Yamato Tribe Knight Burai

This article is about a Ranger in Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger.

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"DragonRanger! Burai!"

―DragonRanger's roll call^[src]

"Geki, defend the Earth... to the very end, protect... the children, please."

―Burai’s last words before his death^[src]

Yamato Tribe Knight Burai (ヤマト族ナイトブライ, Yamato Zoku Naito Burai) is DragonRanger (ドラゴンレンジャー, Doragon Renjā) of the Zyurangers and the "Warrior of Power". He was the son of the Black Knight, and the older brother of TyrannoRanger Geki. He too was in suspended animation, but his cave was located outside of town. He was 31 years old, making him the eldest of the team, and was considered the strongest of the Zyurangers.

History[]

Early Life[]

Young Burai's training — Burai as a child while he was trained

Born some 170-million-years ago, Burai was the eldest son of the Yamato Tribe's Black Knight. When the king and queen of the tribe could not sire a son, they intended to adopt Burai's younger brother Geki against the will of his father. Fighting for his son, the Black Knight fell in combat and Geki was named Prince of the Yamato Tribe. Witnessing his father's death, seven-year-old Burai could not forgive the king for this murder and went into exile to hone his skills and plan for revenge. Geki's true family heritage was kept a secret. TV STORY-Ep. 18: The Brothers' Sword of Hatred Burai relocated to the mystical forest home of Forest Guardian Gnome and his grandson Ryota where he honed his skills. Ryota soon came to idolize Burai, particularly after the warrior saved his life one day. TV STORY-Ep 17: The Sixth Hero

During this time, the five tribes went to war against the evil witch Bandora who sought to bring an end to the age of dinosaurs. In the aftermath of the conflict, the Guardian Beasts stepped in and exiled Bandora and her followers on the planet Nemesis. With their kingdoms in shambles and the dinosaurs facing extinction, Geki joined Sharma Tribe Knight Goushi, Etoffe Tribe Knight Dan, Dime Tribe Knight Boi, and Lithia Tribe Princess Mei in going into suspended animation only to be revived should Bandora ever return to terrorize the Earth once again. Their resting place was placed in a secret underground lair 2000 km under what is now present-day Tokyo and left in the care of the Mysterious Sage Barza. TV STORY-Ep. 2: The Revival Hearing of this, Burai—now holding a grudge against his brother Geki—entered suspended animation himself so he could be revived and get his revenge at a later date. The key to his tomb was entrusted to Gnome, who vowed to never open it. TV STORY-Ep 18: The Brothers' Sword of Hatred

During his time in suspended animation, Burai was killed when an earthquake caused his tomb to collapse, crushing him in his sleep. However, the god Daizyuzin foresaw that Burai would be needed in the future. He made a deal with Clotho, the Spirit of Life to restore Burai to life. Clotho agreed, but would only allow the warrior to live for a limited period of time once awoken from his deep slumber. TV STORY-Ep. 21: The Guardian Beast's Great Riot

Zyuranger[]

Dark DragonRanger[]

In the year 1992, Bandora was accidentally freed from her exile and she renewed her attacks on Earth. In response to this threat, Barza woke Geki and the others who became his champions the Zyurangers. TV STORY-Ep. 1: The Birth For months, the Zyurangers, led by Burai's brother, and their Guardian Beasts foiled Bandora's various schemes.

Ryota, missing his old friend and hoping to help the Zyurangers, stole the key to Burai's tomb in the hopes of awakening him. Unaware of the connection between himself and this new warrior, Geki and the rest of the Zyurangers defied Barza to do so. To the Zyurangers' surprise, when Burai was finally awoken, he became the DragonRanger and declared war against Geki and his allies. TV STORY-Ep. 17: The Sixth Hero Bandora, seeking to enlist Burai's aid, convinced him to join her side by directing him to the Sword of Hellfriede, a weapon she claimed would grant him the power to destroy Geki and the Zyurangers. Unaware that this weapon would also fuel his hatred into outright insanity, Burai claimed the weapon. Meanwhile, the Zyurangers learned of Burai's past and his connection to Geki. Learning this, Geki sought to convince his brother to join their team. However, Burai was too driven by revenge to listen. In the ensuing fight, Daizyuzin intervened to protect Geki and ordered him to kill Burai. When Geki refused, the god punished him. Burai later assisted Grifforzer and Lami in a battle against Daizyuzin during an eclipse that cut the guardian off from his power source, allowing Bandora to banish the Guardian Beasts below the Earth. TV STORY-Ep. 18: The Hate-Filled Brother's Sword

