Zone Fighter

Zone Fighter (also known as the Meteor Man) is the superhero form of Hikaru Sakimori - a friendly alien living in Japan on Earth with his family. His family includes his younger brother and sister, his parents and his grandfather.

Zone Fighter's adventures are recognised as been canon to the Godzilla Showa era movies - with them taking place between Godzilla vs. Megalon and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. Furthermore, Zone Fighter and his family are notable for been Godzilla's only extraterrestrial allies.

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Hikaru's family were known as the Zone family and originally lived ona planet known as 'Peaceland'. However, they were forced to flee when their world was attacked and destroyed by a race of evil aliens known as the Garoga. The family eventually found Earth, where they settled in Japan and changed their family name to Sakimori in order to fit in. Hikaru took a job as a test driver for cars, while his sister Hotaru attended high school and his brother Akira attended grade school.

Unfortunatley for the family, the Garogas soon made a reappearance - this time intending to conquer Earth - using an army of daikaiju/giant monsters known as Terro-bests/Fearbeasts (which included the alien monsters Gigan and King Ghidorah). In order to try and stop them, the three children use their powers to transform into their superhero forms: Zone Fighter (Hikaru), Zone Angel (Hotaru) and Zone Junior (Akira) respectively by shouting the words "Zone Fight Power" with a Henshin pose. In order to help stop the Garoga from taking over Earth, Hikaru's father Yoichiro (who works as the propertier of of the Toy Research Institute) aids his children by inventing various gadgets and vehicles for his family to use. These include the following:
 * The Mighty Liner: A flying car that Zone Fighter uses. It transforms from a Skyline GT racecar.
 * Smokey: A mini aircraft piloted by Zone Angel and Zone Junior

Hikaru's grandfather Raita (known as 'Zone Great') also assists his children in their battles by using a satellite known as the 'Great Raideki' or 'Thuder Bolt' - which is disguised as a cloud and can cause damage to a fearbeast by striking it with powerful lightning bolts. However, the satellite is powered by his own strength and as such, he cannot use it frequently.

In order to battle the Fearbeasts, Zone Fighter is able to transform into a 'giant' form by shouting the words "Zone Double Fight" and possesses a wide range of powers. These include the following:
 * Can fly and travel through space.
 * Uzi Punch: he attacks foes with his fists at incredible speed.
 * Zone Barrier: Creates an energy barrier that can block an enemy's attack.
 * Hyper Barrier: Similar to the Zone barrier, but reflects an opponent's attack back at them.
 * Plasma Capsule: Can be released to shock an enemy temporarily.
 * Can move at super speed briefly
 * Can release a subduing mist from his fingers that can temporarily calm an enemy monster.
 * Can release a stream of arrow-like projectiles from his hands that slice through targets.
 * Using a broadcasted image on television, Zone Fighter can teleport.
 * Meteor Proton Beam: Fired from his firehead, this is often used as a finishing attack.
 * Meteor Missile Might: Bracelets on his wrists that fire powerful missile bursts.
 * Double Anti-Missile Might: Upgraded versions of his Meteor Missile Might bracelets, which can capture enemy missiles and fire them back at their source.

Despite all his powers and abilities, Zone Fighter is not invincible. He can only remain in his 'giant form' for a limited time - with the meter light on his belt changing from Blue (normal) to Yellow (caution) and finally to Red (warning). Thankfully, Zone Fighter's energy can be recharged by using an emergency battery capsule inside Smokey.

Although the Zone Family mostly fought against the Garoga and their Fearbeasts on their own, the family did have some allies. One of their human allies was a man named Takeru Jou - an amateur astronomer and model shop owner who came to know the family after unintentionally been involved in one of the Garoga's plots. After helping the Zone family defeat the Garogas during that time he has continued to assist them in any way he can. Despite only been human, Takeru is shown to be very strong - to the point of been able to take on a silver Garoga (the Garoga's henchmen) in close combat.

The Zone family's most recognised ally, however, was Godzilla - the King of the Monsters, and whom the family referred to as "The Monster of Justice". Godzilla first appeared when Zone Fighter was been outmatched by the two fearbeasts, Wargilgar and Spyler. Zone Angel used one of the family's gadgets to summon Godzilla - where he provided some much needed support to the outmatched alien hero. Working together, Godzilla killed Wargilgar using his atomic breath, while Zone Fighter defeated Spyler by first using his Meteor Missile Might - before throwing the creature into the air and destroying him with his Meteor Proton Beam.

Godzilla was later summoned again by the Zone Family as Zone Fighter was trapped by the Garoga in a car about to be crushed. To try and stop Godzilla from destroying the power lines (and thus saving Zone Fighter), the Garoga dispatched an old enemy fron Godzilla's past - the cyborg monster Gigan. Although the alien beast had lost the use of its flight ability and its buzzsaw (presumably from its battle with Godzilla and Jet Jaguar previously), the Garoga had upgraded him with explosive tips in his scythes. It wasn't enough, however, as Godzilla pounded his old foe into submission and narrowly saved Zone Fighter - who later transformed and battled Gigan himself. Zone Fighter would finally destroy Gigan with his Meteor Missile Might - with the alien cyborg collapsing to the ground before exploding.

Appearances
Zone Fighter - TV Series