Kousoku Sentai Turboranger

**Kousoku Sentai Turboranger** (高速戦隊ターボレンジャー, *Kōsoku Sentai Tāborenjā*?, translated as **High-Speed Squadron Turboranger**) is the thirteenth entry of the *Super Sentai* series.

The first Super Sentai title of the Heisei era, it was aired on TV Asahi on February 25, 1989 to February 23, 1990 with a total of 51 episodes (1 TV special and 50 televised episodes). And it was the first series to air on Fridays instead of Saturdays. Its international title in English as listed by Toei is *Turbo Rangers*.

During its initial run, *Turboranger* was the 11th Super Sentai and billed as the 10th anniversary title of the Super Sentai series (as *Battle Fever J* was originally designated as the first Super Sentai series).

However, in 1995, *Himitsu Sentai Gorenger* and *J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai* officially became the first two Super Sentai series; thus making *Turboranger* the 13th in the franchise.

## Plot

Twenty thousand years ago, the Fairy race assisted humans in a battle against the Boma 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 Dr. 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 Dr. Dazai's science, the five become the Turborangers, juggling days of fighting with their regular school lives, in order to defeat the Boma Tribes.

## Characters

### Allies

* Dr. Dazai
* Fairy Seelon
* Saint Beast Lakia
* Misa Yamaguchi
* Mika Yamaguchi (37)
* Yumi Sakakibara
* Ruffian Boma (12)
* Hyoma & Enma (19)
* Sumo Boma (21)
* Rin / Bell Chime Boma (27)
* Kashimu / Masked Devil Boma (47-48)
* Past 10 Sentai
	+ Battle Fever J

* + Denzimen

* + Sun Vulcan

* + Goggle V

* + Dynamen

* + Biomen

* + Changemen

* + Flashmen

* + Maskmen

* + Livemen

### Hundred Boma Tribes

* Great Boma Emperor Lagorn / Neo-Lagorn (3-51)
* Boma Doctor Lehda (1-30)
* Dark Boma Zimba (1-28)
* Princess Boma Jarmin (2-29)
	+ Kuroko Boma (29)
* Rage Flying Boma Zulten (1-51)
	+ Zulten Metal Type (37)
* Wular Soldiers
	+ Wular Captain Wu
	+ Wular Captain Lar
	+ Wular Boma (11)
* Wandering Boma
	+ Hikaru Nagareboshi / Yamimaru (14-51)
		- Dark Spider / Dark Spider Bōma (14-49)
	+ Sayoko Tsukikage / Kirika (28-51)
		- Skull Monsters (31)
		- Amulet Boma (31, 44)
* Dragras (32-50)
* Gazokku
* Boma Beasts
	+ Stone Boma (2)
	+ Twisted Boma (3)
	+ Dango Boma (4)
	+ Evil God Boma (Movie)
	+ Evil God Boma Junior (Movie)
	+ Minokasa Boma (5)
	+ Licking Boma (6)
		- Boma Zombies
	+ Great Jaw Boma (7)
	+ Mansion Boma (8)
	+ Possession Boma (9, 35)
	+ Oni Boma (10)
		- Akaoni
		- Aooni
	+ Sigh Boma (13)
	+ Dogu Boma (14, 35)
	+ Darumaotoshi Boma (15, 35)
	+ Lump Boma (16)
	+ Muddled Boma (17)
	+ Fossil Boma (18)
	+ Heinous Boma (19)
	+ Poison Boma (20, 35)
	+ Racer Boma (22)
	+ Ghost Boma (23)
	+ Palm Tree Boma (24)
	+ Inugami Boma (25)
	+ Immortality Boma (26, 35)
	+ Super-Majin Boma (30)
	+ Mirror Boma (32)
	+ Noppera Boma (33)
	+ Grueling Boma (34)
	+ Reaper Boma (35)
	+ Memory Boma (36)
	+ Hell Painting Boma (38)
	+ Picture Book Boma (40)
	+ Migratory Bird Boma/Actor Boma (40-41)
	+ Devil Boma (42)
	+ Gunman Boma (43)
	+ Armor Boma (44)
	+ Seal Boma (45)
	+ One-Eyed Boma (46)
	+ Dragra Boma (47)
	+ Gum-Gum Boma (48)
	+ Sealing Boma (50)

