He lived peacefully as a botanist on the Mars colony until the day he had a fateful encounter with the Giant of Light.Īlthough feeling uncertain with the sudden changes that are happening to him, he heads to Earth to become the newest recruit of the expert team “GUTS-Select”.īorn Decem(age 21 years) in Gifu Prefecture. With a sociable, kind, and hard-working personality, he has a fiery sense of justice that compels him to fight to protect humanity’s smiling faces.
The protagonist of the show, he transforms into Ultraman Trigger. Usually in its Hyper Gun mode it is used as a ranged weapon, but when monsters appear and the power of light is needed, Kengo Manaka converts the GUTS Sparklence into its Sparklence mode, loads it with the GUTS Hyper Key, and by pulling the trigger held skywards he transforms into Ultraman Trigger. The GUTS Sparklence is an item made based on analysis of an artifact unearthed at the ancient civilization’s ruins and using scientific methods to create a replica. He wields the sacred weapon Circle Arms in battle. As well as his Multi Type natural form, he can Type Change into a Power Type form which is specialized for fighting with great strength on land and a Sky Type form that is specialized for aerial combat and agility. His name: Ultraman Trigger!Ī Giant of Light revived after millennia. The Giant of Light is reborn after an eternity. How will Kengo’s meeting with the Giant of Light influence his destiny and the destiny of Earth? The darkness that the ancient civilization sealed away breathes once more!Īs a monster bears down on the Martian settlement, Kengo’s fate leads him to a chance encounter.Ī chance encounter with none-other than the sleeping Giant of Light. However, his peaceful life suddenly comes to an end one fateful day. The Terrestrial Peaceable Union hurries to gather the expert team GUTS-Select, while Kengo Manaka lives peacefully on now-colonized Mars as a botanist. His power spent, the Giant of Light sleeps in the red star,
*(Note: Counting the TV series that featured a new Ultraman Hero and were broadcast on national television since 1966, and excluding 5 minute or less short series)ģ0 million years ago, the world was engulfed in terrifying darkness.īut that darkness was sealed deep in space by the Giant of Light. Please look forward to the 25 th entry* to the Ultraman TV series “Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga”. He draws on this experience in his role as “Kengo Manaka”, the newest recruit of “GUTS-Select”, an expert team that counters the monster attacks, and he expertly transforms into “Ultraman Trigger”. Despite his young age, as the leader of his group he has delivered smiles to countless fans across the globe. Kengo is played by Raiga Terasaka, the leader of boy group “Matsuri nine.”. He joins with our protagonist “Kengo Manaka,” a human imbued with light, and once more he stands against monster attacks and the dark forces to protect the Earth.
The new Hero “Ultraman Trigger” is a Giant of Light that has been in an eternal slumber after his battle against the dark forces 30 million years ago. It welcomes Tokusatsu genre veteran Koichi Sakamoto as the main director, and with the motto of “wanting to make everyone smile” at its core, Tsuburaya will deliver a series which will bring back the excitement felt by childhood fans of Tiga into the present day. Emulating the core “Tiga” story elements such as the legend of the Ancient Giant of Light, and the first-ever use of Type Changes in the Ultraman series, Ultraman Trigger can be considered a new generation Tiga with a brand-new story. The new TV series Ultraman Trigger was conceived as a homage to Ultraman Tiga, the first of the three beloved late 90s “TDG” series ( Ultraman Tiga, Dyna, and Gaia), and which celebrates its 25 th broadcasting anniversary this year. Tsuburaya Productions will begin broadcasting their new TV series “ Ultraman Trigger” on the TV Tokyo Network, starting from 9 am on J(Saturday, ‘Ultraman Day’).