Ultraman X (character)

"An unknown giant.... That means... we should call him... X. Ultraman X."

- Shotaro Kamiki and Daichi Ozora, Voice from the Starry Sky

Ultraman X (ウルトラマン) is the main hero of his series, with a human host named Daichi Ozora. While not in transformed state, he resides in the X Devizer, communicating with Daichi over time.

Appearance
X has a similar appearance to Ultraman Tiga, but with red, smaller crests on the side and unique armor. He has glowing circles for ears, and an X shaped color timer. He is red, light grey and silver, in the style of classic Ultras, yet similar to them, as his height is around 40 ~ 50 m.

He as well may be considered as odd-one-out compared to other Ultras before him, due to his futuristic design. His hemispheric-shaped ears suspiciously enough resembles headphones, a trait that is notable by fans.

Etymology
X's name might be an abbreviation of the prefix "Exo-" meaning outside in Greek. According to Daichi, his name indicates the Ultra as an unidentified warrior on Earth, as he is listed beyond categorization and thus the name "Ultraman X". His name may also be an abbreviation of the Greek word "Xenos" meaning stranger, since no one on Earth has ever encountered a being like him.

Ultraman X
Sometime ago, Ultraman X fought against an unknown purplish figure in his Flash Travel mode. X emerged victorious, when he knocked his opponent to the sun but this became his undoing, which initiated a solar flare that bathed the Earth in a purple light and awakened Spark Dolls from beneath the Earth. As a result from the battle, X's body was digitized and sent to Earth. During his time on space, he received a strange frequency that originated from Daichi, his future human host.

Fifteen years later, when the monster Demaaga rampaged on a city, he rescued and bonded with a Xio officer Daichi Ozora, where his body was finally re-materialized. X and Daichi where able to confront and destroy Demaaga. After the battle, X seeks Daichi's help in recovering his old physical body as the latter agrees to do so. Starting from his fight with Birdon, X gains the MonsArmor ability from Alien Fanton Guruman, allowing him to use the power of Cyber Kaiju. However in spite of the MonsArmor, when in a fight against a terrorist Zarab's Bemstar, X was eaten alive along with Daichi, and was eventually rescued by Wataru Kazama and Hayato Kijima and the rest of Xio.

On one mission, he met an Ultraman from another dimension, Ultraman Zero whom was hunting down Alien Nackle Bandero. X assist the Ultra after a Lab Team member, Rui, was accidentally brought along by Bandero, whom wanted their Spark Dolls. After the ordeal ended, Ultraman Zero bids farewell to Ultraman X, who hopes that they will meet again some other time. Not long after Zero return to his home, Gargorgon arrived on Earth in search of the Alien Gold named tE-rU. X and Xio fought along tE-rU against Gargorgon and almost defeated her, until she fired her petrification ray attack at tE-rU, and X threw himself in the way and was turned to stone. tE-rU used Rudian and Xio's help to free X by damaging Gargorgon's center eye. X then used the newly created Bemstar Monsarmor to destroy Gargoron.

X had another encounter with an Ultraman from a different space. When Tokyo was being plagued by a Zetton, X and Daichi attempted to use the Zetton Monsarmor to combat it. But before X could do anything after acquiring the new Monsarmor, he was attacked by a virus placed on the armor by the Zetton's master Alien Sran Quila. Quila had infected X's armor as part of a grand scheme to lure out Ultraman Max and enact revenge on him. Upon Max's arrival on the battle fled, Quila controlled X through the Monsarmor, forcing him to assist Zetton in beating down Ultraman Max. Daichi use the power of Cyber Eleking to destroy Quila's virus, and so X broke free from his control. With their combined powers X and Max destroy Quila and his Zetton.

After the battle Max encouraged X to always have faith in others as doing so is the source of strength of the Ultramen. Max's power would be put to use by Ultraman X, whom used it against the Pedanian robot, King Joe.

