# No.1 Sentai Gozyuger

No.1 Sentai Gozyuger (ナンバーワン戦隊ゴジュウジャー, Nanbā Wan Sentai Gojūjā, Number One Squadron Gozyuger) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series, the 49th installment in Toei Company's Super Sentai series, and the sixth produced in the Reiwa era, it is also commemorating the 50th anniversary of the franchise. The series is the first to combine the motifs of modern, prehistoric and mythical animals and is the third special anniversary series, following Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger and Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger.
The series premiered on February 16, 2025, joining Kamen Rider Gavv and later, Kamen Rider Zeztz in the Super Hero Time lineup on TV Asahi following the finale of Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger.

## Plot

The "Universe War" was a large-scale conflict involving 49 Super Sentai and their mecha against a threat simply known as "The Calamity". At the brink of defeat, the Sentai offered their powers, creating the "Sentai Rings" to summon the ultimate savior Tega Sword, who destroyed the Calamity but also provoked the destruction and recreation of the universe with the rings scattered across the cosmos.
Sometime later, five outcasts from society are given the chance to change their lives when Tega Sword chooses them to transform into the 50th Super Sentai, the Gozyugers, who are tasked with gathering the Sentai Rings and the one who assembles all of them will be granted a wish, which starts a competition not only between the group, but against the No 1 World Bridan, an elusive organization also searching for the rings and the "Universe Warriors", individuals who come into possession of Sentai Rings that give them the power of past Sentai, also competing to fulfill their own wishes.

## Production

The No.1 Sentai Gozyuger trademark was registered by Toei Company on October 24, 2024, and published on November 1, 2024.
Gozyuger was officially announced on December 25, 2024. A production announcement conference introducing the main cast and characters and the artists for the show's opening and ending theme songs was held on January 24, 2025 and streamed on Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club and YouTube on January 26, 2025.
According to producer Daigo Matsuura, while Gozyuger does include past Sentai heroes as part of anniversary celebration series, they instead are portrayed as Universe Warriors; fellow rivals to the titular team with different characters behind the suit. This was also done to introduce preceding heroes to children and newcomers alike without the need of bringing back past actors, as Matsuura draws comparison to the Ultra Monster Gomora from Ultraman being popular amongst today's children for its recurring appearances in modern day instalments of Ultraman series despite being portrayed by different suit actors.
Despite being the heroes of the 49th Sentai Series, the Gozyugers are considered the 50th Sentai team, with the Lupinrangers and Patrangers, the protagonists of the 42nd Sentai series, reclassified as the 42nd and 43rd teams respectively according to Toei Company and their promotional materials for the series as part of their plans for the franchise's 50th anniversary. It is not the first time that Toei changed the order number of the Super Sentai, as originally Battle Fever J was considered the first Super Sentai Series, before the addition of its predecessors Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai, (which were produced by Toei Company in partnership with Ishimori Productions unlike the rest) to the main chronology.

## Episodes

| # | English title Original Japanese title | Director | Writer | Original airdate |
| 1 | "Savior No.1!" Transliteration: "Kyūseishu Nanbā Wan!" (Japanese: 救世主ナンバーワン！) | Ryuta Tasaki | Akiko Inoue | February 16, 2025 (2025-2-16) |
| Hoeru Tono is a young man with no friends or family who gets caught in an attack from Bridan, invaders from outer dimension. In the occasion, he comes across a ring that allows him to transform into Gozyu Wolf, and is tasked to gather all Sentai Rings in order to fulfill his wish of "Becoming the number one". |||||
| 2 | "Catch the Treasure! It's My Prey" Transliteration: "Bundore Otakara! Ore no Emono da" (Japanese: ブン捕れお宝！俺の獲物だ) | Ryuta Tasaki | Akiko Inoue | February 23, 2025 (2025-2-23) |
| Hoeru is attacked by Natsume Tsutsumi, an acquaintance of his who possesses one of the Sentai Rings that allow him to transform into Kuwagata Ohger, watched from afar by Rikuo Byakuya and Ryugi Bakugami, two other ring bearers who can transform into Gozyu Leon and Gozyu Tyranno respectively, but when Hoeru's landlord, Saori Iijima is absorbed by a No 1 Monster, Hoeru and the others are drawn into a treasure hunt in order to rescue her. |||||
| 3 | "The Boss of Japan! I'm the Prime Minister!" Transliteration: "Nihon no Don! Watashi ga Sōri!" (Japanese: 日本のドン！私が総理！) | Kyohei Yamaguchi | Akiko Inoue | March 2, 2025 (2025-3-2) |
| Hoeru discovers that the Prime Minister of Japan, Tokonatsu Atami, is also one of the ring bearers, who can transform into Don Momotaro. While thinking on how to defeat him, he is approached by a mysterious woman called Sumino Ichikawa. |||||
| 4 | "Party Time ☆ Dreaming Old Man" Transliteration: "Pāryi Taimu ☆ Yumemiru Jijii" (Japanese: パーリィタイム☆夢見るじじい) | Kyohei Yamaguchi | Akiko Inoue | March 9, 2025 (2025-3-9) |
| 5 | "Recover Your Soul! Don't Let Your Troubles Get in the Way" Transliteration: "Torimodose Sōru! Sumi ni Okenai Osekkai" (Japanese: 取り戻せ魂(ソウル)！スミにおけないお節介) | Katsuya Watanabe | Akiko Inoue | March 23, 2025 (2025-3-23) |

