Five Stars Battle Team Great Ranger was TOEI Company Limited's 17th production of the Super Sentai television series. Its footage was used in the 2nd season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Toei Company, Ltd. ... Costumes from the 1975 series, Himitsu Sentai Goranger, on display at the Bandai Museum in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan Sentai (Japanese: 戦隊), the Japanese word for task force (literally fighting team or squadron - Sentai was also a term used for Japanese squadrons in WWII), is most commonly used for classifying the superhero... This article covers a short period during the first years of the show. ...

Plot

6050 years ago, the Daos civilization flourished in China. The Gorma Tribe tried to take it over. Thus began the war between the Gorma and the Dai Tribe. The battle continued for decades, led by the Gorma Triumvirate. The Chi Transmitting Beasts appeared to oppose the Gorma, whose magical powers had increased to the point where they could turn themselves into monsters. Five Dai warriors' chi powers had increased to the point where they could conrol the ChiTransmitting Beasts. The war ends with the disappearance of both the Dai and Gorma tribes. In 1993, the Gorma Tribe, one of its two branches, revived to take over the world. To counter them, Master Jiaxu assembled a team of five youths with high levels of chi. They became the Dairangers of present time.

Characters

Dairangers

• Ryou Tenkasei/Ryuu Ranger of the Heavenly Fire Star: Son of Zhang Liao and a human woman. Was not aware of this until recently. Has a younger sister, Youko. He wanted to be the best gyoza cook in Japan and worked in Yokohama's Chinatown. He became a Dairanger after his encounter with captured by Baron String, saved by his Chi-Transmitting Beast, Ryuuseiou and taken to Master Jiaxu.

• Daigo Tengensei/Shishi Ranger of the Heavenly Phantom Star: A most remarkable, gentle member of the team. He worked at a pet shop and had feelings for Kujaku. His Chi-Transmitting Beast is Star Lion.

• Shouji Tenjuusei/Tenma Ranger of the Heavenly Heavy Star: Dreamed of becoming a world boxing champion. He had a strong sense of fair play, and also competitiveness which he could only really apply with Kazu. Strong, balanced, playful and loving. His Chi-Transmitting Beast is Star Pegasus.

• Kazu Tenjisei/Kirin Ranger of the Heavenly Time Star: A stylish beautician who escaped his home at age 15 and came to Tokyo. He was a great dancer, as he had mastered the Drunken-style of Kung-Fu. He had a tendency to go rushing into battle without thinking. His Chi Transmitting Beast is Star Kirin.

• Rin Tenpuusei/Houou Ranger of the Heavenly Wind Star: Master Jiaxu's niece. Came to Japan as an exchange student from China. Hates living with Kou, as he tends to look up her skirt. Once fell in love with Takamura Shouichirou, a.k.a. MediaMagician of the Gorma. Her Chi-Transmitting Beast is Star Phoenix.

• Kou Koushinsei/Kiba Ranger of the Howling New Star: The 9-year old who pulled out Yufang's Byakkoshinken. New to fighting, he is not particularly strong. The KibaChanger allow him to assume an adult-form as Kibaranger. His Chi Transmitting beast is Won Tiger. Kou eventually learns he and Akomaru are twin brothers and are the sons of Shadam and a woman from the Dai Tribe. Because of this, Shadam tried to recruit Kou to the Gorma when the boy was old enough to be converted. But Kou's mother baptism to purify Kou of his Gorma linage.

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Help

• Master Jiaxu (Doushi Kaku): Originally a member of Gorma, he formed the Dairangers to oppose Gorma in the present day. He used the romanized version of his real name as an alias. But when Daijinryuu appeared, he returned to Gorma, hoping he could stop the fight as the XVI Gotma Emperor. But he lost against Shadam and died.

• GrandMaster Yufang: Lin's great grand-uncle, who tends to be bizzare at times and often cracks his neck. Gave the Dairangers their Dairinken blades and constructed the Kiryouku Bazooka for them. His fiance, Shoukyou, brought him the Baihu-Jenjian which he placed within a stone until the owner could remove it.

• Byakkoshinken (White-Tiger True-Sword): A enchanted talking saber Yufang placed within a stone until the one chosen to weild it arrives. That day occured when Kou removed the weapon from its resting place. The sword offered to help Kou as KibaRanger, voice-overing for him upon his debut as KibaRanger and co-piloting WonTiger.

