Ultraman Tiga (character)

Ultraman Tiga
Ultra Series character
Ultraman Tiga as portrayed in original series.
First appearance	Ultraman Tiga (1996)
Created by	Tsuburaya Productions
Portrayed by	Shunsuke Gondo Koji Nakamura
Aliases	Tiga Tiga Dark (Original name/form)

Daigo Madoka
Ultra Series character
Daigo as shown in episode 39 of Ultraman Tiga.
First appearance	Ultraman Tiga
Created by	Tsuburaya Productions
Portrayed by	Hiroshi Nagano

Tsubasa Madoka
Ultra Series character
Tsubasa in Ultraman Tiga Gaiden.
First appearance	Ultraman Tiga: Revival of the Ancient Giant (2001)
Created by	Tsuburaya Productions
Portrayed by	Shogo Yamaguchi

Amui
Ultra Series character
Amui in Ultraman Tiga Gaiden.
First appearance	Ultraman Tiga: Revival of the Ancient Giant (2001)
Created by	Tsuburaya Productions
Portrayed by	Makoto Kamijo

Ultraman Tiga (ウルトラマンティガ, Urutoraman Tiga^?) is a fictional superhero from the 1996 Ultra Series, Ultraman Tiga, which ended a 15 year long hiatus of the serial television Ultra Series, with the last one being Ultraman 80, whose final episode was in 1981. In the series, the titular character's body bonded with Daigo Madoka, a man who was the giant's direct descendant and reincarnation, to fight against monstrous threats during the series' course. Tiga's case is regarded as a "human Ultraman" (人間ウルトラマン, Ningen Urutoraman), due to his host Daigo controlling his body instead of Tiga being in control of himself. Following the destruction of the dark ruler Gatanothor, Daigo lost his ability to transform into Tiga, signifying that the ancient warrior's role on Earth was over. His own movie The Final Odyssey further revealed his backstory as an incredibly powerful evil Ultraman in the past known by the name Tiga Dark (ティガダーク, Tiga Dāku) until he defected to the light after falling in love with a human named Yuzare.

During the run of the series, Tsuburaya Prods. celebrated the 30th anniversary of Ultra Series, by having Ultraman Tiga meet with an alternate version of the original Ultraman. Aside from that, Tiga's appearance laid a huge impact on the Ultra Series, as not only being the first Heisei Era Ultra Warrior, but also introduced the ability for Ultra Warriors to change their forms and appearances. Tiga himself enjoyed a huge popularity among fans due to the aforementioned traits and started to appear in succeeding media of the Ultra Series, either as himself (without proper explanation) or as an alternate reality version of the character.

Ultraman Tiga's grunts were provided by Yūji Machi (真地 勇志, Machi Yūji) during his series, who would later become the narrator of Ultraman Dyna, the succeeding series after Tiga. His grunts were recorded and recycled for Tiga's future appearances. During the movie Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey and Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers, his grunts were provided by Hiroshi Nagano, Daigo Madoka's actor. Meanwhile, his suit actors were Shunsuke Gondō (権藤 俊輔, Gondō Shunsuke) in Multi and Power Type and Koji Nakamura (中村 浩二, Nakamura Kōji^?) in Multi and Sky Type.