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- "Monarch of the Heavens! Zyuoh Bird! (天空の王者！ジュウオウバード！ Tenkū no Ōja! Jūō Bādo!)"
- ―Zyuoh Bird's roll call[src]
Bud (バド Bado), also known as the Bird Man (鳥男 Tori Otoko), is a Zyuman who gave the King's Credential to Yamato Kazakiri when he was a child. He was the one that stole the King's Credentials years ago, his hatred for Zyuland's mistreatment of humans, and for the death of his first human friend. He later became Zyuoh Bird (ジュウオウバード Jūō Bādo). When fused with Yamato Kazakiri through the illusion of Cube Condor, he becomes Zyuoh Condor (ジュウオウコンドル Jūō Kondoru).
History[]
To the Human World[]
- "You're okay now."
- ―Bud to the young Yamato Kazakiri[src]
20 years ago in the Zyuland, Bud was promoted to Link Cube Guardian. Together with Larry, he studied human beings and their world. But on one fateful day, he discovered a young human male in a yellow jacket. He was stranded and badly injured. Feeling sympathy, Bud gave the human visitor shelter and personally tended to his injures. But fearing the consequences for his guest's unwarranted arrival in his land, Bud concealed the human's presence from Zyuland society; dreading the extent to which the Zyuland kingdom would go to prevent knowledge of their land's existence from being exposed. Unfortunately that night, Bud's cover was blown and his human friend was imprisoned on the orders of a turtle leader. Though Bud tried to free his friend, the man was surrounded during his escape and fell over a cliff to his death. Bud surmised that humans had stumbled upon Zyuland before and met similar fates. Since then, Bud harbored contempt for his people and their mistrust towards humans. 
TV STORY-Ep. 11: Animals Assemble TV STORY-Ep. 38: High in the Sky, Flying Wings In retribution, he would steal one of his people's six King's Credentials from the Link Cube gateway, disabling it, as he left for the human world. Since then he has been branded a traitor to his homeworld.
5 years after arriving to the human world, humans found Bud and attacked him. Prepared for death, Bud was saved by Kageyuki Kazakiri. As Kageyuki treated him, Bud overheard that his wife had died with his son Yamato watching. TV STORY-Ep. 46: The Immortal God of Destruction
During his ventures in the human world, Bud would come across an injured boy human. This boy was named Yamato Kazakiri. Possibly to repay Kageyuki, Bud saved young Yamato using the King's Credential to transfer his Zyuman Power. This would heal the human boy, but at the sacrifice of Bud's own life force, resulting in him aging rapidly. TV STORY-Ep. 6: Wild Present Years later, when the matured Yamato discovered the Zyumans in the midst of the Deathgalien's attack on Earth, Bud snatched the remaining King's Credential while Yamato used his own along with the four stranded Zyuman guardians to fight the Deathgaliens as the Zyuohgers. TV STORY-Ep. 1: The Exciting Animal Land TV STORY-Ep. 2: Don’t Underestimate this Planet
Confrontation with the Zyuohgers[]
Bud later returned to rescue Yamato after the Zyuohgers were defeated by the Massacre Machine Gift, TV STORY-Ep. 10: The Most Dangerous Game bringing the unconscious Yamato home before passing the four Zyumans in human form as he took his leave. Waking up, Yamato confided with his Zyuman friends that he had indeed met the Bird Man in human form, revealing that he was the man they saw earlier and that he possessed the missing King's Credential. The Zyumans were given a go by Yamato to track down the Bird Man and recover the King's Credential while he rested on his injuries while keeping an eye out for Gift. Catching up with Bud, the Zyumans were shocked to hear him speak of Zyuland with disdain as he revealed that he took the cube those years ago to sever the link between the worlds. When the Bud refused to hand it over, the Zyumans engaged him as he held onto it with force, matching the strength of all four single-handed. Transforming, the Zyuohgers were able to overpower the Bird Man, forcing the King's Credential out of his hand only to find that Gift had returned and was being faced by Yamato alone. Ultimately, the four chose to stand by Yamato and claim their way home later, leaving Bud with the King's Credential. TV STORY-Ep. 11: Animals Assemble
Witnessed by Yuri Igarashi, Bud observing the dormant Kuma Axe at the top of Axe Rock Mountain.
