Sand Genjin Sandurami

**Sand Genjin Sandurami**(砂原人スナウラミ *Sunahara hito sunaurami*) is a sand-based Mu Genjin who appeared in Episode 1 of Tetsujin Tiger Seven.

## Personality

Sand Genjin Sandurami is a sneaky killer who always ambushes its’ enemies from the ground below and will always brutally kills its’ victims by shoving its’ claws into their hearts. He shows no mercy for anyone, especially after being wounded, but will immediately retreat away when it becomes outnumbered.

## Appearance

Sandurami has a tan-colored, cracked body with a circular head that holds two empty eye sockets and a circular, gaping mouth. It also wears a ragged skirt around it’s waist.

## Biography

In the Sahara Desert, a team of scientists head to a location to discover the tombs of the Mu Empire. As they travel in their jeeps through the desert, one of the Mu Clan’s Genjin, Sand Genjin Sandurami, spies on them while burrowing through the sand.

Once the team set up a camp after they discovered the tombs, one of them, Yamamoto, plays around in a pond at a small nearby oasis. One of his colleges, Izumi, calls out and runs towards him until Sandurami appears while still in the sand and grabs his ankle to pull him down. Yamamoto tries to save Izumi while he’s only a waist-deep in the sand and manages to pull him out where he spots Sandurami’s hand grabbing Izumi’s leg from out of the sand. Yamamoto shoots at Sandurami with a gun until the other scientists arrive, causing Sandurami to retreat back into the sand. Unfortunately, they’re too late as Sandurami had already ripped Izumi’s heart out. The lead scientist, Professor Takigawa, hypothesizes the attack to be from a Mu Genjin.

With a group of humans disturbing their tomb, the great leader, Prince Gil, and his commander, Black Mask, call out to the brain of their emperor, Emperor Mu, to inform him about Sandurami’s ambush on the scientists. Once the brain of Emperor Mu has waken up, Prince Gill starts their revenge on humanity by calling out to all of their Mu Genjin to rise out of their hiding places, allowing Sandurami is fully rise out of the sand.

Just then, Takigawa’s son, Go, arrives at the camp on his motorcycle, despite his father telling him not to come. As Go rises towards his father, Sandurami rises out of the sand in front of him. Go jumps his motorcycle over Sandurami and tries to fight the Mu Genjin while still his riding. However, Sandurami blows a sandstorm at Go, causing him to fall off his motorcycle while on a sand hill where it crashes and blows up. Go rolls down the sand hill into Sandurami where it attacks him. Seeing Sandurami, one of the scientists shoots at the Mu Genjin until he manages to shoot its eye. Upon being injured, Sandurami sinks its’ claws into Go’s heart, fatally wounding him, before retreating away.

With his son about to die, Takigawa decides to use an artificial heart to revive him. Once Go is revived, Takigawa gives him a pendent of an ancient Egyptian hero named Tiger Seven.

Once the entrance to the inside of the tomb is discovered, Takigawa and his team head inside where they encounter Prince Gill who has Black Mask kill them off by throwing each scientist to the Mu Genjin. Go heads inside the tomb and witnesses the scientists being killed and Prince Gill killing his father in front of him. Before Black Mask can kill Go, he uses the pendant he was given to vanish out of the tomb.

With the pendant, Go transforms into Tiger Seven and uses his powers to fight back when Prince Gill sends out Magma Genjin Kaenjin to murder Takigawa’s archaeology group back at Japan. After destroying Kaenjin, Go looks out at sea where he vows to destroy the Mu Clan and avenge his father. After Go transforms back into Tiger Seven, Sandurami sneaks up behind him while in the ground. Once Sandurami grabs Tiger Seven’s ankle, the Egyptian hero jumps up in the sky to pull the Sand Genjin out of the ground. Once out, Sandurami faces against Tiger Seven as he puts on his Fight Glove and uses Tiger Cutter to slice the Sand Genjin in half at the waist. Tiger Seven watches as Sandurami’s upper body half falls off his lower body, finally killed and avenging the death of one of the scientists as well as paying it back for nearly killing Go.

## Powers/Abilities

**Burrowing**: Sandurami is able to burrow through the ground.

**Hurricane Breath**: Sandurami is able to breathe out a strong, hurricane-like wind from out of it’s mouth.

**Sharp Claws**: Sandurami has a pair of sharp claws in it’s hands that allow it to stab its victims.