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Musashi Haruno Ultraman Cosmos. Before his mother remarried, his name was Musashi Isohata .[1]
is the main protagonist ofPersonality[]
"The Defense Forces... No, not just them, even everyone from Team EYES only thinks of a militaristic way to win. Disputes between forces, the disputes are always going on and on and on. If there's some other way..."
- ―Musashi questioning the JADF army and Team EYES' way of ending the battle with an iron fist.
Musashi is known for his pacifistic personality as he never wants to solve things in an aggressive way. However, this also leads him to protest against Team EYES and the JADF when such aggressive actions are ordered. This also lead some Team EYES members to suspect him as Ultraman Cosmos due to his gentle and caring nature. During the final fight against Chaos Header, Musashi finally defeats the evil entity by purifying him, something which even Ultraman Cosmos never thought to do.
History[]
Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact[]
Meeting with Cosmos[]
Musashi Haruno was a fifth grader who dreamed of becoming an astronaut to honor his late father, Hiroyasu Isohata Basical, and revived him using sunlight. Cosmos then left him a blue gem which gave Musashi the ability to summon the power of the hero.
, who died in a rocket accident in 1993. One night he met Cosmos after his battle withBattle Against Basical[]
During Basical's raid on the city, Musashi tried to summon the hero but he couldn't. He was forced to watch as the alien invader destroyed everything in his path.
Later on, after Basical was awoken by Shark's Jets, Musashi managed to summon the blue and silver gentle hero. Cosmos then fought Basical and both of them were evenly matched until Baltan morphed into his second form: "Neo Baltan." He was overwhelmed until he transformed into Corona Mode and gained the upper hand, managing to overpower the alien invader. The hero then used the Naybuster Beam and managed to knock the alien down. The alien realized what he had done as he just wanted to let his offspring to live on. It failed and he killed himself in grief. Just before he died, Cosmos turned back into Luna Mode and used the Luna Extract on the alien invader as his body was recovered by the Child Baltans. The military tried to kill Cosmos with their missiles, but was stopped by Musashi and his father. After finishing his battle against Basical, Cosmos left Musashi as the Earth was safe once again. Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact
Ultraman Cosmos[]
Joining forces with Cosmos[]
Musashi now 19 years old, joins a wing of SRC known as Team EYES. He goes to Kaburaya Islands to see Lidorias. As he saw that Lidorias was infected by an evil energy that were revealed to be Chaos Organisms, he goes to chase Lidorias that appeared in the city and Cosmos returned once again, joining forces with Musashi. Musashi himself transformed into Ultraman Cosmos and fought with Chaos Lidorias and managed to calm her down using the Luna Extract. Reunion With Light Both Musashi and Cosmos later would face countless memorable monsters such as Golmede, Spittle, Igomas, Chaos Bug, Mogrudon, Mienin, Gamoran and many more.
Much more tough opponents appeared when the Chaos Organism unleashed the Chaos Headers such as Iblis and Mebut to face him. Unable to face the Chaos Organism with Luna and Corona Modes, Cosmos with some help from Musashi and his friends, was able to awaken his third transformation: Eclipse Mode that achieved when Cosmos gained Courage and he used 3 of his forms to face more dangerous monsters.
Final Battle against the Chaos Header[]
After being separated from Cosmos, Musashi was rendered useless to fight Chaos Header, who had turned out to survive being hit with the Chaos Chimera and had begun terrorizing Earth as Chaos Darkness. Musashi bravely stood up to the creature, begging it to stop. His show of courage resurrected Ultraman Cosmos, who began to fight the dark monster, despite Musashi's pleas. As the Ultra was on the brink of defeat, Musashi fused with him again, transforming into Miracluna form. With the aid of Team EYES, Lidorias, Bolgils and Mogrudon, he was able to purify Chaos Header with the Luna Final, turning him into an angelic being, who left Earth.
