List of Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger characters
Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger is a tokusatsu series produced by Toei that parodies their long-running Super Sentai series.
The Akibarangers
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The Akibarangers consist of three otakus that live in the Akihabara district of Tokyo who were given special technology by a scientist to fight an evil threat. The Akibarangers use "Delusion Power" (妄想パワー, Mōsō Pawā) to transform into their Akibaranger forms. In reality, the Akibarangers end up in a shared daydream state known as the Delusion World (妄想世界, Mōsō Sekai) where they use the power of their imagination to fight the Stema Otsu Corporation. However, once the Stema Otsu's monsters start appearing in reality, the Akibarangers also start materializing their transformed alter-egos to pursuit them and eventually obtain the ability to transform directly in the real world. The trio's motto is "Pain Is Power!" (痛さは強さ!, "Itasa wa Tsuyosa!"). They can perform the Akibaship Attack (アキバシップアタック, Akibashippu Atakku) and the Heart-Technique-Body Attack (心技体アタック, Shin Gi Tai Atakku) while New Akiba Red was a member of the group. Each of the Akibarangers (other than the new Red) have the kanji for their representative color in their surname.
Nobuo Akagi
Nobuo Akagi (赤木 信夫, Akagi Nobuo) is an average 29-year-old man who works as a delivery boy at Sasaki Pom Poko Delivery (佐々木ポンポコデリバリー, Sasaki Pon Poko Deribarī) and still lives with his mother. He loves the Super Sentai Series and is shown to have vast knowledge of the franchise, often having delusions about being a hero. He is also shown to have great interest in an anime called Nijiyome Academy Z-Cune Aoi (にじよめ学園 ズキューーン葵, Nijiyome Gakuen Zukyūn Aoi). Whenever Akagi transforms into Akiba Red (アキバレッド, Akiba Reddo), his roll call involves recommending a warrior or villain from a past Super Sentai series while imitating their signature pose.[1]
In Season Tsuu, after acquiring a dōjinshi from Yuko, Akiba Red gains a new power-up and becomes Super Akiba Red (超アキバレッド, Chō Akiba Reddo), now donning a special armor that resembles Aoi-tan embracing him.[2] When performing the Big Golden Munyu Slash finishing attack, enlarged Super Akiba Red becomes Super Akiba Red Super (超アキバレッド・スーパー, Chō Akiba Reddo Sūpā) glittering golden.
His surname includes the kanji for "red" (赤, aka).
Nobuo Akagi is portrayed by Masato Wada (和田 正人, Wada Masato). As a child, he is portrayed by Fuku Suzuki (鈴木 福, Suzuki Fuku).
Mitsuki Aoyagi
Mitsuki Aoyagi (青柳 美月, Aoyagi Mitsuki) is a famous 18-year-old martial artist who became an Akibaranger to improve her fighting skills, fighting as Akiba Blue (アキバブルー, Akiba Burū). She is a very serious person, but she secretly loves Z-Cune Aoi. Unlike her teammates, Mitsuki initially knows little to nothing about the Super Sentai until she spends a day watching episodes of GoGo Sentai Boukenger to better understand the culture of the subgenre. She is very uncomfortable doing any of the things Akagi tells her to do, such as making poses or calling each other by their colors and not their actual names. However, by the middle of the series, she gains enough confidence to make her own roll call, referencing veteran action director Kazuo Niibori as her inspiration. An unusual feature of Akiba Blue's suit is a picture of a teddy bear printed on the lower backside of her uniform's panties.[1]
In Season Tsuu, it is revealed that the events of the later episodes of the first season were somehow retconned, with Mitsuki being scouted to work by the Pentagon instead of Akagi and she is now the one who has left to the United States after the Akibarangers defeated the Stema Otsu for good.
Her surname includes the kanji for "blue" (青, ao).
Mitsuki Aoyagi is portrayed by Kyoko Hinami (日南 響子, Hinami Kyōko).
Yumeria Moegi
Yumeria Moegi (萌黄 ゆめりあ, Moegi Yumeria) is a 23-year-old woman who loves cosplaying. Her name used here is a cosplay alias instead of her real name, Yuko Yamada (山田 優子, Yamada Yūko). Though she acts like a child, she is actually an office worker during the day and speaks in a deep voice whenever her costume's look is compromised. She is also known to draw her own doujin manga and tries to sell them at Comiket, which she often babbles about during her roll call as Akiba Yellow (アキバイエロー, Akiba Ierō). Due to her experience as a cosplayer, she tends to stay in character, even while transformed. In one such instance, she cosplayed as Mere from Juken Sentai Gekiranger and even adopted her fighting style in battle. She is also shown to have vast knowledge of the Super Sentai, however not as great compared to Akagi. Yumeria is revealed to be a fujoshi, as she has a tendency to go moe and lose consciousness over a homoerotic scene.[1]
In Season Tsuu, the "pigtails" on Akiba Yellow's helmet becomes an "odango-style double bun" with a ribbon on them.[2] The word for "married woman" (「人妻」, "hitozuma") is also now printed on the backside of her Akibaranger uniform's panties, as she married into the wealthy Yokoyama family and now goes by the name "Yuko Yokoyama" (「横山 優子」, "Yokoyama Yūko"), rather than by her cosplay nickname. Though her new family upbringing initially restricts her otaku tendencies, she secretly keeps her manga collection behind the bookshelf in her bedroom. As a means to defeat the Smaphone Monger in episode 4, Yuko draws a Z-Cune Aoi dōjinshi that inspires Akagi to materialize the MMZ-02 Munyu Munyu Zubaaan and become Super Akiba Red.
Her alias' surname includes the kanji for "yellow" (黄, ki), while the kanji read as yoko (横) in her married name is constructed with the kanji for "yellow".
Yumeria Moegi is portrayed by Karin Ogino (荻野 可鈴, Ogino Karin).
Takuma Tsuzuki
Takuma Tsuzuki (都築 タクマ, Tsuzuki Takuma) is an ICPO agent who is also Hiroyo's younger half-brother, his father meeting his mother during an Anime convention in New York. He becomes the New Akiba Red (新アキバレッド, Shin Akiba Reddo) after Akagi is recruited by The Pentagon. As Akiba Red, he can perform the Surge Mice (サージマイス, Sāji Maisu) razor-sharp headbutt and the Surge Jaguar (サージジャガー, Sāji Jagā), a Geki Waza-like attack, projecting his energy as a jaguar to fiercely attack an opponent. After Akagi reveals that their reality is a TV series undergoing a mid-season change and that his appearance was part of a plot device, Takuma relinquishes his position as Akiba Red once he receives a text message to return to Interpol.
Takuma Tsuzuki is portrayed by Shinpei Takagi (高木 心平, Takagi Shinpei), whose identical twin brother is Manpei Takagi, who portrayed Retsu Fukami in Juken Sentai Gekiranger; Shinpei also appeared in Gekiranger episode 38 as an evil clone of Manpei's character. Tsuzuki's many powers as the New Akiba Red are meant to reference Takagi's connections to the previous show.
