Ultraman Ginga's History
Ultraman Ginga is the titular Ultra Hero of Ultraman Ginga and Ultraman Ginga S. He is an Ultraman from an unknown future who fought Dark Lugiel in the Dark Spark War, before passing his power to Hikaru Raido. After Dark Lugiel's defeat and the lifting of the Spark Doll curse, Ginga returned to Earth to fight against the threat of Alien Chibull Exceller, who plotted to use the stolen Victorium to revive his other half Lugiel and was joined by Ultraman Victory.
Both Ultraman Ginga and Dark Lugiel originated from space which was set somewhere in the future. The two were originally one entity. However, both Ginga and Lugiel had different mindsets of peace. Lugiel stated that to create an "ultimate paradise", all lifeforms must be paused but Ginga objected, saying that all lifeforms bring prosperity. The two eventually split up with Ginga bearing the light and Lugiel bearing the darkness.
Dark Lugiel orchestrated the Dark Spark War which raged between the side of good and the side of evil, as represented by the participants, the Ultramen, monsters and evil aliens from across the universe. It is known that Ginga, with the Ginga Spark, previously fought the owner of the Dark Spark, but like possibly every Ultra and monster in the war had been sealed by the Dark Spark into the form of an action figure called a Spark Doll. It is now known that this was caused by the clash between the Ginga Spark and Dark Spark, which sealed both combatants. Afterwards the event that came to be known as the Dark Spark War, due to its ending, these dolls later fell to Earth in a meteorite shower with the Ginga Spark and the Ginga Doll hidden within it. The Ginga Spark was later kept inside the Ginga Shrine by Hotsuma Raido.
Sometime later, a young man named Hikaru Raido discovered the Ginga Spark, which let him combine with the action figures and possess the abilities of the being in the action figure through a process called Ultlive. Unlike other Spark Dolls, Hikaru's Mark of Courage must shine in order for Ginga's Spark Doll to be called from within. Ginga was first summoned by Hikaru to fight Thunder Darambia, and finished the monster off by using the Ginga Thunderbolt before claiming its Spark Doll. This helped him in many later battles against humans and even some of his own friends that Darklived into Kaiju and Seijin (Thunder Darambia, Kemur, King Pandon, Ragon, etc) via Spark Dolls and Dark Dummy Sparks which were distributed by Lugiel's agents; Alien Valky, Alien Icarus, and Alien Nackle Gray. At the same time, this allowed Hikaru to receive the Spark Dolls of the monsters he defeated. While gaining a new ally in the form of Tomoya Ichijouji/Jean-Nine, Ginga remarked that every time a monster was brought back (Darklived) into the world, the forces of darkness were growing stronger and that 'his' return was nearing.
His words proven true when Dark Lugiel emerged from his host, Furuboshi Elementary School principal Kyoko Shirai and siphon Minus Energies he collected prior before defeating Ginga in an instant. Although a revived Taro gained the upper hand, he relinquished his power to revive Ginga, who is the only one able to defeat Lugiel. Ginga and Lugiel fought with their weapons to a standstill until they reached the Moon and fired each others' energy beams at full power. Lugiel was defeated in the end as Ginga gave Hikaru a mission to travel around the world as he departed to space.
At some point of time, Ginga would return in a brief moment to save Ultraman (Chigusa) and Tiga (Kenta) from Alien Magma and his Darklived Zetton. He spirited the two to Earth while bringing along his former enemies, who sought apprenticeship under his wing.
Sometime after Lugiel's defeat, Ultraman Ginga was one of the fake Spark Dolls of Tomoya which led into the creation of Livepad. Ginga was chosen by Hikaru and fought against a copy of Chaos Ultraman. With Hikaru and his team are on the losing side, the original Ginga communicated with Hikaru, reminding the boy of their promise and gave the entire team a moral support to finish the virus once and for all.
Two years after his battle with Dark Lugiel ended, Ginga returned and reunited with Hikaru on Earth to save him and UPG members from EX Red King. With Hikaru joining the ranks of UPG, Ginga finds himself in the middle of a conflict between the underworld civilization Victorian and Exceller's faction, who wanted to steal their supply of Victorium to revive Dark Lugiel. Ginga join forces with the Victorian protector Ultraman Victory, whose host Sho made an uneasy alliance with UPG because of his distaste for humans until he grew close with Hikaru while the return of Ultraman Taro allows Ginga to assume Ultraman Ginga Strium.