Musashi and Cosmos then separated again, with the Ultra thanking Musashi for showing him a way to coexist with Chaos Header and calling him a true hero. Musashi begins to tear up as he thanks Cosmos for showing him true kindness, strength and courage. When he asks the giant to continue to protect monsters together, he replies that from now, Musashi will work with his friends to protect all life. Musashi requests to fly through the sky with him again, like he did as a child, but Cosmos asserts that he can already fly on his own. Ultraman Cosmos then flies away before answering whether or not they will meet again. Musashi is joined by the rest of EYES while waving goodbye. Still holding onto the Cosmo Stone, he remains confident they'll see Cosmos again. True Hero
Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet[]
NOTE: Musashi's role varies from two different versions of the film due to Sugiura's arrest before the uncut version of the film was premiered. |
It has been two years since Musashi retired from being a Team EYES member and now has finally achieved his dream to become an astronaut. Musashi pilots the TECCH Spinnar KS-1, nicknamed Planet 1, and went on a journey to the planet Juran. However, much to his horror, the planet appeared to be a reddish and dusty wasteland. Not only that, Parastan, the planet's protector had died. Suddenly, a flying monster burst out from the ground and fired a reddish energy ball. As it about to ram Musashi's TECCH Spinnar KS-1, Ultraman Cosmos appeared and saved him. As they dueled, Musashi found out that the monster is responsible for turning Juran into a barren wasteland via its energy beam. Cosmos destroyed the monster, causing a giant explosion and quickly rescued Musashi from the explosion. Musashi attended his childhood friend's wedding and later witnessed a mermaid. One of his friends, Tutomo, mocked him for believing in a mermaid but Mari objects to it, implied that Musashi might be talking the truth ever since his first encounter with Cosmos. As it starts to rain, Tutomo cowardly hides under the table with Mari mocking him, causing Tutomo to take a nearby soda and spraying it on Mari, starting a soda fight with his friend as they are watched again by the mermaid.
The next day, when Musashi and Mari went snorkeling, they discover a portal underwater and at the same time are ambushed by a stingray kaiju. As Musashi was about to follow Mari, he was knocked down unconscious. Later, two figures approach him. One was a man and the other a woman/mermaid that he had witnessed before. The man decide to eliminate Musashi for interfering with them but the woman objects, but it was already too late as he already fired an energy blast at Musashi. He awakens at the hospital as his friends visits him but Mari was nowhere to be seen. Then, Koji, an original member of SRC and now a captain of Team SEA approaches him as he was glad that he had survived. Musashi was taken to their base and revealed that the monster he encountered earlier was Reija, who was detected undersea a year ago.
They were interrupted by a warning where a monster named Scorpiss was entering the Earth's atmosphere. Musashi recognizes him from earlier for turning Juran into a barren wasteland and killing Parastan. Musashi was joined by Team SEA launches with their TROY AS and TROY BS. As the monster rampaged in the city, it begin to destroy a hospital that Musashi's friend resided in. Once they were about to be killed, Team SEA fires a missile, bringing it away from the hospital. Reija appears and fought the monster but only to be overpowered by the menace. Musashi exits the TROY BS and brings his friend to safety.
There, he witnesses the mermaid, now having human legs fuses with Reija, making the monster stronger but still, overpowered by Scorpiss. Musashi takes his Cosmo Stone and transforms into Ultraman Cosmos Skeleton Corona Mode. The phantom-looking Ultra rescues Reija and overpowers Scorpiss while destroying it with the Blazing Waze. However, all he had foreseen was a dream and realize that Cosmos will never return. Scorpiss retreated for a while and the mermaid reveals her name as Shau while telling Musashi that Mari is with her people.
Soon the Team SEA follows Shau and Reija to their hideout where a portal opens, leading to her people's hideout. Once arrived, they were introduced to Alien Gyashi, where their leader, Jin, holds a dislike towards humans for being selfish. Musashi encounters him earlier in a dream where he got destroyed by Jin. Mari appears and leads them to their base where she revealed that Child Baltan from 10 years ago brought her to this place.
