GoGo Sentai Boukenger

GoGo Sentai Boukenger (轟轟戦隊ボウケンジャー, GōGō Sentai Bōkenjā, translated as Rumbling Squadron Boukenger) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. The series is produced by Toei, and is the 30th installment in their Super Sentai series. It premiered on February 19, 2006 at 7:30 AM on TV Asahi. Footage from this show was used for the 2007 installment of Power Rangers, Power Rangers Operation Overdrive.

Plot

 * From the first episode:

"In every era, there are explorers that seek unknown worlds. People call them "adventurers". SGS foundation is a non-government organization that gathers lost treasures from around the world. Treasures such as relics from ancient civilizations, the treasures left behind by people, as well as animals near extinction. Among them are treasures that possess powers surpassing current technology called Precious. SGS is a secret team that finds and protects the Precious!"

- Narrator

Powerful relics known as Precious have started to appear throughout the world. However, the various Negative Syndicates wish to take the Precious for themselves and utilize them for evil means. To make sure that the Precious don't fall into the hands of the Negative Syndicates the Search Guard Successor Foundation, or SGS, has developed its own special operations team, the Boukengers, who do battle and collect the dangerous Precious.

SGS Members

 * Mister Voice
 * Morio Makino

Allies

 * Kyoko (4)
 * Shirou Masaki (4, 18)
 * Phantom Thief Selene (13)
 * Ragi/Wicked Dragon Ragi (15-16)
 * Magi (15-16)
 * Kei (19-20, 40-42, 48)
 * Karato Takaoka (20)
 * Yuji Toba
 * Akutagami (25)
 * Kouichi Akashi (Movie)
 * Professor Hanzou Igarashi (29)
 * Kousuke Shimada
 * Taro
 * Miyu
 * Eve
 * Juken Sentai Gekiranger
 * Pretty Cure (GoGo Sentai Boukenger/Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star Audio Drama)

Negative Syndicates
Negative Syndicate is a term SGS uses to label various groups or individuals who seek Precious for nefarious ends. It is their official moniker for villains.

The Gordom Civilization

 * Arch Priest Gajah
 * Karths
 * Gordom Minions

The Jaryuu Tribe

 * King Ryuuwon
 * Dragonoid Soldier Jaryuu
 * Great Evil Dragons
 * Wicked Dragons

Dark Shadow

 * Gekkou of Illusions/Demon Bird (3-49)
 * Yaiba of Darkness (3-46)
 * Shizuka of the Wind (3-49)
 * Tsukumogami

The Ashu

 * The Questers (17-42)
 * Furious Demon God Gai
 * Grand Beast Rei
 * Hyouga (voiced by Kenji Hamada) (17)
 * Ouga (voiced by Kazuki Yao) (40-42)
 * Copy Boukenger (40)
 * Quester Robos

Precious Creatures

 * Madness Weather (4)
 * Vril/VrilBlue/VrilDaiBouken (8)
 * Glass Slipper/Prince (26)
 * Lemurian Mystical Beast (29)
 * Golem (43)

Other Villains

 * Muse/Hyde Gene/Giant Dragon Shaped Spaceship Stringross (Movie Exclusive)
 * Time Demon Chronos (Boukenger vs. Super Sentai)

Precious

 * Gordom Precious
 * Heart of Gordom (1, 48-49)
 * Brain of Gordom (2, 48-49)
 * Lemuria Precious
 * Helmet of Ryuuwon (2-47)
 * Golden Sword of Lemuria
 * Egg of Lemuria (29-30, 47)
 * Sun of Lemuria (33-34)
 * Blades of the Three Kingdoms Leadership (3, 47)
 * Madness Weather (4)
 * Imperial Pearl (5, 23)
 * Kubi (6)
 * Scale of the Salamander (7)
 * Picture Album (Manuscript) of Leon Giordana (11)
 * Pipes of Hamelin (12)
 * Potion of Immortality (13)
 * Steel of the Heavenly Mine (14)
 * Aqua Crystal (16)
 * Hundred-Demons Mirror (17)
 * Soldier's Bow (18)
 * Lightning Cannon (20)
 * Uchide's Mallet (21)
 * Solomon's Ring (22)
 * Hatsune Drum (24)
 * Fruit of Wisdom (25)
 * Glass Slipper (26)
 * Feng-Shui Compass Board "Dragon Eye" (27)
 * Legendary Armor (28)
 * Flame of the Ruined Country (31)
 * Ship of Light (32)
 * God's Head (35)
 * Mountain Crushing Kanabo (36)
 * Jewel of Prosperity (37)
 * Rainbow Cloth (38)
 * Prometheus' Stone (39)
 * Mercurius Vessel (40-42)
 * Calcucedus Staff (41)
 * Philosopher's Herb (41)
 * Paracelsus' Mercury (41)
 * MagiLamp (Buster) (Magiranger 19-49, Boukenger vs. Super Sentai)
 * Staff of the Three Philosophers (Boukenger vs. Super Sentai)
 * Golem (43)
 * Demon Bird's Magic Jewel (44)
 * Three Headed Dragon of Darkness (45-46)
 * Pandora's Box (47)
 * The Ru Yi Bang of Sun Wukong (49)

