Kousoku Sentai Turboranger

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Kousoku Sentai Turboranger
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Genre Tokusatsu
Superhero fiction
Science fantasy
Action/Adventure
Created by Toei Company
Developed byHirohisa Soda
Directed byTakao Nagaishi
StarringKenta Sato
Yoshiaki Ganaha
Keiya Asakura
Junichiro Katagiri
Noriko Kinohara
Fujita Okamoto
Mayumi Omuta
Kanako Kishi
Yoshinori Tanaka
Masako Morishita
Narrated byNobuo Tanaka
ComposerAkihiko Yoshida
Country of originJapan
No. of episodes51 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducersTakeyuki Suzuki
Kyōzō Utsunomiya
Running time30 minutes
Production companies TV Asahi
Toei Company
Toei Agency
Original release
Network ANN (TV Asahi)
ReleaseFebruary 25, 1989 (1989-02-25) 
February 23, 1990 (1990-02-23)
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Kousoku Sentai Turboranger (高速戦隊ターボレンジャー, Kōsoku Sentai Tāborenjā; High Speed Squadron Turboranger) is a Japanese television show and the thirteenth entry of Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries and the first title of the Heisei period. it was aired on TV Asahi on February 25, 1989, to February 23, 1990, replacing Choujyu Sentai Liveman and was replaced by Chikyu Sentai Fiveman with a total of 51 episodes (1 TV special and 50 ordinary episodes). Its international title in English was listed by Toei is Turbo Rangers. [1] Turboranger was also the first Super Sentai series to air on Friday instead of Saturday.

Contents

During its initial run, Turboranger was the 11th Super Sentai and billed as the tenth anniversary title of the Super Sentai series (as Battle Fever J was designated as the first Super Sentai series during 1988 to 1994 after the exclusion of Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai due to rights issues with Shotaro Ishinomori). However, in 1995, Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. was included into the Super Sentai series once more, thus making Turboranger the 13th in the franchise.[ citation needed ]

Plot

20,000 years ago, the Fairy race assisted humans in a battle against the Hundred Bohma Tribes, successfully sealing them. However, due to modern-day pollution and man's destruction of nature, the power of the Fairy magic has weakened, allowing the seal to be broken and thus the Tribe's escape. With the help of Dr. Dazai; Seelon, the last of the fairies, summons five high school seniors. As children, they were showered with the "flames of spirit" of the fallen fairies in a forest and can now hear Seelon's voice. Donning powered suits, the product of a collaboration between Seelon's magic and Dr. Dazai's science, the five become the Turborangers, juggling days of fighting with their regular school lives, in order to defeat the Bohma Tribe.

Characters

Turborangers

The eponymous Turborangers are all high school students of Musashino Academy. [a]

Allies

  • Dr. Dazai (太宰博士, Dazai-hakase): A scientist who was contacted by Seelon and assisted in the invention of the Turborangers' mecha. Being a car enthusiast, he based their mecha and suits on vehicles and also had been experimenting on a non-contaminant engine. A slight eccentric who longs for the Turborangers' teacher, Yamaguchi.
  • Fairy Seelon (妖精シーロン, Yōsei Shīron): The last surviving Fairy with a height of 8 centimeters (approximately 3 1/4 inches) tall. She can only be seen with the naked eye by the Turborangers; Dazai invented goggles that allows him to see her. She teamed with Dr. Dazai to stop the Tribes. She befriends Saint Beast Rakia. She can emit a "Shine of the Soul" that temporarily disorients enemies, but can be fatal to her. She lives in a small, reconstructed doll house made for her by Dr. Dazai. She is not afraid to dive into danger to assist the Turborangers. After the finale, she becomes a star with Rakia.
  • Sacred Beast Lakia (聖獣ラキア, Seijū Rakia): A white-maned, winged holy beast defender of Earth, the keeper of peace, and guardian of fairies. He fought the Bohma long ago and sealed many of them, sealing himself near Bohma Castle. However, the pollution of the Earth gravely weakened Lakia to being forced to negate the seal on Bohma Castle. He left the task of restoring peace to the future of the Earth to the Turborangers before dying and becoming a constellation to watch over them.
  • Misa Yamaguchi (山口 美佐, Yamaguchi Misa): The Turborangers' homeroom teacher. Her subject is math. A gentle and well-liked teacher, the five Turborangers are not in her good graces for how often they shirk their classes and extracurricular activities to take part in fighting (although it is unknown to her why they are always absent). She dislikes Dr. Dazai, believing he plays a part in corrupting the five. She is a fan of sumo wrestling. She has a younger sister named Mika who studies martial arts. She finds out the five's secret lives as Turborangers in the finale, boarding the Turbo Base to give them words of inspiration.
  • Yumi Sakakibara (榊原 由美, Sakakibara Yumi): Classmate of Shunsuke Hino/Yellow Turbo. The first ordinary human being who is able to break the seal of the Bohma Beast. Since she is the one who frees Toritsuki Bohma, she is forced to help him steal the energy of a human child by playing her flute. Her conversation with Shunsuke helps her gain the courage to betray Toritsuki Bohma and foil his goal. It is heavily implied that she has feelings for Shunsuke which he reciprocates.
  • Mika Yamaguchi (山口 美香, Yamaguchi Mika): Appears in episode 36. She is the little sister of Misa. She loves her sister more than anything and therefore hates the Turborangers for hiding something from Misa, while Misa cannot stop worrying them all the times. She later finds out Turborangers' true identities and learns to understand the situation. In the end, she does not tell her sister about the Turborangers and let her find out about it herself. After discovering the Turborangers' true identities, she stops hating them and befriends them instead. Of the Rangers, she seems the closest with Daichi.

