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*He is the only heroic green ninja themed ranger but is the second following [[Suiren]] from the evil ninja sentai [[Hanaranger]]. |
*He is the only heroic green ninja themed ranger but is the second following [[Suiren]] from the evil ninja sentai [[Hanaranger]]. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 01:00, 25 November 2015
 This article is about a ranger in Ninpu Sentai Hurricaneger.
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- "I am Ninja of Ninja! The green light bullet! Sky Ninja Shurikenger arrives! (Fire Mode!)"
- ―Shurikenger's role call[src]
Sky Ninja Shurikenger (天空忍者シュリケンジャー Tenkū Ninja Shurikenjā, 21-49) is the mysterious member of the Hurricanegers. He is the Ninja of 20 Faces and representative of the Space Union Ninja School.
Biography
Hurricaneger
He was formerly known as Asuka Kagura (かぐら あすか Kagura Asuka), a star pupil of Hayate Way who had the talent to become a Hurricaneger, but he mysteriously vanished, branded a Nukenin (抜け忍) as a result. However, it would turn out he encountered Lady Gozen, whom he devoted himself to as her personal fighter at the cost of renouncing his name and face, forced to remain in his costumed form permanently.
A somewhat comical figure, Shurikenger often used broken English phrases, including the famous "I am Ninja of Ninja!", and also often poorly mixed both Japanese and English into his sentences. At first he would often disguise himself as a 'regular' person (even the other ninja wouldn't know who), however he would revert to his true form with the Shuriken Ball device when confronted by a Universal Ninja Group Jakanja ninja.
He has the ability to transform through the command "Face Change!" into Shurikenger Fire Mode (シュリケンジャー ファイヤーモード Shurikenjā Faiyā Mōdo), a quicker and deeper voiced version of himself, when the top of his helmet is rotated as he removes his main chest armor, which is a weight-inhibitor and once removed from his body, Shurikenger's strength and speed increase.
Though he came to believe that a true ninja must follow orders, he defied Gozen by saving the other ninja, whom he began to see as his friends. Taking Gozen's death hard, Shurikenger proceeded to train the ninja while remaining as unfeeling as possible.
But once mortally wounded while fighting Seventh Spear, Sandaaru, Shurikenger reveals his origins and urges the team to continue fighting from their world, giving them his Shurikenball so they would follow the tracking device he planted on Sandaaru to make their way to the Centipede while he seemingly died in Tenkuujin as it destroyed Sixth Spear, Satarakura in a kamikaze attack.
Abaranger vs. Hurricaneger
Shurikenger in Abaranger
However, Shurikenger survived and aided the Abaranger and Hurricaneger/Gouraiger teams briefly in their fight against JaniIga, stating he's wherever he is needed.
Gokaiger
Legend War
Shurikenger fighting alongside the Kakurangers with the Hurricanegers and the Gouraigers in the Legend War.
Years later, Shurikenger fought alongside not only his own team, but every single Sentai ranger in existance, 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, 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. Since he cannot demorph like most of the other rangers did, it's not known what happened to him after this, though he probably reverted to his original form. 
TV STORY-Ep. 1: The Space Pirates Appear TV STORY-Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle
Farewell Space Pirates
After the Gokaigers defeated Zangyack, Marvelous returned the Ranger Keys to their original owners, allowing Asuka and his team have their powers back. TV STORY-Final Ep.: Farewell Space Pirates
Ten Years Later
Asuka, possibly "deceased", no longer appears but a successor appears having been chosen by the Shurikenger Shinobi Medal. TV STORY-Ninpu Sentai Hurricaneger: 10 YEARS AFTER
Akibaranger
Six official Sentai.
The Shurikenger appeared with the Hurricanegers and Gouraigers, as part of the six 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-Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger: Season Two TV STORY-Ep. 10: Delusional Pillow Talk
Video Game appearances
Super Sentai Battle: Dice-O
Shurikenger as depicted in Super Sentai Battle: Dice-O.
- Profile
- ???/Shurikenger: to be added
- ???/Shurikenger Fire Mode: to be added
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Super Sentai Battle Base
Shurikenger is among the vast pantheon of Rangers which are avaliable in the mobile game Super Sentai Battle Base, with his Fire Mode being avaliable as well.
Shurikenger
Shurikenger
Shinobi Machines and Karakuri Balls
Arsenal
- Shuriken Ball
- Shinobi Medals
- Shuriken's Bat
- Ninjamisen
Ranger Key
The Shurikenger Ranger Key.
- "Shurikenger!"
- ―Mobilates'/Gokai Cellular's Gokai Change announcement[src]
The Shurikenger Ranger Key (シュリケンジャーキー Shurikenjā Renjā Kī) is Asuka Kagura's personal Ranger Key and what became of his powers after he along with the rest of the 34 Super Sentai sacrificed their powers to end the Great Legend War.
This key, along with the other fourteen sixth ranger keys and the ten extra hero keys, were initally acquired by Basco ta Jolokia and later used by the Gokaigers. Like all of his Ranger Keys, Basco used his trumpet, the Rapparatta, to turn the Shurikenger key into a puppet to do his bidding. The copy Shurikenger was one of the first five sixth rangers that Basco shown Captain Marvelous (Gokai Red), revealing he had found more Ranger Keys. These five puppets fought the Gokaigers and were all defeated, with Shurikenger being defeated by Gokai Green. Basco left these five keys to Marvelous.
A short while after, the first fourteen Sixth Ranger Reys, 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. The Shurikenger key was among ten of these Sixth Ranger Keys who fought, and were defeated by, Gosei Knight. TV STORY-Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle
While in the possession of the Gokaigers, the Shurikenger Ranger Key was mainly used by Gai Ikari (Gokai Silver), who used it to fight as Shurikenger.
