ShodoPhone

This article is about a changer in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.

ShodoPhone
Changers
Season(s):	Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
Used by:	Shinkengers
Produced by:	17th Generation Shinkengers
Special System:	Mojikara
Production Order
Previous:	Wing Trigger
Next:	Sushi Changer

The Transformation Cell Phone ShodoPhone (変身携帯ショドウフォン, Henshin Keitai Shodō Fon) is the main transformation device of the Shinkengers.

History

At the climax of the Great Legend War, the ShodoPhones as transformation devices were made redundant when the Shinkengers sacrificed their powers with the rest of the first 34 Super Sentai to destroy the invasion force of the . Resurfacing as Ranger Keys, the Shinkenger powers would be used by the to assume their forms via the Gokai Change. Ultimately, the Gokaigers returned their borrowed powers to their rightful owners after overthrowing Zangyack.

Transformation

In order to become Shinkenger, they must change from Cellphone Mode (携帯モード, Keitai Mōdo) to Brush Mode (筆モード, Fude Mōdo), inscribe their kanji in the air, and press the blue henshin/call-answer button, to activate the transformation by shouting "Shodophone! One Stroke, Imperial Report!" (「ショドウフォン！一筆奏上！」, "Shodofon! Ippitsu Sōjō!")

Transformation Sequence

The Shinkengers flip open their Shodophones...

...and fold them into Brush Mode.

They write their individual kanji symbols in the air...

...and flip them.

Their kanji symbols are projected behind them...

...and fold around them, forming their suits.

Their Shinkenmaru form from their elements into their sheaths.

Their kanji symbols are projected in front of their faces...

...and form their helmets.

Transformation Complete.

Writing

The brush mode 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 like summoning horses("馬"), defend("捍"), or used their respective element but they have limits on how they can summon and use it that depends on the amount of Mojikara they have. During their samurai training, the four retainers are seen practicing their calligraphy, summoning up winds, leaves, and waves of water. In battle, the brush mode can be used as an improvisational weapon, used to summon forth anything the Shinkenger may need to combat the Gedoshu. It can also be used to enlarge their Origami, by inscribing the "Big"(大) kanji on it and can initiate the combination of their Origami by inscribing the "Combine"(合) kanji.

Variants

Antique color (phone mode)

Antique color (brush mode)

Modern variant (phone mode)

Modern variant (brush mode)

Appearances

• Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
  • Act 1: The Gallant Appearance of the Five Samurai
  • Act 2: The Stylish Combination
  • Act 3: An Extermination Skill Contest
  • Act 4: Nightly Tears of Sympathy
  • Act 5: The Kabuto Origami
  • Act 6: The Abusive King
  • Act 7: Marlin Fishing
  • Act 8: The Brides are Spirited Away
  • Act 9: The Tiger's Rebellion
  • Act 10: The Great Sky Combination
  • Act 11: A Threefold Strife
  • Act 12: The Very First Super Samurai Combination
  • Act 13: The Heavy Cries
  • Act 14: The Foreign Samurai
  • Act 15: The Imposter and Real Deal's Arrest
  • Act 16: The Power of Kuroko
  • Act 17: The Sushi Samurai
  • Act 18: Samurai Promotion
  • Act 19: Learning the Samurai Disposition
  • Act 20: The Ebi Origami's Transformation
  • Kamen Rider Decade episode 24, The Arrival of the Samurai Sentai
  • Act 21: The Father and Son Bears
  • Kamen Rider Decade episode 25, Heretic Rider, Go Forth!
  • Act 22: Lord Butler
  • Act 23: The Rampaging Gedoushu
  • Act 24: The True Samurai Combination
  • Samurai Sentai Shinkenger the Movie: The Fateful War
  • Act 25: The Dream World
  • Act 26: Decisive Match Number One
  • Act 27: Switched Lives
  • Act 28: The Lantern Samurai
  • Act 29: The Runaway Lantern
  • Act 30: The Manipulated Academy
  • Act 31: The Kyoryu Origami
  • Act 32: The Ushi Origami
  • Act 33: MouGyuuDaiOh
  • Act 34: Fatherly Love, Girlish Innocence
  • Act 35: Eleven Origami All Combination
  • Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: The Light Samurai's Surprise Transformation
  • Act 36: The Curry Samurai
  • Act 37: The Epic Glue Battle
  • Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-Onger: GinmakuBang!!
  • Act 38: The Gunnery Showdown
  • Act 39: The Very Urgent First Aid Emergency
  • Act 40: The Honorable Leader Heads to the Front Lines
  • Act 41: The Sent Words
  • Act 42: Two Centuries' Ambition
  • Act 43: One Last Sword
  • The Return of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: Special Act
  • Act 44: The Eighteenth Head of the Shiba House
  • Act 45: The Impersonator
  • Act 46: The Showdown Clash
  • Act 47: Bonds
  • Act 48: The Final Great Decisive Battle
  • Closing Act: The Samurai Squadron is Eternal'
• Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs. Shinkenger: Epic on Ginmaku
• Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z

See Also

• Samuraizer - Power Rangers counterpart in Samurai. See comparison page. (Various versions of which are depicted in the show)