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).
• First Sentai to break the 10 Rangers record from DekaRanger.

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 Showa-era (1988)- Matsuzaka Tori and Takanashi Rin from Shinkenger, Ozawa Ryota from Gokaiger, Jinnai Syo from Go-Busters and Horan Chiaki from MagiRanger.
• Sentai actors born at the start of Heisei-era (1989)- Chiba Yudai from Goseiger, Suzuki Shogo from Shinkenger and Sugimoto Yumi from Go-Onger.
• Sentai actors who played more than one role- Sentai Actor Recycling

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