Ressha Sentai ToQger

Ressha Sentai ToQger is a Japanese television series. It is the 38th part of Toei's Super Sentai series. It follows Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger. The series premiered on TV Asahi affiliates on February 16, 2014. It joined Kamen Rider Gaim and Kamen Rider Drive in the Super Hero Time programming block. The series ended on February 15, 2015. The series has a Train motif. Unlike previous series where the heroes are named after colors, the heroes in ToQger are numbered and regularly changed colors.

Ressha Sentai ToQger
Genre	Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Action Comedy
Created by	Toei Company Bandai Visual
Developed by	Yasuko Kobayashi
Directed by	Shōjirō Nakazawa
Starring	Jun Shison Jin Hiramaki Riria Kojima Ryusei Yokohama Ai Moritaka Shin Nagahama Tsutomu Sekine Kengo Ohkuchi
Voices of	Yui Horie Kappei Yamaguchi
Narrated by	Kappei Yamaguchi
Opening theme	"Ressha Sentai ToQger" by Daiki Ise
Ending theme	"Byun Byun! ToQger" by Project.R (YOFFY, Takayoshi Tanimoto, Shogo Kamada)
Composer	Kei Haneoka
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	47
Production
Producers	Motoi Sasaki Takaaki Utsunomiya Kei Ishikawa Koichi Yada Akihiro Fukada
Running time	24–25 minutes
Original release
Network	TV Asahi
Release	February 16, 2014 (2014-02-16) – February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)

One of the props from the series was used for the 24th and 25th seasons of the American Power Rangers (Power Rangers Ninja Steel and Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel. Both are versions of the 2015 Sentai series, Shuriken Sentai Ninninger). ToQger was the second Sentai since Chōjin Sentai Jetman to not be made into a season of Power Rangers.

The series' main characters made a small appearance in the movie Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends. They also were at a special meet-and-greet and press conference at Tokyo Dome City in late January 2014. In October 2014, the series was given the Japan Railway Award's Special award by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in its annual "Train Day" observance. The award was for the effect the series had on making children enjoy trains.

Story

Only those with a great imagination can see the mystical railway known as the Rainbow Line, on which run massive train known as Ressha These Ressha are driven by five warriors known as the ToQgers, It is their mission to save towns from the evil forces of the Shadow Line who are using the residents' fear and sadness to establish their own railway to enable the coming of their leader of Emperor Z, whose intention is consume light to plunge the world into darkness. The five ToQgers are also childhood friends who are fighting to recover the memories of their hometown after it was consumed by the Shadow Line's evil. Later joined by Akira Nijino, a former Shadow Creep who reformed, the ToQgers begin a campaign to free these "Shadow Towns" from their Shadow Creep Keepers in an attempt to recover their memories while the Shadow Line itself must deal with some opposition among their own subjects.

Characters

ToQger

Actor	Name	Rangers	Mecha	Weapon
Jun Shison	Suzuki Right	ToQ Ichigou	Red Ressha	ToQ Changer, ToQ Blaster, Rail Slasher
Homare Mabuchi
Jin Hiramaki	Haru Tokatti	ToQ Nigou	Blue Ressha	ToQ Changer, ToQ Blaster, Home Trigger
Keishiro Nagase
Riria Kojima	Mio Natsume	ToQ Sangou	Yellow Ressha	ToQ Changer, ToQ Blaster, Shingo Hammer
Kaoruko Ishii
Ryusei Yokohama	Hikari Nomomura	ToQ Yongou	Green Ressha	ToQ Changer, ToQ Blaster, Tunnel Axe
Hikaru Yamazaki
Ai Moritaka	Kagura Izumi	ToQ Gogou	Pink Ressha	ToQ Changer, ToQ Blaster, Tekkyou Claw
Rara Shimizu
Shin Nagahama	Akira Nijino	ToQ Rokugou	Build Ressha, Drill Ressha	Appli Changer, Yudou Breaker
Tsutomu Sekine	Conductor	ToQ Nanagou

Cast

• Right / ToQ Ichigou: Jun Shison, Homare Mabuchi (Child)
• Tokatti / ToQ Nigou: Jin Hiramaki, Keishiro Nagase (Child)
• Mio / ToQ Sangou: Riria Kojima, Kaoruko Ishii (Child)
• Hikari / ToQ Yongou: Ryusei Yokohama, Hikaru Yamazaki (Child)
• Kagura / ToQ Gogou: Ai Moritaka, Rara Shimizu (Child)
• Akira Nijino / ToQ Rokugou: Shin Nagahama
• Conductor / ToQ Nanagou: Tsutomu Sekine
• Emperor Z: Kengo Ohkuchi
• Ticket (Voice), ToQger Equipment Voice, Narration: Kappei Yamaguchi
• Wagon (Voice): Yui Horie

Guest stars

• Tooru Chiba (9): Sotaro
• Gonzaemon Toride (14): Hiroyuki Konishi
• Ryo Tokashiki (23, 25, 45, 47): Mizuki Ohno
• Naked Emperor (25): John Kaminari
• Owner of Sentō (26): Ken Nishida
• Teruo Inzai (26): Masahiro Kuranaki
• Taihei Kasuga (33): Ryo Kinomoto
• Tsuyoshi Suzuki (33, 45-47): Takashi Inoue
• Yoshio Omotesando (34): Makoto Sakamoto
• Sakura Igawa (36): Erica Tonooka
• Ayaka Nomomura (43, 45, 47): Hitomi Hasebe

Theme songs

Opening theme

• "Ressha Sentai ToQger"
  • Lyrics: Shio Watanabe
  • Composition & Arrangemnt: Go Sakabe
  • Artist: Daiki Ise

Ending theme

• "Byun Byun! ToQger"
  • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
  • Composition: Shunryū
  • Arrangement: Go Sakabe
  • Artist: Project.R (YOFFY, Takayoshi Tanimoto, Shogo Kamada)