Yanakargi

Yanakagi (ヤナカーギー - Yanakagi) is a kaiju featured in the TV series, Ultraman Tiga. He appeared in episode 49 of the series. ''Somerimes he incorectlly named Yanakargi.

Subtitle: Space Dinosaur (宇宙恐竜 - Uchū Kyōryū)

Powers/Weapons:

 * Energy Consumption : Yanakagi can consume the energy of his opponents by siphoning directly it into his mouth

History
A Giant Alien beast that caught the attention of Alien Charija. However, the alien arrived too late and had to warp back to the 60s to find the beast. The monster lay sleeping in Lake Ryugamori and Chajira quickly released the monster and set it to destroy the nearby town. Daigo however, who had followed the alien, transformed into Ultraman Tiga and engaged the monster. Surprisingly, the beast quickly overpowered Tiga, and locked him into submission and started to sap away the ultraman's energy. But then help arrived from none other than Ultraman himself. After driving Yanakagi away, Ultraman replenished Tiga's energy. The two then finished off the monster with their Specium and Zepellion beams, destroying the monster and forcing Chajira to flee.

Trivia

 * Suit actor: Toshio Miyake
 * Yanakagi's appearance and role are very similar to the monster Bemular as this alien monster was chased to Earth by Ultraman as well. It is possible that Yanakagi was to pay tribute to Bemular as at the time it was Ultraman's 30th anniversary.
 * Yanakagi was created from a modified Goldras suit.
 * Yanakagi shares the same subtitle as Zetton.
 * Yanakagi is Okinawan for "Plain Woman."