Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger

Tokusō Sentai Dekaranger (特捜戦隊デカレンジャー), translated into English as Special Investigation Squadron Dekaranger, was the 2004 Super Sentai Japanese TV series. Deka is Japanese colloquial slang for "detective" and has no direct translation, but is sometimes written over the kanji for "Keiji" (a more formal term for detective); it is also a Greek prefix "deca," meaning "ten," and a total of ten Dekarangers appear in the series and movie combined. The footage from the show was used to create the American series Power Rangers S.P.D.

Plot
"S.P.D.. Special Police Dekaranger. Five detectives who fight cool with burning hearts. Their mission: To combat space criminals who invaded Earth. They will protect the peace and safety of all humanity!"

- Narrator

The universe has come together where aliens from many different planets coincide in peace. Banban Akaza was transferred to the Earth branch of S.P.D. (Special Police Dekaranger) in the city of Megalopolis by his commander. By that time, a major outbreak of crimes had broken out by a group of aliens known as the Alienizers. Agent Abrella, an Alienizer arms dealer, turns his destructive attention to Earth by helping the criminals there. It's up to the Dekarangers to stop them and bring them to justice.

SPD Fire Squad

 * Leonian Gyoku Rou (47-50)
 * Murphy K9/D-Bazooka (5-50)

SPD Staff

 * Supreme Commander Horusian Numa-O (21-50)
 * Porupo (1, 36)
 * Tortorian Buntar (32-33, 36)
 * K-9 Clarence

Allies

 * Hikaru (7-8)
 * Zamuzan Myra (9-10)
 * Ocarnan Amy (12)
 * Flora/Meria (15-16)
 * Zoinaian Baytonin (18)
 * Shinnooian Hakutaku (25, 34, 49)
 * Slorpean Faraway (30)
 * Chanbenarian Gin (34, 49)
 * Detective Chou (35)
 * Mikean Teresa (37)
 * Falufian Yaako (38)
 * Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger (Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger vs. Abaranger)
 * Mahou Sentai Magiranger (Mahou Sentai Magiranger vs. Dekaranger)
 * Pretty Cure (Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger/Futari wa Pretty Cure Audio Drama)

Space Criminals Alienizer

 * Rainian Agent Abrella (2-50)
 * Mechanoids
 * Igaroids (8-50)
 * Batsuroids
 * Anaroids

Monsters

 * Minor Alienizers
 * Heavy Industrial Machines

Others

 * Machine Monster Gigas (15-16)
 * Space Life Form Browgouls (42-43)

Main cast

 * Ban (Banban Akaza): Ryuji Sainei (載寧 龍二)
 * Hoji (Houji Tomasu): Tsuyoshi Hayashi (林 剛史)
 * Sen-chan (Senichi Enari): Yousuke Ito (伊藤 陽佑)
 * Jasmine (Marika Reimon): Ayumi Kinoshita (木下 あゆ美)
 * Umeko (Koume Kodou): Mika Kikuchi (菊地 美香)
 * Tetsu (Tekkan Aira): Tomokazu Yoshida (吉田 友一)
 * Doggie Kruger (Voice): Tetsu Inada (稲田 徹)
 * Swan-san (Swan Shiratori): Mako Ishino (石野 真子)
 * Lisa Teagle: Mie Nanamori (七森 美江)
 * Numa O (Voice): Kazuhiko Kishino (岸野 一彦)
 * Abrella (Voice): Ryūsei Nakao (中尾 隆聖)
 * Igaroid (Voice), Uniga (Voice): Kazuya Nakai (中井 和哉)
 * Narrator: Toshio Furukawa (古川 登志夫)