However, Burai's alliance with Bandora was short lived as he next attempted to take her life and claim her forces for himself. In response, Bandora banished Burai back to Earth. There he was confronted by Clotho, who told him of his fleeting mortality, telling him that he could only live for another 38 hours. In order to slow his impending death, the spirit took him to the Lapless Room, a mystical realm where there was no passage of time, effectively stalling his limited lifespan as long as he remained inside it. There, she presented him with a burning green candle that measured how much life he still had left. She also had a gift for him: a green dagger that doubled as a flute, Zyusouken. With Zyusouken, Burai summoned his own Guardian Beast, Dragon Caesar from Tokyo Bay. Impressed, he used Dragon Caesar in an attempt to destroy the city. TV STORY-Ep. 21: The Guardian Beast's Great Riot In the ensuing battle, the Zyurangers managed to revive their own Guardian Beasts through the power of prayer. Battling Geki one-on-one, Burai was defeated once again, and the Hellfriede Sword was destroyed. Realizing that his brother truly cared for him, Burai gave up his desire for revenge and agreed to fight alongside the rest of the Zyurangers. However, he quickly disappeared back to the Lapless Room shortly after joining the team, not wanting them to know about his limited lifespan. TV STORY-Ep. 22: Combine! Gouryuzin

Living on Borrowed Time[]

Living on borrowed time, Burai would occasionally appear to help the other Zyurangers, but would always vanish immediately afterwards to return to the Lapless Room. During this period, he assisted the Zyurangers against Dora Pixie TV STORY-Ep. 23: The Knuckleball of Infatuation, Dora Tortoise TV STORY-Ep. 24: Hope Springs A-Turtle, Dora Tarantula TV STORY-Ep. 25: The Park Where Demons Dwell and Dora Guzzler. TV STORY-Ep. 27: Mei On A Silver Platter

Things became more difficult for the Zyurangers after Bandora gained access to the Dokiita Clay, which allowed her to create more powerful Dora Monsters, such as Dora Franke and new Golem Soldiers. TV STORY-Ep. 28: Clay Monsters, New And Improved During the ensuing battle, both Geki and Burai were transported to the realm of Beast Knight God King Brachion by Daizyuzin. The pair had to combine their power in order to recover the Thunder Slingers, a new powerful weapon that allowed them to destroy the new, more powerful Golems. Dora Franke, on the other hand, proved more difficult to destroy, becoming the more powerful Zombie Franke. TV STORY-Ep. 29: A Mystery!? The Attacking Beast Knight God

Bandora then began capturing children to sacrifice to her so-called "Satan Tower" in order to summon Dai-Satan, the ruler of Hell, and the source of her powers. Despite the Zyurangers' efforts, Bandora succeeded and Dai-Satan transformed her monster to Satan Franke. TV STORY-Ep. 30: Satan Comes!! Thankfully, the Zyurangers were assisted by King Brachion, merging with Daizyuzin and Dragon Caesar to become Kyukyoku Gattai Ultimate Daizyuzin, destroying Satan Franke and driving back Dai-Satan. It was during the course of this final battle, Burai revealed the secret of his limited lifespan to the others. TV STORY-Ep. 31: Reborn! The Ultimate God

Despite the fact his time on Earth was fleeting, Burai eventually could no longer stand the loneliness of the Lapless Room. Going out in the world, he befriended a woman named Rie and her baby sister Michiko. Seeing this friendship blossom, Bandora kidnapped Rei forcing Burai to come to her rescue, whittling his time on Earth to less than five hours. TV STORY-Ep. 34: Live, Burai! Shortly thereafer, Burai assisted the Zyurangers in protecting a pair of Dinosaur Eggs from Dora Kinkaku. With the eggs rescued, they left them in the care of King Brachion. TV STORY-Ep. 37: A Dinosaur is Born He also assisted the Zyurangers in fighting the Monster Goda, whose grief over the loss of its children was manipulated by Bandora. TV STORY-Ep. 39: A Subterranean Beast's Tears

Death[]

Eventually, Burai's regular aid reduced his time on Earth to mere hours, and he began having nightmares of being taken into the afterlife on a rickshaw pulled by death. In these dreams, he also saw the vision of a young boy.

