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Rodan
Godzilla film series character
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Rodan as featured in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
First appearance Rodan (1956)
Created by Ken Kuronuma
Portrayed by Shōwa series
Haruo Nakajima
Kōji Uruki
Masaki Shinohara
Teruo Aragaki
Millennium series
Naoko Kamio
Legendary Pictures
Jason Liles
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Aliases Radon
Monster Zero-Two
Fire Demon
Titanus Rodan
Species Giant mutated Pteranodon

Rodan is a giant, made-up monster from Japan. He stars in movies, first appearing in his own film, Rodan, in 1956. This movie was made by Toho Studios. Later, Rodan also showed up in many Godzilla films. He looks like a huge pterosaur, a type of flying dinosaur. Rodan can create powerful sonic booms when he flies fast. These booms can destroy things in his path.

Appearances

Films

  • Rodan (1956)
  • Valley of the Dragons (1961, stock footage cameo)
  • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
  • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
  • Destroy All Monsters (1968)
  • Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972, stock footage cameo)
  • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973, stock footage cameo)
  • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975, stock footage cameo)
  • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
  • Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
  • Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017, skeleton corpse)
  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
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