This article is about a/an ranger in Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters.

Red Buster
Hiromu Sakurada
Name:	Hiromu Sakurada
Gender:	Male
Sentai Show:	Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
Color:	Red
Homeworld:	Earth
First Appearance:	Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Uchuu Keiji Gavan: The Movie
Last Full Appearance:	Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Returns vs. Dōbutsu Sentai Go-Busters
Number of Episode Appearances:	50 5 movies 2 DVD specials Full list of appearances
Actor:	Katsuhiro Suzuki Ryu Hashizume (as a child)

For his V-Cinema alternate see Hiromu Sakurada (V-Cinema)

"Red Buster!" "Busters! Ready? Go!"'

Hiromu Sakurada (桜田 ヒロム, Sakurada Hiromu) is Red Buster (レッドバスター, Reddo Basutā) of the Go-Busters.

His Buster Power is super speed. Thus his legs can move at an unbelievable velocity, making him look as if he were teleporting. His partner Buddy Roid is Cheeda Nick.

His power, like the other Busters, has a Weakpoint trade-off. Whenever Hiromu panics or is immensely startled, he freezes up completely, even in mid-air. However, it is commonly activated when Hiromu sees a chicken, an animal in which he has developed a phobia of.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Super Hero Taisen Z 2 Personality 3 Video Game appearances 3.1 Go-Busters video game 4 Red Buster 5 Ranger Key 6 Energy Management Center profile 7 Behind the scenes 7.1 Portrayal 7.2 Sentai notes 8 See Also 9 External links 10 References

Biography

Hiromu is 20 years old and the second oldest on the team.

Thirteen years ago before the events of the first episode, Hiromu's father had saved the world by isolating his entire research building in Hyper Space to contain the virus called "Messiah". Hiromu,along with two other children, escaped this isolation.

A program in his body grants him superhuman abilities. However, his sister Rika refuses to allow him join the Go-Busters training program, which is organized and run by the Energy Management Center. Despite her refusals, Hiromu had already decided he would eventually join when the time comes that they truly need him. Thus Hiromu, though irregularly, undertakes some simulations and training in order to prepare for the eventual threat. His training sessions were done unbeknownst to his sister. In one of their pre-Vaglass outings, they take on their predecessors' nemesis, Basco ta Jolokia. However, they take him on stealthily before heading back home (to the Energy Management Center) and without the Gokaiger's knowledge. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Uchuu Keiji Gavan: The Movie

When the EMC finds the threat escalating, Takeshi Kuroki has the Go-Buster basic gear sent to the Sakurada residence hoping for a positive response. When Hiromu receives the gear, he immediately tells his sister that he must go and, despite his sister's protests, that he's already made up his mind to join the Go-Busters. Mission 1: Special Mission Task Force, Assemble!

Hiromu arrives just in time as the ShovelZord, a MegaZord Beta, attempts to destroy Enetron reserves to funnel Enetron for Messiah. Using the untested Buster Vehicle CB-01, Hiromu battles the MegaZord while the other Go-Busters tackle ShovelRoid.

Early on in his career, he and the other Go-Busters meet almost the entire Super Sentai and Kamen Rider community when a crisis forces their figureheads into a ruse that created one of the biggest battles of Sentai and Rider history. Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen

Super Hero Taisen Z

The three Go-Busters are set to appear in Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z. It has yet to be confirmed whether they will be joined by Beet and Stag Buster.

Personality

Hiromu is a serious young member of the Go-Busters. He loves his sister, even if she thinks he shouldn't be a Go-Buster. He is also quite blunt, as it's his personal policy to give it to a person "straight," like telling Cheeda that he has poor directions despite being a Buddy Roid. It's because of his bluntness that he often clashes with fellow Go-Buster Yoko, who hates being wrong.

Hiromu has a deep fear of chickens which ironically became his Weakpoint. This started when Hiromu was young and playing hide-and-seek with Nick. Hiromu accidentally locked himself into a chicken coop and a startled chicken attacked him, which caused his fear. Mission 28: Beware of Chickens.

