 This article is about a villain in Juken Sentai Gekiranger.
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- "At last. I look forward to it."
- ―Hong Kong Media King Yang’s first words (in subtitled Chinese) when Miranda announced that the Gekirangers as well as Mele and Rio were ready for stage 2 of his competition.[src]
- "I have absorbed the Qi of the very strongest martial artists. At long last, I have the ultimate body! I have nothing to fear!"
- ―Yang upon assuming his ultimate form.[src]
- "So you guys still have power left?"
- ―Yang when confronted by the Gekirangers.[src]
- "It can’t be... I can’t be beaten!"
- ―Yang’s final words before his initial defeat.[src]
- "Don’t think you’ve won. My ultimate trick awaits at the very end! Behold! This is the ultimate creation of pure science! Mechannon!"
- ―Hong Kong Media King Yang unveiling Mechannon.[src]
- "What?! So enemies have joined forces? "
- ―Yang reacting to GekiRinTouja.[src]
- "I won't die! I am... I am...!"
- ―Hong Kong Media King Yang's final words before his death.[src]
Hong Kong Media King Yang (香港のメディア王ヤン Honkon Media Ō Yan) was the founder of Mechung Fu and master of Mechung Fu Antlion-Fist (銘功夫アントライオン拳 Mekanfū Antoraionken) who desired to conquer the world by using his Mechung Fu to become the most powerful being on Earth and then take over the universe. He was the main antagonist of the Gekiranger Summer Movie, Juken Sentai Gekiranger: Nei-Nei! Hou-Hou! Hong Kong Decisive Battle.
History[]
Past[]
Yang was the founder of Mechung Fu and master of Mechung Fu Antlion-Fist (銘功夫アントライオン拳 Mekanfū Antoraionken) who apparently created his special mecha Mechacannon by himself with his assistant Miranda‘s help. Yang kept it stored within a giant Kannon statue where it was plainly visible for the whole world to see.
Gekiranger[]
In 2007, Yang used his Mechung Fu to forcibly transport Rio, Mele and the Gekirangers to Hong Kong. He teleported them directly into his compound where Miranda and his students confronted them and reveals that Yang’s game is for them to fight until the death. At that point, he can absorb the most powerful challenge’s Qi into himself and use his new powers to conquer the Earth. Yang himself is first seen when Miranda reports that the Gekirangers as well as Mele and Rio are ready for stage 2. For the first part of the competition, Yang remains a shadowy figure seen in a monitor room overseeing his plan unfolding. Later that night however, he greets the Gekirangers and congratulates them on their victory before telling them that power is everything and only the strong can triumph in this world. However, Rio picks up that he desires power so he reveals that he desires to conquer the world with true power and technology. When Mele challenges that they can beat him, he reveals that he believes their styles of fighting to be outdated, childish practices compared to Mechakung Fu. He then watches on as Miranda and his dancing girls (who are androids disguised as humans) fight the Gekirangers and RinJyuKen Warriors before leaving to deal with a problem he has somehow detected. Said problem turns out to be Jan and Lao Fan (who was actually an agent of Interpol) and sends them flying with powerful punches to the gut. Jan and Lao team-up against him but his skills are too much for them and he quickly punches them down again. Luckily, Jan manages to tackle Yang to the ground which allows Lao to arrest him.
Unfortunately, even as Rio kills Miranda with his Brave Roar Wave, she manages to drain his Qi and transfer it to Yang who blows down Jan and Lao with a shockwave before assuming a Beast-Man like form. Immediately after proclaiming his imminent victory, he creates a hole in the floor which sucks in Lao who he quickly knocks unconscious. Enraged, Jan transforms and takes on Yang but is easily overwhelmed and choked before being shockwave stabbed away. Yang then unleashed his full power, turning night to day and stealing the Qi out of everyone in Hong Kong and desires to steal the Qi from everyone on Earth and become the ultimate being. Yang goes to the quarry to absorb even more power but the Gekirangers confront him and transform before do battle whilst Yang turns his hands into pincers. Together, they very temporarily gain the upper hand against Yang but he then blows them away and takes them all down once they try to make a comeback. However, as a now recovered Lao watches from the cliff, the Gekirangers gain the upper hand against Yang and energy punch him back but he lands upright. Retsu tries to use his GekiTonfa but is batted away but Ran impales him with her GekiTonfa Long Baton and Jan beats him down with his GekiNunchuks. The attacks knock Yang off a cliff but he quickly recovers and fires missiles at them and they go down as Yang forms another sinkhole. However, the Gekirangers dodge back and knock him out of it and finish him with the Geki Beast Jab. All Yang can do is act surprised as he falls on his back and explodes.
However, Yang survives and unveils his mecha, the Mechannon to the immensely surprised Gekirangers before entering its cockpit. Taking command, he uses it to fly into the city and decides to use its raw power to conquer the world instead of his own power which has proven inadequate. The Gekirangers summon GekiTouja and jump kick Mechannon back as Rio and Mele watch on and ponder whether to return to Japan or help. The two mecha start wrestling but Mechannon almost immediately gets the upper-hand with its extra arms and force it back before crushing it with its arms. It then starts comically slamming GekiTouja up and down into the ground with significant force before tossing it down with enough force to completely take it out of the battle.
