Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman

**Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman** (地球戦隊ファイブマン, *Chikyū Sentai Faibuman*?, translated as **Earth Squadron Fiveman**) is the fourteenth entry of the *Super Sentai* series.

It aired on TV Asahi from March 2, 1990 to February 8, 1991, with a total of 48 episodes. The name given by Toei for international distribution is *Sky Rangers*.

## Plot

In 1970, Doctor Hoshikawa was researching how to transform the planet Sidon into a green, lush world, testing it by attempting to grow flowers. On the day the first flower bloomed, the Zone Empire launched an assault on the planet, he and his wife were separated from their five children. Arthur G6 took the five children back to Earth and raised them. And then in 1990, the five are now teachers in the same school.

The Zone Empire now prepares to invade Earth as its thousandth target and as they begin the attack, three vehicles appear and counter the offensive, five warriors descend from the vehicles and confront Zone. The Hoshikawa siblings have been developing the Fiveman technology and training hard upon the possibility of Zone invading Earth. Now the five siblings are ready to battle with the familiar foes as Fiveman.

## Characters

### Allies

* Arthur G6/Earth Cannon
* Doctor Hoshikawa
* Midori Hoshikawa
* Gunther
* Five-kun Dolls

### Silver Imperial Army Zone

* Galactic Super Beast Vulgyre
* Galactic Empress Meadow
* Captain Garoa
* Galactic Commanders
	+ Galactic Swordsman Billion
	+ Galactic Scientist Doldora
	+ Galactic Merchant Dongoros
* Galactic Fang Zaza
* First Captain Chevalier
* Galaxy Squadron Gingaman
	+ Baikanian Ginga Red
	+ Monomenian Ginga Blue
	+ Grachisian Ginga Black
	+ Fujiminian Ginga Pink
	+ Gringanian Ginga Yellow
* Enlarging Beast Gorlin
	+ Black Gorlin
* Batzler Soldiers
* Galactic Warriors
	+ Gamerugin (1-2)
	+ Torarugin (3)
	+ Zourugin (4)
	+ Condorugin (5)
	+ Enokiraagin (6, 41)
	+ Sairagin (7, 19)
	+ Okamirugin (8, 41)
	+ Gagaagin (9)
	+ Kabutogin (10)
	+ Mogurarugin (11, 41)
	+ Denkiunagi (12)
	+ Todorugin (13)
	+ Koumorugin (14)
	+ Gokiraagin (16)
	+ Kumorugin (17)
	+ Butarugin (18, 41)
	+ Barrugin (20)
	+ Amoebarugin (21)
	+ Kaijurugin (23, 41)
	+ Batzlergin (24)
	+ Liogin (25)
	+ Koganegin (26)
	+ Kamakiraagin (27)
	+ Kourogin (28)
	+ Kanigin (29)
	+ Iwakasekigin (45)
* Combined Galactic Warriors
	+ Kaniarigin (29)
	+ Ikatamagin (30)
	+ Tanukitsunegin (31)
	+ Wanikaerugin (32)
	+ Goriwashigin (33)
	+ Samejigokugin (34)
	+ Hyoukobragin (35)
	+ Sasorinamazugin (36)
	+ Sazaemadillogin (37)
	+ Chamelezarugin (41)
	+ Hiruagehagin (42)
	+ PteranoTelevigin (43)
* Garoa-don Doll

#### Other Villains

* Galaxy Plant Sidon Demon (15)
* Wandering Swordsman Queen Killer (22)
* Galactic Beast Anmonaiton (38)
* Mirian Solar (39)
* Galactic Demon Sword Saberugin (40)
* Big Garoan (44)

## Arsenal

### Transformation Devices

* V-Changer Brace
* V-Changer Compact

### Individual Weapons and Attacks

* V-Sword ► V-Shuttler
* Twin Arrays ► Twin Risbees ► Twin Yo-Yos
* Power Cutter ► Black Jaw
* Cutie Circle ► Circle Putter
* Melody Tact ► Yellow Flute
* Brother Attack
* Super Five Ball

