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- "Go Go Samurai! Ha!"
- ―Morphing call[src]
The Samuraizers are the Morphers used by the core five Samurai Rangers.
The Samuraizer allows for much more than transformation, however. The right kanji (provided that it is written in the correct stroke-order) can do whatever its meaning indicates. During their samurai training, the five Rangers are seen practicing their calligraphy, summoning up winds, leaves, and waves of water. In battle, it can be used as an improvisational weapon, used to summon forth anything the Samurai Rangers may need to combat the Nighloks. The Samuraizer is also used to summon the Zords and forming a Megazord, as well as to activate Mega Mode.
Samuraizers can also take photographs, as demonstrated by Mike in "Trading Places", where he shows everybody a photograph of Kevin wearing a tutu.
Alternative to the Samuraizers, the Super Mega Rangers used Legendary Ranger Keys provided by Gosei to assume the corresponding Ranger forms as a Legendary Ranger Mode.
Versions[]
While the open face of both the previous and current Samuraizers are identical, the tips are different. The previous samuraizer had a hidden brush on the tip area, while the current Samuraizer has an LED fixture.
Current Versions[]
The modern form has a light atop the cellphone mode to execute symbol powers. It opens like a flip-top cell-phone. Unlike older Samuraizers, the current ones don't have the ability to fold another way into brushes. Like the Wild Force Growl Phone, the Mystic Morphers, the Overdrive Trackers and the Cell Shift Morphers, this one is cell-phone based.
Lauren's Samuraizer[]
Lauren uses an older Samuraizer to transform into the Red Samurai Ranger. It was passed down from her father, who was her predecessor. While closed, it is identical to the current Samuraizers. When open, it has the ability to split vertically down the middle for a brush mode used to channel symbol power. This mode is directly adapted from the Shinkengers' ShodoPhone.
Mentor's Samuraizer[]
Ji is shown to have a gold version of the modern day Samuraizer that can both contact the rangers and use symbol power, though its unknown if his Samuraizer has a morphing function. The symbol power it generates is golden brown.
Samurai Morpher[]
- Main article:Samurai Morpher
The Samurai Morpher is a Samuraizer that Antonio created himself.
Old Brush Forms[]
The Ancient Samurai Rangers have a brush-form Samuraizer stylized from wood. It predates and is similar to Lauren's, which was handed down to her by her father.
Morphing Sequence[]
With the call "Samuraizer! Go Go Samurai!" and writing their respective Samurai Symbols of Power in the air, they initiate their morph from civilians, to their samurai garbs, to their Ranger form by clicking the center of the Samuraizer.
Symbol Power[]
See also: Mojikara
Symbol Power is the basic power of the Samurai Rangers, based off of Japanese kanji. Using their Samuraizers to draw their respective kanji, or texting the kanji in Antonio's case, the Rangers are able to morph, activate their Zords, attack Nighlok, and many other feats. The symbol power however, seems very draining on the Rangers, such as when Kevin attempts to catch the SwordfishZord and he lost consciousness, or when Antonio attempted to activate the Black Box and nearly passed out. When using Symbol Power the Rangers sometimes say "Symbol Power" or "Samurai Symbol" then the name of the symbol
Symbol | Reading | Translation | Usage |
---|---|---|---|
火 | Hi/Ka | Fire | Morph into the Red Ranger Generate flames (ink on paper) TV STORY-Origins Create Shiba Fire Disk TV STORY-Samurai Forever |
水 | Mizu/Sui | Water | Morph into the Blue Ranger |
木 | Ki | Forest/Tree | Morph into the Green Ranger Tree Symbol Strike attack TV STORY-Forest for the Trees |
天 | Ten | Sky | Morph into the Pink Ranger |
土 | Tsuchi/Do | Earth | Morph into the Yellow Ranger Earth Symbol Strike attack TV STORY-Sticks and Stones |
馬 | Uma | Horse | Create a Horse TV STORY-Origins TV STORY-Clash of the Red Rangers - The Movie
TV STORY-The Great Duel |
超 | Chou | Mega/Super | Power up to Mega Mode and summon Zords Form Battlewing Megazord |
