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AkaRed
AkaRed
Name:	AkaRed
Gender:	Male
Sentai Show:	Sentai
Color:	Red
Homeworld:	Earth
First Appearance:	GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai
Last Full Appearance:	Final Ep.: Farewell Space Pirates
Number of Episode Appearances:	9 Full list of appearances
Actor:	Toru Furuya (voice) Keizō Yabe (suit)

"The one who inherits the red souls~AkaRed!"

AkaRed is the embodiment of all prior Red Warriors of the long running Super Sentai series.

Contents 1 Design 2 Biography 2.1 GoGo Sentai Boukenger Vs Super Sentai 2.2 Gokaiger 3 Ranger Forms 4 Behind the scenes 4.1 Portrayal 4.2 Ranger Key 4.3 AkaRed's team 4.4 Notes 4.4.1 Sentai notes 5 Appearances

Design

His costume pays homage to Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, the original Sentai, with a high collar surrounding his neck, much like the capes on the battle suits in the original series. He also pays homage to Akarenger, the original Red Warrior, with a large V across his chest. His visor has a "V" symbol, representing "V Cinema" (the name given to the VS specials). He has the 30th Anniversary logo on the left-hand side of his suit, as well as a belt with three X's as the buckle, XXX being the Roman numeral for 30. His belt buckle and anniversary pin are reminiscent of the costumes from Dai Sentai Goggle V.

As of Gokaiger, the 30th Anniversary logo on his left chest has changed to show the number 35 above the V of the logo and the Roman numeral XXX on his buckle has been given a golden V across the center most X, symbolizing the 35th Anniversary of the Super Sentai.

Biography

GoGo Sentai Boukenger Vs Super Sentai

AkaRed, the representation of the Red Warrior of the 30 Super Sentai, first appeared in the movie, watching over Time Demon God Chronos and High Priest Gajah as they plot to defeat the Boukengers. He then made his first contact with the Boukenger team by giving Bouken Silver the Super Sentai Address Book after the rest of the team is abducted by Chronos into another dimension. This book contains information on the whereabouts of every Super Sentai member there is.

He then leads Bouken Silver and the past Super Sentai warriors to the rescue of the trapped Boukengers and MagiShine. The Super Sentai warriors break the Boukengers and MagiShine free while AkaRed fights the villains with his ability to fight as any of the past Red Warriors. Afterwards, after Ultimate DaiBouken and SirenBuilder are defeated by an enlarged Chronos, AkaRed acted as a vessel to power up DaiVoyager into its Burning Legend form with the powers of the five recruited Sentai members and Eiji. This allowed Burning Legend DaiVoyager to defeat Chronos. After the credits, AkaRed was shown reading off the Super Sentai Address Book while overlooking the Earth from outer space. He leaves the world to the current group of Super Sentai, the Boukengers, to them and goes into a deep sleep until he is needed again. GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai

Gokaiger

AkaRed returned in the aftermath of the Great Legend War in which the 34 teams of Sentai Heroes all sacrificed their powers to defeat the Space Empire Zangyack's invasion of Earth.Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle He became a pirate and formed the Red Pirate Gang, with his teammates, Marvelous and Basco ta Jolokia, along with his robotic parrot, Navi. They searched the universe in the Gokai Galleon to find the Ranger Keys, keys that contained the powers of the 34 Sentai teams, which were dispersed all over the universe. The trio knew that with them, they could find the Greatest Treasure in the Universe.

AkaRed encountered Marvelous when he discovered the Akarenger Key after fighting Gormin. Marvelous refused to give it to him and fought AkaRed, who swiftly defeated Marvelous. Marvelous revealed to AkaRed that he wished to find the Greatest Treasure in the Universe. AkaRed showed Marvelous his ship, the GokaiGalleon, telling him that he would never find the treasure if he gave up. Ep. 16: Clash! Sentai vs. Sentai They went on to find many Ranger Keys, such as the Bouken Red Key. Ep. 21: The Adventurer Heart They later met Basco ta Jolokia who joined them. Although Marvelous was unaware, AkaRed knew of Basco's true monster form, and was afraid of him. Ep. 31: Crash!! Secret Operations

Since Basco didn't appear in the flashback in episode 21, it is presumed that he joined after Marvelous.

