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'''The Dairangers'''
'''The Dairangers'''
==== '''{{color|red|R}}''' | <small>Actor: Keiichi Wada</small> ====
==== '''{{color|red|Ryō/Ryu Ranger}}''' | <small>Actor: Keiichi Wada</small> ====
* [[Badass]]: The most powerful warrior in the team, he was also {{spoiler|the one who killed [[Big Bad|Shadam]]}}. Not to mention having probably the most out of suit fight than the others, owing mostly to Keiichi Wada having trained at martial arts and his genuine martial arts talent.
* [[Badass]]: The most powerful warrior in the team, he was also {{spoiler|the one who killed [[Big Bad|Shadam]]}}. Not to mention having probably the most out of suit fight than the others, owing mostly to Keiichi Wada having trained at martial arts and his genuine martial arts talent.
* [[Dual Wielding]]: Sekiryu Soryūken <ref>''Twin Dragon Swords''</ref>
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Sekiryu Soryūken <ref>''Twin Dragon Swords''</ref>
* [[The Hero]]
* [[The Hero]]
* [[Instant Expert]]: After his first henshin, Ryō is suddenly this when it comes to chi power and fighting.
* [[Instant Expert]]: After his first henshin, Ryō is suddenly this when it comes to chi power and fighting.
* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: He's the son of the legendary Choryu, and thus a descendant of the Dai tribe. His KiDenJuu, RyuSeiOh, can also face off and beat enlarged Gorma Monsters; in fact, he's the first [[Super Sentai]] warrior to have his own [[Transforming Mecha]].
* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: He's the son of the legendary Choryu, and thus a descendant of the Dai tribe. His KiDenJuu, RyuSeiOh, can also face off and beat enlarged Gorma Monsters; in fact, he's the first [[Super Sentai]] warrior to have his own [[Transforming Mecha]].
* [[Luke I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|He's the son of Iron-Face Choryu, who's first introduced as a servant of the Gorma Monster Archbishop Saw.}}
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|He's the son of Iron-Face Choryu, who's first introduced as a servant of the Gorma Monster Archbishop Saw.}}
* [[Motion Capture Mecha]]: Ryuseioh
* [[Motion Capture Mecha]]: Ryuseioh
* [[Playing With Fire]]
* [[Playing with Fire]]
* [[Rapid Fire Fisticuffs]]: ''Ryusei Senkō'' <ref>Meteor Flash</ref>
* [[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs]]: ''Ryusei Senkō'' <ref>Meteor Flash</ref>
* [[Rookie Red Ranger]]: He was one of the last Dairangers to join. Subverted with [[Instant Expert]].
* [[Rookie Red Ranger]]: He was one of the last Dairangers to join. Subverted with [[Instant Expert]].
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Occasionally goes into this, and when he does, [[Mr. Fanservice|boy is he ripped.]]
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Occasionally goes into this, and when he does, [[Mr. Fanservice|boy is he ripped.]]
* [[Signature Move]]: ''Inazuma Enjoha'' <ref>Lightning Blaze Destruction</ref>
* [[Signature Move]]: ''Inazuma Enjoha'' <ref>Lightning Blaze Destruction</ref>


==== '''{{color|green|D}}''' | <small>Actor: Tatsuya Nōmi</small> ====
==== '''{{color|green|Daigo/Shishi Ranger}}''' | <small>Actor: Tatsuya Nōmi</small> ====
* [[Groin Attack]]: Uses one rather blatantly early on.
* [[Groin Attack]]: Uses one rather blatantly early on.
* [[Hot Blooded]]: In a loose cannon sort of way - this is a guy who gets sucked up by a Gohma and then ''punches his way out''. When he gets angry, expect awesomeness to follow.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: In a loose cannon sort of way - this is a guy who gets sucked up by a Gohma and then ''punches his way out''. When he gets angry, expect awesomeness to follow.
* [[The Lancer]]
* [[The Lancer]]
* [[Master of Illusion]]: Has created illusionary doors, tanks, cops, Yamanote-sen <ref>a notable train loop in Tokyo</ref> trains... And they all ''hurt''.
* [[Master of Illusion]]: Has created illusionary doors, tanks, cops, Yamanote-sen <ref>a notable train loop in Tokyo</ref> trains... And they all ''hurt''.
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* [[Simple Staff]]: Shishi Konbō <ref>''Lion Staff''</ref>
* [[Simple Staff]]: Shishi Konbō <ref>''Lion Staff''</ref>
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Daigo runs on this, especially in episodes featuring him.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Daigo runs on this, especially in episodes featuring him.
* [[What the Hell Hero]]
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]


