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 series. The first Super Sentai title of the Heisei period, it was aired on TV Asahi

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 on March 3, 1989 to February 23, 1990 with a total of 51 episodes. Its international title in English as listed by Toei is Turbo Rangers.

Plot

Twenty thousand years ago, the Fairy race assisted humans in a battle against the Bōma Tribes and sealed them away. Due to modern day pollution and man's destruction of nature, the power of Fairy magic has weakened, allowing the seal to be broken and the Tribes escape. With the help of Doctor Dazai, Seelon, the last of the fairies, summoned 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 Doctor Dazai's science, the five become the Turborangers, juggling days of fighting with their regular school lives, in order to defeat the Bōma Tribes.

Turborangers

The five rangers are all high school students./: A brave high school baseball team captain. An ace pitcher, his technique is the "Demonball of Fire/Honoo" and dreams of becoming a professional. Despite his apparent hyperactivity disorder, Riki has a high sense of justice and confidence. He is the kind of person who is not in good graces with his teacher due to his low grades which is seen earlier. He shows his unusual amount of power in matters like when he defeats Zimba on their final duel. He also kills Layda in the middle of the battle with the Super Violent Demon Beast which he rushed into it out of impulsiveness. Riki was captured by Wandering Violent Demons and forced to pit against Lagorn where after a hard battle, he underwent near death but he managed to win by inflicting a mortal wound on Lagorn's heart at a desperate attempt. He pulled the team together during the final battle.

• • Weapons: , which can combine with the Turbolaser Sword Mode.
  • Attacks: /: A patient track star who is also a good student giving him the fame of "Running Brain" which is in contrast to Riki. He shows his team concern and is self-sacrificing even when he placed himself at risk to be able to have Turbo Rugger completed. Daichi is a reliable sub-leader who will always be for support of his teammates. He once befriended the monster Sumo Boma whom he defeated in a sumo battle and granted the demon rest. He defeated Jarmin in battle after helping Doctor Dazai get the parts to complete Turbo Rugger.
  • Weapons: /: A swimmer and high jumper. He is very good at aquatic battle. He is jocular and chases girls. He was once forced to clean the whole school due to his serious misbehavior problems. He once befriended a Violent Demon named Bell, whose people were oppressed by the evil Jarmin and caught inside a series of bells.
  • Weapons: , which can combine with the Turbolaser Gun Mode to form the J-Machine Gun./: He is a gymnast and class clown. He was in love with a girl he only knew as "Sayo-chan" when younger, never realizing it was actually Sayoko Tsukikage/Kirika. He has a younger brother named Shunji who was killed in a hit and run, therefore he befriends a Violent Demon Beast who had a falling out with his brother.
  • Weapons: /: A student body president and the brightest student in school. She is popular, everyone looks up to her. Gifted with acting skills, she was able to fool both Violent Demons and the other Turborangers to get the medicine and save Yohei's life.
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Arsenal

: The Turborangers' two-piece transformation devices. The transformation call is either "Turboranger!" or the individual Turboranger's hero name .: The Turborangers' sidearms that can be used as a laser gun or transformed into a sword.

Team Attacks

: The Turborangers use their Turbo Lasers to form a plasma ball to kill the opponent.: The various attack formations utilized by all five Turborangers and their respective weapons.: A weapon later added and used to defeat more powerful Bouma, but ironically was not used on any of the troopers.

Vehicles

: The motorcycles for each ranger, numbers 01 and 05.: Personal vehicle of Red Turbo, a buggy

Buggy (automobile)

-See also:* Dune buggy* Swamp buggy* Moon buggy* Rock buggy* Buggy body...

. An alternate vehicle for Red Turbo when not using a Mach Turbo.

