 This article is about a ranger in Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger.
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"Hear our roar! The Fanged Brave, Kyoryu Red!"
"It's going to get wild, try and stop me!"
Daigo Kiryu (桐生 ダイゴ Kiryū Daigo), nicknamed King (キング Kingu), is Kyoryu Red (キョウリュウレッド Kyōryū Reddo), the Red Ranger of the Kyoryugers.
Biography
Early life
Young Daigo
When he was a little boy, Daigo traveled with his father around the world. One day, his father gave him a pendant of a dinosaur tooth/claw within some amber, which he said will guide him into becoming a "strong man" in the future. 
TV STORY-Brave 1: Let's Go! The Bright Red King
During an expedition, his father gave him money and a map, giving him the choice to go back to Japan and live a normal life; or "follow the path of the great dragons" and continue exploring the world. Daigo chose to live the life his father had. After that, his father disappeared. TV STORY-Brave 3: It's Going to Get Wild! The Slashing Brave
Defeating Gabutyra and becoming Kyoryu Red
Daigo defeats Gabutyra in battle.
After the Deboss Army reawakened and attacked an Island in the South Sea, Daigo (now 20 years old and known by his nickname "King") was the first on the scene to fight back. Torin noticed this, and went to his aid by giving him a Gabrevolver and awakening Gabutyra from his slumber on the volcano. Noticing his braveness in the fight, Torin grants him the opportunity to become Kyoryu Red, should Gabutyra accept him after being defeated in battle.
Daigo fought with Gabutyra for one month before he was able to defeat the dinosaur in combat. However, Gabutyra did not want to accept him, so Torin decided to look elsewhere for a new candidate to become Kyoryu Red. Daigo, unwilling to be left behind, grabbed Torin before he teleported and wound up in the Tiger Boy Family Restaurant, the front for the Kyoryuger base.
When the Deboss Army unleashes Debo Hyogakki, one of the Debo Monsters that killed the dinosaurs, Gabutyra becomes enraged and goes after him despite not having his Beast Battery installed. Knowing this could end up being fatal for Gabutyra, Daigo goes to his aid to protect him. Filled with gratitude, Gabutyra grants him the power of the Kyoryuger and Daigo becomes the Fanged Hero (牙の勇者, Kiba no Yūsha) Kyoryu Red. TV STORY-Brave 1: Let's Go! The Bright Red King
Access to Carnival
During testing with the +1 Beast Battery created by Yayoi, it turned him into a wild beast called a "Gabutyra Human".
Gabrincho of Music
Go-Busters vs. Gokaiger
to be added
- See Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie#Continuity and Placement for where this takes place for the Kyoryugers.
Super Hero Taisen Z
The Kyoryugers joined the action as the current Sentai team in Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z.
Super Hero Taisen Otsu
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Kyoryu Red
Kyoryu Red
Arsenal
- Gaburivolver: Transformation device that doubles as the gun weapon.
- Gabricalibur: Main sword weapon that can combine with the Gaburivolver.
- Gaburu Cannon: The combined form of the Gaburivolver and GabriCalibur.
- MoBuckle: Beast Battery storing belt and communicator.
- Beast Battery #1 - Gabutyra: Main battery-like device that is the source of Daigo's powers.
Mecha
- Zyudenryu #1: Zyudenryu Gabutyra
Kyoryu Red Double Armed Mode
Kyoryu Red can access Armed Mode on both arms with the Beast Battery W which grants Kyoryu Red two Gabutyra Fangs, dubbed as "Double Armed On". This appears in the movie Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger: Gaburincho of Music. Double Armed Form also appears in the mobile game Super Sentai Battle Base. As a bonus, new players who register through this link will get Kyoryu Red Double Armed Mode as their first character once the game is launched on Summer 2013. It has also been added to the arcade game Super Sentai Battle: Dice-O.
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Kyoryu Red using Deinosgrander
- Arsenal
- Deinosgrander
- Gaburivolver
The Gabutyra Human
When Daigo as Kyoryu Red tried to power up, the Beast Battery accidentally caused him to turn into a Gabutyra Human: a humanoid who thinks and acts like a dinosaur. This form is distinguishable from Daigo's normal form by the blackening of the helmet's mouth-plate.
Kyoryu Red Carnival
This form allows Kyoryu Red to utilize Zyudenryu arm attachments in what is essentially a man-sized Kyoryuzin, with Gabutyra always in the middle on his chest as it is the base of Kyoryuzin.
- Arsenal
- GabreCarnival
- Gaburivolver
- Gabutyra DeCarnival
Samba Carnival
In the Carnival version of the standard Kyoryuzin combination, Kyoryu Red is armed with the Dricera Drill on his left arm and the Stegotchi Shield on his right arm.
Western Carnival
In the Carnival version of Kyoryuzin Western, Kyoryu Red is armed with the Zakutor Sword on his left arm and the Parasa Beam Gun on his right arm.
Macho Carnival
In the Carnival version of Kyoryuzin Macho, Kyoryu Red is armed with the Dricera Drill on his left arm and the Ankydon Hammer on his right arm.