Luna Iwashimizu
Luna Iwashimizu (石清水 美月, Iwashimizu Runa) is Mitsuki Aoyagi's replacement as Akiba Blue (アキバブルー, Akiba Burū) in Season Tsuu.[3][4] An aspiring idol, Luna is a fan of Akibaranger (unaware of the reality displacement that put Akibaranger in place of Gosei Sentai Dairanger as an official Super Sentai) and has extensive production knowledge of Super Sentai and various genres. She is recruited by Akagi and Hiroyo when they notice the kanji of her first name is written the same as Mitsuki and her last name contains the kanji for blue, though she thinks she is cast into an Akibaranger remake series. However, after Dairanger is restored in the continuity, Luna quits from the Akibarangers, seeing no benefit to her career goal to be with them. Nevertheless, she rejoins the Akibarangers in battle after Hiroyo negotiates with her manager to "hire" her, but she stays with them permanently after being inspired by Akagi and Yuko's battle with Tyranno Ranger and Dragon Ranger. She hopes to use her Akibaranger identity as a stepping stone for her road to stardom. For the new Akiba Blue's suit, the "split ponytail" on the helmet becomes a straight ponytail and she now wears a garter belt. Her roll call involves word plays on her name.[2]
The kanji comprising the shi (清) sound in her name is constructed with the kanji for "blue".
Luna Iwashimizu is portrayed by Shione Sawada (澤田 汐音, Sawada Shione).
Equipment
- MMZ-01 Moe Moe Z-Cune (MMZ-01 モエモエズキューーン, Emu Emu Zetto Zero Wan Moe Moe Zukyūn): The Akibarangers assume their fighting forms by using a device known as the MMZ-01, a doll-like object which transforms into the Akibarangers' main firearm weapon, with the activation call of "Jumoso" (ジューモーソー(重妄想), Jūmōsō, lit. "Grand Delusion") that links their minds so they can fight within the same delusion. Its firing is called Normal Attack (Temporary) (通常攻撃(仮), Tsūjō Kōgeki Kakkokari). The Akibarangers' finishing attacks are the Moe Magnum (萌えマグナム, Moe Magunamu), firing all three MMZ-01s at an opponent, and the Moe Magnum Mega Moe Fire (萌えマグナム・激萌えファイヤー, Moe Magunamu Geki Moe Faiyā), firing Akiba Yellow's MMZ-01 with Akiba Red and Akiba Blue's energy at an opponent. In addition, the MMZ-01s double as communication devices between the Akibarangers and Hiroyo. The devices, however, carry a curse that affects Hiroyo and would eventually rob her of her voice after the MMZ-01s are used enough times in the real world. But once the curse is revealed to be part of in-show retooling, it was dropped in favor for cancellation.
- Machine Itashar (マシンイタッシャー, Mashin Itasshā): The Machine Itashar is the Akibarangers red Z-Cune Aoi-decorated itasha Toyota Prius[1] that transforms into a car-sized robot called Itashar Robo (イタッシャーロボ, Itasshā Robo) when a Z-Cune Aoi CD is played on the car stereo at full blast. Itashar Robo dodges an opponent's attack by performing wotagei and is equipped with the Ita Launchers (痛ランチャー, Ita Ranchā) and the Ita Machine Guns (痛マシンガン, Ita Mashin Gan). Once in the real world, Itashar Robo can convert Akihabara store signs into weapons using Delusion Power, such as a Signage Rifle, which can perform the Kanban Bang (カンバンバン, Kanban Ban, lit. Signboard Bang) attack, and dual Tsundere Swords (ツンデレソード, Tsundere Sōdo). Itashar Robo is piloted by Akiba Yellow, while Akiba Red serves as the gunner.
- MMZ-02 Munyu Munyu Zubaaan (MMZ-02 ムニュムニュズバーーン, Emu Emu Zetto Zero Tsū Munyu Munyu Zubān): An Aoi-tan figurine that can transform into a knife and serves as Akiba Red's means to assume his Super Akiba Red form with the activation call of "Chomoso" (超妄想, Chōmōsō, lit. "Super Delusion"). Super Akiba Red's finishing attacks are the Munyu Slash (ムニュスラッシュ, Munyu Surasshu) and the Big Golden Munyu Slash (巨大ゴールデンムニュスラッシュ, Kyodai Gōruden Munyu Surasshu). Though it mainly exists in the Delusion World, a real-life version was commissioned by Akagi through a friend of a friend, who turns out to be Ushirozawa/General Tsuu, not knowing the figure was used as Akiba Red's weapon at the time.
- Munyu Moe Zubakyuuun (ムニュモエズバキューーン, Munyu Moe Zubakyūn): The combination of the MMZ-01 and the MMZ-02 into a powerful cannon. Super Akiba Red's finishing attacks are the Munyu Moe Prominence (ムニュモエプロミネンス, Munyu Moe Purominensu) and the Munyu Moe Zubasher (ムニュモエズバッシャー, Munyu Moe Zubasshā).
- Itashar Boy (イタッシャーボーイ, Itasshā Bōi): A small version of Itashar Robo that transforms from a toy car replica of Machine Itashar. Though small, Itashar Boy is strong enough to lift a giant monster with ease.
Inordinate Powers
The Akibarangers are able to use the Super Sentai's Inordinate Power (大それた力, Daisoreta Chikara). Each is a weapon created from visions of past Red Super Sentai warriors, as a parody of the Great Powers from Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (and to an extent, the Final Form Rides from Kamen Rider Decade). Using the command Unofficial Combination (非公認合体, Hikōnin Gattai), the Inordinate Powers of the Dekarangers, Boukengers, and Jetmen can be combined into the Inordinate Cannon (ダイソレタキャノン, Daisoreta Kyanon), while the Inordinate Powers of the Dairangers, Zyurangers, and Hurricangers can be combined into the Inordinate Bazooka (ダイソレタバズーカ, Daisoreta Bazūka). All six Inordinate Powers can be combined together into the Akibarangers ultimate weapon, the Inordinate Cannon Bazooka (ダイソレテルキャノンバズーカ, Daisoreteru Kyanon Bazūka).
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger: The Dekarangers' Inordinate Power allows Akiba Red to transform Deka Red into the Deka Wapper (デカワッパー, Deka Wappā), based on the Dekarangers' D-Wapper. The Deka Wapper can be used as either a two-handed melee weapon or to trap an enemy. In addition, it forms the Inordinate Cannon's left and right barrels and bottom plate.
- GoGo Sentai Boukenger: The Boukengers' Inordinate Power allows Akiba Blue to transform Bouken Red into the blue Bouken Scooper (ボウケンスコッパー, Bōken Sukoppā), based on the DaiBouken's Go Scooper. The Bouken Scooper enables the user to burrow underground at high speeds to execute surprise attacks on an enemy. The user can also use it to execute a flying drill kick called the Akihabara Underground Culture Attack (秋葉原アンダーグラウンドカルチャーアタック, Akihabara Andāguraundo Karuchā Atakku). In addition, the Bouken Scooper forms the Inordinate Cannon's base and blast shield.
- Chōjin Sentai Jetman: The Jetmen's Inordinate Power allows Akiba Red to transform Red Hawk into the Jet Winger (ジェットウインガー, Jetto Uingā), a jet pack that resembles the Jetmen's Cross Changer bracelet. The Jet Winger enables the user to destroy an enemy with an attack similar to Jet Icarus' finisher, the Jet Phoenix. It also forms the Inordinate Cannon's center barrel and support frame for the D-Wapper parts.
- Gosei Sentai Dairanger: The Dairangers' Inordinate Power allows Akiba Red to transform Ryu Ranger and Kiba Ranger into the Dairen Bomber (ダイレンボンバー, Dairen Bonbā), twin hand-themed rifles that resemble the DaiRinKen that can be combined into a rifle that mimics the Dairangers' Qi-Power Bomber attack. In addition, the Dairen Bomber forms the Inordinate Bazooka's rear part.
- Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger: The Zyurangers' Inordinate Power allows Akiba Blue to transform Tyrano Ranger and Dragon Ranger into the Zyuren Buckler (ジュウレンバックラー, Jūren Bakkurā), based on the Zyurangers' Dyno Buckler, to fire an energy beam called the Dinosaur Power Attack (恐竜パワーアタック, Kyōryū Pawā Atakku). In addition, the Zyuren Buckler forms the Inordinate Bazooka's front part.
- Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger: The Hurricanegers' Inordinate Power allows Akiba Red to transform the Hurricanegers and the Gouraigers into the Hurricane Ball (ハリケンボール, Hariken Bōru), a ball and chain that resembles the Hurricanegers' Karakuri Ball. In addition, the Hurricane Ball forms the Inordinate Bazooka's middle part.
Allies of the Akibarangers
Hiroyo Hakase
Hiroyo Hakase (葉加瀬 博世, Hakase Hiroyo) is the owner of the Sentai Café Himitsukichi (戦隊カフェひみつきち, Sentai Kafe Himitsukichi, "Secret Base Sentai Café") in Akihabara. Her real name is Hiroyo Tsuzuki (都築 博世, Tsuzuki Hiroyo), the daughter of Takehiro Tsuzuki who used the anagram alias of Shuri Toyozuki (十夜月 朱里, Toyozuki Shuri) to be the voice actor for Aoi Ichikawa (市川 葵, Ichikawa Aoi), the protagonist of the popular anime Nijiyome Academy Z-Cune Aoi which her father played a role in creating. Hiroyo serves as the commander of the Akibarangers as she is the one who handpicked the Akibarangers, supplying them their MMZ-01 devices her father gave to her at the Z-Cune Aoi series wrap up. However, Hiroyo was unaware that the MMZ-01s were intended by Doctor Z to destroy the barrier between reality and fantasy while also inflicting her with a curse upon being the first person to hold them. With the curse taking the form of a scorpion tattoo on her chest, it slowly crawls up her throat whenever the MMZ-01 units are used in the real world before it takes away her voice forever. The curse is later revealed to be the work of Saburo Hatte as part of an in-show retooling before it was dropped once Akagi confirmed that it was a plot device.[1]
In Season Tsuu, Hiroyo's career as Aoi's voice remains a secret due to the continuity being retconned. But there are subtle hints as seen in Malseena and Smaphone Monger's actions in distorting the reputation of the Z-Cune Aoi anime causing Himitsukichi to suddenly downgrade into a run-down establishment with Hiroyo in massive debt until the damage is undone. As the Akibarangers eventually manage to defeat General Tsuu, Hiroyo finds herself with the scorpion tattoo curse. However, instead of taking away her voice, the tattoo transforms her into Prism Ace's little sister as a result of Chigauyo Productions' manipulation of Saburo Hatte. In this form, Hiroyo has a green crystal on her forehead that recharges Prism Ace and talks in the high-pitched voice she normally uses to voice Aoi; she reverts to normal when the crystal is covered. She returns to her normal self for good when an enlarged Super Akiba Red destroys Prism Ace.
Hiroyo Hakase is portrayed by Maaya Uchida (内田 真礼, Uchida Maaya).
KozuKozu Mita
KozuKozu Mita (三田 こずこず, Mita Kozukozu) is a clumsy maid at Himitsukichi and Hiroyo's assistant.[5] She dresses up as past Super Sentai characters like a Hana Ninja or a lady's version of Kai Ozu's outfit and often dances for the customers. After a backfired attempt by Yumeria to forestall the show's cancellation, KozuKozu reveals a long-standing crush on Yumeria. This relationship, however, is erased by the series' retcon in Season Tsuu.
KozuKozu Mita is portrayed by Kozue Aikawa (愛川 こずえ, Aikawa Kozue, formerly of Danceroid)
Tazuko
Tazuko (たづ子) is Akagi's boss at Sasaki Pom Poko Delivery who often whacks him with her clipboard for slacking off. In Season Tsuu, she further tortures him with various wrestling holds.
Tazuko is portrayed by professional wrestler Yuki Ueda (植田 ゆう希, Ueda Yūki)
Sayaka Honiden
Sayaka Honiden (本位田 さやか, Hon'iden Sayaka): Sayaka is an office worker who works at a publishing company called Nine Watt Publishing (ナインワット出版, Nain Watto Shuppan). She is Akagi's love interest and he hides his fanboy tendencies from her, fearing she would shun him for it. In Akagi's delusions, Sayaka is sometimes seen as the damsel in distress, until she actually becomes one shortly after the Stema Otsu Corporation begin to invade the real world. She eventually takes an interest in Super Sentai in order to close Akagi's romance arc and allow the show to end.
In Season Tsuu, Akagi mentions that Sayaka has moved to Bhutan to work with her uncle.
Sayaka Honiden is portrayed by Miiko Morita (森田 美位子, Morita Miiko).
Masako Yamada
Masako Yamada (山田 雅子, Yamada Masako) is Yumeria Moegi's mother who appears before the Akibarangers on Moegi's 24th birthday, revealing to the group that Masako was also a cosplayer known as CN Miyabi (CN・雅), who at one point dressed as Miss America from Battle Fever J. She actively participates in the battle with Kabukichō Mesugurohyōmonchō, transforming into Akiba Yellow herself, before allowing Yumeria to continue. After the fight, Yumeria reveals to the group that her mother actually died in a car accident five years prior, and she has always spent her birthday thinking of her mother, which is how she ended up in the delusion with them.
Masako Yamada is portrayed by Rica Matsumoto (松本 梨香, Matsumoto Rika).
Kazuo Niibori
Kazuo Niibori (新堀 和男, Niibori Kazuo) is a suit actor who portrayed Red Hawk in Chōjin Sentai Jetman, amongst several other Red warriors in the history of Super Sentai. The Akibarangers meet him when Akagi is tasked with delivering a package to Toei's studios, and he helps Aoyagi become better as an Akibaranger by teaching her various suit actor tactics, under the mistaken belief that she had been hired by Toei to become a suit actor for the next Super Sentai series' Blue warrior.
Kazuo Niibori portrays himself.
Ikura
Ikura (いとくとら, Ikura) is a part-time maid at Himitsukichi who often gets into play-fights with KozuKozu.
Ikura is portrayed by Ikura (いとくとら) of the group Danceroid.
Tsukada P
Tsukada P (塚田P, Tsukada Pī) is a producer who works for Toei (based on real-life producer Hideaki Tsukada) who contacts the group at Himitsukichi to hire the Akibarangers to make them an official Super Sentai. However, it is all a ruse set up by Malseena and the real Tsukada is a stuffed animal.
Tsukada P is voiced by Yasuhiro Takato (高戸 靖広, Takato Yasuhiro).
Mio Usagi
Mio Usagi (宇佐木 美緒, Usagi Mio, a character from Salvage Mice) is Mitsuki's rival in martial arts, sought out to be a means to extend the Akibarangers' show once they realize everything they have been doing is a work of fiction. However, their plans are set awry when Mitsuki finds out Mio has been injured in a bicycle accident and will not be able to participate in the tournament or any martial arts for three months.
Mio Usagi is portrayed by Julia Nagano (長野 じゅりあ, Nagano Juria).
Yasuko Yokoyama
Yasuko Yokoyama (横山 靖子, Yokoyama Yasuko) is Yumeria's mother-in-law who is secretly an anime otaku whose favorite series was Ninja Cap-tan (忍者キャプたん, Ninja Kyapu-tan) and went by the name Etsuko Horimi (堀美 江都子, Horimi Etsuko) as an anime singer. Though she forbids Yumeria's otaku quirks on the impression that it would tarnish the Yokoyama name, Yasuko accepts it after seeing it first hand.
Yasuko Yokoyama is portrayed by Mitsuko Horie (堀江 美都子, Horie Mitsuko).
