Mechagodzilla

"I'll show you what Kiryu can do!"

- Akane Yashiro

Mechagodzilla (nicknamed Kiryu), piloted by Akane Yashiro, is a protagonist from the Godzilla series. It will appear in the 114th episode of Death Battle, Dragonzord VS Mechagodzilla, where it will fight against the Dragonzord from the Power Rangers series. Akane will be voiced by Hitomi Farrell.

History
Built around the skeletal remains of the Godzilla that attacked Tokyo in 1954, Kiryu was an advanced cyborg designed to defend Japan from the kaiju that frequently menace it, particularly the current Godzilla. Kiryu first saw action in 2003 when he was deployed to battle Godzilla when he surfaced at Hakkeijima. However, Godzilla's roar awakened the original Godzilla's restless spirit that was attached to Kiryu's skeleton, causing the machine to go berserk. Kiryu was recalled and his programming altered so this incident could never occur again, before being sent out against Godzilla a second time when he landed at Tokyo. Kiryu fought Godzilla to a draw, leaving him with a gruesome chest wound and himself losing an arm. Kiryu was rebuilt over the course of a year, and sent into combat with Godzilla again when he returned to Tokyo. Kiryu fought alongside Mothra and her twin larvae, and finally triumphed against his organic counterpart by reopening the wound on Godzilla's chest. The original Godzilla's spirit took control of Kiryu once again, and chose to sink himself in the Japan Trench with the immobilized Godzilla and deactivate itself rather than kill another member of his kind.

Trivia

 * Mechagodzilla is the second Godzilla character in Death Battle, after Godzilla.
 * Mechagodzilla is the largest cyborg to appear in Death Battle.
 * Akane Yashiro is the 16th female to fight against a male, after Samus Aran, Riptor, Rebecca Black, Rainbow Dash, Toph Beifong, Bayonetta, Agent Carolina, Tracer, Erza Scarlet, Pinkie Pie, Lara Croft, Renamon, Wonder Woman, Lucy and Captain Marvel.
 * Akane Yashiro is the 16th character to fight against a returning combatant, after Zitz, Captain America, Agumon, Mewtwo, Pinkie Pie, Zero, Thor, Wonder Woman, Black Panther, Jin Kazama, Mega Man X, Mega Man Volnutt, MegaMan.EXE, Star Force Mega Man and Shazam.