Raigon was first introduced in the 1974 OVA Mazinger Z vs The Great General of Darkness as a member of the Insect Army of the Mikene Empire - he was operated by the heads of a Brother and Sister, located in the Antennas of the giant Cyborg. Capable of flying, Raigon had an optic laser beam and could extend his arms for destructive fist attacks.

When Archduke Gorgon ordered Dante's force to attacked Tokyo, he goes along with Raigon, Birdian, Slava, Mammothdon and Jarada. Raigon had little scenes, only attacking Tokyo, with Jarada and Birdian, while Slava dealt with Mazinger Z at the bottom of Tokyo Bay, and Dante and Mammothdon went to attack the Photon Power Lab. He only had one line in the film and he was the last Mikene Warrior Beast to be killed in Tokyo - Koji cuts the human heads of with Rocket Punch cutters and then melted with the Breast of Fire.

Along with Birdian and Jarada, Raigon helped out in causing the most damaged to Mazinger Z - damages that were not fix before confronting the Revenge Team under General Juuma.

Raigon, along with his team mates has appeared on all the manga versions of Mazinger Z since, and only made a brief a few seconds cameo in the 2000's "Mazinkaiser vs The Great General of Darkness deathmatch!" during the Intro sequence, fighting with Great Mazinger over New York City, but is destroyed with the Breast of fire and the Thunderbreak attacks. While he was updated for the film, more slicker, he looked the same as his 1974 version.

Raigon, Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger property of Go Nagai.