Ultraman Ginga (character)

Ultraman Ginga (ウルトラマンギンガ, Urutoraman Ginga) is the name of the newly revealed Ultraman. This Ultra will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Tsuburaya Company's Ultraman franchise and will star in New Ultraman Retsuden.

Leak and Reveal
Tsuburaya Productions registered the name "Ultraman Ginga" using the copyright database IPDL. According to TV Magazine, this Ultra would be revealed during the Ultraman Film Festival between April 12 to April 14th. In the reveal, it was known the new Ultraman will be featured in New Ultraman Retsuden in a 30 minute episode format, unlike Ultra Zero Fight, and is stated to last 13 episodes, it s unknown whether or not he is from the Nebula M78 universe or a whole new universe.

Etymology
The japanese word "Ginga" (銀河) means Galaxy in English.

Powers and Abilities
Very little is known of his powers, but that he can use action figures to obtain the powers of the being turned into it.

History
From the little that is known about the story, it is known that every Ultra and monster in the Ultraman multiverse have been converted to action figures, and fell on Earth as a meteorite shower. A young man named Hikaru Raido somehow finds the Galaxy Spark, which lets him combine with the action figures and possess the abilities of the being in the action figure.

Human Host
Ultraman Ginga's host is Hikaru Raido, a 17th year old high school student.

Transformation Item
Ultraman Ginga's human host uses the Ginga Spark to transform into Ultraman Ginga. The Ginga Spark also can make the scattered dolls into their correct size. Not only can it change the host into Ultraman Ginga but it can also change the host into an Ultra or Monster.

Trivia

 * So far, Ultraman Ginga is the Ultra with the youngest host. The Ultraman Cosmos, however met his host at the youngest age, Musashi.
 * Ultraman Ginga's transfomation to another Ultra or Monster similar to Kamen Rider Decade and the sentai Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.