Rodan

is a fictional monster, or ''kaiju'', which first appeared as the title character in Ishirō Honda's 1956 film ''Rodan'', produced and distributed by Toho. Following its debut standalone appearance, Rodan went on to be featured in numerous entries in the ''Godzilla'' franchise, including ''Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster'' (1964), ''Invasion of Astro-Monster'' (1965), ''Destroy All Monsters'' (1968), ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II'' (1993), and ''Godzilla: Final Wars'' (2004), as well as in the Legendary Pictures-produced film ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' (2019).

Rodan is depicted as a colossal, prehistoric, irradiated species of ''Pteranodon''. In 2014, ''IGN'' ranked Rodan as #6 on its "Top 10 Japanese Movie Monsters" list, while ''Complex'' listed the character as #15 on its "The 15 Most Badass Kaiju Monsters of All Time" list. Provided by Wikipedia