Ryuji Iwasaki


 * For his V-Cinema alternate see Ryuji Iwasaki (V-Cinema)

"Blue Buster!"

- Blue Buster's roll call

Ryuji Iwasaki (岩崎 リュウジ) is Blue Buster (ブルーバスター) of the Go-Busters. He is a warrior with excellent fighting technique, as well as the oldest of the team. His partner Buddy Roid is Gorisaki Banana.

His Buster Power is super strength. However, this has a dangerous trade-off. When Ryuji uses his power too much he starts to overheat and has to take time to cool down. If he completely overheats, his personality changes to a very violent person, and might do some lasting damage before shutting down.

Biography
Ryuji is the eldest of the 3 Busters and the most level headed of the three. He is 28 years old. He's the only one, of the main 3 to not have a family member appear in the series. Though, out of all 5 only, himself, and Jin, don't have any family members appear, only friends.

The three Go-Busters make their first appearance in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Uchuu Keiji Gavan: The Movie where they take on their predecessors' nemesis, Basco ta Jolokia.



Super Hero Taisen
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Super Hero Taisen Z
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Powers and Abilities

 * Super Strength:
 * His muscle is so strong that he can create a mini earthquake by hitting the ground.


 * Inorganic Duplication:
 * By combining with Gorisaki Banana in Powered Custom mode, he can temporarily create any object out of the material he duplicated from the touched surface.

Weaknesses

 * Overheating:
 * When fighting too much or being exposed to the heat source too long, he will be hyperthermia and out of control, and will attack anyone in sight, enemy or ally, before collapsing in on himself.

Personality
Cool-headed and reasonable, Ryuji is always one to keep his head in the game while his younger comrades bicker amongst themselves. While he knows he's the oldest of the group and acknowledges this, he hates it when anyone other than him mentions this and reminds him of his age.

While he is normally level headed, if Ryuji overheats completely because of the use of his super strength he becomes sadistic and irritable and will lash out at anything he finds annoying.

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

Super Sentai Battle: Dice-O

 * Profile
 * Ryuji Iwasaki/Blue Buster: to be added
 * Ryuji Iwasaki/Blue Buster Powered Custom: to be added

Energy Management Center profile

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

Ryuji Iwasaki
 * ID: 222-458-804
 * Code Name: Blue Buster
 * Blood type: O
 * Age: 28

Ranger Key
The Blue Buster Ranger Key (ブルーバスターレンジャーキー) 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 Blue, into Blue Buster.

Imitations

 * A copy of Blue Buster was created by Filmloid as part of a fake Go-Buster trio.
 * Two Buglars were given the appearance of Blue Buster by Sprayloid 2.

Portrayal
Ryuji Iwasaki is portrayed by Ryouma Baba (馬場 良馬). As a teenager, he is portrayed by Koudai Matsuoka (松岡 広大). Ryuji was briefly portrayed by Syo Jinnai (陳内 将) in Mission 28: Beware of Chickens, when Sprayloid 2 caused his appearance to change into that of Enter, though Ryouma Baba still provided Ryuji's voice.

As Blue Buster, his suit actor is Yasuhiro Takeuchi (竹内 康博), whose previous role was Gokai Green in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. Other recent roles are Gosei Red, Shinken Green, and Go-On Green.

Behind the scenes

 * He is both the second gorilla-themed hero as well as the second Blue to be a gorilla, after Gouki of Seijuu Sentai Gingaman.
 * Ryuji was the oldest active Sentai Ranger, until his successor arrived, 3 years older than him.
 * Of the core 3 Go-Busters, Ryuji is the only one whose Super Power does not manifest in his legs.
 * Ryuji's super-strength is similar to that of Dai of the Flashmen; his power was gained through training on the Green Star of the Flash System.

Dub Names

 * In the Korean dub of Go-Busters entitled Power Rangers Go-Busters, which aired in South Korea, Ryuji is renamed Ryu, while he keeps his ranger name. He has the same Korean name as Souta.

TV Asahi

 * TV Asahi's page on Blue Buster

Interwiki

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Dice-O

 * Blue Buster at the Super Sentai Battle: Dice-O official website
 * Blue Buster Powered Custom at the Super Sentai Battle: Dice-O official website
 * Blue Buster at the Dice-O Wiki
 * Blue Buster Powered Custom at the Dice-O Wiki