Kung-Fu Carnival
In the Carnival version of Kyoryuzin Kung-Fu, Kyoryu Red is armed with the Bunpachy Ball on his left arm and the Ankydon Hammer on his right arm.
Personality
An easy going, strong, excitable, and very optimistic person, Daigo is surprisingly insightful, knowing how strong people are (like when he sees Amy and warns Ian that she is stronger than she looks) or can be (such as Nobuharu hindering himself with guilt), as well as figuring out why Gabutyra didn't accept him as a Kyoryuger initially. This insightfulness often serves him well, as he manages to get by without using a considerable amount of actual brainpower.
When he was declared something by others, he tends to repeat it back with a "super" (i.e., Torin saying Gabutyra is serious, Hyogakki calling him insane) added to it. Daigo never tries to solve difficult problems with his head, instead he just relies on gut instinct to win. He has a tendency to announce "It's going to get wild, try and stop me!" (荒れるぜ、止めてみな！, Areruze, tometemina!) before going into battle.
He is very reckless, and tends to act first and think later in fights, and it was this very same recklessness that prevented Daigo from getting stronger, thanks to Tessai's harsh lessons.
Behind the scenes
Portrayal
Daigo Kiryu is portrayed by Ryo Ryusei (竜星 涼 Ryūsei Ryō).[1][2][3][4] As a child, he is portrayed by Itsuki Shibuya (渋谷 樹生 Shibuya Itsuki). As Kyoryu Red, his suit actor is Yoshifumi Oshikawa (押川 善文 Oshikawa Yoshifumi).
Sentai Notes
- Like the Red Rangers of the last two Dinosaur-themed Sentai teams, Geki and Ryoga Hakua, Daigo is based on a Tyrannosaurus rex.
- This makes him the only Kyoryuger to have the same motif as his previous counterparts.
- In a strange coincidence, Daigo's character and his actor's name (Ryo) share the name of two members of the then-airing Sentai team from the year of his birth (1993).
- Kyoryu Red is the first and so far only Sentai hero to introduce himself to his predecessors in his team's "early-bird cameo", as he came to the aid of Gokai Red and Red Buster in Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie, with the rest of the Kyoryugers arriving after the other two Red Rangers took their leave.
- In contrast, the early-bird cameos in Kamen Rider summer movies always feature the upcoming rider coming to the aid of the current, soon-to-depart Rider.
- Daigo's Carnival form is similar to the Battlizer concept in Power Rangers, as well as the Armed TyrannoRanger and AbareMax upgrades of his previous dinosaur themed counterparts.
- It is also similar in design, particularly with the Gabutyra teeth around his chest, to the chest of Creator King Ryuuwon, a dino-themed villain from GoGo Sentai Boukenger (who was modeled originally after the Zyuranger mech Daizyujin).
- It is also the first Red Ranger-exclusive power-up since the DekaRed Battlizer and the first since AbaRed's AbareMax form to use a Red Ranger-exclusive power-up in the series proper.
- It also bears a slight resemblence to the civilian clothing worn by Ryouma, who was GingaRed in Seijuu Sentai Gingaman.
- He is also the third sentai ranger to gain a battlizer style armor and second out of the movies. The first being DekaRed, the second being Gokai Silver with Gold Mode (first out of the movies), and Daigo being the third (second out of the movies).
- However, like Ban's battlizer is unique to him, it's possible that Daigo's is also only usable for him. Gai's Gold mode was usable by all the Gokaigers.
- Kyoryu Red has by far the most forms of an individual Sentai Ranger and Sentai Red, with ten: his normal form, his three Armed Forms (Single, Double, and Deinosgrander), and six Carnival forms (incomplete, default and four combos).
- He has even more forms than Jayden Shiba, the Red Samurai Ranger in Power Rangers Samurai, who has seven, with the US-exclusive Mega Mode (Mega Mode, Super Mega Mode, Shark Attack Mega Mode, and Shogun Mode) forms on top of Shinken Red's three forms (Base, Super Shinkenger/Super Samurai Mode, Hyper Shinkenger/Shark Attack Mode) from Shinkenger.
- With ten forms, he has more forms than even Tommy Oliver's nine forms (Green Ranger, Green without Dragon Shield, White Ranger, White Ninja, Metallic Armor Mode, Red Zeo Ranger, Red Turbo Ranger, Black Dino Thunder Ranger and Super Dino Mode); however, like Jayden, all of Daigo's forms are just varients of his base red ranger form while Tommy's are all different ranger suits.
- The animation of the Gabutyra Human's face when he roars is reminiscent of the Abarangers, who would roar when their transformation was completed.
References
- ↑ 竜星涼 『獣電戦隊キョウリュウジャー』レギュラー出演 (January 1, 2013). Retrieved on January 1, 2013.
- ↑ A happy new year｜竜星涼オフィシャルブログ Powered by Ameba (January 1, 2013). Retrieved on January 1, 2013.
- ↑ Hyper Hobby, February 2013
- ↑ Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Tokyo Dome City Prism Hall event promotional pamphlet