Gosei Sentai Dairanger

Gosei Sentai Dairanger, 五星戦隊ダイレンジャー, Gosei Sentai Dairenjā, translated into English as Five-Star Squadron Dairanger, ("Dai" can be translated as "generation" or "great", but no official kanji or translation were given, and the series treated it as a meaningless proper noun.) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was the seventeenth programme in the long-running Super Sentai franchise of tokusatsu programmes produced by Toei, following Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. It was originally broadcast from February 11, 1993 to February 19, 1994.

Certain action footage from this series was used in the second season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, however, this mostly consisted of the scenes featuring the Dairanger mecha, which were used as Zords (in this case, the Thunderzords) in Power Rangers; the hand-to-hand fight scenes were limited to Zyuranger footage and material filmed specifically for the American show. The only footage showing any of the Dairangers in the English adaptation was limited to the KibaRanger footage being used for footage involving the White Ranger in battle.

Plot
Over 8,000 years ago, the Daos civilization flourished in Southern China. The Daos Empire consisted in three tribes: Dai, Shura (ancestors of today's humanity) and Gorma who lived harmonously. However, one day the Gorma Tribe tried to take over the Empire. Thus began the war between the Gorma and the Dai Tribe. The battle continued for 5,000 years, led by the Gorma Triumvirate. The Mythical Chi 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 control the Mythical Chi Beasts. The war ends with the disappearance of both the Dai and Gorma Tribes. In 1993, the Gorma Tribe, one of the Daos' two missing branches, revived to take over the world. To counter them, Master Kaku assembled a team of five youths with high levels of chi. They became the Dairangers of present time.

Characters
"Five stars, shining in the heavens! Gosei Sentai Dairanger!"

Dairangers

 * Main article:Dairangers





Arsenal

 * Aura Changers
 * Kiba Changer
 * Dai Busters
 * Star Swords
 * Star Cutters
 * Dairen Rods
 * Double Dragon Swords
 * Lion Staff
 * Pegasus Nunchakus
 * Qilin 9-Part Whip
 * Phoenix Spear
 * Heavenly Treasure Lai-Lai Jewels
 * Chi-Power Bomber
 * Byakkoshinken
 * Dairinkens
 * Super Chi-Power Bomber

Kiber Machines

 * Red Kiber 1
 * Green Kiber 2
 * Blue Kiber 3
 * Yellow Kiber 4
 * Pink Kiber 5

Mythical Chi Beasts

 * Heavy Armor Chi Palace
 * Dairen'oh
 * Mythical Chi Beast/Warrior Ryuuseioh
 * Heavenly Chi Palace
 * Mythical Chi Beast Star-Shishi
 * Mythical Chi Beast Star-Tenma
 * Mythical Chi Beast Star-Kirin
 * Mythical Chi Beast Star-Houou
 * Mythical Chi Beast/Warrior Won Tiger
 * Kibadaioh
 * Kameo/Super Mythical Chi Beast/Warrior Daimugen "Super Mythical Chi Beast, Daimugen!"

Allies

 * Master Kaku/Chief Officer Jiaxu (1-48)
 * First Lieutenant Zilong (45-46)
 * Iron Face Zhang Liao (7-8)
 * Kujaku (9-41)
 * Grandmaster Yufang
 * Shoukyou
 * The Three Gorma Stooges (15-40)
 * Company President Gravestone
 * Teacher Telephone
 * Boss Kamikaze
 * Kou & Akomaru's Mother
 * Daijinryuu (37-50)
 * Demon-Fist Master Jin Matoba / Garouki (26-39)
 * Media Magician (33)

The Gorma Tribe

 * Gorma Emperor XV (20-49)
 * Lieutenant Colonel Shadam / Gorma Emperor XVI

Senate Level

 * General Tenpou (17-48)
 * Archbishop Saw (7-8)
 * Gorma/Combined Four Deva Kings (20-31)
 * Touhouten
 * Hoppouten
 * Saihouten
 * Nanpouten


 * Akomaru (17-22, 31-44)
 * Three Ladies (17-22)
 * Lady Earring (17-18)
 * Lady Necklace (17-20)
 * Lady Ring (17-22)
 * Ikazuchi (42-44)

Military Level

 * Gorma Triumvirate
 * Lieutenant Colonel Gara (1-49)
 * Wraith Gara (41)
 * Major Zydos (1-48)


 * Cotpotros

Gorma Minions
Zydos' Servants
 * Sergeant Cannon (35)

