This article is about a/an ranger in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.

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Masataka Shiba
Name:	Masataka Shiba
Gender:	Male
Sentai Show:	Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
Color:	Red
Homeworld:	Earth
First Appearance:	A Threefold Strife (flashback)
Last Full Appearance:	The Impersonator (flashback)
Number of Episode Appearances:	Full list of appearances
Actor:	Masaya Matsukaze

Masataka Shiba is Kaoru's father and the seventeenth head of the Shiba family and Shinken Red, succeeding Yōjirō Shiba. He set up the idea to use a kagemusha to counter Doukoku's plans to wipe his family out of existence. Masataka sealed Doukoku using the imperfect Sealing Character just before his death; his then-unborn daughter was then taken into hiding and Takeru was presented as the new head of the Shiba House.

Shinken Red

Origami

• Shishi Origami

Arsenal

• Transformation Handheld ShodoPhone
• Secret Disks
• Secret Playback Katana Shinkenmaru
  • Two-Mode Transforming Rekka Daizantou

Behind the scenes

Portrayal

Credited as the Previous Head (先代当主, Sendai Tōshu^?), Masataka is portrayed by Masaya Matsukaze (松風 雅也, Matsukaze Masaya^?), who previously portrayed Shun Namiki/MegaBlue in Denji Sentai Megaranger. Ironically, the first Shinken Red, Retsudo Shiba, was played by another Sentai Blue alumni, Masashi Goda who played Yuuji Mita/OhBlue in Chōriki Sentai Ohranger.

See also

• Jayden's father, his Power Rangers counterpart from Power Rangers: Samurai