George Spielburton
George Spielburton (ジョージ・スピルバートン, Jōji Supirubāton) is an American film director who is a fan of Super Sentai. His name is a mash-up of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Tim Burton. Spielburton travels to Japan to hold an audition for his upcoming movie. Though he is impressed with Luna's fluency in English, he ultimately chooses Akina Maihama after she uses a technique from Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan during her tryout. Akagi explains to Luna that Spielburton has a tendency to favor actors who are Super Sentai fans, regardless of their audition performance. Spielburton is also seen playing with S.H. Figuarts figures of Tyranno Ranger and Dragon Ranger during the audition.
George Spielburton is portrayed by veteran action director and long time Power Rangers director/producer Koichi Sakamoto (坂本 浩一, Sakamoto Kōichi).
Choko Nagakawa
Choko Nagakawa (永川 蝶子, Nagakawa Chōko) is a popular idol in Akihabara nicknamed Choco-tan (ちょこたん, Chokotan). Luna proposes for Choko to be Akiba Pink, the fourth Akibaranger. During the Akibarangers' delusional battle with Yuru-Chara Jigen, Choco-tan (dressed in an idol getup resembling Big One from J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai) appears and attacks the monster, only to be zapped and turned into an okra (which she hates) while she turns into an Oneeder in the real world. She returns to normal after Akiba Red defeats Yuru-Chara Jigen. Her name is a play on real-life idol Shoko Nakagawa (中川 翔子, Nakagawa Shōko).
Choko Nagakawa is portrayed by Moe Wakaki (若木 萌, Wakaki Moe).
Nobuo Tanaka
Nobuo Tanaka (田中 信夫, Tanaka Nobuo) was a narrator for several Super Sentai Series, including the first one, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger which he narrated for the first 14 episodes. Other series in the franchise narrated by him include Dengeki Sentai Changeman, Kousoku Sentai Turboranger and Chouriki Sentai Ohranger. While the Akibarangers are on the losing end of a battle with Yuru-Chara Jigen, Tanaka is hired by Hiroyo to broadcast a motivational narration with Changeman's main theme as a background music through Akiba Red's MMZ-01 unit to help him defeat the monster.
Nobuo Tanaka portrays himself.
Yoshinori Okamoto
Yoshinori Okamoto (岡本 美登, Okamoto Yoshinori) is a veteran suit actor known for portraying various Super Sentai villains during his career. When the Akibarangers mistake Okamoto for General Tsuu, they attempt to break him down, but are thwarted by his resistance to extreme heat and pain. He later on explains to the Akibarangers that he was hired by General Tsuu to become a motion capture study for the latter's monster Mutoumushite. Okamoto also mentions that while he was overshadowed by Kazuo Niibori, he made up for it by giving each of his characters a glorious death - a trait that becomes Mutoumushite's downfall in his final confrontation with the Akibarangers.
Yoshinori Okamoto portrays himself.
Seiji Takaiwa
Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二, Takaiwa Seiji) is a veteran suit actor who portrayed Ninja Red, Mega Blue and various Red warriors in the Super Sentai Series during the 1990s and 2000s. He is seen at the end of episode 8, chatting with Yoshinori Okamoto before the Akibarangers ask for his autograph.
Seiji Takaiwa portrays himself.
Haruko Momoi
Haruko Momoi (桃井 はるこ, Momoi Haruko) is a famous anime singer who is among the people attacked by Asakusa Alpaca in Akihabara. In Season Tsuu, Haruko visits Himitsukichi, where Hiroyo and KozuKozu keep her from uncovering the catatonic General Tsuu, who is covered up among the café's memorabilia.
Haruko Momoi portrays herself. Momoi also voiced Yuru-Chara Jigen in episode 6 of Season Tsuu.
Previous Sentai warriors
These previous Sentai warriors are not real, but appear in the Akibarangers' delusions often assisting them in battle and giving them their Inordinate Power. For Season Tsuu, the male warriors are voiced by Tomokazu Seki (関 智一, Seki Tomokazu) and Takeshi Kusao (草尾 毅, Kusao Takeshi), while the female warriors are voiced by Akiko Nakagawa (中川 亜紀子, Nakagawa Akiko) except where indicated.
- Deka Red (デカレッド, Deka Reddo): Deka Red is the red warrior of the Dekarangers, the 28th Super Sentai. During the events of episode 2, Akagi comes across Ryuji Sainei (載寧 龍二, Sainei Ryūji), the actor who portrayed Banban Akaza (赤座 伴番, Akaza Banban), a.k.a. Deka Red, in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, while Sainei is on his way to a news conference promoting the Japanese language dub of Power Rangers S.P.D. in which he voices his character's American counterpart Jack Landors. Though Akagi's passionate meeting with Sainei was only merely a delusion, with the actor a bit weirded out yet glad to meet a fan of his work, Hiroyo hires a suit actor to convince Akagi to stay with the Akibarangers. Later, during the battle with Shibuya Kouzorinahigenagaaburamushi, the "real" Deka Red appears and grants the team the Dekarangers' Inordinate Power. In Season Tsuu, Deka Red leads his team in aiding the Akibarangers' victory over Delu Knight and his forces.
- Bouken Red (ボウケンレッド, Bōken Reddo): Bouken Red is the leader of the Boukengers, the 30th Super Sentai. During the Akibarangers' initial battle with Kabukichō Mesugurohyōmonchō, a drunk Akiba Red initially summons Bouken Red "Good Luck Form" (originally seen in episode 27 of Boukenger, where the character wore good luck charms over his suit). In the final battle with Mesugurohyōmonchō, Bouken Red reappears and grants the Akibarangers the Boukengers' Inordinate Power. In Season Tsuu, Bouken Red leads his team in aiding the Akibarangers' victory over Delu Knight and his forces. Mitsuomi Takahashi (高橋 光臣, Takahashi Mitsuomi) reprises his role as the voice of Bouken Red in season one.
- Red Hawk (レッドホーク, Reddo Hōku): Red Hawk is the leader of the Jetmen, the 15th Super Sentai. During the Akibarangers' battle with Shimokitazawa Hoya, Red Hawk appears and grants them the Jetmen's Inordinate Power. This occurs after Akagi and Mitsuki's encounter with former stunt actor Kazuo Niibori, who performed as the suit actor for 14 of the first 15 Super Sentai red warriors from Akarenger to Red Hawk (the exception being Spade Ace). In Season Tsuu, Red Hawk leads his team in aiding the Akibarangers' victory over Delu Knight and his forces.
- Ryu Ranger (リュウレンジャー, Ryū Renjā): Ryu Ranger is the leader of the Dairangers, the 17th Super Sentai. However, when the Akibarangers are made into the 17th Super Sentai, he appears in the Delusion World as the gyoza delivering China Red (チャイナレッド, Chaina Reddo). As a result of an attack by Chief Clerk Blu-ray, Ryu Ranger's helmet sports dragon eyes above the visor, and the "D" emblem on his chest is replaced with Chūka (中華), the kanji for China (a jab on the false Internet rumor of Chūka Sentai Chinaman (中華戦隊チャイナマン, Chūka Sentai Chainaman, lit. "Chinese Sentai Chinaman") being Dairanger's pre-production title). Akiba Red restores Ryu Ranger back to normal by getting China Red to re-enact the Ryo vs. Jin Matoba fight of Dairanger episode 27. Tomokazu Seki provides the voice of China Red. Keiichi Wada (和田 圭市, Wada Keiichi) reprises his role as the voice of Ryu Ranger.
