Kiryu (Godzilla)

*This is the **Kiryu** version. If you are looking for the article of other media, you should go to Mechagodzilla.*

## Kiryu (Godzilla)

* Type-3
* Modified Type-3

### Name

Mechagodzilla, Kiryu, Mechagodzilla 2.0, Millennium Mechagodzilla, Mechagodzilla The Third, Mechagodzilla 3, MFS-3, Type-3 Kiryu, Mecha G, Mechanical Godzilla

### Aliases

Multipurpose Fighting System Type-3, Anti-G Special Weapon, Super Attack-Type Mechagodzilla, Battle Weapon

## Personal Info

### Age

Unknown, his skeleton is over 200 million years old

## Summary

**Mechagodzilla** (**メカゴジラ *Mekagojira***), better known as **Kiryu** (**機龍 *Kiryū*, lit. *Machine Dragon***), is a cybernetically-enhanced mecha who first appeared in the 2002 *Godzilla* film *Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla*.

Built around the skeletal remains of the Godzilla that attacked Tokyo in 1954, Kiryu was an advanced cyborg designed to defend Japan from the kaiju that frequently menace it, particularly the current Godzilla. Kiryu first saw action in 2003 when he was deployed to battle Godzilla when he surfaced at Hakkeijima. However, Godzilla's roar awakened the original Godzilla's restless spirit that was attached to Kiryu's skeleton, causing the machine to go berserk. Kiryu was recalled and his programming altered so this incident could never occur again, then was sent out against Godzilla a second time when he landed at Tokyo. Kiryu fought Godzilla to a draw, leaving him with a gruesome chest wound and himself losing an arm. Kiryu was rebuilt over the course of a year, and sent into combat with Godzilla again when he returned to Tokyo. Kiryu fought alongside Mothra and her twin larvae, and finally triumphed against his organic counterpart by reopening the wound on Godzilla's chest. The original Godzilla's spirit took control of Kiryu once again, and chose to sink himself in the Japan Trench with the immobilized Godzilla and deactivate rather than kill another member of his kind.

## Mentality

**Intelligence:** **Average** (Human-operated). **Animalistic** when berserk.

## Power and Stats

**Powers and Abilities:** Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight, Weapon Mastery, Berserk Mode (Can enter a berserker rage if his "Godzilla side" is triggered), Skilled in Hand to Hand Combat, Large Size (Type 1; Is 60 meters tall), Self-Sustenance (Types 1 and 2), Inorganic Physiology (Type 2), Cyborgization (Full), Electricity Manipulation, Energy Projection, Explosion Manipulation, Ice Manipulation and Absolute Zero (Can freeze a target to Absolute Zero), Deconstruction and Durability Negation with the Absolute Zero Cannon, Resistance to Absolute Zero (Resisted his own Absolute Zero Cannon at point-blank)

**Dimensionality:** **3-D**

**Existential Status:** **Concrete**

**Attack Potency:** **Multi-Continent level** (His Absolute Zero Cannon is this powerful, his physical attacks could overpower or even hurt Godzilla, who also survived close to the Absolute Zero Cannon.)

**Durability:** **Multi-Continent level** (Survived Godzilla's Atomic Breath)

**Speed:** **Superhuman** Movement Speed, **Supersonic+** Reactions and Combat Speed (Can move at Mach 4), **Speed of Light** with MASERS (Maser is a Laser that works with higher frequency photons in a visible light spectrum)

**Lifting Strength:** **Class M** by sheer size

**Stamina:** **Varies** from **High** (Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla) to **Extremely High** (Kiryu actually doesn't have a "battery life" anymore. In Tokyo S.O.S., he could keep going for as long as he needed)

**Range:** **Tens of meters** physically, **Dozens of meters** with Absolute Zero Cannon. **Several hundred meters** with beams and missiles.

**Weaknesses:** Powered by a quintessential DNA computer that may cause Kiryu's "Godzilla side" to take over when Godzilla is placed in danger. Because it has limited power reserves, Kiryu can only be in action for at most two hours or less when the use of Absolute Zero is involved (Absolute Zero Cannon uses up 40% of Kiryu's total energy supply). However in Tokyo S.O.S., Kiryu doesn't have a "battery life" anymore. As he could keep going for as long as he needed.

## Arsenal

**Notable Attacks/Techniques:**

* **Twin Maser Cannon**: Kiryu is equipped with the **Type-99 Double Maser Cannon** (**９９式２連装メーサー砲 *99-Shiki 2 Rensō Mēsā-hō***) or **Twin Maser Cannon** (**ツインメーサー砲 *Tsuin Mēsā-hō***) a Maser Cannon mounted inside his mouth. While the cannon's output is relatively low, the Twin Maser beams possesses 240% of the destructive power of the Type-90 Maser Cannon. The cannon is powerful enough to harm Godzilla if targeted at his face or chest wound.

* **Railguns**: In *Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla* Kiryu is equipped with dual wrist-mounted high-speed **Type-0 Railguns** (**０式レールガン *0-Shiki Rērugan***). In *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.*, these are replaced with improved **Type-4 Railguns** (**４式レールガン *4-Shiki Rērugan***). In both cases, these railguns are relatively low-powered compared to Kiryu's other armaments, and they are typically used as preemptive strikes and in conjunction with other weapons. Kiryu eventually sheds his railguns in his battles with Godzilla. Modified Type-3 Kiryu's gauntlets are tipped with two-pronged blades.

