One of the few mammalian monsters, King Caesar is a lion god from the annals of Japanese mythology who serves as protector of the Azumi royal family of Okinawa. Covered in shaggy brown fur and with floppy ears and sharp claws and teeth, the leonine creature can absorb energy beams with one eye and then reflect them with the other. A monster who never fought Godzilla but instead assisted him, King Caesar rests dormant in a cliffside near a sacred temple. In times of crisis, he can be awakened to action by refelcting the rising sun's rays from the eye of an ancient statue onto the cliffside where he sleeps. Summoned to confront the original Mechagodzilla, King Caesar put up a heroic fight, reflecting the robot's energy beams back at it and using his agility to launch effective attacks against the invader from the Black Hole. Though overmatched by Mechgodzilla's armor and arsenal, King Caesar struggled back to assist Godzilla in winning the final victory.