Zone Fighter
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- For the 1973 television series, see Zone Fighter (Series).
Zone Fighter (ゾーンファイター Zōn Faitā), real name Hikaru Sakimori (さきもり ひかる Sakimori Hikaru), is a Seijin created by Toho that first appeared in the 1973 tokusatsu kaiju series, Zone Fighter.
Appearance
Zone Fighter has a silver humanoid face, with yellow eyes and a silver antenna protruding from his forehead. His body is mostly silver except for a blue triangular pattern on his upper chest, two red lighting bolts across his body, and a large multicolored belt buckle-like object on his lower body. This buckle indicates how much power Zone Fighter has, and ranges from blue when at full power, to yellow when his power is draining, and finally to a deep yellow-red which indicates that he has only 110 seconds before he is forced back into human form.[1] His legs and arms are blue and his gloves are silver. The outer parts of his boots are green and the inner parts are red.
History
Zone Fighter
Hikaru Sakimori and his family are natives of the planet Peaceland which became under attack by the beings of a neighboring planet, Garoga. The planet was ultimately seized and destroyed, forcing the Zone Family to flee to Earth. The Garogas, wanting only for Hikaru's death, followed the family to Earth and began plotting its subjugation. Hikaru and his siblings possess the ability to transform into the superheroes known as Zone Fighter, Zone Angel, and Zone Junior. However, Hikaru is the only one of the three who is also able to grow to giant size. The Garogas often deploy giant monsters to terrorize Earth and therefore Hikaru's aforementioned ability makes him the only eligible combatant. By day Hikaru is a test driver for a car manufacturer[1], but harbors only contempt for the Garogas, battling against them to protect his new home planet.
Abilities
Physical Ability
Zone Fighter's strength is on par, or equal, to that of most Terro-Beasts.
Flight
Zone Fighter can achieve flight in the same manner that Jet Jaguar can, by raising his arms in a 'Y' shape and levitating off the ground. He flies at the average speed of a jet (around 300 mph).
Teleportation
Zone Fighter is able to teleport through a broadcast from a TV set to wherever a battle may be taking place.
Meteor Missiles
Zone Fighter is capable of unleashing barrages of missiles called the Meteor Missiles that are strong enough to destroy most Terro-Beasts. This is one of Zone Fighter's strongest attacks, as it is used as his finishing move quite often.
Proton Beam
Zone Fighter can fire the Proton Beam from the antennae on top of his head. The Proton Beam uses much of Zone's energy. It can destroy some Terro-Beasts in one shot, however Jellar was able to take several shots of the beam without suffering any ill effects.
Subduing Mist
Zone Fighter can spray a calming mist called the Subduing Mist before dealing the final to his opponents.
Uzi Punch
Zone Fighter can perform an Uzi Punch where his fists speed up into a blinding fury.
Barriers
Zone Fighter can create barriers to block or deflect missiles.
Plasma Capsule
Zone Fighter can release a Plasma Capsule to shock nearby opponents.
Arrow Secretion
Zone Fighter is able to release a stream of arrow-like projectiles from his hands that will slice through their target.
Gallery
- Main article: Zone Fighter/Gallery.
Trivia
- An interview with Shunsuke Fujita revealed that at one point, Zone Fighter was considered for an appearance in Bandai Namco's Godzilla.
- Zone Fighter is Toho's second tallest Tokusatsu hero, only being surpassed by Megaloman.
References
This is a list of references for Zone Fighter. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
External Links
- Zone Fighter on Tokupedia
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