Tankjoh is the black rook-themed general of the Druidon Tribe and a major antagonist in Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger.
He was voiced by Jouji Nakata who previously played Sir Cowler from Choushinsei Flashman and Great Professor Bias from Choujuu Sentai Liveman as well as voicing Azald from Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger, Gamettsu from Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure! and later voiced Great King Boccowaus from Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger.
Biography[]
Past[]
As with the other Druidon generals, Tankjoh was created by Eras and took part in the Druidon Tribe's first invasion of Earth 65 million years ago before eventually retreating into space after the planet was struck by meteors.
Ryusoulger[]
When the Druidons resume their invasion in 2019, Tankjoh serves as the initial commander of their forces. After a squad of Drunn Soldiers led by Kureon is destroyed by the Ryusoulgers, Kureon reports back to Tankjoh to ask if they are the Ryusoulgers. Tankjoh confirms this and notes that their temple must be nearby so he leads an attack on the Ryusoul Tribe to wipe them out before they can interfere with their invasion, accompanied by the Dragon Minosaur. Whilst Master Blue and Master Pink battle the Minosaur, Tankjoh goes to destroy the Ryusoul Temple, the source of the Ryusoulger's powers, and is faced by both Master Red and his successor Koh.
Tankjoh succeeds in destroying the temple and killing Master Red, but Koh manages to retain his Ryusoul powers through his belief in himself. As the Minosaur fires lasers at the temple, Tankjoh teleports away but not before telling Koh that Earth will soon belong to the Druidons once again. When Koh and Touma are pursuing the Kraken Minosaur, Tankjoh shows up to fight them both off, knocking them into a fountain. Bamba then arrives up to fight Tankjoh, vowing to defeat him himself. After a brief skirmish, Tankjoh remarks that Bamba has "a bit of a spine" before teleporting away with the Minosaur.
As the Ryusoulgers are attempting to take down Kureon, Tankjoh appears and fights Touma and Bamba who have cornered Kureon. The other Ryusoulgers soon show up to assist their comrades but Tankjoh manages to take them all down by tapping into Earth's energy to fire his Castlin Grander. However, Kou refuses to give up and continues fighting; Touma and Bamba attempting to assist their comrade but Kureon creates the Cerberus Minosaur and sends it after them. Defeating Kou, Tankjoh tells Kureon that he didn't ask for his help before exiting the scene, saying they should leave the Ryusoulgers to their painful death. Later, as Kureon is playing with his new MInosaur, Tankjoh vows to claim the Earth for himself once the Ryusoulgers are defeated.
When the Ryusoulgers attempt to go defeat the Cerberus Minosaur, Tankjoh appears giant-sized and faces K, Blue and Pink. The three Ryusoulgers summon their Kishiryu and combine them into KishiRyuOh to face off against him. Despite their determination, Tankjoh overpowers the Ryusoulgers with the Castlin Grander. However, before he can finish them off, RyusoulBlack uses Mirneedle to push back Tankjoh before combining with KishiRyuOh. Defeated but not killed, Tankjoh reveals himself to still be alive to Kureon and silences Kureon's boasting before vowing to destroy the Ryusoulgers.
As the Cerebus Minosaur's poison spreads throughout the Ryusoulgers, Kureon reports to Tankjoh that they will all be dead soon. Tankjoh is pleased, proclaiming that with them out of the way he can conquer Earth with his earthquake energy. After the poison spreads to all of them, Tankjoh believes they are dead and enlarges himself to take over the world. However, the Ryusoulgers are able to cure themselves after Kou breaks off one of the Cerberus Minosaur's fangs and the Elder of the Ryusoul Tribe mixed it into an antidote which all of the Ryusoulgers drink. The Ryusoulgers then summon their Kishiryu to attack Tankjoh but are overwhelmed until they form KishiRyuOh Five Knights. With their combined power, they beat back Tankjoh before attempting to destroy him for good with an Ultimate Slash but Tankjoh survives and reveals that, if they destroy him, all the earthquake energy he absorbed will be set loose and destroy everything within ten kilometres. However, the Ryusoulgers counteract this by sending Tankjoh flying into space before destroying him, resulting in his energy being released harmlessly in Earth's atmosphere.
Tankjoh later mysteriously returns thanks to the Necromancer Minosaur, much to the delight of Kureon, who awards him "500,000,000 points" for coming back to life. Tankjoh then goes out to confront the Ryusoulgers and defeats them with his volcanic gas bombs, which make it so any attack they perform will cause an explosion.