Gara's Servants
 * Master Mirror (9)
 * Baron Sakura (10)
 * Father Magnet (11)
 * Heatwave Hood (23)
 * General Cactus (34)
 * Count Kaleidoscope (36)

Others
 * Great King Ojaru (Movie)
 * Baron String (1-2, Movie, 50)
 * Purse Priest (2, Movie)
 * Key Jester (3-4, Movie)
 * Lipstick Songstress (5-6, Movie)
 * Duke of Trumps (Movie)
 * Tofu Hermit (12)
 * Kabuki Novice (13-14)
 * Defense Teacher Haniwa Ventriloquist (16)
 * Copy Empress (25)
 * Copy Dairanger (25)
 * Copy Mythical Chi Warrior Ryuuseioh (25)
 * Pao Taoist (26-27)
 * Fast-Talking Player (29-30)
 * Bird Cage Vagabond (32)
 * Great Famous Pachinko Player (37-38)

Cast

 * Ryo of the Heavenly Fire Star: Keiichi Wada (和田 圭市)
 * Daigo of the Heavenly Illusion Star: Tatsuya Nōmi (能見 達也)
 * Shoji of the Heavenly Gravity Star: Ei Hamura (羽村 英)
 * Kazu of the Heavenly Time Star: Keisuke Tsuchiya (土屋 圭輔)
 * Rin of the Heavenly Wind Star: Natsuki Takahashi (高橋 夏樹)
 * Kou of the Howling New Star: Hisashi Sakai (酒井 寿)
 * Kaku: Koji Naka (中康治)
 * Yufang: Takeshi Kuwabara (桑原 毅)
 * Kujaku: Masako Morishita (森下 雅子)
 * Kou's Mother: Mikiko Miki (三輝 みきこ)
 * Kameo: Sugisaku Imagawa (今川 杉作)
 * Gorma XV: Munemaru Kōda (幸田 宗丸)
 * Gara: Akiko Amamatsuri (天祭 揚子)
 * Zydos: Maroshi Tamura (田村 円)
 * Shadam: Rintarō Nishi (西 凜太朗)
 * General Tenpō: Chūkō Ueda (上田 忠好)
 * Akomaru: Shohei Shibata (柴田 翔平)
 * Jin Matoba: Yutaka Hirose (広瀬 裕)

Voice actors

 * Narrator: Hironori Miyata (宮田 浩徳)
 * Byakkoshinken: Wataru Abe
 * Daimugen: Ikko Tadano (ただの いっこ)
 * General Kamikaze: Nobuyuki Hiyama (檜山 修之)
 * Ms. Telephone: Akiko Muta
 * Mr. Gravestone: Takuzou Kamiyama
 * Kabuki Novice: Shigeru Chiba (千葉 繁)

Guest actors

 * Kazu's clone: Daisuke Tsuchiya (土屋 大輔)
 * Shōichirō Takamura (human form of Media Magician): Ryosuke Kaizu (海津 亮介)

Suit actors

 * Ryu Ranger: Naoki Ōfuji
 * Shishi Ranger: Tsutomu Kitagawa (喜多 川務)
 * Tenma Ranger: Shōji Hachisuka
 * Qilin Ranger: Hirofumi Ishigaki (石垣 広文)
 * Hōō Ranger: Rie Murakami
 * Kiba Ranger: Minoru Watanabe (渡辺 実)
 * Ryūseiō (main)/Dairen'ō, Wang Tiger/Kibadaō, Daijinryū: Hideaki Kusaka
 * Ryūseiō (sub): Hirofumi Fukuzawa (福沢 博文)

Trivia

 * The Aura Changer made an appearance in Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy, serving as the Magna Defender Morpher for Mike Corbett.
 * This is the first and only post-Jetman Sentai team where the costumes of the core team were not used in a Power Rangers adaptation.
 * The White Ranger of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, however, is the adapted form of KibaRanger.
 * This season has a similar basis in powers with Dengeki Sentai Changeman and Hikari Sentai Maskman, as well as sharing a similar set-up with Changeman in how mythical creatures are utilized: both seasons possess three males who control a Dragon, a Pegasus and a Griffin (colorwise, the former two were Red and Blue respectively, while the latter was Black in Changeman and Yellow in Dairanger), as well as a female who uses a Phoenix (both of which are Pink). Only Mermaid (used by the White Change Mermaid in Changeman) and Lion (used by the Green ShishiRanger in Dairanger) were not used in both series.
 * This is the first Sentai team since Choushinsei Flashman to not feature a Black Ranger.