Zadam

This article is about a villain in Kikaider 01.

Zadam

Zadam (ザダム, Zadamu) is the top executive summoned by Big Shadow from the lunar base. It has the appearance of two demon-type robots side by side, merged together. The weapon is a trident that fires destructive projectiles held in both hands.

Zadam possesses a powerful psychic ability, strong enough to cause sinkholes in the ground, remove an opponent's arm and make them attack themselves. It even managed to control Hakaider, a robot, with this ability, but it had no effect on 01, who had a Psychic-Blocking Circuit integrated. It can also teleport.

Initially, due to being born on the moon, Zadam was believed to only be able to function for about 3 minutes under sunlight, but in the latter part, there are scenes where it operates for extended periods even during the day.

Zadam Separation

In the final episode, it used the Zadam Separation (ザダム分離術, Zadamu Bunrijutsu) to split into two entities and confronted the Kikaider brothers. Normally, Zadam speaks with two voices layered together, but when separated, it speaks individually. Each of them received the Blast End and Denji End attacks and died in an explosion.

Revived by the Robot Regeneration Device, Zadam launched the Zadam-Hakaider Trinity Attack, but it was hit by the Kikaider brothers and Bijinder's Triple Circline attack, causing it to explode once again.

Behind the scenes

Portrayal

Zadam's voices was provided by this following voice actors:

• Taimei Suzuki (鈴木 泰明, Suzuki Taimei)
• Masao Hosoi (細井 雅男, Hosoi Masao)

Trivia

• Zadam becomes the first humanoid-sized monster with two suit actors inside.