- Kiba Ranger (キバレンジャー, Kiba Renjā): Kiba Ranger is the sixth member of the Dairangers. However, in the Season Tsuu continuity, where the Akibarangers have replaced the Dairangers as the 17th Super Sentai, Kiba Ranger attacks the Akibarangers and China Red for the shame brought upon him. The emblem on his chest is replaced with a gold Akibaranger logo. It is revealed in the continuity warp that Gosei Sentai Akibaranger was canceled after only 13 episodes due to having a poor reputation; as a result, Kiba Ranger never saw the spotlight and was relegated to obscurity. Akiba Yellow restores Kiba Ranger back to normal by imitating Rin from Dairanger episode 33. Kiba Ranger is voiced by Wataru Abe (阿部 渡, Abe Wataru), reprising his role as the voice of Kiba Ranger (originally the voice of Byakkoshinken who spoke for the younger character of Kou to hide his identity) from Dairanger.
- Tyranno Ranger (ティラノレンジャー, Tirano Renjā) and Dragon Ranger (ドラゴンレンジャー, Doragon Renjā): Tyranno Ranger is the leader of the Zyurangers, the 16th Super Sentai, while his older brother Dragon Ranger is the first sixth member of a Super Sentai group. Thanks to Luna's misunderstanding of Sentai history, the entire history of the Super Sentai is altered to have it originating from an American live-action franchise called "Powerful Rangers" (パワフルレンジャー, Pawafuru Renjā) instead of the other way around, rendering all Super Sentai predating Zyuranger nonexistent (in fact, in this reality, Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger becomes the first Sentai series instead). Speaking in American accents with their suits sporting U.S. flag in the belt and collar, the two Zyurangers are bent on "Americanizing" the Akibarangers while developing a crush on Malseena. After Akiba Red reminds the two Zyurangers of who they are, using the show-accurate sound effects of a Zyusouken toy to complete the restoration, the Zyurangers entrust the Akibarangers with their Inordinate power. Tyranno Ranger and Dragon Ranger are voiced by Tomokazu Seki and Takeshi Kusao, respectively.
- Hurricanegers (忍風戦隊ハリケンジャー, Ninpū Sentai Harikenjā): Composed of Air Ninja Hurricane Red (空忍ハリケンレッド, Soranin Hariken Reddo), Water Ninja Hurricane Blue (水忍ハリケンブルー, Mizunin Hariken Burū), and Land Ninja Hurricane Yellow (陸忍ハリケンイエロー, Okanin Hariken Ierō), they are the 26th Super Sentai team. Aiding the Akibarangers in restoring their Gouraiger allies, the Hurricanegers give them their Inordinate power. The group is currently involved in the production of a film commemorating the 10th anniversary of the series. The Hurricanegers are voiced by Tomokazu Seki, Akiko Nakagawa, and Takeshi Kusao, respectively.
- Lightning Speed Gouraiger (電光石火ゴウライジャー, Denkōsekka Gōraijā): Composed of Horned Ninja Kabuto Raiger (角忍カブトライジャー, Tsunonin Kabuto Raijā) and Fanged Ninja Kuwaga Raiger (牙忍クワガライジャー, Kibanin Kuwaga Raijā), they are brothers who trained under the Ikazuchi Way's Ninja Academy and were the Hurricanegers' enemies before joining forces with them. But due to the actions of Hadezukin, the Gouraigers are drafted into her Jakanger group. However, when they are reminded of their days as construction workers, the Gouraigers return to normal and entrust the Akibarangers with the Hurricangers' Inordinate power. The Gouraigers are voiced by Tomokazu Seki and Takeshi Kusao, respectively.
- Yellow Four I (初代イエローフォー, Shodai Ierō Fō), Time Fire (タイムファイヤー, Taimufaiyā), and Abare Killer (アバレキラー, Abare Kirā): The three dead Super Sentai warriors from Choudenshi Bioman, Mirai Sentai Timeranger, and Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger, respectively, who appear before the deceased Akagi, Yumeria, and Luna at Himitsukichi. After the Akibarangers bid farewell to Hiroyo and Kozukozu, they disappear along with the three Sentai warrior ghosts. Of the three, Yellow Four is the only one with speaking lines.
Stema Otsu Corporation/Delusion Empire
The Evil Group Stema Otsu Corporation (邪団法人ステマ乙, Jadan Hōjin Sutema Otsu) are the first season's main antagonists. Their main purpose is to destroy the otaku culture within Akihabara and incorporate on it the economy and lifestyle of a different district. However, originally products of Takehiro Tsuzuki's imagination and intended to be villains on Z-Cune Aoi, the Stema Otsu Corporation is revealed to be a delusion created by the Akibarangers to explain the series of unrelated crimes occurring in their district from their perspective. Originally, the battles against the Corporation only happen in the minds of the Akibarangers, but the rules change when Malseena somehow enters the real world and helps Doctor Z in destroying the barrier so their forces can invade reality. Under Saburo Hatte's influence, Doctor Z reorganizes the Stema Otsu Corporation into the Delusion Empire (デリュージョン帝国, Deryūjon Teikoku). After Doctor Z reforms, Malseena reestablishes the Stema Otsu Corporation in an attempt to prolong the series. The Stema Otsu is reestablished in season two after Malseena betrays General Tsuu.
Doctor Z
Doctor Z (ドクターZ, Dokutā Zetto) is the Stema Otsu Corporation's head. His true identity is Takehiro Tsuzuki (都築 丈博, Tsuzuki Takehiro), Hiroyo's father who was a brilliant scientist admired by his peers. However, his undying love for anime resulted in his divorce from Hiroyo's mother and departure from his professional field as he pursued a career as an anime character designer. After scouting for opportunities without success, Takehiro managed to land a job at Studio Bell Village after the studio was impressed with his designs. However, his increasingly surreal and violent concept sketches, along with several personal conflicts with the production staff and chief animator, led to his termination from the studio and himself being ostracized from the industry. Returning to his former profession in the field of science to pay for child support, Takehiro discovered the Moeshinsuki Particles (モエシニスキー粒子, Moeshinisukī Ryūshi, lit. "Love moe to death"), which react to human brainwaves and convert delusional images into reality. While the scientific discovery was a major accomplishment in his life, he turned to the side of evil and became Doctor Z upon discovering that Studio Bell Village reworked his original character designs into what was to become Z-Cune Aoi. Furthermore, he disowned his daughter when she secretly became the voice actress of Aoi Ichikawa to the point of placing a career-threatening curse on her through the sketches he sent her. Posing as a homeless man, Doctor Z oversaw Malseena's scheme of tearing down reality before revealing himself to Hiroyo and the Akibarangers. Soon after, influenced by the series producer, Z's agenda becomes more dark and warped as he reformats his organization and disowns Malseena. Eventually, in the aftermath of Delu Knight's defeat, Z reforms and reconciles with Hiroyo.
In Season Tsuu, the events of the first season are retconned with Tsuzuki having no role in the Stema Otsu Corporation. He is mentioned by Hiroyo as working on a robot project at MIT.
Doctor Z is portrayed by Kazuki Yao (矢尾 一樹, Yao Kazuki), who previously voiced Ninjaman in Ninja Sentai Kakuranger.