Cast

 * Satoru Akashi: Mitsuomi Takahashi (高橋 光臣)
 * Masumi Inou: Yasuka Saitoh (齋藤 ヤスカ)
 * Souta Mogami: Masashi Mikami (三上 真史)
 * Natsuki Mamiya: Chise Nakamura (中村 知世)
 * Sakura Nishihori: Haruka Suenaga (末永 遥)
 * Eiji Takaoka: Masayuki Deai (出合 正幸)
 * Morio Makino: Shigeru Saiki (斉木 しげる)
 * Mister Voice (voice): Nobuo Tanaka (田中 信夫)
 * True identity: Rio Kanno (菅野 莉央)
 * Zubaan (voice): Hideyuki Hori (堀 秀行)
 * Gajah: Hiroo Otaka (大高 洋夫)
 * Ryuuwon (voice and human form): Junpei Morita (森田 順平)
 * Jaryuu(s) (voice): Tamotsu Nishiwaki (西脇 保)
 * Shizuka: Mami Yamasaki (山崎 真実)
 * Gekkou (voice): Banjō Ginga (銀河 万丈)
 * Yaiba (voice): Takaya Kuroda (黒田 崇矢)
 * Gai (voice) : Kenta Miyake (三宅 健太)
 * Rei (voice): Chihiro Suzuki (鈴木 千尋)
 * Narrator, equipment (voice): Shinichirō Ōta (太田 真一郎)

Guest voice actors

 * Jougami: Masaharu Satō (佐藤 正治)
 * Takumigami: Masanobu Kariya (仮屋 昌伸)
 * Kawazugami: Naoki Tatsuta (龍田 直樹)
 * Kanadegami: Kyōsei Tsukui (津久井 教生)
 * Wicked Dragon Lindom: Daisuke Gōri (郷里 大輔)
 * Nendogami: Keiichi Sonobe (園部 啓一)
 * Wicked Dragon Naga: Kiyoyuki Yanada (梁田 清之)
 * Hyouga: Kenji Hamada (浜田 賢二)
 * Zukangami: Hiroyuki Muraoka (村岡 弘之)
 * Akutagami: Kōichi Sakaguchi (坂口 候一)
 * Wicked Dragon Talong: Bin Shimada (島田 敏)
 * Shirubegami: Masaru Ōbayashi (大林 勝)
 * Mamorigami: Yūsuke Numata (沼田 祐介)
 * Wicked Dragon Dembey (voice): Akira Ishida (石田 彰)
 * Prometheus' Stone: Mitsuaki Madono (真殿 光昭)
 * Ouga: Kazuki Yao (矢尾 一樹)
 * AkaRed: Toru Furuya
 * Wicked Dragon Tagargin: Yūji Kishi (岸 祐二)
 * Desperado: Katsumi Shiono (塩野 勝美)
 * Hyde Gene: Shōzō Iizuka

Suit actors

 * Bouken Red, DaiTanken: Hirofumi Fukuzawa (福沢 博文)
 * Bouken Black: Yasuhiko Imai (今井 靖彦)
 * Bouken Blue, DaiVoyager: Yasuhiro Takeuchi (竹内 康博)
 * Bouken Yellow: Yūichi Hachisuka (蜂須賀 祐一)
 * Bouken Pink: Motokuni Nakagawa (中川 素州), Naoko Kamio (神尾 直子)
 * Daibouken/Super Daibouken/Ultimate Daibouken, Ryuuwon, Yami no Yaeba, Gajadom: Jirō Okamoto (岡元 次郎)
 * Bouken Silver, Ryuuwon, SirenBuilder: Hideaki Kusaka (日下 秀昭)
 * Zuban, Gai: Riichi Seike (清家 利一)
 * AkaRed: Keizō Yabe (矢部 敬三)
 * Rei: Masaru Ōbayashi (大林 勝)

Stage Shows

 * Boukenger Stage Show at Super Hero New Hero Legend
 * Boukenger Stage Show at 3 Heroes New Hero Legend
 * Boukenger Stage Show at Double Hero Tokyo Dome City
 * Boukenger Stage Show at Red Heroes Tokyo Dome City
 * Boukenger Stage Show at Return of Mahou Sentai Magiranger WAKAYAMA Marina-cityble
 * Boukenger Stage Show at Super Hero Nagiya Dome

Official websites

 * Boukenger at Toei.co.jp (via Archive.org)
 * Boukenger at Tv-asahi.co.jp
 * Boukenger at Super-sentai.net