Hiryuu Tsurugi

"Change Dragon!"

Hiryuu Tsurugi (剣 飛竜, Tsurugi Hiryū) is Change Dragon.

History
Former officer of the Earth Defense Force Air Force branch. Tsurugi is a sharpshooter and star baseball pitcher in high-school, an accident resulting in his quick "Dragon Ball" pitching technique led him to quit and put his past behind him. A courageous and responsible leader, he often lets his emotions get the best of him, getting emotionally involved in cases and when his mind is set on something, he won't let anyone get in his way (even if it's his own teammates). Tsurugi evelops a strong bond with Nana and an attraction to Shiima. Initially stubborn, wanting to act mostly on his own, needing to realize there will be times he has to depend on his teammates and fellow officers.

As Change Dragon, Tsurugi is armed with the Change Sword (with its option of gun or sword) and Dragon Zooka, which has the power of a tank's launcher. In episode nine, he was armed with the Bomb Ball, invented by Yuuma. His specialty is air-born attacks, shooting and sword-battle. Pilots the mecha Jetchanger 1.

Led by his Liveman successor Red Falcon, he appeared as one of 24 previous Red Rangers in Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai together with fellow Red Rangers from his predecessors AkaRanger to Red One to his successors from Red Flash to TimeRed.

Years later, Tsurugi fought alongside not only his own team, but every single Sentai ranger in existence, against the Empire of Zangyack when it attacked the Earth in the Great Legend War. After fighting against hundreds of Gormin and their Zgormin commanders. When Tsuyoshi Kaijou (Akaranger) noticed the fleet moving towards them, he gathered all the Rangers together and gave them the order to sacrifice their powers to wipe out the first invasion's armada.

Mecha

 * Shuttlebase (shared with Griffin, Pegasus, Mermaid, and Phoenix)
 * Jet Changer 1

Arsenal

 * Change Brace
 * Change Sword
 * Dragon-Zooka
 * Auto Changer
 * Jet Skis

Trivia

 * His given name means "Flying Dragon" and his surname is "Sword".
 * Tsurugi may have been the Changeman member that Basco attacked in Gokaiger's episode 31.