Following the encounter, the Zyuohgers began a search for Bud to the point of creating and distributing wanted posters bearing an illustration of his human form, choosing the depiction drawn by Sela as it was deemed greatly superior to that made by Leo. TV STORY-Ep. 12: The Short-Nose Elephant This led to Yuri Igarashi, who had seen Bud at the top of the hiking trail on Axe Rock Mountain, observing the axe-shaped stony outcrop that gave the mountain its name, to come forward to the Zyuohgers who took the hiking trail themselves in search for him only to face the Deathgalien Blood Game which was being executed by Noborizon on the mountain. Ultimately, having discovered the "Axe Rock" was in fact Cube Kuma while defeating the Deathgalien Player, the Zyuohgers went to the spot at the end of the trail where Bud was spotted only to find that he had since left, leading them to wonder if he was aware that there was a dormant Zyuoh Cube waiting on the mountain. TV STORY-Ep. 13: The Summit of Witnesses
Reunion with Larry[]
Bud reunites with Larry.
Evidently, Bud had taken to recovering the dormant Zyuoh Cubes on Earth. Digging up Cube Hyou, he was discovered by his old friend, the gorilla Zyuman, Larry, who realized that he was the bird man that Yamato had mentioned to him. TV STORY-Ep. 26: I Want to Protect the Precious Day
Becoming Zyuoh Bird[]
Bud witnessed ZyuohKing activate and combine with Cube Octopus in their fight against the Saguil Brothers, the Zyuohgers having been alerted to sight of a new Zyuoh Cube by Larry. Sensing another malicious presence, Bud took off and ultimately caught up with Yamato. Finding him at the mercy of another Saguil, Bud stepped in to defend Yamato but was soon overpowered. Producing his King's Credential, Bud pleaded for it to grant him the strength he needed to protect Yamato. Resonating with Bud's wish, the remaining King's Credential became the Zyuoh Changer Final, allowing Bud to transform into Zyuoh Bird for the first time. TV STORY-Ep. 37: Monarch of the Heavens.
After the battle, Bud and Yamato retreated to a cave where Bud tended to Yamato's wounds while explaining why he left Zyuland. To him, the King's Credentials had become signs of tools used to kill and divide the two races. He claimed to give Yamato his original King's Credential both to help him and to just get rid of it in hopes that it would never find its way back to the Link Cube.
Upon hearing that the Saguil Brothers were back, Yamato asked Bud to come with him and see that the King's Credentials had become the tool that forged his bonds with the Zyumans. Seeing the Zyuohgers fight, Bud was convinced and decided to fight to protect those bonds. He aids Yamato in battle with the two Saguil Brothers and they beat them together with a Riser Spinning Slash. TV STORY-Ep. 38: High in the Sky, Flying Wings. He leaves during the mecha fight and clears out the cave, leaving no trace of where he went.
