Chigusa Kuno

is one of the main characters that appears in Ultraman Ginga and one of Hikaru Raido's childhood friends.
==Personality==
Chigusa possesses a sensitive, courageous, and diligent personality, and she has established good relationships with those around her. With a particular passion for singing, she dreams of becoming a popular idol. In order to fulfill this dream, she works extremely hard and never misses a dance practice.
Furthermore, it seems that Chigusa has developed feelings for Kenta since elementary school, but she is also aware of his affection for Misuzu. Therefore, Chigusa chooses to remain silent to maintain their friendship. Over time, Chigusa has contemplated giving up on her dream and facing reality. At times, she may feel a slight tinge of envy and regret towards others' success, but with the encouragement of her friends, she gradually regains her confidence and continues moving forward. Eventually, she becomes a crucial partner in assisting Ultraman Ginga.
In Ultraman Ginga S, Chigusa's personality becomes more confident. Her previous experiences have made her fearless towards any Aliens and any challenges, even accepting the presence of all her fans. Through her singing, she brings encouragement to people in an intangible way, believing that music has a powerful ability to bring infinite vitality and unity to everyone.
==History==
===Ultraman Ginga===
Like Kenta, Chigusa would fall under the influence of a Dark Dummy Spark, due to her jealously of Misuzu being asked to pose for a photo shoot instead of her. She Darklived into Ragon, but Hikaru was able to come through to her and use Ginga Comfort to return her to back to normal.
In episode 10, Chigusa joins Kenta and Seiichiro in fighting Super Grand King. She picks Ultraman and Ultlives into him, but the trio are defeated after an immense effort. Though it seemed that everything was over with Misuzu and her father reconcile, the dark force re-possess principal Kyoko Shirai and awaken his true form: Dark Lugiel. The villain smashed their school and defeated Ginga, causing everyone to fall into despair. It wasn't until everyone hold on to their hopes again and Ultlive Taro into his true form to battle Dark Lugiel and revive Hikaru/Ginga. 
With Ginga revived, he took the whole battle with Dark Lugiel to the moon and destroyed him with his Dark Spark via Ginga Especially. With the battle is over, all Spark Dolls returned back to their homeworlds and Ginga and Taro bid farewell to everyone. Chigusa and her friends hold each others' hands and jumping along in a circle cheerfully.
Kenta and Chigusa were walking at Furuhoshi Town when they witnessed Alien Magma wandering around. As they trailed the alien, Magma discovered them, and grew annoyed and chased the two until he decide to corrupt Chigusa's heart, forcing her to Darklive with Zetton. Fortunately, Kenta snapped Chigusa out of it, angering Magma, who Darklived himself into the monster. Chigusa and Kenta Ultlived into Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga. They transformed and forced Zetton away from Earth and onto the Moon, beginning their fight.
Tiga and Ultraman fire their beams at Zetton, but he vanished and attacked Ultraman from above. Ultraman blocked the attack, and Tiga managed to send Zetton flying with a kick, causing him to land heavily on the ground. Ultraman grabbed Zetton and Tiga charged up his Zeperion Beam, but before Tiga can fire, Magma sneakily escaped from inside Zetton and struck Ultraman from behind. Zetton and Magma attacked both Ultras, leaving their Color Timers blinking.
Zetton fired a fireball towards Earth, but Ultraman and Tiga used the last of their energies to take the attack upon themselves. As they asserted their determination to protect the Earth from Magma, who was preparing an attack, Ultraman Ginga appears in the nick of time and blocks Magma's blade with Ginga Saber. He then took the fight to Magma and Zetton. Overpowering the aliens, he ended the fight with a powered up Ginga Cross Shoot.
Tiga and Ultraman's time limits were almost up, and Chigusa and Kenta panic, not wanting to die in space. Ginga gets to them in time and returns them to Earth. As the two woke up, they thought the previous event was just a dream. 
===Mountain Peanuts===
In this short story, a year later, Chigusa took a bus from Furuhoshi Town to attend an audition for an idol. However, she encountered a demonstration by the Mountain Peanuts protesting against the construction of the new "UPG" base. This protest prevented her from reaching the bus stop. At the same time, she also witnessed firsthand the violent actions of the Mountain Peanuts fighters.
When she finally caught up with the bus, she discovered that the town was under attack by Detton. Chigusa transformed into Ultraman once again using the Ultlive, engaging in a fierce battle with Detton. However, at that moment, a new type of fighter aircraft from Mountain Peanuts appeared as well. Faced with the sudden onslaught, Chigusa hastily repelled the missiles. However, the opposing side claimed that it was a justified defensive action to protect Detton and regarded Ultraman as a threat to their organization. Despite Chigusa's attempts to explain, the enemy continued their assault, ultimately bringing Ultraman down to the ground. Chigusa having returned to her human form, could only hurriedly leave the scene.
Subsequently, Detton began to wreak havoc on Furuhoshi Town, and the Mobile Squad and Self Defense Forces were hindered by Mountain Peanuts, unable to take action against the monster. This ultimately resulted in a large-scale disaster. The Self Defense Corps attempted to expel Mountain Peanuts but failed to achieve victory. Chigusa filled with anger and wanting to assist the Self Defense Corps, was stopped by Ultraman. After discussing the meaning of "justice" and "values," they decided to transform without attacking humans. Together, they engaged in a fierce battle against Detton and eventually succeeded in defeating it. However, as a retaliation, Mountain Peanuts launched a lethal attack on Ultraman using ammunition loaded with Spacium, causing Chigusa to suffer broken limbs and requiring some time to recover.
