Toho

Toho

is a Japanese film, theater production, and distribution company. It is headquartered in Yūrakuchō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group...

 Kaiju

• Godzilla
  Godzilla
  is a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games,...
  
  
• Anguirus
  Anguirus
  is the second Kaiju to appear in the Toho franchise. Anguirus appeared only a year after Godzilla in the 1955 Toho film Godzilla Raids Again...
  
  
• Snowman
  Snowman (Toho)
  Snowman is a fictional Kaiju in the Toho universe. His first and only appearance was in Half Human . The film was made by Toho's legendary Godzilla production team of Ishirō Honda, Eiji Tsuburaya, and Tomoyuki Tanaka. This was director Honda's second assignment in the kaiju genre...
  
  
• Meganulon
• Rodan
  Rodan
  is a fictional Japanese mutated pterosaur introduced in Rodan, a 1956 release from Toho Studios, the company responsible for the Godzilla series. Like Godzilla and Anguirus, he is designed after a type of prehistoric reptile...
  
  
• Moguera
  Moguera
  is a Kaiju featured in two of Toho's science fiction films. The name is derived from the Japanese word for mole.-Showa:...
  
  
• Varan
  Varan
  is a kaiju that first appeared in Varan the Unbelievable . Physically, Varan resembles a giant reptile with skin membranes between his arms and legs, allowing him to glide much like a flying dragon or flying squirrel; he also has a horned head....
  
  
• Vampire Plant
• Mothra
  Mothra
  is a kaiju, a type of fictional monster who first appeared in the serialized novel The Luminous Fairies and Mothra by Takehiko Fukunaga, Shinichiro Nakamura, and Yoshie Hotta...
  
  
• Maguma
• Giant Lizard
• Oodaku
  Oodaku
  Oodaku is a fictional character created by Toho co. Ltd. Oodaku first appeared in the 1962 film King Kong vs. Godzilla and has since appeared in The War of the Gargantuas...
  
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• King Kong (Toho)
• Matango
  Matango
  , also known as Matango, Fungus of Terror and Attack of the Mushroom People, is a 1963 Japanese tokusatsu movie. It was directed by Ishirō Honda, written by Takeshi Kimura based on the story "The Voice in the Night" by William Hope Hodgson , and had special...
  
  
• Manda
• Dogora
  Dogora
  Dogora may refer to:* Dogora , a Japanese film, 1964* Dogora: Ouvrons les yeux, a French film, 2004...
  
  
• King Ghidorah
  King Ghidorah
  is a kaiju, a fictional Japanese monster featured in several of Toho Studios' Godzilla films...
  
  
• Frankenstein
• Baragon
  Baragon
  is a fictional Kaiju that was first featured in the 1965 Toho-produced film, Frankenstein Conquers the World. Baragon is a four-legged dinosaur with a horn on his head and large ears. His main weapon is a heat ray that he can fire from his mouth...
  
  
• Gaira
  Gaira
  Gaira is a small town on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Near the port of Santa Marta, it is also well known for El Rodadero, one of the most popular beaches in Colombia....
  
  
• Sanda
  Sanda
  -Places:* Sanda, Hyōgo, Japan* Sanda University, Shanghai, China* Sanda, Lahore, Pakistan* Various islands in Scotland:** Sanda Island , off Kintyre** Handa, Scotland , off Sutherland...
  
  
• Ebirah
  Ebirah
  , is a fictional kaiju that first appeared in the Showa Godzilla film Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster. He is one of the two main antagonists of the film.-Showa series:...
  
  
• Ookondoru (Giant Condor)
• Mechani-Kong
  Mechani-Kong
  is a remote-controlled robot double of King Kong introduced in the 1966 animated television series The King Kong Show and featured again in the 1967 film King Kong Escapes. The robot was created by Dr...
  
  
• Gorosaurus
  Gorosaurus
  is a fictional theropod dinosaur created by Toho Studios. He stands 35 meters tall and weighs 8,000 tons in his first appearance. He was an opponent of King Kong in 1967's King Kong Escapes. He later enjoyed a prominent role in 1968's Destroy All Monsters, in which his size was increased to match...
  
  
• Giant Sea Serpent
• Kamacuras
  Kamacuras
  , is a fictional gigantic praying mantis that has appeared in the Toho produced Godzilla series. In its first appearance, the creature was called Gimantis in the U.S. version.-Showa:...
  