Mecha

: A giant robot formed from five automobiles by the command . Its main weapon is the and it destroys monsters with its finishing attack, the . Its other weapons are the , and the and Turbo Punch. It was badly damaged by Zimba in episode 28 and it caused it to break the combination of the mecha. It returned at episode 30 to help the buried Turbo Rugger. http://www.supersentai.com/database/1989_turboranger/mecha.html

• • : A grand tourer
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     driven by Red Turbo. It fires the . It is stored to the left of Turbo Truck and the right of Turbo Jeep. It forms Turbo Robo's head, chest, and back. Its top speed is Mach 1.2. Its front wheels turn parallel to the chassis when Turbo GT is flying. It appeared again in the Gaoranger vs Super Sentai.
  • : A race truck driven by Black Turbo. It fires the . It forms Turbo Robo's body, arms and upper legs and Turbo Shield and Turbo Cannon. It is stored to the left of Turbo Wagon and the right of Turbo GT. Its top speed is 980 kilometers per hour. After Turbo Robo's defeat in episode 28, its combination was broken down and was damaged badly as well by Zimba. Daichi also used it as a lure to make sure that the Rugger Fighter was completed in episode 29. It was repaired in episode 30.
  • : A sport utility vehicle driven by Blue Turbo. It fires the Jeep Gattlers. It is stored to the left of Turbo GT. It forms Turbo Robo's left foot. Its top speed is 850 kilometers per hour.
  • : A dune buggy driven by Yellow Turbo. It uses the Wire Grappler. It is to the right of Turbo Wagon. It forms Turbo Robo's right foot. Its top speed is 830 kilometers per hour.
  • : A station wagon driven by Pink Turbo. It fires the . It is stored to the left of Turbo Buggy and the right of Turbo Truck. It forms Turbo Robo's lower legs. Its top speed is 620 kilometers per hour.: Turborangers' second robot that transforms from an airship called the . When the command is given, the Rugger Fighter's cockpit forms Turbo Rugger's back, the underside becomes the arms, and the sides become the legs, with the afterburners as the feet, the rest forms the chest, revealing the head. The Turbo Rugger's head and chest forms the Super Turbo Robo's own head (with a special helmet) and chest, the legs become the arms, and the feet as the Super Turbo Robo's own. It is armed with the rugby ball-like and the . It destroys monsters with its finishing attack, the . It was first used to destroy an enlarged Jarmin in battle and was nearly destroyed by the mighty Super Violent Demon Beast.: The Turborangers' base. It launches Turbo Machines and the Rugger Fighter, and combines with the Super Turbo Robo to form the Super Turbo Builder. It overheated in the finale and Zulten died in assaulting this base.: The combination of Turbo Robo and Turbo Rugger into a powerful robot. The two robots join together when the command is given. The size of Turbo Robo and Turbo Rugger increase so much in the combination that it cannot walk, though it can move its arms. It destroys monsters with its ultimate finishing attack, the . It was first used to destroy the mighty Super Violent Demon Beast.: The combination of the Super Turbo Robo and Turbo Builder. It is formed when the command is given. It was first used to destroy Lagorn in both his forms with its ultimate attack, the .

Allies

: 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.

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 Doctor Dazai to stop the Tribes. She befriends Saint Beast Lakia. 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 Doctor Dazai. She is not afraid to dive into danger to assist the Turborangers. After the finale, she becomes a star with Lakia.

A white-maned, winged holy beast defender of Earth, the keeper of peace and guardian of fairies. He fought the Bōma long ago and sealed many of them, sealing himself near Bōma Castle. However the pollution of the Earth gravely weakened Lakia to being force to negate the seal on Bōma 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.

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 Doctor 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 of the five's secret lives as Turborangers in the finale, boarding Turbo Base to give them words of inspiration.

Bōma Hundred Tribes

The are worshipers of violence and magic who lost to human-Fairy coalition 20,000 years ago and sealed away. However, due to pollution that weakened the Fairy magic that sealed them, the Bōma are free to take their revenge on humanity from as their operations base. In the finale, Bōma Castle is destroyed by Super Turbo Builder.