During the Guar Army's invasion, a strange dark energy frequently appears, which was given the name Dark Thunder Energy. The army launched another Demaaga, which was empowered by a Dark Energy and had X on the ropes. Eventually, he was forced to separate with Daichi at the cost of his own body lost in cyberspace. After Daichi manages to rescue him with his new found Xlugger, the Ultraman returned to real world and gained a new form, Exceed X. Despite its capability to overwhelm Demaaga and purify it, but it was unable to catch up with one of the army's leader, Mold Spectre until Daichi received a swordsmanship training from Shou/Ultraman Victory. During their battle with Guar Army, Ginga joined the fray, having destroyed a majority of their armada and finally with Xio's help, defeated the army and their leader.

Stats

 * Height: 45 m
 * Exceed X: 47 m
 * Weight: 45,000 t
 * MonsArmor forms: 55,000 t
 * Exceed X: 47,000 t
 * w/ Beta Spark Armor: 66,000 t
 * Age: Unknown
 * Time Limit: Unknown
 * Flight Speed: Mach 9
 * Running Speed: Mach 2

Features

 * Color Timer: A unique X-Shaped Color Timer. It will turn yellow when X uses the Xanadium ray or when he Mons/Cyber Armors.
 * Ultra Armor: Like most Ultras, X wields the Ultra Armor.

Transformation
To transform, Daichi firstly places his hand on top of the X Devizer converting it into it's X mode, manifesting Ultraman X's Spark Doll and he scans it after scanning it, an "X" symbol appears. The Devizer then declares that the user(Daichi) is going to unite with Ultraman X. Daichi than raises the item in the air and shouts "X! ". When the transformation into X is complete, the Devizer says "X, Unite!"

Forms
{{#tag:tabber| Original= Original Form

Standard Attacks

 * X Slash (Xスラッシュ): X can conjure up an energy arrow projectile as an attack.
 * X Double Slash (Xダブルスラッシュ): Second variant of X Slash.
 * Ultraman X Punch (ウルトラマンエックスパンチ): A punch attack, the strength level is unknown.
 * Ultraman X Kick (ウルトラマンエックスキック): A kick attack, the strength level is unknown.
 * X Cross Kick (Xクロスキック): A flying kick attack that produces enough friction that it sets X's foot on fire. It then causes an "X" shaped explosion on contact.
 * X Barrier Wall (Xバリアウォール): Energy barrier used for defense, it is strong enough to withstand EX Gomora's energy blast powered by the Dark Thunder Energy.
 * X Barrier Dome (Xバリアドーム): Energy dome used for defense. Can also be used for quarantine purposes, first demonstrate to entrap Houlinga and prevent its pollen from spreading.
 * MonsArmor (モンスアーマー): By scanning the Cyber Cards, Ultraman X can fuse himself with chosen Cyber Kaiju armaments. If you notice, X's color timer turns yellow like when he charges his Xanadium Ray.
 * Self Digitization: X can transform himself into a mass of computer data for easy transportation in space. This form allows him to inhabit technologies such as Daichi's Xio Devizer, turning it into X Devizer. However, as a result of the Ultra Flare, he is permanently trapped in the digitized state, and thus only be able to return to his physical form when transformed by Daichi.
 * Flash Travel: Like all Ultras, X is capable of using red sphere as a transportation. However, instead of turning himself into a red ball, he instead encases himself in a huge one. Also according to X, this is also a form of digitization he used.
 * Attacker X (アタッカーX): X coats himself with in a burning flame and releases an "X" shaped fire to the enemy.
 * X Cross Chop (Xクロスチョップ): X charges his right arm with a blue energy, then slashes an "X" projection at the target before pushing and turn it into a blast.
 * Purify Wave (ピュリファイウェーブ): An energy wave which used to expel specified ailments from the target. Purify Wave can also seal darkness as shown when X, Ginga and Victory destroyed Mold Spectre's dark portal.

Finisher

 * Xanadium Ray (ザナディウム光線): X can fire a ray of light from his hands. He does this by raising his right hand to absorb energy, then swings it to his left hand and perform an "X" hand position to fire the attack. X can also perform the Xanadium Ray in the air by generating a digital platform,which he stands on, he then performs it normally. Those whom stand in its path would be transformed into Spark Dolls.

Exceed X= Ultraman Exceed X

"X just... Evolved!"

