Black King

https://m-78.jp/taiga/kaiju/ is a Kaiju that debuted in Return of Ultraman. He first appeared in episodes 37 and 38 as the bodyguard of Alien Nackle.
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==History==
===Return of Ultraman===
After Seagorath and Bemstar were defeated, Alien Nackle sent out his own Kaiju Black King, who acted as his bodyguard to distract MAT. MAT's weapons were no match for Black King's impenetrable skin, and after a while of fighting Black King soon fled the scene, using a white, gassy smokescreen he exhaled from his mouth,presumably went underground. Hours later, Black King is summoned again as bait to trap an emotionally hurting Ultraman Jack, since a disguised Alien Nackle had killed the two best friends, including the girlfriend of Jack's human host, Hideki Go, while MAT was fighting Black King.
However like MAT before him, Ultraman Jack's superpowers were no match for Black King's incredible hide, and the Kaiju beat down Jack. Alien Nackle appeared shortly afterwards and both the Kaiju and the alien double-teamed Jack until finally Jack collapsed from his injuries and was taken to Planet Nackle for execution. 
But before Jack could be executed, he was rescued by the original Ultraman and Ultraseven. Ultraman Jack then returns to Earth to face off against both Black King and Alien Nackle once again. At first the battle is in favor of the combined forces of Black King and his Master, but Ultraman Jack fought back, and after tossing him up into the air, Ultraman Jack decapitated Black King before moving on to the Alien Nackle. 
====Trivia====
*Black King's roar is a modified Mummy Man's roar.
*Black King was originally intended to be Red King's elder brother, but the idea was scrapped, but some sources still claim that he is the brother of Red King.
*During the climatic final battle of episode 38 where Ultraman Jack defeats Black King and Alien Nackle, when Jack lifts Black King into the air, a wire used to hold up the Black King suit is visible for a few seconds.
*In an issue of "Weekly Ultraman Official Data File", it is revealed the Alien Nackles mass-produce Black Kings and have several in storage.
*Originally Black King was meant to return in the previous movie Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers, but was replaced by a new variation of Pandon. It could be that his name didn't work with the naming scheme of the other returning monsters as his name would've presumably been King Black King if it was followed through.
===Ultraman Taro===
Black King was seen in an animated flashback as part of the Monster Army lead by Alien Empera in episode 25 of Ultraman Taro. 
====Trivia====
*For reasons unknown, Black King is gold in the image.
*The script for Tyrant's debut episode would've called for Black King to be one of Tyrant's components but this was cut.
===Ultra Super Legends===
Black King appeared again in the manga series of Ultra Super Legends, working under Juda, as . He was created by Juda to fight the Andro Warriors. 
===Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie===
Black King is summoned by a Reionics Alien Shaplay to stop Rei and the Ultra Brothers in their human forms. Rei summons Gomora to do battle and in no time, Black King is killed when Gomora impales him with his horn and then destroys him with an Ultra Oscillation Wave at point blank. 
====Trivia====
*The Femigon suit from Ultraman Mebius was modified into Black King for his appearance in the film.
*In certain magazine reinterpretations of the film, one shows Black King eating Gomora's Ultra Oscillation Wave and another shows Black King battling both Gomora and Ultraman Mebius.
*Black King is one of the Kaiju that makes up Belyudra's second support group in the movie.
===Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure===
Black Kings are the Alien Nackles' main army during their war with Alien Pedan and their King Joe units. At least a single Nackle and his Black King were imprisoned in Dorothy's mothership. When the Nackle freed due to a commotion caused by Ace Killer, he freed Black King at the cost of his life. The monster nearly destroyed the ship until Io Mikura summoned Bemular to kill it. As the Black Kings are monsters, Dorothy plans to analyze Io's Battlenizer and duplicate its monster manipulation powers to turn those monsters against their Alien Nackle owners. Unfortunately for her, this plan wasn't able to put into motion as not only a single prototype was built, a group of Nackles sent their Black Kings and Yapool's Terrible-Monster to storm the Pedan's military base. Several Black Kings were killed by King Joe units, Gomora, Vittorio's EX Gomora and EX Tyrant after being briefly hijacked by Dorothy.
In Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS, a lone Nackle openly attacked a fleet of Alien Pedan saucers with his Black King companion. The protagonist and Pigmon used this commotion to escape, but Nackle spotted them, and intrigued by the Battlenizer, challenged them to a match. Both Nackle and his Black King are defeated.
