Captain Zahab

Captain Zahab (ゼイハブ船長)  is the leader of the  Space Pirates Balban. Cruel and violent, though also a great strategist and expert warrior. While the death of an underling does not seem to affect him, deep inside he suffers in private.

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
Long ago, when the  Demon Beast Daitanix  first came into being on his homeworld, Zahab met  Barreled Scholar Bucrates, who taught him the means to become immortal by the  '''Star Soul Jewels. ''' Said jewels are created whenever Daitanix consumed the core of a planet. Subjugating Daitanix, by attaching his castle to its back, Zahab gathered an army of followers with the promise of eternal life and boundless treasure from destroyed worlds; four of which:  Sambash, Budoh, Iliess, and Battobas; became the generals of the Balban's four armies while a fifth,  Steerwoman Shelinda , became his personal lieutenant as well as the steerwoman of Daitanix. One of the worlds he destroyed, was Planet Taurus, home to Black Knight BullBlack, who attempted to stop them, before being forced to stand down, when the Balban took his younger brother Krantz hostage. Afterwards, Zahab personally cut down the boy in front of him.

Some time afterward, Zahab and the rest of the Balban arrived on Earth, with the intention of making it their latest conquest, though they were opposed by Earth's chosen protectors, the Gingamen, who had been granted great power by the five Starbeasts. The Starbeasts are mysterious animals who had seen the destruction wreaked by the Balban and decided to bring an end to it. Together, the Gingamen and the Starbeasts drove back the Balban, before sealing them and Daitanix, deep beneath the sea. During the fight, Zahab had his left hand cut off by the original GingaRed, requiring him to replace it with a combination hook/cannon and leading him to bear a grudge against all who took up GingaRed's mantle.

3000 years later, a random earthquake broke the Balban's seal, which turned them loose on Earth. However, Daitanix's seal remained intact, forcing the Balban to focus on ways to revive him with Zahab, offering a massive fortune as a reward to whoever managed to succeed.

Eventually, having learned of  Steerwoman Shelinda 's death, Zahab can not take it anymore and falls apart in grief. In the final battle, he uses his castle to control the  Earth Demon Beast, but Zahab is forced to flee from his castle when it is destroyed by  Combined Beast-Warrior BullTaurus  so Hyuuga could could face him elsewhere. After losing the Earth Beast, Zahab plots to create a new demon beast and is confronted by both the Gingamen and Black Knight. He ultimately killed by the  Black Knight 's Black Chop, the Beast Armor Shine  Gingamen 's Galaxy War Radiance, and finally Super Armor Shine GingaRed, using his Flashing Starbeast Sword and Beast Armor Claw for the Beast Fire Flash in midair as the final attack. This happened after the combined fire attack of Hyuuga and Ryouma destroyed his Star Soul Jewel. He is later resurrected by  Captain Gregory, only to be killed once again by the Gingamen in the Galaxy Lights armor in Seijuu Sentai Gingaman vs. Megaranger.

Counterparts

 * Diesel (Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends)
 * Zorran (TUGS)
 * Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
 * Stickybeard (Codename: Kids Next Door)
 * Davy Jones (Pirates Of The Caribbean)
 * Foxy The Pirate Fox (Five Nights At Freddy's)