Jayden Shiba

Jayden Shiba is Samurai Ranger Fire, the Red Samurai Ranger in Power Rangers Samurai. He is the leader of the Samurai Rangers. As Red Ranger, he pilots the Lion Folding Zord and controls the element of fire.

Like his Zord, the lion, Jayden is a dedicated, regal leader. He is a man of few words, but when he speaks, every breath counts. He is kind and caring but knows how to be firm when the time comes. He also has a secret that he must keep from all the other Rangers. As of The Christmas special, Jayden is seen having fun and not being so serious all the time, as when he helped Kevin cover Mike in bows and paper, and hung a couple of ornaments from his ears.

Biography
Jayden first appears in "The Team Unites," where he and his fellow rangers fight Rofer. He is seen training with the other rangers and helping Mike to deal with the fact that he must separate from his friends to keep them safe from the Nighlok; he also is seen giving Mike advice on anticipating an enemy's attack and helping Mike defend himself from Rofer. In "Deal With a Nighlok," Jayden helps defeat Doubletone, but actually takes a bit of a back seat to Kevin and Mia in this episode. In "Day Off," Jayden stays at the Shiba House, wanting to master the Beetle Disc, while the other Rangers go to an amusement park. Soon after, he hesitates to use it aganist Dreadhead, doubting that he has the power to do so. He later uses the Beetle to wield the Fire Smasher's cannon mode, having trained himself to exhaustion the night before, trying to master the disc. In "Sticks and Stones," Negatron reveals that Jayden is keeping a secret from the other Rangers. In "A Fish Out of Water," Jayden gives Kevin a solo mission to go find Swordfish Zord before it disappears. Then, he and the remaining rangers try to fight Yamiror, but they are defeated by the nighlok's bad breath. Jayden tries to fight anyway and is nearly defeated until Kevin uses the Swordfish Disc to heal the Rangers and negate the Nighlok's stink power.

In "There Go the Brides," Jayden and Mia try to find the captured brides by partaking in a mock wedding. Mia and Jayden pretend to be the marrying couple twice, and Mia is taken to Dayu the second time. Dayu knows that she has captured the Pink Ranger, so she forces Mia to lure the others into a trap. The moogers bring in the real bride, who was actually Emily in disguise. She calls Jayden and tells him the real hideout. The Red, Blue, and Green Rangers created doubles of themselves (and a double for the Yellow Ranger) to the warehouse. The rangers soon surround Dayu and she is nearly defeated by Jayden's Fire Smasher in cannon mode, only to be saved by Deker, who takes Dayu away in the middle of their battle and summons Giant Moogers to keep the Rangers busy. In "I've Got a Spell on Blue," it starts with Jayden and Kevin in Ranger Form, sparring against each other. While the others praise Kevin, Ji initially thinks it is for Jayden. When Madimot invades the human world, he reveals that he took control of the Tiger Zord in the last battle with the team lead by Jayden's father. He soon tries to take control of Mike, but Kevin's mind is taken over instead when he pushes Mike out of the way, and is forced to fight the other Rangers. Jayden uses the resist symbol to prevent Madimot from taking over him, too. After Madimot escapes, he soon reappears with Kevin and threatens to make Kevin strike himself down if Jayden doesn't fight him. Jayden uses the resist symbol power to free Kevin from Madimot's mind control. He then uses the same symbol on the Tiger Zord, returning the zord to the rangers and giving Jayden a new zord in his arsenal.

In "Test of the Leader," part of Jayden's secret is revealed: his father sealed Master Xandred away, but not permanently because he wasn't strong enough and didn't master the symbol. Jayden is the same way so far. After a battle with Robtish in which Kevin and Emily are critically wounded, and Deker soon appearing, knocking Mike and Mia out of the way, Jayden runs away deciding to fight the Nighlok on his own as to not let the others get hurt. In "Jayden's Challenge," Jayden is seen remembering how the others got hurt as he walks by a park. Seeing a young boy crying, he approaches him. It's revealed that the boy misses his father, something Jayden sympathizes with (it's still debatable whether or not Jayden's dad just simply retired from active duty or died fighting Master Xandred after sealing him). As Jayden creates paper planes for the kids to play with, seeing a future he hopes for with no nighlok, Robtish returns and Jayden tries to fight him and his moogers. Soon the other rangers find Jayden and help him defeat Rotish. Afterwards, Jayden realizes the importance of teamwork and soon returns to the Shiba house with the other rangers.

Samurai Ranger Fire, the Red Samurai Ranger
As the Red Ranger, Jayden has access to multiple modes.

Trivia

 * The symbol on his helmet (火) is the kanji character for "fire".Jayden Red ranger.jpg
 * Early scripts listed his name as "Reese." Instead, in the end that name was given to a minor character in The Team Unites.
 * Unlike his Sentai counterpart, he was more willing to accept the help of the other rangers.
 * In Sticks and Stones it's implied that Jayden has a secret he's keeping from the others. In Test of the Leader, the secret is revealed to be that Jayden's father sealed Master Xandred in the Netherworld, but not permanently, and that Jayden is the only one able to use the same Sealing Character. However a brief conversation at the end of Jayden's Challenge seems to indicate it may not be the only secret. It's not yet known if it's the same as his Sentai counterpart's.
 * Jayden shares the last name Shiba with his Sentai counterpart.
 * Jayden is the second Red Ranger whose father was a Red Ranger before him, the first was Sky Tate of S.P.D., though he was a Blue Ranger before becoming Red.
 * Jayden is the second Red Ranger with a loner complex, after Andros.
 * Ji revealed in Origins that Jayden is the 18th leader of the Samurai Power Rangers, just like his Sentai counterpart is the 18th head of the Shiba house, until the reveal of the real 18th Shiba head.
 * Jayden's Shogun Battlizer Mode was part of the first few waves of toys for Samurai. The package had an image of the actual suit. It will appear in Super Samurai, as seen in the commercial shown at the UK Toy Fair 2012.
 * Including his Mega Modes, Jayden has more Ranger forms then any other Power Ranger in existence, even more than Tommy.
 * However, while Tommy was five different Rangers across his career, Jayden's various forms are all different versions of his primary Ranger form, the Red Samurai Ranger.
 * He is the first Power ranger to share his surname with his sentai counterpart.
 * It is revealed in Something Fishy that Jayden is afraid of spiders.