Chouriki Sentai Ohranger

Chōriki Sentai Ohranger (超力戦隊オーレンジャー), translated in English as Super-Powered Squadron Ohranger (oh is translated as King), is Toei Company Limited's 19th production of the Super Sentai television series. It was during its run that Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai were officially recognized once again as part of the Super Sentai series. (between Choujuu Sentai Liveman and Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, they were not considered part of the main "Super Sentai" franchise and Battle Fever J was considered the first)

Its footage was used in Power Rangers Zeo.

Development
With 1995 marking the 20th anniversary of Himitsu Sentai Goranger, Toei had decided to make a serious anniversary series that harkened back to Sentai's beginning while taking advantage of the developments since then. For it's development, many writers from older series came back to work on the show with the plan for a dark theme. The five Ohranger themselves were to be similar to the Goranger in personality and former Goranger Hiroshi Miyauchi (who played AoRanger) was brought in as the mentor for the series. Yet, while initially keeping to this concept, the events that occurred in Japan during the show's production, such as the Subway Sarin Incident and the Kobe earthquake, forced the writers of Ohranger to constantly rewrite the script, resulting in the near cancellation of the Super Sentai series. The Ohrangers began to alternate between serious and lighter personalities, and many new weapons and toys were created to boost merchandising. While Ohranger ultimately had the lowest ratings of any Sentai series up to that time, the resulting toy sales were very strong and because of these heightened figures, the Sentai series ultimately began to focus on more gimmicks to continue these high merchandising figures.

Plot
"Only those who have learned the power of the Super-Civilization will be able to save humanity from its greatest crisis: Baranoia, the Machine Empire, which plans to invade the Earth...!"

- Narrator

600 million years ago, Pangaea created a robot named Bacchus Wrath, who ultimately turned on his creators. The KingRanger defeated Bacchus Wrath and banished him from Earth. In the year 1999, Bacchus returned to Earth as the ruler of the Machine Empire Baranoia with the intention of wiping out all human life and bring about machine rule. Chief Counsellor Miura revived super energies that had been born of the lost civilization of Pangaea with the intention of creating weapons to fight against Baranoia. The reassembling of a stone plate uncovered three years previously, the secrets of "Super Power" were revealed. Miura built a pyramid to generate Tetrahedron power in order to allow five U.A.O.H. officers to transform into Ohrangers.

Allies

 * Chief Counsellor Naoyuki Miura
 * Dorin (26-46, 48)
 * Ichirou Shida
 * Satoko Shida
 * Kyomi Shida
 * Yutaka Shida
 * Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
 * Gekisou Sentai Carranger

Machine Empire Baranoia

 * Emperor Bacchus Wrath (1-34)
 * Empress Hysteria
 * Bomber the Great (35-41)
 * Prince Buldont (1-39) / Kaiser Buldont (40-48)
 * Princess Multiwa (40-48)
 * Machine Beast Messenger Keris (26-28)
 * Buldont, Jr. (47-48)
 * Butlers Acha & Kocha
 * Barlo Soldiers
 * Takonpas
 * Baracticas
 * Machine Beasts

Arsenal

 * Power Braces
 * King Brace
 * Big Bang Buster
 * King Smashers
 * King Blasters
 * Battle Sticks
 * Star Riser
 * Square Crushers
 * Delta Tonfas
 * Twin Batons
 * Circle Defense
 * Giant Roller
 * King Stick
 * Ole Bazooka
 * Super-Power Dynamite Attack

Vehicles

 * Thunderwings
 * Jetter Machines
 * Red Jetter
 * Green Jetter
 * Blue Jetter
 * Yellow Jetter
 * Pink Jetter

Songs

 * Opening: Ole! Ohranger
 * Ending: Kinkyuu Hasshin!! Ohranger
 * Final Ending: Nijiiro Crystal Sky
 * Mecha Theme (Ohranger Robo): Chouriki Gattai!! Ohranger Robo
 * Mecha Theme (Red Puncher): Makka na Toukon! Red Puncher!!
 * Kagayaki no Mai
 * Action! Ohranger
 * Ohranger Spirit
 * VICTORY FIGHT ~Shouri wo Tsukame! Ohranger~