Shortly after Chigusa was able to walk again, Jamila appeared. Although Chigusa learned the truth about Jamila and didn't want to fight it, she still transformed to confront the threat. However, before the battle could even begin, Mountain Peanuts refused to acknowledge Jamila as a former human and treated it as a wild animal. They used Spacium to create artificial rainfall, ultimately eliminating Jamila.
After the Jamila incident, a discouraged Chigusa had considered giving up on being Ultraman. However, several weeks later, Nosferu unleashed Beast Humans, implanted with his own cells, to run rampant in the city, driving people into madness. Mountain Peanuts still claimed it was a protected species and remained oblivious to the danger it posed. Chigusa once again transformed using the Ginga Light Spark and confronted Nosferu. She unleashed dozens of consecutive Spacium Beam attacks, severing Nosferu's arms.
At a critical moment, Ryuichiro Harumoto, the leader of Mountain Peanuts, attempted to approach the injured Nosferu and cried out loudly about its injuries. Chigusa felt perplexed, unsure how to respond to this self-proclaimed "justice" leader. However, Nosferu immediately implanted Harumoto into its forehead, using him as a hostage to threaten Chigusa. The subordinates of Mountain Peanuts concentrated their attacks on Nosferu's forehead, which resulted in Harumoto's death. Ultimately, Ultraman unleashed an attack beam and a combined technique that destroyed Nosferu.
After the fierce battle, Chigusa regained consciousness at the heart of a 10-meter-wide crater, a consequence of the intense combat. Reflecting on the situation, she pondered whether it was too rash to solely blame Mountain Peanuts for the catastrophic events. In the distance, an unknown android appeared to be injured. The android vowed to seek revenge for this incident and simultaneously planned to launch another attack one year later. After leaving behind two Spark Dolls at the scene, the android disappeared.
Following that, the idol audition activities that had been previously suspended resumed.
===Ultraman Ginga S===
Over the course of two years, Chigusa finally realized her dream of becoming an idol and achieved popularity as a newcomer in the industry. She performed the support song Ultraman Ginga no Uta, which was created for Ultraman Ginga, and went on regular concert tours. 
During this time, Alien Metron Jace, was assigned a secret mission to exploit the idol phenomenon and make humans violent. To achieve this goal, he created numerous concert glow sticks infused with special chemicals and attended one of Chigusa's mini concerts to distribute them for testing. However, the glow sticks failed to produce the desired effect, leaving him perplexed. As a result, he shifted his focus to Chigusa, who was performing the song, in an attempt to discover the reason behind the failure. However, this led him to fall in love with Chigusa's performance instead. Eventually, he decided to abandon his mission, transformed into a human form, assumed the alias "Tanba," and became the leader of Chigusa's fan club.
In the conversation between Misuzu and Hikaru after their reunion, there was a brief mention of Chigusa's upcoming CD release. 
After some time, Chigusa held a disaster recovery concert in Shizukugaoka and had a meeting with Hikaru and the members of UPG during a rehearsal event. However, when Alien Guts Vorst arrived on Earth, causing chaos in the city and kidnapping Chigusa as a hostage, Jace took the initiative to rescue her. He subsequently revealed his past to her and the members of UPG, willingly allowing himself to be detained by the UPG members.
After Jace's departure, Chigusa worried about Jace, listlessly began to clean up the debris at the concert venue. However, Vorst once again interfered and kidnapped her. At the same time, inside the UPG vehicle, Jace sensed that Chigusa was in grave danger and decided to go to the scene in his true form to rescue her.
Jace arrived at the scene just in time to rescue Chigusa once again. When he assured her that he would protect her and her stage, Jace transformed into a monstrous form and engaged in battle with Zoa Muruchi. Despite the assistance of Ultraman Victory and Ultraman Ginga, the three of them were still no match for Muruchi. However, upon witnessing Jace's continued display of bravery, Chigusa decided to inspire him by performing "Ultraman Ginga no Uta," and she encouraged Jace to summon the glow sticks and dance. While Muruchi's attention was diverted by Jace's dance, the two Ultras took the opportunity to successfully defeat it. 
The concert proceeded as planned. UPG allowed Jace to stay on Earth and live peacefully, while Chigusa was able to fulfill her wish by performing wholeheartedly for her fans on stage. 
When Vict Lugiel attacked Shizukugaoka, Chigusa who was at the office, learned that Misuzu had gone there to volunteer for disaster relief, while Hikaru and others were trapped in a desperate crisis. She had a momentary impulse to go to the scene and assist them. However, when Kenta informed her that the road to Shizukugaoka was blocked, they ultimately decided to perform a support song through a live broadcast, aiming to keep the residents of Shizukugaoka in high spirits and inspire them.
==Powers and Weapons==
*Dark Dummy Spark: In episode 4, Chigusa was given a Dark Dummy Spark by Alien Valky. She had used it to Darklive into Ragon.
*Ginga Light Spark: Chigusa is later granted the Ginga Light Spark, which allows her to Ultlive into Ultraman's Spark Doll. With Misuzu's Ginga Light Spark, she can Ultlive into Jasyuline with Misuzu and Kenta, allowing the three of them to control the monster and fight together. The spark also allowed her to communicate with others through telepathy.
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==Gallery==
===Ultraman Ginga===
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===Ultraman Ginga S===
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===Miscellaneous===
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==Trivia==
*Chigusa is the first Dark Dummy Spark user to use a Ginga Light Spark.
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