   (Gimantis)
• Minilla
  Minilla
  is a Kaiju from the Godzilla series of films and is the first of several young Godzillas. He first appeared in the Showa film Son of Godzilla and also appeared in Destroy All Monsters, All Monsters Attack and the Millennium film Godzilla: Final Wars.-Origin:The son of the famous Godzilla, Minilla...
  
   (Minya)
• Kumonga
  Kumonga
  is a giant spider daikaiju that appeared in the Toho produced Godzilla series. In the monster's first two appearances, it was called Spiega or Spiga. Spiga/Kumonga is the main antagonist in Son of Godzilla.-Abilities:...
  
   (Spiega)
• Gabara
• Maneater
• Gezora
  Gezora
  Gezora is a giant squid character in the movie "Space Amoeba."Height: 30 meters Weight: 20,000 tons Powers/Weapons: Tentacles, ice mist, icy blood, able to discharge a stream of inkWeakness: Fire, Supersonic waves...
  
  
• Ganimes
• Kamoebas
• Hedorah
  Hedorah
  , also known as the Smog Monster, is a fictional character in the 1971 film Godzilla vs. Hedorah. The monster was named for , the Japanese word for sludge, vomit, slime or chemical ooze. He is the main antagonist of the film.-Description:...
  
  
• Gigan
  Gigan
  is a kaiju from the Godzilla series, introduced in the 1972 film Godzilla vs. Gigan. Gigan is a cybernetic monster sporting a buzzsaw weapon in its frontal abdominal region and large metallic hooks for hands. Gigan is considered Godzilla's most brutal and violent opponent, alongside Destroyah,...
  
  
• Jet Jaguar
  Jet Jaguar
  is a fictional character who appears in the Godzilla film Godzilla vs. Megalon .-History:In Godzilla vs. Megalon, Jet Jaguar is a robot created by the protagonist, Goro Ibuki. He is initially depicted as a mindless automaton, and is controlled by the evil Seatopians for most of the film...
  
  
• Megalon
• Zone Fighter
  Zone Fighter
  Zone Fighter, known in Japan as , is a tokusatsu science fiction superhero television series. Produced by Toho Company Ltd., the show aired on Nippon Television from April 2 to September 24, 1973, with a total of 26 episodes, it was cancelled due to the oil crisis of 1973...
  
  
• Mechagodzilla
  Mechagodzilla
  is a fictional character from various films in the Godzilla series, introduced in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla . He is Godzilla's mechanical doppelgänger and one of the most popular Toho kaiju...
  
  
• King Caesar
  King Caesar
  is a fictional Kaiju from the Toho produced Godzilla series. King Caesar's appearance was inspired by the Shisa, a beast that looks like a combination between a dog and a lion. It first appeared in the 1974 Showa film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla...
  
  
• Titanosaurus
  Titanosaurus (Godzilla)
  is a fictional kaiju featured in the 1975 Showa film Terror of Mechagodzilla, the fifteenth Godzilla film to be produced by Toho.-Abilities:...
  
  
• Shockirus
• Biollante
  Biollante
  is a daikaiju from the Godzilla film series. She made her first appearance in the 1989 feature Godzilla vs. Biollante. She was never put into any other Godzilla movies, although she is featured as a secret character in Godzilla: Unleashed on the Nintendo Wii.-Origin:After Godzilla's return in...
  
  
• Dorats
• Godzillasaurus
• Mecha-King Ghidorah
• Battra
  Battra
  is a fictional kaiju appearing in the Heisei Godzilla film Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth. He is the main antagonist of the film. Like Mothra, Battra has both larval and adult forms.-Biography:...
  
  
• Baby/Little/Junior Godzilla
• SpaceGodzilla
  SpaceGodzilla
  , is a modified clone of Godzilla featured in the Heisei Godzilla film Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla . SpaceGodzilla is the main antagonist of the film. It was originally planned for use in the Showa era of films but dropped, and its physical appearance is nearly identical to Super Godzilla, a variant...
  
  
• Destoroyah
  Destoroyah
  , alternatively Destroyah, or Destroyer, is a fictional Japanese monster from the Godzilla Franchise appearing only in the 1995 film Godzilla vs. Destoroyah and in some of the Godzilla video games. He originated as a colony of Precambrian crustaceans that had been awakened and mutated when the...
  