Cast

 * Masaru Shishido (宍戸勝): Gorou Hoshino
 * Kunio Masaoka (正岡邦夫): Shouhei Yokkaichi
 * Masashi Goda (合田雅史): Yuuji Mita
 * Ayumi Aso (麻生あゆみ): Juri Nijou
 * Tamao Sato (さとう 珠緒): Momo Maruo
 * Hiroshi Miyauchi (宮内洋): Captain Miura
 * Shōji Yamaguchi (山口将司): Riki
 * Takumi Hashimoto (橋本巧): Riki (Voice, 26)
 * Lisa Wada (和田理沙): Dorin
 * Etsuko Kozakura (小桜エツ子): Paku (Voice)
 * Akira Kamiya (神谷明): Gunmajin (Voice)
 * Soichiro Akaboshi (赤星昇一郎): Kotarou Henoji


 * Tōru Ōhira (大平徹): Emperor Bacchushund (Voice)
 * Minori Matsushima (松島みのり): Empress Hysteria (Voice)
 * Tomokazu Seki (関智一): Prince Buldont (Voice)
 * Miho Yamada (山田美穂): Princess Multiwa (Voice)
 * Hiromi Yuhara (湯原弘美): Princess Multiwa's Human Form
 * Nobuyuki Hiyama (檜山修之): Bomber the Great (Voice)
 * Kaneta Kimotsuki (肝付兼太): Acha (Voice)
 * Shinobu Adachi (安達忍): Kocha (Voice)
 * Kazunori Arai (新井一典): CameraTrick (Voice, Movie)
 * Kaoru Shinoda (篠田薫): FaucetChuck (Voice, Movie)
 * Tomoyuki Hotta (堀田智之): Barlo Soldier (Voice, Movie)
 * Michi Eiri (えいり未知): Barlo Soldier (Voice, Movie)
 * Nobuo Tanaka (田中 信夫): Narrator

Suit actors

 * Kazutoshi Yokoyama (横山一敏): Oh Red (main), Red Blocker (main), Ohranger Robo, Buster Ohranger Robo, Oh Blocker, Empress Hysteria
 * Hirofumi Fukuzawa (福沢博文): Oh Red (sub), Red Blocker (sub), Bara Revenger
 * Kenji Takechi (武智健二): Oh Green (main), Green Blocker (main)
 * Yasuhiko Imai (今井靖彦): Oh Green (sub), Green Blocker (sub)
 * Yasuhiro Takeuchi (竹内康博): Oh Blue, Blue Blocker, Emperor Bacchushund, Red Puncher
 * Kiyohito Nakagawa (中川清人): Oh Yellow (main), Yellow Blocker (main)
 * Keiko Hashimoto (橋本 恵子): Oh Yellow (sub), Yellow Blocker (sub)
 * Rie Murakami (村上利恵): Oh Pink (main), Pink Blocker (main)
 * Motokuni Nakagawa (中川素州): Oh Pink (sub), Pink Blocker (sub), Acha
 * Naoki Ōfuji (大藤直樹): King Ranger
 * Tomoe Tanabe (田邊智恵): Tackle Boy
 * Hideaki Kusaka (日下秀昭): Ohranger Robo, Emperor Baccushund, Gunmajin, Oh Blocker
 * Kenjirō Fujita (藤田健次郎): Prince Buldont, Kaiser Buldont
 * Akiko Yoshio (吉尾亜希子): Princess Multiwa
 * Makoto Itō (伊藤慎): Machine Beasts, Barlo Soldiers
 * Yoshiaki Mori (森美昭): Machine Beasts, Barlo Soldiers
 * Osamu Ohnishi (大西修): Machine Beasts, Barlo Soldiers
 * Yūichi Hachisuka (蜂須賀祐一): Machine Beasts, Barlo Soldiers

Stage Shows

 * Ohranger Stage Show at Return of Himitsu Sentai Gorenger Korakuen Yuenchi
 * Ohranger Stage Show at Final Battle Korakuen Yuenchi
 * Ohranger Stage Show at Double Hero Korakuen Yuenchi