 This article is about a villain in Kamen Rider, the original series.
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- "Long live...the Shocker army! (ショッカー軍団…万歳！, Shokkā gundan...banzai!)"
- ―Jigoku Taishi's last words[src]
Jigoku Taishi[src] (地獄大使, "Ambassador Hell") is Garagaranda (ガラガランダ), an executive member from Shocker's Southeast Asian branch. His true name was Damon according to Kamen Rider Spirits.
History[]
Kamen Rider[]
Jigoku Taishi takes command of Japan's branch after Dr. Shinigami's leaves for South America. Jigoku Taishi captures the Rider's friends and calls out Kamen Rider 1 and becomes his Inhumanoid form, Garagaranda, a rattlesnake monster able to use his whip arm as a weapon, similar to the whip he uses normally. He also has the ability to burrow underground. While Kazuya Taki frees their friends, Rider 1 engages Jigoku Taishi in combat. He then manages to use his Rider Kick on Garagaranda reverting him back to his human form. He curses the Rider and screams to Shocker's perseverance before he explodes and the Shocker Leader disbands Shocker.
V3[]
- "Forgive me! Kill me...along with him! Kill Rider V3!"
- ―Jigoku Taishi's wishes to Doctor G and three other revived commanders[src]
Jigoku Taishi in V3
Jigoku Taishi, along with Colonel Zol, Dr. Shinigami, and General Black, were resurrected by Doctor G to initiate Operation: Japan Annihilation using a new toxic gas called Girard Gamma. His assignment is Kyushu. When he went to the dungeon, he orders the guard to let him take a look inside V3's prison once more only to captured by V3. Later Doctor G and other revived commanders come to the dungeon and angered to see he is captured by V3 stating he is useless. He apologies to Doctor G and other revived commanders and asked them to execute himself alongside V3 until Great Leader interference stating they cannot afford to lose even Jigoku Taishi when carried out their mission and let V3 go as he pleases. He becomes V3's hostage until getting to safety and lets him go back to Destron's base. He died with the other revived commanders when Destron's base accidentally self-destructed.
Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker[]
Jigoku Taishi as seen in All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker.
Jigoku Taishi reappears alive as one of the main commanders of the multi-universal conglomerate of organizations, Dai-Shocker. This time, Jigoku Taishi has a black armored outfit with a cape that has green lining as opposed to the previous gold and silver outfit he wore in the Showa Era. In the final battle, Jigoku Taishi is destroyed as Garagaranda by the Double Riders, Rider Double Kick praising Dai-Shocker before exploding similar to the original series.
Let's Go Kamen Riders[]
Due to a change in history caused by Ankh leaving an O Medal behind in 1971, Shocker created the Shocker Greeed. The Double Riders learn about Shocker's plan and attempt to replace the medal with a tracker device to find their headquarters. However, they had merely secured another fake medal and were ambushed when attacking Shocker, facing a large army of resurrected monsters, which included the recently defeated Ika Devil and Garagaranda. These troops eventually manage to overwhelm and capture the Riders, while their allies escaped. In the present, Garagaranda continued as a Shocker member even as it expanded to include members from other groups that would have been separate organizations in the original timeline, alongside making a huge alliance to lead under its banner the organizations that did appear. When the Riders returned as people's belief in justice partially restored the timeline, Garagaranda along with Ganikoumoru and Ika Devil was destroyed by Kamen Rider Den-O Climax Form's Boistous Slash and Kamen Rider New Den-O's Counter Slash. [OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders]
Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3[]
The Shocker army.
Through an alteration to history rewritten by Shocker's History Modifying Machine, Garagaranda is among the many monsters that serve the evil organization that rules the world in this alternate timeline created by Kamen Rider 3's assassination of the Double Riders in 1973. During the final battle against the Kamen Riders, Garagaranda is destroyed by Rider 2's Rider Kick. [Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3]
Kamen Rider 1[]
In 2016, faced with the emergence of a new organization, Nova Shocker, the remnants of the original Shocker moved to resurrect Jigoku Taishi to lead them. Their first attempt involved the kidnapping of humans by Yamaarashi-Roid but was foiled when Yamaarashi-Roid was defeated by Kamen Rider Ghost and Zyuoh Eagle
. [Appearance! The Mysterious Warrior!]