They eventually managed to find all the Ranger Keys, but Basco betrayed AkaRed and Marvelous, he conspired with Zangyack which attacked the ship, wanting the treasure all for himself. AkaRed saved Marvelous from the Zangyack forces and gave him the chest containing the Ranger Keys, telling him to find the Greatest Treasure in the Universe. AkaRed was last seen charging into dozens of Gormin Sailors. Marvelous, along with Navi, later founded the Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger and worked on unlocking the power of the Ranger Keys on Earth so they could get the Greatest Treasure. Ep. 15: A Privateer Appears Ep. 2: The Worth of this Planet

After an adventure where Marvelous and the Gokaiger assisted Satoru Akashi in stopping Ryuuwon once again, Akashi appears to speak to himself about AkaRed selecting the Gokaigers for this mission, noting that he knows more about the spirit's true intentions, having encountered him once himself.Ep. 21: The Adventurer Heart

When Marvelous became unconscious after GokaiOh was crippled by the Great Warz, he encountered AkaRed in a vision. Ep. 38: The Power to Seize Dreams

However, it turned out that AkaRed's motive was not acquiring the Greatest Treasure in the Universe. As Basco revealed to Marvelous before their final battle, which resulted in the death of the former, AkaRed used the treasure as bait to Marvelous and Basco so they would help him gather up the Ranger Keys. After all the Ranger Keys were collected, AkaRed would return to Earth and give them back to their owners in order to protect the planet. Basco said that he didn't betray them, AkaRed had betrayed them from the beginning. Marvelous, however, didn't care, explaining to Basco that he wasn't a Red Pirate anymore and he had everything that was needed to claim the Greatest Treasure in the Universe. He added that anyone who tried to keep the Gokaigers from their dream, whether it be Basco, Zangyack, or AkaRed himself. Ep. 48: The Fated Showdown

After Marvelous returned all the Ranger Keys to their respective owners, AkaRed can be seen standing on the prow of the Gokai Galleon nodding at Marvelous before disappearing. Final Ep.: Farewell Space Pirates

Ranger Forms

Behind the scenes

Portrayal

AkaRed is voiced by Toru Furuya (古谷 徹, Furuya Tōru^?), while his suit actor is Keizo Yabe (矢部 敬三, Yabe Keizō^?). After his original appearance in Boukenger vs. Super Sentai, both actors reprised the role in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.

Ranger Key

The AkaRed Ranger Key (アカレッドレンジャーキー, AkaReddo Renjā Kī^?) is a toy-exclusive Ranger Key which is part of the "Legends" series of toys along with Ranger Keys of the first three Go-Busters, released with the Legend Mobilate toy. It only exists as a toy and it is unknown if it will appear in Super Sentai. Of course as with all Ranger Keys, should it exist, it would be able to transform one, i.e. Gokai Red, into AkaRed.

This first AkaRed Ranger Key was of his 35th anniversary form seen in Gokaiger. Later, a second AkaRed Ranger Key based off his 30th anniversary form seen in GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai was released.

AkaRed's team

After the initial appearance of AkaRed, the embodiment of the Red Warrior Spirit, some have pondered the possibility of other warriors like him, a whole team composed of AkaRed and his counterparts for other Sentai colors. Following the color scheme of the original Gorenger which became the most common Sentai color scheme, AkaRed would be joined by AoBlue, KiYellow, MomoPink, MidoGreen, and (possibly) RokuSix. These heroes would most likely follow the same counterparts as the Gokaigers. But for now, these other heroes are merely an idea, and have yet to be introduced in an official crossover.

Notes

• In episode 39 of Engine Sentai Go-Onger, AkaRed's helmet appears as one of the nine faces on the monster Yatai Banki, though its appearance is merely trivial.
• In episode 1 of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger: Season Two, Nobuo Akagi (AkibaRed) comments that he feels like AkaRed as the Akibarangers fight alongside the Dekarangers, Boukengers, and Jetmen.
• AkaRed is absent in Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen along with the fifteen sixth rangers, ten extra rangers/bangai heroes and other additional rangers.

