Act 31: The Kyoryu Origami

This article is about an episode in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.

Act 31: The Kyoryu Origami
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger, Episode 31
Air Date(s)	September 27, 2009
Production Information
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi
Directed by	Shojiro Nakazawa
Episode Guide
Previous	Act 30: The Manipulated Academy
Next	Act 32: The Ushi Origami

The Kyoryu Origami (恐竜折神(きょうりゅう おりがみ), Kyōryū Origami) is the thirty-first episode of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. It marks the televised debut of the Kyoryu Origami, Hyper Shinken Red, and the combination of Kyoryu ShinkenOh after their previous apearances in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger the Movie: The Fateful War.

Synopsis

The Shinkenger are recruited by a nurse to save a sickly child held hostage by the remains of Manpuku Aburame's forces.

Plot

While Shitari worries about the recent events at the Rokumon Junk, he senses a presence and sees that the Kusare Gedoushu are still thriving. The next day in the mortal world, as Genta opens for business, he encounters a young nurse named Aya Yamasaki who pleas for the Shinkengers' aid. Taking her to the others when they were in the middle of a card game, the Shinkengers learn that a group of Gedoushu have taken a young hospitalized boy named Tatsuya Sakai hostage within the hospital. Upon their arrival, Genta stays outside the building with Aya as she eventually reveals it to be a trap. The Shinkengers make their way through the hospital's basement before being ambushed by the Kusare Nanashi. As Genta reveals that they expected the trap, the Shinkengers proceed to defeat the Kusare Nanashi when Shinken Red uses the Kyoryu Disk to transform into Hyper Shinken Red, battling with the Kyoryumaru. Being a step ahead of the Shinkengers, Azemidoro arrives with Tatsuya to force Aya to take Genta's Sushi Changer from him, kidnapping both Genta and Aya as extra insurance. Aya apologizes for helping Azemidoro, but Genta understands why she had done so as DaiTenku arrives to decimate the Kusare Gedoushu. Regaining his Sushi Changer, Shinken Gold joins Hyper Shinken Red in fighting Azemidoro while the other Shinkengers finish off the Kusare Nanashi. When Azemidoro assumes his second life, Shinkenoh and Daikaioh battle the Kusare Ayakashi and lose to him. Holding Daikaioh hostage, Hyper Shinken Red summons the Kyoryu Origami and forms Kyoryu-Shinkenoh to destroy Azemidoro. Soon after, as Aya and Tatsuya lose sight of them in an attempt to thank them, the Shinkengers head home.

Cast

• Takeru Shiba (志葉 丈瑠, Shiba Takeru): Tori Matsuzaka (松坂 桃李, Matsuzaka Tōri)
• Ryunosuke Ikenami (池波 流ノ介, Ikenami Ryūnosuke): Hiroki Aiba (相葉 裕樹, Aiba Hiroki)
• Mako Shiraishi (白石 茉子, Shiraishi Mako): Rin Takanashi (高梨 臨, Takanashi Rin)
• Chiaki Tani (谷 千明, Tani Chiaki): Shogo Suzuki (鈴木 勝吾, Suzuki Shōgo)
• Kotoha Hanaori (花織 ことは, Hanaori Kotoha): Suzuka Morita (森田 涼花, Morita Suzuka)
• Genta Umemori (梅盛 源太, Umemori Genta): Keisuke Sohma (相馬 圭祐, Sōma Keisuke)
• Hikoma Kusakabe (日下部 彦馬, Kusakabe Hikoma): Gorou Ibuki (伊吹 吾郎, Ibuki Gorō)
• Secret Lantern DaiGoyou (秘伝提灯ダイゴヨウ, Hiden Chōchin Daigoyō, Voice): Kōichi Tōchika (遠近 孝一, Tōchika Kōichi)
• Doukoku Chimatsuri (血祭 ドウコク, Chimatsuri Dōkoku, Voice): Rintarō Nishi (西 凛太朗, Nishi Rintarō)
• Shitari of the Bones (骨のシタリ, Hone no Shitari, Voice): Cho (チョー, Cho)
• Akumaro Sujigarano (筋殻 アクマロ, Sujigarano Akumaro, Voice): Ryō Horikawa (堀川 りょう, Horikawa Ryō)

Guest Cast

• Azemidoro (アゼミドロ, Azemidoro Voice): Kōichi Sakaguchi (坂口 候一, Sakaguchi Kōichi)
• Aya Yamazaki (山崎 彩, Yamazaki Aya): Momoka Uchida (内田もも香, Uchida Momoka)
• Tatsuya Sakai (坂井竜也, Sakai Tatsuya): Yui Nakajo (仲條友彪, Nakajō Yui)
• Doctor: Toshihiro Ogura (おぐら としひろ, Ogura Toshihiro)

Secret Disks

• Shinken Red - Kyoryu (Hyper Mode), Tora (Tora Origami), Kyoryu (Kyoryu Origami)
• Shinken Blue - Kajiki (Kajiki Origami), Kyoutsuu (Water Arrow), Ryuu (Water Arrow), Hidden Shield
• Shinken Pink - Hidden Shield
• Shinken Green - Kabuto (Kabuto Origami), Kyoutsuu (Wood Spear), Kuma (Wood Spear), Hidden Shield
• Shinken Yellow - Hidden Shield
• Shinken Gold - Sushi (Sushi Changer), Ebi (Ebi Origami)

Notes

• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider W episode 4, Don't Touch the M/Play with a Joker.
• Viewership: 5.5%
• Key Title Kanji: 竜 (while typically "dragon", it is also the second kanji in "dinosaur", the form of the assisting Origami)

Home video releases

• The second volume of the Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Blu-Ray Box Set comes with episodes 17-33, including the Kamen Rider Decade crossover, and was released on April 11th 2014 at a cost of 20,790 yen.

Shinkenger on Blu-ray.

Shinkenger Volume 2, Blu-ray cover

Shinkenger Volume 8, DVD cover

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger DVD Volume 8 features episodes 29-32: Act 29: The Runaway Lantern, Act 30: The Manipulated Academy, Act 31: The Kyoryu Origami and Act 32: The Ushi Origami.

See Also

• The Rescue - Power Rangers counterpart in Super Samurai. See comparison page.