Renki

"Why did you disturb us!"

- Renki's quote when awakened

Renki (戀鬼) is a samurai ghost in the series, Ultraman Cosmos in episode 18 "The Legend of Mt. Nibito".

Subtitle: Ghost Demon (怨霊鬼)

Stats

 * Height: 49 m
 * Weight: 48,000 t
 * Origin: Northeast Region, Kono Village

Ultraman Cosmos
Sometime ago a civil war raged within Japan. Two lovers, a soldier general and a princess from different sides fell in love with each other but they knowing that the war would keep them apart they commited suicide. But their spirits could not find peace and together they formed the ghostly samurai, Renki and terrorized Japan, but a samurai named Kagetatsu Nishikida appeared and seal the restless spirits beneath the ground sealed by a magic stone.

As time passed and now in the modern era, two developers destroyed the seal in order to create a dam, freeing Renki to terrorize Japan in the modern era. With attacks from Team EYES and Ultraman Cosmos proven ineffective, Shinobu appears, telling the samurai that falling in love would not be easy as expected and a lot of obstacles had been went through for lovers to achieve their happiness. Touched by her words, Renki disappeared with the two deceased lovers' spirits finally rest in peace.

Trivia

 * When both lovers commited suicide to obtain each others' happiness, it is similar to Romeo and Juliet from the novel itself written by William Shakespear.
 * Like Zamusher, who would appear in Ultraman Mebius' time Renki takes the appearance of a giant swordsman.
 * He is also similar to Sakunaoni since they are ghosts with swordmanship ability and defeated by the same enemy.
 * Renki is the second monster after Hoe to be made from a combination from love and vengeance.

Powers and Weapons

 * Intangibility : Being a ghost, Renki is capable of phasing through attacks even for Cosmos' Luna Shootless.
 * Katana : Based on one of the lover's past as a general/samurai, Renki is armed with a katana.