Burai (Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger)

Yamato Tribe Knight Burai (usually simply known as Burai) is a main protagonist in the early 1990s Super Sentai series, Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. Initially a villain for the first five episodes of his appearance (17-22), he eventually became the sixth member of the Zyurangers, and the first 'official' sixth member of any Sentai.
He is played by Shiro Izumi who previously played Yuuma Oozora (ChangePegasus) from Changeman and later played a lead human character in Super Sentai World and Kamen Rider World.
==Biography==
===Past===
Burai and Geki are brothers born to the Black Knight, a warrior of the Yamato Tribe. When Burai was eight years old, Geki was born. The Black Knight never got on with the king, especially when the latter tried to take new-born Geki, to which the Black Knight responded by challenging the king to a swordfight. The king won and killed the Black Knight, who, before dying, ordered eight-year-old Burai to avenge him. Burai accepted, and his father died. Meanwhile, the king and queen adopted and raised Geki as their own son.
After the duel, Burai fled the Yamato Tribe's kingdom, to the forest, where he trained, every single day of his life, living with Gnome and Ryota. Living with them, Burai upheld the vow he made to his father, but he made his own vow; be a hero, against the monsters destroying the Earth. However, when Bandora was defeated and she and her minions had been imprisoned on the Planet Nemesis, the Yamato King and Queen, along with their unnamed 10-year-old princess (who Geki believed was his sister), had been murdered by Bandora, so Burai couldn't avenge his father, so he set his eyes on getting rid of Geki. 
In the aftermath of the war, the five tribes (Yamato, Sharma, Etof, Daim and Risha) had each selected a warrior (Prince Geki (Tyranno Ranger), Knight Goushi (Mammoth Ranger), Knight Dan (Tricera Ranger), Knight Boi (Tiger Ranger) and Princess Mei (Ptera Ranger)) and placed them in stasis pods in a sacred temple, to be awakened when Bandora returned. Somehow, Burai heard about this, and placed himself in a separate stasis pod in the mountains, in order to avenge his father (by killing Geki). At some point, there was an avalanche in the mountains where Burai was buried, and he was crushed to death but Daizyujin had the Spirit of Life Clotho bring him back to life so he can be given the Zyusouken, as Dragon Caesar would be needed by the Zyurangers when Bandora inevitably returned.
===Rise of Burai===
The Zyurangers find their mentor Barza and his friend Gnome acting very weird, along the lines of trying to kill the latter's grandson, Ryota. Geki and Mei later find out that Ryota has the key to a sixth member of the Kingdoms of Ancient Mankind. When Bandora finds out about this, she dispatches some of her minions to aid Ryota in opening the cave this person lay in. With the aid of Grifforzer, Bukkubakku and Tottopatto (despite the warnings of Barza and Gnome), Ryota releases the sixth warrior. He identifies himself as Burai, the Prince of Yamato Tribe. This is big news for the Zyurangers, especially for Geki, as he doesn't have any brothers. He uses the same transformation shout as the other Zyurangers "Dino Buckler!". Burai then removes a gold-coloured device from his belt, and transforms into a powerful figure dressed in emerald green, identifying himself as "Dragon Ranger! Burai!".
While the Zyurangers discuss the mysterious character, Burai jumps up onto Daizyujin's head and breaks down the door to the cockpit. He tells the Zyurangers to 'Go to Hell!' and knocks them out of Daizyujin. In the aftermath of Burai beating up the Zyurangers, Ryota seeks comfort from his grandfather, who gives him comfort, reluctantly accepting the damage is done; Barza, on the other hand, says that Ryota isn't to blame, because Burai coming back was destined to happen. Meanwhile, Burai/Dragon Ranger has beaten the Zyurangers so hard that they are back in their normal attire, while the former is still Dragon Ranger, and has climbed to the top of an outcrop, where he laughs evilly and escapes.
