List of Heisei Ultraseven characters

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This is a list of characters for the tokusatsu spin-off Heisei Ultraseven , taking place in an alternate universe wherein the events of Ultraseven is depicted as a standalone instalment and branched from the Showa Era Ultra Series continuity.

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Protagonists

Ultraseven/Dan Moroboshi

Shigeru Furuhashi

Returning from Ultraseven, Shigeru Furuhashi (フルハシ・シゲル, Furuhashi Shigeru) is a former member of the original Ultra Guard, serving as their strongest member and had been active alongside Dan Moroboshi in their prime years. 30 years after Seven left the Earth and eventually returned in an injured state, Furuhashi had since been promoted into the rank of captain of the new Ultra Guard, leading the new members; Tōgō, Risa and Kaji into handling alien invasions. After Seven was revived and stopped the Alien Pitt's invasion, Furuhashi tried to find the Ultra's human form, Dan in the middle of the Alien Metron siblings' invasion plot. Years later in the 30th Anniversary Trilogy, Furuhashi was promoted to a staff officer of TDF's Far East Base branch and observed the progress of the new Ultra Guard under Shiragane's leadership. [1] He reunited with Dan at the end of Bandelas' attack and when Seven was about to depart from Earth.

During The Final Chapters Hexalogy, Furuhashi was killed during his retirement day by Alien Valkyrie and had his name further tarnished when the alien tried to sabotage Kaji's Friendship Plan. Although his death was avenged by Seven not long after, Furuhashi was revived by the will of the universe to become a spectator of Earth's past and the ancient humans being invaders who overthrew the Nonmalt as the dominant race of their planet. This discovery made Dan/Seven hesitant, but Furuhashi's reassurance to believe in mankind inspired the Ultra to interfere in the civil war between mankind and the Nonmalt despite that doing so would lead to his banishment from his home planet. Although Furuhashi tried to compensate by offering Dan a place on Earth, his old friend choose to accept his punishment instead. Furuhashi was absent in the Evolution Pentalogy, but appeared in the series' novel adaptation as one of the TDF officers who spearheaded the reconstruction of TDF Far East Base.

Sandayu Dokumamushi (毒蝮 三太夫, Dokumamushi Sandayuu) reprised his role as the elderly Shigeru Furuhashi. [1] [2] Furuhashi's return in the final installment, I am an Earthling, was due to the staff members' dissatisfaction of the character's death in Legends and Glory. [3]

UG/TDF

In Heisei Ultraseven, the Ultra Guard (ウルトラ警備隊, Urutora Keibitai) and Terrestrial Defense Force (地球防衛軍, Chikyū bōei-gun), abbreviated as UG (ユー・ジー, Yū Jī) and TDF respectively, were never disbanded after Seven's departure from Earth in the past. Most of the original members in the television series had retired or promoted at some point of time.

Ultra Guard

Ultra Guard members (1994)

The first new team of Ultra Guard was led by Furuhashi, consisting of three younger members, Tōgō, Risa and Kaji. Their sole appearances were in the television specials. In subsequent instalments, Tōgō and Risa were absent despite Kaji and Furuhashi's promotion into staff officers. The first episode of The Final Chapters Hexalogy implied an offscreen death of an Ultra Guard member.

Ultra Guard members (1998-2002)

The new team of Ultra Guard was organized by Furuhashi at some point after his final mission with Kaji, as well as the two had been promoted to TDF satff officers. Organized by Furuhashi (who also observed the team's efforts, the team enlisted top officers from different departments and had their first mission against the invasion of Alien Variel. Due their close relationship with Furuhashi, they also objected to the Friendship Plan proposed by Kaji, but was forced to stand down when the latter assumed Furuhashi's position to monitor their activities. After Kaji was revealed to have done various shady operations regarding the Omega Files, the team announced their rebellion against the staff officer and broadcast the Omega File towards the outer space at Ultraseven's advise. [4] In the Evolution Pentalogy, the Ultra Guard was due to be disbanded after TDF signed their peace treaty with the universal civilizations, but they opted to go rogue after discovering that aliens had been secretly invading the TDF Far East Base, forcing their members to operate on their own in addition to a handful of TDF officers led by Saijō. [4]

Former members

Terrestrial Defense Force

TDF members

Antagonists

Kaji

Kaji (カジ) is a hot-blooded member of Ultra Guard under Furuhashi's leadership in the 1994 TV Special. [1] However, after the events of an alien invasion, Kaji's relationship with Furuhashi became strained at best due to the presumed deaths of his teammates. In the novel adaptation, he was revealed to have lost his girlfriend, Miku, in that alien invasion after her transport airplane was targeted, leaving Kaji with their engagement rings as her memento.