Knowing that Burai's days were numbered, Bandora sought to exploit this and force his death. To this end, she summoned Dora Gansaku to pose as Dragon Caesar to force Burai out of the Lapless Room. While Burai was trying to control the fake Dragon Caesar, Bandora discovered the location of the Lapless Room and destroyed it. Trapped in the normal world and his time running out, Burai sought out the boy from his visions intending to spend his last hours with a person who will die at the same time as him. He discovered this boy was Kota Matsui, and was surprised that he was completely healthy. Meanwhile, Geki and the others sought out an elixir that would prolong one's life, hoping to use it to save Burai. TV STORY-Ep. 40: Burai's Departure of Death Dora Gansaku returned and once more rampaged through the city. During the attack, Kota was mortally wounded and needed to be hospitalized. Offering his Dino Medal to give the boy strength, Burai went back into battle, despite his inability to transform, to destroy Dora Gansaku. TV STORY-Ep. 41: Blaze, Burai!! Ultimately, Dora Gansaku is defeated for good, but Burai's time is just about up. Although others succeeded in getting the elixir, they learned that it could not be used to restore Burai. Instead, Burai instructed them to give it to Kota in order to save his life. As his Dino Medal dissolved into dust in Kota's hand, Burai died by his brother's side, but not before passing on his weapon, Zyusouken and the Dragon Armor to him. Not only was Geki now able to use his late brother's weapons in battle, but could also summon Dragon Caesar to assist them when needed. When summoning Zyusouken and the Dragon Armor, he became known as the Armed TyrannoRanger. In death, Burai's nightmare came true. As he was being ushered into the afterlife, he was pleased to see that Kota Matsui was not there with him and was able to go onto death in peace. TV STORY-Ep. 42: Burai Dies...

However, death would not keep Burai out of the fight for long. During the Zyurangers' final battle with Bandora, he appeared before the team and encouraged them to keep on fighting. He also showed them the doorway to the dimension where Bandora was holding the Guardian Beasts prisoner. TV STORY-Ep. 49: The Gods Lost!! Thanks to Burai's help, the Zyurangers were finally able to defeat Bandora and send her into exile once more. TV STORY-Final Ep.: Viva Dinosaurs

Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai[]

DragonRanger is among the Sentai warriors seen in clips when Gouki (GingaBlue) lectured Sotaro Ushigome (GaoBlack) about the past Sentai strong warriors, humbly claiming to not be nearly as strong as they are. MOVIE STORY-Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai

Boukenger[]

Burai was seen in the segment "The 30 Sentai Encyclopedia" when they talk about the Zyurangers and finally having a Sixth Ranger in the team. Burai was seen in "The 30 Sentai Encyclopedia" with the Zyurangers. In the segment they said that they have the first Sixth Warrior. TV STORY-Task. 19: The Dazzling Adventurer TV STORY-The 30 Sentai Encyclopedia

Gokaiger[]

Legend War[]

Years later, Burai somehow returned and fought alongside not only his own team, but every single Sentai Ranger in existence, against the Empire of Zangyack when it attacked the Earth during the Great Legend War. After fighting against hundreds of Gormin and their Sugormin commanders, Akarenger gathered all the Rangers together and gave them the order to sacrifice their powers to wipe out the first invasion's armada. TV STORY-Ep. 1: The Space Pirates Appear MOVIE STORY-Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle

In Basco's Possession[]

Sixth Ranger Key Summon (Episode 15) Step 1 — DragonRanger Clone in Si xth Ran ger Clones group

When Marvelous went to confront Basco, Basco revealed that there were more Ranger Keys than the ones that he, Marvelous and AkaRed collected (With DragonRanger's Key being one of the five keys that Basco showed Marvelous) and quickly turned it into a Ranger Key Clone, after being summoned, the Ranger Key Clone of DragonRanger fought Gokai Blue and beaten by a double Gokai Blast attack from Gokai Pink. After their encounter with Basco, the Gokaigers took the DragonRanger Key along with the other Sixth Ranger Keys and added it to their own Ranger Keys. TV STORY-Ep. 15: A Privateer Appears

Gokai Silver[]

6th Sentai spirit — DragonRanger's spirit, together with Mikoto Nakadai (AbareKiller) and TimeFire appearing before Gai Ikari.

Burai's spirit later appeared in his DragonRanger form to Gai Ikari about his becoming Gokai Silver, along with fellow deceased warriors Naoto Takizawa and Mikoto Nakadai. He also grants Gai the Greater Power of the Zyurangers. TV STORY-Ep. 18: The Big Abare with the Dinosaur Robot Drill

Farewell Space Pirates[]

After the defeat of Ackdos Gill, Captain Marvelous returned all the Ranger Keys to the former Sentai heroes. It is assumed Burai and his teammates received their keys, allowing for them to utilize their powers once again. Since Burai could still transform in his deceased state, it's assumed its return was a symbolic measure as opposed to the actual return of his powers. TV STORY-Final Ep.: Farewell Space Pirates

