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Logo-supersentaiThis article is about a series entry (the 33rd) in the Super Sentai series.

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (侍戦隊シンケンジャー Samurai Sentai Shinkenjā) is the 33rd Super Sentai series,which began airing on February 15, 2009. Using a feudal Japan motif, Shinkenger is a portmanteau of Shinken (true sword) and Ranger. In 2011, Shinkenger's footage and storyline was adapted in Power Rangers Samurai and its second season, Super Samurai, the 18th and 19th seasons of the Power Rangers franchise.

Plot

For centuries, there has been a war between humanity and the Gedoshu, creatures who emerge from the depths of the underworld and cause fear and terror to those around them. To fight against these creatures, the Emperor of Japan ordained five clans of samurai to fight against the Gedoshu threat three-hundred years in the past, forming the Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. These samurai possess the abilities of "Mojikara", which allow for them to manipulate the kanji (Chinese characters) of the Japanese language to draw upon abilities and ordain themselves with the elements to fight the threats. They likewise utilize "origami" (folding gods) to fight against these creatures "second life", which turns them into giants which rampage through the nation.

For 17 generations, the war between the Shinkenger and Ayakashi continued, with slight reprieve given due to a massive sacrifice of the former leader to temporarily stop the Gedoshu leader, Dokoku Chimatsuri. However many years later, with the Gedoshu beginning their attacks again and Dokoku rerising to flood the world with the water of the Sanzu River of the underworld, Takeru Shiba, the 18th Shiba Clan leader, must gather his retainers again to fight back against the threat and protect the world. However, as this generation faces the toughest threat from the Gedoshu yet, a dark secret may cloud over the Shinkenger as the war rages onwards.

Characters

Shinkengers

Shinkencast

Ryunosuke, Mako, Chiaki,Genta, Takeru, and Kotoha.

File:Rangers Together, Samurai Forever!.jpg

The Shinkengers transformed.

Main article: Shinkengers
Shinken Red 16 predecessors ► Masataka Shiba ► Takeru Shiba/Kaoru Shiba
Shinken Blue 16 predecessors ► Ryuzaburo Ikenami ► Ryunosuke Ikenami
Shinken Pink 16 predecessors ► Kyoko Shiraishi ► Mako Shiraishi
Shinken Green 16 predecessors ► Kurando Tani ► Chiaki Tani
Shinken Yellow 17 predecessors ► Kotoha Hanaori
Shinken Gold Genta Umemori

Kamen Riders

Kamen Rider Decade Tsukasa Kadoya
Kamen Rider Diend Daiki Kaito
Kamen Rider Kuuga Yuusuke Onodera

Allies

Shiba Clan

Other Allies

Shinken Brown Richard Brown
Main article: Minor characters in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger

Gedoshu

Kamen Rider Diend Chinomanako (Kamen Rider Decade 24, 21, Kamen Rider Decade 25)

Arsenal

Main article: Arsenal (Shinkenger)


Transformation Devices

Multi-Use Devices

Sidearms and Individual Weapons

Team Blaster

Mecha

Main article: Mecha (Shinkenger)


Main article: Mecha (Shinkenger)

Legend:◆ piloted mechs, ❖ aux mechs

Additional Formations

ShinkenOh

DaikaiOh

DaiGoyou

  • Shinken DaiGoyou ◆◆◆◆❖

Other

Legend:◆ piloted mechs, ❖ aux mechs

Additional Formations

ShinkenOh

DaiGoyou

  • Shinken DaiGoyou ◆◆◆◆❖

Other

Episodes

Main article: Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Episodes

The episodes here are referred to as "Acts" (幕 Maku). Also, they are all completely in kanji, with accompanying furigana. One kanji in particular is bolded in each title, being the emphasis for the episode.

