Juken Sentai Gekiranger

Juken Sentai Gekiranger (獣拳戦隊ゲキレンジャー) is Toei Company Limited's 31st entry into the Super Sentai franchise. Its theme is that of Kung-Fu with a wild cat motif. Production began on September 29, 2006 with principal photography beginning on October 6, 2006. It premiered on February 18, 2007. Its footage was used for Power Rangers Jungle Fury.

Plot
"Sensing one's beast heart... A kenpou for obtaining beast power... Beast Fist! Beast Fist is split into two opposing schools. One, a Beast Fist of Justice! Fierce Qi Beast Fist Beast Arts! The Other, an evil Beast Fist! Confrontation Beast Fist Aku Gata! Martial artists destined to fight must survive daily for the top. They learn... They change..."

- Narrator

"Sensing one's beast heart... A kenpou for obtaining beast power... Beast Fist! Beast Fist used to be split into two opposing schools. One, a Beast Fist of Justice! Fierce Qi Beast Fist Beast Arts! The Other, an evil Beast Fist! Confrontation Beast Fist Aku Gata! The two schools have returned to being one. The last battle now begins."

- Narrator (last episode)

Four thousand years ago, in China, a form of Kenpo martial arts was developed by ten humans and would become known as the Beast-Fist style. Beast-Fist is a martial art in which one mimics the abilities of animals as well as means of reaching spiritual peace. However, dissent grew among its creators. Three believed that they should use the suffering and hatred harnessed within humans to increase their power, uses their power to assume their monstrous forms, the Three Fist Demons. The other seven believed that the strength should come from within and were forced to fight their former friends, ending the fight with a forbidden technique to seal the Fist Demons' powers at the cost of losing their own human forms in the process, becoming the Fist Sages. Followers of the Fist Sages created the Fierce Beast-Fist Beast Arts school: the Beast-Fist of justice whose sport discipline enhances the human body with the self-produced positive Qi called Fierce Ki. It is taught by Grand Master Sha-Fu, one of the seven Fist Sages, using a sporting goods company named "SCRTC" as a front. The followers of the Three Fist Demons practice the evil form of the Beast-Fist style known as Confrontation Beast-Fist Akugata.

By present time, a fallen student from the Fierce Beast-Fist school named Rio leads the Confrontation Beast Fist-style and rebuilds the Confrontation Beast Hall with intention of world domination. Bringing other Confrontation Beast-Fist users back from the dead as kyonshi, he collects Confrontation Ki, Fierce Ki's polar opposite, to revive the Three Fist Demons so that through their teachings, he can become stronger. To fight the new Confrontation Beast Hall, the Fist Sage Sha-Fu had been training two youths: Ran Uzaki and Retsu Fukami. Along with Jan Kandou, a feral boy raised by tigers, the Gekiranger team is formed to save the world from Rio's ambitions.

Gekirangers

 * Main article: Gekirangers



Other Heroes

 * Main article: RinJyuKen Warriors



Fist Sages

 * Master Elehung Kam Po (10-49)
 * Master Bat Li (13-49)
 * Master Sharkie Chan (17-49)
 * Master Triangle (19-49):
 * Master Gorrie Yen
 * Master Michelle Peng
 * Master Pyon Biao
 * Master Sha-Fu

SCRTC

 * Miki Masaki
 * Beast-Fist Trainer Robo Tough
 * Fierce Beast Fly-Fist Bae
 * Dan/Suugu (18 & 38-45)
 * Kentaro Hisatsu (28)
 * Sachiko Hisatsu (28, 30 & 49)
 * Bruce E (32 & 34)

Other Allies

 * Natsume Masaki
 * Hong Kong Interpol Officer Lao Fan (movie)
 * All Super Sentai
 * GoGo Sentai Boukenger
 * Engine Sentai Go-Onger

Confrontation Beast-Fist Akugata
''"Hatred is power givingly born. Sky Fist Demon, Confrontation Beast Hawk-Fist's Kata!" "Envy is power bestowed. Sea Fist Demon, Confrontation Beast Jelly-Fist's Rageku!" "Rage is the power to dominate. Land Fist Demon, Confrontation Beast Bear-Fist's Maku!"''
 * Fist Demons (1, 10-35 & 49)
 * Sky Fist Demon Kata (1, 11-34 & 49)
 * Sea Fist Demon Rageku(1, 15-35 & 49)
 * Land Fist Demon Maku (1, 22-35 & 49)