Shau reveals that sometime ago, Sandros and his Scorpiss terrorized their planet and turned it into a wasteland. As the Alien Gyashi migrated, Scorpiss chased them and destroyed them. When Jin's crew were about to be eliminated, a being with a light silhouette destroys them and lets the remaining Gyashi flee safely. The being itself had been acknowledged as a God by their species.
A swarm of Scorpiss arose and were on their journey to Earth in seven days. Team SEA discusses this matter with the Earth Defense Forces where they agreed to have the Alien Gyashi assist them in protecting Earth from Scorpiss. Three days before the Scorpiss invasion, SRC developed a force field used to defend the Earth from the monsters. Musashi receives a call from Mari to go to Space Zone. There he found Mari unconscious and Jin begins to attack Musashi for making Shau trust humanity. However, he stops when he realizes that Musashi didn't attack him and instead never giving up on convincing him to trust humanity.
Developing a change of heart, Jin uses his power to complete the force field system, causing a giant shield to cover the Earth and protecting it from a swarm of Scorpiss. Though proven effective, a dark vortex empowered some Scorpiss as they were used to perform a kamikaze attack to destroy the shield and ease the invasion. Soon, Team EYES started to help as Musashi, their former team member also involved in this operation.
After witnessing Shau and Jin's bravery, Musashi finally regains his bravery and calls on Cosmos once again. Cosmos appears in Eclipse Mode where he demolishes the entire Scorpiss before Sandros appeared and overpower him. Another Ultraman much like Cosmos, whose the legendary God/protector of Alien Gyashi came to Earth at the end of the Scorpiss invasion. Attacking the invasion’s forerunner, Sandros, at the moment it attacked Cosmos. The Ultra knocked the monster to the side. As it recovered, he delivered some of his energy to the weakened warrior, allowing them both to take on the vile monster.
As they did so, Sandros began to unleash its black cloud, blocking out the sun. In complete darkness the pair of heroes was attacked mercilessly by its energized blades. The foolish monster, however, eventually made a mistake. Charging up its fireball exposed itself in the darkness, allowing both Cosmos and Justice to quickly fire off their Cosmium and Victorium Beams, annihilating the fiend and saving the Earth yet again. Cosmos separated from Musashi again as the Ultras leave and Jin revealed to have survived from the Scorpiss attack thanks to Reija and that their experiment finally achieved its success. Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet
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Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle[]
Three years after Sandros was defeated. Musashi met Fubuki that he is ready to pilot and travel to Planet Juran with some of the monsters on Kaburaya Islands to Juran. Suddenly, Gloker Pawn appear and attacks the base and aims to destroy the space capsule that will contain the monsters. Cosmos arrives at that time to stop the duo but ended up being defeated. Musashi used the Cosmo Stone and merged with Cosmos and once again reached Eclipse Mode and paralyzes the two. But, Ultraman Justice appeared and revived the two Gloker and stopped Cosmos from making any movement. At the end, Musashi sacrificed his life with his Color Timer being hit so hard and died making Fubuki swear vengeance on Justice for a while.
After being revived by the combined effort of Ayano, his mother, Captain Hiura, Mizuki, Doigaki, Ikema, Mini, Child Baltan, Mari, Shau and Jin with faith and hope that revive Musashi and Cosmos and a new, Future Mode, was born. He arrived and transferred half of his energy to Justice and together destroyed Gloker Bishop.
Cosmos and Justice went to space and tried to stop Giga Endra with Cross Perfection but failed. Justice then became a shield to Cosmos and tried to destroy Giga Endra but the two were exhausted and ended up being swallowed to by Giga Endra's final attack. But, they still not give up and the two fuse to become Ultraman Legend and destroyed Giga Endra with the Spark Legend from inside and the two split. While Julie remained on Earth and replaced Musashi as its protector, Musashi and Cosmos travel to Juran and create the new habitat there. Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
Ultraman Saga[]
He returns in the movie, Ultraman Saga, along with Asuka and Taiga. It is revealed that he's married with Ayano Morimoto, with whom he had a 10-year-old son named Sora Haruno.
