Kaijin
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Kaijin (literally meaning mysterious person or strange person), is a term used in usually in tokusatsu, which describes humanoid monsters; some are depicted as evil, sadistic, and savage, while some are depicted as extremely unintelligent and sometimes perverse. Eventually, in later shows, there would be many ally kaijin as well.
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[edit] Tokusatsu (Japanese Cinema)
Usually, heroic monsters were from the daikaiju films. It wasn't until later on that tokusatsu began using kaijin which aided the hero or saved civilians, which became evident in the Kamen Rider Series. There were also some who just hung out with the heroes and provided the comedy relief, most of this happening in Super Sentai. Examples include:
[edit] From Kamen Rider
- Mogura Juujin (from Kamen Rider Amazon).
- Kujira Kaijin (from Kamen Rider Black).
- The Renegade Orphenochs (Yuji Kiba the Horse Orphenoch, Naoya Kaido the Snake Orphenoch, and Yuka Osada the Crane Orphenoch from Kamen Rider 555).
- The Royal Club Undeads (Noboru Shima the Tarantula Undead and Jou Hikaru the Tiger Undead from Kamen Rider Blade).
- The Native Worms (Daigo Tachikawa and Shuichi Tadokoro) from Kamen Rider Kabuto.
- Momotaros, Urataros, and Kintaros from Kamen Rider Den-O.
[edit] From Super Sentai
- The 3 Baka Gorma (Company President Gravestone, Miss Telephone, and Boss Kamikaze; from Gosei Sentai Dairanger).
- Tirianoid #12: Yatsudenwani (Mikoto Nakadai/Abarekiller's Servant from Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger)
- Ragi and Akutagami from Boukenger.
[edit] From Ultraman Series
- Pygmon
- Child Baltan
- Tiny Baltan
- Mikelas
- Windom
- Lim-Eleking
[edit] From the Chouseishin Series
- Ruby from Gransazer
- Blaird, Cyclead, and Aqual from Chousei Kantai Sazer-X.
[edit] Homages from the West (Western Cinema)
While the term itself is used to describe many monsters from tokusatsu and Japanese folklore, monsters like vampires, werewolves, Frankenstein's Monster, mummies, zombies, and other Western entities from Western Mythology, are in this category to an extent, but not most of the time; however, they are credited to the contribution of many tokusatsu kaijin designs.