  
• Fairy (Fairy Mothra)
• Garu-Garu
• Desghidorah
• Mothra Leo
• Ghogo
• Dagahra
• Barem
• Grand King Ghidorah
• Primitive Mothra
• Zilla
  Zilla
  , also known as the American Godzilla, is a movie monster that first appeared as the title character in the 1998 Roland Emmerich film Godzilla. The design by Patrick Tatopoulos is that of a hunched bent-over marine iguana...
  
  
• Orga
  Orga
  is the main antagonist in Godzilla 2000.Before becoming Orga, the Millennian dwelt within its spaceship, awakened from its slumber at the bottom of the ocean by searchlights...
  
  
• Meganula
• Megaguirus
  Megaguirus
  are fictional characters that were Paleozoic giant insects reanimated by mining operations in Kitamatsu village, Kumamoto Prefecture, in the 1956 kaiju eiga Rodan. The Meganulon made a return in the film Godzilla vs...
  
  
• Monster X

Daiei

Daiei

, based in Kobe, is one of the largest supermarket chains in Japan. In 1957, Isao Nakauchi founded the chain in Osaka near Sembayashi Station on the Keihan train line. Daiei is now under a restructuring process supported by Marubeni Corporation and ÆON Co., Ltd., another Japanese supermarket chain....

 Kaiju

• Gamera
  Gamera
  is a giant, flying turtle from a popular series of kaiju films produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company in Japan. Created in 1965 to rival the success of Toho Studios' Godzilla during the daikaiju boom of the mid-to-late 1960s, Gamera has gained fame and notoriety as a Japanese icon in his own...
  
  
• Barugon
  Gamera vs. Barugon
  is a 1966 daikaiju eiga featuring the giant turtle Gamera produced and distributed by Daiei Motion Picture Company. The film is the second to feature Gamera. Gamera vs. Barugon was released in the United States by AIP-TV as War of the Monsters, and then later by Sandy Frank as Gamera vs. Barugon...
  
  
• Daimajin
  Daimajin
  The is a daikaiju from the Daimajin trilogy created by Daiei. All three movies in the trilogy — Daimajin, Return of Daimajin , and Wrath of Daimajin — were made in 1966, and were released months apart. Daimajin Kanon a new television drama based on the films premiered in Japan in 2010...
  
  
• Gyaos
  Gyaos
  , is the name of several daikaiju from Daiei's Gamera film series, introduced in their 1967 production Gamera vs. Gyaos and one of Gamera's most famous opponents...
  
  
• Viras
  Gamera vs. Viras
  is the fourth entry in the original Gamera film series.-Plot:A deadly alien force approaches earth. Gamera intervenes and destroys the alien vessel; but before the ship is destroyed, the aliens broadcast a warning to their world stating Gamera as their enemy....
  
  
• Guiron
• Jiger
• Zigra
• Symbiotic Legion Soldiers
  Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
  is a 1996 Kaiju film directed by Shusuke Kaneko. It is a sequel to Gamera: Guardian of the Universe and the tenth Gamera film in the series.-Plot:...
  
  
• Legion
  Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
  is a 1996 Kaiju film directed by Shusuke Kaneko. It is a sequel to Gamera: Guardian of the Universe and the tenth Gamera film in the series.-Plot:...
  
  
• Iris
  Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys
  is a 1999 Kaiju film. It is the third and last film in the Gamera Heisei series, and the last to be distributed by Toho. It was released in the United States on DVD in 2003 under the title Gamera: Revenge of Iris.-Plot:...
  
  
• Toto
• Zedus
  Gamera the Brave
  Gamera the Brave, released in Japan as , is a kaiju film released in 2006, produced by Kadokawa Pictures. This is the 12th and final Gamera film and the first produced by Kadokawa Pictures after they purchased a percentage of the remaining assets of Daiei Motion Picture Company, the original...
  
  

Television Kaiju

• Godzuki
  Godzuki
  Godzuki was a rock band from Detroit, Michigan, USA, together between 1993 and 1999.-History:The band was formed in 1993 by Erika Hoffman , Chris "Crispy" Fachini , Dion Fischer , and Scott Michalski...
  