## Special episodes

* Super Sentai Universe War: No.1 Sentai Gozyuger Episode 0 (スーパー戦隊・ユニバース大戦 〜ナンバーワン戦隊ゴジュウジャー Episode 0〜, Sūpā Sentai Yunibāsu Taisen Nanbā Wan Sentai Gojūjā Episōdo Zero): A web-exclusive prequel special released on YouTube on February 2, 2025. The short describes the Universe War and how Tega Sword and the Sentai Rings were created.
* No.1 Sentai Gozyuger: Anniversary Discussion (ナンバーワン戦隊ゴジュウジャー アニバーサリー討論会, Nanbā Wan Sentai Gojūjā Anibāsarī Tōronkai): A web-exclusive crossover special released on YouTube on February 9, 2025. Masahiro Inoue, Ryota Ozawa, Kiita Komagine, and Seiichiro Nagata reprised their respective voice roles as Kamen Rider Decade from Kamen Rider Decade, Gokai Red from Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, Zenkaizer from Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger, and Kamen Rider Legend from Kamen Rider Gotchard. The short is a comedic discussion about how Gozyuger was chosen to be an anniversary series to celebrate the 50 years of the Super Sentai despite being the 49th installment.
* Gozyuger Supplementary Plan: No.1 Confession Room (ゴジュウジャー補ジュウ計画 ナンバーワン懺悔室, Gojūjā Hojū Keikau Nanbā Wan Zangeshitsu): A web-exclusive series released on Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club on March 16, 2025.

## Cast

* Hoeru Tono (遠野 吠, Tōno Hoeru): Mio Fuyuno (冬野 心央, Fuuyuno Mio)
* Rikuo Byakuya (百夜 陸王, Byakuya Rikuo): Hideharu Suzuki (鈴木 秀脩, Suzuki Hideharu)
* Ryugi Bakugami (暴神 竜儀, Bakugami Ryūgi): Masakazu Kanda (神田 聖司, Kanda Masakazu)
* Kinjiro Takehara (猛原 禽次郎, Takehara Kinjirō): Jin Matsumoto (松本 仁, Matsumoto Jin)
* Sumino Ichikawa (一河 角乃, Ichikawa Sumino): Maya Imamori (今森 茉耶, Imamori Maya)
* Aoi Iijima (飯島 碧, Iijima Aoi): Kōki Yuda (湯田 幸希, Yuda Kōki)
* Saori Iijima (飯島 佐織, Iijima Saori): Noriko Nakagoshi (中越 典子, Nakagoshi Noriko)
* Fire Candle (ファイヤキャンドル, Faiya Candoru): Daisuke Sambongi (三本木 大輔, Sanbongi Daisuke)
* Bouquet (ブーケ, Būke): Marupi (まるぴ)
* Kuon (クオン): Karuma (カルマ)
* Tega Sword (テガソード, Tega Sōdo, Voice), Narrator: Yuki Kaji (梶 裕貴, Kaji Yūki)
* Mr. Shining Knife (Mr.シャイニングナイフ, Misutā Shainingu Naifu, Voice): Tomokazu Sugita (杉田 智和, Sugita Tomokazu)
* Ms. Sweet Cake (Ms.スイートケーク, Misesu Suīto Kēku, Voice): Reina Ueda (上田 麗奈, Ueda Reina)
* Battle voice: Wataru Komada (駒田 航, Komada Wataru)

### Guest cast

* Natsume Tsutsumi (堤 なつめ, Tsutsumi Natsume, 1, 2): Haruhi Iuchi (井内 悠陽, Iuchi Haruhi)
* Tokonatsu Atami (熱海 常夏, Atami Tokonatsu, 3-5): Kou Nanase (七瀬 公, Nanase Kō)
* Sakuraba (桜庭, Sakuraba, 4): Hiroto Ohmori (大森 寛人, Ōmori Hiroto)
* Hoeru's father (4): Hiroyuki Matsumoto (松本 博之, Matsumoto Hiroyuki)
* Hoeru's Mother (1, 4): Saori Kawamura (川村 早織梨, Kawamura Saori)
* Hoeru's Brother (4): Kiyora Fujiwara (藤原 聖, Fujiwara Kiyora)
* Fusako Takehara (猛原 房子, Takehara Fusako, 4): Fujiko Minato (湊 藤子, Minato Fujiko)
* Shinji Takehara (猛原 信二, Takehara Shinji, 4): Sento Takemori (竹森 千人, Takemori Sento)
* Futoshi Takehara (猛原 太志, Takehara Futoshi, 4): Kazushi Seno (瀬野 一至, Seno Kazushi)
* Himself (5): Kumamon (くまモン)

## Songs
### Opening theme

* "Winner! Gozyuger!" (WINNER！ゴジュウジャー！, Winā! Gojūjā!)
** Lyrics & Composition: Tamaya 2060% (玉屋2060％, Tamaya Nisen-rokujuppāsento)
** Arrangement & Artist: Wienners

### Ending theme

* "Biribiri Be-lie-ving" (ビリビリBe-lie-ving, Biribiri Birībingu)
** Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi (藤林 聖子, Fujibayashi Shōko)
** Composition & Arrangement: Mio Kimura
** Artist: Miyu Kaneko (金子 みゆ, Kaneko Miyu)

## International Broadcasts and Streaming

* Thailand is the first country in the world to have an international airing of this series, outside of Japan. No. 1 Sentai GoZyuger premiered on the Cartoon Club's YouTube channel on March 1, 2025 for members in Japanese with Thai subtitles and on March 8, 2025, for general viewership. On Saturdays at 9:00AM starting on March 15, 2025, they will post a Thai dub of the series for membership and March 22, 2025 will be the general release of the Thai dub.