the chaos will begin where eight pulses intertwine in the vicinity of Tokyo Tower and in two hours as well. He also revealed that the Maga Orochi Orb defeated before was only a larva and that it was chrysalis will emerge from underground Tokyo and told them that they should destroy the monster in it's chrysalis before it emerged. When Gai came in to interrogate him, he revealed that he tricked the VTL about everything and that they will inadvertently unleash the ultimate King Demon Beast on the Earth, dooming the human race.

Later on, while Magata no Orochi was fighting Ultraman Orb, Jugglus Juggler broke free from his containment, defeated the guards off screen and went out to embrace the destruction. Whilst there, he spotted Naomi trying to get Gai back into the fight and after taunting him about the current situation, Jugglus brought out his sword and slashed Naomi with it, seemingly killing her.

Powers and Weapons

 * Dark Ring (ダークリング): A mysterious object similar to the Orb Ring, which, when used with the monster cards, allows Jugglus Juggler to awaken Kaiju.
 * Kaiju Card Launch : The original purpose of the Dark Ring is to launch scanned Kaiju Cards to negate the sealing properties of an Ultra Fusion Card by creating a sunspot-like essence that block their powers. Once the Fusion Card is fully blocked, the slumbered King Demon Beast will be awaken.
 * Card Harvesting : The Dark Ring is capable of harvesting Kaiju Cards upon an Ultra Kaiju's defeat by absorbing their remains. Jugglus used this to harvest the defeated King Demon Beasts as part of his plan to awaken Maga-Orochi. If looked closely on its ring, it displayed the destruction time of an Ultra Kaiju being rewinded before Jugglus picked the card.
 * Kaiju Summoning : The Dark Ring is capable of summoning any Kaiju while Kaiju Card is scanned.
 * Ultra Fusion Card Launch : The Dark Ring is also capable of scanning an Ultra Fusion card and uses it powers. Used in episode 12 to break Zoffy's seal on Maga Orochi with Belial's card.
 * Kaiju Cards (怪獣カード): A set of cards that represent Ultra Kaiju. They can be scanned in the Dark Ring to awaken Kaiju or King Demon Beasts (魔王獣).
 * Kaiju Fusion : By combining two Kaiju Cards similar to Ultraman Orb's Fusion Up, he is able to create and control fusion Kaiju such as Zeppandon. Before the fusion is complete he says "Your power is now mine!" and raises up the Dark Ring.
 * Human Disguise : Jugglus Juggler is capable of disguising himself as a human to hide within the society. His human form is a youth well-dressed in a tuxedo. As of episode 17, his appearances changes, reduced to a black long-sleeved shirt and a black jeans while wearing a snake-themed ear-cuff on his left and had a different hairstyle.
 * Serpent-Hearted Blade: Juggler's combat katana, which can also cast spells when in Juggler's hands.
 * Wormhole Creation : Through the Snake-heart Sword, Juggler can summon a wormhole on top of the sky. This was used to bring Maga-Orochi's tail as one of the components of Zeppandon.
 * Serpent-Hearted Blade-Drawing Slash (蛇心剣抜刀斬): In Ultraman Fusion Fight!, Juggler can perform a slash attack via his Katana.
 * Dark Energy Slash : A purple colored energy slash from his sword.
 * Size Change : By raising his Katana, this cause the darkness to envelop his body and allowing him to turn giant.
 * Serpent-Hearted Blade Crescent Moon Shockwave (蛇心剣・新月斬波): Juggler's second finisher, he unleashes a dark red crescent-shaped energy slash from his sword to the opponent. The impact cause the opponent to receive electrocution.
 * Superhuman Strength : Even in human form, Juggler is strong enough to pick an adult and throw him into the distance, or with enough force to leave a crater in a building if they are durable enough to withstand the impact.
 * Teleportation : Juggler is capable of teleportation. Sometimes he simply disappears and at other times he turns into clouds of darkness while doing so. In his fight with Gai Kurenai, he seems to disappear in a blur.
 * Acceleration/Enhanced Reflex : As Juggler had once fighting on the same force as Gai, he is capable of moving at a greater speed and possess enhanced reflex.
 * Energy Blast : Juggler can fire dark energy blasts from his hands.
 * Dark Punch : Juggler can throw a punch coated with dark energy.
 * Healing Wave : Juggler is able to heal others from injuries by providing them with some of his energy. He gets weakened after doing so.