  1. Act 1: The Gallant Appearance of the Five Samurai (第一幕：伊達姿五侍 Dai Ichi-maku: Date Sugata Go Samurai)
  2. Act 2: The Stylish Combination (第二幕：極付粋合体 Dai Ni-maku: Kiwametsuki Ikina Gattai)
  3. Act 3: An Extermination Skill Contest (第三幕：腕退治腕比 Dai San-maku: Udetaiji Udekurabe)
  4. Act 4: Nightly Tears of Sympathy (第四幕：夜話情涙川 Dai Yon-maku: Yowanasake Namidagawa)
  5. Act 5: The Kabuto Origami (第五幕：兜折神 Dai Go-maku: Kabuto Origami)
  6. Act 6: The Abusive King (第六幕：悪口王 Dai Roku-maku: Waruguchiō)
  7. Act 7: Marlin Fishing (第七幕：舵木一本釣 Dai Nana-maku: Kajiki Ippontsuri)
  8. Act 8: The Brides are Spirited Away (第八幕：花嫁神隠 Dai Hachi-maku: Hanayome Kamikakushi)
  9. Act 9: The Tiger's Rebellion (第九幕：虎反抗期 Dai Kyū-maku: Tora no Hankōki)
  10. Act 10: The Great Sky Combination (第十幕：大天空合体 Dai Jū-maku: Daitenkū Gattai)
  11. Act 11: A Threefold Strife (第十一幕：三巴大騒動 Dai Jūichi-maku: Mitsudomoe Ōsōdō)
  12. Act 12: The Very First Super Samurai Combination (第十二幕：史上初超侍合体 Dai Jūni-Maku: Shijō Hatsu Chō Samurai Gattai)
  13. Act 13: The Heavy Cries (第十三幕：重泣声 Dai Jūsan-maku: Omoi Nakigoe)
  14. Act 14: The Foreign Samurai (第十四幕：異国侍 Dai Jūyon-maku: Ikoku no Samurai)
  15. Act 15: The Imposter and Real Deal's Arrest (第十五幕：偽物本物大捕物 Dai Jūgo-maku: Nisemono Honmono Ōtorimono)
  16. Act 16: The Power of Kuroko (第十六幕：黒子力 Dai Jūroku-maku: Kuroko no Chikara)
  17. Act 17: The Sushi Samurai (第十七幕：寿司侍 Dai Jūnana-maku: Sushi Samurai)
  18. Act 18: Samurai Promotion (第十八幕：侍襲名 Dai Jūhachi-maku: Samurai Shūmei)
  19. Act 19: Learning the Samurai Disposition (第十九幕：侍心手習中 Dai Jūkyū-maku: Samuraigokoro Tenaraichū)
  20. Act 20: The Ebi Origami's Transformation (第二十幕：海老折神変化 Dai Nijū-maku: Ebi Origami Henge)
  21. Act 21: The Father and Son Bears (第二十一幕：親子熊 Dai Nijūichi-maku: Oyakoguma)
  22. Act 22: Lord Butler (第二十二幕：殿執事 Dai Nijūni-maku: Tono Shitsuji)
  23. Act 23: The Rampaging Gedoushu (第二十三幕：暴走外道衆 Dai Nijūsan-maku: Bōsō Gedōshū)
  24. Act 24: The True Samurai Combination (第二十四幕：真侍合体 Dai Nijūyon-maki: Shin Samurai Gattai)
  25. Act 25: The Dream World (第二十五幕：夢世界 Dai Nijūgo-maki: Yume Sekai)
  26. Act 26: Decisive Match Number One (第二十六幕：決戦大一番 Dai Nijūroku-maku: Kessen Ōichiban)
  27. Act 27: Switched Lives (第二十七幕：入替人生 Dai Nijūnana-maki: Irekae Jinsei)
  28. Act 28: The Lantern Samurai (第二十八幕：提灯侍 Dai Nijūhachi-maki: Chōchin Samurai)
  29. Act 29: The Runaway Lantern (第二十九幕：家出提灯 Dai Nijūkyū-maki: Iede Chōchin)
  30. Act 30: The Manipulated Academy (第三十幕：操学園 Dai Sanjū-maku: Ayatsuri Gakuen)
  31. Act 31: The Kyoryu Origami (第三十一幕：恐竜折神 Dai Sanjūichi-maku: Kyōryū Origami)
  32. Act 32: The Ushi Origami (第三十二幕：牛折神 Dai Sanjūni-maku: Ushi Origami)
  33. Act 33: MouGyuuDaiOh (第三十三幕：猛牛大王 Dai Sanjūsan-maku: Mōgyūdaiō)
  34. Act 34: Fatherly Love, Girlish Innocence (第三十四幕：親心娘心 Dai Sanjūyon-maku: Oyagokoro Musumegokoro)
  35. Act 35: Eleven Origami All Combination (第三十五幕：十一折神全合体 Dai Sanjūgo-maku: Jūichi Origami Zen Gattai)
  36. Act 36: The Curry Samurai (第三十六幕：加哩侍 Dai Sanjūroku-maku: Karē Samurai)
  37. Act 37: The Epic Glue Battle (第三十七幕：接着大作戦 Dai Sanjūnana-maku: Setchaku Daisakusen)
  38. Act 38: The Gunnery Showdown (第三十八幕：対決鉄砲隊 Dai Sanjūhachi-maku: Taiketsu Teppōtai)
  39. Act 39: The Very Urgent First Aid Emergency (第三十九幕：救急緊急大至急 Dai Sanjūkyū-maku: Kyūkyū Kinkyū Daishikyū)
  40. Act 40: The Honorable Leader Heads to the Front Lines (第四十幕：御大将出陣 Dai Yonjū-maku: Ontaishō Shutsujin)
  41. Act 41: The Sent Words (第四十一幕：贈言葉 Dai Yonjūichi-maku: Okuru Kotoba)
  42. Act 42: Two Centuries' Ambition (第四十二幕：二百年野望 Dai Yonjūni-maku: Nihyakunen no Yabō)
  43. Act 43: One Last Sword (第四十三幕：最後一太刀 Dai Yonjūsan-maku: Saigo no Hitotachi)
  44. Act 44: The Eighteenth Head of the Shiba House (第四十四幕：志葉家十八代目当主 Dai Yonjūyon-maku: Shiba-ke Jūhachidaime Tōshu)
  45. Act 45: The Impersonator (第四十五幕：影武者 Dai Yonjūgo-maku: Kagemusha)
  46. Act 46: The Showdown Clash (第四十六幕：激突大勝負 Dai Yonjūroku-maku: Gekitotsu Ōshōbu)
  47. Act 47: Bonds (第四十七幕：絆 Dai Yonjūnana-maku: Kizuna)
  48. Act 48: The Final Great Decisive Battle (第四十八幕：最後大決戦 Dai Yonjūhachi-maku: Saigo no Daikessen)
  49. Closing Act: The Samurai Sentai is Eternal (最終幕：侍戦隊永遠 Saishū-maku: Samurai Sentai Eien ni)

