Ultraman Rosso

Ultraman Rosso (ウルトラマンロッソ) is one of the two main heroes of Ultraman R/B, and is the elder brother of Ultraman Blu and Ultrawoman Grigio.

Etymology
His name means "Red" in Italian, which refers to his main form's body color being red.

Pre-Ultraman R/B
"You must... live..."

- Rosso's and Blu's last word to Saki In the past, three warriors from Planet O-50 were sent to defeat Reugosite, a planet-eating monster that destroyed everything in its path. The three warriors lost to Reugosite, and they crashed landed on Earth, the planet they were trying to protect. The two giants of light disappeared and left behind their sister, Saki Mitsurugi.

1300 years ago, a meteor crashed down in what became Ayaka City, creating a massive crater and unleashing Grigio Bone. According to legend, the Ultraman siblings, Rosso and Blu fought it but ultimately lost, scattering the R/B Crystals and leaving their power laying dormant in the lands of Ayaka City. As revealed by Saki, the legend was false and Grigio was the third warrior who helped them fend off Reugosite long ago.

The Beginning of Ultraman and Orb Dark's Attack
In the present day, Rosso and Blu return to protect Ayaka City from monster attacks and bonded with Minato brothers - Katsumi and Isami after rescuing them from Grigio Bone's assault. Although already having Taro and Ginga Crystals, others were added to their arsenal for Type Change and attack enhancements. The instigator of monster attacks, Makoto Aizen, made himself known and fought them by exploiting a R/B Crystal's power to become Ultraman Orb Dark. After training in the mountains and obtaining the Victory Crystal, the brothers avenge their initial defeat with Rosso's new form, Ground, while Blu delivers the finishing blow.

Battle Against Horoboros
Their next great challenge came in the form of Horoboros, who was able to deflect every finisher fired at it, despite now having the power of the Orb Ring NEO. Despite their efforts, Rosso and Blu were outmatched by the monster. Defeated, the Orb Ring NEO was taken from the brothers by Makoto Aizen, who transformed into Orb Dark once again. After Orb Dark's seeming victory against the monster, and Makoto's unleashing of Bezelb, the brothers transform again and destroy the Bezelb and prepared to fight Orb Dark, but were interrupted by the return of Horoboros, who was then evolved into its Bipedal form by Saki Mitsurugi. Horoboros managed to defeat all three Ultras before returning to its R/B Crystal. The next day, Horoboros returned and the brothers faced yet another tough battle, with all their tactics failing. They were on the losing end until Asahi arrived. She cheered them on and, hearing her prayers, the Orb Ring NEO returned itself back to the two Ultraman brothers, who used the Triple Origium Ray to finally defeat Horoboros.

The Power of Brothers Become One
After that, they were faced by a vengeful Cereza, who transformed into Grigio King via Saki's Gyro. The brothers try their best but they are unable to defeat Grigio King, exhausting all of their techniques. As a final resort, they tried to use Ultraman's and Ultraman Belial's Crystals, but to only be rejected by them.The brothers return the next day after a short recovery period, but even with a new strategy, they were unable to defeat Grigio King until Asahi reminded them of their mother's words - that when the two of them are together, they can do anything. With that, they managed to unlock the power of Ultraman's and Belial's Crystals, which allowed them to fuse into a more powerful being known as Ultraman Ruebe, who fought Grigio King and finally destroyed it.

Reugosite's Arrival
Unable to convince Saki out of her plan, Katsumi and Isami transform into Rosso and Blu to stop her from going back to Aizen Tech, having transformed into Grigio Regina to do so. Not wanting to kill her, Rosso and Blu were careful not to hurt her too much, though Saki did not reciprocate their sentiments. Unable to do much individually, the brothers fused into Ultraman Ruebe. Surprisingly, even the Ruebe Vortex Buster was ineffective against Grigio Regina and he was defeated.

Ultraman Hit Song History New Generation
In this music album, Rosso and Blu were recruited by Ultraman Zero to fight against Etelgar and free the New Generation Ultras from his captivity.

Stats

 * Height: 52 m
 * Weight: 45,000 t
 * Weakness: Like all Ultras, Rosso is subjected to the three-minutes limit. On occasion, he will revert back to human form even when the time is not up. It also appears that, like the Riser, the R/B Gyro has to cool down before Katsumi can transform again.

