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 another finisher attack then their main one.
• First Sentai to use the word: "Ranger" as a part of the name.
• First Sentai to having all their members wearing capes.
• First Sentai to having a terrorist organization as a villain.

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.
• First Sentai where the members are using nuclear, electric, magnetic and gravity powers.
• Fisrt Sentai to have a finish attack where the monsters are sending into space and explode.
• First Sentai without "Sentai" on its full name (though the "-tai" at the end of it is the same as in "Sentai").
• First Sentai to be cancelled due to low ratings.
• First Sentai to having aliens as the villain.

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.
• First Sentai without any mention to "Sentai" on its title.
• First Sentai to have mouthplates with lips molded, and the only one where there's also separated eyes and a nose.
• First Sentai to having all their members resprents a certain country.
• First Sentai to feature a team cannon formed from the members' individual weapons.

04. Denshi Sentai Denjiman

• First Sentai with a transforming mecha.
• First Sentai to use the word: "-man" as a part of the name
• First Sentai with Technological/Science theme.
• First Sentai series to utilize an actual lens visor in the suits' helmet (unlike previous series where the visor was made of the same fiber of the helmet).
• First Sentai series to introduce a personal transformation device - in this case, each member wore a special ring.
• Second Sentai series with a Marvel copyright, but without involvement from Marvel.
• First Sentai to use colors in the English language as the Rangers' names, as the Gorengers used the Japanese translations of their colors as Ranger Names.
• The Sentai with the second highest rating Sentai, only behind Gorenger.

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.
• First Sentai to use gymnastic weapons.
• First Sentai to use the roman numeral "V" as its suffix.

07. Kagaku Sentai Dynaman

• First Sentai to use spandex.
• First Sentai with a Super mode (albeit only for DynaBlack).
• First intended Sentai team that sholud have been a baseball-themed sentai, but was dropped.

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 to have a narration before the opening song.
• 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.
• First Sentai to having a protype sixth ranger without the person getting powers from the enemy.

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.
• First team to use the "-ranger" suffix since GoRanger

14. Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman

• First all-sibling Sentai.
• First Sentai with a Super mode for all the members 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, as actual team members.
• 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.
• First Sentai to using a bird motif.

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 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.
• First Sentai since Bioman to not shout the series' full title at the start of the opening song.
• First (and only) Sentai to not present all its core team members since the first episode.

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.
• First Sentai to be a parody of its own franchise.
• First Sentai series to use a remixed version of the original opening theme.

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.
• First Sentai since Zyuranger to use "-man" as its suffix.

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.
• First Sentai to have a theme song that doesn't have the series' full name midway through its lyrics.

25. Hyakujyu Sentai GaoRanger

• First Sentai to use a transformation GSM.
• First Sentai to feature hundreds of possible combinations of additional mecha into the main mecha.

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 with an amalgamation between its motif (Hurricane) and the word "Ranger".
• First Sentai to feature a reunion special to continue it's story ten years after the series end.

27. Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger

• First Heisei-era Sentai to start with three members.
• First Sentai where its fifth 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 one villain group with multiple factions.
• First Sentai to having a encyclopedia in the end of a episode for the halfway of the series.

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 felines.

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 Pirate themed Sentai
• First Sentai to explain its presence on its predecessors' crossover movie.
• 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.
• First Sentai to crossover with a Metal Hero.
• First Sentai with a Blu-Ray release.
• First Anniversary Sentai season to not have a Special Sentai with members from its predecessors.

36. Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters

• First Sentai to have its title be pluralized.
• First Sentai to use the suffix "-Busters", but second to use the prefix "Go-"
• 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, instrumental notes and/or the visuals.
• First Sentai since OhRanger to not shout the series' full title at the start of the opening song.
• First Sentai to have an alternate version of their own team.
• First Sentai to have another team-up as the "Returns" title.

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 a not-asian member.
• First Sentai with three blue-shade members.
• First Sentai to have a crossover with all of its same-motif Sentais.
• First Sentai entirely written by the head writer (Riku Sanjo).

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 where each team member was (at least temporarily) replaced at some point of its run (if you count Aoyagi's substitution on the second season).
• 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 Kiryuu Dantetsu/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 - Officially, this is JAKQ with 35 episodes. But unofficial Sentai shows AkibaRanger and AkibaRanger 2 had 13 episodes apiece.
• 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 (excepting Gokaiger which had a crossover film with Gavan instead of a V-Cinema).
• 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 to have/appear in most team-ups/crossovers - Go-Busters with 7 (Gokai vs Gavan, Super Hero Taisen, Busters vs Beet Buster vs J, Super Hero Taisen Z, Busters vs Gokai, Tokumei S. Go-Busters vs Doubutsu S. Go-Busters, Kyouryuu vs Busters), if you don't count the team-up wi Gavan Type-G on their own series.
• Sentai with highest ratings - GoRanger with an average of 16.1.
• Sentai with lowest ratings - Go-Busters with an average of 4.0.
• Sentai without eyecatches- Fiveman, Gokaiger, and Go-Busters (Logo from the series would appear in the bottom corner before and after commercial break)
• Sentai actors born at the end of the Sentai era Showa period (1988)- Tori Matsuzaka (Shinkenger), Rin Takanashi (Shinkenger), Ryota Ozawa (Gokaiger), Syo Jinnai (Go-Busters), and Chiaki Horan (MagiRanger).
• Sentai actors born at the start of the Sentai era Heisei period (1989)- Yudai Chiba (Goseiger), Shogo Suzuki (Shinkenger),and Yumi Sugimoto (Go-Onger).
• Sentai actors who played two different main rangers of a team- Kenji Ohba (Battle Kenya) and (Denzi Blue), Teruaki Ogawa (Ninja Red) and (Hyuuga), Hiroshi Miyauchi (Aorenger) and (Big One), Jyunichi Haruta (GoggleBlack) and (DynaBlack), Shiro Izumi (ChangePegasus) and (DragonRanger), Hiroya Matsumoto (MagiYellow) and (Beet Buster), and Masayuki Deai (BoukenSilver) and (KyoryuGrey)

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, 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, Shinkenger

Related

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