Video Game appearances

Go-Busters video game

Hiromu as Red Buster appears with his team in the Nintendo DS Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters video game.

Red Buster

Ranger Key

The Red Buster Ranger Key (レッドバスターレンジャーキー, Reddo Basutā Renjā Kī^?) is a Go-Buster Ranger Key which as part of the first three Go-Busters was released as part of the "Legends" series of toys. It only exists as a toy and it is unknown if it will appear in the series. Of course as with all Ranger Keys, should it exist, it would be able to transform one, i.e. Gokai Red, into Red Buster.

Energy Management Center profile

This profile is given in the Go-Busters credit shots in the opening sequence.

Hiromu Sakurada
*ID: 555-913-315
*Code Name: Red Buster
*Blood type: AB
*Age: 20

Behind the scenes

Portrayal

Hiromu Sakurada is portrayed by Katsuhiro Suzuki (鈴木 勝大, Suzuki Katsuhiro^?). As a child, he is portrayed by Ryu Hashizume (橋爪 龍, Hashizume Ryū^?). Hiromu was briefly voiced by Syo Jinnai (陳内 将, Jinnai Sho^?) when he disguised himself as Enter in Mission 14: Ça va? Rescue Operation. Hiromu was also briefly portrayed by Arisa Komiya (小宮 有紗, Komiya Arisa^?) in Mission 28: Beware of Chickens, when Sprayloid 2 caused his appearance to change into that of Yoko, though Katsuhiro Suzuki still provided Hiromu's voice.

As Red Buster, his suit actor is Yoshifumi Oshikawa (押川 善文, Oshikawa Yoshifumi^?), whose previous role was Gokai Blue in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. He has also done suit work for Gosei Black, Shinken Blue, Go-On Blue, and several Kamen Riders. This is the first time he has played a Red Ranger.

Sentai notes

• Hiromu is the first Red ranger since two of his predecessors to receive the following:
  • The first since Ryo of the Heavenly Fire Star/RyuuRanger (Dairanger) where his primary mech can transform into its own giant robot (0.5 Robo).
    • Although several Red Rangers had secondary mechs that had there own giant robot forms, such as Ryouga Hakua/AbaRed (Abaranger), Sosuke Esumi/Go-On Red (Go-Onger), and Takeru Shiba/Shinken Red (Shinkenger).
  • The first since Matoi Tatsumi/GoRed (GoGo-V) to have his own motorcycle.
• He's the second Ranger to be based on a cheetah, the first being Ran Uzaki/GekiYellow (Gekiranger). Coincidently, both characters' names are written in the same fashion, where the given name is in katakana and the surname in kanji.
  • Also, his Volcanick Attack in Powered Custom is similar to the three Gekirangers' Geki Waza Bullet attacks (GekiRed's Gun-Gun Bullet, GekiBlue's Spin-Spin Bullet, and GekiYellow's Blink-Blink Bullet), in that they manifest their power into a projection of a big cat to charge at their opponents.
• His Super Speed Super Power is strong enough to compete in the same league with Kamen Rider Kabuto's famous Clock Up System, which enables Kabuto to travel at near-light speeds by slowing down time. This is shown in Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen, where Hiromu takes on Tsukasa Kadoya (Kamen Rider Decade), who Kamen Rides into Kamen Rider Kabuto.
• Hiromu, as well as Cheeda Nick, have their own personal theme: One Wish, One Day. This song was played during the end of Episode 9 and 10 of Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters.
• Hiromu's ID number (555-913-315) is coincidentally similar to the combined code numbers of Kamen Riders Faiz (555), Kaixa (913), and Psyga (315) from Kamen Rider 555.

See Also

• Ran Uzaki - the only other Cheetah-based Ranger in Super Sentai.

External links

• TV Asahi's page on Red Buster
• Hiromu Sakurada/Red Buster at the Kamen Rider Wiki
• Hiromu Sakurada/Red Buster at the Metal Heroes Wiki

References

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