Gosei Sentai Dairanger

Gosei Sentai Dairanger (五星戦隊ダイレンジャー) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the seventeenth programme in the long-running Super Sentai franchise of tokusatsu programmes produced by Toei, following Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger. It was originally broadcast from February 11, 1993 to February 19, 1994.

The series will be released in the United States by Shout! Factory in the near future. A trailer for the series was on the American Zyuranger DVD after the end of the final episode.

Certain action footage from this series was used in the second season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, however, this mostly consisted of the scenes featuring the Dairanger mecha, which were used as Zords (in this case, the Thunderzords) in Power Rangers; the hand-to-hand fight scenes were limited to Zyuranger footage and material filmed specifically for the American show. The only footage showing any of the Dairangers in the English adaptation was limited to the KibaRanger footage being used for footage involving the White Ranger in battle. The Core 5 costumes in the footage weren't used in Power Rangers until Super Megaforce.

Plot
Over 8,000 years ago, the Daos civilization flourished in Southern China. The Daos Empire consisted in three tribes: Dai, Shura (ancestors of today's humanity) and Gorma who lived harmonously. However, one day the Gorma Tribe tried to take over the Empire. Thus began the war between the Gorma and the Dai Tribe. The battle continued for 5,000 years, led by the Gorma Triumvirate. The Mythical Chi Beasts appeared to oppose the Gorma, whose magical powers had increased to the point where they could turn themselves into monsters. Five Dai warriors' chi powers had increased to the point where they could control the Mythical Chi Beasts. The war ended with the disappearance of both the Dai and Gorma Tribes. In 1993, the Gorma Tribe, one of the Daos' two missing branches, revived to take over the world. To counter them, Master Kaku assembled a team of five youths with high levels of chi. They became the Dairangers of present time.

Characters
"Five stars, shining in the heavens! Gosei Sentai Dairanger!"

Allies

 * Master Kaku/Chief Officer Jiaxu (1-48)
 * First Lieutenant Zilong (45-46)
 * Youko (1, 7, 15)
 * Iron Face Zhang Liao (7-8)
 * Kujaku (9-41)
 * Grandmaster Yufang (13-14, 29-31)
 * Shoukyou (14)
 * The Three Gorma Stooges (15-40)
 * Company President Gravestone
 * Teacher Telephone
 * Boss Kamikaze
 * Kameo (22-50)
 * Daijinryuu (37-50)
 * Demon-Fist Master Jin Matoba / Garouki (26-39)
 * Media Magician (33)

The Gorma Tribe

 * Gorma Emperor XV (20-49)
 * Gorma Emperor XVI / Lieutenant Colonel Shadam

Senate Level

 * General Tenpou (17-48)
 * Archbishop Saw (7-8)
 * Gorma/Combined Four Deva Kings (20-31)
 * Touhouten
 * Hoppouten
 * Saihouten
 * Nanpouten


 * Akomaru (17-22, 31-44)
 * Three Ladies (17-22)
 * Lady Earring (17-18)
 * Lady Necklace (17-20)
 * Lady Ring (17-22)
 * Ikazuchi (42-44)

Military Level

 * Gorma Triumvirate
 * Lieutenant Colonel Shadam
 * Lieutenant Colonel Gara (1-49)
 * Wraith Gara (41)
 * Major Zydos (1-48)
 * Cotpotros
 * Gorma Minions
 * Great King Ojaru (Movie)
 * Baron String (1-2, Movie, 50)
 * Purse Priest (2, Movie)
 * Key Jester (3-4, Movie)
 * Lipstick Songstress (5-6, Movie)
 * Duke of Cards (Movie)
 * Master Mirror (9)
 * Baron Sakura (10)
 * Father Magnet (11)
 * Tofu Hermit (12)
 * Kabuki Novice (13-14)
 * Defense Teacher Haniwa Ventriloquist (16)
 * Heatwave Hood (23)
 * Copy Empress (25)
 * Pot Taoist (26-27)
 * Fast-Talking Player (29-30)
 * Bird Cage Vagabond (32)
 * General Cactus (34)
 * Sergeant Cannon (35)
 * Count Kaleidoscope (36)
 * Great Famous Pachinko Player (37-38)