• Kujaku: A follower of the Mahamayuri Vidyaraja, the Peacock Buddha. She became a follower to restore Gara by finding the Peacock's Tears, an ancient artifact said to heal whoever drinks from it. But Gara was unaware at the time as she joined the Gorma and through deception, trapped Kujaku in MirrorMakeup Artist. Kujaku swore revenge since then. And for six-thousand years she was imprisoned within that mirror, until she was freed by Daigo. But she had forgotten compassion and love during her long imprisonment, and the sight of Gara was enough to set her homing in with nothing in her mind but murder. It took a combination of Daigo's perseverance and a little girl's compassion and kindness to give her a change of heart. But by that time she had realized something was wrong. She was ill. When within her finaly woke those deadened feelings of compassion, she stopped her pursuit of Gara and decided to return to her pursuit of the Peacock's Tears. And when she learned that the reason Gara had become a Gohma, Kujaku was overcome with the compassion and love that had led her to begin her search in the first place. But all the pollutants and things in the world were killing Kujaku. Even if she took her one drink from the Peacock's Tears, she would only sicken again and die. So instead she used the artifact for Gara to restore her beauty. And when Kujaku died, she went to Heaven with Gara at her side.

• IronMask Zhang Liao: Also known as Cho Ryo. The previous Ryuu Ranger who joined the Gorma. He appeared with his master, Archbishop Saw, to the fight the Dairangers. Only that Zhang would eventally see the error of his ways and turn on his master. Receiving a fatal blow for his troubles, he collapsed and was dying. Ryou held him close, and then they appeared. The four spirits of the other original Dairanger. They had come for him, to tell him they forgave him. He passed on the ancient knowledge of Dairenou to the new Dairangers before he died. His story has striking parallels to Darth Vader.

• Daijinryuu: An entity who preserves the natural balance of the world. He appears whenever battles between the Gorma and the Dairangers have gone too far. Daijinryuu has no contempt for either side, but has no tolerance for whoever threaten to disrupt the natural order of things. But he soon discovered that the Gorma is the cause of all the trouble and destroyed their palace.

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Chi-Transmitting Beasts

• Ryuuseiou: Can transform to the Chi-Transmitting Warrior and combine with the Heavenly Chi Palace to form DaiRenOu (Great Union King).

• Heavenly Chi Palace
  • Sei Shishi/Star Lion
  • Sei Tenma/Star Pegasus
  • Sei Kirin/Star Kirin
  • Sei Houou/Star Phoenix

• Won Tiger: Can transform to a human-like fighting mode and combine with the Heavenly Chi Palace to form KibaDaiOu (Great Fang King).

• Daimugen/Great Infinity: A giant-tortoise Super Chi-Transmitting Beast who turn on the human identy of Kameo to escape the fighting. He spoke in a Nagoya acent and with no memory of his previous life, made a living out of selling illustrations he made, and dreamed of writing children's books. And then one day he found the crystal that was the key to restoring him to his true form. He finally remembers his true self and resumed his true form when his new friend Kazu was in danger. Daimugen is able to house Ryuuseiou to allow it to replenish it's Kiryouku. Could change from Turtle form to warrior form. Daimugen could combine with the Chi-Transmitting Beasts to form the Heavy Armor Chi Palace.

Gorma

• Gorma Emperor (1-48): The 15th Emperor of Gorma, he is an extremely powerful entity, though a bit insane. The insanity was inherent aspect of all Emperors, though only few actually know the truth. The emperor was more of a playful, heartless creature until Shadam had the power to kill him. He was hoping for Shadam to fall to their enemies.

• The Gorma Triumvirate
  • Lt. Colonel Shadam: The leader of the Gorma Triumvirate, he was the one who spear-headed the Gohma attack against the Dai Tribe in China. Shadam's life was one of frustrated dreams. Power was his only comfort. Rising higher in rank his only goal. He wanted to become the 16th Gorma Emperor, deposing of the competition in anyway possible. He eventually realized his dream and the power of the Emperor when previous one died. He used the Great Earthshaking Jewel to takeover the world, but he had the Dairangers to deal with. But when Dairyuujin appears, the whole war was settled in a duel between Shadam and Ryou. Shadam lost and died, reverting to a clay statue.
  • Lt. Colonel Gara (1-49): 6,000 year member of the Dai Tribe. She joined the Gorma at 10 when she protected her friend Kujaku at the cost of her face. Mortified, she came to believe Kujaku refused to play with her. They soon meet again in battle, though Gara tricked her and trapped her within Mirror-Makeup Artist. Gara soon learned she was long dead and was a puppet created by Shadam as he remembered her. She eventally makes her peace with Kujaku before she died.
  • Major Zydos (1-48): The Strongman, brutal and prone to deep thinking. He was a key player amongst the Gorma because of his power and he could create extremely dangerous new Gorma like Jin. He believed utterly in Shadam as his leader, but was also prone to doing his own things. And when he finally died, it turned out he was a clay figure created by Shadam as he remembered him.

