 This article is about a ranger in Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger.
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Utsusemimaru (空蝉丸), nicknamed "Utchy" (ウッチー), is a Sengoku Period-era Samurai who was trapped in the sentient Raging Knight Dogold armor for 400 years. He assumes the role of Kyoryu Gold (キョウリュウゴールド Kyōryū Gōrudo)[1] with his partner, the Zyudenryu Pteragordon.
Character History
400 Years Ago
During the Sengoku Period, Utsusemimaru had served under a lord named Moshinosuke Iwaizumi, who had made the future Kyoryuger a samurai despite his background as a commoner and a ronin. When the Deboss Army attacked Japan in an undisclosed time either before or after Utsusemimaru bested Zyudenryu Pteragordon, Torin had asked Iwaisumimonosuke for Utsusemimaru's power to fend off the Deboss Army, which was granted.
During one fateful battle with the Deboss Army, Utsusemimaru saw a Debo Monster with a carp banner kidnap a child on the battlefield, to which Utsusemimaru had foiled. Undoing his transformation, he tried to stir the child, unknowing until the last second of the ingenious trap the Deboss Army had made for him, with the boy actually a Zorima in disguise about to cut him down. However, Moshinosuke Iwaizumi threw himself to take the blow meant for Utsusemimaru, grievously wounding the lord. Slaying the Zorima out of rage, a distraught Utsusemimaru watched on as Moshinosuke Iwaizumi passed away in his arms minutes later after the attack after leaving some final words. 
TV STORY-Brave 11: Utchi! How Cool
Utsusemimaru mourns the death of Jurota.
Without their lord, Moshinosuke Iwaizumi's remaining forces were later killed off by the Deboth Army, including Utsusemimaru's human partner Jurota.
With Torin captured and about to be executed by Dogold, a vengeful Utsusemimaru changed into Kyoryu Gold and saved Torin's life. However, Dogold attempts to escape into a dimensional portal and Utsusemimaru gives chase, only to be absorbed by the armor itself. TV STORY-Brave 9: Very Strong! Pteraiden-Oh.
Present Day
Utsusemimaru revealed but still under control by Dogold.
After the fateful day four centuries ago, Dogold returns, but not as Kyoryu Gold, which causes Torin to question what happened to Utsusemimaru. TV STORY-Brave 8: Where Are We? Break Through the Labyrinth After a heated battle, Kyoryu Red breaks Dogold's mask, revealing the face of Utsusemimaru. TV STORY-Brave 9: Very Strong! Pteraiden-Oh
Utsusemimaru returns and is about to transform into Kyoryu Gold for the first time in centuries.
With the quick thinking of Amy, Torin, and Ramirez, Utsusemimaru was able to escape from Dogold's armor and transforms into Kyoryu Gold, free from his centuries-old spell, and defeats the remaining Knights and the remaining Cabrima, showing the Kyoryugers why he is nicknamed the Thundering Brave (雷鳴の勇者 Raimei no Yūsha).
After the fight, the other Kyoryugers approach him and cancel their transformation, making Utsusemimaru remember his slain lord Moshinosuke Iwaizumi when he saw Daigo's face. Remembering his last words that his kindness would get him killed, Utsusemimaru had constructed a mask of cold aloofness and brushed off the Kyoryugers. TV STORY-Brave 10: Zandar! Gold Revives
Utsusemimaru still helped the the team whenever he could, though he retained his coldness. But the continuation of the cold mask eventually made him feel exceptionally guilty, and was soon discovered of this by Amy.
After the Horned Brave shared an ice cream cone with him, the samurai confessed his past and why he created a mask of coldness. TV STORY-Brave 11: Utchi! How Cool
Utsusemimaru joined the other five Kyoryugers to get to Deboss but stopped to prevent Raging Knight Dogold and Resentful Knight Endolf from stopping the rest of the team. Utsusemimaru fought the two knights for long time but was caught by Endolf. When he is seemingly about to be killed by Dogold, Endolf was slashed instead. Dogold and Utsusemimaru makes a temporary alliance and when their attacks don't work, Dogold becomes the armor of Utsusemimaru and combines their attacks and defeats Endolf. After the battle with Endolf ends, Dogold challenges Utsusemimaru to a final battle with Dogold being truly destroyed by Utsusemimaru. He then afterwards falls to the ground from being struck by Dogold. TV STORY-Brave 47: The Great Counterattack! The Greatest Final Brave He was later revived by his teammates melody. TV STORY-Brave Final: Great Explosion! Goodbye, Kyoryuger
Super Hero Taisen Z
Kyoryu Gold and Kamen Rider Beast join forces.
Kyoryu Gold appears in Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z where he teams up with Kamen Rider Beast
to fight Space Raider.
100 YEARS AFTER
ToQger vs. Kyoryuger
Utchy sporting a pacifier after Clock Shadow's essence was finally destroyed.