With Burai active, Bandora prophesises that Daizyujin will die soon and an eclipse is scheduled to happen, which would limit the sunlight powering Daizyujin. To draw the Guardian Beasts out, Bandora sends Grifforzer as a giant as well as Lamie to capture a bus full of people. When the Zyurangers summon their Guardian Beasts and they form Daizyujin, Bandora uses gigantic Grifforzer, Lamie and Burai to destroy Daizyujin, casting the Guardian Beasts into the molten mantle of the Earth.
Bandora and her minions party, celebrating the destruction of Daizyujin. Bandora rewards Burai with the Sword of Hellfriede, which belonged to a dangerous (though now deceased) warrior back from their day. Little did Bandora mention, Hellfriede will drive the wielder insane; during the party, Burai gets thrown out of Bandora's palace, for attacking Bandora.
On Earth, Burai is captured by a mysterious little girl robed in white, from head to toe, and thrown into a chamber identified as the Lapseless Room. Here, the figure, identifying itself as Clotho, tells Burai that this is his new home; here, he will not age, because he only had 30 hours left to life in the real world. This time is represented as a green candle, which will melt away as his time in the real world elapses. Clotho also presents Burai with a gift; the Zyusouken and tells him that he can leave the Lapseless Room by wishing on the Zyusouken, but he has to bear in mind his lifespan.
Burai teleports out of the Lapseless Room, to the top of a skyscraper near Tokyo Harbour where he plays one note of it first, not believing that a weapon can do such a thing. He plays it again, and something magical happened; a great big beast climbs out of the sea, onto the harbour; Guardian Beast Dragon Caesar, Burai's personal Guardian Beast, despite his lifespan. He plays the Zyusouken some more, and Dragon Caesar steps on a few oil drums at the harbour.
===Fight against Geki and redemption===
The Guardian Beasts return from the mantle, to the surprise of the Zyurangers as the mantle is revealed to have been strong in Gaiatron, the energy which Daizyujin depends on. Geki and his Guardian Beast Tyrannosaurus leave the temple to fight Burai and his Guardian Beast Dragon Caesar. The warriors and the Guardian Beasts fight, and Burai and Dragon Caesar lose both their duels. As Tyrannosaurus prepares to kill Dragon Caesar, the gods tell Geki that he must kill Burai, but Geki can't bring himself to do it. Burai sees this as his opportunity to kill Geki, but his brother's words make him change his mind. Both brothers start crying, and Burai's tears reduce Hellfriede to ashes, purifying him of his hatred. Daizyujin then decrees that the evil in Burai has gone, and there will be six Zyurangers from then on, as Geki and Burai hug and decide to make amends, with Burai saying that he wants somebody to blame for his father's death.
All six then transform into the now 6-strong Zyurangers, and Daizyujin says something magical will happen if Burai plays his Zyusouken and merged Guardian Beasts Dragon Caesar, Zyumammoth, Triceratops and Sabre Tiger. Burai plays, and a new mecha combination appears before them: Gouryujin, armed with his Dragon Antler. Geki, Goushi, Dan, Boi and Mei are happy with what they saw, but Burai has disappeared back to his Lapseless Room.
===As part of the Zyurangers===
For many adventures afterwards, Burai and Dragon Caesar only show up if battles are too hard, as the candle shows how much time Burai had left in the world of the living.
Eventually though, while dealing with Great Satan and Satan Franke, the others are sent to his cave and Clotho explains, despite Burai's protests, how he returned to life. Things were complicated by Geki's refusal to kill Burai, but now things will work out fine as he will die, and Daizyujin will still have Dragon Caesar. Though the god is happy, this arrangement does not suit Geki at all as he starts to get antsy about Burai coming out of the cave and Bandora starts to make certain that this happens.
Eventually, Clotho appears to warn the Zyurangers that Burai is down to 4 hours and the next time he comes out of the cave will be the last. Meanwhile, Burai is having dreams, where he gets in a rickshaw cart and the driver tells him he is riding to the Land of the Dead. Bandora finds Burai's cave and destroys it, leaving him out in the cold with only 4 hours left. He sets off to find the boy he is always dreaming about, and does whilst a kid from the dream, Kota Matsui, is a big fan of Dragon Caesar and is ecstatic to meet Burai.
