Tsurugi Ohtori

Tsurugi Ohtori (鳳 ツルギ) is a mysterious immortal warrior, an astronaut and a head scientist of a now abandoned Tsurugi Ohtori Science Laboratory who became the first President of the Space Federation (宇宙連邦大統領). He fought alongside Orion to free space from Jark Matter as Houou Soldier (ホウオウソルジャー), whom has slept inside the Argo for about 300 years.

Born on October 31st of an unidentified year, Tsurugi's true age is unknown, estimated at least 130 years.

Past
He is the first human who had an adventure in outer space, in the same time he found a Houou Kyutama and becoming a head scientist of Tsurugi Ohtori Science Laboratory. He has left behind so many legends that are unwriteable, such as his now abandoned Science Lab. Tsurugi was partly responsible in the construction of Raptor 283, as she was based by his original android designs.

Due to obtaining the Houou Kyutama, he attained immortality. Using his newfound power, peerless leadership and charisma, he united the regions within the universe to ensure peace and eliminate all wars. However, Jark Matter and Don Armage was created to disrupt the peace he had created. At some point in the past, he has clashed against Tecchu and Akyanba, whose look was different to nowadays. Tsurugi then gathered warriors from the 88 constellation systems, making him the leader of the first Kyuranger team. Orion was one of the members of the team.

However, most of his comrades, including Quervo of the Corvus system, had fallen and as a last resort, Tsurugi converted his immortality into power to strike down Don Armage. This act left him incapacitated but Don Armage was somewhat alive. To keep Tsurugi alive and ensure that a chance to settle things with Don Armage will arrive, Orion sealed him in the Argo and splits the Argo Kyutama needed to summon it into the Ho, Ryukotsu and Tomo Kyutama. Tsurugi's achievements and records were erased by the current Jark Matter and Don Armage, and even a Vice-Shogun like Tecchu has no memories about him, though his name is still in their blacklist and Don Armage was after him for revenge, which was Jark Matter's reasons of conquering Earth.

Modern
After 300 years, he is found in the Argo, and later awakened from his slumber by Lucky, Stinger, Champ and Kotaro Sakuma. He attacked them in confusion until the team transforms, with Tsurugi recognize their status as Kyurangers. As they ask him how to use the Argo, he explains that the Argo was merely a vessel and that he was the key to defeating Jark Matter. He transforms into Houou Soldier for the first time after 3 centuries and easily destroys an entire fleet of Jark Matter's invasion ships, much to the main Kyuranger team's amazement. He left on his own after dealing with the fleet, revealing that he had the Hercules Kyutama.

He visits the current Kyuranger team from the ORION, though he have to draw their attention to let him in. Kotaro Sakuma was skeptical as he did not heard of Tsurugi before. Much to Tsurugi's dismay, nobody knows him back in Earth. He then theorized that Jark Matter was the one who erased his records from history.

Seeking the Kyutama of the Tokei System, the Kyurangers came to the planet Toki and turned the 12 keys needed to unlock it within 30 minutes. Approaching key XII, Tsurugi was engaged by an illusion of Quervo whom he soundly defeated as Houou Soldier.

Personality
Possessing a huge level of pride in himself, Tsurugi regards himself as "the legendary savior", claiming all of his feats to be part of his so-called "legend". He also has a habit of saying "My Word" (なんてこと) as well as using "Ore-sama" (俺様) as his first person pronoun. Despite his arrogant personality, he was quite intelligent and was able to take in details quickly. He tends to identify the individual Kyurangers based by their professions instead of their names.

Tsurugi held a deep resentment towards Jark Matter and Don Armage, as they were the ones who wounded him and killed some of his comrades. He was even willing to dedicate his life to destroy Jark Matter. He had a kind heart, as he fixes Raptor in certain situations.

However, later, it is revealed his disapproval of the Kyuurangers fighting stems from the fact that his friend Quervo died acting as his living shield, and as a way to honor Quervo, he decided to stop using anyone else as shield, as he believed when people fights with him, they will also become a shield to him.

Super Sentai Legend Wars
Houou Soldier appears with her team among all Sentai in the mobile game Super Sentai Legend Wars.

Powers and Abilites

 * Immortality
 * Due to obtaining the Houou Kyutama, Tsurugi attained eternal life, living long enough to unite the universe. This immortality however, was tossed aside 300 years before, converted into raw power in a failed attempt to finally defeat Don Armage.


 * Teleportation
 * He is able to teleport himself from any place to another by using the Milky Way (天の川) attack or the Supernova (超新星) attack from his Houou Blade and Shield.

Houou Soldier
"Houou Kyutama! Come on the Change!"

- Transformation announcement via Houou Blade

Arsenal
 * Kyutama
 * Houou Kyutama
 * Kyu Buckle
 * Transformation Rotating Sword Houou Blade & Houou Shield
 * Houou Blade
 * Houou Shield

Mecha
 * Houou Voyager
 * Houou Station
 * Houou Base

Attacks
 * Milky Way (天の川): Houou Soldier creates gold dust from the Houou Shield that allows him to retreat from an enemy.
 * Supernova (超新星): Houou Soldier creates a shining light that blinds his opponent which allows him to retreat.
 * Phoenix End (フェニックスエンド): Houou Soldier performs a powerful flame slash attack with the Houou Blade.
 * All-Star Crash (オールスタークラッシュ): Houou Soldier performs a powerful flame slash attack with the Houou Blade alongside his fellow Kyurangers.
 * Ultimate All-Star Crash (アルティメットオールスタークラッシュ): An upgraded version of this finisher with the all 12 Kyurangers.
 * Double-Star Impact (ダブルスタースインパクト): Houou Soldier performs a flame slash attack with the Houou Blade alongside a Kyuranger with a Kyu the Weapon.

Appearances: Kyuranger Episodes 21, 22, The Ghess Indavers Counterattack, Kyuranger 23, 24, Transformation Lessons (Special), Kyuranger 25-27, 28 (Past), 29-35, 37, 38, 40 (offscreen), 41-43

Behind the Scenes

 * Of the 88 modern constellations, he represents, "The Phoenix".

Etymology
His name - Ohtori Tsurugi - literally means Phoenix Sword in Japanese. This is a reference on his main weapon, Houou Blade.

Portrayal

 * Tsurugi Ohtori is portrayed by Keisuke Minami (南 圭介). He previously appeared as Seiji Ogawa in episode 6 of Engine Sentai Go-Onger. As Houou Soldier, his suit actor is Yohei Fujita (藤田 洋平).