• Akumaru (17-45): A Gorma child who is the son of Shadam, though the two dispise each other fiercely. In fact, Akomaru is ranked higher than his father. He wants to replace his father as the Gorma military leader. He first appear to take the power of the Kiba Ranger, knowing Kou has it and aware of their relation and wanted Kou to fight by his side as brothers. Unfortunately, Akomaru saw that Kou seemed unable to hate and it annoyed him. Akumaru was killed when he was crushed by a boulder, with Kou at his side. Later the Gorma Emperor brought Akumaru back from Hell prior to his tenth birthday, when he and Kou came into their adult power as Gorma. Akumaru was made to believe that his mother abandoned him to a father who does not care about him. After his bodyguard Ikazuki died, Akumaru learned the truth that mother abandoned him because of a tatoo that one twin must be killed so the other have the power of both. So their mother dediced to save them, with Akumaru to live as a Gorma and Kou as a normal human. But Akumaru was soon mortally injured by Shadam, but died in the embrace of his dying mother with the knowledge that he was loved.

• Touhouten, Saihouten, Nanpouten, and Hoppouten (28, 30-31): They are collectively named the Gorma Four Deva Kings. They are the most favored of the 15th Emperor's minions, being masters of displacement. Their teamwork skills were their power, as they could merge into a deadly four-faced enity. They were killed by the Heavy Armor Chi Palace.

• Jin Matoba (26-39): A master of Kempo and all manner of martial arts, a gentleman assassin. His favorite targets were martial arts masters, as his own master cut off his right arm. Jin got a prosthesis, perfecting his arts, went on a campaign to slaughter in fair challenge other masters who considered themselves fit to destroy promising students and fully-intended, when he was ready, to return and kill his first teacher. But the man foiled that plan by dying before Jin got around to it. But that all change the day he meet Ryou and was defeated by him. Kin soon later sold his soul to Zydos become stronger than Ryou. But Jin perfected to learn his new powers on his own, after which he went hunting for Ryou. His power had many facets, and one of them was the deadly "Dance of the Spider" posioning technique. But Zydos captured the rouge and infused with more Gorma power, turning him into Garouki, the Hungry-Wolf Demon. Jin was soon purged of the Gorma influence and after one final bout with Ryou, went on the run.

• Three Idiots (15, 24, 40): Gorma in the service of Zydos, though their foolishness deemed them at lower ranks.
  • Boss Kamikaze (15, 24, 40)
  • Company President Gravestone (15, 24, 29, 40)
  • Teacher Telephone (15, 24, 40)

• Ikazuki (42-45): Akumaru's insectoid bodyguard, this monster fought the Kiba Ranger-less Dairangers. He obtained name from the fact he fire lightning from parts of his body. He was winning until Kiba Ranger was purifed and rejoined the team, with Ikazuki crushed flat under the weight of the Heavy Chi Armor Palace.

• Cotpotros: Gorma grunts in black tights with lipped but otherwise blank black and white faces.

Gorma Minions

• Baron String (1-2, Movie): The first Gorma, took on the form of a boy who loved singing while playing with his yo-yo. He injested people through the mouths at the end of his tentacles. Killed by Ryuuseiou.

• Purse Priest (2, Movie): A Gorma in the service of Zaidos. He liked basketball andtakes the form of tall altehe. He serviced as executioner for Gohma sacrifices. His attacks were characterised by sending flying at his target seemingly hundreds of goards carved with smiling, human faces. Once these things secured someone's head, basically the body was under total control.

• Key Jester (3-4, Movie): An oddball of a Gorma, but hard to catch. He spent most of his time rolling about on rollerblades, choosing children and stealing their souls to give life to his bloodthirsty dolls.

• Rouge Song Princess (5-6, Movie): A Gorma in the service of Gara, Rougue Song Princess is extremely vain. When her face was scarred from a fight with Lin, she vowed revenge. A swipe of her lipstick across a woman's lips turned the victim into a controlled slave, singing a dangerous soprano tone that tended to blow out our heroes' eardrums. Killed by Ryuuseiou and the Heavenly Chi Palace.

• Archbishop Saw (8): An insane Gorma of higher rank than the Gorma Triumvirate. He was the one who recuited Zhang Liao. Killed by DaiRenOu.

• Duke of Trumps (Movie): He turned children into playing pieces in a card game, and was able to use special trumps of Baron String, Purse Priest, Key Jester, and Rouge Song Princess to bring them back and fight the Dairangers. He then absorbed them to become Great King Ojaru, only to be killed by DaiRenOu.