Hundred Bohma Tribes

The Hundred Bohma Tribes (暴魔百族, Bōma Hyakuzoku) [b] are a crime faction where they are worshippers of violence and magic who lost to human-Fairy coalition 20,000 years ago and were sealed away. However, due to pollution that weakened the Fairy magic that sealed them, the Bohma are free to take their revenge on humanity from Bohma Castle (暴魔城, Bōma-jō) as their operations base. In the finale, Bohma Castle is destroyed by the Super Turbo Builder.

Wandering Bohma

The Wandering Bohma (流れ暴魔, Nagare Bōma) are Yōkai, the offspring of humans and demons.

  • Yamimaru (ヤミマル; 13-50): A Tsuchigumo-themed Wandering Bohma who was refused from being a member of the 100 Violent Demon Tribes. Because he was half-demon, he was not sealed and simply wandered Earth for 20,000 years to obtain as much knowledge as he could, while never being accepted by people. In modern times, he assumed the guise of Hikaru Nagareboshi (流星光, Nagareboshi Hikaru) and got himself transferred to the same school as the Turborangers. His plan is to destroy both humans and Bohma and let the Wandering Bohma as the only ones. Originally shaggy-haired, he later gains flashy red and black armor after the death of Rehda and with the help of Kirika. Before that, when he saw Zimba dead, he decided to use him at his own advantage to defeat the Turbo Robo by enlarging Zimba. He rides the giant bat Dragras which was destroyed when it sacrificed itself to destroy the monster Sealing Bohma. He plotted the downfall of Ragorn along with Kirika. He apparently succeeded in Lagorn's supposed death by kidnapping Red Turbo and having the two battle against each other. He took charge of the Tribes until Lagorn's resurrection, when he was almost killed if not saved by Kirika. He became peaceful in the end possibly because he was in love with Kirika.
  • Kirika (キリカ; 30-50): Another Wandering Bohma. She originally lived as a normal girl named Sayoko Tsukikage (月影小夜子, Tsukikage Sayoko) until she learned that she is a Wandering Bohma on her 18th birthday, shortly after finding that the man and woman who raised (and protected her for 20,000 years) were really just Skull Monsters. As Tsukikage, was an outcast in school who secretly loved Riki. She is permanently connected to Yamimaru through the "red thread of fate." Cruel and lacking compassion, her resentment of humans stems from her life of being bullied. She is repulsed that the blood running through her is a mixture of human and demon, deciding to call herself a full-fledged demon and throw away her humanity for Yamimaru, resulting in his power-up and her armor. She combined with the monster Armor Bohma to become Armored Kirika. Near the final, she and Yamimaru meets Kirika's true father, a peaceful demon named Kashim (カシム, Kashimu), who tells them of how much he loved Kirika's fellow peaceful, human mother, who wanted for both sides to coexist and this begins to break the hatred of Kirika and causes her to cease fighting. Because she knows the hatred and loneliness that Yamimaru has been suffered for 20,000 years, she wishes him to release his hatred so she tries to persuade him. In the finale, she manages to save Yamimaru and left to live a peaceful life with him, as Sayoko and Hikaru.