In the middle of the series, Ginga and Victory ejected their hosts at the last minute before their deaths from Five King. Through UPG and Shepherdon's cooperation, the two giants were revived once more to fight the combined monster that ravaged in Shizukugaoka. It was at this moment that both Ultras show coordination in planning attacks, taking down parts of Five King one-by-one before defeating it for good.
In the series finale, Exceller partially revived Dark Lugiel, combining it with the UPG Live Base (mainly for their Victorium Cannon) and turning him into Vict Lugiel. Ginga Strium and Victory used an attack plan of striking his Victorium Cannon and swapped each others per battle but failed. Through Mana's help (by faking her betrayal no less), she was able to extract and return the Shepherdon Spark Doll from Vict Lugiel to Ultraman Victory. As it seemed that everything goes south for Exceller, he was regressed into Spark Doll by Dark Lugiel's revived consciousness, who proceed to petrify the Ultras with relative ease. When the surviving humans regained their spirit and the Victorians gave Hikaru and Sho their necklace, they managed to revive the two Ultras and resume fighting Vict Lugiel. Through the combination of Mana's hacking and continuous attacks on the Victorium Cannon, a fully weakened Lugiel was destroyed with Cosmo Miracle Especially at the cost of the android's life. With Taro's job on Earth done, he returned to space as Ginga remained on Earth.
Ultraman Ginga was framed by Etelgar, who used his image as the "destroyer" of Planet Zandt to Arena, making her resent the Heisei Ultras and the two went through various time and space to kidnap them. Arriving at their latest destination, Ginga was transformed by Hikaru and assisted by Victory, but their combining powers were no match for Etelgar. As the two Ultras were forced to withdraw, Ultraman Zero dashed in and defeated Etelgar, causing him to retreat.
Soon, with Hikaru and Sho finished their training and provided the Ultra Fusion Brace by Zero, the two human hosts combined their Ultras into Ultraman Gingavictory and lead the rest of the freed Ultra Warriors in against Etelgar.
Having defeated by Victory Killer, Ginga was crucified by Yapool on Satellite Golgotha of Planet Gua as Ultraman Ace failed to save him with his former adversary upgraded into his current form. Victory rescued both Ultras and had Shepherdon heal them to join the battle against Yapool and his Terrible-Monster army on Gua. The Gingavictory fusion managed to defeat Yapool but forcefully split through an attack by Super Grand King Spectre. As Victory Knight went to deal with Juda Spectre alone, Ginga stayed with the Space Garrison and finished Grand King. With Juda died, the stolen Victorium Core and Hikaru/Ginga and Sho/Victory returned to Earth, where Hikari congratulated them for their bravery before returning to space.
In order to trace Ultraman Victory and Arisa in another world, Ginga jumped into another wormhole and defeated the rest of the Gua Army before he joined his partner and the alternate world's Ultra Hero, X.
The three Ultras fought against Mold Spectre before he and his Gua Army remnants retreated and the heroes seal his space distortion. Following a short scuffle with Gina Spectre and Alien Shaplay, the three Ultras transform to defend Xio's supply of Spark Dolls. Ginga and Victory used their merged form as Exceed X cleansed the Dark Thunder Energy from Gua Spectre for both of them to finish him.
After saying their farewells, Victory, along with Ginga and Arisa, went back to his own dimension thanks to Ultraman X's Ultraman Zero Armor.
After mysteriously disappearing from his world along with Ultraman Victory, Ultraman Zero headed to Hawaii where Gai Kurenai, Ultraman Orb, was at that time to inform him on the matter after defeating a newly rebuilt Galactron. It was later revealed that both Ginga and Victory had been converted into jewels for Murnau's collection.
After Darebolic was released, Ultraman Orb and Ultraman X arrived to combat the threat, only for X to also be turned into a jewel while Orb was defeated. However, hearing the resolve of the SSP to not give up allowed the three imprisoned Ultras to give their power to Gai. Later on, Ginga, Victory, and X were able to escape their imprisonment, thanks to Jugglus Juggler destroying the Dark Ring. The three Ultras joined Orb Trinity to fight against Darebolic and the newly released Seijin. After a full day of battle, Orb, Ginga, Victory, X, and a later arrived Ultraseven thanked the SSP and left Earth.