Zyuohger vs. Ninninger[]
When the Deathgalien team leaders attempted to take advantage of Gillmarda's attack against the Zyuohgers and Ninningers, Bud was ready to take them on himself. However he quickly found he wasn't needed as he witnessed of the 41st Super Sentai, Uchu Sentai Kyuranger. He watched in amazement as they took down the Deathgaliens themselves, and decided not to tell the Zyuohgers about the appearance of the new team, though he took it as proof that they had succeeded in protecting the future of Super Sentai. TV STORY-Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger: Message from the Future from Super Sentai
Meeting Azald[]
Having found Cube Kamonohashi and Cube Fukurou, Bud finally recovered Cube Shimauma, making a total of four Zyuoh Cubes on his person. Observing the Zyuohgers' Giant Robos engaged in battle against the enlarged Players in the city from a distance, it was at this point that Bud was met by Deathgalien Team Leader Azald, who had been led astray by the machinations of Quval. Making note of Azald's cube-shaped body, Bud questioned as to what he was as the battlehungry Team Leader, recognizing Bud as the new Zyuohger, proceeded to engage him. TV STORY-Ep. 41: The First and The Last Chance During the fight, Bud questioned Azald, asking if he was on Earth, but the Team Leader denied ever being on Earth prior to the Blood Game. The fight caused Bud to drop a Zyuoh Cubes and damaged Azald, with cube body parts breaking off. After the general reconstructed himself and left, Bud noticed that the Zyuoh Cubes were reconstructed into Azald's body instead of some of his cubic body parts, recovering a fragment of Azald. TV STORY-Ep. 42: The Future of this Planet
In the New Year, Bud caught up with Larry, showing him the cube left behind by Azald. Explaining what had happened, Bud voiced his concern to Larry that the Deathgalien Team Leader was not all that he seemed with a possible connection to the Earth, deducing that such a cube from his body was used by Ginis to bestow the Zyuman Power upon Misao Mondou in place of a King's Credential. Noting his surprise at Bud having flew off following his transformation as opposed to joining the Zyuohgers earlier, Larry, observing that Bud's King's Credential had taken a different form to the others, asked him if his reduced Zyuman Power could handle the fight. Before Bud could confront this question, however, the pair were set upon by Deathgalien Moebas. Handing the piece of Azald to Larry, Bud instructed him to go and take it to the Zyuohgers as he transformed and held the Moebas off, assuring Larry that he could still handle them. TV STORY-Ep. 44: Monarch of the Humans
Though Bud quickly destroyed the Moebas, they had succeeded in pinpointing his location for Azald while Bud, growing increasingly weaker, took flight and fled. He was ultimately intercepted and confronted by Azald, who demanded he return the piece of his body he lost, forcing Bud to transform and engage Azald once again. With Zyuoh Bird's withered strength putting him at a disadvantage, Bud was unable to keep up with Azald's regeneration ability and was soon forced out of his transformation. Fortunately, it was at this moment that the Zyuohgers led by Yamato arrived to assist him. Despite the distance he had set from his fellow Zyumans, Bud accepted a proposition from Tusk, who had been made aware of the situation by Larry, for co-operation and so all seven Zyuohgers transformed and engaged Azald and a further batch of Moebas. Bud informed Yamato that the Zyuoh Cubes he recovered were now in Azald's chest, leading Zyuoh Gorilla to break through and free them. This, however, brought the effect of revitalizing Azald by removing his internal disturbance, beating back Bud and the other Zyuohgers. When Yamato was disarmed of the Whale Change Gun by Azald, Bud took it upon himself to recover and wield the weapon originally used by the ancient Great King. Performing the Deep Lock, Bud succeeded in freezing Azald in place just before he passed out as his transformation negated. However, Azald, broke free soon after and, having remembered who he was, assumed his true form as it was finally revealed that he was the monster that Cetus fought and defeated ages ago as he ferociously defeated the remaining Zyuohgers. TV STORY-Ep. 45: Lifted Seal
As Azald's rampage began to destroy the city, Bud saw Yamato and Kageyuki at the hospital, about to be crushed by falling rubble. Bud destroys it and reveals himself to Kageyuki, who recognizes him in front of a shocked Yamato. As Kageyuki goes back to help the evacuated patients, Bud explains their history to Yamato, who is emotionally distraught upon realizing that his father only missed his mother's final moments because he was saving Bud. TV STORY-Ep. 46: The Immortal God of Destruction
In the woods, Bud sees the projection of Genis declare that the final Blood Game had begun, with the Sagitarius Ark shooting an arrow into the ground and using it to infuse the planet with Genis's cells. As the ground begins to tremor and explode from the energy, Bud is about to morph when Larry stops him, having deduced that his reduced Zyuman power required the King's Credential to channel power from the Earth to support the transformation. Doing that too many times will kill him, so Larry instead asks for his help on another plan.