### Vehicles

* Hawk Arrows
* Hover Star II

## Mecha

*Legend*:◆ 1-pilot mecha,  2-pilot mecha, ❖ aux mecha, ◇ unpiloted mecha
* Maxmagma ◆❖◇
	+ Super Five Robo ◆❖
		- Five Trailer / Five Robo ◆
			* Sky Alpha ◆
			* Carrier Beta 
			* Land Gamma 
		- Star Carrier / Star Five ❖
	+ Magma Base ◇

## Episodes

*Main article: Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman Episodes*
1. Ep. 1: The Five Sibling Warriors (五兄弟戦士, *Go Kyōdai Senshi*?)
2. Ep. 2: Father's Payback! Mother's Payback (父の仇! 母の仇, *Chichi no Kataki! Haha no Kataki*?)
3. Ep. 3: Challenge! The Galactic Tiger (挑戦! 銀河の虎, *Chōsen! Ginga no Tora*?)
4. Ep. 4: Get the Earth Drunk (地球を酔わせろ, *Chikyū wo Yowasero*?)
5. Ep. 5: Orphaned Galaxy Egg (みなしご銀河卵, *Minashigo Ginga Tamago*?)
6. Ep. 6: I Hate Hard Workers (働き者は嫌いだ, *Hatarakimono wa Kirai Da*?)
7. Ep. 7: The 45m Grade-Schooler (45ｍの小学生, *Yonjūgo-mētā no Shōgakusei*?)
8. Ep. 8: Shine! A Seed of Life (輝け! 一粒の命, *Kagayake! Hitotsubu no Inochi*?)
9. Ep. 9: Gingaman Appear (登場ギンガマン, *Tōjō Gingaman*?)
10. Ep. 10: Suck My Blood! (俺の血を吸え!, *Ore no Chi o Sue!*?)
11. Ep. 11: Dangerous Treasure Hunting (あぶない宝探し, *Abunai Takara Sagashimawaru*?)
12. Ep. 12: Arthur's Super Transformation (アーサー超変型, *Āsā Chō Henkei*?)
13. Ep. 13: Do, Re, Mi, Fight (ドレミファイト, *Do Re Mi Faito*?)
14. Ep. 14: The Cute Liar (可愛いウソつき, *Kawaii Usotsuki*?)
15. Ep. 15: There Are Two Reds!! (レッドが二人!!, *Reddo ga Futari!!*?)
16. Ep. 16: Hungry Hero (腹ぺこヒーロー, *Harapeko Hīrō*?)
17. Ep. 17: Fumiya's Friendship Announcement (文矢の交際宣言, *Fumiya no Kōsai Sengen*?)
18. Ep. 18: Saving Money!! (お金貯めます!!, *O-kane Tamemasu!!*?)
19. Ep. 19: Red Fighting Robot (赤いけんかロボ, *Akai Kenka Robo*?)
20. Ep. 20: Burning Sibling Robot (燃える兄弟ロボ, *Moeru Kyōdai Robo*?)
21. Ep. 21: Vaulting Horse Trio (跳び箱3人組, *Tobibako Sannin Kumi*?)
22. Ep. 22: Shining Handsome Youth (光る美青年, *Hikaru Biseinen*?)
23. Ep. 23: 5 Puppets (5（ファイブ）くん人形, *Faibu Kun Ningyō*?)
24. Ep. 24: Slow Turtle Ninja (のろ亀忍者, *Noro Kame Ninja*?)
25. Ep. 25: Friendship's Sakurajima (友情の桜, *Yūjō no Sakura*?)
26. Ep. 26: Kyuushuu Capture (九州だョン, *Kyūshū Dayon*?)
27. Ep. 27: If You Sleep, You Die (眠れば死ぬ, *Nemureba Shinu*?)
28. Ep. 28: Chorus of Hell (地獄の合唱, *Jigoku no Gasshō*?)
29. Ep. 29: Fusion vs. Combination (合身VS合体, *Gasshin Tai Gattai*?)
30. Ep. 30: Black Gorlin (黒ゴルリン, *Kuro Gorurin*?)
31. Ep. 31: Dangerous Mother (あぶない母, *Abunai Haha*?)
32. Ep. 32: Gaku Dies (学、死す, *Gaku, Shisu*?)
33. Ep. 33: Deadly Flip-turn (必殺裏返し, *Hissatsu Uragaeshi*?)
34. Ep. 34: Can-Packed Humans (人間カン詰, *Ningen Kanzume*?)
35. Ep. 35: Gaku's Secret!! (学の秘密!!, *Gaku no Himitsu!!*?)
36. Ep. 36: Super Twin Strategy (双子大作戦, *Futago Dai Sakusen*?)
37. Ep. 37: Human Cannon (人間大砲, *Ningen Taihō*?)
38. Ep. 38: Fake Sibling Teachers (偽兄弟先生, *Nise Kyōdai Sensei*?)
39. Ep. 39: Please Love Me (愛を下さい, *Ai o Kudasai*?)
40. Ep. 40: Boy Majin Sword (少年魔神剣, *Shōnen Majin Ken*?)
41. Ep. 41: Scary Date (恐いデート, *Kowai Dēto*?)
42. Ep. 42: Kung Fu Spirit (カンフー魂, *Kan Fū Tamashii*?)
43. Ep. 43: TV Love (テレビの恋, *Terebi no Koi*?)
44. Ep. 44: Struggle Robot Battle (死闘ロボ戦, *Shitō Robo Ikusa*?)
45. Ep. 45: Rushing into the Enemy Base (敵基地突入, *Teki Kichi Totsunyū*?)
46. Ep. 46: The Whereabouts of Our Parents (父母の行方, *Fubo no Yukue*?)
47. Ep. 47: The Super Beast's Big Shedding (超獣大脱皮, *Chōjū Dai Dappi*?)
48. Final Ep.: Departure to the Stars (星への旅立ち, *Hoshi he no Tabidachi*?)