• Mirror Make-Up Artist (9): A Gorma in the service of Gara. He perfers women who admire themselves in his Mirror-form. He had Kujaku trapped within him for six-thousand years. Killed by DaiRenOu.

• Cherry Blossom Viscount (10): A Gorma in the service of Gara, whose blossoms are violent-inducing. He seemed to enjoy the catfight between his mistress and Kujaku. Killed by DaiRenOu.

• Father Magnet (11): A Gorma who poses as a man of the clothe, and his power was to set up a magnetic field by whomever he touched. The Dairangers were able to turn his own power against him. Killed by DaiRenOu.

• Tofu Hermit (12): A semi-harmless Gorma. Except, of course, that he turned anything he touched into strong drink. He led revellers through the streets and ruined businessmen. He and Kazu engaged in a drinking contest, which he would have won but for Kazu's friends making sure the drink was just water. Killed by DaiRenOu.

• Kabuki Novice (13-14): A Gorma SO obbessed with Kabuki, he had incorporated it into his character. He could possess people to gain full-control over any special talents they had, which presented the Dairanger with difficulty when they had to face him without killing the person he possessed. He was pursued by Yufan for possessing his's fiance, Shoukyou, to lend his Kabuki talent greater authenticity when playing feminine roles. Killed by DaiRenOu

• Defense Teacher Haniwa Ventriloquist (16): Killed by DaiRenOu.

• Lady Ring, Lady Necklace, and Lady Earring (17-22): Three sisters who serve as Akomaru's bodyguards/nannies. After her two sister died, Lady Ring vowed to get revenge for them. But she was killed around the time as her master. Killed by KibaDaiOh.

• Heatwave Hood (23): A Gorma who devoured Kujaku and Daigo, using them as hostages. Trapped and being baked alive within him, instead of giving up, Daigo decided to literally punch his way out. Killed by DaiRenOu.

• Copy Empress (25): A Gorma who posed as publicist, successfully taking a photo of each Dairanger. She then brought the copys to life, using them to fight the originals so they can be real. Killed by DaiRenOu.

• Pot Taoist (26-27): The first of the stronger Gorma.

• Fast-Talking Vagabond (29-30): A champion talker, he uses bombs that detonate if you failed to say a tongue-twister. He was gathering children to slave for the Gorma, to open a crack in the gates of hell, so that the Gorma Triumvirate could drink in that power. It was during that that he exposed Kou as the Kiba Ranger.

• Bird Cage Vagabond (32): A Gorma with a golden-left leg that made him nearly invincible. Used random Spanish words in his sentences and drank often in his "human" form. It was stolen by Jianx 6000 years ago, making Birdcage useless to the Gorma. He captured Shouji and a little girl to bargain the return of his leg. But Zaidos managed to get the leg for Bairdcage, who got killed in the end anyway.

• Media Magician (33): A Gorma in the service of Gara, he posed as a photographer named Takamura. He was supposed to steal Lin's soul while she was vainly letting him take millions of photographs of her. But when he found out she did so really because she loved him, he went on a pinwheel of shock, for he fell in love with her. He saved her from himself, and then was mortally injured protecting her from Gara. He was born a Gorma, he said. And dying said to Lin he wished to be reborn as a human, so he could see her smiling face once again. Killed by DaiRenOu.

• General Cactus (34): A Gorma in the service of Gara, though he shows he no respect. He has a thing for captured little girls and paralyzes them so he could play with them like dolls. Some years ago he had given a cactus a soul, and somehow it had ended up in Daigo's care. The spirit called herself Michiru, and she acted to save Daigo's life from her creator. Killed by KibaDaiOh.

• Sergeant Cannon (35): A Gorma in the service of Zaido, who claimed that his cannonballs could instantly kill whomever they struck. Sergant Cannon was not terribly bright with a shoot-first-ask-questions-later persona. But he served to capture Jin. Killed by KibaDaiOh.

• Count Kaleidoscope (36): A Gorma in the service of Gara, who sent him to prevent Kujaku from finding the Peacock's Tears. He could create solid illusions to set as traps, at one point making her think she had found the tears, but Daigo was in time to keep her from being killed by the poison within. He fired an intensified light-beam. But he was killed by DaiRenOu.

• Great Famous Pachinko Player (37-38): A Gorma who was obsessed with Pachinko. He was also part of Shaddam's plan to turn Kou into a Gorma. But this was all foiled by the arrival of Daijinryuu.

• Next Generation Baron String (50): In the epilougue of the series finale (50 years after the final battle), a new generation of Gorma emerged. Killed by DaiRenOu.