## Arsenal

### Individual Weapons

* GT Sword ◆
* T Hammer ◆
* J Gun ◆
* B Bowgun ◆
* W Stick ◆

### Vehicles

* Mach Turbos
* Turbo Attacker

## Mecha

*Legend*:◆ piloted mecha, ❖ aux mecha, ◇ combo-assist zord, ● other
* Super Turbobuilder ◆◆◆◆◆❖◇
	+ Super Turbo Robo ◆◆◆◆◆❖
		- Turborobo ◆◆◆◆◆
			* Turbo GT ◆
			* Turbo Truck ◆
			* Turbo Jeep ◆
			* Turbo Buggy ◆
			* Turbo Wagon ◆
		- Turbo Rugger ❖
	+ Turbobuilder ◇

## Episodes

*Main article: Kousoku Sentai Turboranger Episodes*
1. Ep. 1: Did You Guys See a Fairy!? (君達は妖精を見たか!, *Kimi-tachi wa Yōsei o mita ka!*?)
2. Ep. 2: Boma Castle! The 20,000-Year Curse (暴魔城! 二万年の呪い, *Bōma Shiro! Ni-man-nen no Noroi*?)
3. Ep. 3: The Rumbling Human Dango! (ゴロゴロ人間ダンゴ!, *Goro-goro Ningen Dango!*?)
4. Ep. 4: Escape! The Samurai Town (脱出だ! サムライの町, *Dasshutsu da! Samurai no Machi*?)
5. Ep. 5: Slimy! Boma Zombie (ヌルルッ! 暴魔ゾンビ, *Nururū! Bōma Zonbi*?)
6. Ep. 6: The Lover-Eating Boma Beast! (恋人を食べる暴魔獣!, *Koibito o Taberu Bōmajū!*?)
7. Ep. 7: Jarmin's House That Flies in the Sky (空飛ぶジャーミンの家, *Sora Tobu Jāmin no Uchi*?)
8. Ep. 8: Yearning for a Demonic Flute (憧れは悪魔のフルート, *Akogare wa Akuma no Furūto*?)
9. Ep. 9: The Boys' Day Doll That Calls Oni (鬼を呼ぶ五月人形, *Oni o Yobu Gogatsu Ningyō*?)
10. Ep. 10: Roar! Wular Highway! (爆走! ウーラー街道!, *Bakusō! Ūrā Kaidō!*?)
11. Ep. 11: The Boma Beast That Became a Star! (星になった暴魔獣!, *Hoshi ni Natta Bōmajū!*?)
12. Ep. 12: Activate the Witch's Trap! (魔女にワナをかけろ!, *Majo ni Wana o Kakero!*?)
13. Ep. 13: He's Here! The Wandering Exchange Student (参上! さすらい転校生, *Sanjō! Sasurai Tenkōsei*?)
14. Ep. 14: Yamimaru! Lethal Alignment (ヤミマル! 必殺の照準, *Yamimaru! Hissatsu no Shōjun*?)
15. Ep. 15: Firing the V-Turbo Bazooka (射てVターボバズーカ, *Ite Bui Tābo Bazūka*?)
16. Ep. 16: The Teacher Who Became a Child (子供になった先生, *Kodomo ni Natta Sensei*?)
17. Ep. 17: 5-Minute Transformation (5分間の変身, *Gofunkan no Henshin*?)
18. Ep. 18: Clash! Demon Siblings (激突! 魔兄弟, *Gekitotsu! Ma Kyōdai*?)
19. Ep. 19: Boma Tribe Haruna (暴魔族はるな, *Bōma Zoku Haruna*?)
20. Ep. 20: Dosukoi Contest (ドスコイ勝負, *Dosukoi Shōbu*?)
21. Ep. 21: Youth Road! (青春ロード!, *Seishun Rōdo!*?)
22. Ep. 22: A Lot of Ghosts (幽霊いっぱい, *Yōrei Ippai*?)
