Ginrai

Ginrai is a human and Autobot Godmaster in the Masterforce portion of Generation 1 continuity

''RTM dub name: Optimus Prime



Masterforce cartoon
Voice actor: Hiroshi Takemura (Japan)

Ginrai was a long-haul truck driver for Union Transportation in the United States. He left Japan to escape the stifiling atmosphere and find himself. After two years, happenstance brought him into contact with one of the lost Godmaster Transtectors, which he bonded with. Ginrai was subsequently drawn, kicking and screaming, from his old carefree life into a position of responsibility and command he excelled at.

Ginrai's Transtector
Ginrai's Transtector, like the other Godmasters was a hyper-evolved lifeform created by Devil Z to possess all three aspects of Chokon Power. After being saturated with Tenchokon in space (the power of the heavens, and the only aspect of Chokon Power Transformers can master naturally) they were brought to Earth to absorb the planet's Chichokon, but an accident caused the Godmasters to scatter across the planet.

During this time, Ginrai's Godmaster (possibly in mineral form) was fashioned into a new body for Optimus Prime, which was subsequently lost.

The transtector bonded with Ginrai to absorb the final Chokon Power aspect, Jinchokon, which is posessed by humanity. Given time, the pairing would have evolved into a new form of life with complete mastery of Chokon Power, but this process was interrupted by Devil-Z, who severed the connection between Ginrai and his Transtector. However, the Transtector had been imprinted with Ginrai's mind, and continued to fight for the Autobots, even without its human component.

''As a result of their interrupted maturation process, the Godmasters will never evolve into their intended state, and appear not to possess Jinchokon power.

Ginrai's Transtector (now the Transformer known also known as Ginrai) subsequently departed Earth to join the main Autobot forces. He later turns into Victory Leo.

Trivia

 * The human Ginrai's appearance is designed after screen actor Ishihara Yūjirō.