==== '''{{color|blue|S}}''' | <small>Actor: Ei Hamura</small> ====
==== '''{{color|blue|Shōji/Tenma Ranger}}''' | <small>Actor: Ei Hamura</small> ====
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Is fun-loving and rather loud and [[Hot Blooded]] to go with.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Is fun-loving and rather loud and [[Hot-Blooded]] to go with.
* [[The Big Guy]]: Can use his gravity abilities to increase his strength or speed, greatly increasing his fighting prowess.
* [[The Big Guy]]: Can use his gravity abilities to increase his strength or speed, greatly increasing his fighting prowess.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Shouji has a knack of saying "This ain't funny!" when things didn't go as he expected.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Shouji has a knack of saying "This ain't funny!" when things didn't go as he expected.
* [[Delinquents|Delinquent]]: Formerly. (This characterization was helped by the actor also being one in his youth.)
* [[Delinquents|Delinquent]]: Formerly. (This characterization was helped by the actor also being one in his youth.)
* [[Fighting With Chucks]]: Tenma Nunchakus <ref>''Pegasus Nunchakus''</ref>
* [[Fighting with Chucks]]: Tenma Nunchakus <ref>''Pegasus Nunchakus''</ref>
* [[Gravity Master]]
* [[Gravity Master]]
* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: One of two.
* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: One of two.
* [[Signature Move]]: ''Juryoku Gyakutenha'' <ref>Gravity Inversion Destruction</ref>
* [[Signature Move]]: ''Juryoku Gyakutenha'' <ref>Gravity Inversion Destruction</ref>


==== '''{{color|gold|K}}''' | <small>Actor: Keisuke Tsuchiya</small> ====
==== '''{{color|gold|Kazu/Kirin Ranger}}''' | <small>Actor: Keisuke Tsuchiya</small> ====
* [[Camp Straight]]: A beautician who works in salon. Totally not gay. <ref>Metrosexuality didn't yet exist as a concept in the early nineties.</ref>
* [[Camp Straight]]: A beautician who works in salon. Totally not gay. <ref>Metrosexuality didn't yet exist as a concept in the early nineties.</ref>
* [[Drunken Boxing]]: And has the most difficult pose as a result. <ref>It requires a drunken 'stretch' that becomes a spin into a low crouch.</ref>
* [[Drunken Boxing]]: And has the most difficult pose as a result. <ref>It requires a drunken 'stretch' that becomes a spin into a low crouch.</ref>
* [[Epic Flail]]: Kirin Ku-setsu Ben <ref>''Qilin 9-Part Whip''</ref>
* [[Epic Flail]]: Kirin Ku-setsu Ben <ref>''Qilin 9-Part Whip''</ref>
* [[Making Use of the Twin]]: In #25, when the Copy Empress made evil duplicates of the Dairangers, Kazu's clone was played by Keisuke Tsuchiya's twin brother, Daisuke. The roles were later reversed when Daisuke went on to play Blue Beet on ''[[Juukou B-Fighter]]'' two years later, while Keisuke played his [[Evil Counterpart]] Shadow Beet.
* [[Making Use of the Twin]]: In #25, when the Copy Empress made evil duplicates of the Dairangers, Kazu's clone was played by Keisuke Tsuchiya's twin brother, Daisuke. The roles were later reversed when Daisuke went on to play Blue Beet on ''[[Juukou B-Fighter]]'' two years later, while Keisuke played his [[Evil Counterpart]] Shadow Beet.
* [[Sharp Dressed Man]]: Uncommonly for a ''Sentai'' hero, Kazu usually wears a three-piece suit.
* [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]: Uncommonly for a ''Sentai'' hero, Kazu usually wears a three-piece suit.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: On the strength of his time-reversal abilities.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: On the strength of his time-reversal abilities.
* [[Signature Move]]: ''Jikan Gaeshi'' <ref>Time Reversal</ref>
* [[Signature Move]]: ''Jikan Gaeshi'' <ref>Time Reversal</ref>
* [[Time Master]]: He can rewind time as he sees fit, although he doesn't use it much.
* [[Time Master]]: He can rewind time as he sees fit, although he doesn't use it much.


