 This article is about a Ranger in Chojin Sentai Jetman.
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- "Blue Swallow!"
- ―Blue Swallow's roll call[src]
Ako Hayasaka (早坂 アコ Hayasaka Ako) is Blue Swallow (ブルースワロー Burū Suwarō) of the Jetmen.
History[]
Jetman[]
Becoming a Jetman[]
Ako before she learned that she had become a Jetman.
Ako was attending high school when she was given the Jetman powers accidentally. After the Earth Ship was destroyed, the Birdonic Waves escaped and struck Ako while she was out walking, unbeknownst to her, she had gained the powers of the Blue Swallow.
She took advantage of her newfound power to become a top athlete within her school, jumping 2.4 meters without breaking a sweat. When Kaori Rokumeikan and Raita Oishi found her and asked her to join the Jetmen, she only agreed if paid an hourly rate. Kaori promptly gave her a one million Yen check for her cooperation. After her first battle with the team, she returned the check, having realized that fighting the Byrum was a responsibility that she had to take seriously. 
TV STORY-Ep. 2: The Third Warrior
As Blue Swallow[]
Ako-chan Cup Noodles
At some point, she met Mitsuo Tatsuta, who was always anxious to show her his obsession with instant cup noodles. Noodle Dimension took advantage of this and tricked him into creating a harmful type of noodles for humans to eat. Thinking that it was only regular noodles, Tatsuta named the brand "Ako-chan". It quickly gained popularity and had even its own jingle, which annoyed Ako to no end. Confronting Tatsuta, she and him worked together to thwart Noodle Dimension's plans. TV STORY-Ep. 10: Cup Noodles
Ako alternated between being a hero and a student. She was often seen at school when the team called her to battle. She tried hard to keep her Jetman work a secret from her classmates, which made her best friend Kyoko rather sad. When Kyoko's voice was altered by the Voice Dimension, though, she learned Ako's identity as Blue Swallow. She assured Ako that they were still good friends regardless, lifting the burden from the Jetman's shoulders. Kyoko covered for her at school when she was summoned by her team. TV STORY-Ep. 15: High School Student Warrior
Byrum later used her childhood teddy bear—Poohtan—to create Trash Dimension. Since the monster had the heart of the teddy bear, it did not try to hurt people but insisted on helping them. Due to being made literally of trash, however, its stink drove everyone around it away, including Ako. Unable to discourage it from following her, Ako took it to a dump where it could eat garbage for a living. Outside circumstances and Maria's interference caused it to rebel against humans, making it evil and vicious. As it was rampaging, the sight of Ako shielding a little girl reawoke his kind nature. Maria disapproved of this and killed Poohtan for insubordination. An enraged Ako fought and drove her away. She made a grave for Poohtan at the dump where it had once worked, mourning her childhood friend's demise. TV STORY-Ep. 21: Walking Garbage
When the soldiers from the Back Dimension came to aid the Jetmen, Dan tried to flirt with her, but Ako was not interested. She still joined him on his trip to explore the good things Earth had to offer. During this time, she learned more about his homeworld and how it had also fallen victim to Byrum. Ultimately, Dan was killed trying to wrest control of Bird Garuda away from Back Dimensional Count Radiguet. Ako came to his side to comfort him as he drew his last breath. TV STORY-Ep. 24: Launch, Super Robot
Imitations[]
The Shadow Jetman
A copy of Blue Swallow was created as part of the Shadow Jetman. Light Armadillo created these evil Jetmen from their shadows, as they grew stronger, the real Jetmen grew weaker. Maria created a force-field of light over the city at night to create daylight so the Shadow Jetman could destroy the city. There were only four, as Gai Yuki was not there when the copies were made. Gai shot Maria so the light field went away, the Shadow selves vanished and the Jetman defeated Light Armadillo. TV STORY-Ep. 25: The Laughing Shadow-People
Aftermath[]
In the epilogue set three years after the final battle against Radiguet, Ako had become a singing sensation and she attended Kaori and Ryu's wedding. TV STORY-Final Ep.: Flap Your Wings! Aviators!
A cup of "Ako-chan" noodles can be seen at Gai's grave site in Gokaiger
Apparently, despite that "Ako-chan" cup noodles was just a scheme by Byrum, the brand somehow managed to stay active well into the time of the Gokaigers. TV STORY-Ep. 28: Wings are Eternal
Epilogue Manga[]
to be added
Super Sentai World[]
The Jetmen in Super Sentai World.