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Episodes

• 01. Transform
• 02. Chi Pooower!!
• 03. Surender you Souls!
• 04. We Are Naive!!
• 05. The Jewels' Arival
• 06. Wind, Tear Them Apart
• 07. Traitor!
• 08. Father!!
• 09. Don't Be Vain
• 10. Ah, Vengeful Goddess
• 11. A Magnet Gauss!
• 12. Drunk On Tofu
• 13. The Ka-Kabuki Novice
• 14. Well, A Wedding
• 15. The 3 Idiots' Soccer
• 16. Child Stones Lying About
• 17. A New Hero Appeared
• 18. The Top-Secret White Tiger Kid
• 19. The Heart-Throbbing Pretty Girl
• 20. First Public Opening Of The Gorma Palace
• 21. Birth Of A Spirit Legend Beast
• 22. The Great Secrets Of The Tiger's Cub!!
• 23. True Love At Full Speed
• 24. The 3 Idiots' Super Baseball!
• 25. Oppositing Teams In Great Numbers
• 26. A Hateful, Hateful, Hateful Man
• 27. The Final Punch
• 28. General Entrance!!
• 29. The Secret Inside Story Of The Tears of Mother And Child)
• 30. The Deadly Fast-Talking Worker
• 31. Again, A New Hero Appeared)
• 32. The Orge's Golden Kick
• 33. First Experience As An Idol
• 34. New Secret Art Of The Spider's Dance
• 35. A Prickly Maiden Hunt
• 36. A 6000-Year Grudge...
• 37. You Have To See It!! A Huge Creature
• 38. Huh!! A Ceasefire!?
• 39. The Evil Fist Scatters In The Setting Sun)
• 40. Farewell, 3 Idiots
• 41. Kujaku's Great Ascension)
• 42. A Straight Line To Mother
• 43. Violent White Prohibited Past
• 44. Impression!! You Cry Too
• 45. The Real Disbanding!!
• 46. The Heroes Are Naked
• 47. Wow...The Truth
• 48. Magnificent!! Master Dies
• 49. The Final Battle
• 50. Let's Go!

Trivia

• Tomihisa Naruse played Raita Oishi / Yellow Owl, one of the main heroes in Choujin Sentai Jetman.
• Ryosuke Umezu who played as Red Mask in Hikari Sentai Maskman appeared as the Media Sorcerer Monster. He also appeared in Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman as a scientist who falls for Five Pink.
• Mikoko Miki who played as Commander Aya from Choujin Sentai Jetman also appears as the Mystery Mother of Kou and Akomaru.
• The actor Munemaru Kouda who played as Dr. Man in Cho Denshi Bioman is also the Gorma XV Emperor.

Choujin Sentai Jettoman (鳥人戦隊ジェットマン in English, Birdmen Squadron Jetman) was the 15th entry of Sentai Series. ... Hikari Sentai Maskman Light Battle Team Maskman was the Toei production and the 11th entry of the Sentai Series. ... Chikyū Sentai Faibuman (地球戦隊ファイブマン literaly translated as, Earth Battle Team Fiveman) was the TOEI Company production and the 14th entry of Sentai series. ... Choujin Sentai Jettoman (鳥人戦隊ジェットマン in English, Birdmen Squadron Jetman) was the 15th entry of Sentai Series. ... Super Electron Bioman (超電子バイオマン Choudenshi Baioman) was the eighth entry of Sentai series. ...

Cast

• Keiichi Wada: Ryou Tenkasei / Ryuu Ranger
• Tatsuya Noumi: Daigo Tengensei / Shishi Ranger
• Ei Hamura: Shouji Tenjuusei / Tenma Ranger
• Keisuke Tsuchiya: Kazu Tenjisei / Kirin Ranger
• Natsuki Takahashi: Lin Tenpuusei / Houou Ranger
• Hisashi Sakai: Kou Koushinsei / Kiba Ranger
• Kouji Naka: Kaku
• Takeshi Kuwabara: Guhon
• Masako Morishita: Kujaku
• Mikiko Miki: Mother of Kou and Akomaru
• Sugisaku Imagawa/Tomihisa Naruse: Kameo/Daimugen
• Munemaru Kouda: Gorma XV Emperor
• Akiko Kurusu: Gara
• Yen Tamura: Zydos
• Rintaro Nishi: Shadam
• Chuukou Ueda: General Denpou
• Shohei Shibata: Akomaru
• Yutaka Hirose: Jin Matoba
• Hideaki Kusaka: Ryuuseioh/DaiRenOu, Won Tiger/KibaDaiOu, Daijinryuu

External links

• Gosei Sentai Dairanger at The Internet Movie Database

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