## Cast

* Gaku Hoshikawa (星川 学, *Hoshikawa Gaku*?): Toshiya Fuji (藤 敏也, *Fuji Toshiya*?)
* Ken Hoshikawa (星川 健, *Hoshikawa Ken*?): Kei Shindachiya (信達谷 圭, *Shindachiya Kei*?)
* Fumiya Hoshikawa (星川 文矢, *Hoshikawa Fumiya*?): Ryohei Kobayashi (小林 良平, *Kobayashi Ryōhei*?)
* Kazumi Hoshikawa (星川 数美, *Hoshikawa Kazumi*?): Kazuko Miyata (宮田 かずこ, *Miyata Kazuko*?)
* Remi Hoshikawa (星川 レミ, *Hoshikawa Remi*?): Ryo Narushima (成嶋 涼, *Narushima Ryō*?) (credited as Keiko Hayase (早瀬 恵子, *Hayase Keiko*?))
* Doctor Hoshikawa (星川博士, *Hoshikawa-hakase*?): Kiyotaka Mitsugi (三ツ木 清隆, *Mitsugi Kiyotaka*?)
* Midori Hoshikawa (星川みどり, *Hoshikawa Midori*?): Megumi Ishii (石井 めぐみ, *Ishii Megumi*?)
* Gunther (グンサー, *Gunsā*?): Hideaki Kusaka (日下 秀昭, *Kusaka Hideaki*?)
* Galactic Empress Meadow (銀河皇帝メドー, *Ginga Kōtei Medō*?): Chika Matsui (松井 千佳, *Matsui Chika*?)
* Captain Garoa (ガロア艦長, *Garoa-kanchō*?): Takeshi Ishikawa (石川 武, *Ishikawa Takeshi*?)
* Galactic Swordsman Billion (銀河剣士ビリオン, *Ginga Kenshi Birion*?): Shunsaku Kudo (工藤 俊作, *Kudō Shunsaku*?)
* Galactic Scientist Doldora (銀河博士ドルドラ, *Ginga Hakase Dorudora*?): Hatsue Nishi (西 初恵, *Nishi Hatsue*?)
* First Captain Chevalier (初代艦長シュバリエ, *Shodai-kanchō Shubarie*?): Kihachiro Uemura (植村 喜八郎, *Uemura Kihachirō*?)
* Galactic Fang Zaza (銀河の牙ザザ, *Ginga no Kiba Zaza*?): Motoko Watanabe (渡辺 元子, *Watanabe Motoko*?)
* Narrator: Eiichi Onoda (小野田 英一, *Onoda Eiichi*?)