In his universe, Musashi had traveled to Planet Juran, where he, Cosmos and Chaos Header 0 acted as its defenders. He received a message from an unknown person. Musashi arrived in time to reach another universe's version of Earth to save Taiga and Takeru from Gubila's attack. Then, Musashi and Taiga ended up being recruited by Team U to fight against Alien Bat and Hyper Zetton (Gigant).
On the next day, Gubila and Gomess appear to attack them and Musashi transformed into Ultraman Cosmos and gained the upper hand until Gubila and Gomess going berserk and Ultraman Zero comes to aid him (even though due to Taiga's stubbornness, he can't grow into full size) and use Full Moon Rect to calm the duo kaiju. After then, Alien Bat came and destroyed them because of their failure and warned Cosmos to not intervene with his plans.
Musashi question Team U about another Ultra before him but they not answer him. Then, Taiga realized that Ultraman Dyna actually came to their Earth before them and ask where he is. Before sleep, Musashi tells the children about Juran, and the kids enjoyed hearing about the planet. In the morning, alien attacked their base and showing that Dyna is now in a deceased state after being defeated by Hyper Zetton (Gigant) not long ago. Hyper Zetton (Gigant) sent fireballs and Musashi transforms into Ultraman Cosmos and protects them with all that he got.
After realize that Team U is actually a fake team but they volunteer to save their fellow member. Taiga with his morale about faith on an Ultra restored together with Musashi ready to fight Hyper Zetton (Gigant). They transform and fight Hyper Zetton (Gigant) but manage to destroy one of its Dark Fireballs Sphere. Unfortunately, Hyper Zetton (Gigant) managed to paralyzed Cosmos and left him unconscious which left Ultraman Zero to fight it alone.
After Dyna was revived, he restored Ultraman Cosmos and the trio successfully destroyed Hyper Zetton (Gigant). However, a more dangerous foe appeared after Alien Bat's spaceship combined with Hyper Zetton (Gigant) and transformed into Imago Hyper Zetton and bested them with ease. Cosmos and Dyna managed to revert to their hosts but Zero died because of his injuries. Musashi and Asuka then told Taiga to never give up and trust in their faith and a miracle beyond what they can achieve would happen. Their bond revived their light and transformed them together into a new fusion Ultra, Ultraman Saga and destroyed Hyper Zetton with the Saga Maximum with help from Team U.
Musashi as Cosmos then returned to his world and reunited with his family and lived happily there. Ultraman Saga
Ultraman Ginga S The Movie: Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors![]
In the beginning, Musashi as Cosmos in Corona Mode battled Etelgar on Planet Juran. When Cosmos attempted to defeat Etelgar, the wicked monster used a golden aura to force him into Luna Mode and seal him. Cosmos managed to separate from Musashi before being fully sealed by Arena. Musashi joined forces with UPG along with Hikaru and Shou to save the Ultra and defeat Arena and Etelgar. He reunited with Ultraman Zero, However, Etelgar was defeated and forced to retreat and then Zero and Musashi have a chance to train them. He then fought Arena and destroyed the domain that sealed the Ultra and merged again with Cosmos. He, along with the other Heisei Ultra give Hikaru the power of the Heisei Ultras into the Ultra Fusion Brace. Hikaru and Shou transformed together to became Ultraman Ginga Victory and destroyed Dark Lugiel. He and Ginga Victory left the other six Ultra to fight their old enemies that were made by Etelgar and together faced Etelgar themselves. Cosmos transformed into Eclipse Mode and had his rematch against Etelgar. He then with Ginga Victory managed to defeat Etelgar once and for all and restored Arena to her old self. Ultraman Ginga S The Movie: Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors!