The absolute dictator of the Bōma. He is initially partly immobile as he can still move his head and arms, he always remained seated on his throne with a set of extra arms that can stretch which he uses to punish his subordinates when they fail him. He is shown as merciless and cruel to everyone. He ends up sending Jarmin to her death after witnessing Zimba's brave sacrifice and that Yamimaru defeated Turbo Robo. He sends Layda to have his new Super Bōma Beast try to destroy the Turborangers. After Layda and the Super Bōma Beast were both killed, he decides to punish Zulten with his powers for cowardice. He 'dies' after the conspiracy of Yamimaru and Kirika, who decided to kidnap Riki and pit him against Lagorn in a one-on-one battle to the death. Riki mortally wounds him with a stab at the heart, causing him to receive explosions while Zulten only watched helplessly from a distance, not able to lift a finger to help him because of the red thread barrier Yamimaru and Kirika placed to trap him with Red Turbo. However, he becomes mobile after retrieving the monster-enlarging orb, he tries to kill Red Turbo and he grows giant and decides to punish the two traitors Yamimaru and Kirika for their treachery. He is then 'destroyed' by Super Turbo Builder. He later revives himself by consuming energies of hatred and sadness around him, and becomes the gold-skinned and mobile . He faces the Turborangers as a giant in the finale in which he is destroyed for good by Super Turbo Robo.

A bearded mystic genius with a nautilus shell-like head and a human face. He is second in command. Intelligent and cruel, he hates humanity and his schemes always involve the use of human deeds against humans themselves and mass killings of humans as well. He is usually portrayed to be the kind of field commander who does not show up often and works closely with Lagorn, receiving less ire and is entrusted with the most dangerous of operations. He is very skilled in witchcraft making him a powerful sorcerer. He was later sent to take care of the Turborangers with the Super Bōma Beast when both Jarmin and Zimba died where he almost buried them alive seeking revenge for Lagorn, as he was entrusted. When he saw Turbo Robo pass by, he used his efforts to lure Red Turbo out to a battle hoping to divide the Turborangers. In that battle, Red Turbo and Layda duel to the death. He reveals his illusion powers from his cape in an attempt to wipe out Red Turbo even with the ghosts of Jarmin and Zimba. However, Red Turbo managed to counter his attacks by slashing his cape, mortally wounded him and performed a GT Slash which inevitably killed him where he exploded violently as he uttered his final words in an illusion form cursing the Turborangers.

A samurai-like masked warrior in black armor, expert in all martial arts with a mastery of swords. He loves to hate, a sadistic madman who takes pleasure in human suffering, especially when it comes to love. The reason from this was that Zimba was originally a man who fought a powerful army to win the heart of a princess he loved. However, when the fight left him near death, Zimba's final moments were the horrifying knowledge that the princess was disgusted by his ugly appearance and never loved him. He died soon after, his spirit burdened by his grudge and transforming his corpse into a Bōma. He is in love with Jarmin as well but denies it at times. When Lagorn becomes furious of how the Truborangers defeat them everything, Zimba protects Jarmin from their leader's rage while volunteering to finish the Turborangers once and far all. He bade farewell to Jarmin with a slashed bell who was sad to see him leave worrying he may never return. He was able to stop the Turborangers from being able to transform for a time but he was defeated by Red Turbo with a GT Crash and was finished off by the others with shots from Turbo Laser. Yamimaru saw the opportunity to use him and he was enlarged which he defeated Turbo Robo. However he was defeated by Turbo Builder.

A cold-hearted magician whose face becomes serpentine whenever angered, motivated to attack humans out of envy and spite while using a whip as her weapon in battle. Her tactics involve deception like when she forced the Ice and Fire Bōma to fight for her. It was insinuated by Zulten that she used the Sigh Bōma to impress her lover Zimba but she reacted by whipping him. When Lagorn got mad and decided to punish the others, she attempted to beg to Lagorn but her lover Zimba intervened to save her from death. She was hurt to see Zimba bid her farewell with a slashed bell fearing he may never return. When Zimba was killed, she was hurt as she had feelings for him holding the bell that Zimba slashed earlier. She was sentenced to death by Lagorn after Zimba's death where she released her ally Kuroko Bōma. The downside was that whatever happened to her monster also happened to her. She fused her soul with her other half but was killed by Turbo Rugger.

