B-Fighter Kabuto

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Melzard Tribe

The nihongo|Melzard Tribe|メルザード一族|Meruzādo Ichizoku are an ancient race that have existed since prehistotric times. They dwell in the fortress nihongo|Melzardos|メルザードス|Meruzādosu.

*: The leader of Melzard, whose members she gave birth to by eating a fossil with one of her tendrils and spitting it back out an egg which instantly hatches into a Melzard creature. When the B-Fighters entered her fortress, she fought them personally until she was mortally wounded by Kabuto. But using the energy of the Earth, Mother Melzard evolved into a larger monster and gained a new form, nihongo|Jadow Mothera|ジャドーマザーラ|Jadō Mazāra. She was killed by Kabuterios and Kuwaga Titan.

* (1-27, 36-50): The eldest son of Melzard. A powerful warrior with red Ceratopsia-like armor, he is in-charge of commanding the Melzard monsters based on land-dwelling creatures. Raija frequently quarrels with Dezzle, both of them each trying to outdo one another. He was seemingly killed by Kabuto but his body turned to stone and later he returned, revived by Mother Melzard in a new maroon armored form, empowered by the magma deep within the earth. He died at Kabuto's hands in the finale.

*: Raija's comrade, a female warrior with light green insectoid armor and two red swords. When Raija was seemingly killed, she stayed by his petrified body until he awakened.

* (1-31, 36-48): The second son of Melzard. Dezzle is Raija's constant rival, who wears an elaborate blue costume with fins and a fishlike helmet. He is in-charge of commanding the Melzard monsters based on water-dwelling creatures and he is the one to often actively sabotage Raija's plans. After Raija was killed, Dezzle was granted with greater power from Mother Melzard and became Dezzle the Great, but is defeated by the Input Rifle, with only his head remaining. Dord placed Dezzle's head on a tank and Dezzle was later revived by Mother Melzard in a new, mysterious form. His new form, giving him new power from the darkness of the deep sea, had no torso and a white mask which kept his face hidden. He eventually was killed for good in the finale.

*: The captain of Dezzle's Bodyguards, a squat creature whose head resembles an ammonite fossil. Dord looked after Dezzle's head after he was blown to pieces, and remained as his loyal servant, until Dezzle returned in his new form.

* (28-35, 37-50): When Mother Melzard ingested 4 of the 8 insect medals, she gave birth to 4 armored fighters, the B-Crushers to counter the B-Fighters. After B-Fighter Kabuto activated Kabuterious, the B-Crushers were injured and had to be cacooned until their wounds had healed.
** nihongo|B-Crusher Descorpion|デスコーピオン|Bī Kurasshā Desukōpion: He is the leader of the B-Crushers, his armor was modeled after a scorpion, and is an honorable warrior by nature, prefers to fight fair compared to his teamates' methods. He uses the nihongo|Poison Anchor|ポイズンアンカー|Poizun Ankā on his right to grab and strangle enemies and nihongo|Slaughter Scissors|スローターシザース|Surōtā Shizāsu claw-attachment for his left forearm he uses for slashing attacks. Once tried to kill a B-Fighter with him with a bomb attached to his belt buckle. He originally wielded the Geist Axe until Kuwaga took it from him when he died.
** nihongo|B-Crusher Mukaderinger|ムカデリンガー|Bī Kurasshā Mukaderingā: Is the polar opposite of Descorpion, his armor was modeled after a centipede. His weapon is the nihongo|Hundred Feeler|ハンドレッドフィーラー|Handoretto Fīrā trident and can open his chest to reveal the nihongo|Mukadenic Bomb|ムカデニックボム|Mukadenikku Bomu. He also use the centipede legs on his armor to control ordinary humans via mind control.
** nihongo|B-Crusher Killmantis|キルマンティス|Bī Kurasshā Kirumantisu: He is an expert at using bladed weapons, especially his two nihongo|Felinger Snipe|フェリンガースナイプ|Feringā Sunaipu sickles that allow him to cut through millions of peaches in blinding speed with lightning-fast strikes. He performs the nihongo|"Killer Hands"|キラーハンズ|Kirā Hanzu attack with Felinger Snipe. His armor was modeled after a mantis.
** nihongo|B-Crusher Beezack|ビーザック|Bī Kurasshā Bīzakku: A master of disguise and illusion, his armor was modeled after a bee. He can assume human form to lower his enemies' guard and can hide himself with the pleasure to attack from a disclosed with his nihongo|Hardoc Shocker|ハードックショッカー|Hādokku Shokkā weapon.