Bohma Beasts

The Bohma Beasts (暴魔獣, Bōmajū) are a multitude of monsters that share the same demonic genetics and work for the Hundred Bohma Tribes where they were first seen 2,000 years ago during the Hundred Bohma Tribes' war with the humans and the fairies and sealed away. To make a Bohma Beast grow, one of Great Bohma Emperor Ragorn's minions will summon a tornado-like vortex while also causing them to make kaiju-like sounds.

Episodes

Before the very first episode premiered the following week, a television special was aired to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Super Sentai since Battle Fever J at that time. On October 6, 1989 (the day that episode 32 aired) the show began to be broadcast later on Fridays instead of Saturdays. A movie was released at the Toei Manga Festival on March 18, 1989, which was the same day episode 4 aired.

No.TitleDirectorWriterOriginal air date
1"The 10 Great Sentai Gathering! Counting On You! Turboranger"
Transliteration: "Jū Dai Sentai Shūgō! Tanomu Zo! Tāborenjā" (Japanese: 10大戦隊集合! 頼むぞ! ターボレンジャー)
Shohei TojoTakeyuki Suzuki,
Yoshihiro Kobayashi
February 25, 1989 (1989-02-25)
2"Did You Guys See a Fairy!?"
Transliteration: "Kimitachi wa Yōsei o mita ka!" (Japanese: 君達は妖精を見たか!)
Takao NagaishiHirohisa SodaMarch 4, 1989 (1989-03-04)1
3"Bohma Castle! The 20,000-Year Curse"
Transliteration: "Bōma Jō! Niman-nen no Noroi" (Japanese: 暴魔城! 二万年の呪い)
Takao NagaishiHirohisa SodaMarch 11, 1989 (1989-03-11)
4"The Rumbling Human Dango!"
Transliteration: "Gorogoro Ningen Dango!" (Japanese: ゴロゴロ人間ダンゴ!)
Shohei TojoHirohisa SodaMarch 18, 1989 (1989-03-18)
5"Escape! The Samurai Town"
Transliteration: "Dasshutsu da! Samurai no Machi" (Japanese: 脱出だ! サムライの町)
Shohei TojoHirohisa SodaMarch 25, 1989 (1989-03-25)
6"Slimy! Bohma Zombie"
Transliteration: "Nururu! Bōma Zonbi" (Japanese: ヌルルッ! 暴魔ゾンビ)
Kiyoshi AraiHirohisa SodaApril 1, 1989 (1989-04-01)
7"The Lover-Eating Bohma Beast!"
Transliteration: "Koibito o Taberu Bōma Jū!" (Japanese: 恋人を食べる暴魔獣!)
Kiyoshi AraiKunio FujiiApril 8, 1989 (1989-04-08)
8"Jarmin's House That Flies in the Sky"
Transliteration: "Sora Tobu Jāmin no Uchi" (Japanese: 空飛ぶジャーミンの家)
Takao NagaishiHirohisa SodaApril 15, 1989 (1989-04-15)
9"Yearning for a Demonic Flute"
Transliteration: "Akogare wa Akuma no Furūto" (Japanese: 憧れは悪魔のフルート)
Takao NagaishiKunio FujiiApril 22, 1989 (1989-04-22)
10"The Boys' Day Doll That Calls Oni"
Transliteration: "Oni o Yobu Gogatsu Ningyō" (Japanese: 鬼を呼ぶ五月人形)
Shohei TojoKunio FujiiApril 29, 1989 (1989-04-29)
11"Roar! Ular Highway!"
Transliteration: "Bakusō! Ūrā Kaidō!" (Japanese: 爆走! ウーラー街道!)
Shohei TojoHirohisa SodaMay 6, 1989 (1989-05-06)
12"The Bohma Beast That Became a Star!"
Transliteration: "Hoshi ni Natta Bōma Jū!" (Japanese: 星になった暴魔獣!)
Kiyoshi AraiKunio FujiiMay 13, 1989 (1989-05-13)
13"Activate the Witch's Trap!"
Transliteration: "Majo ni Wana o Kakero!" (Japanese: 魔女にワナをかけろ!)
Kiyoshi AraiKunio FujiiMay 20, 1989 (1989-05-20)
14"He's Here! The Wandering Exchange Student"