Ultraman Orb THE ORIGIN SAGA[]
While checking up on Bolgils on Planet Juran, Shin Asuka telepathically called Musashi for help in another universe. Asserting that he cannot let monsters be used as tools, he agreed to help, transforming into Ultraman Cosmos and entering a Stargate to the World of Planet Kanon. Echo Later on, while Gai and co. headed back to Kanon from Planet Zain, he told Musashi to prevent Amate from transforming into the War Deity as they were still far away. Afterwards ~Tragedy~
Upon arrival, Musashi was met with a Bezelb, as well as Vakishim and Verokron, who had been infected by Kugutsu. After learning Cosmos was unable to purify the poison, he opted to fly around them. On the planet's surface, Amate was attempting to surrender to Psychi to protect her people from harm, but Cosmos's appearance scared away Psychi's Bezelbs, allowing her decision to be delayed. When asked what his power to become giant means to him, he described it as a power that helps him when his beliefs are about to succumb to reality. As Amate left with Raigo, Musashi implored her to avoid making a decision out of fear, but when Amate eventually resolved to become the War Deity, Musashi asked to see her eyes to understand her feelings, and was able to sense her reluctance. Dawn
Amate began to confront the Bezelbs, and Musashi realized she had no intention of fighting, instead focusing on protecting the planet and fending off their attacks. He refused to join the fight, wanting to respect her choice, but Gai and Asuka were unable to sit and watch more people potentially get hurt, and transformed. Musashi eventually transformed too after witnessing the War Deity become infected with Kugutsu. War Deity
After the battle ended, Musashi and Asuka scolded Juggler for not fighting how a warrior of light should. Wrap ~Dazzling~ With Psychi now headed for Earth, Gai left Planet Kanon to Musashi and Asuka while he gave chase. Sound
When the final battle against Psyqueen began to unfold, Musashi and Asuka returned to help, transforming alongside Gai, Gamu Takayama and Hiroya Fujimiya. Great Land ~A New World~
Counterparts[]
Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie[]
- Main article: ZAP SPACY (Zata Astromical Pioneers SPACY)
An alternate counterpart of Musashi Haruno from the World of the Land of Light was a ZAP SPACY operator who works at the base. Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie
Transformation[]
Cosmo Pluck : Musashi holds the Pluck then holds both his hands to his chest in a formation as if he's holding on to a sphere, Cosmos' energy then forms in Musashi's hands then flashes away, Musashi then immediately raises the Cosmo Pluck to the air and shouts "Cosmos!". Cosmos' then emerges in his default form, the blue Luna Mode.
Powers and Weapons[]
- Pilot Training: Even before joining EYES, Musashi was a trained pilot. He is also trained in the usage of all their Mechs.
- Astronaut Training: Musashi is also a trained astronaut with at least two known extra-terrestrial missions in his career, documented in the overall series.
- Marksmenship: As a member of EYES, Musashi is trained in the use of their weapons.
- Monster Rearing: Before joining EYES, Musashi worked as the caretaker of various giant creatures.
- Cosmo Stone: A gift from Cosmos when Musashi was a child.
- Summoning: The original purpose of the stone is to summon Ultraman Cosmos, providing a quick route to Earth wherever in the cosmos he may be.
- Light Transformation: When separated from Cosmos, Musashi has on several occasions used the stone to transform himself in a ball of light to merge with the giant and assist him.
- Monster Charming: By spinning the stone on the mid-air, it can emit a tune which calm monsters though its only function was seen on Lidorias.
- Cosmo Pluck: Musashi can use the Cosmo Pluck to transform into Ultraman Cosmos.
- Telepathy: After merging with Cosmos, Musashi is able to communicate with others telepathically.