  
• Fire Bird
• Earth Eater
• Axor
• Zilla Junior
  Godzilla: The Series
  Godzilla: The Series is an American/Japanese animated television series which originally aired on Fox in the United States. The show premiered on September 12, 1998, and is a direct sequel to the American Godzilla remake.-Plot:...
  
  
• Crustaceous Rex
• El'Gusano
• Giant Rats
• Criptoclydus
• Crackler
• Queen Bee
• Mutant Bees
• Quetzacoatl
• Mechanical Yeti
• King Cobra
• Giant Bat
• Cyber-Zilla
• Nessie
• Giant Mutant Widow Spider
• Sub-zero Manta
• Swamp Beast
• Fire Monster
• Giant Mutant Hummingbirds
• Skeetera
• Shrewster
• Komodothirax
• Giant Turtle
• Deep Dweller
• Daimajin Kanon

Video Game Kaiju

• Balkzardan
• Barugaron
• Razin
• Vagnosaurus
• Shiigan
• Jyarumu
• Super Godzilla
• Obsidius
• Krystalak
• The Sphinx

Comic Kaiju

• Batragon
• Lepirax
• Centipoor
• Ghilaron
• Red Ronin
  Red Ronin
  Red Ronin is a gigantic humanoid robotic construct in the Marvel Comics universe. Originally created by writer Doug Moench and artist Herb Trimpe as a foil for Godzilla, the robot went on to be a menace to other Marvel characters such as the Avengers and Wolverine.-Publication history:Red Ronin's...
  
  
• Yetrigar
• Beta Beast
• Rhiahn
• Krollar
• Triax
• Mutant Godzilla
• Genkido-Jin
• Cybersaurus
• Bagorah
• All-Terraintula
• Burtannus
• Lord Howe Monster
• Stranger

Lost Projects

• Hitodah
• Redmoon
• Garasharp
• Malcopkarappa
• Mogu
• Star Godzilla
• Deutalious
• Giga Moth
• Bagan
• Dogolas
• Lightning Bug
• Visitor
• Firelion

Other Notable Kaiju

• King Kong
  King Kong
  King Kong is a fictional character, a giant movie monster resembling a gorilla, that has appeared in several movies since 1933. These include the groundbreaking 1933 movie, the film remakes of 1976 and 2005, as well as various sequels of the first two films...
  
  
• Kiko Kong
• Rhedosaurus
  The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
  The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a 1953 science fiction film directed by Eugène Lourié and stars Paul Christian, Paula Raymond and Cecil Kellaway with visual effects by Ray Harryhausen. The film is about an atomic bomb test in the Arctic Circle that unfreezes a hibernating fictional dinosaur, a...
  
  
• The Giant Claw
  The Giant Claw
  The Giant Claw is a 1957 science fiction film about a giant bird that terrorizes the world. Produced by Clover Productions under the working title "Mark of the Claw" and released through Columbia Pictures, it starred Jeff Morrow and Mara Corday and was directed by Fred F. Sears...
  
  
• Gorgo
• Ogra (Gorgo's Mother)
• Reptilicus
  Reptilicus
  Reptilicus, a giant monster film about a fictional prehistoric reptile, is a Danish-American co-production, produced by American International Pictures and Saga Studios, and is upon close examination two distinctly different films helmed by two different directors.The original version, which was...
  
  
• Guilala
  The X from Outer Space
  is a 1967 Kaiju film released by the studio Shochiku. It is the first kaiju film released by Shochiku who would later go on to release a number of Kaiju films in the future....
  
  
• Gappa
• Yongary
• Pulgasari
  Pulgasari
  Pulgasari is a North Korean feature film produced in 1985, a giant-monster film similar to the Japanese Godzilla series. It was produced by South Korean director Shin Sang-ok, who had been kidnapped in 1978 by North Korean intelligence on the orders of Kim Jong-il, son of the then-ruling Kim...
  
  
• Takemajin
  The Monster X Strikes Back/Attack the G8 Summit
  is an independent Japanese Kaiju Comedy film, released by Shochiku and produced by the Guilala Production Committee.-Plot:It is the year 2008 and all the world leaders are having a meeting at the G8 Summit in Japan. Suddenly, a meteor lands in the heart of Sapporo and reveals the monster Guilala!...
  
  
• Gehara