===Ultraman Saga===
Black King reappeared in episode 39 of the series, Ultraman Retsuden, and once again in Ultraman Zero: The Chronicle.
In the director's cut of Ultraman Saga, Black King is seen as one of the many Kaiju revived by Alien Bat and Spheres to battle against the Ultra Brothers, with Black King battling with Ultraman Jack. Black King fought with Jack for a short period of time, but was eventually killed by Jack's Ultra Lance impaling him as a spear.
===Ultraman Ginga===
Black King was one of the many Kaiju turned into a Spark Doll by Dark Lugiel. Hikaru found Black King using his Ginga Spark and then tested out the doll and transformed into Black King. After a few minutes of playing around with his new form, he soon encountered Thunder Darambia, and the two monsters fight. During the fight, Black King was beaten down by Thunder Darambia, then Hikaru found Ultraman Ginga's Spark Doll and switched Black King out for the hero, reverting the Kaiju back into its Spark Doll.
In episode 7, Hikaru used him to fight Dark Galberos in a wrestling match but, Black King wasn't winning the fight and he even had to ask Galberos for a break when he was down. He was later swapped out for Ultraman Ginga in round two and he and many other monsters were seen cheering Ginga on.
It is likely that he returned to space in his original form after Ultraman Ginga defeated Dark Lugiel.
====Trivia====
*Voice actor: Tetsuo Kishi
*Besides Ultraman Taro, Black King is the first Spark Doll that Hikaru finds, but is the first Spark Doll he uses in battle.
*Black King is the first Kaiju to have a rise sequence.
*Despite being under someone's control, this is first time Black King has fought as a hero rather than a villain.
*Some of Black King's roars have slightly sped up Toho King Kong roars mixed in.
===Ultraman X===
Black King first appeared in area T-9, the area Xio were taking to get to the particle research lab, where it started to rampage. Xio tried to stop it with the Sky and Land Musketty and the Ultlaser, but Black King resisted the attacks with his armored skin and fired back at them with his new and improved breath. Daichi Oozora then transformed into Ultraman X to fight Black King. They put up a good fight, but, even with the debut of a new attack, X still was on par with Black King. To make matters worse, Alien Nackle Bandello appeared and grew to Black King and X's size. Together, they managed to overpower the Ultra until Ultraman Zero appeared via dimensional travel. Nackle then ordered Black King to attack Zero but Zero was more than a match for the monster and Black King had his horn chopped off thanks to Zero's Ultra Zero Kick. After that, Bandello took Rui back to Planet Guillermo and Black King followed suit.
Later on, it was remodeled into a cyborg, called and he was then summoned by Bandello to stop Zero after he went to Guillermo to save Rui. Even though Zero was more than a match for the two of them combined, X arrived on Planet Guillermo, thanks to his Ultraman Zero Armor, and assisted Zero in his fight against the duo by summoning his Cyber Gomora and Cyber Eleking Armor. After Zero defeated Nackle once and for all with his Zero Twin Shoot, Black King was eventually defeated by X's Xanadium Beam, turning it into a Spark Doll for Rui to take back to her own dimension. 
In the final episode of Ultraman X, after Greeza destroyed the Xio base, Black King's Spark Doll was absorbed by Greeza. After speaking out to Gomora and striking Greeza right in the center of his chest, Black King, along with all of the other Spark Dolls, traveled to X and united with him. Cyber Black King's power was used to help form the Hybrid Armor and power up the Ultimate Xanadium to defeat Greeza once and for all. Black King, along with the numerous other Cyber Cards and Spark Dolls, then appeared and thanked Daichi as he thanked them. 
====Trivia====
*Technically, Black King Drill Custom is simply a reintroduced version of the Remodeled Black King. However, to differentiate the two, the Remodeled version's drill is bigger in comparison to the current one in Ultraman X and here are no pipes connecting from the drill to Black King's neck. This idea was proposed by Okazaki Sei, whom was the producer of Ultra Fight Victory. This mini-series included Juda, so wanted to put more callbacks to Andro Melos in future productions.
*When Black King Drill Custom defeated, it was regressed into a normal Black King Spark Doll instead of another variant of it. It is possible that "Drill Custom" is just a minor alteration and that it does not affecting the normal Black King further.
**Same case may also applied to King Joe Custom, whose alteration in his name and appearance does not affect the announcement of him as "King Joe".
===Ultraman Orb===
Black King's Kaiju Card was given to Jugglus Juggler by Don Nostra in hopes of using this tough monster to finally put down Ultraman Orb for good.