Meanwhile, the other Zyurangers find out about the Water of Life in a special fountain, and all you has to do is drink it and it renews your lifeforce. Between Bandora's attacks and the time limit, they have to split up; Goushi and Dan going to find the water whilst the others stay to join Burai and fight Bandora's Dora Fake. Kota is injured by falling rubble and hospitalized; dying.
Burai leaves his medal in Kota's palm and the Zyurangers manage to fight and defeat Dora Fake with Ultimate Daizyujin but Burai vanishes from the cockpit, to the dismay of Geki, Boi and Mei. Goushi and Dan make it to the water, fight their way past the Guardian and at last get the water, only to be informed that they are too late for Burai.
Geki, Boi, and Mei search until they find him, lying on the beach. With his last few moments, he passes the Dragon Armor, Zyusouken and Dragon Caesar to Geki. His last words to Geki are to save the world and protect all children before he dies in his brother's arms; his body then vanishing, as he departs for the afterlife.
===Legacy===
The Zyurangers gave the water to Kota instead, and he was fine, but wondered what had happened to Burai, whose medal vanished the moment he opened his hand. And Burai, riding on the road to the Land of the Dead, looked out and smiled when he saw that the stop Kota had been at was empty.
In the finale, Burai's spirit appeared before the Zyurangers to tell them that the Guardian Beasts were in Bandora's Magic Realm.
===Gokaiger===
Years later, Burai somehow returns and fights alongside not only his own team, but every single Sentai Ranger in existence, against the Empire of Zangyack when it attacks the Earth in the Great Legend War. After fighting against hundreds of Gormin and their Zgormin commanders. Akarenger notices the fleet moving towards them so he gathers all the Rangers together and gives them the order to sacrifice their powers to wipe out the first invasion's armada.
Burai's spirit later appears to Gai Ikari about his becoming Gokai Silver, along with Naoto Takizawa and Mikoto Nakadai; granting Gai the Greater Power of the Zyurangers.
After the defeat of Ackdos Gill, Captain Marvelous returns all the Ranger Keys to the former Sentai heroes. It is assumed Burai and his teammates received their keys, allowing for them to utilize their powers once again. Since Burai can still transform in his deceased state, it's assumed its return was a symbolic measure as opposed to the actual return of his powers.
===Zyuohger vs. Ninninger===
DragonRanger appears with his team among the first 38 Super Sentai who collectively empower Wild Tousai Shuriken King in its fight against the titanic Gillmarda, granting the Ninningers and Zyuohgers the power to perform the Zyuoh Ninnin Super Sentai Burst which destroyed Gillmarda with the combined power of all 40 Super Sentai.
==Gallery==
===Images===
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Burai_with_Dragon_Buckler.jpg|Burai, with his Dragon Buckler in his hands.
Dragon_Ranger_Burai.jpg|Burai, as Dragon Ranger, with his Zyusouken.
Lapseless_Room_'B'.jpg|Burai, in the Lapseless Room.
Zyuranger_episode_42.jpg|Burai before dies in his brother Geki's arms.
6th_Sentai_spirit.jpg|DragonRanger's spirit, together with Mikoto Nakadai (AbareKiller) and TimeFire appearing before Gai Ikari.
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DragonRanger, Shinken Gold, Gosei Knight and Go-On Wings.jpg
==See also==
*Burai in Villains Wiki (Originally/Formerly) 
*Tommy Oliver - Power Rangers counterpart in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. See comparison page.(first counterpart)
*Tom Oliver - Power Rangers counterpart in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. See comparison page.(second counterpart. a clone of the first)
*Rita Repulsa (2017) - Power Rangers counterpart in Power Rangers (2017). See comparison page. (first 2017 Power Rangers movie counterpart)
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