沫 | Awa | Splash | Generate a small splash of water (ink on paper; translated by Ji as "water") TV STORY-Origins |
石 | Ishi/Seki | Stone | Create stones TV STORY-Sticks and Stones (ink on paper; translated by Ji as "earth") TV STORY-Origins |
風 | Kaze/Fuu | Wind | Create gust of wind TV STORY-Origins |
草 | Kusa | Grass |
Failed to do anything (ink on paper; Mike used the wrong stroke order) TV STORY-Origins Create blades of grass |
合 | A[i] | Combine | Combine Zords |
斬 | Ki[ri] | Slash | Megazord's finishing attack |
楽 | Tano[shii]/Raku | Fun | Create confetti TV STORY-Origins |
葉 | Ha | Leaf | Create leaves TV STORY-Deal with a Nighlok |
夢 | Yume | Dream | Turn someone's dream into a vision TV STORY-Deal with a Nighlok |
竿 | Sao | Pole | Create a fishing pole TV STORY-A Fish Out of Water |
捕 | To[ru] | Catch | Used to catch SwordfishZord TV STORY-A Fish Out of Water |
化 | Ba[ke] | Lure | ↑ |
餌 | Esa | Bait | ↑ |
旨 | Uma[i] | Instruction/Order | ↑ |
倍 | Bai | Double | Create disposable, talking doubles of morphed forms TV STORY-There Go the Brides |
反 | Han | Resist | Block/Break Madimot's spell TV STORY-I've Got a Spell on Blue |
蔓 | Tsuru | Vine | Grow prehensile vines from a plant TV STORY-Forest for the Trees |
Combines: 惡忧炎門 |
Waru, Aijō
Honō, Mon |
Evil, Sadness, Blaze, Gate | Seal power TV STORY-Test of the Leader TV STORY-The Sealing Symbol |
紙 | Kami | Paper | Create a piece of paper TV STORY-Jayden's Challenge |
功 | Kou | Merit | Form Battlewing Megazord |
守 | Shu | Guard/Defend | Protect Shiba House against Nighloks TV STORY-Unexpected Arrival Used by Ji to break a spell over the Rangers, also used in paper form to shield Scott from Jayden's sword TV STORY-Clash of the Red Rangers - The Movie |
火炎雷電之舞 | Kaenraiden no Mai | Blazing Storm | Seen as "Symbol Power: Blazing Storm" TV STORY-Test of the Leader |
刀 | Tou | Sword/Knife | Summon Spin Sword TV STORY-Unexpected Arrival |
煙 | Kemuri | Smoke | Shroud self in smoke TV STORY-Unexpected Arrival TV STORY-The Sealing Symbol |
光 | Hikari/Kou | Light | Morph into the Gold Ranger Used when programming the black box TV STORY-Boxed In (Samurai) |
海老 | Ebi | Lobster | Used to repair the ClawZord TV STORY-The Blue and the Gold Branded on Splitface via Claw disc on Barracuda Blade TV STORY-Team Spirit Routinely used to summon ClawZord TV STORY-The Tengen Gate Used to summon the Samurai ClawZord's power for the Gigazord's final attack TV STORY-Kevin's Choice |
活 | Katsu | Live | Used to try to revive the ClawZord TV STORY-Team Spirit Used to summon the ClawZord TV STORY-The Rescue |
東 | Higashi/Tou | East | Associated with Claw Battlezord East |
西 | Nishi/Shu | West | Associated with Claw Battlezord West |
南 | Minami/Nan | South | Associated with Claw Battlezord South |
北 | Kita/Hoku | North | Associated with Claw Battlezord North |
変 | Hen | Transform | Used to transform Clawzord TV STORY-The Tengen Gate |
烏賊 | Ika | Squid | Used to summon the OctoZord TV STORY-The Tengen Gate Used to summon the OctoZord's power for the Gigazord's final attack TV STORY-Kevin's Choice |
大 | Oo/Dai | Big | Once used to summon Clawzord TV STORY-Boxed In (Samurai) Enlarge the LightZord into the Light Megazord TV STORY-Something Fishy |
門 | Mon | Portal | Summon a portal into a dream world TV STORY-Broken Dreams |
真 | Shin | True | Seen on Black Box and Super Mode Form Claw Armor Megazord |
力 | Chikara/Ryoku | Power | Seen beside a power bar while targeting Samurai Battle Cannon TV STORY-Super Samurai (episode) |
滅 | Metsu/Horobi | Destroy | Seen beside targeting ring for Samurai Battle Cannon TV STORY-Super Samurai (episode) |
的 | Mato/Teki | Target | Seen inside targeting ring for Samurai Battle Cannon TV STORY-Super Samurai (episode) |
岩 | Iwa/Gan | Rock | Summons rocks TV STORY-Super Samurai (episode) |
枝 | Eda | Branch | Produces roots/branches TV STORY-Shell Game |
波 | Nami | (Tidal) Wave | Creates a strong wave of water TV STORY-Shell Game |
穴 | Ana | Hole | Produces an underground tunnel TV STORY-Shell Game |
侍 | Samurai | Samurai | On LightZord |
車 | Kuruma/Sha | Vehicle | Create a red sports car (translated by Jayden as "red pony"; note that it was actually a Mustang) TV STORY-Clash of the Red Rangers - The Movie |
