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Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (忍者戦隊カクレンジャー Ninja Sentai Kakurenjā) was Toei Company Limited's eighteenth production of the Super Sentai television series.
Certain action footage from this series was used in the third season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the brief Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers mini-series.
Plot
400 years ago, the ninja and the Youkai had a great war. The legendary Sarutobi Sasuke and other four ninja sealed the Youkai Commander Nurarihyon and all his Youkai energies away in a cave protected by the "Seal Door". In the present, the only surviving Youkai, Kappa, tricks Sarutobi Sasuke and Kirigakure Saizo's descendants, Sasuke and Saizou, into releasing the Youkai by opening the "Seal Door". Now these two, joined by three other descendants of the great ninja, become the Kakurangers to fight the Youkai with the aid of the Three God Generals.
Characters
Kakurangers
NinjaRed | Sasuke |
NinjaWhite | Tsuruhime |
NinjaBlue | Saizou |
NinjaYellow | Seikai |
NinjaBlack | Jiraiya |
Allies
Ninjaman | Ninjaman |
- Announcer (1-39)
- Sandayuu Momochi (1-31)
- Hakumenrou (31-53)
- Reika (25)
- Tarou & Jirou (26-53)
- Bun (26-53)
"In the name of Heaven, we will punish you!"
- Punishment Sailor Sisters (35)
- Yukiyo
- Tsukiyo
- Zashiki-warashi (18)
- Gali (28-29)
- Past Rangers
- Chouriki Sentai Ohranger
The Youkai Army Corps
- Nurarihyon (1)
- Daimaou (23-53)
- Young Noble Junior/Gasha Skull (14-31)
- Prof. Yugami (12-31)
- Nue (27-29)
- Daidarabotchi (50)
- Yama-uba (50-52)
- Flowery Kunoichi Team (15, 16 & 20-53)
Blue Sweet Flag | Ayame |
Pink Cherry Blossom | Sakura |
Green Water Lotus | Suiren |
Orange Lily | Yuri |
Purple Orchid | Ran |
Super Sentai World
- Emperor Daidas
- Daidas' Generals
- Monsters
- Foot Soldiers
- Batzler Soldiers (Fiveman)
- Grinam Soldiers (Jetman)
- Golem Soldiers (Zyuranger)
- Cotpotros (Dairanger)
- Dorodoros (Kakuranger)
Arsenal
Mecha
History
2,000 years ago, the Three God Generals (三神将 Sanshinshō) were a trio of human sages who led humanity in a war against Daimaou, infernal king of the Yokai. After sealing Daimaou and his followers behind the Door of Seals, their souls ascended to Heaven where they became the Three God Generals, while the techniques they invented became the basis for Kakure-Style Ninja Arts. According to Sandayuu, each of the three God Generals represents one of the three aspects of Kakure-Style Ninja Arts: body (Muteki Shogun), heart (Tsubasamaru), and technique (Kakure Daishogun).
Mecha
3 God Generals - Giant Beast General System
- Legend:◆ piloted mecha, ❖ auxiliary mecha; colors are in reference to Rangers who piloted them and not the physical color of the mecha
- Cho Ninja Gattai Super Muteki Shogun ◆◆◆◆◆❖
- Ninja Gattai Muteki Shogun ◆◆◆◆◆
- Giant Beast General Red Saruder ► Beast General Fighter Battle Saruder ◆
- Giant Beast General Black Gammer ► Beast General Fighter Battle Gammer ◆
- Giant Beast General Yellow Kumard ► Beast General Fighter Battle Kumard ◆
- Giant Beast General Blue Logan ► Beast General Fighter Battle Logan◆
- Giant Beast General White Kark ► Beast General Fighter Battle Kark ◆
- Holy Stealth Beast Tsubasamaru ❖
- Ninja Gattai Muteki Shogun ◆◆◆◆◆
3 God Generals - Super Stealth Beast System
- Legend:◆ piloted mecha, ❖ auxiliary mecha
- Tsubasa Gattai Super Kakure Daishogun ◆◆◆◆◆❖
- Goshin Gattai Kakure Daishogun ◆◆◆◆◆
- Holy Stealth Beast Tsubasamaru ❖
Episodes
The episodes of this season have instances of katakana/English wording in their titles.
- Ep. 1: We Are Ninja (忍者でござる Ninja-de gozaru)
- Ep. 2: A Dangerous Lady (危ないオバサン Abunai Obasan)
- Ep. 3: American Ninja (アメリカン忍者 Amerikan Ninja)
- Ep. 4: The Youkai Policeman (妖怪ポリスマン Yōkai Porisuman)
- Ep. 5: The Uneven Strange Games (凸凹珍ゲーマー Dekoboko Chin Gēmā)
- Ep. 6: The Eyeball Prince! (目玉の王子様! Medama no Ōji-sama!)
- Ep. 7: The Huge One (こいつぁデカい Koitsa Dekai)
- Ep. 8: The Bakeneko's Shop!! (化猫ショップ!! Bakeneko Shoppu!!)
