Koda

Koda is a caveman and a neanderthal who became the Dino Charge Blue Ranger, the second member of the Dino Charge Rangers. He is also referred to as Blue Ranger and, in roll calls, as Stegosaurus Power Ranger Blue.

Being a caveman from out of his time who had found the Blue Energem, he outlived everyone from his time due to the fact that bonding with the Energem essentially granted him biological immortality.

Character History
One hundred thousand years ago, Koda lived in jungle caves with his fellow Neanderthals, such as his younger brother Taku. According to him, his mother gave birth to him while on a mammoth hunt, as she could not make it back to their cave in time. Sometimes during his younger year, his grandfather use to encounter and imprisoned a monster named Leisure to make sure she will never turned anyone into a lazy summer party loving slackers, and soon tells the younger Koda and the rest of their people not to go near Leisure’s prisoned cave from ended up releasing her ever. The first to find an Energem, Koda achieved resistance to aging, enabling him to still live in the present time, outliving his family. Today, his caveman ways make him a fish-out-of-water ever since after he sacrificed himself saving his younger brother from a saber-tooth tiger, causing him to fall into an ice-filled ocean, freezing him for 100,000 years.

He was later discovered by Kendall Morgan and Chase Randall in an ice glacier, defrosting him using the Dino Blaze Charger, seeing him alive as the Energem preserved him all of those years. He currently works for the Amber Beach Dinosaur Museum as one of Kendall's assistants.

Personality
He eats with his fingers, doesn't like to wear shoes (though he'll usually wear sandals when he's outside of the base), and sees no benefit in combing his hair. He isn't the smartest Ranger, but he's got a heart of gold, is fiercely loyal, and is as strong as an ox. His survival instincts are sharper than any other Ranger. At first, he was afraid of a lot of modern technology that he was unfamiliar with, including the Dino Cycles. He later overcame some of this fear and began learning to ride a tricycle, as well as overcame his trauma from being iced again.

Power Rangers Legacy Wars
The Dino Charge Blue Ranger is among the Rangers who feature in Power Rangers Legacy Wars.

Portrayal

 * He is portrayed by Yoshi Sudarso, who would later go on to portray Joe Shih, Time Force Silver, in Power Rangers Hyper Force.

Behind the Scenes

 * Koda is the first neanderthal to morph into a Power Ranger.
 * As a caveman from 100,000 years ago, Koda is the oldest Ranger in the entire franchise, beating out Merrick Baliton from Power Rangers Wild Force.
 * His favorite food is the Bronto Burger served at the Dino Bite Cafe.
 * Ironically, Koda's character of being a caveman who likes burgers appears to be based on Fred Flintsone, one of the main characters from Cartoon Network's caveman-themed cartoon series, The Flintstones.
 * In one episode, Koda also appears to enjoy worms as a snack.
 * Out of all the male Rangers in the Neo Saban Era, Koda has the longest hair.
 * Orion has hair similar to Koda in his debut episode Silver Lining but it later gets trimmed down.
 * Like some other Rangers in the Dino Charge team, Koda has his own spin on the morph. He pauses after the first word. "It's, morphin time!"
 * He is the first Blue Ranger on a dinosaur-themed team to not have a triceratops motif.
 * Koda is the second power ranger to wear open-toed shoes. The first one was Cole Evans until he changed clothes in episode 2 of Power Rangers Wild Force.
 * Koda is the first Ranger who is in the process of learning English and does not have it as his first language. As such, he usually speaks English in a very simplistic diction, similar to Cookie Monster from Sesame Street.
 * Though not mentioned, it is entirely possible that Koda is a member of early Paleo American peoples that crossed the Bering Strait from Asia several thousand years ago. His name Koda is derived from the language of Lakota natives. It has several meanings such as ally, little bear or friend.
 * Yoshi Sudarso clarified in an interview with Asians on Film that Koda was indeed frozen by the Energem for 100,000 years. It was later confirmed in the episode Breaking Black.
 * He is a playable character in Power Rangers Legacy Wars.

Crossovers/Team-Ups

 * Koda would later return, along with some other veteran rangers to team up with the Ninja Steel Rangers.
 * Koda (who’s played by Yoshi Sudarso), will be teaming up with Preston Tien (who’s actor happens to be the real life brother of Yoshi, Peter Sudarso).