### Voice actors

* Arthur G6: Rica Matsumoto (松本 梨香, *Matsumoto Rika*?)
* Meadow: Keiko Konno (金野 恵子, *Konno Keiko*?)
* Dongoros: Takuzo Kamiyama (神山 卓三, *Kamiyama Takuzō*?) (1-4), Osamu Katou (加藤 治, *Katō Osamu*?) (5-48)
* Vulgyre: Seizo Kato (加藤 精三, *Katō Seizō*?)
* Five-kun Dolls: Tomoko Hiratsuji (平辻 朝子, *Hiratsuji Tomoko*?), Kotoe Taichi (太地 琴恵, *Taichi Kotoe*?), Makoto Kousaka (高坂 真琴, *Kōsaka Makoto*?), Takeshi Kuwabara (桑原 たけし, *Kuwabara Takeshi*?)
* Garoa-don: Hideyuki Umezu (梅津 秀行, *Umezu Hideyuki*?), Keiko Itsumi (逸見 慶子, *Itsumi Keiko*?) (24)

## Songs

Opening Theme
* "Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman" (地球戦隊ファイブマン, *Chikyū Sentai Faibuman*?)
	+ Lyrics: Masao Urino
	+ Composition: Yasuo Kosugi
	+ Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto
	+ Artist: Kenji Suzuki (鈴木 けんじ, *Suzuki Kenji*?)

Ending Theme
* "Fiveman, Ai no Theme" (ファイブマン、愛のテーマ, *Faibuman, Ai no Tēma*?, Fiveman, Theme of Love)
	+ Lyrics: Masao Urino
	+ Composition: Yasuo Kosugi
	+ Arrangement: Kazuya Matsushita (松下 一也, *Matsushita Kazuya*?)
	+ Artist: Kenji Suzuki

Insert theme
* Itsutsu no Kokoro de Five Robo
* Kyoudai Robo da Ze! Star Five
* Atsui Beat de Fiveman
* Ore-tachi Ura Hero
* Janken Jump! Fiveman
* Kung-Fu Dance
* Super Arthur
* New Town Shogakkou Kouka

## Notes

* This is the first Sentai series to have Powered Protector Armor, Five Tector.
* This is the first All-Sibling team, followed by the *GoGoFive* and *Magiranger* families.
	+ It is also the only all sibling team to not be adapted into a Power Rangers series.
* This is the only series after *Flashman* to not to feature a mecha for each individual member; however this is not the final series where the main mech does not have individual mechs for all members.
* This is the final season where the transformation call is the Sentai Heroes' respective designations or the team name.
	+ Although three later seasons would use the full name of the team in their transformation call, it would be alongside another word, i.e. *Install, Megaranger!*, *Emergency, Dekaranger!*, and *Boukenger, Start Up!*
		- Nine Power Ranger teams would also use their team names as part of their morphing calls. A tenth team, *Lightspeed Rescue* simply used the team name as the entire morphing call, just like Fiveman.
* Despite lacking a Power Rangers counterpart, their suits still appear in *Super Megaforce*. They are given the name Supersonic.
* In the Philippine Dub, they have two dubbed versions within the two broadcasting systems in their native language. In RPN-9 version, the Hoshikawa siblings are renamed as William(Gaku), Ben(Ken), Julio(Fumiya), Rita(Kazumi) and Jessica(Remi) In ABC-5 now known as TV5 version, Ken, Remi and Kazumi's name are maintained except both Gaku and Fumiya are renamed as Manabu and Fumio respectively.
* Originally the show was to be called "Brotherman" or "Vectorman" (Super FiveRobo's Combination command and Finisher names, Brother Joint and Super Vector Punch, were remnants of these).

## References

1. ↑ "Library -- English Titles -- TOEI TV Website". http://tvarc.toei.co.jp/tv/library/series-title.html. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
2. ↑ http://super17.net/?page\_id=475

## External links

* *Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman* at super-sentai.net
* *Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman* at Wikipedia
* *Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman* at Japanese Wikipedia