 * (Fury) Confrontation Machine Soldiers (19-21 & 26)
 * Butoka
 * Wagataku


 * Rinshis (1-36 & 47)
 * Beast-Men
 * Makirika (1 & 2)
 * Gyuuya (3)
 * Five Venom Fists (3-9)
 * Kademu
 * Moriya
 * Sorisa
 * Maga
 * Braco
 * Muzankose (10 & 11)
 * Nagiu (12)
 * Eruka (19)
 * Tabu (22)
 * Marashiya (23)
 * Niwa (28)
 * Baka (Gekiranger vs. Boukenger)
 * Meka (Go-Onger vs. Gekiranger)
 * Living Beast-Men
 * Flying Fists (13-15)
 * Rasuka
 * Rutsu
 * Dokariya (17 & 18)
 * Hihi (24 & 25)
 * Pououte (27)
 * Chouda (29 & 30)
 * Tsuneki (31)
 * Mukoua (33)

Arsenal

 * Fist Demon Bracelet

Genjuken

 * Infernal Dragon (46 & 48)
 * Long (23-49)
 * Sanyo (36-48)

Twin Phantoms

 * Sanyo's Twin Phantoms (37-45)
 * Shiyuu (37 & 38)
 * Gouyu (37 & 45)


 * Mele's Twin Phantoms (39-46)
 * Haku (39)
 * Hiso (39 & 46)


 * Long's Twin Phantoms (41 & 42)
 * Dorou
 * Sojo


 * Suugu's Twin Phantoms (43 & 44)
 * Shuen (43)
 * Kou (43 & 44)

Mechung Fu

 * Hong Kong Media King Yang(played by 'Masashi Ishibashi) (Movie)
 * Yang's Secretary Miranda(played by Yinling of Joytoy) (Movie)
 * Machine-Men

Mecha

 * Mechan'non (Movie)

Space Kenpo

 * Pacha Kamaq 12th (Gekiranger vs. Boukenger)

Songs
Beginning with Lesson 39 and ending with Lesson 45, the Character Songs replaced the Jūken Academy segments and "Tao" as the ending theme. The Juken Sentai Gekiranger Character Song Album was released on December 19, 2007, and includes the following songs and karaoke versions of each song.
 * Opening theme
 * "Juken Sentai Gekiranger" (獣拳戦隊ゲキレンジャー)
 * Lyrics: Neko Oikawa
 * Composition: Takafumi Iwasaki
 * Arrangement: Seiichi Kyōda
 * Artist: Takayoshi Tanimoto with Young Fresh on chorus
 * Ending theme
 * "Tao" (道（タオ）)
 * Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
 * Composition: Katsuki Maeda (前田 克樹)
 * Arrangement: Kazunori Miyake (三宅 一徳)
 * Artist: Ichirou Mizuki with Young Fresh (Chorus)
 * Insert theme
 * "Just feel it 〜For Tomorrow〜" (Just feel it 〜明日のために〜)
 * Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
 * Composition: Katsuki Maeda
 * Arrangement: Kazunori Miyake
 * Artist: Sister MAYO
 * Inserted in episode 08
 * "Burn GekiJuken" (燃えよ激獣拳)
 * Lyrics: Fujibayashi Seiko
 * Composition & Arrangement: Miyake Kazunori (三宅一徳)
 * Artist: Takayuki Miyauchi
 * Inserted into episodes 06, 41
 * "High Up to the Sky" (高みの空へ)
 * Lyrics, Composition, Arrangement & Artist: Tanimoto Takayoshi
 * Inserted into episodes 11, 14, 18
 * "1-2-3-4 Geki Seigi!"
 * Lyrics: Fujibayashi Seiko
 * Composition & Arrangement: Iwasaki Takafumi (岩崎貴文)
 * Artist: Ken Narita
 * Inserted in episode 31
 * "Kageki!" (過激気!)
 * Lyrics: Oikawa Neko
 * Composition: Iwasaki Takafumi
 * Arrangement: Kyoda Seiichi (京田誠一)
 * Artist: MIQ
 * Inserted into episodes 21, 35
 * "My Way!! GekiViolet" (俺流!! ゲキバイオレット)
 * Lyrics: Kuwahara Nagae
 * Composition: Hideaki Takatori (高取ヒデアキ)
 * Arrangement: Akira Hiroshi (籠島裕昌)
 * Artist: Shinichi Ishihara
 * Inserted in episode 25
 * "Osu! GekiChopper" (押忍! ゲキチョッパー!)
 * Lyrics: Fujibayashi Seiko
 * Composition & Arrangement: Den Youru (伝ヨール)
 * Artist: Ichirou Mizuki with Young Fresh (Chorus)
 * Inserted in episode 43
 * "Oath" (誓い)
 * Lyrics: Arakawa Toshihisa
 * Composition & Arrangement: Chuumei Watanabe (渡辺宙明)
 * Artist: Ichiro Mizuki
 * Inserted into episodes 44, 45
 * "Burning up! 〜 Inheriting a Passion〜" (Burning up! 〜情熱を受け継いで〜)
 * Lyrics, Composition & Arrangement: Tanimoto Takayoshi
 * Artist: Ichirou Mizuki with Tanimoto Takayoshi
 * Inserted in episode 47
 * Character songs
 * "Susume no Susume" (進めのススメ) performed by Jan Kandou (GekiRed)/Hiroki Suzuki (漢堂 ジャン（ゲキレッド）／鈴木 裕樹)
 * "Run" performed by Ran Uzaki (GekiYellow)/Mina Fukui (宇崎 ラン（ゲキイエロー）／福井 未菜)
 * "Just make it out!" performed by Retu Fukami (GekiBlue)/Manpei Takagi (深見 レツ（ゲキブルー）／高木 万平)
 * "Wandering Wolf" performed by Gou Fukami (GekiViolet)/Riki Miura (深見 ゴウ（ゲキバイオレット）／三浦 力)
 * "Sōiu Koto mo, Aru Daro yo" (そういうコトも　あるだろよ) performed by Ken Hisatsu (GekiChopper)/Sotaro (久津 ケン（ゲキチョッパー）／聡太郎)
 * "Chigireta Hane" (ちぎれた羽根) performed by Mere/Yuka Hirata (メレ／平田 裕香 Mere/Hirata Yuka)
 * "Kuroki Kodō ~Yuruginai Omoi~" (黒き鼓動～揺るぎない想い～) performed by Rio/Hirofumi Araki (理央／荒木 宏文 Rio/Araki Hirofumi)