- Ep. 9: Hidden Camera Live (ドッキリ生中継 Dokkiri Namachūkei)
- Ep. 10: Konakijiji: A Cry-Baby Goblin (子泣き爺いぢゃ Ko-naki Jijī ja)
- Ep. 11: Rags are the Best! (ボロこそ最高!! Boro Koso Saikō!)
- Ep. 12: They Came Forth!! New Beast Generals (出たァ!! 新獣将 Detā!! Shin Jūshō)
- Ep. 13: Fight Off The Bad Luck (ブッとばせ不幸 Buttobase Funō)
- Ep. 14: I'm the Young Noble!! (俺は貴公子だ!! Ore wa Kikōshi da!!)
- Ep. 15: Argh! Awesome Guys (げえッ!! 凄い奴 Geē!! Sugoi Yatsu)
- Ep. 16: The Red Monkey's Oni Extermination (赤猿の鬼退治 Aka Saru no Oni Taiji)
- Ep. 17: The Demon Sword and Underwear!! (魔剣とパンツ!! Maken to Pantsu!!)
- Ep. 18: Hello, Mushroom-kun (ハローきのこ君 Harō Kinoko-kun)
- Ep. 19: The Hellish Trap in Darkness!! (暗闇の地獄罠!! Kurayami no Jigoku Wana!!)
- Ep. 20: The Flowery Kunoichi-Gumi!! (花のくノ一組!! Hana no Kunoichi Gumi)
- Ep. 21: Monkey See, Monkey Does Finishing Move (サルマネ必殺技 Saru Mane Hissatsu-waza)
- Ep. 22: I'll Make You Laugh (笑って頂きます Waratte Itadakimasu)
- Ep. 23: Blitzkrieg!! The Strange White Bird (電撃!! 白い怪鳥 Dengeki!! Shiroi Kai Tori)
- Ep. 24: Ah, It's All Over (あァ一巻の終り Ā Ikkan no Owari)
- Ep. 25: A New Departure! (新たなる出発!! Aratanaru Shuppatsu!!)
- Ep. 26: The Tsuruhime Family's Super Secret (鶴姫家の超秘密 Tsuruhime-ka no Chō Himitsu)
- Ep. 27: The End Of The Muteki Shogun (無敵将軍の最期 Muteki Shōgun no Saigo)
- Ep. 28: A Super Big Figure Coming to Japan!! (超大物・来日!! Chō Dai Mono - Rainichi!!)
- Ep. 29: History's First Super Battle (史上初の超対決(スーパーバトル) Shijō Hatsu no Sūpā Batoru)
- Ep. 30: Reunion With a Traitorous Father (再会 裏切りの父 Saikai Uragiri no Chichi)
- Ep. 31: Behold!! A New Shogun (見たか!! 新将軍 Mita ka!! Shin Shōgun)
- Ep. 32: Don't Lick Me, Face Thief (ナメんな顔泥棒 Namen na Kao Dorobō)
- Ep. 33: The Village of Amanojaku (あまのじゃく村 Amanojaku Mura)
- Ep. 34: The Bride's Sandy Hell!! (花嫁砂地獄!! Hanayome Suna Jigoku!!)
- Ep. 35: The Three Punishment Sisters (おしおき三姉妹(シスターズ) Oshioki Shisutāzu)
- Ep. 36: The Hooligan Ninja!! (暴れん坊忍者!! Abarenbō Ninja!!)
- Ep. 37: Karakasa Dance Queen (唐傘ダンス女王(クイーン) Karakasa Dansu Kuīn)
- Ep. 38: Moo... A Repulsive Cow (モオ~ッ嫌な牛 Mō~ Iya na Ushi)
- Ep. 39: It's a Special Compilation!! (特別編だよっ!! Tokubetsu-hen dayō!!)
- Ep. 40: The Heisei Fox Battle (平成キツネ合戦 Heisei Kitsune Kassen)
- Ep. 41: The Stray Ghost (はぐれゴースト Hagure Gōsuto)
- Ep. 42: The Plundered Ninja Power (強奪忍者パワー Gōdatsu Ninja Pawā)
- Ep. 43: The Last Day of the Three God Generals (三神将最期の日 Sanshinshō Saigo no Hi)
- Ep. 44: The Wound-Filled Great Reversal (傷だらけ大逆転 Kizudarake Dai Gyakuten)
- Ep. 45: The Hasty Santa (慌てん坊サンタ Awatenbō Santa)
- Ep. 46: The New Year's Manga Hell (新春まんが地獄 Shinshun Manga Jigoku)
- Ep. 47: The 100-Burst Human Fireworks (人間花火百連発 Ningen Hanabi Hyaku Renpatsu)
- Ep. 48: The Great Snow Woman's Snowball Fight (大雪女の雪合戦 Ōyuki-Onna no Yukigassen)
- Ep. 49: Suddenly!! Poor (突然!! ビンボー Totsuzen!! Binbō)
- Ep. 50: Special Selection!! The Youkai Inn (特選!! 妖怪の宿 Tokusen!! Yōkai no Yado)
- Ep. 51: Hero Elimination (英(ヒー)・雄(ロー)・失・格 Hī・Rō・Shitsu・Kaku)
- Ep. 52: Finale!! Father and Daughter (大団円!! 父と娘 Daidan'en!! Chichi to Musume)
- Final Ep.: Sealing!! (封印!! Fūin!!)