Malseena
Malseena (マルシーナ, Marushīna) is the Akibarangers' reoccurring nemesis, able to change her physical appearance and voice instantly. Malseena's name is from "©" (Maru Shī, Circled C) and is also written "©na". At first, Malseena was believed to be originated from Akagi's vision of an ideal enemy. But in reality, Malseena was the product of Takehiro Tsuzuki developing a villain for Z-Cune Aoi yet the design sketch was rejected and entrusted to Hiroyo. During the events of season one, Malseena is the Stema Otsu Corporation's head of redevelopment who plans on taking over Akihabara prior to finding a childhood drawing of Hiroyo that enables her to materialize herself outside the Akibarangers' delusion. From there, Malseena proceeds to have the Akibarangers tear down the barrier between reality and delusion. Eventually learning that there a power affecting her creator's thoughts, Malseena finds herself disowned as she attempts to stop the series finale by taking out Delu Knight before the final battle begins. In the end, after Doctor Z's reforms, Malseena reforms the Stema Otsu Corporation in an attempt to prolong the series before Hatte abruptly ended the series.
But refusing to accept the series ending like that, Malseena traveled to Hatte's reality and convinced him to create Akibaranger's second season. However, though she had him reboot the events of the first season to have her as the Stema Otsu Corporation's leader, Malseena is degraded as a subordinate of General Tsuu. However, having her own version of the Akibarangers' MMZ-01 called the MMZ-00 Moya Moya Z-Cune (MMZ-00 モヤモヤズキューーン, Emu Emu Zetto Zero Zero Moya Moya Zukyūn), Malseena can assume her Battle Mode (バトルモード, Batoru Mōdo) with the activation call of "Jamoso" (邪妄想, Jamōsō, lit. "Evil Delusion") and using the Moya Blaster (モヤブラスター, Moya Burasutā) finishing attack.[1]
Despite being in odds with General Tsuu, Malseena took advantage of his schemes for her own agenda prior to being trapped in an acrylic case similar to Princess Ial's Eternal Freeze and later revived as a servant controlled by him via a microphone. When General Tsuu gets trapped in his own delusions, she fakes her loyalty before having Kameari Alpaca destroy General Tsuu's microphone so she can steal his Super Sentai knowledge and use it achieve her ultimate goal: changing the Super Sentai series into the Super Malseena series where she plays the lead antagonist in each entry and wiped out the Super Sentai teams for the past 37 years.
Malseena is portrayed by Honoka (穂花).
Delu Knight
Delu Knight (デリューナイト, Deryū Naito) is the Stema Otsu Corporation's executive director. He sees Takuma as his rival. His signature attack is the Delusion Mirage (デリュージョンミラージュ, Deryūjon Mirāju) slash. In the final battle he pilots Boomerang Titan (ブーメランタイタン, Būmeran Taitan), a giant robot, to destroy Akihabara. The Akibarangers try their best to stop it without destroying it to avoid the ultimate defeat of their enemies and the conclusion of the series, but they end up defeating him by accident. His name is derived from the English word "delusion".
In Season Tsuu, the events of the first season are retconned with Delu Knight appearing early in the storyline and getting killed by the Akibarangers' Inordinate Cannon in their final battle. He is later revived when Kameari Alpaca's death creates a portal for his return. Granted by Malseena the ability to converting defeat flags into victory flags and vice versa, Delu Knight becomes seemingly invincible by reenacting situations that usually foretell the downfall of villains in the Super Sentai Series at his favor. However, Delu Knight is once again destroyed when Super Akiba Red realizes his trick and decides to use it against him.
Delu Knight is voiced by Hiroaki Hirata (平田 広明, Hirata Hiroaki), who previously voiced Engine Machalcon in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.
Shatieeks
The Shatieeks (シャチーク, Shachīku) are the Stema Otsu Corporation's salaryman foot soldiers. Wearing white masks that sport eyeglasses and thick eyebrows, they can be heard shouting "Norma" (ノルマ, Noruma, Quota) and "Zangyou" (ザンギョウ(残業), Zangyō, Overtime). During the Stema Otsu Corporation's transition to the Delusion Empire, the Shatieeks trade their work clothes for blue military uniforms. Their name is from the Japanese word for "Sacrificial Corporate Drones" (社畜, Shachiku).
The Shatieeks (in Season Tsuu) are voiced by Yuuki Anai (穴井 勇輝, Anai Yūki)[6] and Kazuki Komine (小峰 一己, Komine Kazuki).[6]
Chief Clerks
The Chief Clerks (係長, Kakarichō) serve as the Stema Otsu Corporation's monsters, each originally conceived by Takehiro as Z-Cune Aoi villains. Each Chief Clerk is named after one of Tokyo's districts and an animal. As part of the Stema Otsu Corporation's transition into the Delusion Empire, Doctor Z has all of the surviving 40 Chief Clerks laid off and replaced with Drill Cyclops.
- Shibuya Seitakaawadachisōhigenagaaburamushi (渋谷セイタカアワダチソウヒゲナガアブラムシ, lit. "Shibuya Red Goldenrod Aphid [Uroleucon nigrotuberculatum]"): The Akibarangers first encounter him when he poses in a Nai and Mea-type guise, nearly defeating the unofficial Sentai before Malseena's departure enables them to finish him off. Voiced by Kenji Hamada (浜田 賢二, Hamada Kenji).
- Shibuya Kōzorinahigenagaaburamushi (渋谷コウゾリナヒゲナガアブラムシ, lit. "Shibuya Picrid Aphid [Uroleucon picridis]"): A dead-ringer of the previous one with golden teeth, Shibuya aids Malseena in terrorizing perverted nerds with unlicensed copies of an upcoming Aoi DVD and bubble sheet strip-aways. However, though he is able to brutally manhandle the Akibarangers, his style bordering on sexual harassment, they destroy him with the Dekarangers' Inordinate Power. In Season Tsuu, in a retconned flashback of the first season, Shibuya is revived during the final battle before he is destroyed by the Akibrangers and Penultimate Sentai. He is also voiced by Kenji Hamada like the previous Shibuya.
- Kabukichō Mesugurohyōmonchō (歌舞伎町メスグロヒョウモンチョウ, lit. "Kabukichō Sagana Fritillary"): A Chief Clerk who has a "Guririba Voice" (グリリバ声, Guririba Goe, "Green River Light", the literal translation of Hikaru Midorikawa's name) and uses a perverted fighting style, he is assigned to abduct women in Akihabara and convert them into hostesses for his district namesake. During his battle with the Akibarangers, he assaults a drunk Akiba Red in a rather homoerotic manner as the result of Yumeria's sexual fantasies getting mixed into the fight. Nevertheless, he is destroyed by the Akibarangers with the help of the Boukengers' Inordinate Power. Later, due to the impression he left on her, Kabukichō is resurrected by Malseena and comes with a scheme to annex Akihabara into his district by converting all buildings into host clubs. However, he is defeated for good by the Akibarangers with the help of Yumeria's dead mother Masako, who appears into their delusion to assist them and causes the Chief Clerk to lose Malseena's affections. In Season Tsuu Kabukichō is revived in a retconned flashback during the final battle before he is destroyed by the Akibrangers and Penultimate Sentai. Voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa (緑川 光, Midorikawa Hikaru), while his human form is portrayed by Shin Koyanagi (小柳 心, Koyanagi Shin).
- Monzen-Nakachō Hashibirokō (門前仲町ハシビロコウ, lit. "Monzen-Nakachō Shoebill"): A priest-like Chief Clerk who uses his powers to purify nerds of their worldly desires. During his battle with Akiba Red and Akiba Yellow, he summons Malseena disguised as Akiba Blue to attack them. When the real Akiba Blue shows up, Malseena ditches her disguise and leaves the scene, allowing the Akibarangers to destroy Hashibirokō. In Season Tsuu, Hashibirokō is revived during the final battle before he is destroyed by the Akibrangers and Penultimate Sentai. Voiced by Takaya Kuroda (黒田 崇矢, Kuroda Takaya).