23. Ep. 23: Dreadful! Summer Sea (怖い! 夏の海, *Kowai! Natsu no Umi*?)
24. Ep. 24: The Fighting Puppy (戦う子犬, *Tatakau Koinu*?)
25. Ep. 25: Riki! Desperate Situation (力! 絶体絶命, *Riki! Zettai Zetsumei*?)
26. Ep. 26: Girl Boma Rin (少女暴魔リン, *Shōjo Bōma Rin*?)
27. Ep. 27: Robo Fusion Failure (ロボ合体不能, *Robo Gattai Funō*?)
28. Ep. 28: Hurry! New Model Robo (急げ新型ロボ, *Kyōge Shindaka Robo*?)
29. Ep. 29: The End of Lehda (レーダの最後, *Rēda no Saigo*?)
30. Ep. 30: Woman Warrior Kirika (女戦士キリカ, *Onna Senshi Kirika*?)
31. Ep. 31: The Big Demonic Mystery Bird! (悪魔の大怪鳥!, *Akuma no Daikaijo!*?)
32. Ep. 32: Steal! Yōhei's Face (奪え! 洋平の顔, *Ubae! Yōhei no Kao*?)
33. Ep. 33: Zulten's Sneaky Trick (ズルテンの裏技, *Zuruten no Urawaza*?)
34. Ep. 34: The Majin Sword That Calls Love (愛を呼ぶ魔神剣, *Ai o Yobu Majin Ken*?)
35. Ep. 35: Memories of Destiny... (運命の想い出…, *Unmei no Omoide...*?)
36. Ep. 36: Mysterious Kung Fu Girl (カンフー謎少女, *Kan Fū Nazo Shōjo*?)
37. Ep. 37: The Painting of Hell That Devours People (人を喰う地獄絵, *Hito o Kū Jigokue*?)
38. Ep. 38: The End of Lagorn (ラゴーンの最後, *Ragōn no Saigo*?)
39. Ep. 39: Walk! Child of Shikoku (歩け! 四国の子, *Aruke! Shikoku no Ko*?)
40. Ep. 40: The Star Is Me! (スターは俺だ!, *Sutā wa Ore da!*?)
41. Ep. 41: Scary Birthday! (コワイ誕生日!, *Kowai Tanjōbi!*?)
42. Ep. 42: The Sixth Soldier! (6人目の戦士!, *Rokunin-me no Senshi*?)
43. Ep. 43: Legend of the Wandering Boma (流れ暴魔伝説, *Nagare Bōma Densetsu*?)
44. Ep. 44: Super Magic Boy (超マジック少年, *Chō Majikku Shōnen*?)
45. Ep. 45: Lagorn's Counterattack (ラゴーンの逆襲, *Ragōn no Gyakushū*?)
46. Ep. 46: SOS Transformation Failure (SOS変身不能, *Esu Ō Esu Henshin Funō*?)
47. Ep. 47: The Wandering Boma's Secret (流れ暴魔の秘密, *Nagare Bōma no Himitsu*?)
48. Ep. 48: Beautiful Kirika (美しきキリカ, *Utsukushiki Kirika*?)
49. Ep. 49: The Dreadful Great Seal (恐るべき大封印, *Osorubeki Dai Fūin*?)
50. Final Ep.: Graduation of Youth (青春の卒業式, *Seishun no Sotsugyōshiki*?)

**Movies**

1. *Kousoku Sentai Turboranger the Movie* (高速戦隊ターボレンジャーTHE MOVIE, *Kōsoku Sentai Tāborenjā Za Mûbî*?)

**Specials**

1. *The Great Gathering of 10 Sentai: Counting on You! Turboranger* (10大戦隊集合! 頼むぞ! ターボレンジャー, *Jū Dai Sentai Shūgō! Tanomu zo! Tāborenjā*?)