Movies

  1. Samurai Sentai Shinkenger the Movie: The Fateful War (侍戦隊シンケンジャー銀幕版　天下分け目の戦 Samurai Sentai Shinkenjā Ginmakuban Tenkawakeme no Tatakai)
  2. Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-Onger: GinmakuBang!! (侍戦隊シンケンジャーVSゴーオンジャー銀幕BANG!! Samurai Sentai Shinkenjā Bui Esu Gōonjā Ginmaku BANG!!)
  3. The Return of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: Special Act (帰ってきた侍戦隊シンケンジャー 特別幕 Kaettekita Samurai Sentai Shinkenjā: Tokubetsu Maku)
  4. Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs. Shinkenger: Epic on Ginmaku (天装戦隊ゴセイジャーVSシンケンジャー エピック on 銀幕 Tensō Sentai Goseijā tai Shinkenjā Epikku on Ginmaku)

Specials

  1. Kamen Rider Decade: World of Shinkenger (Shinkenger Acts 20.5 & 21.5)
    1. Episode 24: The Arrival of the Samurai Sentai (見参侍戦隊 Kenzan Samurai Sentai)
    2. Episode 25: Heretic Rider, Go Forth! (外道ライダー、参る！ Gedō Raidā, Mairu!)
  2. Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: The Light Samurai's Surprise Transformation (侍戦隊シンケンジャー光侍驚変身 Samurai Sentai Shinkenjā Hikari no Samurai Odoroki Henshin)

Stage shows

  1. Shinkenger Stage Show at Double Hero Nagoya Dome

Songs

Main article: Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Soundtracks
Opening theme
  • "Samurai Sentai Shinkenger" (侍戦隊シンケンジャー Samurai Sentai Shinkenjā)
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition: YOFFY
    • Arrangement: Project.R (Kenichiro Ōishi & Psychic Lover)
    • Artist: Psychic Lover (Project.R)
Ending theme
  • "Shirokujimuchū Shinkenger" (四六時夢中　シンケンジャー Shirokujimuchū Shinkenjā, "Dreaming 24/7, Shinkenger")
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition: Hideaki Takatori
    • Arrangement: Project.R (Hiroaki Kagoshima)
    • Artist: Hideaki Takatori (Project.R)
    • Instruments: Zetki (Z旗 Zettoki)
    • Episodes: 1-20 & 29-48
  • "Shirokujimuchū Shinkenger ~Ginmakuban~" (四六時夢中 シンケンジャー～銀幕版～ Shirokujimuchū Shinkenjā ~Ginmakuban~, "Dreaming 24/7, Shinkenger (Movie Version)")
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition: Hideaki Takatori
    • Arrangement: Project.R (Hiroaki Kagoshima)
    • Artist: Shinkengers (Tori Matsuzaka, Hiroki Aiba, Rin Takanashi, Shogo Suzuki, Suzuka Morita, Keisuke Sohma) & Hideaki Takatori
    • Episodes: 21-28
  • Samurai First Lap -GinmakuBANG!!- (侍ファーストラップ ~銀幕BANG!!~)
Insert theme
  • "Tatakae! Shinkenger" (斗え! シンケンジャー "Tatakae! Shinkenjā", "Fight! Shinkenger")
    • Lyrics: Hideaki Takatori
    • Composition: IMAJO
    • Arrangement: Project.R
    • Artist: Hideaki Takatori
    • Episodes: 6, 27 & 37
  • "Samurai Gattai! ShinkenOh" (侍合体! シンケンオー "Samurai Gattai! Shinken'ō")
    • Lyrics: Kuwahara Nagae
    • Composition: Hiroshi Takagi
    • Arrangement: Project.R
    • Artist Akira Kushida
    • Episodes: 4-6, 14, 19 & 42
  • "Ikkan Kenjō! Shinken Gold" (一貫献上! シンケンゴールド "Ikkan Kenjō! Shinkengōrudo")
    • Lyrics: Yoffy
    • Composition: Hiroshi Takagi
    • Arrangement: Project.R
    • Artist: Yoffy
    • Episode: 19
  • "Samurai Henkei! DaiKaiOh" (侍変形! ダイカイオー "Samurai Henkei! Daikaiō")
    • Lyrics: Kuwahara Nagae
    • Composition & Arrangement: Chuumei Watanabe
    • Artist: Takayuki Miyauchi
    • Episodes: 20 & 22
  • "Rokunin no Samurai" (六人の侍 "The Six Samurai")
    • Lyrics: Fujibayashi Seiko
    • Composition: Shunsuke Kikuchi
    • Arrangement: Project.R
    • Artist: Tsuyoshi Matsubara (Project.R
    • Episode: 29
  • "Kyūkyoku SamuraiHaOh Kōrin!" (究極 サムライハオー 降臨! "Kyūkyoku Samuraihaō Kōrin!", "Ultimate SamuraiHaOh, Advent!")
    • Lyrics: Sato Hoshi
    • Composition & Arrangement: Tatsumi Yano
    • Artist: MoJo
    • Episodes: 35-37
Character themes