Later, Ako, alongside her team, joined forces with the Fivemen, Zyurangers, Dairangers, and Kakurangers to defeat the evil Emperor Daidas and his forces. 
MOVIE STORY-Super Sentai World
Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai[]
Blue Swallow is among the Sentai warriors seen in clips when Miku Imamura (MegaPink) lectured Sae Taiga (GaoWhite) about the past female Super Sentai warriors and their shared mastery of disguise and habit of changing their clothing in the blink of an eye, something that Sae had never done before. MOVIE STORY-Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai
Gokaiger[]
Legend War[]
Jetman in Super Sentai 199
Years later, Ako fought alongside not only her 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 Sugormin commanders, Akarenger 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. The Blue Swallow powers are later used by Joe Gibken via the Ranger Keys. TV STORY-Ep. 1: The Space Pirates Appear MOVIE STORY-Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle
Farewell Space Pirates[]
After the Zangyack's final defeat, Marvelous returned the Ranger Keys to their original owners. It is assumed Ako and her teammates have their powers once again. TV STORY-Final Ep.: Farewell Space Pirates
Akibaranger[]
Blue Swallow in Akibaranger Season Tsuu.
Blue Swallow appears as part of the five-man Jetman team alongside the other two Inordinate Sentai, Dekaranger and Jetman, in Season Tsuu's alternate take on the events of the first season. The three official Sentai come to aid the Akibarangers in the final battle with the Stema Otsu Corporation. TV STORY-Ep. 1: Delusional War
Six official Sentai.
The Jetmen later appeared with the now five official Sentai, transforming into their Ludicrous Power which combined with the others to form the Ludicrous Cannon Bazooka, which the Akibarangers used to destroy Kameari Alpaca. TV STORY-Ep. 10: Delusional Pillow Talk
Super Hero Taisen[]
The Jetmen, alongside the Livemen, Goggle-V, Maskmen, and Fivemen, emerge through a dimensional wall
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Ako, alongside her team, among the majority of the Super Sentai heroes, was caught up in the "Super Hero Taisen" incident which eventually resulted in the Super Sentai teams and Kamen Riders joining forces to defeat both Dai-Zangyack and Dai-Shocker. MOVIE STORY-Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen
Zyuohger vs. Ninninger[]
The first 38 Sentai projected into Wild Tousai Shuriken King.
Blue Swallow appeared with her team among the first 38 Super Sentai whom collectively empowered Wild Tousai Shuriken King in its fight against the titanic Gillmarda, granting the Ninningers and Zyuohgers the power to perform the Zyuoh Ninnin Super Sentai Burst which destroyed Gillmarda with the combined power of all 40 Super Sentai. MOVIE STORY-Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger: Message from the Future from Super Sentai
Super Sentai Strongest Battle[]
Battle1: Who is the Strongest in History!?[]
Ako joined the Super Sentai Strongest Battle as a member of Speed Team, where she partnered with TenmaRanger and fought against TimeGreen and FiveRed of Brain Team in the first round. Ultimately, both her and her teammate lost the match and was eliminated from the competition. TV STORY-Battle1: Who is the Strongest in History!?
Zenkaiger[]
Blue Swallow in Zenkaiger
A manifestation of Blue Swallow was summoned alongside her team after Zenkaizer used the Jetman Sentai Gear to battle Love World. TV STORY-No. 18-kai! Life is Short, Fall in Love at Full-Force!
Personality[]
Ako could be rude, cheeky and even a little materialistic, for example asking for a wage if she became a Jetman, calling the Chief a hag and generally being rude to her teachers. She could also be very emotional, for example when the Byrum turned her childhood teddy bear into a monster TV STORY-Ep. 21: Walking Garbage and when her love interest Dan was killed after he risked his life to fight Radiguet inside Jet Garuda in order to save the Jetmen. TV STORY-Ep. 24: Launch, Super Robot She was best friends with her singing partner Kyoko and good friends with her fellow Jetmen especially Kaori and Raita.
Blue Swallow[]
Blue Swallow
Statistics[]
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Birdonic Waves: Ako was exposed by the Birdonic Waves and granted the powers of the Blue Swallow. She can do many attacks and moves with her Blue Swallow powers. her strength, agility and speed had been enriched by the Birdonic Waves.
Attacks[]
- Swallow Dash
Abilities[]
Ako can use her Blue Swallow energy to perform her own attacks against the Byrum. For example, Swallow Dash is where she performs a series of Acrobatic flips against her enemy to confuse them before she dashes forward and brutally pushes them as evident when she demonstrated this against Maria.