## Cast

* Riki Honoo (炎 力, *Honō Riki*?): Kenta Satou (佐藤 健太, *Satō Kenta*?)
* Daichi Yamagata (山形 大地, *Yamagata Daichi*?): Fumiaki Ganaha (我那覇文章, *Ganaha Fumiaki*?)
* Youhei Hama (浜 洋平, *Hama Yōhei*?): Keiya Asakura (朝倉 圭矢, *Asakura Keiya*?)
* Shunsuke Hino (日野 俊介, *Hino Shunsuke*?): Junichiro Katagiri (片桐順一郎, *Katagiri Junichiro*?)
* Haruna Morikawa (森川 はるな, *Morikawa Haruna*?): Yoshiko Iwaya (巌谷賀子, *Iwaya Yoshiko*?) (credited as Noriko Kinohara (木之 原賀子, *Kinohara Noriko*?))
* Dr. Dazai (太宰博士, *Dazai-hakase*?): Fujita Okamoto (岡本富士太, *Okamoto Fujita*?)
* Fairy Seelon (妖精シーロン, *Yōsei Shīron*?): Mayumi Omura (大村 真有美, *Omura Mayumi*?)
* Misa Yamaguchi (山口美佐, *Yamaguchi Misa*?): Kyoko Takami (高見 恭子, *Takami Kyoko*?)
* Boma Doctor Lehda (暴魔博士レーダ, *Bōma Hakase Rēda*?): Masashi Ishibashi (石橋 政嗣, *Ishibashi Masashi*?)
* Princess Boma Jarmin (姫暴魔ジャーミン, *Hime Bōma Jāmin*?): Kanako Kishi (岸加奈子, *Kishi Kanako*?)
* Yamimaru/Hikaru Nagareboshi (ヤミマル/流星光, *Yamimaru/Nagareboshi Hikaru*?): Yoshinori Tanaka (田中良典, *Tanaka Yoshinori*?)
* Wandering Boma Kirika/Sayoko Tsukikage (流れ暴魔キリカ/月影小夜子, *Nagare Bōma Kirika/Tsukikage Sayoko*?): Masako Morishita (森下 雅子, *Morishita Masako*?)

### Guest cast

* Mika Yamaguchi (山口美香, *Yamaguchi Mika*?): Ryo Narushima (成嶋 涼, *Narushima Ryō*?) (37)
* Yumi Sakakibara (榊原由美, *Sakakibara Yumi*?): Sayuri Uchida (内田 さゆり, *Uchida Sayuri*?) (9)

### Voice actors

* Saint Beast Lakia (聖獣ラキア, *Seijū Rakia*?): Banjo Ginga (銀河 万丈, *Ginga Banjō*?)
* Great Boma Emperor Lagorn (大暴魔帝王ラゴーン, *Dai Bōma Teiō Ragōn*?): Takeshi Watabe (渡部 猛, *Watabe Takeshi*?)
* Dark Boma Zimba (暗闇暴魔ジンバ, *Kurayami Bōma Jinba*?): Seiichi Hirai (平井 誠一, *Hirai Seiichi*?)
* Rage Flying Boma Zulten (かっとび暴魔ズルテン, *Kattobi Bōma Zuruten*?): Hideyuki Umezu (梅津 秀行, *Umezu Hideyuki*?)

## Songs

Opening theme
* "Kousoku Sentai Turboranger" (高速戦隊ターボレンジャー, *Kōsoku Sentai Tāborenjā*?)
	+ Lyrics: Ikki Matsumoto (松本 一起, *Matsumoto Ikki*?)
	+ Composition: Yoshimasa Inoue (井上 ヨシマサ, *Inoue Yoshimasa*?)
	+ Arrangement Ryo Yonemitsu (米光 亮, *Yonemitsu Ryō*?)
	+ Artist: Kenta Satou (佐藤 健太, *Satō Kenta*?)