The two drag the Link Cube to a clearing before summoning the other Zyuohgers via the King's Credentials. He and Larry explain that they can reconfigure the Link Cube to form a protective barrier around Earth, severing the Sagitarrius Ark's connection in the process. Doing so will also sever the Link Cube's connection with Zyuland, so the four main Zyuman Zyuohgers and Larry would have to return home before the barrier goes up, never to return. Still not ready to forgive Zyuland, Bud planned to stay and fight any Deathgaliens still on Earth with Yamato and Misao after the barrier remained. After Yamato arrives, the six Zyuohgers unanimously vote against the plan, preferring to stay and fight Genis directly if it meant a chance at brigding their worlds. Bud relents, but reminds them that this means they have to win at all costs. TV STORY-Ep. 47: The Last Game
Bud does not participate in the final fight against Genis, instead watching from afar with Larry. Afterwards, he meets them at the Link Cube to restore it so the other Zyumans can go home for a while to explain to their superiors that they needed to make peace with humans. As he inserts his King's Credentials with the others, however, the Link Cube instead explodes, merging Zyuland with Earth in a single wave. It then returns all Zyuoh Changers to their owners. Bud decides to take his and travel for a while, first saying goodbye to Kageyuki and commenting how the both of them seemed happier than ever. TV STORY-Ep. Final: Earth is Our Home
Life Received! Earth Champions Decisive Battle![]
Sometime during his travels around the world, Bud hear rumors about Pocane Da Niro and decides to investigate him. When Da Niro hosts the Monarch of the Earth Tournament, Bud pulls Yamato from the qualifier to ask for his help exploring the underground casino betting on the tournament. The two discover that Da Niro is a former Deathgalien who turns those unable to pay their gambling debts into life jewels, having already amassed a collection. In the ensuing fight, the two prove outmatched. Bud shields Yamato from Da Niro's attack and is turned into an orange life gem in the process. By dropping a stolen red life gem while pushing Yamato out of the line of sight, he is able to trick Da Niro into thinking that he also turned Yamato into a gem.
The five core Zyuohgers manage to recover his life gem along with the rest, inadvertently freeing Bud when Leo drops his gem. Bud helps them defeat all the Moeba before rendezvousing with Misao outside to confront the fleeing Da Niro. Bud and Yamato take him on while the others confront his clones of the Deathgalien generals. The two prove outmatched again until Cube Condor fuses them into Zyuoh Condor. Bud also joins the other Zyuohgers in Beast Unleashed mode to power the Zyuoh Final blast that finishes Da Niro's normal-sized form. TV STORY-Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger Returns: Life Received! Earth Champions Decisive Battle!
Personality[]
While Bud is caring and helpful, the mistrust of humans his people held have soured his mood and held them in his contempt. Reuniting with Yamato and seeing his connection with the other Zyuohgers helps reverse this. By the time the worlds are merged again, he seems optimistic about the future.
Forms[]
Zyuoh Bird
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Zyuman Power (ジューマンパワー Jūman Pawā): The natural energy of individual Zyumen, they can bestow this energy upon other lifeforms to heal them via a King's Credential, granting the potential to unlock Zyuman powers as a side-effect in humans. Bud performed this act to safeguard the young Yamato, granting him the power to later transform a King's Credential into his Zyuoh Changer, giving him access to the form of Zyuoh Eagle and by extension the Cube Eagle as a result. However, as later discovered by Yamato, this would come at the cost of the Zyuman's life force, thus presumably shortening the Bud's lifespan. The process is also evidently irreversible.
- Sixth Sense: As a Zyuman, Bud can sense malicious presences such as the Deathgaliens, which are signaled by his rear feather standing on end.
TV STORY-Ep. 37: Monarch of the Heavens - Disguise: Bud granted his own human form by his King's Credential. He can change between Zyuman and human form at will. However, his disguise bears one exposing flaw in that he retains his rectrices.
Attacks[]
- Riser Spinning Slash (ライザースピニングスラッシュ Raizā Supiningu Surashhu): Extending his EagRiser into whip mode, Zyuoh Bird wraps the blade around an opponent before pulling it back, slashing them across their entire body.
