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The arthropod guardian deities of Tikyū.

    General Tropes 
  • The Chooser of the One: The King Shugods are sapient and, as shown with God Kuwagata allowing Gira to transform when he otherwise shouldn't be able to, they decide who can and cannot use their power to become rangers.
  • Demoted to Extra: The Shugods' active combat role gets suppressed to a significant degree in the second arc, and they don't return to prominence until the very last episodes.
  • Divine Right of Kings: The King Shugods are the guardian deities of the five kingdoms, and God Kuwagata shows they're sapient and capable of deciding who uses their power to become rangers. They can also deny this right if they deem a king lacking or grant it to one they deem more suitable. Despite Racules being the ruler of Shugoddam by right of being the crown-prince, God Kuwagata chose Gira instead, and Racules only manages to become a King-Ohger via a false shugod. In fact, of the current set, only Rita and Hymeno inherited the throne in a traditional manner.
  • Doesn't Trust Those Guys: While the King Shugods were still willing to trust humanity enough to co-exist with them beyond Legend King-Ohger's dissolution two millennia ago, the Greater Shugods couldn't bring themselves to trust humanity and had thus sealed themselves in a seperate realm away from humans. However, this doesn't stop Racules from attempting to brainwash God Kabuto into his control via corrupting his Shugod Soul after being found, which actually justifies their distrust. They do come around to trusting the team after seeing their genuine goodwill however.
  • Fantasy Pantheon: The Shugods are collectively the pantheon of Tikyū as a whole, which each of the King Shugods being the Patron God of one of the five kingdoms.
  • Fashionable Asymmetry: The Shugods all bear somewhat asymmetrical designs that indicate years of battle damage. God Kuwagata shows this the most, with portions of its red body seemingly chipped off to reveal the silver underneath akin to scars.
  • First Church of Mecha: The Shugods are the guardian deities of the five kingdoms, capable of combining into King-Ohger.
  • God Is Good: They're guardian deities of their respective kingdom, empower superheroes to protect them, and it's implied by God Kuwagata empowering Gira, after he openly rebelled against Racules' tyrannical ambitions and chewed him out, that they share Gira's criteria for what The Good King is. It's later revealed Kaguragi rebelled against his queen and took the throne via revolution, showing that it's not even the first time it's happened.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: The Shugods sacrifice their physical bodies to overclock Ultimate King-Ohger enough to lay a beatdown on Dagded and critically damage him enough the King-Ohgers can finish him off. Fortunately, their souls survived intact so Yanma can just build them new ones.
  • Meaningful Name: "Shugod" is a portmanteau of shugo ("protection") and "god".
  • Mechanical Insects: They take the form of giant robot insects and other bugs.
  • Noodle Incident: Something happened that caused the Greater Shugods to turn their backs on humanity, but it's never revealed what that is.
  • Patron God: Each of the core five King Shugods serves as the guardian of a kingdom — God Kuwagata for Shugoddam and God Tombo for N'Kosopa, to name a couple.
  • Pieces of God: The main five are each a piece that make up Kingohger, the guardian deity of Tikyū itself.
  • Phlebotinum Rebel: #42 reveals that the Shugods themselves are the creation of the Galactinsects, that is why the Shugods were mind-controlled by Dugded in #40.
  • Physical God: Well, they have "god" in their names. They are massive in scale and are very strong and resilient.
  • Power Crystal: They are powered by Shugod Souls, amber crystals that serve as each Shugod's consciousness and will.
  • Robo Romance: The three Greater Shugods are in a Type 5 Love Triangle (Hopper → Scorpion → Kabuto). Yes, really.
  • Senseless Sacrifice: Defied. Corsus' initial plans for the Shugods involved grounding up their Souls and feeding them to Gira to make him a berserk Tyke Bomb; the ruler unaware that Dagded wanted him to do that so he could sabotage the result and destroy the planet. Racules hiding the boy away dents this plan.