Body Features

 * Color Timer (カラータイマー): Rosso possesses a circle shaped Color Timer.
 * Ultra Armor: Rosso has the standard Ultra Armor.
 * Protectors (プロテクター): Rosso possess protectors on his chest area that represents the element of the form he is in.

Transformation
Katsumi takes a R/B Crystal from the R/B Crystal Holder and flips out the side horns of the crystal. He then inserts the crystal and the R/B Gyro opens. The Gyro is placed at chest level and the handles are pulled twice. Katsumi then thrusts the Gyro forward and pulls the handles one last time and places the Gyro on his chest, before transforming utilizing the elemental power of the crystal. When swapping crystals with Isami, instead of getting the crystal from the holder, the new crystal will appear and fall from above. The same sequence continues afterwards.

Standard Abilities

 * Weapons


 * R/B Slugger Rosso (ルーブスラッガーロッソ): Rosso is able to summon a pair of daggers from his crests when fighting against his opponents.
 * Cross Slugger (クロススラッガー): Rosso and Blu simultaneously deliver an "X" shaped slash at the enemy, destroying them.
 * Deflection: By slashing at an incoming attack, the R/B Slugger can deflect it.
 * Energy Slash: The R/B Slugger Rosso is able to fire a red energy slash while redirecting a missed R/B Slugger Blu energy slash.
 * Energy Ball: Used in Ultraman Fusion Fight!, Rosso can launch a ball of energy by swinging the R/B Sluggers in a cross formation.
 * Elemental Powers: The R/B Slugger Rosso is able to channel the power of Rosso's current elemental form into several abilities.
 * Grind Rocks (グラインドロックス): Stabbing the ground with both his Sluggers, Rosso Ground turns the stone underneath into a massive cloud of dust and sand.
 * R/B Crystal Powers: Using R/B Crystals, Rosso can perform finishing attacks with his R/B Slugger. Their appearance/color/element seems to change with Rosso's own form.
 * Zero Twin Slicer (ゼロツインスライサー): Using the power of the Zero Crystal, Rosso charges up energy before firing two cutter beams, one from either dagger.
 * Xanadium Sonic (ザナディウムソニック): Using the power of the X Crystal, Rosso creates a green X symbol and sends it flying towards the target.
 * Cross Spark Shoot (クロススパークシュート): Using the power of the Ginga Crystal, Rosso fires a stream of water at the opponent.
 * Twin Storium Slasher (ツインストリウムスラッシャー): A special attack using the power of the Taro Crystal. It is presumably based on Ultraman Taro's Storium Ray.
 * Double Emerium Edge (ダブルエメリウムエッジ): A special attack using the power of the Seven Crystal. It is presumably based on Ultraseven's Emerium Ray.
 * Aero Double Slicer (エアロダブルスライサー): A special attack using the power of the Tiga Crystal. It is presumably based on Ultraman Tiga's Tiga Slicer.
 * Victorium Cross (ビクトリウムクロス): A special attack using the power of the Victory Crystal.

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Trivia

 * Designer: Masayuki Goto.
 * When injured, Rosso appears to bleed red, rather than the light-like blood of most Ultras. This is likely a reference to Ultraman Taro, who Rosso gains his powers from, bleeding after being injured by Birdon.
 * Rosso pointed out on Zero that his Zero Sluggers resembles cat ears, to which Blu also agreed. This is ironic, as it was Rosso's crests that have such resemblance. Orb Dark/Makoto/Cereza mentions this resemblance as well.
 * Pertaining to the use of the Taro Crystal for his main Flame form, Rosso is also the 6th New Generation Ultra discounting Ultraman Ginga Victory, while Taro was the 6th Ultra Brother.
 * According to Makoto/Cereza's observations and analysis, Katsumi/Rosso's stats are, as of episode 8:
 * Power: 2
 * Speed: 0
 * Defense: 2
 * Technique: 1
 * Stamina: 2
 * Finisher: 1
 * Looks: 1
 * Style: 1
 * Intelligence: 2
 * Mental: 1
 * Aura: 0
 * Mysterious: 2