Transliteration: "Sanjō! Sasurai Tenkōsei" (Japanese: 参上! さすらい転校生)
Takao NagaishiHirohisa SodaMay 27, 1989 (1989-05-27)
15"Dark Round! Certain-Death Alignment"
Transliteration: "Yamimaru! Hissatsu no Shōjun" (Japanese: ヤミマル! 必殺の照準)
Takao NagaishiHirohisa SodaJune 3, 1989 (1989-06-03)
16"Fire the V-Turbo Bazooka"
Transliteration: "Ute Bui Tābo Bazūka" (Japanese: 射てVターボバズーカ)
Shohei TojoHirohisa SodaJune 10, 1989 (1989-06-10)
17"The Teacher Who Became a Child"
Transliteration: "Kodomo ni Natta Sensei" (Japanese: 子供になった先生)
Shohei TojoKunio FujiiJune 17, 1989 (1989-06-17)
18"5-Minute Transformation"
Transliteration: "Go-Funkan no Henshin" (Japanese: 5分間の変身)
Takao NagaishiHirohisa SodaJune 24, 1989 (1989-06-24)
19"Clash! Demon Siblings"
Transliteration: "Gekitotsu! Ma Kyōdai" (Japanese: 激突! 魔兄弟)
Takao Nagaishi Toshiki Inoue July 1, 1989 (1989-07-01)
20"Bohma Tribe Haruna"
Transliteration: "Bōma Zoku Haruna" (Japanese: 暴魔族はるな)
Shohei TojoToshiki InoueJuly 8, 1989 (1989-07-08)
21"Dosukoi Contest"
Transliteration: "Dosukoi Shōbu" (Japanese: ドスコイ勝負)
Shohei TojoHirohisa SodaJuly 15, 1989 (1989-07-15)
22"Youth Road!"
Transliteration: "Seishun Rōdo!" (Japanese: 青春ロード!)
Takao NagaishiHirohisa SodaJuly 22, 1989 (1989-07-22)
23"A Lot of Ghosts"
Transliteration: "Yūrei Ippai" (Japanese: 幽霊いっぱい)
Takao NagaishiKunio FujiiJuly 29, 1989 (1989-07-29)
24"Dreadful! Summer Sea"
Transliteration: "Kowai! Natsu no Umi" (Japanese: 怖い! 夏の海)
Kiyoshi AraiHirohisa SodaAugust 5, 1989 (1989-08-05)
25"The Fighting Puppy"
Transliteration: "Tatakau Koinu" (Japanese: 戦う子犬)
Kiyoshi AraiHirohisa SodaAugust 12, 1989 (1989-08-12)
26"Riki! Desperate Situation"
Transliteration: "Riki! Zettai Zetsumei" (Japanese: 力! 絶体絶命)
Shohei TojoToshiki InoueAugust 19, 1989 (1989-08-19)
27"Girl Bohma Rin"
Transliteration: "Shōjo Bōma Rin" (Japanese: 少女暴魔リン)
Shohei TojoMami WatanabeAugust 26, 1989 (1989-08-26)
28"Robo Combination Failure"
Transliteration: "Robo Gattai Funō" (Japanese: ロボ合体不能)
Takao NagaishiHirohisa SodaSeptember 2, 1989 (1989-09-02)
29"Hurry! New Model Robo"
Transliteration: "Kyōge Shin Daka Robo" (Japanese: 急げ新型ロボ)
Takao NagaishiHirohisa SodaSeptember 9, 1989 (1989-09-09)
30"The End of Lehda"
Transliteration: "Rēda no Saigo" (Japanese: レーダの最後)
Shohei TojoHirohisa SodaSeptember 23, 1989 (1989-09-23)
31"Woman Warrior Kirika"
Transliteration: "Onna Senshi Kirika" (Japanese: 女戦士キリカ)
Shohei TojoHirohisa SodaSeptember 30, 1989 (1989-09-30)
32"The Big Demonic Mystery Bird!"
Transliteration: "Akuma no Dai Kaicho!" (Japanese: 悪魔の大怪鳥!)
Takao NagaishiHirohisa SodaOctober 6, 1989 (1989-10-06)
33"Steal! Yōhei's Face"
Transliteration: "Ubae! Yōhei no Kao" (Japanese: 奪え! 洋平の顔)
Takao NagaishiHirohisa SodaOctober 13, 1989 (1989-10-13)
34"Zulten's Sneaky Trick"
Transliteration: "Zuruten no Urawaza" (Japanese: ズルテンの裏技)
Shohei TojoHirohisa SodaOctober 20, 1989 (1989-10-20)
35"The Majin Sword That Calls Love"
Transliteration: "Ai o Yobu Majin Ken" (Japanese: 愛を呼ぶ魔神剣)
Shohei TojoToshiki InoueOctober 27, 1989 (1989-10-27)
36"Memories of Destiny..."
