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

Ryunosuke Ikenami
Name:	Ryunosuke Ikenami
Gender:	Male
Sentai Show:	Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
Color:	Blue
Homeworld:	Earth
First Appearance:	Act 1: The Gallant Appearance of the Five Samurai
Last Full Appearance:	Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs. Shinkenger: Epic on Ginmaku
Number of Episode Appearances:	54 Full list of appearances
Actor:	Hiroki Aiba

"Shinken Blue!~Ryunosuke Ikenami!"
"The Same! Blue! Ryunosuke Ikenami!"
"Super Shinken Blue! Going Forth!"

Ryunosuke Ikenami (池波 流ノ介, Ikenami Ryūnosuke) is Shinken Blue of the Shinkengers. He is a very devoted young man who dreamt of becoming a kabuki actor instead of a vassal for the Shiba House like his ancestors before him.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Shinkenger 1.2 Gokaiger 1.3 Super Hero Taisen 1.4 Super Hero Taisen Z 2 Video Game appearances 2.1 Super Sentai Battle: Ranger Cross 3 Shinken Blue 4 Ranger Key 5 Behind the scenes 5.1 Portrayal 5.2 Notes 6 See Also

Biography

Shinkenger

Though a loner, he is completely dedicated to his role as Takeru's vassal even scheduling out his day with intense training. Should he make a mistake in front of his lord, Ryunosuke will discipline himself severely; he once stood under a public fountain for doubting Takeru. Proving he had great knowledge of the Origami even before learning how to properly use them (including creating a combination prior to learning the proper formation of Shinken-Oh from Takeru), Ryunosuke became the engineer behind many of the Samurai Combinations, figuring out how to combine the Origami into Tenkuu Shinken-oh and later into Samurai-Haoh. Out of all of the vassals, he is most at odds with Genta, who he once called a "wannabe" samurai. Out of all the vassals, Ryunosuke is probably the closest in terms of skill to Takeru, arguably equal to him sometimes. As such, Ryunosuke is typically the one to lead the other vassals in Takeru's absence. He also praises Chiaki well noting his ability to improvise in case pure skill isn't enough to win. This, combined with Ryunosuke's skill, allows both of them to work well in tandem. His swordsmanship skill is at least equal to Takeru's, to the point of delivering the final blow to kill Dokoku Chimatsuri's first life with the disk of Kaoru Shiba's Mojikara.

Gokaiger

Months after wiping out the last of the Gedoushu, Ryunosuke fought alongside not only his own team, but every single Sentai ranger in existance, against the Empire of Zangyack when it attacked the Earth in the Great Legend War. After fighting against hundreds of Gormin and their Zgormin commanders. Akarenger noticed the fleet moving towards them, he gathered all the Rangers together and gave them the order to sacrifice their powers to wipe out the first invasion's armada.

After the defeat of Ackdos Gill, Captain Marvelous returned all the Ranger Keys to the former Sentai heroes. It is assumed Ryunosuke and his teammates received their keys allowing for them to utilize their powers once again.

Super Hero Taisen

Ryunosuke, alongside his team (Shinken Gold and Princess Shinken Red were absent), among the majority of the Super Sentai heroes, was caught up in the "Super Hero Taisen" incident which eventually resulted in the Super Sentai teams and Kamen Riders joining forces to defeat both Dai-Zangyack and Dai-Shocker. Ironically, the Shinkengers were acquainted with the Great Leader of Dai-Shocker, Tsukasa Kadoya, also known as Kamen Rider Decade, having encountered him before when he visited their world. Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen

Super Hero Taisen Z

to be added Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z

Video Game appearances

Super Sentai Battle: Ranger Cross

Shinken Blue appears with his team in Super Sentai Battle: Ranger Cross.

Shinken Blue

Ranger Key

The Shinken Blue Ranger Key (シンケンブルーレンジャーキー, Shinken Burū Renjā Kī^?) is Ryunosuke Ikenami's personal Ranger Key and what became of his powers after he along with the rest of the 34 Super Sentai sacrificed their powers to end the Great Legend War.

This key along with the majority of the Ranger Keys were collected by the Red Pirates and later used by the Gokaigers. The Shinken Blue Ranger Key was mainly used by Joe Gibken (Gokai Blue), who used it to fight as Shinken Blue.

• When the Gokaigers became the Shinkengers in their fight with Action Commander Shikabanen and his Zangyack force. Ep. 1: The Space Pirates Appear
• When the Gokaigers became the Shinkengers in their fight with Deratsueigar of the Imperial Guard. Ep. 12: The Guaranteed Showy Samurai
• When the Gokaigers became the Shinkengers to take down Action Commander Osogain's Zugormin. Ep. 18: The Big Abare with the Dinosaur Robot Drill
• As part of an all-blue Gokai Change which served as a demonstration to Ninjaman of the Gokaigers' powers. Ep. 45: The Confused Ninja

The Shinken Blue key is one of the five water-element Blue Ranger Keys that are used by Gokai Blue for his Five-Blade Style Blue Slash Final Wave attack, which was used once against Action Commander Zodomas. This attack involved summoning manifestations of the five Rangers to attack the target, with Shinken Blue being the second to go. Ep. 4: What are Friends For?

After Zangyack were finally defeated, the Gokaigers gave the Ranger Keys back to their rightful owners. It is presumed that Ryunosuke received his key and became Shinken Blue once more.

Behind the scenes

Portrayal

Ryunosuke Ikenami is portrayed by Hiroki Aiba (相葉 弘樹, Aiba Hiroki^?). As Shinken Blue, his suit actor was Yoshifumi Oshikawa (押川 善文, Oshikawa Yoshifumi^?), his sub was Riichi Seike (清家 利一, Seike Riichi^?).

Notes

• Unlike his Samurai counterpart Kevin, they had different dreams.
• Ryunosuke is one of the few non-red warriors to deal the final blow to the main villian of a series, without using a team attack or team cannon.
• He is the only male Shinkenger who has never used the Kyoryu Disk to become a Hyper Shinkenger.

See Also

• Kevin - Power Rangers counterpart in Power Rangers Samurai. See comparison page.
• Kevin - Power Rangers counterpart in Power Rangers Super Samurai. See comparison page.

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