- Alongside Joe, Don, and Ahim as the Kakurangers when a Gokai Change got mixed up.
TV STORY-Ep. 21: The Adventurer Heart - When the Gokaigers became the Hurricanegers with Gouraigers and Shurikenger while fighting Action Commander Senden. TV STORY-Ep. 24: Foolish Earthlings
- Gai became Shurikenger Fire Mode as part of an all-green change to defeat a duo of Dogormin. He did a sword combo attack with Joe (Shinken Green). TV STORY-Ep. 43: To the Legendary Hero
- When the Gokaigers became the Hurricanegers with Gouraigers and Shurikenger while fighting against Basco after Marvelous was incapacitated. TV STORY-Ep. 47: The Limits of Betrayal
- Gai became Shurikenger Fire Mode as part of a bombardment of changes in the final battle with Emperor Ackdos Gill. TV STORY-Final Ep.: Farewell Space Pirates
- Alongside Don and Ahim as the Gouraigers to take down an Avatar replica of Damaras. TV STORY-Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie
After Zangyack were finally defeated, the Gokaigers gave the Ranger Keys back to their rightful owners. Asuka received his key and became Shurikenger once more. A few years later, his Shinobi medal found a worthy replacement.
Human actors portraying Shurikenger
- Kenji Ohba (Retsudou) (Battle Kenya in Battle Fever J, DenziBlue in Denshi Sentai Denziman & Retsu Ichijouji in Space Sheriff Gavan)
- Toshiya Fuji (Yuusaku Ramon) (FiveRed in Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman)
- Tatsuya Nomi (Sanpei Hamada) (ShishiRanger in Gosei Sentai Dairanger)
- Masaru Shishido (Jou Kikuchi) (OhRed in Chōriki Sentai Ohranger)
- Yūji Kishi (Kazuma Namekawa) (Red Racer in Gekisou Sentai Carranger)
- Yoshihiro Masujima (Yoshinari Hashimoto) (Blue Racer in Gekisou Sentai Carranger)
- Hayato Oshiba (Taro Kakio) (MegaRed in Denji Sentai Megaranger)
- Masaya Matsukaze (Kazuya Misaki) (MegaBlue in Denji Sentai Megaranger)
- Ryuichiro Nishioka (Roppei Tsuzumi) (GoRed in Kyukyu Sentai GoGoFive)
- Shuhei Izumi (Teppei Sakaki) (TimeYellow in Mirai Sentai Timeranger)
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Imitations
A copy of Shurikenger was created by Madogi as part of the Fake Rangers. Madogi of the Phantom Beast Corps created evil duplicates of the Earth Ninja to draw out the real ones as part of Sandaaru's plan to trap them to lure out Gozen to destroy the barrier he made with the Raging Arrow medal. Though the the fakes were destroyed after this, this was part of Sandaaru's plan to take control of the Hurricaneger, Gouraiger, as well as Shurikenger with special collars to force Gozen to feel sadness so he could remove the Grieving Bow medal she possessed from within her body. TV STORY-Scroll 48: Trap and Eternal Life
Behind the scenes
Portrayal
Shurikenger is voiced by Taiki Matsuno (松野 太紀 Matsuno Taiki). His suit actor was Koji Mimura (三村 幸司 Mimura Kōji).
Notes
- Whenever Shurikenger takes the disguise of a former Sentai hero or a similar toku hero, there are occasionally "clues" regarding their former identity:
- When Tatsuya Nomi transformed, he does the roll call performance of Daigo of the Heavenly Phantom Star before utilizing his Karakuri Ball.
- On the back of Masaru Shishido's outfit is a red star, signifying his previous role as OhRed. When he transformed into Shurikenger, he also did a pose similar to the transformation pose of the Ohrangers.
- When Shurikenger took the guise of Kenji Ohba, he did Retsu Ichijouji's "Electroplate" transformation pose which he uses when becoming Space Sheriff Gavan. Likewise, his favorite food is anpan, just like Daigorou Oume.
- Although a name he abandoned of his former life, Shurikenger is a mentor character whose name is "Asuka", which is the name of another mentor character in the very next season.
- Although it is unknown what happened when he lost his powers in the Great Legend War, it can be assumed that he returned to his former Asuka personna, whether he was still alive or, possibly, kept his abilities and his means to transform like several other deceased heroes and thus lost them only symbolically.
- Asuka's status appears rather conflicting regarding what happened in both Hurricaneger and in Gokaiger:
- In Hurricaneger, Asuka did sacrifice his life during the final battle with Tau Zant and thus appears to have remained deceased.
- Asuka reappeared twice: both to assist the Hurricaneger during their battle with the Evolian in Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger vs. Hurricaneger and to participate in the Legend War.
- It is possible he returned from the dead both times, as shown with the appearance of several other deceased heroes in the Legend War (although the film makers of both probably hadn't thought of that at the time).
- He is the only sixth ranger to have a successor.
- He is the only heroic green ninja themed ranger but is the second following Suiren from the evil ninja sentai Hanaranger.
- If Shurikenger's true human form was truly seen in the show, it could be assumed the actor who voiced him would've played his human form.
See also
- Cameron Watanabe - Power Rangers counterpart in Power Rangers Ninja Storm. See comparison page.
- Tenkai - the second Shurikenger.
External links
- Shurikenger at the Super Sentai Battle: Dice-O official website
- Shurikenger at the Dice-O Wiki
- Shurikenger Fire Mode at the Dice-O Wiki