List of Ultraman manga characters

The list below refers to characters of Ultraman, the manga adaptation from the original 1966 tokusatsu series of the same name. This manga soon received its Motion Comic adaptation and provided with voice actors.

SSSP

SSSP, stands for Science Special Search Party (科学特捜隊 Kagaku Tokusō-tai) (also shortened as Science Patrol (科特隊 Katokutai)) is an attack team that had protected the Earth from monster threats and alien invasions from the past. Following Hayata's separation from Ultraman after his defeat from Zetton, SSSP disbanded and had its original base turned into The Giant of Light Memorial (光の巨人記念館 Hikari no Kyojin kinen-kan) museum made for remembering the SSSP and Ultraman's missions. In truth, the SSSP operated from shadows and had since protected Hayata and his entire family from being government test subjects after discovering his connection to Ultraman and the fact that he possessed what remains from Ultraman's power. The current SSSP is now led by Edo and several remaining members of the original SSSP.

As several outlaw aliens emerge, SSSP finally revealed themselves to the society and created Spacium (スペシウム Supeshiumu)-empowered suits based on the original Ultraman, known as Ultraman Suits (ウルトラマンスーツ Urutoraman Sūtsu) to counter these aliens. At one point, it was considered for cancellation until Shinjiro's development in his flying ability saved the project.

Shinjiro Hayata (早田進次郎（ハヤタ シンジロウ） Hayata Shinjirō)

Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura,^[1] Megumi Han (childhood) (both Motion Comic)^[2]

The 17 year old protagonist of this manga. As the son of Shin Hayata, Shinjiro inherited his father's "Ultraman Factor" (ウルトラマン因子 Urutoraman Inshi), which gives him superhuman strength and resilience, as shown when he was able to survive from a fall at the age of 5. He also tried to master these abilities by jumping from high buildings while keeping it as a secret to resume a normal life. However, once the emergence of an alien named Bemular threatened him and his father's life, Shinjiro was forced to be enlisted as a member of SSSP. At the request of Edo, Shinjiro was provided with a finalized model of the Ultraman Suit which he used to fight against outlaw aliens, as well as inheriting the title "Ultraman". In a mock battle staged by SSSP, with the hired Red fighting against Shinjiro, the boy soon developed an additional ability to maneuver anti-gravity flight, thus saving the Utraman Suit project from cancellation.

While in use of the suit, Shinjiro utilizes a similar fighting stance to the original hero and wields a pair of Spacium Blades (スペシウムブレード Supeshiumu Burēdo) underneath his arms. These blades can be modified when Shinjiro utilizes the original Ultraman's Spacium Ray (スペシウム光線 Supeshiumu Kōsen), performed by having his forearms form a cross stance, with his left arm in a horizontal position and placed forward while his right arm is in a vertical position and placed backward. In contrast to the original, Shinjiro's variant had the beam released from his left Spacium Blade instead of the right arm. The small light on his chest is the Limitter (リミッター Rimittā) (based on Ultraman's Color Timer) which can be removed to access Shinjiro's full power as a last resort tactic. Edo soon provides him with a mimicry system which allows him to become "Ultraman" via holographic disguise should the Ultraman Suit be incapable of being deployed.

Shin Hayata (早田 進（ハヤタ・シン） Hayata Shin)

Voiced by: Takayuki Sugō (Motion Comic)^[2]

The original "Ultraman" and Shinjiro's father. He has been given the title of Minister of Defense at the beginning of the story. Long ago in the past, he bonded with Ultraman but loses his memory after the giant left him. Following the "dissolution" of SSSP, Hayata has settled down and had a family, with a son named Shinjiro Hayata. When Shinjiro was a 5-year-old child, Hayata discovered his son's abnormality when the boy fell from a great height and finally regained his lost memories after Ide showed him the footage of Bemular attacking an airplane. Hayata also inherited the Ultraman Factor (which also passed to Shinjiro) and unknowingly had his entire family protected by his former teammates from being the government's test subjects. Due to this, Hayata enlisted into the reformed SSSP once more and had a hand in developing the Ultraman Suits. Hayata wore the prototype of the Ultraman Suit, called the Proto Suit and first used it to fight Bemular when he threatened Shinjiro's safety. But as the suit was in fact a prototype, Hayata was defeated by Bemular until Shinjiro returned with the finalized Ultraman Suit, using it to fend off against Bemular before he retreated. Hayata would later oversee his son and the entire SSSP's activities after finally passing the "Ultraman" title to Shinjiro but once again returned to action when the Ace Killer Squad strikes. He is initially reluctant to have Shinjiro employed into SSSP, wanting his son to experience a normal life. He also views the Ultraman Factor as nothing more than a "curse".

