Ressha Sentai ToQger

Ressha Sentai ToQger is a Japanese television series. It is the 38th part of Toei's Super Sentai series. It follows Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger. The series premiered on TV Asahi affiliates on February 16, 2014. It joined Kamen Rider Gaim and Kamen Rider Drive in the Super Hero Time programming block. The series ended on February 15, 2015. The series has a Train motif. Unlike previous series where the heroes are named after colors, the heroes in ToQger are numbered and regularly changed colors.

One of the props from the series was used for the 24th and 25th seasons of the American Power Rangers (Power Rangers Ninja Steel and Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel. Both are versions of the 2015 Sentai series, Shuriken Sentai Ninninger).  ToQger was the second Sentai since Chōjin Sentai Jetman to not be made into a season of Power Rangers.

The series' main characters made a small appearance in the movie Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends. They also were at a special meet-and-greet and press conference at Tokyo Dome City in late January 2014. In October 2014, the series was given the Japan Railway Award's Special award by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in its annual "Train Day" observance. The award was for the effect the series had on making children enjoy trains.

Story
Only those with a great imagination can see the mystical railway known as the Rainbow Line, on which run massive train known as Ressha These Ressha are driven by five warriors known as the ToQgers, It is their mission to save towns from the evil forces of the Shadow Line who are using the residents' fear and sadness to establish their own railway to enable the coming of their leader of Emperor Z, whose intention is consume light to plunge the world into darkness. The five ToQgers are also childhood friends who are fighting to recover the memories of their hometown after it was consumed by the Shadow Line's evil. Later joined by Akira Nijino, a former Shadow Creep who reformed, the ToQgers begin a campaign to free these "Shadow Towns" from their Shadow Creep Keepers in an attempt to recover their memories while the Shadow Line itself must deal with some opposition among their own subjects.

Characters

ToQger
 Actor  Name  Rangers  Mecha  WeaponJun ShisonSuzuki RightToQ IchigouRed ResshaToQ Changer, ToQ Blaster, Rail SlasherHomare MabuchiJin HiramakiHaru TokattiToQ NigouBlue ResshaToQ Changer, ToQ Blaster, Home TriggerKeishiro NagaseRiria KojimaMio NatsumeToQ SangouYellow ResshaToQ Changer, ToQ Blaster, Shingo HammerKaoruko IshiiRyusei YokohamaHikari NomomuraToQ YongouGreen ResshaToQ Changer, ToQ Blaster, Tunnel AxeHikaru YamazakiAi MoritakaKagura IzumiToQ GogouPink ResshaToQ Changer, ToQ Blaster, Tekkyou ClawRara ShimizuShin NagahamaAkira NijinoToQ RokugouBuild Ressha, Drill ResshaAppli Changer, Yudou BreakerTsutomu SekineConductorToQ Nanagou

Cast
 Right / ToQ Ichigou: Jun Shison, Homare Mabuchi (Child)
 Tokatti / ToQ Nigou: Jin Hiramaki, Keishiro Nagase (Child)
 Mio / ToQ Sangou: Riria Kojima, Kaoruko Ishii (Child)
 Hikari / ToQ Yongou: Ryusei Yokohama, Hikaru Yamazaki (Child)
 Kagura / ToQ Gogou: Ai Moritaka, Rara Shimizu (Child)
 Akira Nijino / ToQ Rokugou: Shin Nagahama
 Conductor / ToQ Nanagou: Tsutomu Sekine
 Emperor Z: Kengo Ohkuchi
 Ticket (Voice), ToQger Equipment Voice, Narration: Kappei Yamaguchi
 Wagon (Voice): Yui Horie

Guest stars
 Tooru Chiba (9): Sotaro
 Gonzaemon Toride (14): Hiroyuki Konishi
 Ryo Tokashiki (23, 25, 45, 47): Mizuki Ohno
 Naked Emperor (25): John Kaminari
 Owner of Sentō (26): Ken Nishida
 Teruo Inzai (26): Masahiro Kuranaki
 Taihei Kasuga (33): Ryo Kinomoto
 Tsuyoshi Suzuki (33, 45-47): Takashi Inoue
 Yoshio Omotesando (34): Makoto Sakamoto
 Sakura Igawa (36): Erica Tonooka
 Ayaka Nomomura (43, 45, 47): Hitomi Hasebe

Theme songs
 Opening theme
 "Ressha Sentai ToQger"
 Lyrics: Shio Watanabe
 Composition & Arrangemnt: Go Sakabe
 Artist: Daiki Ise
 Ending theme
 "Byun Byun! ToQger"
 Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
 Composition: Shunryū
 Arrangement: Go Sakabe
 Artist: Project.R (YOFFY, Takayoshi Tanimoto, Shogo Kamada)

Category:Super Sentai series
Category:2014 Japanese television series debuts
Category:2015 Japanese television series endings