On Planet Sundowin, X and Geed were targeted by Dark Lugiel, who showed up and wanted to finish them off, but he was interrupted by Ultraman Ginga. X and Geed fired their rays at Dark Lugiel, buying them time to regroup with the other New Generation Heroes at the Land of Light. When everyone was gathered, they had a group talk to discuss what had happened to them. Ultra Dark-Killer uses a projection to inform the New Generation Heroes that Ultraman Zero and Ultrawoman Grigio are being held in the Dark-Killer Zone on Planet Tenebris, and to come and face him if they want to rescue their comrades.
Upon arriving, Ginga and Victory face off against Dark Lugiel and Etelgar respectively, but are unable to defeat them. Remembering the training they received from Zero, they fused into Ultraman Gingavictory and used the Wide Zero Shot to defeat them both.
However, Ultraman Tregear revives Ultra Dark-Killer and Ultraman Zero Darkness, the former growing to gigantic size due to his overflowing power. To help Zero defeat his Darkness copy, Geed uses the energy of Ginga, Victory, X and Orb to transform Zero into Zero Beyond. They then transform into their strongest forms to battle Ultra Dark-Killer. Taro lends Ginga his power once more, and he transforms into Ultraman Ginga Strium. After the New Generation Heroes assault Dark-Killer, Taro arrives and advises them to lend their power to the Strium Brace. Upon doing so, Ginga performs the New Generation Dynamite and destroys Dark-Killer and the Dark Palace. The New Generation Heroes and Zero regroup, but were confronted by Ultraman Tregear, who admits he was the mastermind behind these events. The New Generation Heroes decide to go after Tregear.
The New Generation Heroes faced off against Tregear near the Land of Light, but were defeated easily. When the Tri-Squad arrived, Ginga and Victory gave Ultraman Fuma their lights as a gift, which manifested in the form of Bracelet-type Ultra Taiga Accessories.
After Tregear was defeated by Ultraman Taiga, a part of Grimdo escaped from his body. The New Generation Heroes tracked down Grimdo in space and sealed it away in a crystal, at the cost of their Ultraman powers. In their human forms they descended to Earth to protect Hiroyuki Kudo from the approaching Grimdo. Once Hikaru regained his powers from the Ginga-let, the New Generation Heroes face off against Tregear, the Grimdo-possessed Taro and Tregear's monsters, with Ginga and Victory fighting against Hellberus. After their opponents receive power ups from Grimdo, Ginga and Victory fuse into Ultraman Gingavictory to finish off Hellberus. Initially being trounced by Grimdo after it had absorbed Tregear, the New Generation Heroes fused with Taiga into Ultraman Reiga and defeat Grimdo. The New Generation Heroes give their parting words to the Tri-Squad and Hiroyuki and return to their home worlds.
Following Tregear's defeat, the New Generation Heroes were dispatched across the universe to track down the Devil Splinter|Devil Splinters, the fragmented remains of Ultraman Belial, which could be used for nefarious purposes in the wrong hands. In their hunt for them, Ginga and Victory found themselves on Planet Penol, where an infected Bemstar was. The berserk beast proved tough for the duo before Ultraman Taiga arrived to lend a hand. After battling further, Victory created an opening for the others, with Ginga transforming into Ginga Strium and firing the Strium Beam in conjunction with Taiga Photon-Earth's Aurum Strium to defeat their foe and collect the Devil Splinter it left behind.Taiga began to question whether or not the Ultras were a match for The Kingdom, before Ginga reassured him by repeating what Taiga's father Taro once told him - that a forward-looking attitude can become hope itself.
The New Generation Heroes regroup in the Monster Graveyard, where Absolute Tartarus, Alien Bat, Reibatos, Ultrawoman Grigio Darkness and Gina Spectre were attacking Ultrawoman Grigio, Ultraman Zearth, Ultraman Nice and Ultraman Boy to take the Devil Splinter they found there. Ginga and Victory fuse into Gingavictory while Rosso and Blu fuse into Ruebe to fight Tartarus. However, Tartarus uses the gathered Devil Splinters to empower Reibatos, who recreates the Giga Battlenizer, and fuses Gina with the souls of her brothers to create Gua Spectre before he dies of an overdose. Gua Spectre's new perfect form proved to be too powerful, forcing the New Generation Heroes to fuse into Ultraman Reiga, who easily defeats Gua before defusing into his components. Just after the battle, Geed and Taiga are struck by Belial and Tregear who retreat shortly after, stealing the Beliarok from Z in the process.
