Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
television series
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger is a Japanese television series. It is the 18th series in Toei's Super Sentai series. Its footage was used in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and in Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers.
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger | |
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Genre | Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Comedy |
Created by | Toei |
Developed by | Noboru Sugimura |
Directed by | Yoshiaki Kobayashi |
Starring | Teruaki Ogawa Satomi Hirose Hiroshi Tsuchida Shu Kawai Kane Kosugi |
Narrated by | Sanyutei Enjo |
Opening theme | "Secret Kakuranger" by Tu Chee Chen |
Ending theme | "Ninja! Matenrou Kids" by Tu Chee Chen |
Composer | Eiji Kawamura |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 53 |
Production | |
Producers | Atsushi Kaji Takeyuki Suzuki Shigenori Takadera Kōichi Yada Susumu Yoshikawa |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | TV Asahi |
Release | February 18, 1994 February 24, 1995 | –
Plot
changeFive descendants of great ninjas become the Kakuranger to fight the reinvigorated Youkai with the aid of the Sanshinshou.
Characters
changeKakuranger / Ninja Ranger
changeActor | Name | Rangers | Mecha |
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Teruaki Ogawa | Sasuke | Ninja Red | God Saruder |
Satomi Hirose | Tsuruhime | Ninja White | God Kark |
Hiroshi Tsuchida | Saizou | Ninja Blue | God Logan |
Shu Kawai | Seikai | Ninja Yellow | God Kumard |
Kane Kosugi | Jiraiya | Ninja Black | God Gammer |
Cast
change- Sasuke (サスケ, Sasuke)/Red Saruder (voice)/Battle Saruder (voice): Teruaki Ogawa (小川 輝晃, Ogawa Teruaki)
- Tsuruhime (鶴姫, Tsuruhime)/White Kark (voice)/Battle Kark (voice): Satomi Hirose (広瀬 仁美, Hirose Satomi)
- Saizou (サイゾウ, Saizō)/Blue Logan (voice)/Battle Logan (voice): Hiroshi Tsuchida (土田 大, Tsuchida Hiroshi)
- Seikai (セイカイ, Seikai)/Yellow Kumard (voice)/Battle Kumard (voice): Shu Kawai (河合 秀, Kawai Shū)
- Jiraiya (ジライヤ, Jiraiya)/Black Gammer (voice)/Battle Gammer (voice): Kane Kosugi (ケイン・コスギ, Kein Kosugi)
- Ninjaman (ニンジャマン, Ninjaman, voice): Kazuki Yao (矢尾 一樹, Yao Kazuki)
- Sandayu Momochi (百地三太夫, Momochi Sandayū): Akira Sakamoto
- Taro (太郎, Tarō): Daisuke Tsuchiya (土屋 大輔, Tsuchiya Daisuke)
- Jiro (次郎, Jirō): Keisuke Tsuchiya (土屋 圭輔, Tsuchiya Keisuke)
- Junior: Kenichi Endō (遠藤 憲一, Endō Ken'ichi)
- Daimaou (大魔王, Daimaō, voice): Hidekatsu Shibata (柴田 秀勝, Shibata Hidekatsu)
- Ninja Gattai Muteki Shogun (忍者合体無敵将軍, Ninja Gattai Muteki Shōgun, voice): Tomoyuki Horita (堀田 智之, Horita Tomoyuki)
- Goshin Gattai Kakure Daishogun (五神合体隠大将軍, Goshin Gattai Kakure Daishōgun, voice), Seinin Beast Tsubasamaru (聖忍獣ツバサマル, Seininjū Tsubasamaru, voice): Dai Matsumoto (松本 大, Matsumoto Dai)
- Kōshakushi (講釈師): Sanyūtei Enjō (三遊亭 圓丈)
Songs
change- Opening theme
- "Secret Kakuranger"
- Lyrics: Hanadaiko Fuyumori
- Composition: Takashi Tsushimi
- Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto
- Artist: Tu Chee Chen
- Ending theme
- "Ninja Skyscraper Kids"
- Lyrics: Hanadaiko Fuyumori
- Composition: Takashi Tsushimi
- Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto
- Artist: Tu Chee Chen