The Kyoryugers return to fight alongside the ToQgers in Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie. Along the way, Utchy is turned into a baby at the hands of Clock Shadow, having heard the Shadow Monster's song the longest, at the same time the five ToQgers are regressed to their childhood forms, forcing his successor Akira Nijino (ToQ 6gou) to take care of him.
Personality
While initially appearing to be cold and calm, Utsusemimaru is actually a very caring and comforting person.
Another thing about Utchy noted by both Amy and Debo Honenukky, the out-of-time samurai is quite bashful, being awkward around women. TV STORY-Brave 11: Utchi! How Cool TV STORY-Brave 33: Maximum! I Will Protect the Lady
Abilities
He has proven himself to be better at shooting than Ian, strikes harder with his kicks than Amy, has a more perfect swordsmanship than Souji, and is even physically stronger than Nobuharu, thanks to him overpowering Debo Honenukky when the other Kyoryugers could not.
He understands very little of the English language, as the only English words he can understand are "Perfect" (thanks to Amy), "King" (strangely), and the transformation words needed for the Gabrichanger.
Super Sentai Battle: Dice-O
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Kyoryu Gold as depicted in Super Sentai Battle: Dice-O.
- Profile
- Utsusemimaru/Kyoryu Gold: to be added
Forms
Kyoryu Gold
- "Gaburincho: Pteragordon!"
- ―Transformation announcement[src]
Arsenal
- Gabrichanger: Transformation device that also acts as a blaster and a mini-blade.
- MoBuckle: Zyudenchi storing belt and communicator.
- Zyudenchi #6 - Pteragordon: Main battery-like device that is the source of Utchy's powers.
- Zandar Thunder
- ToQ Ressha: Borrowed from the ToQgers to effectively fight the Shadow Line during the emergence of Creator Devius.
TV STORY-Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie
- Drill Ressha: Loaned by ToQ 6gou.
Mecha
- Zyudenryu #6: Zyudenryu Pteragordon/Kaminari Henkei Pteraiden-Oh
Kyoryu Gold Armed On
- "Mecha Mucho!"
- ―Transformation announcement[src]
Armed On (アームドオン Āmudo On) is Kyoryu Gold's extension form accessed by using a Spirit Ranger version of the Pteragordon Zyudenchi in his Gabrichanger, bypassing the usual method of inserting two Zyudenchi into the Gaburivolver (the Gabrichanger can only read one at a time). Sporting spiky gold armor across his right arm, Armed On gives Kyoryu Gold access to a stronger version of the Zandar Thunder, the Golder Zandar Thunder. TV STORY- Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger: It's Here! Armed On Midsummer Festival!!
Arsenal
- Golder Zandar Thunder
- Zyudenchi #6 - Pteragordon Spirit Ranger Gold ver.
Raging Knight Dogold
Utsusemimaru within Dogold's armor without the mask
While being possessed by the Raging Knight Dogold, Utsusemimaru is forced to wear Dogold's armor, and armed with Kenka Jōtō (喧嘩上刀 Quarrel On Blade) seven-branched sword.
During their final confrontation, Utsusuemimaru very briefly wore Dogold's armor once again in a temporary team-up against Resentful Knight Endolf. This time, however, he was not controlled but instead worked in conjunction with Dogold while wielding both his Zandar Thunder and Dogold's Kenka Jōtō, combining their techniques to destroy Endolf. TV STORY-Brave 47: The Great Counterattack! The Greatest Final Brave
Mecha
- Zyudenryu #6: Zyudenryu Pteragordon/Kaminari Henkei Pteraiden-Oh
Ranger Key
Kyoryu Gold Ranger Key
The Kyoryu Gold Ranger Key (キョウリュウゴールドレンジャーキー Kyōryū Gōrudo Renjā Kī) is a Kyoryuger Ranger Key released as part of a set of thirteen Kyoryuger Ranger Keys in Bandai Premium. It is unknown if it will appear in a future crossover. Of course as with all Ranger Keys, should it exist, it would be able to transform one, i.e. Gokai Silver, into Kyoryu Gold.
Behind the scenes
Portrayal
Utsusemimaru is portrayed by Atsushi Maruyama (丸山敦史 Māruyama Atsūshi). As Kyoryu Gold, his suit actor is Naoki Ofuji (大藤 直樹 Ōfuji Naoki).
Etymology
Utsusemimaru is the combination of utsui and omi, which mean "reality" and "subject", or "vessel", respectively, and reflects off the fact that he is a samurai from the Sengoku Period. It also can mean utsu (hollow), and semi (cicada), which means the cast off shell of a cicada, possibly hinting at the fact that he was once Dolgold's vessel, and cast him off to free his own will.
