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When it comes to discussion of favorite ranger of the team, people often choose Red, Sixth, Mentor, or Extra, rather than rest of core/main member of the team, which often forgotten or ignored (with few exceptions).
For this thread, it will only cover your favorite ranger of the team, not counting Red, Sixth, Mentor, and Extra.
Here is the rule for this discussion:
Here's my choices:
Akira Shinmei/Ao (Blue) Ranger (Goranger) – The OG Blue Ranger, cool and smart, which established most of Blue Ranger in franchise. While I haven’t seen most of Hiroshi Miyauchi’s work outside of Sentai, but this is probably his best tokusatsu role IMO; not a fan of Sokichi “Gary-Stu” Banba Big One in JAKQ and Miura may not be a terrible mentor/commander, he was kind of boring.
Shou Hayate / Change Griffon (Black) (Changeman) – I haven’t seen most of older series (70’s~80’s), but he might be the first cool Black Ranger of the franchise, who was also a protype of Gai/Black Condor. I love Changeman, so it was a very hard choose who’s my favorite, but if I had to choose one, it would be Hayate. He joined military to impress ladies and has his own comb? Awesome.
Megumi Misaki / Blue Dolphin (Liveman) – This was also another hard choice, despite choosing her or Joe/Yellow Lion, since I really love Liveman. Not only she’s brain/smartest member of the team, she is probably the most three dimensional and well written female character of this era of Sentai IMO. She’s probably my all-time favorite female ranger of franchise. Megumi rocks.
Yuki Gai / Black Condor (Jetman) – An obvious choice. A REAL main character of the show IMO. No question. For better or worse, depending on your thoughts on the series, he’s a very unique and odd ranger of the series IMO, which sums up the tone and theme of the show very well.
Shoji / Tenma Ranger (Blue) (Dairanger) – If Megumi is my favorite FEMALE Blue Ranger, then Shoji is probably my favorite MALE Blue Ranger. He’s a boxer (despite most of Tenma Ranger techniques are kicking) who loves riding bikes and has cocky/arrogant personality, which I like. I also like his episode with Three Stooges, which was pretty memorable. Extra point for awesome hair cut.
Jiraiya / Ninja Black (Kakuranger) – I was big Kane Kosugi fan and I really liked Ultraman Powered/The Ultimate Hero, and this is probably his best tokusatsu role. I liked his backstory and his fight with his mentor (played by Kane’s REAL father Sho Kosugi) was very memorable. He’s probably my favorite Black Ranger of Sentai series. I REALLY wished Toei hired a FULL TIME FOREIGNER RANGER in main team again.
Minoru Uesugi / Green Racer (Carranger) – A comedic relief ranger done RIGHT, unlike recent entry of the franchise, where it has become painfully, frustratingly, and sometime disgustingly annoying. His character sums up the tone and theme of the show perfectly, and Yoshihiro Fukuda nailed that character perfectly. He’s probably the best Green Ranger of the franchise. I love Minoru.
Daimon Tatsumi / Go Yellow (GoGoFive) – The youngest brother of the team and he’s a very unique type of yellow ranger, where he was arrogant and hot headed. I like his obsession of milk, which ended up creating killer move in Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai. Among the 4 siblings (NOT counting red), he probably has the most rescue spirits IMO. He’s also the BEST police ranger beside Timeranger.
Yukito Sanjo / Abare Blue (Abaranger) – For some reason, when it comes to 3-men team, Blue tends to be my choice for some reason and Yukito is no exception. He’s essentially Megumi, who is brain/smartest of the team, though he’s not as good as her and there are quite a number of differences, which makes him unique on his own. He’s rich and anti-hero of the team, which is kind of unique to see in Sentai. If Megumi’s my favorite FEMALE smart ranger, then Yukito is probably my favorite MALE smart ranger.
Kotoha Hanaori / Shinken Yellow (Shinkenger) - A very refreshing type of ranger, where she was NOT originally meant to be part of the team, yet she is a replacement for her sick older sister, which really intrigued and interest me from the start. She ended up being very memorable and had most character development of the team IMO. Morita Suzuka nailed the role perfectly and after few year of mostly lackluster yellow ranger, it was breath of fresh air.
Nobuharu “Nossan” Udo / Kyoryu Blue (Kyoryuger) – As much as I hated this show, if I REALLY had to choose one, Nossan would be my choice.