- Zyuoh Final Deep Lock (ジュウオウファイナル ディープロック Jūō Fainaru Dīpu Rokku): A blast is fired from the Whale Change Gun, capable of freezing in place even the most powerful opponent.
Abilities[]
- Flight: As an eagle Zyuman, Bud can fly at high speed.
- Eagle eyes: As an eagle Zyuman, Bud possesses strong eyesight. This elevated sense allows him able to see things at much greater distances or too small too see and perceive actions too quick for others to process.
- Advanced Fighting Skills: Bud's fighting skills are well enough to handle all four morphed Zyumen at once prior to becoming ZyuohBird.
Weaknesses[]
Unlike the other Zyuman Zyuohgers, Bud does not have enough Zyuman power in his body to sustain the Zyuohger transformation on his own, having given most of it to Yamato. Because of this, his King's Credential draws energy from the Earth to give him the power needed. Prolonged use of the form strains and weakens Bud, and Larry has theorized that doing it too often will kill him. However, the effects are reversible with time, as Bud asserts that a year of travelling abroad allowed him to recover his energy and safely transform by the Monarch of the Earth tournament.
Arsenal[]
Mecha[]
Appearances: Zyuohger Episodes 37-38, 42, 44, 45,Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger Returns: Life Received! The Earth's Monarchs' Decisive Battle!
Monarch of the Heavens!
Zyuoh Bird!
Instinct Awakened Mode
In his Instinct Awakened (野生解放 Yasei Kaihō) form, Zyuoh Bird gains a pair of wings that grant him the power of high speed flight that can cover many city blocks. He also gains enhanced kicks, mimicking how an eagle uses its talons to catch its prey, along with the ability to generate gusts of wind or light himself on fire like a Phoenix before slamming into an opponent.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
to be added
Attacks[]
- Glide Feather Slash (グライドフェザースラッシュ Guraido Fezā Surasshu): Zyuoh Bird waves the EagRiser around in a circle and slashes the opponent two times.
Abilities[]
to be added
Weaknesses[]
to be added
Arsenal[]
Mecha[]
Appearances: Zyuohger Episode 38, 45
Zyuoh Condor (ジュウオウコンドル Jūō Kondoru) is the fused Ranger form of Yamato Kazakiri and Bud, created as an illusion by Cube Condor.
Zyuoh Condor
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
to be added
Attacks[]
- Riser Spinning Slash (ライザースピニングスラッシュ Raizā Supiningu Surashhu): Extending his EagRiser into whip mode, Zyuoh Bird wraps the blade around an opponent before pulling it back, slashing them across their entire body.
This form is exclusive to Life Received! The Earth's Monarchs' Decisive Battle!
Abilities[]
to be added
Weaknesses[]
to be added
Arsenal[]
- EagRisers (from Zyuoh Eagle and Zyuoh Bird)
Mecha[]
Monarch of the Azure Skies!
Zyuoh Condor!
Instinct Awakened Mode
In his Instinct Awakened (野生解放 Yasei Kaihō) form, Zyuoh Condor gains a pair of wings that grant him the power of high speed flight that can cover many city blocks. He also gains enhanced kicks, mimicking how an eagle uses its talons to catch its prey, along with the ability to generate gusts of wind or light himself on fire like a Phoenix before slamming into an opponent.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
to be added
Attacks[]
- Glide Feather Slash (グライドフェザースラッシュ Guraido Fezā Surasshu): Zyuoh Condor waves the EagRisers around in a circle and slashes the opponent two times.