Suit actors

 * Deka Red, DekaBase Robo, Gyoku Rou (47,50): Hirofumi Fukuzawa (福沢 博文)
 * Deka Blue, DekaWing Robo, Chou San (35): Yasuhiko Imai (今井 靖彦)
 * Deka Green: Kōji Mimura (三村 幸司)
 * Deka Yellow: Keiko Hashimoto (橋本 恵子)
 * Deka Pink: Miho Kojima (小島 美穂) and Motokuni Nakagawa (中川 素州)
 * Deka Break: Eitoku (永徳)
 * Doggie Kruger/Deka Master, Dekaranger Robo, Shake (9-10, Also Voice): Hideaki Kusaka (日下 秀昭)
 * Deka Swan, Mime (39): Yūki Ono (小野 友紀)
 * Abrella, Ganjaba (38, Also Voice): Yoshinori Okamoto (岡本 美登)
 * Igaroid, Uniga (49-50): Jirō Okamoto (岡元 次郎)

Songs

 * Opening theme
 * "Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger" (特捜戦隊デカレンジャー)
 * Lyrics: Yumi Yoshimoto
 * Composition: Ayumi Miyazaki
 * Arrangement: Seiichi Kyōda
 * Artist: Psychic Lover
 * Ending themes
 * "Midnight Dekaranger" (ミッドナイト デカレンジャー)
 * Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
 * Composition: Hideaki Takatori
 * Arrangement: Kōichirō Kameyama
 * Artist: Isao Sasaki
 * "Dekaranger Action"
 * Artist: Psychic Lover
 * "Girls in trouble! DEKARANGER"
 * Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
 * Composition: Yūmao
 * Arrangement: Sachiko Nishihata (西端 幸彦)
 * Artist: Ayumi Kinoshita & Mika Kikuchi with the Dekaren Boys
 * Episodes: 17, 24, 27, 31, 35, 39
 * Incert themes
 * "Build up! Dekaranger Robo" (ビルドアップ! デカレンジャーロボ)
 * Lyrics: Saburo Yatsude
 * Composition & Arrangement: Koichiro Kameyama
 * Artist: Hideaki Takatori
 * Inserted into episodes 02, 04, 08, 15, 20, 24 & 28
 * "Blue Moon Leslie" (レスリーの青い月)
 * Lyrics: Fujibayashi Seiko
 * Composition & Arrangement: Koichiro Kameyama
 * Artist: Koeda
 * Movie's Theme
 * "DekaMaster NEVER STOP" (デカマスターNEVER STOP)
 * Lyrics: Kuwahara Nagae
 * Composition & Arrangement: Koichiro Kameyama
 * Artist: Isao Sasaki
 * Inserted in episode 13
 * "DekaBreak Full Throttle!!" (デカブレイク全開!!)
 * Lyrics: Kuwahara Nagae
 * Composition & Arrangement: Koichiro Kameyama
 * Artist: Masaaki Endo
 * Inserted into episodes 22, 23 & 29
 * "SWAT ON Dekaranger" (SWAT ON デカレンジャー)
 * Lyrics: Kuwahara Nagae
 * Composition: YOFFY
 * Arrangement: Kenichiro Oishi
 * Artist: Psychic Lover
 * Inserted into episodes 33, 42
 * "Fly DekaWing Robo" (飛べよデカウイングロボ!)
 * Lyrics: Kuwahara Nagae
 * Composition & Arrangement: Koichiro Kameyama
 * Artist: Hideaki Takatori
 * Inserted into episodes 34, 35
 * "Warmth of my Own" (私だけのぬくもり)
 * Lyrics: Arakawa Toshihisa
 * Composition: Koichiro Kameyama
 * Arrangement: Hiroshi Takagi
 * Artist: Hiroko Asakawa
 * Inserted in episode 37

Stage Shows

 * Dekaranger Stage Show at Bakuyu Sentai Abaranger Yomiuriland
 * Dekaranger Stage Show at Return of Bakryuu Sentai Abaranger at Tokyo Dome City
 * Dekaranger Stage Show at Super Hero Nagoya Dome
 * Dekaranger Stage Show at Super Hero WAKAYAMA Marina-cityble

Official websites

 * Dekaranger at Tv-asahi.co.jp
 * Dekaranger at Super-sentai.net