King Shugods

    God Kuwagata 
The guardian of Shugoddam, and partner of Kuwagata Ohger.
  • Affectionate Nickname: Is dubbed "Kuwagon" by Gira.
  • Do Not Taunt Cthulhu: It's implied that it agrees with Gira on Racules being unfit as a king and intentionally screwed him over, given it instantly awakens and empowers the former when he openly rebels and chews out the latter on being an Evil Overlord.
  • Japanese Beetle Brothers: It's a giant mechanical stag beetle.
  • Leader Forms the Head: Zigzagged; while it forms the torso and arms of King-Ohger, the head proper is formed by God Papillon's lower half.
    • Racules also brings up this trope when Yanma asks him why he should lead the other monarchs, pointing out that God Kuwagata is the linchpin of King-Ohger's formation.
  • Living MacGuffin: Powered by one. God Kuwagata is unique among the Shugods for lacking a Soul. #43 reveals that was intentional: Causus crushed up and fed its Soul to a young Gira to aid the boy in devolving into a Tyke Bomb. Racules stepped in before the other Shugods could meet the same fate. It wouldn't be entirely inaccurate to say Gira is its Soul.
  • Sealed Good in a Can: At the series' beginning, it's shown to be petrified and used as a power source. How it got petrified was never revealed in the main series.
  • Soul Jar: Affected by one. Gira was unknowingly fed its Soul by Corsus in the form of Rainbow Jujuria, hence why God Kuwagata can operate despite its lack of interior crystal.
  • Super-Strength: It is strong enough to lift giant monsters over its head with its jaws and toss them a fair distance.
  • Worf Had the Flu: Gets taken out of action by an injury after the monarchs' return from Earth, leaving King-Ohger unusable. Fortunately, Earth's Zyudenryu Gabutyra had snuck aboard and stowed away with them back to Tikyu, allowing the monarchs to use King Kyoryuzin until God Kuwagata recovered.

    God Tombo 
The guardian of N'Kosopa, and partner of Tombo Ohger.

    God Kamakiri 
The guardian of Ishabana, and partner of Kamakiri Ohger.
  • Affectionate Nickname: Is dubbed "Kamarina" by Gira.
  • Sinister Scythe: A heroic example, befitting its nature as a praying mantis. One of King-Ohger's finishers is a series of kicks using its right leg, bolstered by the cutting power of God Kamakiri's scythes.
  • Slaying Mantis: It's a giant mechanical praying mantis.

    God Papillon 
The guardian of Gokkan, and partner of Papillon Ohger.
  • Affectionate Nickname: Is dubbed "Papinton" by Gira.
  • Cool Sword: Alongside God Tombo and God Ant, God Papillon's upper body forms King-Ohger's sword.
  • Leader Forms the Head: Although Papillon Ohger isn't the leader, God Papillon's lower half forms King-Ohger's head.
  • Pretty Butterflies: More noble than pretty, but it's a giant mechanical butterfly that acts as the protector god of Gokkan.

    God Hachi 
The guardian of Toufu, and partner of Hachi Ohger.

    God Kuwagata ZERO 
A recolored version of God Kuwagata, and partner of Ohkuwagata Ohger.
  • Evil Knockoff: It's not a true Shugod, but part of an artificial recreation of the original God Kuwagata. N'Kosopa began work on it and the rest of King-Ohger ZERO, but abandoned it, only for Racules to take it and complete it. When its cockpit is shown, it's revealed to lack a Shugod Soul, having some kind of blue crystal in its place. Unlike a true Shugod, it's also not sapient, and never shown moving unless being commanded by Racules or put on autopilot. It's also not clear how powerful it actually is compared to the original, but Racules only uses it for trickery or in ambushes rather than straight fights.
  • God Guise: God Kuwagata ZERO is not a true Shugod, just a modern day, artificial copy of the original lacking a Shugod Soul. Racules passes it off as a true Shugod as part of his Fake Ultimate Hero act.
  • It Can Think: Inverted: at first it appears to be another Shugod, which are all sapient. However, it's eventually revealed to be an artificial recreation without a Shugod Soul. As a result, it's incapable of thinking on its own and can only either act on Racules' orders or on autopilot.
  • Japanese Beetle Brothers: Like the original God Kuwagata.
  • Leader Forms the Head: Like God Kuwagata, it forms the majority of King-Ohger ZERO by combining with the other Shugods.
  • My Hero, Zero: It's surnamed ZERO to distinguish it from the original God Kuwagata.
  • Power Crystal: Also powered by one, like the Shugods. Unlike the Shugods, this Crystal isn't a Soul.
  • Red and Black and Evil All Over: Downplayed, but as Racules' partner false Shugod it serves as an antagonistic counterpart to God Kuwagata. It is primarily colored black with red accents.
  • Uncertain Doom: After being beaten by Extreme King-Ohger, it and King-Ohger ZERO are last seen seemingly exploding. It's not revealed whether or not they were actually destroyed however, as Racules can still transform, but whether or not he actually needs God Kuwagata intact for that is unknown. It is most likely destroyed, as Racles's father and predecessor, Corsus, was also able to become Ohkuwagata Ohger, and he did it long before the ZERO Shugods were ever created.

