Ultraman King

"I have many names, on many different planets. For example... Ultraman King. That is what the humans call me."

- Ultraman King to Ultraman Hikari, Ultraman Mebius Gaiden: Hikari Saga

Ultraman King (ウルトラマンキング) is the most powerful Ultra in his Universe meaning the Showa universe. He is the oldest Ultra, evident by his beard, ancient even before the creation of the Plasma Spark, which he helped construct. Legends existed of him across the universe, even in the neighboring Leo constellation, the location of Planet L77. His true origin is unknown though some speculate that he was born from a supernova, and he is the second oldest Ultraman of the entire multiverse, and the oldest in most of the canon universes.

Through out the the Ultra Series media concerning the Nebula M78 timeline, King is shown to be, and respected as, the "God" or Elder of all Ultra heroes, appearing when a situation is too great for the Ultra Brothers or when the Land of Light is in great danger. He is quite possibly the strongest of all the Ultras, having powers, other Ultras can only consider 'magical'. Some beings of light have sought him out themselves in order to obtain power so that they too could become Ultra Crusaders. King would test their hearts to show them if they were worthy of his help.

Despite the name, he is not the king of the Land of Light (being treated more like a God than a mere monarch) and he observes the evolution of the Space Garrison and the Ultra Brothers while meditating on a Planet where only he lives. Nevertheless, his decorated appearances on the Land of Light evoke a sense of Royalty about him, and he leads the Ultra Garrison from the Royal Palace, where the Plasma Spark resides. He is supposedly all powerful and undefeatable, and he is said to have similar origins as Ultraman Noa. Despite being called Ultraman King, he confirmed to Ultraman Hikari that he has many names, and that Ultraman King is not his real name, but he merely adopted it for his love of the human race.

Given his age, it is possible that he is one of the few living Ultras to have any living memory of the time before the creation of the Plasma Spark.

History
A legendary Ultraman from the Land of Light, King existed even before the Plasma Spark and was part of its construction team and is one of the Ultra Elders. He is seen as a god-like figure to the people of Nebula M78, Planet L77 and Planet U40. Before Leo encountered him, no Ultraman had ever seen him in the flesh, although he would appear to many other Ultras thereafter. He is extremely powerful in the appearances he has made, showing he is able to bring Ultraman Leo back to life after he'd been sawed to pieces by Commander Black without any effort. His age was reviewed to be 300,000 years in the 2003 movie New Century Ultraman Legend 2003: King's Jubilee, but the chronological order of this work is unclear. He usually lives alone on an unmanned planet Kingstone. Also, in "Ultraman Mebius Gaiden Hikari Saga" he lived on the unmanned planet Twirl and was disguised as a mysterious old man.

Ultraman Leo
After Ultraman Taro's time on Earth, King began to watch one of the last survivors of planet L77, Ultraman Leo, as he defeated monsters with little beyond his fighting skills. During Leo's fight with Alien Pressure, King came to Earth himself and assisted Leo, defeating Pressure and giving Leo his Mantle as a weapon that would help him out in later battles.

"The key is no concern. You have nearly killed the man, who could become the seventh Ultra Brother. You nearly killed Leo!"

- King to Ultra Brothers King returned to Earth months later to reveal Alien Babarue, who disguised himself as Leo's brother Astra to steal the Ultra Key, which was later safely returned.

When Leo was killed by Alien Bunyo, Ultraman King revived him, then urged Leo on to continue his desperate defense of Planet Earth. He then proceeded to observe Leo's final battle alongside Seven from the Land of Light.

Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle


Most likely in an alternate universe, Ultraman King gave permission to send Ultraman to Earth.

Ultraman Hikari Saga
Ultraman Hikari searched for power to save Arb, and heard it would be granted to him by a powerful being, who was revealed to be Ultraman King. King gave him the Knight Brace, because his heart was pure. He later warned Hikari not to fight on Arb because of his anger, but Hikari disobeyed, and hence gained the Hunter Knight Tsurugi Armor.

Ultraman Mebius Gaiden: Armored Darkness
Ultraman King appeared in this special to motivate the former crew of GUYS, Ryu Aihara not to give up hope when they were battling Armored Darkness.

Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie
Long ago Ultraman single-handedly defeated Ultraman Belial and formed the Land of Light's moon around him to imprison him in a matter of seconds. He is later seen watching over Ultraman Zero’s training with Ultraman Leo. It was also Ultraman King who explained to Zero the truth of his "exile" and that his father is Ultraseven. When Seven’s eye slugger was sent as an S.O.S., Ultraman King sent Zero and the Leo Brothers to the battle. Later, after Belial is defeated by Zero, he gives a speech to all of the assembled Ultras in the Land of Light.

Ultraman Zero The Movie: Super Deciding Fight! The Belial Galactic Empire
Despite not making a major appearance, he briefly appeared in the end of the movie, returning to the Land of Light along with the Space Garrison after Belial's army have been defeated.

Ultraman Ginga
While the Ultras fought various evil aliens and monsters in what would be known as the Dark Spark War, King was one of the few Ultras seemingly absent. King is one of the Ultras whose fate in the war and its aftermath is unknown, as there has been no appearance of his Spark Doll. Regardless, with Lugiel's defeat all the Spark Dolls were free of their curse and returned from whence they came.

Ultraman Ginga S Movie
Despite not making a real appearance in this movie, he was seen in a flashback. However, sometime before the movie, Ultraman King created the Ultra Fusion Brace. He entrusted it to Zero to go to Earth in order to pass it to Hikaru.