Songs

 * Opening: Gosei Sentai Dairanger
 * Ending: Ore-tachi Muteki sa!! Dairanger
 * Mecha Theme: Ryuseioh ~Dairenoh Theme~, Won Tiger no Uta
 * Ai no Soldier
 * Utuskushii Hana no You ni
 * Ikki ni Shuuchuu!
 * Goma Goma Gorma
 * Kaze no Senshi
 * Hi wo Fuke Daibuster
 * Chikai

Cast

 * Ryo of the Heavenly Fire Star: Keiichi Wada (和田 圭市)
 * Daigo of the Heavenly Phantom Star: Tatsuya Nōmi (能見 達也)
 * Shoji of the Heavenly Gravity Star: Ei Hamura (羽村 英)
 * Kazu of the Heavenly Time Star: Keisuke Tsuchiya (土屋 圭輔)
 * Rin of the Heavenly Wind Star: Natsuki Takahashi (高橋 夏樹)
 * Kou of the Howling New Star: Hisashi Sakai (酒井 寿)
 * Kaku: Koji Naka (中康治)
 * Yufang: Takeshi Kuwabara (桑原 毅)
 * Kujaku: Masako Morishita (森下 雅子)
 * Kou's Mother: Mikiko Miki (三輝 みきこ)
 * Kameo: Sugisaku Imagawa (今川 杉作)
 * Gorma Emperor XV: Munemaru Kōda (幸田 宗丸)
 * Lieutenant Colonel Gara: Akiko Amamatsuri (天祭 揚子)
 * Zydos: Maroshi Tamura (田村 円)
 * Shadam: Rintarō Nishi (西 凜太朗)
 * General Tenpō: Chūkō Ueda (上田 忠好)
 * Akomaru: Shohei Shibata (柴田 翔平)
 * Demon-Fist Master Jin Matoba: Yutaka Hirose (広瀬 裕)

Voice actors

 * Narrator: Hironori Miyata (宮田 浩徳)
 * Byakkoshinken: Wataru Abe
 * Daimugen: Ikko Tadano (ただの いっこ)
 * Boss Kamikaze: Nobuyuki Hiyama (檜山 修之)
 * Teacher Telephone: Akiko Muta
 * Company President Gravestone: Takuzou Kamiyama
 * Kabuki Novice: Shigeru Chiba (千葉 繁)

Guest actors

 * Shoukyou: Aki Miyase (宮瀬亜希)
 * Kazu's clone: Daisuke Tsuchiya (土屋 大輔)
 * Shōichirō Takamura (human form of Media Magician): Ryosuke Kaizu (海津 亮介)

Suit actors

 * RyuuRanger: Naoki Ōfuji
 * ShishiRanger: Tsutomu Kitagawa (喜多 川務)
 * TenmaRanger: Shōji Hachisuka
 * KirinRanger: Hirofumi Ishigaki (石垣 広文)
 * HououRanger: Rie Murakami
 * KibaRanger: Minoru Watanabe (渡辺 実)
 * RyuseiOh (main)/Dairen'ō, Wang Tiger/Kibadaiō, Daijinryū: Hideaki Kusaka
 * RyuseiOh (sub): Hirofumi Fukuzawa (福沢 博文)
 * Teacher Telephone, Cotpotro: Motokuni Nakagawa (中川素州)

Stage Shows

 * Dairanger Stage Show at Double Hero Korakuen Yuenchi
 * Dairanger Stage Show at Super Hero Korakuen Yuenchi

Use in Power Rangers
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers would use mecha, monster, and KibaRanger footage, but only to a limited extent and never using the other five Dairangers. This led to some very awkward fight scenes as the Power Rangers fought Dairanger monsters that - as Saban didn't have the suits - were never onscreen with them, or Zyu2 monsters fighting Dairanger mecha in the same way.

Since Saban had still paid for all this footage, they tried for years to find a way to use it. This was still carrying on into Lost Galaxy. Eventually they gave up.

Eventually the suits showed up in Power Rangers Megaforce/Super Megaforce. First, RyuuRanger makes an appearance in Troy's flash forwards to the Legendary Battle; and a ShishiRanger Key was used at San Diego Comic Con, with Dairanger appearances in the Super Megaforce promo. Finally the Rangers turned into the Dairangers in "Earth Fights Back" (and later "Samurai Surprise", as the Legendary Squadron - thus using an extra minute of Gokaiger footage.