    God Tarantula/Royal Transformation Tarantula Knight 

Portrayed by: Takahiro Yoneoka (motion capture, Knight form)

The primary partner of Spider Kumonos, and the source of his powers.


  • Affectionate Nickname: Is dubbed "Taranchino" by Gira.
  • Arm Cannon: Gains one on its right arm upon assuming Knight form.
  • Big Entrance: When summoned, it arrives by blotting out the sun as it climbs down from the sky with a roar.
  • Finishing Move:
    • Tarantula Knight + Guardian Pede: Tarantula Knight immobilizes the target with a spiderweb before dealing a powerful slash with the Pede Chainsaw.
  • Friendly Neighborhood Spider: Despite being a gigantic spider, it's ultimately firmly on the good guys' side.
  • Goggles Do Something Unusual: What acts as God Tarantula's eyes in Shugod form turns into a set of these when in Knight form, resting above its face. With them, Tarantula Knight can analyze the enemy's movement patterns.
  • Lean and Mean: Unlike King-Ohger which has more armor, Tarantula Knight has a much slimmer build.
  • Light Is Good: Has the same white-and-gold color scheme as its chosen Ranger.
  • Lightning Bruiser: Tarantula Knight's specialty; it rarely stays stationary in combat for more than a few seconds, and far outruns King-Ohger in every regard to speed.
  • People Puppets: It can manipulate other Shugods via its silk.
  • Shoulder Cannon: Turns into two of these for Extreme King-Ohger dubbed the Extreme Cannons.
  • Spider Tank: It's an eight-legged mecha that can fire spider silk from its abdomen or use its front claws in close combat.
  • Transforming Mecha: It can transform between Shugod and Knight modes.

    God Caucasus Kabuto/King Caucasus Kabuto 

Portrayed by: Yohei Fujita (suit)

The royal palace and seat of power of the Kingdom of Shugoddam.


  • The Big Guy: Towers over the other Shugods in all forms, and utterly decimated a Shugod Soul-empowered Daigorg. At 220 meters tall, it's also the largest Sentai mecha ever.
  • Cool Starship: #33 reveals that God Caucasus Kabuto was the spacecraft used by the ancient heroes to travel from Earth to Tikyū.
  • Finishing Move:
    • King Caucasus Kabuto Finish: King Caucasus Kabuto delivers a devastating slash to the enemy with the Hercules Axe.
  • Healing Factor: It is able to repair itself from battle damage almost instantly.
  • Overly Long Name: Its official name, according to Kofuki, is the Transforming Armored Titan King Caucasus Kabuto.
  • Japanese Beetle Brothers: It's themed on a Caucasus beetle.
  • Transforming Mecha: It's able to transform from a fortress to either Shugod or robot modes.

Sub Shugods

    God Kumo 
  • Affectionate Nickname: are dubbed "Kuumo" (red legs) and "Kumomo" (silver legs) by Gira.
  • Friendly Neighborhood Spider: Two giant spider mecha who are unambiguously on the side of the Ohsama Sentai, forming the front of King-Ohger's torso.
  • Palette Swap: There are two God Kumo that form the front of King-Ohger's torso — one with a red body and silver legs (lower torso), and the other being a reverse silver body with red legs (upper torso).
  • Projectile Webbing: As part of King-Ohger, it grants the latter the ability to fire webbing to restrain enemies.