Weaknesses[]
to be added
Arsenal[]
- Cross Changer
- Corresponder
- Jet Hand Cannon
- Smash Bomber
- Bird Blaster
- Beak Smasher
- Wing Gauntlet
- Jet Speeder
Mecha[]
- Jet Swallow
- Bird Garuda / Jet Garuda
Appearances: Jetman Episodes 2-51; Super Sentai World; Gokaiger Episode 1, 199 Hero Great Battle; Super Hero Taisen; Zyuohger vs. Ninninger; Super Sentai Strongest Battle!!, Battle1
Blue Swallow!
Relationships[]
Allies[]
Rangers[]
- Jetmen - Teammates
- Fivemen
- Zyurangers
- Dairangers
- Kakurangers
- Timerangers
Family[]
to be added
Others[]
- Commander Aya Odagiri
- Jiiya
- † Trash Dimension/Putan - Childhood Teddy Bear & "Son" (deceased)
- Back Dimension Dimension Soldiers
- † Ray/Birdman (deceased)
- † Kanna/Birdman (deceased)
- † Dan/Birdman - Love Interest (deceased)
- Back Dimension Berserker Soldiers
Enemies[]
Villain Groups[]
Dimensional War Party Byrum[]
- Back Dimensional Count Radiguet
- Empress Juuza
- Tran/Emperor Tranza
- † Maria/Rie Aoi (deceased)
- Grey
- Grinam Soldiers
Evil Invasion Army[]
Galactic Imperial Army Zone[]
Bandora Gang[]
Gorma Tribe[]
Space Empire Zangyack[]
Family[]
to be added
Others[]
to be added
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
- Ako Hayasaka is portrayed by Sayuri Uchida (内田 さゆり Uchida Sayuri). As a child, she was portrayed by Akiko Oofuji (大藤 晶子 Ōfuji Akiko).
- As Blue Swallow, her suit actor was Shoji Hachisuka (蜂須賀 昭二 Hachisuka Shōji).
- In the Philippine dub of the series, Ako is voiced by Stella Canete. Her Sentai form as Blue Swallow was renamed as JetBlue while transforming using the Cross Changer.
Design[]
to be added
Etymology[]
to be added
Legend Sentai Devces[]
Ranger Key[]
The Blue Swallow Ranger Key.
- "Jetman!"
- ―Mobilates' Gokai Change announcement[src]
The Blue Swallow Ranger Key (ブルースワローレンジャーキー Burū Suwarō Renjā Kī) is Ako's personal Ranger Key and what became of her powers after she along with the rest of the 34 Super Sentai sacrificed their powers to end the Great Legend War.
This key along with the majority of the Ranger Keys were collected by the Red Pirates and later used by the Gokaigers. The Blue Swallow Ranger Key was mainly used by Joe Gibken (Gokai Blue), who used it to fight as Blue Swallow.
- When the Gokaigers became the Jetmen while fighting Action Commander Bowser and his Zangyack force in the sky.
TV STORY-Ep. 9: Lion, Run - When the Gokaigers became the Jetmen in their fight with the bounty hunter Kiaido. TV STORY-Ep. 28: Wings are Eternal
The Jetman Keys, along with all the Ranger Keys of the first 33 Super Sentai, were briefly taken by the Black Cross King and turned into Ranger puppets that were fought by the Gokaigers and the Goseigers. Using their power of flight to disorient the two Sentai in the initial skirmish, they later split up, with the puppet Blue Swallow being defeated as part of a group of surviving Blue warrior keys by Gokai Blue and Super Gosei Blue. MOVIE STORY-Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle
After Zangyack were finally defeated, the Gokaigers gave the Ranger Keys back to their rightful owners. Ako received her key and became Blue Swallow once more. TV STORY-Final Ep.: Farewell Space Pirates
Usage[]
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Notes[]
- She is the first Sentai Ranger to have a Swallow motif.
- While Ako has the same bird motif and some similar personality traits, she is not the same gender as her Gatchaman counterpart, Jinpei the Swallow.
- While Jinpei had blue colors for his cape and helmet, his costume was predominately yellow and red in terms of color.
- Ako notably has less episodes centered around her compared to her teammates, making her the least prominent member of the Jetmen. Therefore, despite being part of the main team, she isn't a main character of the series.
- While not the first female Blue Ranger, Blue Swallow is the first female Blue Ranger (and first Blue Ranger overall) to use a shade of sky blue.
Appearances[]
- Chojin Sentai Jetman
- Ep. 1: Seek the Warriors
- Ep. 2: The Third Warrior
- Ep. 3: The Power of Five!
