King Ghidorah

### Aliases

Ghidorah, Ghidrah, Gidrah, Gidora, Gidra, Kingu Gidora, Kingu, Qingu, Monster Zero, Golden King, Golden Devil, Golden Dragon, Space Terror-Beast, Space Monster, Dragon Monster, Cosmic Terror, Living Black Hole, Three Headed Dragon, DMGhido, LordGhido, LordGidra, LordKingu

## Production Information

### First Appearance

Godzilla: Lord of The Galaxy teaser (silhouette)Chapter 1 - The Arrival

### Creator

DinoMania (LordGhido) Tomoyuki Tanaka, Eiji Tsuburaya (Original character)

**King Ghidorah** (キングギドラ *Kingu Gidora*) is a three-headed Titan who appeared in *Godzilla: Lord of the Galaxy*.

In 12,000 BCE, a group of aliens, known as the Xiliens, used Ghidorah to attack Earth's Titans, especially Dagon and Rozan; they were the strongest. However, Ghidorah was defeated by Earth's Titans and the Xiliens were forced to retreat.

In 2020, the Xiliens came back to conquer the Earth once again, but with humanity refusing their "plea," they left Earth and left everything else for King Ghidorah.

## Name

The "Ghidorah" (ギドラ *Gidora*) part of King Ghidorah's name comes from the Japanese word for "hydra" (ヒドラ *Hidora*), which shares two of its three katakana characters with "Ghidorah." The addition of "King" (キング) to his name may have been influenced by King Dragon (キング・ドラゴン *Kingu Doragon*), the name given to Zmey Gorynych, upon which King Ghidorah's design was based, in the Japanese version of the Soviet film: Ilya Muromets.

## Design

King Ghidorah's design from episode 1 and teaser was based on Heisei King Ghidorah. Each one of his heads has golden "crowns", the middle head having the biggest crown. Like Godzilla, this Ghidorah also has spikes on lower jaw. His body shape is similar to MonsterVerse King Ghidorah's. His tails end in spiky retractable fans similar to his Heisei counterpart. LordVerse King Ghidorah has huge wings with the addition of clawed wingtips.

For future episodes King Ghidorah will get a design upgrade, similar to Godzilla. His head shape will retain the same, with the addition of spiked chin. Ghidorah will also have additional, smaller pair of eyes to reflect his alien nature.

## Origins

With the power that almighty Lord gave Xiliens, aliens tamed King Ghidorah and used him as their main weapon for invading and destroying planets and worlds.

## Abilities

### Gravity Manipulation

King Ghidorah is capable of controlling gravity of objects, creatures or area around himself.

#### Gravity Beams

King Ghidorah retains its trademark Gravity Beams.

#### Black Holes

A part of Ghidorah's gravity manipulation powers is the ability to form Black Holes, ranging in radius from a couple hundred meters to the size of a small planet.

#### Space-time distortion

Ghidorah can alter space-time around himself by creating a powerful gravitational field.

### Levitation and Flight

King Ghidorah is capable of levitation and flight. He can fly even with the loss of his wings using a zero-gravity field.

### Electromagnetism Manipulation

King Ghidorah is capable of absorbing and manipulating electricity. He is also immune to any electrical-based attacks.

### Weather Manipulation

King Ghidorah can create powerful thunderstorms.

### Energy absorption

King Ghidorah is able to absorb energy through his mouths.

### Durability

King Ghidorah is durable enough to resist Godzilla's atomic breath.

### Physical Strength

King Ghidorah is also known for his physical prowess, and will use his teeth and claw-wings to hurt Titans.

### Regeneration

King Ghidorah will be able to regenerate his heads and other body parts.

## Gallery

King Ghidorah, as he appears in Godzilla's IslandIslaGhido first Pivot stkIslaGhido/LordGhido head conceptIslaGhido second Pivot stk/LordGhido first Pivot stkLordGhido first Pivot stk (modified)IslaGhido, as he could've appeared in Godzilla vs Zilla Jr: The Final BattleMonsterVerse and LordVerse King Ghidorah size comparisonKing Ghidorah and Gryphon

## Trivia

* King Ghidorah was one of two main antagonists considered for *"Godzilla vs Zilla Jr: The Final Battle"*, the other one being Gryphon. In the end, DinoMania chose Gryphon, as that kaiju wasn't as known in the Godzilla community.
* Originally King Ghidorah had much smaller wings, like the Heisei and Showa incarnations. His wings were changed after the reveal of MonsterVerse Ghidorah, because DinoMania thought that giving Ghidorah larger wings would make him look much more powerful and intimidating.
* King Ghidorah's size changed multiple times. Initialy, he had a height of 162-168 meters, wingspan of 460 meters and a length of 365 meters.
	+ After first remodel, his size was measured at 171 meters tall, 418 meters long, with a wingspan of 550 meters and weight of 172,000 metric tons.
	+ Second remodel made him 192 meters tall, 428 meters long, with a wingspan of 630 meters and weight of 192,000 metric tons.
* King Ghidorah isn't the only member of his species, the other known being Grand Ghidorah.