The original Proto Suit (プロトスーツ Puroto Sūtsu) seems to be identical to that of the finalized version, though lacking a helmet and had its color scheme being black. Hayata fights using the Ultraman's fighting stance in his memory but is comparably weaker due to being lag behind from its finalized version. When Hayata returns to action, the suit was given a helmet based on the finalized version to hide his identity.

Mitsuhiro Ide (井手 光弘（イデ・ミツヒロ） Ide Mitsuhiro)

Voiced by: Masashi Ebara (Motion Comic)^[2]

A former member of the Japan Branch of the Science Special Search Party, and now chief of the Institute of Science and Technology (科学技術研究所 Kagaku Gijutsu Kenkyūsho). His intelligence in technology is expanded to the fact that he is able to fabricate footages, such as shrouding Bemular's plane attack as an accident to hide the alien's existence. He secretly has known that Hayata has recently transformed into Ultraman to fight monsters, revealing this fact to his friend at the Giant of Light Memorial, the secret base of the Science Special Search Party. He gives Shinjiro the Ultraman Suit and reveals the truth about his father to him. Although he usually appears stoic, he is angered by the Alien Adacic's actions.

Alien Zetton Edo (ゼットン星人・エド Zetton Seijin Edo)

Voiced by: Shigeru Ushiyama (Motion Comic)^[2]

The last surviving member of the Alien Zetton race after SSSP destroyed them in their last invasion for Earth. Edo was approached by Ide to join the SSSP as he agreed, having lend a hand in developing the Ultraman Suits. As the presence of alien beings were supposed to be made secret, Edo bears a wristwatch that allows him to create holographic disguise of a human when walking out in the human world. Knowing that there are times when the Ultraman Suit cannot be deployed, he gave Shinjiro another mimicry system in his possession that allowed the boy to become "Ultraman" via holographic disguise. As humanity were initially unprepared for the arrival of aliens, Edo's residential area is in fact the Giant of Light Memorial. He often felt nostalgic whenever he watched the diorama display of Ultraman and Zetton, reminiscing his days as an invader. Being an Alien Zetton, Edo only needed to sleep for two minutes a day.

His appearance, such as wearing a business suit bears resemblance to the Alien Zetton infiltrator that appeared in episode 39 of Ultraman, along with the fact that his human form is also based on Dr. Iwamoto from said series, the same man that the Zettonian infiltrator used to disguise, though no connections between the two were revealed.

Dan Moroboshi (諸星弾（モロボシ・ダン） Moroboshi Dan)

Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (Motion Comic)^[1][2]

A stoic officer who had worked for a long time within SSSP. Although appearing as a human with short hair and glasses, he is in fact an alien in disguise. His job is to report to SSSP of any events and is usually dwelling around the Alien City for informations from police informant Jack. He has a rather strained relationship with Shinjiro, doubted if the youth is fit enough to become an Ultraman. He also views Ultraman nothing more as an enforcer-like figure that instantly killed his opponents, which is not shared by the boy. Moroboshi later dons his own Ultraman Suit and revealed his alien heritage to Shinjiro when they pursue Seiji Hokuto. His name is in fact based on Dan Moroboshi from Ultra Seven.

Moroboshi's Ultraman Suit is called Ultraman Suit Ver.7 (ウルトラマンスーツVer.7 Urutoraman Sūtsu Bājon Sebun), which requires no Ultraman Factor and has a singular visor. His main weapon is the Spacium Sword (スペシウムソード Supeshiumu Sōdo) katana and several throwing knives. According to Moroboshi, because of the lack of Ultraman Factor, his fighting skills relies on weaponries, as well as his swordsmanship. The Spacium Sword is empowered by Spacium energies and is capable of slicing through harder materials such as Alien Bris' exoskeleton. Soon, the Ultraman Suit was upgraded into Ver.7.2, which gives him an additional Spacium, two machine guns that are stored in his shoulders and a pair of Wide Shot (ワイドショット Waido Shotto) cannons. The entire suit and its throwing knives are based on Ultraseven and his Eye Slugger. Meanwhile, the Wide Shot cannons is based on the similarly finisher attack of said giant warrior.^[3]

Akiko Fuji (富士明子（フジ・アキコ） Fuji Akiko)

Voiced by: Hiroko Sakurai (Motion Comic)^[1][2]

A former member of the Science Special Search Team with Hayata and Ide, but is now Moroboshi's superior officer.

She is the only character to be reprised by the actor from the original tokusatsu series.

Alien City Residents

The Alien City (異星人達の『街』 Iseijin-tachi no “machi”) is a hidden city beneath the surface. The only gateway to the surface are called Portals (ポータル Pōtaru), which installed in every country in the world while guarded by their respective governments. Accordingly, not many human lives in the Alien City, as the one identified so far is Jack.

