Godzilla (Kaiju Universe)

Godzilla (ゴジラ Gojira) is a daikaiju who first appeared in the 2022 Raydon Studios film Rise of Godzilla. He is the third incarnation of Godzilla to appear in an American-made film after the 1998 and 2014 versions.

An ancient predator and enemy to the residents of Odo Island, Godzilla was awoken in 1954 by American nuclear tests and subsequently went on a path of destruction across Japan. Godzilla clashed with Anguirus in Osaka and seemingly killed it before eventually meeting his own demise at the hands of the Oxygen Destroyer.

A second Godzilla appeared in San Francisco in 1998 after the Bodega Bay Nuclear Plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown. This incarnation of Godzilla was significantly taller than the one featured in Rise and much more powerful also. Godzilla clashed with the prototype Mechagodzilla before being lured to Pennsylvania to fight the imposter Godzilla dubbed Zilla by the media. After defeating Zilla and disappearing into the ocean, Godzilla is sighted again in 2005 and lured towards Skull Island where the United Nations has established a monster nature reserve.