Akibaranger[]

Sometime later, a reality warp changed history making it seem as though Super Sentai's origins came from the United States, as opposed to Japan. This had an effect on Burai and Geki, who became Americanized versions of themselves called the "Powerful Rangers". Turned into twisted bullies, the pair battled the Akibarangers, thinking of them as nothing more than cheap knockoffs. However, AkibaRed's insistence that the truth of always fighting evil and supporting children, this affirmation broke the spell, returning reality to normal and restoring Burai and Geki to their true selves and eventually lent their Inordinate Powers to the Akibarangers. TV STORY-Ep. 5: Delusional Imports

The six Zyurangers later appeared with the now five official Sentai, transforming into their Ludicrous Power which combined with the others to form the Ludicrous Cannon Bazooka, which the Akibarangers used to destroy Kameari Alpaca. TV STORY-Ep. 10: Delusional Pillow Talk

Zyuohger vs. Ninninger[]

All 40 Super Sentais — The first 38 Sentai projected into Wild Tousai Shuriken King.

DragonRanger appeared with his team among the first 38 Super Sentai whom collectively empowered Wild Tousai Shuriken King in its fight against the titanic Gillmarda, granting the Ninningers and Zyuohgers the power to perform the Zyuoh Ninnin Super Sentai Burst which destroyed Gillmarda with the combined power of all 40 Super Sentai. MOVIE STORY-Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger: Message from the Future from Super Sentai

Chou Super Hero Taisen[]

DragonRanger appeared as part of Team Legend Hero, an unofficial Game World team that did not participate in the Chou Super Hero Taisen tournament, exclusively featuring in a promotional conference for the film. MOVIE STORY-Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Chou Super Hero Taisen

Personality[]

In the past, Burai was cowardly and vengeful, putting himself in suspended animation just so he could return someday and get revenge on his brother. This led Bandora to easily sway him over to her side. However, Burai had a change of heart when he realized his brother truly did care for him and devoted what was left of his life to helping him and the rest of the Zyurangers even if it meant keeping his limited lifespan a secret from them.

By the time of his death, Burai was a brave, selfless man who opted to give the life-saving elixir to a boy he'd just met, accepting his own death with peace.

Forms[]

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Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

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Attacks[]

Destructive Bullet (破壊弾, Hakai-dan): By focusing his energy, Burai forms a ball of energy in his hands which he then shoots at his opponents. TV STORY-Ep. 17: The Sixth Hero

Devil Sword Hellfriede (魔剣ヘルフリード, Maken Herufurīdo): With Hellfriede, Burai can perfom some attacks:
- Ground Shockwave: Charging the Hellfriede sword with power, Burai strikes the earth and sends an energy wave across the ground towards his opponent.
- Sword Blast: By focusing his energy into the Hellfriede, Burai fires a green energy blast from the tip of the Hellfriede

Reflection: Playing a melody on the Zyusouken, Burai activates the Dragon Armor's full defensive powers, projecting a forcefield that blocks all attacks as he advances on an opponent until close enough to attack

Ancient Play (エンシェントプレイ, Enshento Purei): Burai can fingle green colored laser beam from the tip of Zyusouken, this attack was only used in episode 27 and the attack's name revealed in Video Games
Cross Blast: By combining power of Zyosouken and Hellfriede or Ryugeki Sword, Burai can fire an even more powerful energy blast.

Growth: Before the rise of Dragon Caesar, DragonRanger demonstrated the ability to grow to giant-size through the use of Bandora's dark magic, fighting alongside Grifforzer and Lami-Scorpion to take down Daizyuzin. TV STORY-Ep. 20: Daizyuzin's Last Day

Abilities[]

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Weaknesses[]

to be added

Arsenal[]

Dragon Buckler
Dragon Armor
Zyusouken
Sword of Hellfriede (formerly)
Ryugeki Sword (temporarily, loaned by TyrannoRanger) TV STORY-Ep. 29: A Mystery!? The Attacking Beast Knight God

Mecha[]

Guardian Beast Dragon Caesar

Appearances: Zyuranger Episodes 17-22, 25, 27, 29, 31, 34, 39, 41, 42; Gokaiger Episodes 1, 199 Hero Great Battle, 18; Zyuohger vs. Ninninger

Powerful-green — As the Green Ranger of "Powerful Rangers"

Victims of the Delusion World changing Sentai history, the Zyurangers Geki and Burai became the Powerful Rangers who were the first "real" Sentai in history, retroactively erasing old teams. As a result, Japanese Sentai teams starting with Gaoranger became knockoffs of the American versions. Burai became a teenager with attitude...