2002 - Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger ~ Fiction Movies & Series

Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger, is Toei's twenty-sixth production of the Super Sentai television series.

The catchphrase for the series is "Unknown even to others, unknown even to the world, we become shadows to defeat evil!", yo mo shirazu, kage to narite aku o utsu!?). Its footage was used in the American series Power Rangers Ninja Storm (the end credits listed the show as titled Hurricane Rangers). On April 1, 2013, Shun Shioya, Nao Nagasawa, Kohei Yamamoto, and Yujiro Shirakawa, who played Hurricane Red, Hurricane Blue, Hurricane Yellow, and Kabuto Raijer, respectively, announced that a 10th anniversary V-Cinema release called Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger: 10 Years After would be produced. This is the first time a movie has been made commemorating the anniversary of a single Sentai series. The movie will be a direct to DVD and Blu-ray release.

Publication Information

Title : Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
Japanese : 忍風戦隊ハリケンジャ
Genre : Tokusatsu
Created by : Toei Company
Written by :
- Junichi Miyashita
- Naoyuki Sakai
- Atsushi Maekawa
- Naruhisa Arakawa
- Shin Yoshida
Directed by :
- Katsuya Watanabe
- Satoshi Morota
- Hajime Konaka
- Hajime Hashimoto
- Noboru Takemoto
- Toshio Ōi
- Kenzo Maihara
- Shōjirō Nakazawa
Narrated by : Hironori Miyata
Opening theme : Hurricaneger Sanjō! by Hideaki Takatori
Ending theme : Ima Kaze no Naka de by Hironobu Kageyama
Composer : Kazunori Miyake
Country of origin : Japan
No. of episodes : 51
Producer :
- Saeko Matsuda : TV Asahi
- Jun Hikasa
- Hideaki Tsukada : Toei
- Koichi Yada : Toei Agency
Running time : 24-25 minutes (per episode)
Original channel : tv asahi, NT21
Original release : February 17, 2002 – February 9, 2003
Preceded by : Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
Followed by : Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger

Plot

In the Hayate Way's Ninja Academy, three pupils are not exactly fitting in. But because their sensei believes they have potential he regularly spends the morning personally and rigorously training them. While the other students are having their graduation ceremony a group of evil space ninjas known as the Jakanja infiltrate the school killing most of the students. The school's sensei, Mugensai, turns himself into a hamster to evade his pursuers. The trio is then taken to a secret base to become the legendary Hurricanegers to fight Jakanja. Later in the series they have to fight with the two ninja brothers of the Ikazuchi Way's Ninja Academy due to their respective schools' rivalries. With the aid of the mysterious Shurikenger the two ninja groups set their rivalry aside and join forces to stop Jakanja.

Episodes

The Wind and the Ninja
The Giant and the Karakuri
60 Seconds and An Impostor
The Tunnel and the Siblings
The Chief and the Bath
The Scissors and the Kunoichi
The Thunder and the Ninja
The Wind and the Thunder
The Thunder Brothers and the Hourglass
The Thunder God and the Destroyed Valley
The Dream Feast and The Starting Anew
The Steel Frame and Father & Daughter
The Mustache and the Engagement Ring
The Crybaby and the Candy
The Giant Waterbug and the Contest
The Mist and the Prediction Device
The Darkness and the Island of Death-Bouts
The Father and the Brotherly Bonds
The Big Box and the Wind-Thunder Giant
The Punch and the Rival
The Masks and The Riddles
The Wings and the Ninja
Cologne and the Great Detective
Taiko and the Lightning
The Phantoms and a Schoolgirl
The Bow & Arrow and Sea Bathing
Kushiyaki and Zero Gravity
Hurrier and the Counterattack
The Lingering Summer Heat and the Stamp
The Idol and Friendship
The Meteors and the 3 Wolves
The Grim Reaper and the Final Secret
The Mammoth and 6 Ninjas
The Mushrooms and 100 Points
Sparkle and Shamisen
The Ring and the Revenge
The 3rd Lance and the Great Escape
The Demon Sword and the Balloons
The 7th Lance and the Mysterious Stone
The Decoy and the Ninja Law
The Medal and the Comedian
The Armor and the Raging Arrow
The Super Fusion and the Big Clash
Your Majesty and the Misfortune Fan Beast
The Refuge and Spring Cleaning
New Year's Meal and the 3 Giants
The Seal and the Space Unification
The Trap and Eternal Life
The Mission and the Heavenly Ninja
The Darkness and a New World
The Wind, the Water, and the Earth

Films

Cast

Voice actors

Guest actors

Shurikenger's disguise:
- Taro Kakio : Kunihiko Oshiba
- Roppei Tsuzumi : Ryuichiro Nishioka
- Kazuya Misaki : Masaya Matsukaze
- Yuusaku Ramon : Toshiya Fuji
- Yoshinari Hashimoto : Yoshihiro Masujima
- Kazuma Namekawa : Yūji Kishi
- Teppei Sakaki : Shūhei Izumi
- Sanpei Hamada : Tatsuya Noumi
- Jou Kikuchi : Masaru Shishido
- Retsudou : Kenji Ohba
Ikki Kasumi : Jiro Dan
Shoichiro Tai : Tomohiro Waki
Meiko Bitou : Asami Katsura
Ayame Bitou : Hiroko Toda