- Mamoru Mikazuki

Ultraman Exceed X (ウルトラマンエクシードX) is a new form change, accessed and utilized by the use of Exlugger.

Techniques

 * Xlugger (エクスラッガー): Ultraman Exceed X's main weapon, this blade can be kept on his crest or removed as a weapon.
 * Energy Slash: Exceed X can launch energy blasts at high speeds.

Techniques via Xlugger

 * Exceed X Slash (エクシードクスラッシュ): Daichi firstly slides the panel upwards 3 times, he then places his hand on the bottom of the Xlugger. Later, Exceed X traps the target in a rainbow-like pocket dimension and does a charge attack that quickly slices the enemy. Used to reduce Tsurugi Demaaga back to Demaaga.
 * Exceed Slash (エクシードスラッシュ): Activated by sliding the panel upwards 2 times and pressing the button in the hilt. By doing that, Exceed X unleashes a series of slash attacks that greatly injures the enemy and maybe even destroying them.
 * Xlugger Shoot (エクスラッガーシュート): When the Exlugger is in a stationery position, Exceed X can unleash an Emerium Ray-themed attack from it by sliding the panel downwards once and pressing the button on the hilt.

Physical Techniques

 * Exceed Illusion (エクシードイリュージョン): Exceed X splits into four clones( red, yellow, purple, blue) each one of those clones will attack the enemy by sliding the panel upwards 3 times and pressing the button on the hilt.

Armaments= {{#tag:tabber| MonsArmor= {{#tag:tabber| Gomora= Gomora Armor {{Quote|Cyber Gomora, Now Load: Cyber Gomora Armor, Active!|Transformation Announcement}} {{nihongo|Gomora Armor|ゴモラアーマー|Gomora Āmā}} is an armament utilized by Ultraman X after scanning Cyber Gomora's card. His shoulder pads were designed on Gomora's horns, thus giving the appearance of Gomora's head if combined with the armor's vest.

Techniques

 * Huge Claws: Ultraman X gained a pair of Cyber Gomora's claws that helped him in melee combat.
 * Digital Shield: Cyber Gomora's claws are capable of using as shields. As shown, when Ultraman X covers himself with gauntlet, the "G" logo shines and releases digital walls that hold incoming attacks before tossing them aside.

Finisher

 * Gomora Oscillatory Wave (ゴモラ振動波): Similar finisher attack that made by the Reionyx Gomora. Ultraman X first charge several energies from his claws and launches it at the enemy.

Eleking= Eleking Armor "Cyber Eleking Now Load: Cyber Eleking Armor, Active!"

- Transformation Announcement

Eleking Armor (エレキングアーマー) is an armament utilized by Ultraman X after scanning Cyber Eleking's card. X's left shoulder pad was given the design of Cyber Eleking's head but its antennae were altered, thus giving the appearance of a canine. With the appearance of Eleking's cannon on X's right arm, the design stimulates the appearance of an eel.

Techniques

 * Blaster Cannon: Ultraman X gained one of Cyber Eleking's blasters that grants him advantage in long ranged combat.
 * Electric Lasso: Ultraman X can launch an electric rope which capable of capturing his enemies.

Finisher

 * Eleking Electric Shockwave (エレキング電撃波): Energy attack unleashed by the Blaster Cannon.

Bemstar= Bemstar Armor "Cyber Bemstar Now Load: Cyber Bemstar Armor, Active!"

- Transformation Announcement

Bemstar Armor (ベムスターアーマー) is an armament utilized by Ultraman X after scanning Cyber Bemstar's card. Aside from that, half of the "X" symbol on his chest faces forward, suspiciously resembling Bemstar's beak.

Techniques

 * Arm Shield (アームシールド): In addition to his Cyber Bemstar armor, X gains a shield which resembles that of the monster's gorge. This weapon can be used as a makeshift claw, pile bunker and boomerang.

Finisher

 * Bemstar Spout (ベムスタースパウト): X firstly absorb the incoming attack of an enemy, then stabs the head of the shield onto the ground or if he is in the air, he can just aim his shield at the enemy which redirects it's attack back to them. First used to redirect Gargorgon's petrification ray back to her.

