Super Sentai Records

A wiki page for collecting miscellaneous Super Sentai trivia, records, and noteworthy firsts.

Firsts

01. Himitsu Sentai GoRanger

• First Sentai Series, thus, first to set the main patterns.
• First Sentai to have a member die in action.
• First Sentai to have a movie.
• First Sentai to use a ball as their finisher attack
• First Sentai to use a other finisher attack then their main one.
• First Sentai to use the word: "Ranger" as a part of the name

02. JAKQ Dengekitai

• First (and only) Sentai to have playing cards as its motif.
• First Sentai with less than five members from the start (four).
• First Sentai where the red member has his leadership revoked.
• First Sentai with a White.
• First Sentai with a crossover.

03. Battle Fever J

• First (official) Super Sentai series
• First to have a giant mecha.
• First (and only) Sentai to have countries as its motif.
• First Sentai with an Orange and a Black.
• First Super Sentai series to be inspired by a Marvel Comics character.
• First Super sentai series to not include Shotaro Ishinomori in production.

04. Denshi Sentai Denjiman

• First Sentai with a transforming mecha.
• First Sentai to use the word: "Man" as a part of the name

05. Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan

• First Sentai with three members instead of five.
• First Sentai to have animals as its motif.
• First Sentai to put each member in control of an element.
• First Sentai to have the "Red Bird, Yellow Feline and Blue Fish" formula, followed by three-member teams Liveman and Hurricaneger.
• First Sentai with a combining mecha.
• First Sentai to use a transformation bracelet.
• First (and only) Sentai with an all-male cast.
• First (and only) Sentai to be a sequel from its predecessor.

06. Dai Sentai Goggle V

• First Sentai to shout its team name at the start of the theme song.
• First Sentai with the "Red, Blue, Yellow, Black and Pink" formation.

07. Kagaku Sentai Dynaman

• First Sentai to use spandex.
• First Sentai with a Super mode (albeit only for DynaBlack).

08. Choudenshi Bioman

• First Sentai to shout its full team name at the start of the theme song.
• First Sentai with a yellow female.
• First Sentai with two female members.
• First Sentai with a (not-regular) sixth member.

09. Dengeki Sentai Changeman

• First Sentai with a team cannon/bazooka.
• First Sentai with two (completely original) movies.

10. Choushinsei Flashman

• First Sentai with a second mecha.
• First Sentai with Yutaka Hirose as a recurring villain
• First Sentai with a bittersweet ending

11. Hikari Sentai Maskman

• First Sentai with a five-piece mecha.
• First Sentai series focusing on love triangle story.

12. ChouJyu Sentai Liveman

• First Sentai with a blue female.
• First Sentai to use two transformation bracelets.
• Along with its successor, the first Anniversary Sentai seasons.
• First Sentai with animal based mecha.
• First Sentai with the "Red, Blue, Yellow, Black and Green" formation.

13. Kousoku Sentai TurboRanger

• First Heisei-era Sentai.
• First automobile-themed Sentai series.
• First Sentai series with most of Sentai members are high-school students.
• First Sentai series crossover with past 10 Showa-era Sentai teams (excluding Gorenger and JAKQ) in the pilot episode.

14. Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman

• First all-sibling Sentai.
• First Sentai with a Super mode for all the member of the team.

15. Choujin Sentai Jetman

• First Sentai with a third mecha.
• First Sentai with the "Red, Blue, Yellow, White and Black" formation.
• First Sentai to not present all the team members during its first episode.
• First five-men Sentai with a yellow male and a blue female,
• First five-men Sentai without a pink.
• First Sentai with a lighter shade of blue.

16. Kyouryuu Sentai ZyuRanger

• First Sentai with prehistoric mecha.
• First Sentai with sentient mecha.
• First Sentai with a regular sixth member.
• First Sentai where the sixth member dies.
• First Sentai to have a recurring evil member.
• First Sentai series to be adapted to Power Rangers.

17. Gosei Sentai DaiRanger

• First (and only) Sentai to be adapted to Power Rangers and not have its core hero suits used during it (exception being Kibaranger)
• First Sentai to have one of its members be a child.
• First Chinese mythology-themed Sentai series.
• First Sentai series to use inner power as the finisher.

18. Ninja Sentai Kakuranger

• First Sentai with a female leader.
• First Sentai with a lighter shade of blue for a male member.
• First Sentai with a recurring evil Sentai.
• First Sentai with two five-piece mecha.

19. Chouriki Sentai OhRanger

• First Sentai with a crossover that has all of the previous team's cast returning.

20. Gekisou Sentai CarRanger

• First Sentai with limbswapping mecha.

21. Denji Sentai MegaRanger

• First Sentai with a Silver.
• First Sentai to had a theme as "Video Games"

22. Seijyu Sentai Gingaman

• First Sentai with an animals that can changed into mecha.

23. Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo V

• First Sentai with a Power Rangers adaptation that has an exclusive member.
• First Sentai that featured a train as an additional mecha.
• First life-saving themed Sentai series.

24. Mirai Sentai TimeRanger

• First Sentai with two Reds.
• First police-themed Sentai series.

25. Hyakujyu Sentai GaoRanger

• First Sentai to use a transformation GSM.

26. Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger

• First Sentai with a Crimson and a Navy.
• First Sentai with a secondary Sentai based on beetle and stag beetle.
• First Sentai with a Sentai member with ability to change into different disguises.
• First Sentai adapted into Power Rangers under Disney brand.

27. Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger

• First Heisei-era Sentai to start with three members.
• First Sentai where its sixth member is evil through almost all of its appearances

28. Tokusou Sentai DekaRanger

• First Sentai with more than six members.
• First Sentai with a Gold.
• First Sentai with both a Silver and a Gold.
• First Sentai with a torch-passing sequence at the end of its season.