After he fought Gai Kurenai, the Ultra's host, for a while, Jugglus used his Dark Ring to summon Black King while Gai transformed into the Ultra in his Hurricane Slash form. When the two monsters started the fight, they were evenly matched with Orb's speed and agility and Black King's durability and brute strength. Orb then used his Orb Sluggers on the monster, but he knocked them away with his arms which then returned back to the Ultra and he used them to form the Orb Slugger Lance to combat Black King, but thanks to his armored hide, the weapon didn't even leave a scratch on him. After Orb deflected back Black King's flames and the latter endured the attack, Orb decided to transform into his Burnmite form to turn up the heat.
In his fiery form, Orb managed to put up a much better fight against Black King physically. After he dodged the kaiju's flame attack by jumping up and the latter blocked the jump kick soon afterwards, Orb used his Stobium Burst to counter the flames, which resulted in an explosion. However, when the smoke cleared, Black King gave the Ultra quite a surprise with a hard headbutt which sent Orb to the ground, leaving him vulnerable to another attack while his Color Timer started to blink.
After witnessing Jugglus Juggler's supposed death, Orb used the flames used by Black King to use it against him via Stobium Counter Zero and finally put him down for good with his Stobium Dynamite. 
===Ultraman R/B===
Black King was summoned by the power of a Kaiju Crystal by Makoto Aizen. It emerged from underground Ayaka City and went on a rampage as it destroyed a lot of infrastructure with its sheer strength and Hell Magma. Isami Minato tried to transform into Ultraman Blu and take on it alone after an arguement with Katsumi Minato, but after spotting his sister, Asahi Minato, he told his sister to get out of the area, only for him to be trapped under the rubble of a building after it was destroyed by the kaiju's heat ray. Katsumi was about to transform into Ultraman Rosso to stop the Kaiju himself, but before he did, he saw a vision of Asahi trying to save Isami from Black King and after being inspired by his sister's words, Katsumi saved Asahi just in time after she was blown away by Black King's heat ray and pull Isami out of the rubble. After leaving Asahi in their father's care, the two brothers were to transform into Ultramen once again and sent the Hell Magma attack right back at Black King as they touched down after transforming.
Rosso and Blu took on Black King with their Aqua and Flame forms respectfully and while they had the advantage in numbers, Black King's toughness and durability leveled the playing field. After brawling for a short time, Rosso used his Splash Bomb to encase Black King's head and block the monster's Hell Magma attack before it broke out and matched Blu's Flame Equilix in a beam lock which ended in a draw and the fireballs that caused a lot of casulties. After Rosso prevented Blu from firing his beam attack again, Black King tackled them and knocked them down onto a building which got destroyed after they landed on it.
Afterwards, Rosso and Blu switched into their original forms and chopped off Black King's horn. As the brothers' Color Timers began to flash, Blu sent Black King flying up with his Aqua Jet Blast and after Rosso hit him with his Flying Kick, the two brothers sent the Kaiju crashing down with their W (Double) Kick and finally used their Flame Sphere Shoot and Aqua Strium respectfully and the Kaiju exploded in the process and Makoto reclaimed the kaiju's Kaiju Crystal in the aftermath and the two Ultras were finally acknowledged as heroes.
===Ultraman Taiga===
Black King is Alien Nackle Odyssa's battle partner, who once fought against Ultraman Jack with him. They lost, and Odyssa decided to quit being a warrior. He went to Earth to have a peaceful life as an artist named , and sealed Black King into its egg.
However, Kirisaki takes an interest in Oda's past and Black King's egg, and would like to turn him back to his old ways. Ultraman Tregear appears, causing mayhem and destruction so that he could lure Ultraman Taiga out to battle. Reminded of his past battle and loss against Ultraman Jack, his dormant fighter's spirit briefly resurfaced, allowing Black King to emerge. Under attack, Taiga had no choice but to finish off Black King, unaware who owned it. Seeing his partner destroyed left Oda greatly upset, and finds out that Hiroyuki transformed into Taiga after that.
This chain of events eventually led to Odyssa's death, as Black King's demise caused Odyssa's warrior spirit to resurface and challenge Taiga. 
===Ultraman Regulos: First Mission===
Black King was revived alongside Gandar, Dallie, and Star Bem Gyeron by Alien Reiblood, who had possessed Reibatos' body, to fight Ultraman Regulos. Soon after, a group of Ultras arrived to provide back up, with Ultraman Great fighting Black King. Eventually, Black King was destroyed by Great's Great Slicer. 
