Raiveking

Raiveking
Data
Alternative Name(s)	Liveking Live King
Category	Super Ability Monster
Height	47 m
Weight	65,000 t
Home World	Planet Earth (World of the Land of Light)
Affiliation	Belyudra (Combination)
First Appearance	Ultraman Taro episode 2 "That Moment, Mother of Ultra..."
Latest Appearance	Ultraman Taro episode 3 "Mother of Ultra Now and Forever"
Roar(s)

Raiveking is an extremely strong monster that debuted in episodes 2 and 3 of Ultraman Taro. The third Super Ability Monster to emerge, Raiveking appeared shortly after the awakening of Cosmo Liquid. The two monsters ferociously clashed, and even though Ultraman Taro managed to defeat Raiveking by blowing his body apart with his Strium Beam, the pieces soon reformed in the presence of oxygen. Eventually, Raiveking was finally brought down in a climactic battle against Mother of Ultra and Taro, who simultaneously blew him to pieces in the vacuum of space, where the lack of oxygen would keep him from reforming, seemingly for good.

Subtitle: Regeneration Monster

Conception

Etymology

Raiveking's name can alternatively be romanized as "Live King", with the "Live" believed to refer to its ability to regenerate. Despite this, his name on Tsuburaya's English website was changed to "Raiveking" in late 2024, matching English subtitles by Shout! Factory in 2020. This is possibly intended to sound like the word "Revive."

History

Ultraman Taro

Shortly after Cosmo Liquid awakened from his slumber, Raiveking awakened as well. He was found in a hole near the city by a group of children, who only noticed the giant’s breathing coming up from the hole and reported it to ZAT. During the battle with Cosmo Liquid, the monster stepped in Raiveking’s hole, causing the subterranean monster to try and devour him. When Cosmo Liquid turned into his liquid form to attempt escape from Ultraman Taro, he was eaten by Raiveking, awakening the monster.

The next day, a dog suffered the same fate, being eaten whole by Raiveking. Kotaro Higashi tried to rescue the dog but fell in as well, falling into Raiveking’s mouth as the monster awakened and rose from under the ground, with those inside him tickling him. ZAT quickly picked up on the monster and realized there was someone inside the monster, then discovered it was their teammate. ZAT had to figure out a way to stop Raiveking without killing Kotaro and dog trapped inside. They decided to use a harpoon, the puncture causing fluid to spurt out of Raiveking but it failed to free Kotaro and succeeded in freeing Cosmo Liquid from inside Raiveking.

The newly reformed Cosmo Liquid assaulted Raiveking, sparking a melee between the two. During the brawl, a boy flew a model airplane down Raiveking's nostril, causing him to sneeze but he then assaulted Cosmo Liquid with his flames. But as the battle raged on, nether gaining a decisive advantage. The rest of ZAT arrived, dropping sneezing powder on the two, sending them into sneezing fits in an attempt to free the trapped Kotaro and the dog, and thanks to Cosmo Liquid hitting Raiveking in the stomach, Kotaro and the dog were freed and an all out attack was launched but did no good as the two Kaiju began attacking the city.

Ultraman Taro was soon summoned and attacked both Kaiju but Cosmo Liquid managed to wrap his tongue around Taro's throat, gaining the monsters the upper hand and Raiveking severely injured Taro's arm. Taro then managed to dodge and freeze both kaiju, and after Cosmo Liquid was destroyed by ZAT shattering him, Taro struck Raiveking with the Strium Beam, blowing him to bits and seemingly killing him. However, as he exploded, Raiveking laughed maniacally, hinting that this was not the end of the threat he posed to the Earth.

Indeed, Raiveking was far from dead, and later that day, the pieces of his body began coming back together. One piece began consuming chickens, and more were sighted moving all over the city, slowly converging on the same location to recombine into Raiveking. ZAT went underground to investigate and soon heard the monsters disturbing laughter. Using a recording of the beast as well as livestock as bait, they tried to lure the seemingly invincible Kaiju into a trap. Raiveking seemed to fall into the trap, disturbing the livestock but the same dog from before and his owner complicated it right as the fully restored Raiveking erupted from underground. An all-out attack was launched and managed to wound the monster but it fell on top of Kotaro, trapping him and leaving him unable to transform.

Thankfully, the Mother of Ultra, arrived on the scene, forcing Raiveking off Kotaro. The Kaiju rose to its feet and attacked Kotaro, forcing him to summon Taro, despite having an injured arm from the original fight. Raiveking took advantage of the injury and hurt Taro's arm further but his mother came to his aid, healing his arm. Now fully recovered, Taro quickly overpowered Raiveking and prepared to blast him with the Strium Beam again but a boy told it would be no use. Raiveking can reform again so with help from the Mother of Ultra, Taro carried Live King into space and released him before blasting him with the Strium Beam while the Mother of Ultra used the Mother Destruction Beam, blowing him apart but in the void of space, he couldn't come back together and reform, ending Raiveking's threat for good.

Trivia

• Voice actor: Osamu Saka
• Raiveking is one of the few monsters that laughs instead of roaring, a great example is Alien Baltan.
• Raiveking is one of few monsters that is ticklish.
• Raiveking's suit was modified into Tondaile.
• Raiveking is one of the monsters that makes up Belyudra's left arm in Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie.

Data

Stats

• Height: 47 m (58 m according to the Ultraman Monster Collection)
• Weight: 65,000 t (40,000 t according to the Ultraman Monster Collection)
• Origin: Tamagawa
• Weakness: Since Raiveking's regenerative healing factor requires the presence of oxygen, he is unable to reform his body if the pieces are situated within a vacuum, such as that of space.

Powers and Weapons

• Flames: Raiveking can spew flames from his mouth.
• Reformation: Raiveking can reform from any attack as long as he is around oxygen.
• Swallow: Raiveking can eat things by hiding underground.

Flames

Merchandise

Figure of Raiveking, by Bullmark

X-Plus 25cm Raiveking

A Raiveking eraser

Gallery

Ultraman Taro

Miscellaneous