- Shimokitazawa Hoya (下北沢ホヤ, lit. "Shimokitazawa Ascidian"): A Chief Clerk disguised as a scalper who uses idol show tickets to magically lure geeks away from Akihabara into the theater district of Shimokitazawa. In his initial battle with the Akibarangers, he uses his skills in theatricality to defeat them on stage, but on their rematch, the unofficial Sentai use the Toei Delusion Studio's cinematic magic to get even. Though Shimokitazawa attempts to use his own ticket to escape to his district, he is destroyed in mid-air by Akiba Red using the Jetmens' Inordinate Power. Voiced by Taiki Matsuno (松野 太紀, Matsuno Taiki).
- Yoyogi Sujibokehashirigumo (代々木スジボケハシリグモ, lit. "Yoyogi Dolomedes hercules"): A spider-like Chief Clerk latched on the back of a Shatieek, giving the foot soldier enhanced physical abilities. He steals the Akibarangers' MMZ-01 units and leads them in a high-speed chase before changing into a giant spider. When both Yoyogi and Itashar Robo wind up in the real world, Itashar Robo destroys the Chief Clerk with a rifle formed out of a sign board. Voiced by Issei Futamata (二又 一成, Futamata Issei).
- Tsukishima Alpaca (月島アルパカ, Tsukishima Arupaka): A Chief Clerk who specializes in making monjayaki. Wanting Toei studios to recognize them, the Akibarangers decide to send Tsukushima into the real world. However, they find him too weak and have him undergo intense training methods from various Super Sentai shows until he is ready to become their worthy opponent. Though Tsukishima planned this so they would become too trustworthy of him, the Akibarangers fight him in full force out of respect for his effort and finish him off in the real world with the Inordinate Cannon. Voiced by Tomokazu Seki (関 智一, Seki Tomokazu).
- Asakusa Alpaca (浅草アルパカ, Asakusa Arupaka): Tsukishima Alpaca's older brother. More powerful than Tsukishima, Asakusa starts attacking the people of Akihabara by throwing small spatulas with hot monjayaki on them after he manages to materialize himself into the real world. Asakusa is stopped when Akagi, desperate to protect Sayaka from him, manages to bring his delusion power to the next level and transform into Akiba Red in reality to defeat him with the Akihabara Underground Culture Attack. Like his brother, he is voiced by Tomokazu Seki.
- Kameari Alpaca (亀有アルパカ, Kameari Arupaka): An arrogant fighter created by General Tsuu under Malseena's influence, he is developed for Malseena's goals to overthrow General Tsuu and reestablish the Stema Otsu Corporation. His death from the Inordinate Cannon Bazooka also serves the purpose of opening a portal to the underworld to revive Delu Knight. Like the other Alpaca Clerks, he is voiced by Tomokazu Seki, while his human form is portrayed by Takeshi Kusao (草尾 毅, Kusao Takeshi).
Drill Cyclops
Drill Cyclops (ドリルサイクロプス, Doriru Saikuropusu) is a Mosoborg (モウソボーグ, Mōsobōgu, lit. "Delusion Borg"), the first of a line of cyborg monsters intended for use by the Delusion Empire, Drill Cyclops is equipped with drill arms and a drill horn on its head. Sent to destroy Tokyo's lifeline to put the city in chaos, Drill Cyclops is destroyed by the Akibarangers' Heart-Technique-Body Attack. In Season Tsuu, Drill Cyclops's appearance is retconned into the giant Darkness Stema Castle Robo (暗黒ステマ城ロボ, Ankoku Sutema-jō Robo) piloted by Malseena and is destroyed by Itashar Robo.
Baros lol
The New Dimensional Intellect Remodeling Underground True Empire Baros lol (新次元頭脳改造地下真帝国バロスw, Shinjigen Zunō Kaizō Chika Shinteikoku Barosu Wara) is the second season's main antagonists. The organization's full name is reference to the villain organizations of Dynaman, Bioman, Flashman, Maskman, Liveman, and Jetman.
General Tsuu
The leader of Baros lol, General Tsuu (ツー将軍, Tsū Shōgun) is a fan of the antagonists of the Super Sentai Series and based his attire and name from his favorite villain: General Kar of Dynaman. His true identity is Tsuguo Ushirozawa (後沢 次男, Usirozawa Tsuguo), a dental technician. It is still unknown where he obtained a real MMZ-00 Moya Moya Z-Cune, which he uses to contact Malseena in the Delusion World, or how he learned to use it to send his creations there. Originally, General Tsuu was unaware of the effects that his creations had on reality, and upon learning of it, he decided to use it to his advantage. When he meets the Akibarangers in person, he also learns the means to travel to the Delusion World. Once defeated by the Akibarangers within his own delusion, General Tsuu remains while his comatose body is taken to Himitsukichi. However, being loved by Malseena for his Super Sentai knowledge, General Tsuu finds himself betrayed and "killed" once his knowledge has been extracted. As a result of his persona's death, a normal Ushirozawa returns to reality and resumes his livelihood.
General Tsuu is portrayed by Ryō Horikawa (堀川 りょう, Horikawa Ryō), who previously voiced Akumaro Sujigarano in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.
Akina Maihama
Akina Maihama (舞浜 亜希奈, Maihama Akina) is an aspiring idol who is General Tsuu's apprentice and Luna's rival. Under General Tsuu's guidance, Akina lands a role in a George Spielburton film by using Queen Hedrian's "dance of greed" from Sun Vulcan episode 15. However, the movie project is canceled after Spielburton has a Sentai-themed dream and returns to the U.S. to create a new story. Despite this, Akina develops a rivalry with Luna.
Akina Maihama is portrayed by Sakina Kuwae (桑江 咲菜, Kuwae Sakina), who previously portrayed Natsume Masaki in Juken Sentai Gekiranger.
Oneeders
The Oneeders (オネェダー, Onēdā) are the Baros lol's foot soldiers. Their name is from the Japanese word for "Effeminate Men" (オネエ, Onee), which reflects in their masks and a fighting style that disturbs their opponents. The Oneeders are armed with swords that read, "Oh!" and they often chant random beauty tips.
The Oneeders are voiced by Yuuki Anai (穴井 勇輝, Anai Yūki)[6] and Hiromi Takeuchi (竹内 裕美, Takeuchi Hiromi).[6]
Monsters
The Baros lol's monsters are created by General Tsuu from crafting figurines and bringing them to life by sending into the Delusion World with the MMZ-00's built-in Mososo (妄想送, Mōsōsō, lit. "Delusion Transport") system. The monsters are patterned after electronic devices and homages to Sentai villain groups whose actions in the Delusion World affect the real world, seeking to undermine the source of the Akibarangers' delusion power, which is their unyielding devotion to Anime and the Super Sentai franchise.
- Chief Clerk Blu-Ray (ブルーレイ係長, Burūrei Kakarichō): The first of Baros lol's monsters, Chief Clerk Blu-ray is a Gorma Minion armed with a universal remote control that he can use to manipulate time or change the form of inanimate objects. His human form is a conning electronics salesman who tricks otaku into fulfilling their fantasies through a video player. Blu-ray's main attack is the Downconvert Beam (ダウンコンバートビーム, Daunconbāto Bīmu), which downgrades the quality of a target. He is destroyed by the Akibarangers' Inordinate Cannon. Voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平, Yamaguchi Kappei), while his human form is portrayed by Beauty Kokubu (ビューティーこくぶ, Byūtī Kokubu).