Movies
Specials
Songs
- Opening: Secret Kakuranger
- Ending: Ninja! Matenrou Kids
- Mecha Theme (Muteki Shogun): Muteki Shogun, Tadaima Sanjou!
- Mecha Theme (Kakure Daishogun): Deta zo! Kakure Daishogun!!
- Kiai Hyappatsu! Kakuranger!
- Into Danger Kakuranger
- Tsuruhime! Tsuyosa wa Me ni mo Utsukushii
- Hissatsu Fighter Crash!!
- Hashire! Nekomaru
- Hoshi yo, Nijimuna!
- Kuro no Kikoushi
- Ninja de Ikou! Deden no Den
Cast
- Teruaki Ogawa (小川 輝晃 Ogawa Teruaki): Sasuke
- Satomi Hirose (広瀬 仁美 Hirose Satomi): Tsuruhime
- Hiroshi Tsuchida (土田 大 Tsuchida Hiroshi): Saizou
- Shu Kawai (河合 秀 Kawai Shū): Seikai
- Kane Kosugi (ケイン・コスギ Kein Kosugi): Jiraiya
- Kazuki Yao: Ninjaman (voice)
- Akira Sakamoto: Sandayuu Momochi
- Daisuke Tsuchiya: Tarou
- Keisuke Tsuchiya: Jirou
- Takao Handa: Announcer
- Kenichi Endo: Young Noble Junior / Gashadokuro
- Hidekatsu Shibata: Daimao (voice)
- Tomoyuki Hotta: Muteki Shogun (voice)
- Dai Matsumoto: Kakure Daishogun, Tsubasamaru
- Keiko Hayase: Sakura
- Hiroshi Koizumi: Kappa (1-2)
- Kaoru Shinoda: Kanedama (13), Older Hitotsume Kozou (Movie)
- Takeshi Watabe - Younger Hitotsume Kozou (Movie)
- Ami Kawai: Amikiri (17)
- Reiko Chiba: Reika (25)
- Sho Kosugi: Gali (28-29)
- Tesshō Genda: Nue (Voice; 27-29)
- Ryūzaburō Ōtomo: Noppera-bō (Voice; 39)
- Enjō Sanyūtei (三遊亭 圓丈 San'yūtei Enjō): Kōshakushi
Suit actors
- Seiji Takaiwa: Ninja Red, Ninjaman
- Rie Murakami: Ninja White
- Takeshi Miyazaki: Ninja Blue
- Hirofumi Ishigaki: Ninja Yellow
- Tsutomu Kitagawa: Ninja Black
- Hideaki Kusaka: Muteki Shogun, Ninjaman
Stage Show
- Kakuranger Stage Show at Super Hero Korakuen Yuenchi
- Kakuranger Stage Show at Double Hero Korakuen Yuenchi
Notes
- The name Kakuranger is derived from "kakure" (隠れ ) which translates as "to hide."
- Super Sentai World has the fourth largest amount of rangers gathered together. The largest amount was in the opening of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger in which almost 182 rangers (the first 34 teams with 15 Sixth Rangers) appeared, the second was the special episode of Turboranger with 53, while the third amount appearing in Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai with 33, with 25 of them being Red Rangers. Ironically, 16 of them appeared in the other 2 specials with the Turboranger special featuring 11 (Battle Japan to Red Turbo) and 5 in Super Sentai World (Five Red to Ninja Red).
- This is the only post-Bioman series where the full name of the team is not announced with the title. Instead, the opening title is contained in the opening lyrics of the theme, where they are only called the "Kakuranger" (more akin to pre-Bioman series Goggle V and Dynaman). This would not be done again until Go-Busters.
- The decision to make Kakuranger a Japanese/ninja themed season was intentional, acting as a counter point for the Chinese themes of the previous series Dairanger.
- Kakuranger is the third longest season after Gorenger and Changeman. This was done intentionally so the next season, an anniversary one, would premiere a month later in March.
- Kakuranger is the only Sentai to stagger the introduction of the main team. Unlike other seasons, which introduce all of the main members of a team in the very first episode even if they don't gain or use powers for the first time (such as Jetman and Go-Onger), only three of the five Kakuranger physically appear in the very first episode, with the fourth appearing in the second and the fifth in the third. Thus the entire team only comes together in the third episode.
- This series was originally called Ninja Sentai GoNinja.[1]
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