Godman (ゴッドマン Goddoman) is an alien warrior kaijin created by Toho that first appeared in the 1972 Toho tokusatsu series, Go! Godman.
Godman was the first tokusatsu hero to be created by Toho, therefore also cementing him as the first Toho Kyodai Hero and the first of many heroes to be extraterrestrial. Godman is a skilled and barbaric warrior whom hails from the planet Fire God, with his origins primarily unknown. In Godman's onscreen debut, episode 1 of Go! Godman, he had seemingly already been on Earth for quite a time, long enough for the children there to become acquainted with his name. As they are attacked by the golden beast Kinger, the children shout out for Godman who arrives just in time to save them. This formula persists throughout the series, with Godman utilizing a slue of weapons and attacks to save the children in his 26 episodic battles. Godman's final battle of his series pitted him against Akumon and Stegodzillas, humanoid monsters which worship a volcanic deity and are tasked with kidnapping a girl for sacrifice. Godman battles the duo valiantly, eventually destroying them and saving the captured young girl, as well as ultimately saving the Earth from its monstrous attackers.
Roughly 35 years later, in 2008, Godman reappeared in the Go! Godman film. Although never established as canon to the original series or its followup Go! Greenman, Godman is summoned once more by the children of Earth to battle one of his past foes, Tsunozillas. Growing to giant size, Godman battled with the kaiju in a city and pulverized it with his God-Sparks. On contact with the God-Sparks, Tsunozillas exploded into chunks of flesh which littered the city, two of which morphed into the human-sized monsters Gaira and Shilarji. After returning to a human size, Godman began fending off the monsters from two civilians, but became overwhelmed, with one of his bracelets forcefully removed from his arm. Greatly weakened, Godman was saved by one of the civilians, who threw the bracelet back to Godman to restore his full power as well as also summoning fellow space warrior Greenman to the scene with a Green Call. Together, Godman and Greenman defeated the two monsters and the incursion was reported in newspapers worldwide. It is presumed that Godman and Greenman returned to space afterwards to rest, and there they have remained.