Transliteration: "Unmei no Omoide..." (Japanese: 運命の想い出…)
Takao NagaishiKunio FujiiNovember 3, 1989 (1989-11-03)
37"Mysterious Kung Fu Girl"
Transliteration: "Kan Fū Nazo Shōjo" (Japanese: カンフー謎少女)
Takao NagaishiHirohisa SodaNovember 10, 1989 (1989-11-10)
38"The Painting of Hell That Devours People"
Transliteration: "Hito o Kuu Jigokue" (Japanese: 人を喰う地獄絵)
Masao MinowaMami WatanabeNovember 17, 1989 (1989-11-17)
39"The End of Ragorn"
Transliteration: "Ragōn no Saigo" (Japanese: ラゴーンの最後)
Masao MinowaHirohisa SodaNovember 24, 1989 (1989-11-24)
40"Walk! Child of Shikoku"
Transliteration: "Aruke! Shikoku no Ko" (Japanese: 歩け! 四国の子)
Shohei TojoHirohisa SodaDecember 1, 1989 (1989-12-01)
41"The Star Is Me!"
Transliteration: "Sutā wa Ore da!" (Japanese: スターは俺だ!)
Shohei TojoHirohisa SodaDecember 8, 1989 (1989-12-08)
42"Scary Birthday!"
Transliteration: "Kowai Tanjōbi!" (Japanese: コワイ誕生日!)
Takao NagaishiKunio FujiiDecember 15, 1989 (1989-12-15)
43"The Sixth Warrior!"
Transliteration: "Rokunin-me no Senshi!" (Japanese: 6人目の戦士!)
Takao NagaishiToshiki InoueDecember 22, 1989 (1989-12-22)
44"Wandering Bohma Legend"
Transliteration: "Nagare Bōma Densetsu" (Japanese: 流れ暴魔伝説)
Masao MinowaMami WatanabeJanuary 5, 1990 (1990-01-05)
45"Super Magic Boy"
Transliteration: "Chō Majikku Shōnen" (Japanese: 超マジック少年)
Masao MinowaHirohisa SodaJanuary 12, 1990 (1990-01-12)
46"Ragorn's Counterattack"
Transliteration: "Ragōn no Gyakushū" (Japanese: ラゴーンの逆襲)
Takao NagaishiHirohisa SodaJanuary 19, 1990 (1990-01-19)
47"SOS Transformation Failure"
Transliteration: "Esu Ō Esu Henshin Funō" (Japanese: SOS変身不能)
Takao NagaishiHirohisa SodaJanuary 26, 1990 (1990-01-26)
48"The Wandering Bohma's Secret"
Transliteration: "Nagare Bōma no Himitsu" (Japanese: 流れ暴魔の秘密)
Takao NagaishiHirohisa SodaFebruary 2, 1990 (1990-02-02)
49"Beautiful Kirika"
Transliteration: "Utsukushiki Kirika" (Japanese: 美しきキリカ)
Masao MinowaHirohisa SodaFebruary 9, 1990 (1990-02-09)
50"The Dreadful Great Seal"
Transliteration: "Osorubeki Dai Fūin" (Japanese: 恐るべき大封印)
Masao MinowaHirohisa SodaFebruary 16, 1990 (1990-02-16)
Final"Graduation of Youth"
Transliteration: "Seishun no Sotsugyōshiki" (Japanese: 青春の卒業式)
Masao MinowaHirohisa SodaFebruary 23, 1990 (1990-02-23)

1The first episode of Turboranger was originally scheduled to premiere on February 25, 1989. However, due to the death of Hirohito on January 7, the finale of Liveman was postponed to February 18, thus moving the premiere of Turboranger to March 4.

Cast

Guest stars

Songs

Opening theme
Ending themes

Notes

  1. The sixth ranger of Mashin Sentai Kiramager , Takamichi Crystaria is revealed to have had attended the same school as the Turborangers in episode 16, confirmed by Kenta Sato.
  2. Bōma (暴魔) is literally translated as "Violent Demon".
  3. Also spelt as Ura. [2]

References

  1. "Library -- English Titles -- TOEI TV Website". Archived from the original on January 19, 2009. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  2. "スーパー戦隊50th×K-SuKe 歴代敵兵士 トートバッグ" (in Japanese). Bandai. Retrieved August 24, 2025.