Sentai notes

• Due to the selection of Reds he has, it could mean that he is the embodiment of all past primary Reds, who have been around since the beginning of their respective seasons. He does not have the spirits of TimeFire, KabutoRaiger, Wolzard Fire, or Princess Shinken Red, who are also red.
• AkaRed is the only ranger in the Super Sentai 199 that does not have his own Ranger Key in the series. However, a toy version of the Ranger Key does exist as part of the Gokaiger toyline.
• AkaRed's ability to transform into past heroes precedes Kamen Rider Decade where the titular hero could transform into past Kamen Riders. The idea of a series where the hero(es) regularly change into past heroes would later be used in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger of course, where the Gokaigers can change into any of the 34 Super Sentai.
  • AkaRed's Soul Advent ability is similar to whenever the Gokaiger activate a Gokai Change in a tribute episode, going through the entire transformation sequence into the Red he is becoming (as seen both when becoming MagiRed and GaoRed).
    • Ironically, he never changes into a past warrior in any of his appearances in Gokaiger, despite the fact that the main heroes have that ability as well.
• He is the only Sentai Ranger to not belong to any actual Sentai series.
  • As such, he is also one of two Sentai Rangers created after Dairanger that doesn't have a Power Rangers counterpart (The other being the also movie exclusive DekaGold).

Appearances

• GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai
• Gokaiger Episode 2 - The Worth of this Planet (flashback)
• Gokaiger Episode 8 - Little Spy Tactics (flashback; archive material from episode 2)
• Gokaiger Episode 15 - A Privateer Appears (flashback)
• Gokaiger Episode 16 - Clash! Sentai vs. Sentai (flashback)
• Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle
• Gokaiger Episode 21 - The Adventurer Heart (flashback)
• Gokaiger Episode 37 - The Strongest Fighting Machine (flashback; archive material from episode 2)
• Gokaiger Episode 38 - The Power to Seize Dreams
• Gokaiger Episode 47 - The Limits of Betrayal (flashback; archive material from episode 15)
• Gokaiger Episode 51 - Farewell Space Pirates

GoGo Sentai Boukenger
The Rangers
Satoru Akashi - Masumi Inou - Souta Mogami - Natsuki Mamiya - Sakura Nishihori - Eiji Takaoka - Great Sword Man Zubaan
Allies
Mister Voice - Morio Makino - Kyoko - Shirou Masaki - Phantom Thief Selene - Ragi - Magi - Kei - Karato Takaoka - Akutagami - Kouichi Akashi - Professor Hanzou Igarashi - Kousuke Shimada - Taro - Miyu - Eve - Juken Sentai Gekiranger
Legend Rangers
AkaRed - Nanami Nono - Asuka - Tekkan Aira - Tsubasa Ozu - Heavenly Saint Sungel - Eiji Takaoka

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
The Rangers
Captain Marvelous - Joe Gibken - Luka Millfy - Don Dogoier - Ahim de Famille - Gai Ikari
Allies
Navi - AkaRed - Key thief - Kozo Kasugai - Komaki Kasugai - Jealousto - Cain - Sayo Kinoshita - Retsu Ichijouji - Shinkengers - Goseigers - Go-Busters - Kyoryugers
Legend Rangers
Tsuyoshi Kaijou - Soukichi Banba - Shirou Akebono - Daigorou Oume - Takayuki Hiba - Kanpei Kuroda - Rei Tachibana - Shirou Gou - Shou Hayate - Dai - Akira - Jou Oohara - Riki Honoo - Remi Hoshikawa - Gai Yuki - Sharma Tribe Knight Goushi - Ryo of the Heavenly Fire Star - Shoji of the Heavenly Gravity Star - Kazu of the Heavenly Time Star - Tsuruhime - Ninjaman - Gorou Hoshino - Momo Maruo - Kyousuke Jinnai - Signalman - Kenta Date - Ryouma - Hyuuga - Matsuri Tatsumi - Shou Tatsumi - Domon - Kakeru Shishi - Yousuke Shima - Nanami Nono - Kouta Bitou - Yukito Sanjyou - Mikoto Nakadai - Banban Akaza - Marika Reimon - Koume Kodou - Doggie Kruger - Kai Ozu - Houka Ozu - Satoru Akashi - Jan Kandou - Sosuke Esumi - Saki Rouyama - Miu Sutou - Chiaki Tani - Genta Umemori - Kaoru Shiba
Legend Allies
Heavenly Saint Flagel - Master Sha-Fu - Toshizo Tanba - Nozomu Amachi - Emiri Sanjyou - BOMPER - Engine Speedor - Engine Bus-on - Engine Bearrv - Honami Moriyama - Mirai Moriyama - Shuchirou Amachi - Yuka Yamazaki

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