* **Maser Blade**: A small **Maser Blade** (**メーサー・ブレード *Mēsā Burēdo***) is stored inside each of Kiryu's Type-0 Railgun gauntlets. Kiryu uses this blade to stab Godzilla and deliver a strong electrical surge directly into his body. This blade was omitted from the Type-4 Railguns.

* **Back Unit**: Kiryu is equipped with a **Back Unit** (**バックユニット *Bakku Yunitto***), which possesses dual rocket launchers and boosters. Kiryu can fire two different types of rockets from the Back Unit, while the boosters grant him improved flight capabilities and the capacity to propel himself forward into an enemy at great speed. In *Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla*, after the Back Unit was damaged, Kiryu jettisoned the Back Unit and sent it flying at Godzilla, which pushed him backward before he finally threw it to the side. In *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.*, the Back Unit was modified to specifically function as a guided missile. Kiryu was able to launch each half of the back unit at Godzilla separately. While Godzilla shot the first half down with his atomic breath, the other half collided with Godzilla and exploded, which succeeded in knocking Godzilla to the ground.
* **Multiple Interlocking Rockets**: Kiryu can fire large **Type-87 680 mm Multiple Interlocking Rockets** (**87式多連装ロケット弾 *87-Shiki Tarensō Roketto-dan***) or **MRL 2 Mk. IV rockets** from the front of the shoulder-mounted cannons on his Back Unit. In *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.*, these are replaced with improved **Type-04 MRL 2 Mk. IV rockets**.

* **Multipurpose Guided Missiles**: Kiryu's Back Unit is also equipped with small ballistic homing rockets which are fired from its sides. In *Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla*, these are **Type-95 470 mm Multipurpose Guided Missiles** (**９５式４７０ｍｍ多目的誘導弾 *95-Shiki 470 Emuemu Tamokuteki Yūdō-dan***), while in *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.* they are replaced by **Type-98 320 mm Multipurpose Guided Missiles** (**９８式３２０ミリ多目的誘導弾 *98-Shiki 320-Miri Tamokuteki Yūdō-dan***). These rockets are capable of striking a target from long range or while Kiryu is in close-quarters combat.
* **Absolute Zero Cannon**: Kiryu's ultimate weapon is the **Type-3 Absolute Zero Cannon** (**３式絶対零度砲 *3-Shiki Zettaireido-hō***), also known simply as the **Absolute Zero** (**アブソリュート・ゼロ *Abusoryūto Zero***), equipped in his chest hatch. As its name suggests, this weapon fires a beam that instantaneously freezes the target to absolute zero, the lowest theoretical temperature of -273.15 degrees Celsius or zero kelvin, at which all atoms cease movement. Because of this, a target struck by the Absolute Zero will be instantly frozen on the molecular level, smashing its atoms and causing it to collapse under its own weight. The Absolute Zero consumes 40% of Kiryu's energy reserves, and as such cannot be used heavily in combat. The Absolute Zero was shown to instantly freeze and disintegrate skyscrapers when fired at them. Its observed impact on Godzilla was much lesser by comparison. The Absolute Zero was unable to kill Godzilla, though it did open a gaping wound on his chest that would prove critical in defeating him a year later. When Kiryu was repaired the following year, it was deemed to not be cost-effective to repair the Absolute Zero, and so it was replaced with the Type-4 Triple Hyper Maser Cannon.

* **Anti-Beast Drilling Device (Spiral Claw)**: When Kiryu's right arm was replaced following his 2003 battle with Godzilla, he was given the ability to collapse his right hand into a rotating drill called the **Type-4 Anti-Beast Drilling Device** (**４式対獣掘削装置 *4-Shiki Tai Kemono Kussaku Sōchi***), also known as the **Spiral Claw** (**スパイラル・クロウ *Supairaru Kurō***). This attack proved devastating to Godzilla when Kiryu used it to pierce the scar on Godzilla's chest and rotated it, reopening the wound and causing Godzilla immense pain.

* **Triple Hyper Maser Cannon**: When Kiryu was repaired, his Absolute Zero was replaced with the **Type-4 Triple Hyper Maser Cannon** (**４式３連装ハイパーメーサー砲 *4-Shiki 3 Rensō Haipā Mēsā-hō***). While this attack was undeniably less powerful than the Absolute Zero, it proved crucial in defeating Godzilla, as Kiryu used it in conjunction with his Type-99 Double Maser Cannon to strike Godzilla's chest wound after it was reopened by the Spiral Claw, which critically injured Godzilla and left him helpless as the Mothra larvae encased him in silk. The hatch covering the Hyper Maser is equipped with claws that allowed Kiryu to restrain Godzilla and carry him out to sea.

* **Wire**: Modified Type-3 Kiryu can deploy extremely strong metal **wire** (**ワイヤー *Waiyā***) from his body to bind another monster in conjunction with the claws on his chest hatch and allow him to transport it over long distances. In *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.*, Kiryu used the wire to restrain Godzilla and carry him out to sea.