- Ep. 4: The Fighting Bride
- Ep. 5: Fall for Me
- Ep. 6: Get Angry, Robo!
- Ep. 7: Ryu's Marriage!?
- Ep. 8: The Laughing Diamond
- Ep. 9: Muddy Love
- Ep. 10: Cup Noodles
- Ep. 11: A Dangerous Game
- Ep. 12: Hellbound Bus
- Ep. 13: Maze of Love
- Ep. 14: The Bazooka of Love
- Ep. 15: High School Student Warrior
- Ep. 16: Paper Uprising
- Ep. 17: The Revived Empress
- Ep. 18: Gai Dies!
- Ep. 19: I Can See!
- Ep. 20: Marriage Vacuum Cleaner
- Ep. 21: Walking Garbage
- Ep. 22: Exploding Love
- Ep. 23: The New Warriors Debut
- Ep. 24: Launch, Super Robot
- Ep. 25: The Laughing Shadow-People
- Ep. 26: I'm a Primitive
- Ep. 27: The Great Escape From Hell
- Ep. 28: The Original Dimensional Beast
- Ep. 29: The Final Battle
- Ep. 30: The Three Demons Rise
- Ep. 31: The Sentai Disbands
- Ep. 32: Wings!! One More Time
- Ep. 33: It's a Cockroach
- Ep. 34: Ryu the Traitor
- Ep. 35: The Courage to Fight Given by a Dove
- Ep. 36: A Walking Appetite! The Antmen
- Ep. 37: The Birth of Emperor Tranza!
- Ep. 38: Sudden Hammer!
- Ep. 39: Spin, Roulette of Life
- Ep. 40: It's an Order! Change the Sentai
- Ep. 41: Transformation Impossible! The Base Destroyed
- Ep. 42: Sleep on My Chest!
- Ep. 43: Sneak into the Commander's Body
- Ep. 44: Demon Robo! Veronica
- Ep. 45: The Hot Milk of Victory
- Ep. 46: The Great Demon King of the Tomato Field
- Ep. 47: The Glory of Emperor Tranza
- Ep. 48: A Kiss of Death
- Ep. 49: Maria... Her Love and Death
- Ep. 50: Battles to the Death
- Final Ep.: Flap Your Wings! Aviators!
- Toei TV Hero Encyclopedia Vol. 2: Chojin Sentai Jetman (flashback; archive footage only)
- Super Sentai World (as Blue Swallow only)
- Mirai Sentai Timeranger
- Super Sentai Compilation (archive footage only)
- Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai (flashback; archive footage only)
- GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai (flashback; archive footage only)
- Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (as Blue Swallow only)
- Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen (as Blue Swallow only)
- Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
- Ep. 29: The Monarch of the Monarchs (transformed archive footage only)
- Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger: Message from the Future from Super Sentai (as Blue Swallow only)
- 4 Week Continuous Special Super Sentai Strongest Battle!! (as Blue Swallow only)
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Jetman video game[]
Blue Swallow appears with her team in the Chojin Sentai Jetman video game. Her weapon of choice is the Bird Blaster and she has 6 hit points, she shares this trait with White Swan.
Super Sentai Battle: Dice-O[]
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Blue Swallow as depicted in Super Sentai Battle: Dice-O.
- Profile
- Ako Hayasaka/Blue Swallow: to be added
Super Sentai Battle Base[]
Blue Swallow is among the vast pantheon of Rangers which are available in the mobile game Super Sentai Battle Base.
Super Sentai Legend Wars[]
Blue Swallow Card
Blue Swallow appears with her team among all Sentai in the mobile game Super Sentai Legend Wars.
See Also[]
- Cestro - The first Blue Ranger to sport a light blue color.
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shogakukan <Televi-Kun Deluxe Favorite Edition>. (1992). "Chojin Sentai Jetman Super Complete Works". pp. 22-23, "Blue Swallow/Ako Hayasaka". ISBN 978-4091014634.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kodansha <Kodansha Series MOOK>. (2018). "Super Sentai Official Mook 20th Century 1990 Chojin Sentai Jetman". p. 14-15, "Ako Hayasaka/Blue Swallow". ISBN 978-4065096130.
- ↑ Toei Company. (2021). Super Sentai Encyclopedia. p. 22-23. ISBN 978-4054067882.
- ↑ Takeshobo. (2006). Super Sentai Pictorial Vol. 2. p. 106-107, "Warriors Chosen by Chance". ISBN 978-4812427583.
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