Even though I can’t stand his character, for being really annoying with his unfunny gag, humor, and constant puns, at least there was little more effort put in compare to other 3. His character had an interesting and original concept (uncle/surrogate father ranger), but very poorly executed due to bad writing and directing. I really feel bad for Yamato Kinjo, even though he had good time with filming/production, where he would have worked better in another show; such a wasted potential indeed.
He may be (quite possibly) my LEAST favorite Blue Ranger of franchise, he is the “best” among 4, which isn’t saying too much, since they are all terrible on their own merits.
Mio Natsume/ToQ-3gou (Yellow) (ToQger) – I thought Mio was going to be my least favorite of the team, but it turned out she’s my favorite which I didn’t expect. I liked that she’s a tomboy and a big sister of the team, and she’s also not comfortable with idea of romance, which is kind of rare and unique to see it in franchise these days. Among the 4, she has the most Imagination, which makes her stronger character of the team as well. She may not be my all-time favorite female ranger, but she’s probably better (and underrated) female ranger of 2010s IMO.
Yakumo “Cloud” Katou / AoNinger (Blue) (Ninninger) – I’m not a fan of the show, but if I had to choose one, “Cloud” would be my choice; not that other 3 are any better. A guy who trained European magic in England, training ninja is a unique concept. He’s also less obnoxious and more useful among the team, which helps. His focused episode is probably one of the few shining/decent moment of the show, which makes him my choice.
Who's your favorite?
For this thread, it will only cover your favorite ranger of the team, not counting Red, Sixth, Mentor, and Extra.
Here is the rule for this discussion:
- NO Red, Additional (with few exception), Sixth, Mentor, and Extra.
- ONLY Super Sentai; NO unofficial or miscellaneous Sentai team, such as Akibaranger or Jushowan (Tokusatsu GAGAGA).
- JAKQ (1977) – An experimental show, where it started with 4, where Big One (mentor) joined the team very late becoming 5, so he’s excluded; your choice would be Jack, Queen, and King.
- If team has more than 1 of same color, you can count him/her as well; for example, Goranger (1975~1977) had 2 Yellow Rangers (Daita Ooiwa (1st) / Episode 1–54 & 67–84 and Daigoro Kumano (2nd) / Episode 55–67), so your choice would be, Blue, Yellow 1, Yellow 2, Pink, and Green.
- For 3-men team, your choice would be 2; though there are exception (sort of).
- Liveman (1988) – Black Bison and Green Sai appeared very late, so they don’t count.
- Hurricaneger (2002) – Gouraiger (Kabuto and Kuwaga) is technically separate team and they did eventually works with main 3, but those are counted as additional team, so they don’t count.
- Go-onger (2008) – This is one is kind of weird, since the show started as 3, but Black and Green joined very early, technically becoming 5-men team, so those 2 counts.
- Kyuranger (2017) – The first (and possibly only) 9-men team, but you can still only choose one (sorry Naga (Silver) and Balance (Gold) fan, you can’t choose both).
- Lupin vs. Pato (2018) – A unique show with 2 teams in title, but those counted as separate, rather than together; for example Lupinranger would be Blue and Yellow, while Patranger would be 2gou (Green) and 3gou (Pink).
Here's my choices:
Akira Shinmei/Ao (Blue) Ranger (Goranger) – The OG Blue Ranger, cool and smart, which established most of Blue Ranger in franchise. While I haven’t seen most of Hiroshi Miyauchi’s work outside of Sentai, but this is probably his best tokusatsu role IMO; not a fan of Sokichi “Gary-Stu” Banba Big One in JAKQ and Miura may not be a terrible mentor/commander, he was kind of boring.
Shou Hayate / Change Griffon (Black) (Changeman) – I haven’t seen most of older series (70’s~80’s), but he might be the first cool Black Ranger of the franchise, who was also a protype of Gai/Black Condor. I love Changeman, so it was a very hard choose who’s my favorite, but if I had to choose one, it would be Hayate. He joined military to impress ladies and has his own comb? Awesome.
Megumi Misaki / Blue Dolphin (Liveman) – This was also another hard choice, despite choosing her or Joe/Yellow Lion, since I really love Liveman. Not only she’s brain/smartest member of the team, she is probably the most three dimensional and well written female character of this era of Sentai IMO. She’s probably my all-time favorite female ranger of franchise. Megumi rocks.