    God Ant 

    God Tentō 

Greater Shugods

    God Kabuto 
  • Affectionate Nickname: Gira dubs it "Kabutan".
  • Arm Cannon: Turns into a bazooka for King-Ohger dubbed the Kabuto Cannon, that doubles as a melee weapon.
  • Japanese Beetle Brothers: It's a giant mechanical rhinoceros beetle. It starts out as antagonistic towards God Kuwagata, but is eventually won over by Gira in #4, making it both an example of the Rival and Ally type.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: Its eyes are a deep violet when fighting God Kuwagata, turning green upon Gira befriending it.
  • Wave-Motion Gun: It fires a blast that's powerful enough to cause King-Ohger to split into its component Shugods or to disintegrate a Kaijim in one shot.

    God Scorpion 
  • Affectionate Nickname: It's dubbed "Sasorine" (based on Sasori, the Japanese word for scorpion) by Gira, and "Scorpy" by Hymeno.
  • Poisoned Weapons: Its stinger contains a venom powerful enough to incapacitate King-Ohger.
  • Scary Scorpions: Zig-zagged; while it ultimately opposes the Bognaarok, it's not too fond of humans.
  • Tsundere: Yes, you read that right. Turns out it's very fond of God Kabuto. When Hymeno asks if this fondness is purely platonic, God Scorpion reacts very bashfully, much to God Kabuto's confusion.
  • Wolverine Claws: Turns into a clawed gauntlet for King-Ohger, dubbed the Scorpion Claw.

    God Hopper 
  • Affectionate Nickname: Gira dubs it "Batta" (based on the Japanese word for grasshopper).
  • Armed Legs: Its hind legs provide additional armaments to King-Ohger's legs.
  • Chest Blaster: It can attach to King-Ohger's chest to form chest armor that can fire blasts of energy.
  • In a Single Bound: Is capable of covering great distances in just one jump, and its hind legs attach to King-Ohger's legs to do likewise.

Auxiliary Shugods

    Guardian Rolling 
  • Epic Flail: Turns into a morningstar for King-Ohger, dubbed the Rolling Hammer.

    Guardian Snail 
  • Gatling Good: Turns into a Gatling cannon for King-Ohger, dubbed the Snail Gatling.
  • Punny Name: Its name is a play on "garden snail".
  • Speedy Snail: It has wheels under its base that allow it to move at surprising speed when it needs to.

    Guardian Cicada 

    Guardian Pede 
  • Chainsaw Good: Turns into one for Tarantula Knight dubbed the Pede Chainsaw.

    Guardian Hercules 

Other Shugods

    Tarantula Abyss 
A Shugod who serves as Dethnaarok's companion.
  • Dark Is Not Evil: Looks like an Evil Knockoff of God Tarantula on the surface, but is so nice that it's Dethnaarok's Morality Pet.
  • Morality Pet: It's the only one that Dethnaarok will not harm, nor let any harm come to.
  • Palette Swap: It's a miniature, black-and-gold version of God Tarantula.
  • Pint-Sized Powerhouse: When it assists Dethnaarok against Kamejim, it is shown to be as powerful and as efficient as God Tarantula when he supports Spider Kumonos through Ryouga Issen, but with none the drawbacks.

Combinations

    Royal Combination King-Ohger 

Portrayed by: Yohei Fujita (suit)

The guardian deity of Tikyū itself, formed from the core five King Shugods and the Sub Shugods.