- Chief Editor HVD (HVD編集長, Eichi Bui Dī Henshūchō): A dead-ringer of the previous one, claiming to be forty times more powerful than the previous monster. His main attack is the Marking Beam (マーキングビーム, Mākingu Bīmu), which tags a target for tracking. HVD is destroyed by Akiba Red using the Dairangers' Inordinate Power. Also voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi.
- Smapho Monger (スマホモンガー, Sumaho Mongā): A Machine Lifeform who uses his LCD screen face for his Monster Info Distribution Attack and Monger Mental Download to psychologically torture otaku by giving them spoilers to their favorite programming. His human form is a Christian missionary who preaches of the vices of otaku in Akihabara. Smapho Monger is used by Malseena to wipe out the Z-Cune Aoi franchise. Luckily, Akagi restores it while destroying Smapho Monger as Super Akiba Red. Voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi (小西 克幸, Konishi Katsuyuki), while his human form is portrayed by Takayuki Shibasaki (柴崎 貴行, Shibasaki Takayuki).
- Kunimasmaphogany (クニマスマホガニー, Kunimasumahoganī): The cousin of Smapho Monger and is the Trinoid Number 23 who is a composition of a Kunimasu, Smartphone, and Mahogany. He is destroyed by Akiba Blue using the Zyurangers' Inordinate Power. Also voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi.
- Yuru-Chara Jigen (ユルキャラジゲン, Yurukyara Jigen): An anime-like Jigen Beast that General Tsuu created by kitbashing a figurine in the image of the Yuru Sanae mascot he got into a fight with. Despite her cute appearance, Yuru-Chara Jigen is extremely dangerous as a fighter while able to turn people into what they hate. Because she lacks the monstrous true form that official cute-looking Sentai monsters have, and Akagi's passion for smooth and shiny robot girls making him a liability, Yuru-Chara Jigen overwhelms the Akibarangers while unintentionally altering reality with Choko Nagakawa turned into an Oneeder. Despite their scheme to render Yuru-Chara Jigen's cuteness ineffective, Akibarangers are overwhelmed until Akiba Red assumes Super form and finishes a shocked Yuru-Chara Jigen off by covering his visor to not fall for her cuteness. Voiced by Haruko Momoi (桃井 はるこ, Momoi Haruko). Momoi also appears as herself during episode 9 of the first season and episode 10 of Season Tsuu.
- Hadezukin (ハーデズキン, Hādezukin): A Space Ninja that General Tsuu created long ago and placed in storage, but is out to enact his revenge on Toei for altering Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger's original concept of having the Gouraigers as an evil Sentai group. Assuming the identity of Tento Raiger (テントライジャー, Tento Raijā), Hadezukin drafts the Gouraigers to form the Ninchu Sentai Jakanger (忍虫戦隊ジャカンジャー, Ninchū Sentai Jakanjā) and alter reality to have the days of the week increased form seven to ten. But once the Gouraigers are restored, Hadezukin is destroyed by Akiba Red using the Hurricanegers' Inordinate Power. Voiced by Nao Nagasawa (長澤 奈央, Nagasawa Nao), while her human form is portrayed by Ami Tomite (冨手 麻妙, Tomite Ami); Nagasawa previously portrayed Nanami Nono/Hurricane Blue in Hurricaneger.
- Mutoumushite (ムトウムシテ, Mutōmushite): A remodeled male version of Hadezukin created as a Rin Jūken practitioner with the status of Kenma to serve as General Tsuu's right-hand man. Though a user of the Rinjū Ladybug-Ken style, Mutoumushite's title as Time Kenma (時の拳魔, Toki no Kenma) allows him to use the fighting techniques of several Super Sentai villains portrayed by veteran stunt actor Yoshinori Okamoto. Learning that General Tsuu obtained combat data for Mutoumushite by hiring Okamoto to become a motion capture study, the Akibarangers exploit the monster's fatal flaw of desiring a glorious death by replicating the final battle between Change Dragon and Adjutant Buba before destroying Mutoumushite with the Inordinate Bazooka. Voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama (檜山 修之, Hiyama Nobuyuki), while his human form is portrayed by Orakio Matsuyuki (松雪 オラキオ, Matsuyuki Orakio).
- Coelacanth Kans (シーラカンスカンス, Shīrakansu Kansu): A Mecha Gigan that destroys Itashar Robo, but is vanquished by Itashar Boy.
Previous Sentai villains
These previous Sentai enemies are not real, but appear in General Tsuu's delusions and are able to combine into a bazooka called the Darkness Inordinate Cannon (暗黒ダイソレタキャノン, Ankoku Daisoreta Kyanon) that Malseena can use.
- Long (ロン, Ron), known as the "Infinite Dragon", is the main antagonist of Gekiranger. Due to his status as the Gekirangers' main enemy, Malseena assumed his identity in her altered version of Gekiranger.
- Yaiba of Darkness (闇のヤイバ, Yami no Yaiba), nicknamed "The Paper Crane Ninja", is one of the Boukenger's most dangerous enemies.
- Phantom Spy Vancuria (妖幻密使バンキュリア, Yōgen Misshi Bankyuria), the self-titled Queen of the vampires, was a spy for Infershia who fought the Magirangers.
Prism Ace
Prism Ace (プリズムA(エース), Purizumu Ēsu) is an enemy of the Akibarangers who first appears during their final confrontation against Malseena and helps them defeat her. However, it is later revealed that he is the main hero of Unofficial Giant Prism Ace (非公認巨神プリズムA(エース), Hikōnin Kyojin Purizumu Ēsu) (A parody of "Ultraman"), a show created by Toei's rival company Chigauyo Productions (チガウヨープロダクション, Chigauyō Purodakushon) who made use of a spy to have Saburo Hatte relinquish the Super Sentai time slot to their new series, with Hiroyo transformed as Prism Ace's little sister who empowers him with a crystal on her forehead. Assisted by Hatte and Malseena, the Akibarangers confront Prism Ace by enlarging Super Akiba Red. In a disadvantage at first, Akagi makes a comeback when he changes sides with Prism Ace and makes use of the flag stating that in all tokusatsu productions the heroes usually unleash their finishing moves from the right side of the screen, defeating the enemy and returning the Super Sentai Series to normal.
Prism Ace is voiced by Tōru Furuya (古谷 徹, Furuya Tōru), who previously voiced Aka Red in GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.
Saburo Hatte
Saburo Hatte (八手 三郎, Hatte Saburō), the collective pen name of producers at Toei Company, is revealed to be behind all of the events that have taken place in Akibaranger, and has been manipulating events for the sake of popularity such as controlling Doctor Z and replacing Akagi as the main protagonist. But once his actions are revealed, Hatte resolves to cancel the series, eliminating all complex subplots the Akibarangers, attempting to stir them up by bringing them to abrupt conclusions. Even Malseena gets in on the act against Hatte, planning a battle with the Akibarangers that will last six months before Hatte sends a giant "The End" subtitle to thwart them. Though he manages to intervene off-screen to abrupt end the series, using it as an excuse to cover his losses, Hatte tricks the Akibarangers into enacting a recap episode with the promise of a second season.
In Season Tsuu, it is revealed that Hatte is hospitalized in a critical condition after sending the Akibarangers the DVD and prior to being found by Malseena as she manipulates him creating Season Tsuu before warping the Super Sentai Series into the Super Malseena Series as her personal revenge on him for making her a second banana to Doctor Z and General Tsuu. But despite her grudge, Malseena keeps Hatte alive, as his death could destroy everything she established. After Malseena is defeated by Prism Ace, he reconciles with her and appears in the Delusional World as General Tsuu to help the Akibarangers defeat Prism Ace. After the Super Sentai Series is restored, Hatte leaves the hospital.
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- Figure-Oh, No. 181
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