====Trivia====
*This would mark the last appearance of the Black King suit used since Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie as it would be modified into Leodo in Ultraman Arc.
==Data==
==Spark Doll==
Black King became a Spark Doll in the conclusion of the Dark Spark War due to the Dark Spark's powers. His Spark doll fell to Mt. Furuhoshi, and found by Hikaru Raido, who kept him as the first addition to his collection. After Dark Lugiel's defeat, Black King's Spark Doll is likely to have reverted back to its original form and depart Earth to return home.
In episode 5 of Ultraman X, Black King was turned into a Spark Doll after X defeated it. It is assumed that Xio currently has it in their possession.
:;Stats
*Height: 14 cm
*Weight: 150 g
:;Usage
*In episode 1, Hikaru accidentally Ultlived into Black King, but after being ambushed by Thunder Darambia, he was swapped out for Ultraman Ginga.
*In episode 7, Hikaru Ultlived into Black King again to combat Dark Galberos, but after a short boxing match that he lost, Black King was swapped out for Ginga.
==Other Media==
===Redman===
Black King reappeared in the series, Redman.
Black King first appeared in episode 2 where he battled Redman. He proved to be a tough opponent, dodging the Red Spear. But he was killed when Redman slashed him with his Red Knife.
Black King's final appearance in Redman was in episode 5, where he fired missiles at Redman, but the hero dodged them. They brawled until Black King fell unconscious. Redman picked up his body and killed him with the Red Fall.
====Trivia====
*In this series, Black King displays the ability to fire organic missiles from his fingers. An ability that he never used in his subsequent appearances. This however is most likely an example of the show's low budget.
*In this series, Black King possesses the roar of Mirrorman kaiju, Dustpan.
===Takeshi's Castle===
Black King appeared in the Japanese variety show, Takeshi's Castle in the special "Monster" episode. He participates in the games "Quake" (where he is successful) and "Boulder Dash" (in which he fails). In the U.S. variation of the show known as "MXC," he is called "Tupacashaft," and is the star of monsploitation films of the 1970s. During MXC's variation of the episode, Quake is not featured in it.
===Kaiju Busters===
Black King appeared in this video game as well as a subspecies called . 
====Trivia====
*His golden subspecies may have been inspired by the picture with Alien Empera in Taro.
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Golden Black King.jpg
===Ultraman Galaxy===
Black King reappeared in the puzzle role-playing game for mobile devices, Ultraman Galaxy as a UR (Ultra Rare) card that you can unlock him in an event called "The Impenetrable Adversary" with a rare chance of getting Black King.
===New Ultraman Retsuden===
Black King appeared as one of the hosts of New Ultraman Retsuden in the "Spark Doll Theatre" section. He appeared alongside Ragon, Kemur, Thunder Darambia, and King Pandon.
He appeared in episodes 15 (talked about researched monsters), 16 (talked about the Mega Monster Battle series), 17 (appeared alongside Taro when he talks about the time when Cyphon headed the Earth), 27 (talked about more monsters they researched), 37 (talked about evil Ultramen they researched), and 52 (when they gathered around to hear Taro's greatest adventures on Earth).
In episode 37, he, along with Ragon and Kemur, took on Chaos Ultraman and Chaosroids T and U. Black King took out Chaos Ultraman quickly with his Hell Magma after he swatted away Chaos Ultraman's attack.
====Trivia====
*Voice actor: Tetsuo Kishi
==Merchandise==
Black King is released many times in the Ultra Monster Series. He has 4 points of articulation and for most of the time, the older figures sport either more black than gold or the other way around until the repaint version which gives it a more accurate look. In 2013 Black King is released as one of the Ultra Monster 500 series and is #8 and stands at 5in. He is also released by Bullmark and Popy.
Black King toys.jpg|Black King's, Largest (Bullmark) and Metallic green (Popy)
Black king spark doll.jpg|Black King Spark Doll
Blackking LL01.jpg|X-Plus 25cm Black King 2009 release
Nb set 02.jpg|X-Plus 25cm Black King 2013 release sunset version
Black King 1991.jpeg|The 1991 Bandai Black King figure.
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414Ru-Lg78L. AC UL160 SR160,160 .jpg|S.H.Figuarts Black King
Black_King_eraser.png|Black King eraser
Remodeled_Black_King_eraser.png|Remodeled Black King eraser
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