Shiba Kaoru

志葉薫

Plays a princess on Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.

Played by: Natsui Runa

First appearance: Shinkenger Episode 44.

Title: 18th Head of the Shiba clan.

Age: 16 years old.

Guest appearances: Gokaiger Episode 11 and Gokaiger Episode 12.

Character

The real 18th Head of the Shiba clan. She inherited the fire 火 mojikara of the Shiba clan. She comes off as cold and detached, but in fact is really understanding and caring for Takeru's retainers. She also has her own Jii named Tanba. She is regarded as a princess.

Her entrance is the big twist for Shinkenger. It explains why Takeru feels guilty and distances himself from his retainers, since he knows that he is just playing a part to protect the real descendent of the Shiba clan.

ShinkenRed

シンケンレッド

Suit actor: Hachisuka Yuuichi

The true ShinkenRed. Despite being a girl, she can handle a battle as any of the other Shinkengers. The first red Ranger in Sentai to be female. Her costume has a skirt like ShinkenPink and ShinkenYellow's. In terms of Mojikara, she is probably more powerful than Takeru, since she's a true blood descendent of the Shiba clan. Because of her smaller stature, when wielding the giant Rekka DaiZanTou, she will use a back kick to gain momentum to swing it.

Princess ShinkenRed 姫シンケンレッドキー Hime ShinkenRed She's come to be known as Princess ShinkenRed. While she was just considered "ShinkenRed" in the actual series, when Gokaiger came out, the key they released was named Princess ShinkenRed, probably to avoid confusion with the regular ShinkenRed key.