The opening and ending themes of Shinkenger are performed by Psychic Lover and Hideaki Takatori as part of Project.R, respectively. The opening is also featured as a playable song in Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Do Don to 2 Daime. Its opening theme song single ranked highly on the Oricon charts, reaching #4 on the Daily Ranking Charts on its day of release. and peaked at #6 on the weekly charts selling 20,130 copies within its first week of release and stayed in the top 30 ranks for 4 weeks straight.

Cast

Suit actors

Stage Shows

Notes

  • The show's narrator is Hironori Miyata, the same narrator that appears in Dairanger and Hurricaneger.
  • This is the first Super Sentai series that features a team-up with Super Sentai's sister franchise, Kamen Rider.
  • This is the first season to feature a female Red Ranger in a Super Sentai Series.
  • During the time Kaoru replaced Takeru, it became the first time the amount of same-gender Sentai Rangers on a team equal (3 male, 3 female). While Dekaranger did have overall an equal amount of same-gender Rangers on the team, they did not all appear together at once.
  • Like Hurricanger, Shinkenger was not dubbed in South Korea. A Korean dub of Gaoranger called Power Rangers Jungle Force was shown in its place. However, Shinkenger still appeared in South Korea in the Korean dub of Kamen Rider Decade, due to the crossover between the two series, where they were known as Power Rangers Samurai Force. In Gokaiger dubbed in South Korea, Power Rangers Captain Force, Shinkenger is called Power Rangers Blade Force.
  • This is the first season in which a suit undergoes a gender change, as a skirt is added onto the Shinken Red suit when Kaoru replaces Takeru. This would become commonplace later in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, in which skirts are added to the suits of male Sentai warriors when a female Gokaiger changes into them, and vice versa.
  • This is the first season to have an all alliterative Sentai title.
  • This is also the first season to have a Pink Ranger since GoGo Sentai Boukenger.
  • This is also the first season since Mahou Sentai Magiranger to feature the original Red-Blue-Green-Yellow-Pink main team formation.
  • This is the first series since Timeranger that had a power transfer occur in Sentai.
    • Although here, it wasn't permanent, and the original Red got his position back in the span of a few episodes.
  • This is the first team since Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman to share same different clothes for core characters and appear in special team-up, similar the first team appears in Super Sentai World.
  • Kayoko Shibata, also known as Matsuri Tatsumi (GoPink) of Kyukyu Sentai GoGo-V, made an appearance in episode twelve as a preschool teacher.
  • This series was almost the first since Choujin Sentai Jetman to not get adapted into Power Rangers, between RPM's end and the announcement of Power Ranger Samurai, a period of a few months.
  • This is the first Super Sentai series ever to be used completely for two seasons of Power Rangers; while the Zyuranger suits were used for all three seasons of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the zords and monsters after season 1 came from its two successor shows, while Samurai and Super Samurai both used Shinkenger footage exclusively.
  • This is the first series to come before Gokaiger to get a Blu-Ray release.
  • The Shinkengers are the first team to have black leggings, followed by the Gokaigers and the Go-Busters.

Official websites

References

Footnotes


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