*: The Melzard's foot soldiers, two different types for Raija and Dezzle.
** nihongo|Raija Bodyguards|ライジャ親衛隊|Raija Shineitai: Raija's bodyguards seemed to be made from the fossils of land animals: 2 Stegoceras, 2 Pterosaur, 2 Prehistoric Spiders.
** nihongo|Dezzle Bodyguards|デズル親衛隊|Dezuru Shineitai: Dezzle's bodyguards seem to be made from the fossils sea creatures: 2 Prehistoric Fish, 2 Prehistoric Jellyfish and 2 Prehistoric Squids.

* / nihongo|Giborbas|ギドーバ|Gidōba: Can transform from aerial fighters to caterpillar-like tanks.

Melzard Monsters

Monsters of the land and sea given birth by Mother Melzard.

Raija's Monsters

Raija's monsters are land-based creatures.

* (1): Born from a woolly mammoth fossil, it was sent to begin a new Ice Age and kill all of humanity in the process. Elebammoth begins freezing everything in his path with his liquid nitrogen gas. When he froze Yui, Kouhei battled the monster, losing to him, until the last Command Voicer flies into his hand as Kengo and Ran arrived. As Kabuto, Kouhei killed Elebammoth with the Cavalier Lancer attack.

* (3-4): Born from a "Tyrannosaurus" fossil, Dinozaura had 3 heads and 2 tails for hands. He was sent to destroy the power lines and sources in the city to affect Cosmo Academy's attempt to set up the Neo Beet Machines. Dinozaura was soon defeated by the B-Fighters. He returned with powerful bombs in his heads for a kamikaze attack to take out the Neo Beet Machines. When the B-Fighters learned this, after realizing Dinozaura was not attacking powerlines like before, they got him to follow them to the countryside to finally kill him after his heads detached from his exploding body.

* (6): Born from a prehistoric mole fossil, he was weak at first until he ate a special fruit that empowered him. Mogerado was killed when Tentou blasted his sunglasses off, leaving him blinded by sunlight and vulnerable for the deathblow.

* (8): Born from an ant fossil, she was sent to lay her eggs around Mount Fuji and as the eggs neared hatching, they began to rise in temperature, threatening to cause an eruption. However, Dezzle, intend on sabotaging his brother's plan, gave medicine to Baeria that would raise her body-temperature. However, the temperature in Baeria kept rising to the point of her becoming a living bomb. Kouhei managed to freeze Baeria to reduce her temperature so he could finish her off without any explosion.

* (10) Born from a prehistoric kangaroo fossil.

* (12): Born from half of a cactus fossil.

* (14): Born from a prehistoric bat fossil.

* (16): Born from a Smilodon fossil. Dorafire looked like a combination of a mouse, with a second tiger's head on his forehead. Dorafire could blast flamethrowers from his second/tiger head. Killed by B-Fighter Kabuto's Cold Laser/Liner Blast combo.

* (18) Born from a fern fossil. Groba could sprinkle a destructive pollen from her head in battle.

* (19): Born from a pineapple fossil.

* (21): Born from a prehistoric vulture fossil. With the flaps of his wings, or a blast from his breath, Zarst could cause immense heatwaves.

* (22): Born from a chameleon fossil.

* (24): Born from a salamander fossil.

* (26-27): A "Triceratops" monster that was born from a part of Raija's body.

Dezzle's Monsters

Dezzle's monsters are water-based creatures.

* (2): Born from a Trilobite fossil, he was sent to adbuct the girls at Kouhei's school and to absorb the lifeforce from people through his extending tentacles and use it to enlarge himself to giant size. Zazanyoda was almost invincible until the B-Fighters fired at his weak point, the small trilobyte on his forehead. Reduced to his normal size, he was killed by the B-Fighters.

* (5): Born from an Archelon fossil, the powder scraped from his shell was sold as a calcium supplement called "Bone-Health", but began to harden people's skin into bone. B-Fighters attacked Gamegeron, but his shell was too hard to be cracked. Though the only flaw was his belly, Gamegeron covered it. However, it was Kabuto's determination that finally shattered the monster's shell.

* (7): Born from a starfish fossil, he could possess people & enhance their agreesive behavior. Targeting Kazuya Yano, the son of Kengo's late senei Ryuzaburo Yano, he used the man's hatred for Kengo to wreck havok across town. He uses smaller starfish parasites from his body to possesses people, turning them into violent slaves under his control. The B-Fighters were forced to retreat as a result. A plan was soon forumlated, while Kengo fights Kazuya, Kabuto and Tentou handle the angry mob. The two fortunately learned that electricity was the starfish-parasites' weakness & used free the people with the Electric Shockwave just as Kengo managed to free Kazuya from Hitodenajiru's control, forcing the monster out of him. Once gathered, the B-Fighters learned that Electric ShockWave was useless on Hitodenajiru. But Kazuya's Triple Lightning Kick severely weakened Hitodenajiru enabling B-Fighter Kuwaga to finish him off.