Ultimately, Shocker succeeded in reviving Jigoku Taishi. He is now able to transform into his monster form while retaining his outer armor. After Ganikoumoru's defection to Nova Shocker, followed by the destruction of most of Shocker's monsters and Combatmen, Jigoku Taishi, as the last remaining Shocker general, assisted Kamen Riders 1, Ghost and Specter in defeating Urga. Jigoku Taishi later died from a wound inflicted by Urga Alexander. [Kamen Rider 1 (film)]
Chou Super Hero Taisen[]
An iteration of Garagaranda was among the Shocker army of the Game World led by Shocker Leader III, the boss of the Chou Shocker Taisen bonus stage. This army was ultimately wiped out by a combined force of Kamen Riders and Sentai Rangers. Among those pitted against the Zyuohgers, Garagaranda was beaten by Zyuoh Eagle before being reeled in with the others by the Zyuoh The GunRod of Zyuoh The World to be destroyed by the combined Zyuoh Slash. [Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Chou Super Hero Taisen]
[Kamen Rider Build: Special Event]
Kamen Rider SD[]
- Main article: Jigoku Taishi (SD)
Jigoku Taishi: A member of Grand Shocker. He was among the meeting with the Great Leader. Unlike his television counterpart, his helmet has horns on the side right eye is cybernetic.
Kamen Rider Spirits[]
Zombie Jigoku Taishi and Other Villains from Manga
Video game appearances[]
Kamen Rider Club[]
Garagaranda appears as a boss of Shocker which is fought by the six Kamen Riders 1, 2, V3, X, Amazon, and Stronger in Kamen Rider Club.
Kamen Rider on Super Famicom[]
Garagaranda appears as a Shocker boss in the Super Famicom Kamen Rider game.
Kamen Rider on PlayStation[]
Garagaranda Saikyo Monster Form.
Garagaranda is one of several Shocker and Gel Shocker monsters that appear in the PlayStation Kamen Rider video game. They are fought by the player in the "Kamen Rider Story". In the "Shocker Story" players play as Shocker monsters which must defeat enemy Shocker monsters. If the player successfully passes the 8th round, the player's Shocker monster turns into Saikyō Kaijin (最強怪人) which is stronger and has a different appearance from the original form. The player can then upgrade punching power, kicking power, or both or can summon 6 Combatmen to aid them. the player then must defeat Kamen Rider 1 before facing Kamen Rider 2.
His untransformed Jigoku Taishi form also appears as a cameo in the Shocker Story prologue.
All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation[]
Garagaranda in All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation.
Garagaranda appears as a monster in the video game All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation.
Kurayami Taishi[]
- Main article: Kurayami Taishi
Kurayami Taishi
In Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! it is revealed that Jigoku Taishi has a cousin named Kurayami Taishi who is the leader of the Badan Empire and is destroyed by Kamen Rider ZX's ZX Kick.
However, in the S.I.C. Hero Saga story Dragon Road, retroactively, Jigoku Taishi's ghost had been always possessing on Kurayami Taishi and controlling his brother's body, until ZX defeated them.
Forms[]
- Height: 192 cm
- Weight: 95kg
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Mecha Jigoku Taishi
Mecha Jigoku Taishi (メカ地獄大使, Meka Jigoku Taishi) is a super android of Dark Shocker Army. His cyberbrain is installed with the personality and ability of the original Jigoku Taishi. Made with Super Steel Alloy (超鋼合金, Chōgō Gōkin), his boday can easily reflect the Rider Kick.
This form is exclusive to Pachinko Kamen Rider: Full Throttle.
Behind the scenes[]
Portrayal[]
In Kamen Rider the original series, Jigoku Taishi was portrayed by Kenji Ushio (潮 健二, Ushio Kenji), who later played Kurayami Taishi.
In Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker, Jigoku Taishi is portrayed by the late Ren Osugi (大杉 漣, Ōsugi Ren) while Garagaranda is voiced by Kenichi Suzumura (鈴村 健一, Suzumura Ken'ichi). Garagaranda's suit actor is Jiro Okamoto (岡元 次郎, Okamoto Jirō). Kenichi Suzumura later voiced Garagaranda again in OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders.
