 This article is about a villain in Ninja Sentai Kakuranger.
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- "The Earth belongs to us Yokai. Eradicate the humans! Especially our arch enemies, the Kakurangers!"
- ―Gashadokuro.[src]
- "Impossible... I've been defeated? F... FATHER!!!"
- ―Gashadokuro's final words before his first death.[src]
- "The one who will become the Great Demon King... Will be me!"
- ―Junior's Proclamation after he reawakened from his coma[src]
- "Goro...This is my last chance...Let me act like a real father..."
- ―Junior's word before his second death.[src]
Prince of the Yokai Army Corps and the son of Daimaou, Gashadokuro (ガシャドクロ Gasha Skull) is one of the most brutally sadistic of the Yokai as he kills humans on sight with utter enjoyment of the deed. His human form, called Young Noble Junior (貴公子ジュニア, Kikoshi Junia), is a bleached blond leather punk in death rock attire who is seen with a guitar. His ultimate desire is a Yokai paradise with humans either dead or enslaved.
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Prior to them knowing his true name, Junior began uniting the Yokai under his banner and made himself known to the Kakurangers when he freed the Shuten Douji Brothers and sent them after the ninja. Junior also made the Kakurangers' fight with him personal and evaded them after Tsuchigumo's death via a hot air balloon. Eventually, when contacted by Daimaou, Junior sends Umibozu to capture five children as the first fifteen petrified sacrifices to produce the altar while he went after the other ten to complete Daimaou's resurrection ritual. Energized by Daimaou, with Sandyuu revealing his true identity, Gashadokuro defeats the Jusho Fighters before they can summon Muteki Shogun before taking the altar and surrounding district into the sky beyond the Kakurangers' reach while turning the trapped humans into stone to await for Daimaou's month-long resurrection to be completed.
While Gashadokuro appears to be completely heartless to even his lackeys and more relentless in combat, he does have some respect for the Kakurangers, as seen when he allowed his Dorodoros to give water to the Kappa-ized Seikai and Saizou to fight Nue.
When Sandyuu attempted to fight him, Gashadokuro easily overwhelmed him before fatally wounding him. Enraged, the Kakurangers vowed to avenge their sensei by destroying Gashadokuro once and for all. In the following battle, in which he enlarged himself, Gashadokuro was finally killed by Super Kakure Daishogun, returning the district to the ground and freeing all the petrified citizens. Nevertheless, he succeeded in resurrecting his father, Daimaou, who vowed to avenge his son.
Though unseen, Gashadokuro's spirit presumably emerged within the Seal Door along with all the other defeated Yokai, after their master Daimaou was finally contained there by the Kakurangers.
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger: Act Three - Middle-Aged Struggles[]
However, Yoshiteru revealed that Junior survived his final battle with the Kakurangers by casting the Reincarnation Jutsu, allowing him to be reborn, but ended up losing his memories as a Yokai. In the following years, he eventually settled with an unknown woman, and had a son, which he named Goro. Unfortunately, while on a trip with his wife and baby son, Gabera unleashed a successful attack that broke Junior's car brake pedal, which resulted in his family getting an accident. As a result, Junior's wife died, and Junior himself received yet another fatal wound that luckily placed him in a coma for years, thanks to Saburo's timely help. Goro himself would eventually be adopted by Seikai and Tsuruhime.
Once Goro turned into New Generation Yokai Great Demon King Sanmotogorouzaemon, Junior reawakened from his coma with his memories and power as Yokai returned fully. Junior then hurriedly goes to the battlefield, pretending to face-up against the Kakurangers to claim the Great Demon King power for his own. As Junior promised, he ended up absorbing all of Gorou's Yokai power, turning him into the new Sanmotogorouzaemon. However, This process turns to be fatal to Junior as he finally dies and reincarnates again after explaining his action as his last chance to become a proper father to Goro.
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- Daimaou - Father
- Yama-uba - Aunt
- Daidarabotchi - Uncle
- † Unnamed Wife (deceased)
- Goro - Biological Son
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Appearances: Kakuranger Episodes TBA
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- In his true form, Gashadokuro is a skeleton Yokai with skulls over his body wearing an army helmet, the Right half of his body is white while the left one matches his helmet and is camouflage. He wields a bone-themed sword in battle, before later gaining a jet pack flamethrower from Dr. Yugami. In battle, he can use his sword to turn lightning into energy, blasting it at opponents. He can also blast lightning from his eyes at his enemies. With the jetpack portion, of his new weapon, he can fly.
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- In the original Japanese myth, Gashadokuro are giant Yokai created from the skeletons of those who starved to death gathering to form into a skeletal specter. They sneak up on people and devour them, after becoming large. The only way a human can protect themselves from one, before it is too late, is to hear a distinct ringing noise in their ear. Supposedly, this is the sound the Gashadokuro makes when sneaking up on humans.
- Gashdokuro has a leitmotif: the rock song "Kuro no Kikoushi" (Black Prince) sung by Hirokazu Umeda (credited as X10). As Junior, he plays it in episode 23 while celebrating the beginning phase of summoning Daimaou.*Gashdokuro has a leitmotif: the rock song "Kuro no Kikoushi" (Black Prince) sung by Hirokazu Umeda (credited as X10). As Junior, he plays it in episode 23 while celebrating the beginning phase of summoning Daimaou.
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Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
- Ep. 14: I'm the Young Noble!!
- Ep. 15: Argh! Awesome Guys
- Ep. 16: The Red Monkey's Oni Extermination
- Ep. 17: The Demon Sword and Underwear!!
- Ep. 18: Hello, Mushroom-kun
- Ep. 19: The Hellish Trap in Darkness!!
- Ep. 20: The Flowery Kunoichi Team
- Ep. 21: The Monkey Mimic's Finishing Move
- Ep. 23: Blitzkrieg!! The Strange White Bird
- Ep. 24: Ah, The End of Volume 1
- Ep. 25: A New Departure!
- Ep. 26: The Tsuruhime Family's Super Secret
- Ep. 27: The End of Muteki Shogun
- Ep. 30: Reunion With a Traitorous Father
- Ep. 31: Behold!! A New Shogun
- Ninja Sentai Kakuranger: Act Three - Middle-Aged Struggles
See Also[]
- Rito Revolto - Power Rangers counterpart in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Season 3). See comparison page.
- Giant Yokai Gashadokuro, his equivalent motif counterpart from the Kibaoni Army Corps in Shuriken Sentai Ninninger
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