Cast

 * Jan Kandou: Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 裕樹)
 * Jan Kandou (Young; 15, 46, & 47): Arashi Fukasawa (深澤 嵐)
 * Ran Uzaki: Mina Fukui (福井 未菜)
 * Retsu Fukami: Manpei Takagi (高木 万平)
 * Gou Fukami: Riki Miura (三浦 力)
 * Ken Hisatsu: Sotaro (聡太郎)
 * Rio: Hirofumi Araki (荒木 宏文)
 * Rio (Young; 1, 12, 46 & 47), Jan's Hong Kong Student (49): Shogo Ehara (江原 省吾)
 * Mele: Yuka Hirata (平田 裕香)
 * Long: Naoki Kawano (川野 直輝)
 * Miki Masaki: Kazue Itoh (伊藤 かずえ)
 * Natsume Masaki: Sakina Kuwae (桑江 咲菜)
 * Kentaro Hisatsu: Taro Ishida (石田 太郎)
 * Sachiko Hisatsu: Juri Ihata (井端 珠里)
 * Dan: Kenji Ohba (大葉 健二)

Voice actors

 * Master Xia Fu: Ichirō Nagai (永井 一郎)
 * Elehung Kam Po: Yū Mizushima (水島 裕)
 * Bat Li: Shūichi Ikeda (池田 秀一)
 * Sharkie Chan: Hiroya Ishimaru (石丸 博也)
 * Gorrie Yen: Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (大友 龍三郎)
 * Michelle Peng: Atsuko Tanaka (田中 敦子)
 * Pyon Biao: Takeshi Kusao (草尾 毅)
 * Bae: Akira Ishida (石田 彰)
 * Kata: Rokurō Naya (納谷 六朗)
 * Rageku: Naoko Kouda (幸田 直子)
 * Maku: Hidekatsu Shibata (柴田 秀勝)
 * Sanyo: Hideyuki Umezu (梅津 秀行)
 * Narration: Kei Grant (ケイ・グラント)
 * Rin Jū Hippopotamus-Ken Bākā: Yuji Kishi (岸祐二) (Juken Sentai Gekiranger vs. Boukenger)

Suit actors

 * GekiRed: Hirofumi Fukuzawa (福沢 博文)
 * GekiYellow: Sanae Hitomi (人見 早苗)
 * GekiBlue, Long (armored form): Yasuhiro Takeuchi (竹内 康博)
 * GekiViolet: Riichi Seike (清家 利一)
 * GekiChopper: Jun Watanabe (渡辺 淳)
 * Black Lion Rio, Pyon Biao: Yasuhiko Imai (今井 靖彦)
 * Mele (armored form): Yūichi Hachisuka (蜂須賀 祐一)
 * Master Xia Fu: Naoko Kamio (神尾 直子)
 * Elehung Kam Po: Masaru Ōbayashi (大林 勝)
 * Bat Li: Tsutomu Kitagawa (喜多川 務)
 * Sharkie Chan: Motokuni Nakagawa (中川 素州)
 * Gorrie Yen: Hideaki Kusaka (日下 秀昭)
 * Michelle Peng: Keiko Hashimoto (橋本 恵子)
 * Rageku: Yūki Ono (小野 友紀)

Stage Show

 * Gekiranger Stage Show at Double Hero Tokyo Dome City
 * Gekiranger Stage Show at Super Hero Nagoya Dome

Official websites

 * Gekiranger at Toei.co.jp
 * Gekiranger at Tv-asahi.co.jp
 * Gekiranger at Super-sentai.net