A fat, disgusting creature able to turn into an ATV-like vehicle for Jarmin. A cheat who does anything to win; weak willed, always sucking up to superiors. He was the last of the original four bad guys serving Lagorn to be killed. He was not in good graces with Lagorn for his cowardice (and serves as a scapegoat after the death of Layda, he also tried to use Zulten Metal Type to win his position back) and remained hidden at times afterward but shows up at times especially after Layda's death and during the arrival of Yamimaru and Kirika and remained unable to help his master during the battle of Red Turbo and Lagorn due to the red thread barrier placed by Yamimaru. He sided with the Wandering Bōma fearing his death but returned loyalty to Lagorn afterward being the type to side with whoever is in charge. He was killed when he tried to perform an assault on Turbo Builder via fighter jets.

}}: The foot soldiers under Lagorn's services, the black-skinned Wular are one of the many Bōma Tribes and have the ability to merge into ball-shaped Wular Dumplings. They were originally led by , the Wular Clan's leader and greatest warrior who was sealed away. Once unsealed by Lehda with the Wular's prayers, Wular Bōma finds the Wular Road, which Japan National Route 44

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 was built on, and released the vast army of Wular sealed there. Then, to show his kind's unwavering loyaity to Lagorn, Wular Bōma has some of his Wulars sacrifice themselves to invoke an earthquake to wipe out the human population. However, the Turborangers stop the scheme and the enlarged Wular Bōma is Turbo Robo's Turbo Cannon. The Wulars since vowed to kill the Turborangers to avenge their fallen leader. The Wulars are usually led to battle the red-skinned and , but they no longer show up later on.

Wandering Bōma

The are Hanyo, the offspring of humans and demons.: A Wandering Bōma 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 and got himself transferred to the same school as the Turborangers. His plan is to destroy both humans and Bōma and let the Wandering Bōma as the only ones. Originally shaggy-haired, he later gains flashy red and black armor after the death of Layda and with the help of Kirika. Before that, when he saw Zimba dead, he decided to use him at his own advantage to defeat Turbo Robo by enlarging Zimba. He rides the giant bat Dragras which was destroyed when it sacrificed itself to destroy the monster Sealing Bōma. He plotted the downfall of Lagorn 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.

• • Weapons: , Dark Knife, , Dark Bow, , , , , : Another Wandering Bōma. She originally lived as a normal girl named until she learned that she is Wandering Bōma 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 Bōma to become Armored Kirika. Near the final, she and Yamimaru meets Kirika's true father, a peaceful demon named , 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.
  • Weapons: five-pointed ringknife,

Episodes

Cast

• Riki Honoo: Kenta Satou
• Daichi Yamagata: Fumiaki Ganaha
• Yohei Hama: Keiya Asakura
• Shunsuke Hino: Junichiro Katagiri
• Haruna Morikawa: Noriko Kinohara
  Noriko Kinohara
  Noriko Kinohara is a Japanese actress who appears in the Super Sentai TV series Kōsoku Sentai Tāborenjā. The program is the thirteenth entry of Toei Company's Super Sentai series. It aired on TV Asahi on March 3, 1989 to February 23, 1990 with a total of 51 episodes...
  
  
• Doctor Dazai: Fujita Okamoto
• Seelon: Mayumi Omura
• Misa Yamaguchi: Kyoko Takami
• Lagorn: Takeshi Watabe
  Takeshi Watabe
  was a Japanese voice actor. He was born in Kōchi Prefecture. He usually played villains and performed the voices for many anime characters and tokusatsu villains. He is most famous for voicing Kaminari in Doraemon...
  
  
• Doctor Layda: Masashi Ishibashi
  Masashi Ishibashi
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• Princess Jarmin: Kanako Kishi
• Zimba: Seiichi Hirai
• Zulten: Hideyuki Umezu
  Hideyuki Umezu
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• Hikaru Nagareboshi/Yamimaru: Yoshinori Tanaka
• Sayoko Tsukikage/Kirika: Masako Morishita

Songs

Opening theme

• • Lyrics:
  • Composition:
  • Arrangement
  • Artist:

Ending theme

• • Lyrics: Ikki Matsumoto
  • Composition: Yoshimasa Inoue
  • Arrangement: Ryō Yonemitsu
  • Artist: Kenta Satou

External links

• Official Kousoku Sentai Turboranger website