Jack (ジャック Jakku)

Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (Motion Comic)^[2]

A human residence in the Alien City who possessed superhuman strengths, rivalling that of the resident extraterrestrials and even winning in a boxing match against Red. He acts as an informant to Moroboshi. His real name is unknown. His job as an informant even leads him to multiple connections with several underworld alien organizations.

He seems to possess a bracelet that resembles the Ultra Bracelet used by Hideki Gō when he becomes Ultraman Jack in The Return of Ultraman.

Red (レッド Reddo)

Voiced by: Shirō Saitō (Motion Comic)^[2]

A giant alien with a long neck and a pointed head. He was originally a popular boxer, but has recently been dethroned by Jack, which also costed his right eye. Red King soon appeared to Jack and Shinjiro and demanded a rematch, with Jack instead sent in the boy as his replacement until Moroboshi stopped the fight in the midway. Sometime later, Red and Jack was hired by SSSP to create a commotion in the human world in hopes of witnessing any improvements in the Ultraman Suit. Prior to the attack, Jack had Red appeared in the human world through the use of wristwatch-type mimicry system that disguised him as a kindergarten child. While fighting Red, Shinjiro/"Ultraman" developed an ability to perform anti-gravity flight, allowing SSSP to maintain the Ultraman Suit project and gave Jack the signal to stop Red's assault.

Red's appearance is based on Red King from episode 8 of Ultraman. The limited edition of chapter 4 of the manga stated that its true name is Rihyarenoru-Dasumohira-Vashizurihhe (リヒャレノル・ダスモヒーラ・ヴァシズリッヘ), but due to the overly long name, Jack instead called him "Red" due to his resemblance to said monster.

Alien Igaru Pigmon (イガル星人・ピグモン Igaru Seijin Pigumon)

Voiced by: Kentarō Itō (Motion Comic)^[2]

A short and timid alien who was Rena's stalker. He was originally a prince from his home world and represented his people in the Star Cluster Council, until the destruction of his kind prompted him to take refuge on the Alien City on Earth. There, he lived in the lifestyle of a hikikomori and feeds on instant noodle bowls. His only connection to the outside world was a computer which he used the internet to communicate with three human citizens while wearing a wig to hide his true form. Pigmon becomes attracted to Rena Sayama's performances. During Rena's 2018 concert, Pigmon died after shielding her from Adad's assault while seeking apology to Shinjiro in his last breath.

Although his initial appearance was timid, his true form was rather quite big and had a large tail. In his diminutive form, his body has a huge resilience. He is based on Pigmon from episode 8 of Ultraman.

Star Cluster Council

Star Cluster Council (星団評議会 Seidan hyōgi-kai) is an alliance of intergalactic alien races.

Mephisto Ambassador (メフィスト大使 Mefisuto Taishi)

A representative of the Star Cluster Council and is actually the employer for Alien Sukuruda Adad, who he hires to track down Bemular despite the atrocities the agent had made.

Alien Sukuruda Adad (スクルーダ星人・アダド Sukurūda Seijin Adado)

Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue (Motion Comic)^[2]

An alien agent under employment by the council whose mission is to track down Yapool on Earth. Despite being an agent, his actions seems questionable, due to committing atrocities on Earth by killing civilians in a serial murder. He first appeared trying to kill Rena and her fans in her 2018 concert before Alien Igaru sacrifices himself to protect her and for Shinjiro and Moroboshi to equip in their Ultraman Suits. During the commotion, Bemular briefly join forces with him due to their common enemy. After the event, he reported Bemular's whereabouts to Mephisto Ambassador, his employer.

Adad's weapons are a knife stored on his rear waist and a combat staff used to counter Moroboshi's Spacium Sword. Aside from that, he is also able to use brute strength, due to modifications made on him and his people after his entire race being deemed too weak.

Adad is based on Dada from episode 28 of Ultraman.

Other aliens

Bemular (べムラー Bemurā)

Voiced by: Tsutomu Isobe (Motion Comic)^[2]

A mysterious alien who appears in shadow and is implied to be the manga's main antagonist. The perpetrator of the plane attack that happened 12 years before the story, and had since become the main enemy of SSSP and Hayata by attempting to avoid them from participating the Star Cluster Council. Having fought against Hayata, he soon targeted his son, Shinjiro during the volume 1 of the manga for sharing the same trait with his father (his Ultraman Factor). Although seemingly able to win against Hayata, the arrival of Shinjiro in finalized Ultraman Suit turn the tides and blew his entire left body before retreating. He soon reappeared once more sometime later and spied the activities of Rena and her father, Endo. He also appeared during Adad's rampage in Rena's concert and the two join forces against Shinjiro and Moroboshi in their Ultraman Suits.

Bemular's main fighting skills involves ranged combat and entirely relies on a purple exosuit he wears, which seemingly shared/based on the Ultraman Suit models. The exosuit possess built-in energy cannons and hidden arms. Bemular is themed after the similarly named monster from episode 1 of Ultraman, even revealed to be the first villain Shinjiro faced.