Zetton= Zetton Armor "Cyber Zetton Now Load: Cyber Zetton Armor, Active!"

- Transformation Announcement

Zetton Armor (ゼットンアーマー) is an armament utilized by Ultraman X after scanning Cyber Zetton's card. X gains Cyber Zetton's arms and chest, also noted that his shoulder guards resembles that of Zetton's feelers. It was originally meant to use against the real Zetton but Alien Sran Quila activated a hidden malware that enslaved X as part of the plan to enact his revenge on Ultraman Max until Daichi purified the card with Cyber Eleking.

This form first appear at Ultraman Festival 2015 along with Skedon and Denpagon Armors but makes a proper debut in the series in episode 8.

Techniques

 * Arm Cannon: X gains a pair of huge gloves which capable of acting as cannons.
 * Rebound Beam: Though not absorbing attacks first, X can unleash a similar beam used by Zetton.
 * Zetton Shutter (ゼットンシャッター): X can create a diamond-shaped barrier which capable of holding off attacks.
 * Teleportation: X can temporarily digitize himself and reappears at a different spot.

Finishers

 * Zetton Tornado (ゼットントルネード): Using the Zetton Shutter, X forms a huge crystal shard as he flies and spins before ramming the opponent.
 * Zetton Flaming Bullet (ゼットン火炎弾): A finisher attack made by launching an average-size fireball.

Skedon= Skedon Armor "Cyber Skedon Now Load: Cyber Skedon Armor, Active!"

- Transformation Announcement

Skedon Armor (スケドンアーマー) is an armament utilized by Ultraman X after scanning Cyber Skedon's card.

This form debuted at Ultraman Festival 2015 along with Zetton and Denpagon Armors.

Techniques

 * Arm Cannon: X is armed with an arm cannon that shaped like Cyber Skedon's head.

Finisher

 * Skedon Special Beam (スケドンスペシャルビーム): Finisher ray launched by the arm cannon.

Denpagon= Denpagon Armor "Cyber Denpagon Now Load: Cyber Denpagon Armor, Active!"

- Transformation Announcement

Denpagon Armor (デンパゴンアーマー) is an armament utilized by Ultraman X after scanning Cyber Denpagon's card.

This form debuted at Ultraman Festival 2015 along with Zetton and Skedon Armors.

Powers and Weapons

 * Arm Drill : X is armed with Cyber Denpagon's drill on his right hand.

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Cyber Armor= Cyber Armor (サイバーアーマー) is an alternate form of armor created by Dr. Guruman where X only arms himself with a power-up of a Cyber Card rather than fusion of a Cyber Kaiju. Commonly, these armors are analogous to past Ultramen. {{#tag:tabber| Zero= Ultraman Zero Armor {{Quote|Ultimate Zero, Now Load: Ultimate Zero Armor, Active!|Transformation announcement}} {{nihongo|Ultraman Zero Armor|ウルトラマンゼロアーマー|Urutoraman Zero Āmā}} is an armament utilized by Ultraman X after scanning Ultimate Zero's card. This form is based on Ultraman Zero's Ultimate Zero form, where X gains access to a replica of the {{nihongo|Ultimate Aegis|ウルティメイトイージス|Urutimeito Ījisu}} armor. Alternatively, this form is also called as {{nihongo|Ultimate Zero Armor|ウルティメイトゼロアーマー|Urutimeito Zero Āmā}}, due to its corresponding card.

Techniques

 * Ultimate Zero Sword (ウルティメイトゼロソード): Based on said form of Ultraman Zero, X gains an arm blade.
 * Interdimensional Travel: Using the Zero Armor, X can travel to any dimension.

Finisher

 * Wide Zero Shot (ワイドゼロショット): A "L" style beam similar to Ultra Seven's Wide Shot.

Beta Spark= Beta Spark Armor Beta Spark Armor (ベータスパークアーマー) is the an armament utilized exclusively for Ultraman Exceed X. This armor also covers both of his legs and is an analogous to both Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga.

The right side of the armor represents Ultraman while the left side represent Ultraman Tiga.

