 This article is about a villain in Choju Sentai Liveman.
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Arashi Busujima (毒島 嵐 Busujima Arashi) is a tough-as-nails underworld figure and gang leader with a poor education who bears a grudge against Science Academia and people who are smarter than him. He was physically and mentally modified by Great Professor Bias to become Doctor Ashura (ドクター・アシュラ Dokutā Ashura), the new general of the Armed Brain Army Volt.
History[]
When one of his men is converted into an Apeman by Baboon Brain, Arashi tracks down the Brain Beast and uses him to commit crimes before Yusuke battles Arashi in a fist fight prior to Obular's interference. Impressed with Arashi, Bias accelerates his intelligence to the point that he built a chamber that modifies him into his current form. 
TV STORY-Ep. 11: The Man Who Bit a Brain Beast
Other than his new found genius and brute strength, Ashura uses the attacks "Demon Kick", "Break Ashura", "Ashura Reverse Attack", and "Cut Ashura". After his initial lost to the Livemen, Ashura re-modified himself to execute "Cyber Bunshin" to generate the Shurer Three (シュラー三人衆 Shurā Sanjinshu) with whom he executes the "Blood Shed Attack".
Doctor Ashura went out of his way to comfort Doctor Mazenda after the emotional turmoil caused by Twin Brain falling for Jou Ohara. TV STORY-Ep. 18: A Trap! Joh's Beloved Brain Beast
Doctor Ashura tried to use the opportunity of Study Brain weakening Doctor Obular to take out both Obular and the Livemen, but was thwarted by Guildian Guildos's sudden arrival on Earth. TV STORY-Ep. 19: Geek-Boy Obular
He is targeted by Bias when he used the Hacker Brain to uncover suspicious articles regarding Bias' secret. Soon afterward, Bias decides that Ashura is a hopeless candidate and strips him of his super-intelligence and tries to kill him. TV STORY-Ep. 45: Ashura Reversal One Chance Game
Back to being Arashi, he ends up being befriended by the Liveman and Gou, who take him to a hospital. Bias tasks Mazenda and Kemp with killing him to empower their brains to reach 1000-pt status. Bofler fighters attack the city. While trapped in a church, he connects with Gou, asking him to solve basic math equations. He remarks that he has had a strange life, just like Gou's, before rushing in to save Jou from Battle Brain. As the Livemen battle Fear Beast Kemp and Battle Brain in a quarry, he straps himself with dynamite and makes a suicide run on Battle Brain, succeeding it in blowing it up until Gash revives/enlarges it with Giga Phantom. Yellow Lion honors his sacrifice by adopting his head-on battle strategy to defeat Battle Brain. TV STORY-Ep. 46: Honorable Man, Arashi! The Final Battle
Personality[]
He has a soft spot for women and has sided with Mazenda.
By the end of his life, though he has not become smarter, he has become friendlier and fairer than before. While he had attempted to bond with Mazenda before, he forms a true connection with Gou over their shared traumas and transformation under Bias. He intervenes in the fight with Battle Brain to save Jou Ohara's life.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Thousand-Point Brain: Thanks to being modified by Bias, Ashura had genius-level intelligence.
Abilities[]
- Shurer Three: With the command "Cyber Bunshin", Ashura was able to summon his servants to assist him.
- Ashura Missile: Ashura has the Ashura 3 launch his body like a missile.
Weaknesses[]
- Logical Thinker: Due to his thousand-point brain being extremely logical, Ashura lost the ability to calculate emotions such as courage, as demonstrated by Red Falcon in episode 45.
Arsenal[]
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Creations[]
- Test Brain (12)
- Elec Brain (14)
- Spirit Brain (25)
- Hacker Brain (45)
Relationships[]
Allies[]
Villain Groups[]
Armed Brain Army Volt[]
- Great Professor Bias
- Doctor Kemp
- Doctor Mazenda
- Doctor Obular
- Guildian Guildos
- Chibuchian Butchy
- Guardnoid Gash
Family[]
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Others[]
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Enemies[]
Rangers[]
Family[]
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Others[]
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Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
- Ashura was portrayed by Yoshinori Okamoto; this was his fifth of five-straight villain roles he portrayed in Sentai, which included Bio Hunter Silva, Adjutant Booba, Boh Gardan and Earth Imperial Ninja Oyoboo.
Design[]
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Etymology[]
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Notes[]
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Appearances[]
Choju Sentai Liveman
- Ep. 11: The Man Who Bit a Brain Beast
- Ep. 12: Super-Genius Ashura!
- Ep. 13: Burn! Steel Colon
- Ep. 14: The Scream of Kettle-Man Yusuke
- Ep. 15: Deadly! Grim Reaper Gash
- Ep. 16: The Letter of the Jiang Shi
- Ep. 17: The Crying Doll! The Attacking Doll!
- Ep. 18: A Trap! Joh's Beloved Brain Beast
- Ep. 19: Geek-Boy Obular
- Ep. 20: Failing Obular's Counterattack!
- Ep. 21: Listen, Gou!! Mother's Voice…
- Ep. 22: Enter the Space Karaoke Master
- Ep. 23: The Life Risked at 0.1 Second
- Ep. 24: Can You Get a 100 for Playing!?
- Ep. 25: The 8 Brain Beasts of Tsuruga Castle!
- Ep. 27: Daughter!! Destroy the Giga Project
- Ep. 28: The Challenge of the Huge Giga Volt
- Ep. 30: Five Warriors, Here and Now
- Ep. 31: Mama! The Parasitic Monster's Cries
- Ep. 32: Kemp, The Riddle of Blood and Roses
- Ep. 33: Do Your Best, Tetsu-chan Robot
- Ep. 34: Love That Runs through the Future and Present!
- Ep. 35: Yusuke and Kemp's Promise!!
- Ep. 36: Crash! The Tackle of Friendship
- Ep. 37: 16-Year-Old Kemp's Fear Beast Transformation!
- Ep. 38: Mobile Weapon of Destruction Mazenda
- Ep. 39: Protect it! A Lifeform of Space
- Ep. 40: Love!? Megumi and the Jewel Thief
- Ep. 41: The Confession of Gou, The Invisible Man!!
- Ep. 42: Bias' Challenge From Space
- Ep. 43: A Mystery!? Guildos' Final Form
- Ep. 44: Butchy's Great Reckless Driving of Tears!!
- Ep. 45: Ashura Reversal One Chance Game
- Ep. 46: Honorable Man, Arashi! The Final Battle
- Kousoku Sentai Turboranger
- Ep. 1: The Great Gathering of 10 Sentai: Counting on You! Turboranger (archive footage only)
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