Alien Adacic (エイダシク星人 Eidashiku Seijin)

Voiced by: Yamato Kinjo (Motion Comic)

A petty criminal and the second enemy that Shinjiro fought. His entire race was banned from entering Earth due to them hunting humanity for food. One single member managed to slip in by an unknown party and provided with equipment that allow him to hunt human victims. His attacks attracted the SSSP's attention and led to a fight with Shinjiro before he escaped. Sometime later, he almost killed Rena and her agent until Shinjiro reappeared and killed him through the removal of his Limiter. Although having saved the day, this event left him traumatized, due to Adacic being his first kill, as well as Edo and Ide discovered that there are more perpetrators behind the death of civilians with strange barcodes. Also before his death, Adacic realised that the third party that allow him to slip into Earth was manipulating him all along just to fight Shinjiro in his Ultraman Suit.

Adacic's main feature is a long tongue that he used to feed on human. Through a third party, he was provided with mechanical pincers that can launch plasma projectiles and a suit-like human disguise to approach his prey. He is themed after Cicada Human from Ultra Q while his pincers are in-jokes to the suit being modified into Alien Baltan in episode 2 of Ultraman.

Alien Kadder (カッダー星人 Kaddā Seijin)

Voiced by: Genya Ōhira^[2]

An alien criminal that SSSP faced at a warehouse, he was defeated by Shinjiro and brought to custody after begging for mercy to be spared.

Alien Bris (ブリス星人 Burisu Seijin)

Voiced by: Chihiro Nishimori^[2]

An alien hired by Alien Igaru Pigmon to kill officers Endo and Kurata after the two stalked him under the assumption for serial murders. This alien was faced by SSSP members and was killed by Moroboshi in his Ultraman Suit Ver.7.

He is based on Alien Metron from episode 8 of Ultra Seven.

Yapool (ヤプール Yapūru)

Voiced by: Akio Nojima^[4]

An alien who was originally a scientist working for the Star Cluster Council. He disappeared from the group sometime later and had disguised as a human on Earth as he became the caretaker of Seiji Hokuto, creating the boy's prosthetic limbs after surviving the plane crash 12 years prior. Some of his inventions were contributed to the Ultraman Suits. He also created a non-SSSP manufactured Ultraman Suit, Ver.A for Seiji to use.

He is based on Yapool, the main antagonist of Ultraman Ace.

Yuko Minami (南 夕子 Minami Yuko)

Voiced by: Megumi Han}

An alien whose appearance resembles that of a human. She is a childhood friend of Seiji Hokuto.

Civilians

Rena Sayama (佐山レナ Sayama Rena)

Voiced by: Maaya Uchida (Motion Comic)^[2]

A popular singer around Shinjiro's age. Her real name is Rena Endō (遠藤レナ Endō Rena). She is a fan of the original Ultraman, a trait that was passed from her father and is fallen for the human-sized "Ultraman" after he saved her from Adacic's assault, thus becoming the inspiration for her third single, "Ultlove" (ウルトラブ Urutorabu). She has no awareness of "Ultraman's" true identity but for once, while visiting the Giant of Light Memorial, she appeared to Shinjiro and asked if they had met each other somewhere else.

Yosuke Endō (遠藤庸介 Endō Yosuke)

Voiced by: Kazuhiro Yamaji^[2]

A police officer who unwittingly is drawn into the world of aliens living on the Earth during his investigations. Both him and daughter is a huge fan of the original Ultraman, but he is not being able to accept the Ultraman Suit as heroes, dismissing them as SSSP's agents.

Kurata (倉田)

Voiced by: Reona Irie^[2]

Endo's junior partner.

Seiji Hokuto (北斗星司（ホクト・セイジ） Hokuto Seiji)

Voiced by: Megumi Han^[5]

A 16-year-old student in Shinjiro's school. He is one of the survivors during the plane crash made by Bemular and due to this, was given prosthetic limbs and legs made by his caretaker, Yapool. He is skilled in investigating and views Shinjiro as an older brother/senior, as well as supporting him through the use of his own Ultraman Suit. Although Shinjiro has no qualms with it, Moroboshi refuses to acknowledge the boy as an "Ultraman" and almost killed him if it weren't for Shinjiro. His main reason of fighting as an Ultraman is due to the plane crash incident that claimed many lives and wishes to eliminate those who refuses coexistence. His name is based on the main lead protagonist of Ultraman Ace.

Hokuto's Ultraman Suit is called Ver.A, which materializes by pounding his prosthetic fists together. This suit is an analogous of Ultraman Ace from his titular series.

Hokuto's mother

Voiced by: Miho Masaka^[4]

Hokuto's mother, who passed away in a plane crash made by Bemular.

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