Kyuranos



Kyuranos (キュラノス - Kyuranosu) is a monster that appeared in the TV series, Ultraman Tiga. He appeared in episode 33.

Subtitle: Mythical Bloodsucking Beast (吸血魔獣 - Kyūketsu majū)

Powers/Abilities

 * Hurricane Winds : By flapping his giant wings, Kyuranos can generate large and powerful gusts of wind.
 * Victim Mind Control : If Kyuranos bites a victim, he can control their actions by flashing his eyes.
 * Flight : Kyuranos can fly at high speeds thanks to his giant wings.
 * Darkness Shroud : Kyuranos can generate dark clouds to block out the brightness of the sun.

Weakness
Being a Vampire, if Kyuranos is exposed to sunlight long enough, he will die. Kyuranos's eyes are also extremely weak and can be easily damaged by lasers.

History
Kyuranos was a Vampire Bat monster that had lived and originated in South America. Influencing several humans who were infected by a virus that transformed them into Vampires as well, Kyuranos took the vampires and fled to Japan to hide in darkness. After GUTS caught on of their presence, they infitrated their lair of an abandoned night club and fought with the rogue vampires as Daigo was captures by Kyuranos himself. Just as Kyuranos was about make Daigo one of his many followers, sunlight was shined upon him and angered Kyuranos greatly. Realizing his vampires were all killed by GUTS, Kyuranos covered Japan in darkness and emerged from his lair to take care of GUTS himself. Luckily Daigo escaped Kyuranos's lair and transformed into Ultraman Tiga to confront the Vampire God himself. During the fight however, Kyuranos managed to bite Tiga and used his Hypnotic powers to force the Ultra into damaging himself in their fight. With the assistance of a drunk man who was a former sergant (whose daughter was one of Kyuranos's victims,) Kyuranos's eyes were permanently blinded by GUTS's weapons, freeing Tiga from his control. Kyuranos tried to flee the fight with his life, but was stopped by Tiga's Paralysis Ray and then destroyed by his Zepellion Ray, freeing Japan from his Dark Clouds.

Trivia

 * Kyuranos's story and episode is similar to that of the Ultraman Jack monster, Draculas. it is possibly that Kyuranos was to pay tribute to the monster.