Genji Kaku

This article is about a Ranger in No.1 Sentai Gozyuger.

Genji Kaku
RyuRanger
Gender:	Male
Sentai Show:	No.1 Sentai Gozyuger
Colors:	Red
Homeworld:	Earth
First Appearance:	Ep. 35: Transform!! You Too Can Become Younger
Last Appearance:	Ep. 36: Get Ready, Rival! What is Youth!?
Number of Episode Appearances:	2 (Gozyuger) Full list of appearances
Actor:	Ryunosuke Shimamura (Young) Shigeru Saiki (Old)
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Genji Kaku (嘉挧 源治, Kaku Genji) is the childhood friend of Kinjiro Takehara who was selected to be part of the Universe Warriors as RyuRanger (リュウレンジャー, RyūRenjā).

History

Genji Kaku was Joji Takehara's long time friend and claimed rival ever since childhood, attending the same educational institutions with him from kindergarten to university. eBack in the days, they shared many moments together, such as: eating fried rice together with Fusako, eating kanyu drops in school post-war, playing menko competitively and aesthetically, and playing baseball together (noting its being 70 years and 18 days since their last plays). The two has become friends as they shared the same common view to be strict towards themselves and others.

At some point in the present, the elderly Genji was contracted with Tegasword and Dairanger Sentai Ring, becoming Universe Warrior RyuRanger and his body rejuvenated to participated in the Ring battles to collect all rings with the wish of eternal youth. One day, he found Joji (as Kinjiro) while hanging out with his grandson, Futoshi, after classes and call out his surname, much to Kinjiro and Futoshi's confusion since they shared same surname. Seeing Kinjiro hadn't recognized him, he call out Kinjiro's original name Joji, much to Kinjiro's shock and Futoshi's confusion, Kinjiro immediately dragged him to the nearby sports court to avoid his secret getting spilled.

Personality

Like Joji before becoming Kinjiro, Genji is also a strict person, and he thinks that people who live without a dream to achieve or break the rules is a shame, as he thinks people should not waste their time on unnecessary things. After regaining youth, Genji does not waste his time as he immediately finds Kinjiro to request a match to bet all their Sentai Rings, while even accepting the competition organized by Trump No.1 in order to win the Rings.

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"Dairanger!"

―Transformation announcement^[src]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Change (転身(チェインジ), Cheinji): Allows Genji/RyuRanger to transform into any object that he wishes that will aid him. When using this power, Genji can utilized the Qi-Power of Dairangers into usage.
  • Wok: As a Chinese wok, Genji can absorb the external heat energy to perform cooking.
  • Fan: As an old-fashioned electronic fan, Genji can generate powerful cyclone.
  • Poker Card: As an ace of hearts card, Genji can slip through tight spots and crevices.
• Qi-Power (気力, Kiryoku): Genji can use the Qi-Power of RyuRanger.

Abilities

• Rejuvenation: Like Kinjiro, Genji's Ring Contract with the Dairanger Ring allows him to turn himself into a 17-year-old teenage boy as long as he keeps taking kanyu drops. This ability is considered as a necessity since he is an elderly man like Kinjiro, and wouldn't be able to survive the Battle of the Rings had he been left at his natural age.

Attacks

• Bomber Ball (ボンバーボール, Bonbā Bōru): RyuRanger channels Qi into his hands and baseball and launches the baseball at high speeds.
• Heavenly Fire Star: Lightning Strike (天火星･稲妻打ち, Tenkasei: Inazuma Utchi): Channeling Qi into his bat, RyuRanger performs a powerful swing.
• Qi-Power Bomber (気力ボンバー, Kiryoku Bonbā): RyuRanger channels Qi into his hands and shoots a concentrated Qi ball.

Weaknesses

• Metabolism: Like Kinjiro, Genji's rejuvenation can only be maintained through consuming kanyu drops regularly, while fighting will cause his body exhaust from said nutrients.

Arsenal

• Silver TegaSword
• Sentai Rings
• Tsumega Buckle
• Dairanrod
  • Naginata

Appearances: Gozyuger Episodes 35-36

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Engage!

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Dairanger!

Behind the Scenes

Portrayal

• Genji Kaku is portrayed by Ryunosuke Shimamura (島村 龍乃介, Shimamura Ryūnosuke) in his youth form.
  • In aged form, his portrayed by Shigeru Saiki (斉木 しげる, Saiki Shigeru), who previously portrayed Morio Makino in GoGo Sentai Boukenger.

Design

• to be added

Etymology

Genji's surname of Kaku shares the same kanji used in Master Kaku's name.

Notes

• His name is a pun off of former baseball player Genji Kaku, who is King-Ohger actor So Kaku (Kaguragi Dybowski)'s father.
  • By coincidence, So's favorite Sentai season is Dairanger.
• His poses during his pre-transformation sequence references both the Dairangers transformation pose when using the Aurachanger and RyuRanger's rollcall pose.

Appearances

• No.1 Sentai Gozyuger
  • Ep. 35: Transform!! You Too Can Become Younger
  • Ep. 36: Get Ready, Rival! What is Youth!?
  • Ep. 39: Burning Intensity! I'll Show You the Power of the Rings! (Flashback)