  • BFS: The Shugod Sword, formed from God Tombo (blade and hilt), God Papillon (cross-guard), and God Ant (sliding section). It's as long as King-Ohger is tall.
  • Came Back Wrong: Downplayed. Its revived form in present day is still no less a threat to the Bognaarok, but clearly incomplete compared to its Legend form. It's explained in #4 that this is due to the three Greater Shugods choosing to seclude themselves from mankind.
  • Chest Blaster: Formed from God Kumo, allowing it to fire Projectile Webbing.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: First appears in #45 of Donbrothers, before the series proper.
  • Finishing Move:
    • Base Form:
      • King-Ohger deals a powerful slash to the enemy with the Shugod Sword.
      • King-Ohger leaps into the air, charging the blades on its right leg (God Kamakiri) with energy and delivering several roundhouse kicks to the enemy, before finishing with a heel drop.
    • King-Ohger + God Kabuto: King-Ohger unleashes a powerful blast from the Kabuto Cannon.
    • King-Ohger + God Scorpion: King-Ohger charges the Scorpion Claw with energy and delivers a claw strike to the enemy.
    • King-Ohger + God Hopper: King-Ohger charges the Hopper Armor and performs a ramming attack.
  • Identically Named Group: For some reason, this combination of Shugods have the exact same name as the group of rangers who pilots them. (However, currently the rangers have not been referred or refer themselves as "King-Ohger" in-universe.)
  • It Can Think: Provided its pilots have Team Spirit of any kind. Even the pilots' united Agree to Disagree squabble over who gets to lead was enough to allow King-Ohger to seize control of itself and fight the enemy autonomously.
  • Physical God: Akin to Daizyuzin, the three God Generals, and GaoGod, King-Ohger is explicitly a god in the form of a giant robot. This quickly becomes clear in #5, where the mecha seizes control of itself during a squabble for control by the pilots.

Legend King-Ohger

The combination of King-Ohger with the three Guardian Shugods that defeated the Bognaarok 2,000 years ago.
  • All Your Powers Combined: It has access to the powers of all three Guardians at the same time, including Kabuto's Arm Cannon, Scorpion's claw, and Hopper's Chest Blaster armor and enhanced legs.
  • Famed In-Story: As its name suggests, it's the legendary form of King-Ohger that the original heroes used in the past to save Tikyū.
  • Gold-Colored Superiority: It's a more powerful version of King-Ohger that gains golden accents from the Guardian Shugods it wields.
  • Sizeshifter: It's capable of at least doubling in size.
  • Super-Speed: It's capable of traveling at or close to light speed, allowing it to deal with multiple threats near-instantaneously.

Extreme King-Ohger

The combination of Legend King-Ohger and God Tarantula.

God King-Ohger

The combination of Extreme King-Ohger, The auxiliary Shugods, and God Caucasus Kabuto.

  • All Your Powers Combined: It's the combination of every single Shugod except the ZERO ones and has access to all their powers. Notably, it has the record for the Sentai mecha combination with the most components at 20.
  • Awesome, but Impractical: Out of universe, the physical suit is this. While it gives a better sense of realism than the CGI render, there are two major flaws preventing the thing from being used regularly; the suit's bulk and weight makes it very cumbersome and uncomfortable to wear, and what little movement it allows for is very slow and minimal, not particularly ideal for the dynamic action shots the CGI render can pull off.
  • Finishing Move: King-Ohger creates a giant energy "G" emblem with the Shugod Sword before performing a slash, launching it towards the target.
  • Godzilla Threshold: It takes a potentially planet-ending crisis for the King-Ohgers to even consider deploying God King-Ohger, even if Yanma had already created plans for it the moment God Caucasus Kabuto went online. Justified given that the combination requires every single component Shugod to be piloted by a compatible pilot.
  • Hour of Power: Downplayed. While the combination itself has no time limit, it can only last in hot magma for 79 seconds before it has to withdraw to the surface. It's just enough time to get Dethnarok out of the planet's core.
  • Necessary Drawback: Downplayed. It's a powerful 20-piece combination that taps into the power of every Shugod, yet it requires every single one of them to have a pilot who's compatible with them. Fortunately, the OhgerCalibur and Kumonoslayer can detect who's most suited to do so. Subsequent uses of the formation, however, only seem to need the six King-Ohgers to use.
  • Sizeshifter: Like Legend King-Ohger, God King-Ohger is capable of increasing its size several times over.