Yuki Gai / Black Condor (Jetman) – An obvious choice. A REAL main character of the show IMO. No question. For better or worse, depending on your thoughts on the series, he’s a very unique and odd ranger of the series IMO, which sums up the tone and theme of the show very well.
Shoji / Tenma Ranger (Blue) (Dairanger) – If Megumi is my favorite FEMALE Blue Ranger, then Shoji is probably my favorite MALE Blue Ranger. He’s a boxer (despite most of Tenma Ranger techniques are kicking) who loves riding bikes and has cocky/arrogant personality, which I like. I also like his episode with Three Stooges, which was pretty memorable. Extra point for awesome hair cut.
Jiraiya / Ninja Black (Kakuranger) – I was big Kane Kosugi fan and I really liked Ultraman Powered/The Ultimate Hero, and this is probably his best tokusatsu role. I liked his backstory and his fight with his mentor (played by Kane’s REAL father Sho Kosugi) was very memorable. He’s probably my favorite Black Ranger of Sentai series. I REALLY wished Toei hired a FULL TIME FOREIGNER RANGER in main team again.
Minoru Uesugi / Green Racer (Carranger) – A comedic relief ranger done RIGHT, unlike recent entry of the franchise, where it has become painfully, frustratingly, and sometime disgustingly annoying. His character sums up the tone and theme of the show perfectly, and Yoshihiro Fukuda nailed that character perfectly. He’s probably the best Green Ranger of the franchise. I love Minoru.
Daimon Tatsumi / Go Yellow (GoGoFive) – The youngest brother of the team and he’s a very unique type of yellow ranger, where he was arrogant and hot headed. I like his obsession of milk, which ended up creating killer move in Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai. Among the 4 siblings (NOT counting red), he probably has the most rescue spirits IMO. He’s also the BEST police ranger beside Timeranger.
Yukito Sanjo / Abare Blue (Abaranger) – For some reason, when it comes to 3-men team, Blue tends to be my choice for some reason and Yukito is no exception. He’s essentially Megumi, who is brain/smartest of the team, though he’s not as good as her and there are quite a number of differences, which makes him unique on his own. He’s rich and anti-hero of the team, which is kind of unique to see in Sentai. If Megumi’s my favorite FEMALE smart ranger, then Yukito is probably my favorite MALE smart ranger.
Kotoha Hanaori / Shinken Yellow (Shinkenger) - A very refreshing type of ranger, where she was NOT originally meant to be part of the team, yet she is a replacement for her sick older sister, which really intrigued and interest me from the start. She ended up being very memorable and had most character development of the team IMO. Morita Suzuka nailed the role perfectly and after few year of mostly lackluster yellow ranger, it was breath of fresh air.
Nobuharu “Nossan” Udo / Kyoryu Blue (Kyoryuger) – As much as I hated this show, if I REALLY had to choose one, Nossan would be my choice.
Even though I can’t stand his character, for being really annoying with his unfunny gag, humor, and constant puns, at least there was little more effort put in compare to other 3. His character had an interesting and original concept (uncle/surrogate father ranger), but very poorly executed due to bad writing and directing. I really feel bad for Yamato Kinjo, even though he had good time with filming/production, where he would have worked better in another show; such a wasted potential indeed.
He may be (quite possibly) my LEAST favorite Blue Ranger of franchise, he is the “best” among 4, which isn’t saying too much, since they are all terrible on their own merits.
Mio Natsume/ToQ-3gou (Yellow) (ToQger) – I thought Mio was going to be my least favorite of the team, but it turned out she’s my favorite which I didn’t expect. I liked that she’s a tomboy and a big sister of the team, and she’s also not comfortable with idea of romance, which is kind of rare and unique to see it in franchise these days. Among the 4, she has the most Imagination, which makes her stronger character of the team as well. She may not be my all-time favorite female ranger, but she’s probably better (and underrated) female ranger of 2010s IMO.
Yakumo “Cloud” Katou / AoNinger (Blue) (Ninninger) – I’m not a fan of the show, but if I had to choose one, “Cloud” would be my choice; not that other 3 are any better. A guy who trained European magic in England, training ninja is a unique concept. He’s also less obnoxious and more useful among the team, which helps. His focused episode is probably one of the few shining/decent moment of the show, which makes him my choice.
Who's your favorite?