Abilities[]
to be added
Weaknesses[]
"to be added"
Arsenal[]
Mecha[]
Relationships[]
Allies[]
Rangers[]
- Yamato Kazakiri/Zyuoh Eagle
- Sela/Zyuoh Shark
- Leo/Zyuoh Lion
- Tusk/Zyuoh Elephant
- Amu/Zyuoh Tiger
- Misao Mondou/Zyuoh The World
Family[]
to be added
Others[]
- Larry
- Turtle Man
- Kageyuki Kazakiri - Savior
Enemies[]
Generals[]
to be added
Family[]
to be added
Others[]
to be added
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
Bud is portrayed by Kohei Murakami (村上 幸平 Murakami Kōhei), who previously portrayed Masato Kusaka
/Kamen Rider Kaixa in Kamen Rider 555. In Zyuman form, he is portrayed by suit actor Kosuke Asai (浅井 宏輔 Asai Kōsuke), who also portrays Zyuoh Eagle. In Ranger form he is portrayed by Yasuhiko Imai, being the only Zyuman to be portrayed by two different Suit Actors in his Zyuman Form and Ranger Form, presumably because of Kosuke Asai portraying Zyuoh Eagle and Zyuoh Bird being morphed in some scenes Zyuoh Eagle appears, thus, not being able to portray two characters at the same time. Imai also substituted Bud's Zyuman Form in Episode 46.
Design[]
- In the Korean dub of Zyuohger entitled Power Rangers Animal Force, which aired in South Korea, while his Ranger designation is Bird Ranger.
Etymology[]
"Bud" is derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the English word bird (バード Bādo) with the elongation kana removed.
Notes[]
- Zyuoh Bird is an orange recolor of Zyuoh Eagle with a modified helmet, removing the hidden Gorilla faceplate and making the entire unit one solid piece.
- Zyuoh Bird is the only Zyuohger who does not pilot a Zyuoh Cube based off his animal motif.
Appearances[]
- Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
- Ep. 1: The Exciting Animal Land
- Ep. 2: Don’t Underestimate this Planet (flashback)
- Ep. 5: Monarch of the Jungle (Indirect mention only)
- Ep. 6: Wild Present (flashback)
- Ep. 10: The Most Dangerous Game
- Ep. 11: Animals Assemble
- Ep. 12: The Short-Nose Elephant (mentioned and drawing only)
- Ep. 13: The Summit of Witnesses
- Ep. 16: Finding Zyuman (flashback; archive footage only)
- Ep. 17: Extra Player, Intrude (mentioned only)
- Ep. 18: Etched Terror (mentioned only)
- Ep. 20: Monarch of the World (flashback; archive footage only)
- Ep. 26: I Want to Protect the Precious Day (name revealed)
- Ep. 27: Which One is Real? (flashback; archive footage only)
- Ep. 37: Monarch of the Heavens (debut of Zyuoh Bird)
- Ep. 38: High in the Sky, Flying Wings
- Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger: Message from the Future from Super Sentai
- Ep. 41: The First and The Last Chance
- Ep. 42: The Future of this Planet
- Ep. 44: Monarch of the Humans
- Ep. 45: Lifted Seal
- Ep. 46: The Immortal God of Destruction
- Ep. 47: The Last Game
- Ep. Final: Earth is Our Home
- Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger Returns: Life Received! Earth Champions Decisive Battle!
See Also[]
- Tyler Rinker - Orange Ranger with bird motif
References[]
Footnotes[]
| Orange Rangers |
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| Identities |
| Kensaku Shiraishi • Makoto Jin • Akira Nijino • Bud • Stinger • Genba Bureki |
| Secondary Rangers |
| Ticket |
| Misc. Rangers |
| Flower Ninja Yuri • Z |
| Power Sets |
| Battle Cossack • ToQ 6gou • Zyuoh Bird • Sasori Orange • Bun Orange |
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| Violet Rangers |
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| Identities |
| Gou Fukami • Doctor Ulshade • Yayoi Ulshade • Shou Ronpo • Nada • Stacy • Rita Kaniska • Sakito Homura |
| Secondary Rangers |
| Dark Magic Knight Wolzard • Conductor • Yamato Kazakiri • Bud • Don Murasame • Karras Dehaan |
| Misc. Rangers |
| Flower Ninja Ran • Uppy • Sonogo • Sonona |
| Power Sets |
| Wolzard • GekiViolet • Kyoryu Violet • ToQ 7gou • Zyuoh Condor • Ryu Violet/Commander • Gaisoulg • Stacaesar • Don Murasame • Papillon Ohger • Bun Violet |
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