Techniques

 * Beta Spark (ベータスパーク): A set of two items which represent the powers of Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga and can be combine into a single weapon.

Techniques via the Beta Spark

 * Beta Spark Sword (ベータスパークソード): The Beta Spark's sword mode, the X Spark Lens Act as a hilt while the X Beta Capsule becomes the blade.
 * Beta Spark Arrow (ベータスパークアロー): The Beta Spark's bow mode, with the X Spark Lens act as a bow and the X Beta Capsule becomes an arrow.

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Cyber Weapons= While all Cyber Kaiju cards provide MonsArmors, Type U (except Ultimate Zero) provides them with the past Ultramen's weapons or powers. {{#tag:tabber| Max Galaxy= Max Galaxy {{nihongo|Max Galaxy|マックスギャラクシー|Makkusu Gyarakushī}} can be utilized after Daichi scans the Ultraman Max card in the X Devizer

Techniques

 * Solar Energy Absorption: The Max Galaxy original purpose is to deliver extra solar energy to its user.
 * Galaxy Cannon (ギャラクシーカノン): A deadly ray from the Max Galaxy, more powerful than the Max Cannon.
 * Barrier Field (バリアフィールド): An energy beam from the Max Galaxy that erects a powerful shield.
 * Galaxy Sword (ギャラクシーソード): A blade of energy conjured from the Max Galaxy. The blade elongates and slashes down to the opponent.

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Trivia

 * Similar to Ultraman Mebius, X's rising scene would include him raising one hand to the screen before switching to the other hand.
 * When donning the MonsArmors, X has a problem with adjusting the armor, claiming it "heavy", meaning that he probably has low stamina.
 * During the Ultraman Festival 2015, a spandex suit was used instead of the original rubber version. What reason behind this is currently unknown, but among the theories are:
 * Spandex suits are more flexible than latex suits, giving the suit actor additional mobility.
 * The rubber suit is currently in use by the Tsuburaya Prod. for another filming project, forcing them to use said spandex.
 * X has the most armor forms, beating Ultraman Zero with four (not counting his stage show armors).
 * While not the first Ultra to fight as one with its host, X is the first shown to regularly talk to them during a fight. Gaia, Agul, and Nexus all had a similar situation as X, but none of them ever spoke.
 * Several of Ultraman X's MonsArmor forms resemble Digimon such as the following two:
 * Gomora Armor/WarGreymon: both wield huge arm guards with gigantic claws and WarGreymon's breast armor has rope cross, mirroring the Ultra's huge "X" symbol in said armor. Similarly, one of WarGreymon's previous evolution and Champion Form (ja: Adult Level), Greymon, is based on Gomora.
 * Eleking Armor/Omnimon (ja:Omegamon): the Cyber Eleking's head on the armor's left shoulder is designed to be more of a canine, resembling MetalGarurumon's part of said Digimon, and his Blaster Cannon is positioned on his right arm, just like the Garuru Cannon.
 * Ultraman X is the second Ultra whose timer is modeled after an English letter. The first was Victory whose timer is in the shape of a V.
 * X is the second Ultra whose color timer turns into another color other than red and blue. The first was Ultraman Powered.
 * Much like several of the members of Ultimate Force Zero, Ultraman X as well had several allusion to his voice actor's character in Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Graham Aker. As shown
 * Most of ESF Mobile Weapons piloted by Aker were known for having two head fins, which X also possess. Like the Ultraman, they are also empowered by solar energies.
 * When adopting alternate identity/form of Ultraman Exceed X and Mr. Bushido, they went through a swordsmanship training (X can be considered cheat as it was Daichi whom undergo the training instead). Interesting enough, one of the Mobile Weapons that Bushido piloted is Susanowo whom also turned out to be a silver-colored swordsman-type fighter.
 * They originally saw the characters voiced by Mamoru Miyano, Ultraman Zero and Setsuna F. Seiei as nuisances until they began to mutually respect each others.
 * X is the first Ultra whose Crest Weapon transforms to be used and vice versa.

Reference

 * http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-30/ultraman-x-tv-series-to-premiere-in-july/.87665
 * http://m-78.jp/x/character/