Okozeruge

**Okozeruge**(オコゼルゲ *Okozeruge*) is a Devil Stinger-based Doruge Maijin from Episode 1 of Choujin Barom-1.

He is voiced by **Eiji Maruyama** while his human form is played by **Shin Tokudaiji**.

## Personality

As a human, Koichiro is an ordinary father who works and cares for his own daughter. He will cower upon seeing evil entities such as Doruge himself but will try to resist them. However, he can be easily persuaded through fear.

As a Doruge Majin, Okozeruge becomes a loyal agent who remains focus on his task while giving out orders to the Antmen. Though, he mostly tends to avoid direct combat by running away but will defend himself with his flamethrower attack.

## Appearance

Okozeruge has a brown body covered with big red and white fins all over, sharp claws on his hands, and big bumps on the upper part of his chest. He has fins covering the rest of his chest, around his waist, on his back, underneath his arms, and on the back of his head. He also has bulging eyes on his head along with an opened mouth with small sharp teeth and fish lips.

## Biography

When an evil source of power called Doruge starts his plan to attack Earth, he finds a man named Koichiro Suzaki to turn him into his agent. Upon seeing Doruge’s presence when he appears in front of him, Koichiro is immediately frightened and refuses to be turned into his agent, but Doruge threatens to have his minions, the Antmen, go after his daughter, Suzaki. Fortunately, her two friends, Takeshi and Kentaro, helped saved her and were given powers from Kopuu to form into Barom-1 together.

Late at night, Doruge confronts Koichiro again, just as he was in the middle of sleeping, and wakes him up to threaten him, saying he’ll to never leave him alone. Not being able to take anymore of Doruge, Koichiro gives in and decides to listen to Doruge. By infecting him with his cells, Doruge transforms Koichiro into a Doruge Majin based off a Devil Stinger, turning him into Okozeruge. With his first agent now created, Doruge gives him orders to kill Baron-1.

Koichiro confronts Takeshi and Kentaro at the hospital they were taken too in his human form. Despite appearing friendly at first, the two friends find him suspicious and find out that he’s with Doruge. Upon being exposed, Koichiro transforms into Okozeruge and the Antmen appear as well. Okozeruge and the Antmen chase the kids out of the hospital upon sunrise until they get to the roof. Kentaro and Takeshi form together into Barom-1 and fight off the Antmen, making Okozeruge retreat away within a Jeep driven by another Antman. Baron-1 summons his Mach Road and chases after Okozeruge to a factory.

After making the Jeep crash, Barom-1 chases after Okozeruge and fights him and some more Antmen. Once all the Antmen are defeated, Barom-1 chases Okozeruge up to the factory’s walkway and fights with him some more. Okozeruge shoots flames out of his right hand fin and gets Barom-1 to hang over a ledge. Okozeruge keeps on hitting Barom-1 to get him to fall down, but he manages to kick Okozeruge away and gets back up. After a few more hits, Baron-1 manages to throw Okozeruge off the factory and all the way down to the ground. Upon being defeated, Ozokeruge reverts back to Koichiro, no longer having to be an agent for Doruge.

## Powers/Abilities

**Human Disguise**: Ozokeruge is able to disguise himself as his original human form.

**Extraordinary Leaping**: Ozokeruge is able jump down from high up on a building and land safely on the ground.

**Flamethrower Fin**: From the tip of his right hand fin, Ozokeruge can shoot out flames.

**High Jumping**: Okozeruge is able to jump up at an extraordinary height.

**Sharp Claws**: Ozokeruge has sharp claws on his hands that he can use to scratch his opponent.