Notes
- Utsusemimaru previously had the earliest debut of a Sixth Ranger, having first appeared in the 9th episode of Kyoryuger. Usually, the Sixth Ranger debuts around episodes 17-18, or the late 20's at the latest. Kyoryu Gold takes this milestone from the Go-On Wings duo, the only other Sixth Ranger(s) who have debuted before episode 17, who first appeared in GP 16 of Engine Sentai Go-Onger.
- He also had the earliest debut of a Gold Ranger, beating Beet Buster (who first appeared in Mission 14) by five episodes.
- Utsusemimaru is the first male Sentai Ranger in a dinosaur-themed team to have a Pteranodon motif.
- He is also the first Gold Ranger to be on a dinosaur-themed Sentai.
- Utsusmimaru is the opposite of the other three dinosaur themed Sixth Rangers (Burai, Naoto, and Mikoto), in that he was a willing and pleasant ally to the other Sentai Rangers, rather than being against or antagonistic to them.
- His "death" and "revival" breaks the tradition of the dinosaur themed Sixth Rangers dying at the end of their series.
- In some ways, Torin fulfilled the condition of the dinosaur themed team having a team member die.
- His "death" and "revival" breaks the tradition of the dinosaur themed Sixth Rangers dying at the end of their series.
- While not the first gold samurai-themed Ranger production-wise, Utsusemimaru became active at the same time as a samurai Sentai team who would have a gold centuries later.
- If one viewed all the Super Sentai teams as occuring in one world, then Utsusemimaru predated Genta as a Gold samurai ranger.
- Additionally, both Genta and Utsusemiaru are normally unable to use their team's upgraded forms for one reason or another (Utsusemimaru can't Armed On because his Gabrichanger can only read one Battery at a time, Genta can't use the Inromaru because it's not compatible with his Sakanamaru) but are later able to do so under special circumstances (Genta via the Super Change Gosei Card in Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs. Shinkenger, Utsusemimaru by using a special Pteragordon Zyudenchi in the Special DVD.
- If one viewed all the Super Sentai teams as occuring in one world, then Utsusemimaru predated Genta as a Gold samurai ranger.
- Utsusemimaru is the only Sixth Ranger from a dinosaur themed Sentai series to not be evil when he first appears, as he was trapped inside Dogold and never acted on his own accord in terms of fighting against his fellow Kyoryugers.
- Utsusemimaru is similar to Tsukumaro "Shirogane" Ogami (GaoSilver) from Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger. Both are Sixth Rangers with metallic suit colors, both were members of the team's previous incarnation from ancient times, and both were trapped inside villains who used their robos, and both robos had an 'evil' face that switched to a 'good' face once freed.
- However, Utsusemimaru is different from Shirogane as Utsusemimaru is friendlier and sociable to his friends than what Shirogane would ever be.
- Also while Rouki was essentially destroyed after Tsukumaro freed himself, only appearing several times later, Dogold still stayed a main villain after Utsusemimaru freed himself.
- However, Utsusemimaru is different from Shirogane as Utsusemimaru is friendlier and sociable to his friends than what Shirogane would ever be.
- The Shinkengers were in existence around Utsusemimaru's time. Whether or not he and the Shinkengers of the past have met is not noted.
- He did demonstrate similar attitudes to the Shinkengers, initally refering to King as "Lord", due to his resemblance to his lord Iwaisumimonosuke, as well as the other Kyoryugers as Daigo's "vassals". This was the official hierarchy in Shinkenger, Shinken Red was the Lord of the Shiba Clan and the other Shinkengers were his or her vassals.
- Utsusemimaru is the only Kyoryuger that is affiliated with a classical element; in this case, lightning.
- He is also the first Sentai Ranger to be affiliated with the lightning element since Tsubasa Ozu of Magiranger.
- He is also the first Gold Ranger to be affiliated with lightning.
- Like Tsubasa, Utsusemimaru also shares his element with a major villain of his series. Tsubasa shared the lightning element with Meemy (who was the fallen Heavenly Saint once known as Raigel) and Utsusemimaru shared his element with Dogold.
- He is also the first Sentai Ranger to be affiliated with the lightning element since Tsubasa Ozu of Magiranger.
- Like Ramirez and Tessai, Utsusemimaru existed long before the current Kyoryugers were born. It is possible that if he had not been possessed by Dogold and then frozen, he would have become a Spirit Ranger like them.
- Utsusemimaru's Warring States origins foreshadows Kamen Rider Gaim
, Kyoryuger's second Super Hero Time partner, whose protagonist has a similar Warring States Era motif.
See also
- Uppy - Utsusemimaru's descendant and the third Kyoryu Violet
- Ivan (Dino Charge) - Power Rangers counterpart in Dino Charge. See comparison page.
- Koda - The first Dino Charge Power Ranger from a past, and now currently living in a present day of future years later.
References
External links
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