Ultra Fight Victory
Sensing the revival of an ancient evil, King called Ace, Hikari and the Leo brothers, to undertake missions to stop this event. Hikari was tasked with going to Earth and protecting the Victorium Core from Yapool, the Leo brothers were sent to the planet where Juda was reviving, and Ace was sent to rescue Ultraman Ginga from Ace Killer.

Pre-Ultraman Geed
"The Universe was almost destroyed once. The one who saved it was an old guy named Ultraman King. The Universe was like your body, on the verge of death. We Ultramen can fuse our bodies with someone to heal them. But the whole Universe... It was just too big. It wasn't destroyed, but Old Man King is now dispersed throughout the entire cosmos. You can call out to him, but there's no response."

- Zero as he recounted the events of Crisis Impact.

Nineteen years ago, King responded to the Toba family's desire for their unborn child's health. King healed the unborn child allowing Laiha to be born, but also causing her to develop the symptoms of a Little Star bearer earlier than the events of the Childhood Radiation spread. King appeared at the end of the war with Belial, when the evil Ultra triggered Crisis Impact and used his powers to bond with the entire universe to undo the damage.

Ultraman Geed
King was still unresponsive when Zero visited Earth six years later. After Geed was absorbed by Chimeraberos, Laiha went to the hospital where she was born after learning from Zero it was the epicenter of the Crisis Impact. Due to King's intervention, Laiha successfully rescued Geed/Riku from Chimerberos. King's Little Star was delivered to Geed as Geed finished Belial for good with his Royal Mega-Master Form.

Statistics

 * Height: 58 m
 * Weight: 56,000 t
 * Age: Over 300,000 years
 * Flight Speed: Mach 20
 * Running Speed: Mach 3
 * Jump Distance: 500 m
 * Brute Strength: 100,000 t

Physical Attributes

 * Head Sphere (頭の球体): King's crown like crest, it grants him omniscience to the universes' events.
 * King's Red Eyes (キングレッドアイ): King's Red eyes have sight around ten thousand times better than those of normal Ultras. They instantly see through disguises.
 * Beard (髭): Facial hair begins to grow on Ultras of at least 40,000 years of age.
 * Color Timer (カラータイマ): King possesses two red gemstones on his body, the first of which appears to glow at certain times, and may be his colour timer.
 * Great Protector (グレートプロテクター): Able to emit energy, the shoulder armor on King.
 * Ultra Great Medal (ウルトラ大勲章): The belt on King's waist that bears his name.


 * Weapons


 * King Hammer (キングハンマー): Ultraman King can shrink or grow opponents by shaking his hammer in a whacking fashion. His hammer can also be used as a physical weapon.
 * Ultra Mantle (ウルトラマント): Ultraman King's cape can conjure up objects and stop/fizzle out incoming projectile attacks with the item. This item was given to Leo, but was later returned to him.

Trivia

 * Despite being one of the strongest Ultra Warriors to exist, according to an Ultraman Encyclopedia in 2001, while rescuing Astra from Alien Magma's captive, he failed to destroy the Magmatic Chain that was holding Astra on his left thigh. This cause Astra to wear the chain for the remainder of his life, at the same time proving that even the King himself has limits on his own powers.
 * A young King appeared in the cartoon Andro Melos under the name 'Pico'.
 * Ultraman King's first voice actor Motomu Kiyokawa also voiced Alien Babarue in the Leo and Mebius incarnation.
 * Ultraman King is one of the few Ultras who has never been defeated by any Kaiju or another Ultra.
 * However, in non-canon Mangas, King, is seen being bruised and battered by King Jackal.
 * Although never truly stated in the series, King is more than likely the strongest of all the Ultras. While his title of 'God of Ultra Heroes' is known to show his relationship with the M78 Ultras.
 * He was dubbed as "Uncle Ultraman" in Space Warriors 2000.
 * Ultraman King is the first Official Ultra to have full facial hair, he has a beard where as Father of Ultra has only sideburns. Ultraman Chuck who is partially designed after him also has a full beard.
 * Ultraman King is the first Ultra without light yellow eyes. His are red.
 * Ultraman King is the first and only good Ultra to have red eyes. The second Ultra to have red eyes is Chaos Ultraman.
 * In Ultra Fight Victory, Ultraman King is sometimes shown with orange eyes. This makes him the second true Ultra to have this eye colour, and also the only good Ultra to have it. The other and the first Ultra with orange eyes is Ultraman Belial.
 * In episode 50 of the Ultraman Leo TV series, King is shown with a silver and violet Ultra Mantle.
 * Ultraman King is the first to sport colors other than red or silver. He has purple markings and gold jewelry.
 * One thing in question is his origins, Mebius said that his people became Ultras two hundred and seventy thousand (270,000) years ago, yet King is at least three hundred thousand (300,000) years old meaning he had existed for at least thirty thousand years before the Plasma Spark was created. It is possible that his origins are similar to that of Ultraman Noa.
 * It appears that in Ultraman Ginga, King is the only Ultra spared the fate of becoming a Spark Doll.
 * Besides sealing Ultraman Belial, in one of the mangas, King sealed away King Jackal in a black hole.
 * It is a long held fan theory that the Elder of Planet U40, is Ultraman King in human form, and proof that he can travel between universes. This is thus far unconfirmed.

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