Kaji became the major antagonist of The Final Chapters Hexalogy, having been promoted to TDF's staff officer at the same time as Furuhashi. [1] He proposed the Friendship Plan (フレンドシップ計画, Furendoshippu Keikaku) to the TDF, which involved the interstellar bombing planets with intelligent life forms that were percecive as potential threats to Earth's safety. [1] Although this plan was met with oppositions by Furuhashi, the Ultra Guard and a few of TDF members, Kaji nonetheless took advantage of the chaos resulted by Alien Valkyrie to discredit the Ultra Guard and placed himself in charge of their operations when Furuhashi was killed by the alien. [2] With Valkyrie's existence proven, Kaji choose the alien's planet as the first victim of the Friendship Plan, followed by several other planets after that. With him running Furuhashi's former position to observe the Ultra Guard's activities, Kaji more or less became a hindrance to their operations and often butted heads with the team members. Eventually in I am an Earthling, Kaji was revealed to have conspired with TDF's Public Security Bureau in silencing those who knew about the Omega Files, such as former Ultra Guard captain Kiriyama and came close to executing Seven while he was in disguise as Kazamori. When the Ultra Guard announced their rebellion against Kaji, Seven went through Kaji's defenses, causing him to throw his guns once Takenaka approved the interstellar broadcast of the Omega Files. [4] This caused Kaji to break down in tears as he believe mankind's claim to Earth would be threatened. With his Friendship Plan abolished, Kaji's final fate was remained ambiguous.

Kaji is portrayed by Shigeki Kagemaru (影丸 茂樹, Kagemaru Shigeki). [1] [2] [7] The character was absent in Ultraseven 30th Anniversary Trilogy due to Shigeki Kagemaru being preoccupied with his role as Tetsuo Shinjoh in Ultraman Tiga . [13]

Nonmalt

The Earth Hominid Nonmalt (地球原人 ノンマルト, Chikyū Genjin Nonmaruto) is the final villain of the Ultraseven 1999 The Final Hexalogy episode 6, I am an Earthling. [1]

The Nonmalts were originally the dominant species of planet Earth some 10,000s of years prior, until mankind's ancestors invaded the planet and overthrow Nonmalt as the new dominant species. After the Nonmalt race were eradicated by the Ultra Guard, led by captain Kiriyama, in episode 42 of Ultraseven, a lone Nonmalt survived the genocide and mislead Seven into exposing his true identity to the TDF before she exposed herself as a Nonmalt survivor who wanted to eradicate mankind to avenge her race. Although she validated her claims through the Omega Files, Nonmalt was still adamant in fulfilling her revenge by sending Zabangi to stop the TDF from broadcasting the files to outer space, as this admittance would've effectively absolved mankind of their ancestor's crimes. After Zabangi was killed, Nonmalt warned Seven that he had turned himself into a pariah before vanishing.

The novel adaptation of Heisei Ultraseven had Nonmalt assuming the form of a young Anne by reading Dan Moroboshi's memory of his departure from Earth. However, Anne's memory overloaded her mind, driving her somewhat insane and leading her to command Zabangi to destroy everything 'beautiful', eventually getting herself burned alive by her own monster.

The Nonmalt's human form is portrayed by Noriko Watanabe (渡辺 典子, Watanabe Noriko). [2]

Alien Garut

Metal Alien Alien Garut (メタル宇宙人 ガルト星人, Metaru Uchūjin Garuto Seijin) is the main antagonist of Ultraseven 35th Anniversary Evolution Pentalogy. [16]

An alien who proclaimed himself to be a Fixed Point Observer, Alien Garut first arrived on Earth a year after Seven's imprisonment in the Horsehead Nebula, plotting to invade the planet by fabricating the Akashic Records to his favor. Using this, he managed to sway TDF staff officer Inagaki and Suwa to his side and slowly replaced TDF officers in the Far East Base with his alien cohorts while taking advantage of the peace on Earth through TDF's peace treaty with alien civilizations. [4] He also assumed the human form of TDF researcher Tashiro (タシロ) to keep an eye on Seven's imprisonment in Horsehead Nebula. [5]

Four years later in the present day, Garut put his plan to procure the Plant Life Forms to his side in motion by having the radical faction of Alien Pegassa launching their attack to absorb cities through their weaponized Dark Zone. Then after Alien Godola failed to prevent the Ultra Guard from blowing up TDF's Far East Base, Garut manipulated a trio of psychic powered children while his alien cohorts brainwashed the human society into a false peace and for Suwa to unleash the Neo Pandon. When the TDF tried to hunt down the Plant Life Form, Garut attempted to present himself as Kazamori's ally, but the young man saw through his trick. With Kazamori/Seven foiling Garut's deceptions, the alien was forced to summon Gaimos and enlarge to a giant stature to face Ultraseven. He was blown into pieces by Seven's Wide Shot while Kazamori undid his lies of the Akashic Records by presenting his teammates with the real copy of it.

Alien Garut is voiced by Tomokazu Seki (関 智一, Seki Tomokazu), who also portrayed his human form Tashiro. [8] [5]

Other characters

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1998
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2002

Monsters and aliens

1994 TV Specials
1998 Trilogy
1999 The Final Chapters
2002 Evolution

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