In Kamen Rider 1, Jigoku Taishi and the Garagaranda suit are both portrayed by Ren Osugi, marking the last time he reprised his role, Osugi passed away two years later.
Relationship with Kurayami Taishi[]
There is some dispute as to how Jigoku Taishi and Kurayami Taishi are related. Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! says that Kurayami is Jigoku Taishi's younger cousin.
Ironically while Kurayami and Jigoku Taishi's natural forms are very similar, down to being played by the same actor, their monster forms are completely different.
Concept Art[]
Garagaranda (Movie Version) concept art
Garagaranda (Movie Version) designed by Takayuki Takeya (竹谷 隆之, Takeya Takayuki).
Notes[]
- Footage of Garagaranda's defeat by Kamen Rider 1 in episode 79 appeared on the TV special Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! (1984), in a recap of the ten Kamen Riders.
- In Kamen Rider 1, Jigoku Taishi is shown to have long, white hair, after his helmet was destroyed.
Appearances[]
Kamen Rider
- Episode 53: The Monster Jaguarman, Decisive Deadly Autobike Battle
- Episode 54: The Ghost Village Sea Snake Man
- Episode 55: Cockroach Man!! The Terrifying Germ Ad Balloon
- Episode 56: The Poison Butterfly Gilliera of Amazon
- Episode 57: The Tsuchigumo Man Dokumonde
- Episode 58: The Monster Beaded Lizard, Deathmatch in Fear Valley!!
- Episode 59: The Monster Worm Man of Bottomless Swamp!
- Episode 60: The Eerie Owl Man's Killer X-Rays
- Episode 61: The Monster Namazuguiller's Electric Hell
- Episode 62: The Monster Harinezras, Murder Skull Plan
- Episode 64: The Monster Semiminga, Song of Slaughter!
- Episode 65: The Monster Dr. Insect and the Shocker School
- Episode 66: The Shocker Graveyard, The Revived Monsters
- Episode 67: The Shocker Leader Appears!! Rider in Danger
- Kamen Rider vs. Jigoku Taishi
- Episode 69: The Monster Guiller Koorogi, Nails of Death
- Episode 70: The Monster Eleki Botaru, Fireball Attack!!
- Episode 71: The Monster Abugomes, Mount Rokko Great Pursuit!
- Episode 72: The Blood-Sucking Mosquiras vs. The Two Riders
- Episode 73: Double Riders, Defeat!! Siomaneking
- Episode 74: The Deadly Blood-Sucking Devil, Give It Your All!! Rider Kid Corps
- Episode 75: The Poison Flower Monster Bararanga, Secret of the Terrifying House
- Episode 76: Three of Power Generation Monster Sea Dragon!!
- Episode 77: The Monster Imorigues, Showdown at Hell Ranch!!
- Episode 78: The Terrifying Unidogma + Ghost Monsters
- Episode 79: Jigoku Taishi!! The Terrifying True Form?
- Kamen Rider V3
- Episode 27: Zol, Shinigami, Jigoku, Black Rise from the Grave
- Episode 28: The Five Commandants' All-Out Attack!!
- Kamen Rider X
- Episode 27: Special Edition, Full Force of Five Riders!! (archive footage only)
- Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! (recap; archive footage only as Garagaranda)
- Kamen Rider 1 Through RX: Big Gathering (archive footage only as Garagaranda)
- Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
- OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders (as Garagaranda only)
- Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3 (as Garagaranda only)
- D-Video Special: Kamen Rider 4 (Flashback)
- Episode 1: Deathmatch! The Kamen Rider Died Three Times!!
- Episode 2: Fighting!! The Airstrike of Sky Cyclone
- D-Video Special: Kamen Rider 4 (Flashback)
- Kamen Rider Ghost
- Episode 24: Appearance! The Mysterious Warrior! (mentioned only)
- Kamen Rider 1
- Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
- Kamen Rider Build: Special Event
- Kamen Rider Den-O: Pretty Den-O Appears! (Image)
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