Super Sentai is a Japanese superhero team metaseries and media franchise consisting of television series and films produced by Toei Company, and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi. The shows are of the tokusatsu genre, featuring live action characters and colorful special effects, and are aimed at children. Super Sentai airs alongside the Kamen Rider series in the Super Hero Time programming block on Sunday mornings. In North America, the Super Sentai series is best known as the source material for the Power Rangers series.
Akira Kushida is a Japanese vocalist who is well known for his work in the soundtracks for anime and tokusatsu productions, most notably Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan, Kinnikuman, and Space Sheriff Gavan. His nickname from his fans is Kussy. His real given name is Akira.
Kengo Ohkuchi is a former Japanese actor born in Kagoshima Prefecture. He is 180 cm tall and weighs 62 kg. He specializes in Shorinji Kempo.
Project.R are a Japanese musical ensemble established by Nippon Columbia and Toei Company to perform on the soundtracks for the Super Sentai Series beginning with Engine Sentai Go-onger.
Tsutomu Kitagawa is a Japanese actor and stuntman who is mostly known for playing Godzilla for the "Millennium" series. He also played King Ghidorah for Rebirth of Mothra III. He also played the costumed actor for the Blue Ranger in many of Toei Company's Super Sentai Series in the 1980s, better known in the United States as Power Rangers. Kitagawa graduated from Sakuragaoka High School before joining Sonny Chiba's Japan Action Club in January 1975.
Yasuko Kobayashi is a Japanese anime and tokusatsu drama screenwriter who has been involved in various television shows throughout her career, beginning in 1993 with Tokusou Robo Janperson.
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger is the Toei Company's 37th entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters. Kyoryuger aired on TV Asahi from 17 February 2013 to 9 February 2014, joining Kamen Rider Wizard and later Kamen Rider Gaim in TV Asahi's Super Hero Time programming block. Its footage would later be used for the American Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Dino Charge and its follow up season, Dino Super Charge, and gained a South Korean-exclusive sequel, Power Rangers Dino Force Brave.
Riria Baba, known professionally as Riria (梨里杏) and Riria Kojima, is a Japanese actress. She is known for her role as Mio in the 2014 Super Sentai series Ressha Sentai ToQger.
Kamen Rider Gaim is a Japanese television series, a tokusatsu drama that is in the Kamen Rider Series; it is the 15th series during its Heisei run and 24th overall. The series, written by Gen Urobuchi, directed by Ryuta Tasaki and produced by Naomi Takebe, began airing on TV Asahi from October 6, 2013, replacing Kamen Rider Wizard in its initial timeslot and joining Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger then Ressha Sentai ToQger in the Super Hero Time programming block, until Gaim concluded on September 28, 2014.
Ressha Sentai ToQger is a Japanese television series, a Tokusatsu drama of the 38th installment in Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries, following Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger. It premiered on TV Asahi affiliates on February 16, 2014, joining Kamen Rider Gaim and later, Kamen Rider Drive in the Super Hero Time programming block, and it ended on February 15, 2015. The series has a train motif, and unlike many previous series where the heroes are named after colors, the heroes in ToQger are numbered and also regularly swap colors during battle.
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends is a Japanese superhero film released on January 18, 2014. It is the annual "VS Series" movie, a crossover between the current and most recent Super Sentai series' casts, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger and Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters. In addition, the cast of the upcoming series Ressha Sentai ToQger make cameo appearances in the film, as do cast members from prior series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger and Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger. Its footage was used for the Power Rangers Beast Morphers season 2 episodes "Finding Keepers", "Making Bad", and "Grid Connection".
Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai is a Japanese superhero film featuring a crossover within the Kamen Rider Series, as well as the Super Sentai series. Scheduled for release on March 29, 2014, characters from all of the Kamen Rider Series, as far back as 1971's Kamen Rider up through the currently airing series Kamen Rider Gaim appeared, with many of the original actors reprising their roles, including Kamen Rider's Hiroshi Fujioka. The film serves as a 15th anniversary commemoration of the Heisei period run of the Kamen Rider Series, and of Gaim being the 30th main Kamen Rider overall.
Kamen Rider Gaim the Movie: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup! is a 2014 Japanese film, serving as the film adaptation of the 2013-2014 Kamen Rider television series Kamen Rider Gaim. It was released on July 19, 2014, in a double billing with Ressha Sentai ToQger the Movie: Galaxy Line S.O.S. Nitroplus writer Jin Haganeya wrote the script which features the heroes and villains of Kamen Rider Gaim entering an alternate world where instead of forming dance troupes, they play soccer. The film features cameo appearances by J. League soccer players and guest stars Kataoka Ainosuke VI as the film's antagonist Kogane.
Jun Shison is a Japanese actor and member of male actors group D-BOYS and D2 affiliated with Watanabe Entertainment. He is known for his roles as Kai Asakura in the TBS drama adaptation of Fermat no Ryōri and as Kurama in the Netflix live adaptation of YuYu Hakusho.
Ai Moritaka is a Japanese actress and model affiliated with the Ten Carat talent agency. She is best known for her role as Kagura in the 2014 Super Sentai series Ressha Sentai ToQger.
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger is a Japanese television series, the 39th entry of Toei's long-running Super Sentai metaseries, following Ressha Sentai ToQger. It is the third ninja-based Sentai, and the fourth to be based on Japanese mythology and culture and premiered on February 22, 2015, joining Kamen Rider Drive, and later, Kamen Rider Ghost in the Super Hero Time line-up on TV Asahi affiliate stations, until concluding on February 7, 2016. Ninninger also serves as the 40th anniversary of the franchise. The lead screenwriter for the series is Kento Shimoyama and Kousuke Yamashita serves as the series' composer. Its footage is used for the American Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Ninja Steel and its follow-up season, Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel.
Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie is a 2015 Japanese film, featuring a crossover between the casts and characters of the Super Sentai television series Ressha Sentai ToQger and Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, including the debut appearance of the main cast of Shuriken Sentai Ninninger. Kyaeen's Hiroyuki Amano guest stars. It was released nationally in Japan on January 17, 2015.
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger the Movie: Ninja in Wonderland is a 2016 Japanese film, featuring a crossover between the casts and characters of the Super Sentai television series Shuriken Sentai Ninninger and Ressha Sentai ToQger, including the debut appearance of the main cast of Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger. Ryota Yamasato of the owarai duo Nankai Candies guest stars as the movie villain Dark Doctor Mavro. It was released nationally in Japan on January 23, 2016.