* (11): Born from a coelacanth fossil.

* (13): Born from a toad fossil.

* (15): Born from a Sea Anemone fossil. Killed by B-Fighter Tentou's Crossway Slicer.

* (17): Born from a Sea Scorpion fossil. In battle, Kaizazora could detach/blast its' arms and its' connected head & stinger tail combo at opponents. After B-Fighter's Kabuto and Tentou hit his weak spot, he was killed by B-Fighter Kuwaga's Gravity Crush.

* (20): A Kappa-themed monster.

* (23): Born from a scorpionfish fossil. Okozezeze could blast stinger darts from its' mouth in battle.

Other Monsters

Some of these creatures were both Raija and Dezzle's monsters.

* (9): A hybrid monster born from a rat fossil and a clam fossil, combining their strengths. But Nezugaira suffered a spilt-personality: a gentle creature and a sadistic monster. Despite reluctance to kill him, the B-Fighters had no choice.

* (25-26): A monster that resembles a gorgon from Greek Mythology. Killed by the first generation of B-Fighters.

* (37): A hybrid monster born from a porcupine fossil and a stingray fossil. Seemed almost impossible to kill, could incase its victims in a cacoon that could eventually kill them. With the help of a crystal Genji found, B-Fighter Tentou used Impact Flash to finally kill Arajibiray.

* (39): A fire-breathing monster that resembles a swordfish.

* (43): A monster that resembled a unicorn.

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* (47): A gryphon-themed monster. Killed by the first generation of B-Fighters.

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Cast

* - nihongo|Omi|オミ|Omi (Played as nihongo|Hideomi Nakazato|中里 栄臣|Nakazato Hideomi)
* - nihongo|Naohisa Adachi|足立 直久|Adachi Naohisa (Played as nihongo|Naoto Adachi|安達 直人|Adachi Naoto)
* - nihongo|Yukina Kurisu|栗栖 ゆきな|Kurisu Yukina
* - nihongo|Ryoichi Yamaguchi|山口 良一|Yamaguchi Ryōichi
* - nihongo|Kaori Aso|麻生 かおり|Asō Kaori
* - nihongo|Reuben Langdon|ルーベン・ラングダン|Rūben Rangudan
* - nihongo|Reika Hashimoto|橋本 麗香|Hashimoto Reika
* - nihongo|Hideki Anzai|安斉 英樹|Anzai Hideki
* - nihongo|Seiji Takaiwa|高岩 成二|Takaiwa Seiji
* - nihongo|Akira Ōoka|大岡 旭|Ōoka Akira
* - nihongo|Akiko Yoshio|吉尾 亜希子|Yoshio Akiko

Voice actors

* - nihongo|Tomoe Hanba|半場 友恵|Hanba Tomoe
* - nihongo|Yasuo Tanaka|田中 康郎|Tanaka Yasuo
* B-Fighter Yanma - nihongo|Kōichi Tōchika|遠近 孝一|Tōchika Kōichi
* - nihongo|Ryūzaburō Ōtomo|大友 龍三郎|Ōtomo Ryūzaburō
* - nihongo|Takahiro Yoshimizu|吉水 孝宏|Yoshimizu Takahiro
* - nihongo|Wakana Yamazaki|山崎 和佳奈|Yamazaki Wakana
* - nihongo|Kaneto Shiozawa|塩沢 兼人|Shiozawa Kaneto
* - nihongo|Hiroshi Masuoka|増岡 弘|Masuoka Hiroshi
* - nihongo|Tetsu Inada|稲田 徹|Inada Tetsu
* - nihongo|Masuo Amada|天田 益男|Amada Masuo
* - nihongo|Takao Ishii|石井 隆夫|Ishii Takao
* - nihongo|Yutaka Aoyama|青山 穣|Aoyama Yutaka

ongs

;Opening theme
*nihongo|"B-Fighter Kabuto"|ビーファイターカブト|Bīfaitā Kabuto
**Lyrics: Yōko Aki
**Composition: Ryūsuke Uzaki
**Arrangement: nihongo|Eiji Kawamura|川村 栄二|Kawamura Eiji
**Artist: nihongo|Nobuhiko Kashiwara|樫原 伸彦|Kashiwara Nobuhiko;Ending theme
*nihongo|"Loudly Singing"|大声で歌えば|Ōgoe de Utae ba
**Lyrics: Yōko Aki
**Composition: Ryūsuke Uzaki
**Arrangement: Eiji Kawamura
**Artist: Nobuhiko Kashiwara

External links

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* [http://www.grnrngr.com/documents/beetlefighterkabuto.html B-Fighter Kabuto FAQ page]
* [http://www.tokucentral.com/database/b-fighters_kabuto/index.htm B-Fighter Kabuto on Toku Central]