Unfortunately for Yang, his follow-up comment about JyuKen being useless riles up Rio and Mele enough for them to join the battle if only to show the power of JyuKen to an arrogant idiot like Yang. As Mechannon stamps on GekiTouja and prepares to finish it off, RinLion and RinChameleon arrive and knock it back with energy blasts and tongue lashes. Together, they form GekiRinTouja using the Goetsu Doushuu teqnique which allows their Spirits to combine although they are typically enemies. Yang is astounded to see them working in unison which allows GekiRinTouja to deliver a beatdown to Mechannon with its sword until the mech manages to knock it back with a strike from its arm. However, Mele restrains it with RinChameleon’s tonque whilst Rio blasts it as it breaks free. Overpowered, Yang decides to drain all of the Qi of the inhabitants of Hong Kong and become all powerful so it jumps up and ascends a skyscraper. However, GekiRinTouja follows and they reach the opposite rooftop at the same time so Yang activates Mechannon’s signature move, the Mechan Violent Wind Slash, but GekiRinTouja jumps up too and finishes off Mechannon with it’s Fierce-Fierce Opposing-Opposing Slash. The single attack tore Mechacannon apart at the seams and Yang arrogantly claimed that he would not die because of his power. However, Mechannon exploded in mid-air, taking Yang down along with it.
Personality[]
Hong Kong Media King Yang was an extremely manipulative and conniving psychopath who is willing to kill anyone to achieve his goals. He very strongly believed that power for the sake of power is righteous and the “strong will triumph over the weak” mentality. Yang was also extremely snobbish and elitist since he believed Mechung Fu to be the best martial art in the word whereas other like Geki JyuKen and RinJyuKen are useless and redundant. After assuming his Beast-Man form, he was arrogant and considered himself unstoppable.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
Human Form[]
- Super Genius Level Intellect-Despite being pure evil, Yang possessed genius level intelligence to the point of creating Mechannon which was a massive sentient machine capable even of defeating GekiTouhja.
- Bilingualism-Yang was fluent in both Chinese and Japanese.
- Hand to Hand Combat-Yang was easily able to overwhelm Jan and Jao with his bare hands.
- Mechung Fu-Yang was the founder and absolute master of Mechung Fu which was an alternative form of Gekli Waza but is just as powerful. It allowed him access to many inhuman abilities.
- Strength-Being a master of Mechkung Fu made Yang very strong, capable of sending Jan and Lao flying with single punches to their stomachs.
- Shockwave Punches-Yang could thrust his arms out to the sides to send Jan and Jao flying with shockwave generating palm strikes.
- Summoning-Through unknown means, Yang was able to teleport the Gekirangers as well as Mele and Rio to Hong Kong using his Mechung Fu.
- Sixth Sense-Yang was somehow able to sense Lao Fan and Jan finding his control room despite being nowhere near it at the time.
- Shockwave Generation-Before being fed Rio’s Qi by Miranda, Yang fired a shockwave from his front that sent Jao and Jan flying.
- Qi Absorption-Yang was able to absorb the Qi of his enemies through Miranda to enhance his own powers and abilities.
- Beast-Man Transformation-When he had enough Qi, Yang was able to transform into his ultimate form that was a variation on the Genjuken Akugata’s usual Beast-Men.
- Strength-Being a master of Mechkung Fu made Yang very strong, capable of sending Jan and Lao flying with single punches to their stomachs.
Beast-Man Form[]
- Power-Yang was the most powerful opponent that the Gekirangers or even Rio and Mele had faced up until that point, easily defeating the Gekirangers and the GenJuken with ease, It took all of the Gekirangers’ power just to kill him once.
- Strength-Yang was easily able to take down the Gekirangers with one slash of his claws each.
- Antlion Ground Strike-Yang ‘s signature attack where he stamped on the ground which generated a portal under him. Now lower in the ground, he would have a massive advantage and very easily overwhelm his enemies.
- Darkness Erasion-Yang’s ultimate display of power where he threw out his arms to the side and generated a giant sphere of white light from behind him. This literally turned night to day across Hong Kong.
- Qi-Draining-Yang’s darkness erasing move where also drained the lifeforce from the citizens of Hong Kong into him through massive streams of blue energy from their bodies.
- Missile Blasts-Yang could fire a barrage of missiles from behind his back that caused massive explosions and took down the Gekirangers with one hit.
- Voice Projection-Yang was able to speak through Mechacannon before he even teleported into it.
- Teleportation-Yang was able to teleport from location to location at will in a flash of green energy.
- Mekkan Otoshi-Yang was able to channel his energy through Mechacannon to let it throw GekiTouja through several buildings and cripple it.
Abilities[]
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Weaknesses[]
- Pompous Nature-Yang was an extremely arrogant person who considered himself unstoppable which led to multiple mistakes on his part that ended in his death.
- Insulting Nature-Yang was an extremely cruel and vindictive person and happily insulted Juken. However, this proved to be his undoing as this got Rio and Mele to intervene and allowed the Gekirangers enough power to finally kill Yang.
Arsenal[]
- Claws-Although lacking in conventional weapons, Yang’s monster form possessed razor sharp claws to slash his enemies with.
- Shockwave Stabs-Yang could stab forth his claws with enough force to send Jan flying with a shockwave generating.
- Pincer Claw: Transformation-Yang could fold down two parts of his armour to form large pincers around his arm to slash his enemies.
- Shockwave Stabs-Yang could fire yellow shockwaves from his claws with enough force to send the three Gekirangers flying.
- Mechacannon-Yang’s personal Giant Robo which he used after his defeat. Scrapped by GekiRinTouhja and took Yang down with it.
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
- Yang was portrayed by the late Super Sentai actor Masashi Ishibashi (石橋雅史 Ishibashi Masashi), and his suit actor was Hiroyuki Muraoka.
Design[]
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Concept Art[]
Etymology[]
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Notes[]
- Yang was Masashi Ishibashi's final role before his death in 2018.
- Yang was not adapted for Power Rangers Jungle Fury.
Appearances[]
References[]
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