Daigo Madoka (マドカ・ダイゴ, Madoka Daigo?) is the main protagonist of Ultraman Tiga. He was the human host of Ultraman Tiga.
He is portrayed by singer Hiroshi Nagano.
Abilities and Skills
- Combat Training: As a member of GUTS, Daigo is trained in combat and the use of high tech arms.
- Pilot Training: As a member of GUTS, Daigo is trained in the handling of their machines and vehicles.
- Powers associated with Ultraman Tiga: As Ultraman Tiga's human host, Daigo has access to all of Ultraman Tiga's abilities which greatly benefits him in combat against monsters and other malicious entities.
- Transformation: Using the Spark Lens, Daigo can transform into Ultraman Tiga at will.
- Darkness Resistance: Because of his Ultra DNA, Daigo is resistant to the power of darkness. The vampire monster Kyuranos didn't attempt to turn him, sensing that it would be pointless. He was immune to Gijera's pollen and survived in Gatanozoa's darkness in
- human form.
- Telepathy: Daigo can communicate with people via telepathy. One example from this is when he reaffirms Rena that he is alive when the Ruins of R'yleh were sinking even though they aren't talking face to face.
Personality
Daigo is passionately naïve, wide-eyed, eager, earnest and good-hearted, his ancestral origin from the Ultra-Ancient Civilization led him to become Ultraman Tiga. Though not necessarily physically strong or particularly bright, he accepts and embraces his destiny to be Ultraman Tiga and shows that Ultraman Tiga's strength comes from his very human courage, love and spirit. Prior to the series, Daigo was only an ordinary TPC officer, that belonged to the transport division. He was recruited into GUTS by General Sawai after saving him from an invader's UFO. He believes that humanity is not a weak existence that always repeats old mistakes, but can make a brighter future for future generations. He fights to protect humanity and the world as Ultraman Tiga based on that reason.
Profile
In episode 43, the Sparklence, was stolen by Keigo Masaki, who was also a descendant of the ancient giants like Daigo, merge with the giant statue he found into Evil Tiga, a giant of darkness. By this point, Daigo proved he was not invincible or a special existence and was just a feeble human outside. Ultimately, Daigo was able to recover the Sparklence and defeat Keigo Masaki/Evil Tiga with his very human feelings and strength. Daigo finally confessed his true identity as Ultraman Tiga to Rena in episode 50 and transformed in front of her. As all hope seemed lost with Tiga defeated by Gatanothor and GUTS failed to revive him, the children of earth were finally able to revive Ultraman Tiga and awaken Daigo, who was trapped inside the statue, through their light to become Glitter Tiga. In the end, with Glitter Tiga's tremendous power, Daigo was able to defeat Gatanothor but lost his power and couldn't transform anymore when the Sparklence turned into stone and disintegrated. However, with this, Daigo tells Rena he believes that every human could also become light with their own power.
In The Final Odyssey Daigo was about to marry Rena but his vivid visions of Camearra and the other dark giants began to haunt him and threatened his marriage, forcing him to comply to their wishes by becoming Tiga Dark but choose to defy them and used Tiga's newfound power to destroy them and married Rena in the end. During the epilogue, the married couple were sent to Mars and Daigo bumped into the maintenance crew Asuka, the future host of Ultraman Dyna but somehow foresee his fate and wishes him a good luck.
During Ultraman Dyna, Daigo was mentioned several times in the series but his flesh appearance is in episode 50. Daigo brought Asuka, who had fallen succumb to his previous injuries and had his daughter nursed him to health on Mars. Once awakened, Asuka was given a motivational quote by Daigo, who proceed to tell him of the responsibilities of an Ultraman before the youth was fetched by Ryo. After Ultraman Dyna was sucked into the black hole as a result from his battles with Gransphire, Daigo watched the Martian sky but smiled, knowing that Asuka was fine. It was soon revealed that he had two children from his marriage with Rena, the eldest daughter named Hikari (ヒカリ) and the younger son named Tsubasa (born three years after Ultraman Dyna)