29. Mahou Sentai MagiRanger

• First Sentai with a recurring Gold.
• First Sentai with siblings that can transform into piece of mecha.

30. GoGo Sentai Boukenger

• First Sentai to be filmed in high-definition.
• First Sentai with a ten-piece mecha.
• First Sentai to have more than one villain group with multiple factions

31. Jyuken Sentai GekiRanger

• First Sentai without belts on the members' suits (except GekiChopper).
• First Sentai with a Violet.
• First Sentai with most of core rangers are based on cats.

32. Engine Sentai Go-Onger

• First Sentai with a twelve-piece mecha.
• First Sentai with a regular Gold and Silver duo.
• First Sentai crossover movie played on Japanese silver screen.

33. Samurai Sentai Shinkenger

• First (and only) Sentai with a (official) red female.
• First Sentai to crossover with a Kamen Rider.
• First Sentai with a V-Cinema "Returns" release.
• First Sentai with upcoming new Sentai teams appeared as a cameo in the vs. Sentai movies.
• First Sentai adapted into Power Rangers after Saban reclaimed Power Rangers franchise from Disney.

34. Tensou Sentai Goseiger

• First Sentai to debut in their two predecessors' crossover movie.
• First Sentai with its core team having more than five members, in this case, six (though one of them died prior to the story's start.)
• First Sentai with a completely robotic member.

35. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger

• First Sentai to explain its presence on its predecessors' crossover movie.
• First Sentai with all 185 Super Sentai members (excluding Bangai heroes) participated in a large-scale war
• First Sentai with a ship serves as a team's base and a piece of mecha.
• First Sentai to feature a member who is a big fan of Super Sentai series.
• First Sentai to crossover with a Metal Hero.
• First Sentai with a Blu-Ray release.

36. Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters

• First Sentai to have its title be pluralized.
• First (and only) Heisei-era Sentai to not use spandex, instead using a plastic leather called "pleather" in production.
• First Sentai to completely change its opening theme song mid-season, rather than just switching the vocals and/or the visuals.

37. ZyuDen Sentai Kyouryuuger

• First (and only) Heisei-era Sentai to not present a yellow member.
• First Sentai with a Cyan, a Grey and a female Violet.
• First Sentai with three blue-shade members.
• First Sentai to have a crossover with all of its same-motif Sentais.

38. Ressha Sentai Tokkyuuger

• First Sentai to be fully based on trains.

EX1. Hikounin Sentai AkibaRanger

• First Sentai with both blue and yellow females.
• First Sentai with a higher number of females than males.
• First Sentai with a second season.

EX2. Hikounin Sentai AkibaRanger 2

• First Sentai with the new Blue member replace the old Blue member.
• First Sentai to have all of its members die at the end of the series.

Records

• Oldest Sentai actor - Yamashita Shinji was 62 years old when he portrayed KyouryuuSilver on Kyouryuuger in 2013.
• Youngest Sentai actor - Sakai Hisashi was 12 years old when he portrayed Kou/KibaRanger on DaiRanger in 1993.
• Longest Sentai Series - GoRanger had 84 episodes.
• Shortest Sentai Series - JAKQ had 35 episodes.
• Sentai Series with most movies - GoRanger with 5, only 1 with original footage. Every Sentai since Shinkenger has had 3 movies: a team-up with its predecessor, a self-made and a "Returns" V-Cinema title.
• Sentai with most active members - Kyouryuuger with 11 members.
• Sentai with fewest members - Sun Vulcan with 3.
• Youngest Sentai actress - Hirose Satomi was 13 years old when she portrayed Tsuruhime/Ninjawhite on KakuRanger in 1994. Natsui Runa was 14 years old during her time as Shiba Kaoru/ShinkenRed on Shinkenger in 2009.
• Sentai with most female members - DekaRanger with 5 female members.
• Sentai with highest ratings - GoRanger with an average of 16.1.
• Sentai with lowest ratings - Go-Busters with an average of 4.0.

Recurring Themes

• Sentai with team ball finisher attacks - GoRanger, Sun Vulcan, Fiveman, Kakuranger
• Sentai with blue females - Liveman, Jetman, Hurricaneger, MagiRanger, AkibaRanger
• Sentai with Vehicle and/or Racing theme - TurboRanger, CarRanger, Boukenger, Go-Onger, Tokkyuuger
• Sentai with Animal theme - Liveman, Jetman, Kakuranger, GaoRanger, Hurricaneger, GekiRanger, Go-Onger, Shinkenger, Goseiger, Gokaiger, Go-Busters
• Sentai with Prehistoric theme - ZyuRanger, Abaranger, Kyouryuuger
• Sentai with Mythical theme - ZyuRanger, DaiRanger, Gingaman, MagiRanger
• Sentai with Technological/Science theme - Denjiman,Dynaman,Bioman,Liveman,Turboranger,Fiveman,Ohranger,MegaRanger,GoGoV,TimeRanger,DekaRanger, Boukenger, Go-Busters
• Sentai with Non-Red Leaders - JAKQ, Kakuranger, MegaRanger, TimeRanger
• Sentai comprised of siblings - Fiveman, GoGo V, MagiRanger
• Sentai with non-cannon Team Finishers - GoRanger, Denjiman, Goggle V,Dynaman,Bioman, Kakuranger,GaoRanger,Kyoryuuger
• Sentai with Female Leaders - Kakuranger, TimeRanger

Related

• Sentai Ranger Chart
• Chart of Sentai actors playing other Sentai member parents