開 | Hiraki/Kai | Release/Open | Used to free the BullZord TV STORY-The BullZord |
王 | Ou | King | Used to tame the BullZord TV STORY-The BullZord |
家 | Ie | Home | Teleport home TV STORY-The BullZord |
甲 | Kou | Shell/First/Armor | Seen on Shogun Mode |
獅子 | Shishi | Lion | Used to summon the Lion FoldingZord's power for the Gigazord's final attack TV STORY-Kevin's Choice |
虎 | Tora | Tiger | Used to summon the TigerZord's power for the Gigazord's final attack TV STORY-Kevin's Choice |
牛 | Ushi | Bull | Used to summon the BullZord's power for the Gigazord's final attack TV STORY-Kevin's Choice |
龍 | Ryuu | Dragon | Used to summon the Dragon FoldingZord's power for the Gigazord's final attack TV STORY-Kevin's Choice |
梶木 | Kajiki | Swordfish | Used to summon the SwordfishZord's power for the Gigazord's final attack TV STORY-Kevin's Choice |
猿 | Saru | Monkey/Ape | Used to summon the Ape FoldingZord's power for the Gigazord's final attack TV STORY-Kevin's Choice |
熊 | Kuma | Bear | Used to summon the Bear FoldingZord's power for the Gigazord's final attack TV STORY-Kevin's Choice |
兜 | Kabuto | Helmet/Rhinoceros Beetle | Used to summon the BeetleZord's power for the Gigazord's final attack TV STORY-Kevin's Choice |
亀 | Kame | Turtle | Used to summon the Turtle FoldingZord's power for the Gigazord's final attack TV STORY-Kevin's Choice |
壁 | Kabe | Wall | Produce a brick wall TV STORY-Runaway Spike |
丶十田
糸寸 |
Ten, Too/Juu, Ta,
Ito, Sun |
Stroke/Point, Ten, Ricefield, Thread, Length | Separately written, combined to form 縛 Kanji (below) TV STORY-Samurai Forever |
縛 | Shiba[ru]/Baku | Capture | Used different kanji strokes of the character to Master Xandred, the strokes combined to the kanji character binds him TV STORY-Samurai Forever |
火人火 | Hibitobi | Fire people fire | Seen on Spin Sword with Shiba Fire Disk TV STORY-Samurai Forever |
Notes[]
- A DX Samuraizer toy was released in Bandai Asia territories which had the exact same body of the prop used in the show, save for the LED light on top and the modified screen. This was the closest to a prop release. It is identical to Lauren's Samuraizer, which is actually a ShodoPhone prop.
- The more-commercially released Samuraizer toys have a slightly flatter bump on one section and a flat side on the other, much like Antonio's Samurai Morpher. The DX toys are exactly on model, except for the "screen" and the lack of LED feature.
- The Morpher has a similar name to the transformation device from Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad.
Appearances[]
- Power Rangers Samurai
- Episode 1: Origins, Part 1
- Episode 2: Origins, Part 2
- Episode 3: The Team Unites
- Episode 4: Deal With a Nighlok
- Episode 5: Day Off
- Episode 6: Sticks and Stones
- Episode 7: A Fish Out of Water
- Episode 8: There Go the Brides
- Episode 9: I've Got a Spell on Blue
- Episode 10: Forest for the Trees
- Episode 11: Test of the Leader
- Episode 12: Jayden's Challenge
- Episode 13: Unexpected Arrival
- Episode 14: Room for One More
- Episode 15: The Blue and the Gold
- Episode 16: Team Spirit
- Episode 17: The Tengen Gate
- Episode 18: Boxed In
- Episode 19: Broken Dreams
- Episode 20/Finale: The Ultimate Duel
- Christmas Special: Christmas Together, Friends Forever (flashback; archive footage only)
- Power Rangers Super Samurai
- Episode 1: Super Samurai
- Episode 2: Shell Game
- Episode 3: Trading Places
- Episode 4: Something Fishy
- Team-up Special: Clash of the Red Rangers - The Movie
- Episode 5: The Rescue
- Episode 6: The BullZord
- Episode 7: He Ain't Heavy Metal, He's My Brother
- Episode 8: Kevin's Choice
- Episode 10: The Strange Case of the Munchies
- Episode 11: A Sticky Situation
- Episode 12: Trust Me
- Halloween Special: Trickster Treat
- Episode 13: The Master Returns
- Episode 15: Stroke of Fate
- Christmas Special: Stuck on Christmas
- Episode 16: Fight Fire with Fire
- Episode 17: The Great Duel
- Episode 18: Evil Reborn
- Episode 19: The Sealing Symbol
- Episode 20/Finale: Samurai Forever
See Also[]
- ShodoPhone - Super Sentai counterpart in Shinkenger. See comparison page.