==== '''{{color|fuchsia|R}}''' | <small>Actress: Natsuki Takahashi</small> ====
==== '''{{color|fuchsia|Rin/Hōō Ranger}}''' | <small>Actress: Natsuki Takahashi</small> ====
* [[Blade On a Stick]]: Yari Hōō <ref>''Spear Phoenix''</ref>
* [[Blade on a Stick]]: Yari Hōō <ref>''Spear Phoenix''</ref>
* [[Blow You Away]]: Which she can do untransformed as well.
* [[Blow You Away]]: Which she can do untransformed as well.
* [[The Chick]]
* [[The Chick]]
* [[Chinese Girl]]: She came from China, disguised as a transfer student.
* [[Chinese Girl]]: She came from China, disguised as a transfer student.
** [[But Not Too Foreign]]: It's been rumored that the actress playing Lin is part Japanese and part American.
** [[But Not Too Foreign]]: It's been rumored that the actress playing Lin is part Japanese and part American.
* [[Ship Tease]]: With Ryō. The [[Where Are They Now Epilogue]] hints that {{spoiler|[[Wife Husbandry|Rin might have married Ko or had a relationship with him]]}}.
* [[Ship Tease]]: With Ryō. The [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] hints that {{spoiler|[[Wife Husbandry|Rin might have married Ko or had a relationship with him]]}}.
* [[Signature Move]]: ''Ichimonji Tatsumaki'' <ref>Straight Line Tornado</ref>
* [[Signature Move]]: ''Ichimonji Tatsumaki'' <ref>Straight Line Tornado</ref>
* [[The Smart Guy|The Smart Girl]]
* [[The Smart Guy|The Smart Girl]]
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]
* [[Spell My Name With an S]]: Lin or Rin? You would think it would be "Lin", seeing how she's Chinese, but in the episode where she became a pop-star, it was spelled "Rin".
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Lin or Rin? You would think it would be "Lin", seeing how she's Chinese, but in the episode where she became a pop-star, it was spelled "Rin".


==== '''{{color|gray|K}}''' | <small>Actor: Hisashi Sakai</small> ====
==== '''{{color|gray|Kō/Kiba Ranger}}''' | <small>Actor: Hisashi Sakai</small> ====
* [[Actor Allusion]]: The casting of Hisashi Sakai as the sixth ranger this season is an allusion to the fact that the year before, he played the sixth ranger's child self.
* [[Actor Allusion]]: The casting of Hisashi Sakai as the sixth ranger this season is an allusion to the fact that the year before, he played the sixth ranger's child self.
* [[Bratty Half Pint]]
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]
* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: One of two.
* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: One of two.
* [[Luke I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|He's the son of Shadam.}}
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|He's the son of Shadam.}}
* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]
* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]
* [[Named Weapons]]: Kō calls the Byakkoshinken [[Himitsu no Akko-chan (Anime)|"Byakko-chan"]].
* [[Named Weapons]]: Kō calls the Byakkoshinken [[Himitsu no Akko-chan|"Byakko-chan"]].
* [[Secret Identity]]: The other Dairangers don't know Kiba Ranger's identity for some time, with some help from Byakko-chan.
* [[Secret Identity]]: The other Dairangers don't know Kiba Ranger's identity for some time, with some help from Byakko-chan.
* [[Ship Tease]]: See Lin's entry.
* [[Ship Tease]]: See Lin's entry.
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* [[Adult Child]]
* [[Adult Child]]
* [[Orcus On His Throne]]: He doesn't really do much of anything aside from playing games (although {{spoiler|he did bring Akomaru [[Back From the Dead|back from Hell]]}}).
* [[Orcus on His Throne]]: He doesn't really do much of anything aside from playing games (although {{spoiler|he did bring Akomaru [[Back From the Dead|back from Hell]]}}).


== General Tenpou ==
== General Tenpou ==

Latest revision as of 02:24, 9 April 2014


The Dairangers

Ryō/Ryu Ranger | Actor: Keiichi Wada

Daigo/Shishi Ranger | Actor: Tatsuya Nōmi

Shōji/Tenma Ranger | Actor: Ei Hamura

Kazu/Kirin Ranger | Actor: Keisuke Tsuchiya

Rin/Hōō Ranger | Actress: Natsuki Takahashi

Kō/Kiba Ranger | Actor: Hisashi Sakai

Gorma Tribe

Colonel Shadam

Lieutenant Colonel Gara

Major Zydos

Emperor Gorma XV

General Tenpou

Akomaru

  • Enfante Terrible: And how. Most of this is likely attributed to his father Shadam's mistreatment of him.

Jin Matora/Demon Boxer Jin

  1. ↑ Twin Dragon Swords
  2. ↑ Meteor Flash
  3. ↑ Lightning Blaze Destruction
  4. ↑ a notable train loop in Tokyo
  5. ↑ Mist Hiding
  6. ↑ Lion Staff
  7. ↑ Pegasus Nunchakus
  8. ↑ Gravity Inversion Destruction
  9. ↑ Metrosexuality didn't yet exist as a concept in the early nineties.
  10. ↑ It requires a drunken 'stretch' that becomes a spin into a low crouch.
  11. ↑ Qilin 9-Part Whip
  12. ↑ Time Reversal
  13. ↑ Spear Phoenix
  14. ↑ Straight Line Tornado
  15. ↑ Howling New Star Scattered Echo
  16. ↑ White-Tiger Blade
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