Transcendental Raging Ultimate Final Form King-Ohger

An upgraded form of God King-Ohger using all six pieces of the King's Proof.
  • The Big Guy: Yanma's goal when designing it was to allow it to be equal in size and power to Dagded at his strongest, making it universe-sized, and thus the largest Sentai mecha ever by a gigantic margin.
  • 11th-Hour Superpower: Its existence is only hypothesized and planned in episode 48 and it's not actually formed until episode 50. This is due to the fact that Jeramie's Proof was used to defeat Grodie and there was no acceptable substitute until Gira figures out that they could just use the people's will instead.
  • Foreshadowing: The fact King-Ohger is able to grow this huge was set up by both Legend King-Ohger and God King-Ohger magically growing far larger than they originally were.
  • Only I Can Kill Him: Yanma states it's the only thing capable of defeating Dagded at his full power and scale.
  • Overly Long Name: The full name of the combination, as dubbed by Yanma, is the "Transcendental Raging Ultimate Final Form King-Ohger"note . No one really humors trying to shorten it in-series due to Yanma's insistence on the full name.
  • Physical God: While King-Ohger as a whole is a god, Yanma suggests that Ultimate King-Ohger would be so powerful that it can stand toe to toe with Dagded, putting it on a whole other level.
  • World's Strongest Man: If Yanma is to be believed, it's on par with Dagded's full power, making it not only tied with Dagded for the strongest being in the series, but the most powerful Sentai mecha to ever exist.

    King-Ohger ZERO 

Portrayed by: Yohei Fujita [episode 6/Secret of King Racules], Hirotsugu Mori [episode 18] (suit/motion capture)

An alternate combination of King-Ohger using God Kuwagata ZERO as its center. It was eventually built as a separate mecha using ZERO-variant clones of the other nine Shugods that form it, hidden within Caucasus Kabuto Castle and essentially becoming the kingdom's secret false god.
  • Effective Knockoff: Played with; According to the official website, King-Ohger Zero is several times more powerful than normal King-Ohger. Unfortunately, the only time both mechas clashed, the original King-Ohger had accessed far stronger combinations, rendering this trope moot.
  • Evil Knockoff: Of King-Ohger, complete with monochrome copies of the other King Shugods. It turns out to not even be composed of true Shugods, but artificial recreations that lack Shugod Souls. Supplementary material states that it's several times more powerful than the original, but Racules only uses it as a propaganda tool or against Kaijim. The one time it does fight King-Ohger, it's when Extreme King-Ohger confronts him, and King-Ohger ZERO doesn't stand a chance. #42 reveals the "evil" part is subverted since Rcules completed the mech to use against Dagded due to its artificial nature making it immune to Dagded's control over the Shugods, but its premature destruction prevented it from being used for its actual purpose.
  • Gold-Colored Superiority: Befitting its pilot's many allusions to Char Aznable, King-Ohger ZERO has gold streaks over its body and is overall stronger than the original King-Ohger.
  • Just a Machine: Unlike genuine Shugods, it lacks a Shugod Soul and thus isn't sapient, which makes it just an artificial machine whose independent moves come from an autopilot function.
  • Loophole Abuse: In the form of a mech. ZERO was stronger than the original King-Ohger at-launch and was intended to replace it since the Shugods are Galactinsect creations vulnerable to Mind Control. However, King-Ohger evolved past ZERO by the time it saw a proper engagement again and it ended up junked.
  • Uncertain Doom: It's last seen seemingly exploding after Extreme King-Ohger defeats it, but as Racules can still transform, it's unclear if it or at least God Kuwagata ZERO survived. #42 confirmed it was truly destroyed with Rcules never needing a Shugod to transform in the first place due to using the OhgerCalibur ZERO.
  • Villain Forgot to Level Grind: By the time it finally faced the genuine King-Ohger, the mech was already upgraded to Extreme thus leaving it scrapped.

    King Kyoryuzin 

Portrayed by: Yohei Fujita

The combination of the other four King Shugods and Gabutyra.


  • All Your Powers Combined: Uses both the power of the Shugod souls and Bravery, with Gabutyra using the Brave inherent in both the King-Ohgers and Shugods as a power source that lets him bypass the need for a Zyudenchi.
  • Carry a Big Stick: It can use its sword (made out of God Tonbo's tail and God Papillon's wings) holding the pointed end to use as a bludgeon.
  • Dance Battler: It uses samba-influenced moves to deftly move around the battlefield.
  • Flaming Sword: For its finisher, Gabutyra sets the Shugod Sword on fire.
  • It Can Think: The Zyudenryu are just as sentient as the Shugods, being dinosaurs transformed into mecha, so King Kyoryuzin has a fully self-aware Tyrannosaurus head jutting out of one shoulder.

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