Kaiju Cards
Jugglus Juggler uses Kaiju Cards to awaken the monsters that combat his nemesis, Ultraman Orb. However, it also seems that he is collecting the remains of King Demon Beasts for his own agenda by having Orb defeat them.
 * Maga-Tanothor - Assumed to have obtained after Ultraman Orb defeated the monster sometime before, approximately 108 years prior to the series.
 * Maga-Zetton: Assumed to have been obtained after Ultraman Orb defeated the monster, 108 years prior to the events of the series.
 * Maga-Basser: Obtained after Ultraman Orb defeated the monster.
 * Telesdon - Used to help wake up Maga-Grand King.
 * Antlar - Used to help wake up Maga-Grand King.
 * Gomora - Used to help wake up Maga-Grand King.
 * Golza - Used to help wake up Maga-Grand King.
 * Maga-Grand King - Obtained after Ultraman Orb defeated the monster.
 * Maga-Jappa - Obtained after Ultraman Orb defeated the monster.
 * Maga-Pandon - Obtained after Ultraman Orb defeated the monster.
 * Red King - Only used when Jugglus played poker with the Planet Invasion Union.
 * Eleking - Only used when Jugglus played poker with the Planet Invasion Union.
 * King Guesra - Only used when Jugglus played poker with the Planet Invasion Union.
 * King of Mons - Only used when Jugglus played poker with the Planet Invasion Union.
 * King Joe - Only used when Jugglus played poker with the Planet Invasion Union.
 * Aribunta - Used to summon the Choju against Ultraman Orb.
 * Cherubim - Used to summon the Kaiju against Babaryu after he betrayed the Union.
 * Enmargo - Only used when Jugglus made a Tarot reading with Alien Nackle Nagus.
 * Black King - Given to him by Don Nostra as a set-up for him to be assassinated.
 * Bemstar - Used it's gorge to swallow the shots of Nagus' blaster during his assassination attempt.
 * Zetton - Used as a component part for Zeppandon, along with Pandon.
 * Pandon - Used as a component part for Zeppandon, along with Zetton.

Ultra Fusion Cards

 * Ultraman Belial - Obtained from Don Nostra after killing him. Used to unseal Zoffy's Ultra Fusion Card by destroying it and release Maga-Orochi. It was later used by Gai Kurenai to transform into Ultraman Orb Thunder Breaster.

Trivia

 * His actor, Takaya Aoyagi, was meant to audition for the role of Gai Kurenai but he lost to Hideo Ishiguro. However much to his delight, he was appointed as Jugglus Juggler, who is also one of the series' main cast members. He wishes to enjoy his time acting throughout the series, wanting his friends' children to watch his acting.
 * This situation in fact foreshadows the similar incident that leads to the infamous battle between Gai and Juggler, as the latter was not being appointed as the chosen one instead of the former.
 * It is also possible that Takaya is a fan of Ultraman Gaia, having met and taken pictures with Takeshi Yoshioka, the actor/voice actor of Gamu Takayama/Ultraman Gaia.
 * In the series' opening, when Jugglus' true form was unveiled in the background, it was portrayed as a shadow with red eyes although the true coloration for these are blue.
 * During Z's debut, fans had mistaken him as the undisguised form of Jugglus Juggler due to the similarities he bears to Jugglus' silhouetted true form.
 * In an interview with Hideo Ishiguro, he was about to state the true goal of Jugglus Juggler, but before he could reveal anything, his words were censored by Ultraman's Specium Ray firing noise.
 * Assuming the name of his finisher from Ultraman Fusion Fight!, it may be implied that Jugglus is a Battōjutsu practitioner.
 * Ironically, although Juggler is a major villain, the only characters he's been seen to kill are other villains, the first two were because of an assassination plot, and the third was for an unknown motive.