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Ninja Sentai Kakuranger

Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (忍者戦隊カクレンジャー, Ninja Sentai Kakurenjā; Ninja Squadron Kakuranger) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was Toei Company Limited's eighteenth production of the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired from February 18, 1994, to February 24, 1995, following its predecessor Gosei Sentai Dairanger and was replaced by Chouriki Sentai Ohranger. The name given to this series by Toei for international distribution is Ninja Rangers.

Action footage from the series was used in the third season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers. The core Zyuranger costumes from Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger and the Kiba Ranger costume from Gosei Sentai Dairanger were mainly used in the third season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers while the core Kakuranger costumes were used in Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers. In January 2016, Shout! Factory announced that they would release "Ninja Sentai Kakuranger: The Complete Series" on DVD in North America. Kakuranger was released on DVD in North America on May 17, 2016. This is the third Super Sentai Series to be released in North America. In addition on May 22, 2017, Shout! streamed the series on their website. As of 2024, the series is available in North America on Tubi.

Four hundred years ago, the ninja and the Youkai had a great war. The legendary Sarutobi Sasuke and four other ninjas sealed the Youkai Commander Nurarihyon and all his Youkai's energies away in a cave protected by the "Seal Door". In the present, one of the few remaining Youkai, Kappa, tricks Sarutobi Sasuke and Kirigakure Saizo's descendants, Saizou and Sasuke, into releasing the Youkai by opening the Seal Door. Now these two, joined by three other descendants of great ninjas, become the Kakurangers to fight the reinvigorated Youkai with the aid of the Three God Generals. However, the Kakurangers have their work cut out for them as the Youkai are slowly being united under one banner.

The eponymous Kakurangers are each named after a legendary ninja and master of the Kakure Style (隠流, Kakure-ryū) ninpō. Before entering battle, they say "Hiding among the people and punishing the evil! Ninja Sentai Kakuranger has arrived!!" (人に隠れて悪を斬る! 忍者戦隊カクレンジャー見参!, Hito ni kakurete aku o kiru! Ninja Sentai Kakurenjā, kenzan!) before giving a thumb's down, saying "Justice will prevail!" (成敗, Seibai!).

Ninjaman (ニンジャマン), despite being a bit of a high-strong klutz, is the pupil of the Three God Generals who battles the Youkai a millennium ago. However, tricked by Daimaou into hurting humans on the notion that they were Youkai in disguise, Ninjaman gets sent into space within a Jar of Seals that only those of the Tsuruhime line can shatter. Once returning to Earth, Ninjaman is found by Junichi and his sister Mitsuko before the three find themselves attacked by the Youkai Bakuki under orders from Daimaou to capture Ninjaman to become the Youkai leader's retainer. Luckily, once freed by Tsuruhime, Ninjaman becomes an ally to the Kakurangers. After Daimaou's defeat, Ninjaman departs with his masters and says goodbye to the Kakurangers. However, this time resulting from not holding back, Ninjaman is sealed again for a few decades before being freed by the Gokaigers and helping them receive the Greater power of his Kakuranger friends.

As a ninja master, Ninjaman wields a katana, the Ninja Sword (ニンジャソード, Ninja Sōdo), and had a wide array of Ninja Arts at his command, including the Art of Fire Escape (火とんの術, Katon no Jutsu), and size manipulation to aid his mentors and the Kakurangers in their fights. He can ride on a cloud called the Kintoun (きんと雲). Whenever a Youkai calls him a "novice" (青二才, Aonisai), Ninjaman gets angry enough to change into his true form, Samuraiman (サムライマン), by the command "Anger Explosion!" (怒り爆発, Ikari Bakuhatsu). In this form, connecting his katana with its sheath to form the powerful Samurai Javelin (サムライジャベリン, Samurai Jaberin), Samuraiman creates explosive energy spheres formed from his rage in his ultimate attack, Samurai Rage Bomber (サムライ激怒ボンバー, Samurai Gekido Bonbā), or the Samurai Rage Slash (サムライ激怒斬り, Samurai Gekido Giri) with the Samurai Javelin.

During the events of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, Ninjaman was freed from a pot by the Gokaigers. Once freed, he decided to observe the Gokaigers to see if the team was worthy of the Greater Power of the Kakurangers. Eventually they impressed him enough to grant them the Greater Power, which turned out to be himself.

Ninjaman is voiced by Kazuki Yao (矢尾 一樹, Yao Kazuki).

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