Merchandise[]
- Member Musashi Haruno[sic] (2001)
- Release Date: 2001
- Price: 700 yen
- JAN/ISBN: 4543112006929
- Materials: PVC
- Accessories: Cosmos Pluck, Rounder Shot
- Released as the first and only human-based addition for the Ultra Hero & Monster Series lineup, Musashi is a 6-inch figure that is molded in skin-colored soft vinyl plastic, and features a high amount of paint operations on his attire & helmet. He also comes with a Cosmos Pluck & a Rounder Shot accessory to wield with.
- Not counting the Bullmark toys, Musashi Haruno is the first & only human character to be released as a soft vinyl figure by Bandai.
- DX Ultraman Cosmos (DX, 2001)
- Release Date: Early November 2001
- Price: 6,458 yen
- Materials: PVC, ABS
- JAN/ISBN: 4543112031167
- Accessories: Musashi Haruno figure
- DX Ultraman Cosmos comes with a small Musashi Haruno figure to interact and activate either of the Ultra's sound effects.
- Ultraman Cosmos Deformed Pattern Acrylic Charm (2020)
- Release Date(s): October 29, 2020 (Bandai Fashion Webstore), August 2021 (Premium Bandai)
- Price: 550 yen for each piece
- Materials: Acrylic, metal (chain)
- Released as part of the Cosmos-themed Deformed Pattern Acrylic Charm series to commemorate the show's 20th anniversary, Musashi (which is drawn in an Anime-fied style) is one the items to be produced as hanging acrylic keychain.
- He (and the rest of the characters) is available as a made-for-order item (where the customers can choose one during purchase) for Bandai Fashion's webstore in 2020, and later the Premium Bandai site at August 2021.
Trivia[]
- Musashi was born in 1990.
- Musashi is the Heisei Ultra Host with the most appearances in movies, with Shin Asuka and Mirai Hibino behind him.
- In a 2011 interview with Sports Hochi, Taiyo Sugiura shared the following insights:
- Initially, Sugiura's impression of kaiju was that they were always depicted as villains who "roared loudly in the end." Consequently, he had difficulty understanding the concept of "becoming friends with monsters" at first.[2]
- During the audition process for the protagonist role in Ultraman Cosmos, he received character descriptions and scripts, and practiced his lines. It was reported that there was a slope in front of Tsuburaya Productions, where Sugiura also underwent a running test. When the production team asked him if he liked Ultraman, Sugiura conveyed his enthusiasm for the Ultraman series, as he was a fan himself.[2]
- Sugiura initially struggled with how to express the concept of "affection." The performance standards for tokusatsu works differed from those of conventional acting, leading to frequent retakes on set. He noted that he only began to adjust his performance style after becoming accustomed to the specific demands of tokusatsu acting.[3]
- Director Masaki Harada was particularly stringent with his critiques. Sugiura recalled that after directing the first few episodes, Harada remarked, "This guy is hopeless!" During a subsequent directing session by Harada, Sugiura's agent was summoned and asked, "What is wrong with your actor?" At that time, Sugiura was confused about how to portray Musashi and was frequently criticized by Harada, which made him increasingly timid. However, as filming progressed, Sugiura gained confidence in his role, and Harada's demeanor became more amiable. Near the end of the series, Harada even offered a small compliment, which motivated Sugiura.[3]
- During the filming, Sugiura often drove the car himself for action scenes, including stunts like one-wheel driving and high-speed turns. In the Fuji Aokigahara filming location, he repeatedly made sharp turns, overcoming challenging road conditions. Sugiura also revealed that he used three sets of EYES uniforms, which frequently suffered damage or soiling due to his extensive running and rolling during shoots.[4]
- During the filming of the final episode, in the scene where Musashi bids farewell to Cosmos, Taiyo Sugiura was alone in front of the camera. At that moment, he felt a profound sense of closure, thinking, "This is really the end... I will no longer see Ultraman." The final shoot took place in the operations room of the base. When he heard the call "Check, OK!" he completed the entire series, which brought him to tears on the spot.[4]
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