Garu

"Beast Star! Ookami Blue!"

- Ookami Blue's roll call

Garu (ガル) is Ookami Blue (オオカミブルー), the Blue Ranger of the Kyurangers. He is the last of his clan and was found on the Planet Jagjag (惑星ジャグジャグ), with a Kyutama around his neck. He is the sixth Kyuranger to be awakened.

Character History
Garu is a wolfman-like alien and the only known survivor of his tribe: the rest of his people were slaughtered for attempting to resist Jark Matter. At an unknown point, he found the Ookami Kyutama, but the trauma of losing his kind left him unwilling to fight, and unable to use it.

Garu was minding his own business when he came upon a crash-landed Lucky in Jagjag. Lucky and the Kyurangers realized he is a bearer of a Kyutama. Garu, however, claims fighting Jark Matter is a futile endeavor, as he's lost his entire clan to them. He is provoked by Lucky to fight, and on cue, Jark Matter appears. Eventually, Garu regains his fighting spirit after watching the Kyurangers fight, and uses the Transformation Controller Seiza Blaster with his Kyutama to become Ookami Blue, joining the Kyurangers in the fight. Victorious, he and fellow new Kyuranger Lucky are welcomed onto the Orion and inducted into the Rebellion by the acting bridge commander Raptor 283.

Sent by Raptor 283 to follow Lucky to Zigama, which he had pinpointed as the location of the next Kyuranger, Garu and the others fought against that planet's Jark Matter garrison before being forced to fall back after facing the powerful Karō Eridron. Lucky's hunch ultimately bore fruit as the team welcomed Naga Rei and Balance to the Orion, the pair of thieves having helped them take down Zigama's Daikaan Gamettsui having respectively transformed into Hebitsukai Silver and Tenbin Gold.

Introduced by Raptor to commander Shou Ronbou, the seven Kyurangers were sent to save the planet Needle from destruction at the hands of the Jark Matter. Engaged by a hostile new Kyuranger, Stinger, Garu and the others bar Lucky and Champ were struck by the Sasori System native's sting. However, the afflicted Kyurangers ultimately recovered in time to destroy the Moraimarz that was draining Needle's Planet Jume.

Garu was among the crew left behind to perform repairs on the Orion following the ordeal with the Sun as a team was led by Shou to recover the Tomo Kyutama on Earth.

Zyuohger vs. Ninninger
Through unknown circumstances, the nine Kyurangers made a brief appearance on an Earth where Jark Matter was not present. Instead, the Kyurangers arrived to intervene against the Deathgalien before they could interfere with the Zyuohgers' fight with the Ninningers for the future of Super Sentai against Gillmarda. With Ookami Blue fighting off Quval alongside Sasori Orange, the Kyurangers eventually forced the Deathgalien to retreat before taking their leave with their appearance observed by the Zyuohger ally Bud, who realized that the future was in safe hands.

Chou Super Hero Taisen
Garu was part of the five-man team sent by Shou Ronbou to capture, leading the Kyurangers into a confrontation with the. Garu briefly fought with Stinger against , advancing to   before the fight was interrupted by the  ships.

Later, all nine Kyurangers joined the with various Sentai Rangers and  fighting against the  army of the  led by. Through use of the Futago Kyutama, the complete team fought using a duplicated KyurenOh utilizing all nine Voyagers against the Big Moraimarz Robo by the Oogumo Great Leader, whom they vanquished by fighting alongside the.

Personality
Garu is short-tempered and impulsive, like a wild-beast. The trauma of losing his people caused Garu to lose the will to fight, until he saw the efforts of Lucky and the Kyurangers, after which he renewed his desire to fight back the evil shogunate and avenge his tribe.

Powers and Abilities

 * Enhanced Hearing: Garu has excellent hearing, being able to hear Yumepakkun harassing humans from a significant distance.

Ookami Blue
Arsenal
 * Kyutama
 * Ookami Kyutama
 * Kyu Buckle
 * Transformation Controller Seiza Blaster
 * Kyu Claw

Mecha
 * Ookami Voyager

Attacks
 * All-Star Crash (オールスタークラッシュ): Ookami Blue performs a powerful blast attack with the Seiza Blaster alongside his fellow Kyurangers.
 * Lupulus Impact (ルプルスインパクト): Ookami Blue performs a powerful slash attack with the Kyu Claw.

Appearances: Zyuohger vs. Ninninger, Kyuranger Episodes 1-3, Transformation Lessons ~Let's Star Change Together!~ (Ookami Blue & Oushi Black), Kyuranger 4-6, Chou Super Hero Taisen, Kyuranger 8, 9, 10 (offscreen), 11, 12

Behind the Scenes

 * Of the 88 modern constellations, he represents, "The Wolf"
 * Garu comes from "garuru", the Japanese onomatopoeia for a wolf's growl.

Portrayal

 * Garu is voiced by Kazuya Nakai who had previously played the Igaroids in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, and Land Pollution Vice-Minister Hiramechimedes in Engine Sentai Go-Onger. His suit actor is Yasuhiro Takeuchi.