Personality[]
Tankjoh was a ruthless, destructive, tyrannical and warmongering general who stopped at nothing at his mission to kill the Ryusoulgers and conquer the Earth for Druidon Tribe. He was shown to be quite arrogant, psychopathic, relentless and confident at his mission, considering it quite easy and thinking it would be easy to destroy the Ryusoulgers and any resistance at Earth, only to underestimate the Rangers, and it caused his defeat. He was also shown to be quite abusive and provocative, for example when he taunted Koh, telling him that any resistance to Druidon's conquest of Earth is futile and the humans are weak and helpless against the might of the Druidon Tribe. Tankjoh valued only power. He was prideful of his strength and vengeful and arrogant. He respected only the individuals who could impress him with power, anyone else, he would only brush off. Eventually, his extreme arrogance, confidence, and narcissim were his main weakness, as he underestimated the Ryusoulgers, underestimated their abilities and was eventually defeated, even though the heroes still had to put much of an effort to take down him. However, despite his psychopathic, ruthless and sadistic nature, Tankjoh is highly loyal to his mistress Eras, who created him and is very loyal to the Druidon Tribe considering it the superior species and desires to impress his race by conquering the universe. Also, despite his arrogant and confident nature, he was adaptable to Kleon's ideas.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Strength: Tankjoh was able to destroy an entire section of a dam with a single swing from his Rooklaymore.
- Armor: Being rook-themed, Tankjoh was made up of heavily-enforced rock-like armor that withstood KishiRyuOh MilNeedle's Needle Crusher finisher without him getting a scratch.
- Longevity: Tankjoh survived for millions of years with no negative side-effects.
- Agility: Tankjoh was quick enough to dodge the PukupukuSoul's attack during his third battle with the Ryusoulgers' mecha.
- Portal Creation: Tankjoh could create a chessboard-based laser portal to teleport himself from one place to another.
- Seismic Absorption: Tankjoh could absorb the seismic energy of an earthquake to increase his own power and store them as checkerboard-patterned round shots.
- Seismic Burst: As stated by Tankjoh himself, he could release all the absorbed seismic energy from his body that would destroy anything within 10 kilometres upon his death.
- Energy Punch: Tankjoh could channel violet energy into his fist to land powerful punches.
- Castlin Grander: Tankjoh was armed with a cannon in his chest capable of firing destructive red energy beams, blasts, or jets of lava after inserting round shots in the openings on the back of each shoulder.
- Enlarging: Tankjoh possesses the ability to enlarge himself with his stored seismic energy.
- Laser Vision: Tankjoh can fire red lasers from his eyes.
Arsenal[]
- Great Sword Rooklaymore: Tankjoh wielded a large, watchtower-shaped sword for combat.
- Energy Slashes: Tankjoh could channel purple and violet energy into his Rooklaymore to fling energy slashes into his enemies.
- Shockwaves: Tankjoh could slam his Rooklaymore into the ground create a purple shockwave.
- Energy Empowerment: Tankjoh could charge up his Rooklaymore with blue or purple energy to slash at full force.
- Round Shots: Tankjoh was armed with checkerboard-patterned round shots filled with seismic energy. He also had other round shots he could throw which release a condensed volcanic gas that can explode when a spark is triggered.
Minosaurs[]
- Dragon Minosaur
- Basilisk Minosaur
- Unicorn Minosaur
- Medusa Minosaur
- Kraken Minosaur
- Cerberus Minosaur
- Cerberus Minosaur (Elder Brother)
Profile[]
- Height: 199cm (48.8m Giant)
- Weight: 299kg (732.6t Giant)
- Attribute: Rook Class Executive
- Place of Distribution: Shaking Earth
- Classification: Druidon general
- Experience Point: 609
Quotes[]
| “ | Foolishness! Then I, Tankjoh, greatest of the Druidon... will send you both to hell! | „ |
| ~ Tankjoh introducing himself to Koh and Master Red. |
| “ | Remember this boy. This planet once belonged to the Druidons and it will be ours again! | „ |
| ~ Tankjoh to Koh. |
| “ | Damn you, Ryusoulger! | „ |
| ~ Tanjoh's last words before his original death. |
| “ | It's been a while, Kureon. | „ |
| ~ Tankjoh meeting Kureon after his first resurrection. |
Trivia[]
- Tankjoh's name is a combination for the English word for "tank" and tan alternate reading of the Japanese word for "castle" (城 Jō).
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