Ending theme
* "Zigzag Seishun Road" (ジグザグ青春ロード, *Jiguzagu Seishun Rōdo*?, Zigzag Youth Road)
	+ Lyrics: Ikki Matsumoto
	+ Composition: Yoshimasa Inoue
	+ Arrangement: Ryo Yonemitsu
	+ Artist: Kenta Satou

Insert theme
* Dance Tokimeku Kokoro
* Ashita ni Accel! Turbo Robo
* Tackle! Turbo Rugger
* Kokoro yo, Shinayaka ni Mae!
* Yousei Monogatari (Fairy Tale)
* Cutie Turbo Lady
* Turbo Victory
* Yuuki wa Mantan! Turboranger
* Wular no Urami

## Notes

* Turboranger is the first Sentai season to use the word "-ranger" in its title (although *Gorenger* also included the word "-ranger" in its name, this was not official, since that series' official name was actually *Gorenger*).
	+ The next Sentai season to use "-ranger" in its title would come four years after Turboranger, and would eventually become the first to be adapted into a Power Rangers series.
* Along with its predecessor, *Liveman*, Turboranger celebrated the anniversary of the Sentai franchise (followed by *Gaoranger*, *Boukenger* and *Gokaiger*), with a special tribute to the past 10 Sentai. Although Turboranger is the thirteenth series, at the time of the series' debut, it was considered the eleventh series, as *Gorenger* and *J.A.K.Q.* weren't counted as Super Sentai until later.
* This is the only Sentai to completely lack any of the team members doing 'role calls' or stating their transformed names after transforming (both individually or as a team), but instead, the camera simply gives the viewers a wide angle shot of the team and although they assume a traditional Sentai pose, they do not say their ranger name. As a result, when Red Turbo reappears in *Gaoranger vs Super Sentai*, original footage is used.
* Although Turboranger never got a *Power Rangers* adaptation, the American-exclusive Titanium Ranger of *Lightspeed Rescue* was based off the Turboranger suits.
* This is the first Sentai wherein all the main heroes are High School students. This motif is later used by *Megaranger*.
* Like *Hikari Sentai Maskman* and *Dai Sentai Goggle V*, Turboranger's original title was scrapped only to be used for another Sentai series. The original planned title for the series was to be Gekisou Sentai Carranger, which would ultimately and ironically be taken by the season it would be parodied by. To add to the irony, Carranger's American adaptation regained the 'Turbo' part of the name as *Power Rangers Turbo*.
* *Turboranger's* car motif was due to Toei capitalizing on the Mini 4WD boom in Japan at the time when the show was being developed.
* *Turboranger* was the first sentai to have a base that transforms into a robot to combine with two mechas, rather than a flying fortress that carries the mechas.
* *Turboranger* is considered the first Sentai of the "Heisei Era", with its entire run and production occurring after the emergence of Emperor Akihito (Heisei) to the Japanese throne after the death of his father Hirohito (Showa) in January, 1989. Although the final six *Liveman* episodes also aired in the Heisei era, the series was mostly produced and aired in the Showa period prior to Hirohito's death.
* This is the first season where past Rangers appear in an episode, and not in a movie.
* In the Philippine Dub, four of the Turborangers are renamed except Riki which his name becomes an English term for Ricky as four turborangers had named as Junnie (Daichi), Ian (Yohei), Ronnie (Shunsuke) and Carina (Haruna). Other characters like their teacher Misa Yamaguchi has been renamed as Miss Bartolome and Dr. Dazo changed to Dr. Daza. And lastly are the human forms of the Wandering Boma are also renamed as Jonathan (Hikaru/Yamimaru) and Ana (Sayoko/Kirika) respectively.
* This season starts the tradition of "Sentai stacking attacks", where two Rangers would get on the other three Rangers' shoulders to initiate a team attack.
	+ It should be noted that the first Toei show to use this was *Ninja Captor*.
* In the Indonesian Dub, Turboranger was renamed to "Pasukan Turbo (Turbo Forces)".

## References

1. ↑ "Library -- English Titles -- TOEI TV Website". http://tvarc.toei.co.jp/tv/library/series-title.html. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
2. ↑ http://risingsuntokusatsu.com/?p=1568

## External links

* *Kousoku Sentai Turboranger* at super-sentai.net
* *Kousoku Sentai Turboranger* at Wikipedia
* *Kousoku Sentai Turboranger* at Japanese Wikipedia