Ninpû sentai Harikenjâ (2002–2003)

In one of the top ninja schools, three students aren't exactly fitting in. When they skip out a class meeting, space alien ninjas known as the Jakanja infiltrate the school and capture the ... See full summary »

Stars:

Shun Shioya, Nao Nagasawa, Yasuhiro Yamamota

Cast

Series cast summary:
Shun Shioya	...	Hurricane Red (51 episodes, 2002-2003)
Nao Nagasawa	...	Hurricane Blue (51 episodes, 2002-2003)
Yasuhiro Yamamota	...	Hurricane Yellow (51 episodes, 2002-2003)
Ken Nishida	...	Mugensai Hinata (51 episodes, 2002-2003)
Seiko Takada	...	Oboro Hinata (51 episodes, 2002-2003)
Mio Fukuzumi	...	Windenu (51 episodes, 2002-2003)
Azusa Yamamoto	...	Furabiijo (51 episodes, 2002-2003)
Hironori Miyata	...	Furai Maru (51 episodes, 2002-2003)
Kiyoyuki Yanada	...	Boss Tau Zant (51 episodes, 2002-2003)
Yujiro Shirakawa	...	Ikkou Kasumi (45 episodes, 2002-2003)
Kyu Nobuo	...	Isshu Kasumi (45 episodes, 2002-2003)
Yoshinori Okamoto	...	Sargain (44 episodes, 2002-2003)
Takahiro Imamura	...	Manmaruba (38 episodes, 2002-2003)
Taiki Matsuno	...	Asuka Kagura (30 episodes, 2002-2003)
Bin Shimada	...	Satorakura (26 episodes, 2002-2003)

Storyline

In one of the top ninja schools, three students aren't exactly fitting in. When they skip out a class meeting, space alien ninjas known as the Jakanja infiltrate the school and capture the entire school. Mugensai, their teacher, turns himself into a hamster to run away from the attack. The trio was taken to a secret base by Oboro, Mugensai's daughter and given Hurricane Gyros, devices to become the legendary Hurricanger to fight the threat. As the battles endure two students from a rival school decide to present themselves to the Hurricanger. It happens that the Goraijer has discord with them. If the Goraijer defeat the greatest ninjas, the Hayate Way ninjas, they will become the greatest. The Hurricanger don't understand this, they just want to get along against a common enemy. The Goraijer team up with the Jakanja because they believe they have a common enemy in the Hurricanger. The Goraijer later betray the Jakanja by leaving them and some of them seek vengeance in them. The ...

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

17 February 2002 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Stealth Wind Task Force Hurricanger

Company Credits

Did You Know?

Trivia

The different identities of the Shurikenger (the Green Ranger) were portrayed by many former Super Sentai alumi; including Masaru Shishindo of Ohranger, Kunihiko Ohshiba & Masaya Matsukaze of Megaranger, Ryuichiro Nishioka of Go Go V, Tomohide Koizumi of Timeranger, Yûji Kishi & Masashi Goda of Carranger...just to name a few.

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Connections

Followed by Kaizoku sentai Gôkaijâ (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Ima Kaze no Naka de"
(Now, Within the Wind)
Performed by Hironobu Kageyama
Lyrics and music by Hideaki Takatori
Arrangement by Hiroaki Kagoshima
Ending theme (episodes #1-50)

User Reviews

"Ninpuu...Jinrai...Tenkuu...Shinobi Change!"

Just recently, this series ended and now will be translated to Power Rangers Ninja Storm in the US. I'm crossing my fingers that Doug Sloan and Disney doesn't mess up a perfectly good series, considering these days Power Rangers are following the Sentai storyline format.

In this series, you have two factions, the Hurricangers and the Goraijers. They begin as two rival ninja groups but eventually join forces. They're eventually joined by a sixth member, the Shurikenjer (Green Samurai in Ninja Storm), who doesn't have a true identity the entire series. He is mostly disguised as women, old people, businessmen, etc. etc. etc. Furthermore, the guy speaks decent English, quoting when he transforms: `I am Ninja of Ninja!' Not to mention, the Shurikenger, while in his Fire Mode transformation, uses a baseball bat and nails his enemies with a barrage of baseball, how funny is that! Although, he doesn't reveal his face, he does have a name, but I won't say who he is. I think Shurikenger is also a vallant warrior, including near the end of the series. For those who watched Hurricanger, should know what happened to him. For those, who didn't watch it.oh well.

As for villains, although Tao Zanto was the main bad guys, the other villains stood out. Furabiijou, Windenu (nicknamed Wendy by her allies), and Sandaru; Furabiijou was too sweet to be a villain. Windenu was a calm and smart. She also had a sisterly relationship with Furabiijou. Sandaru, aka the Shark Ninja, was the cruelest and most treacherous of the Hurricanger villains, it came to the point where he killed his own allies.

Out of the cast, I really liked Nanami/Hurricane Blue (played by Nao Nagasawa) just because.^_^ However, I also like Oboro Hinata, the daughter of the hamster.er..I mean sensei and inventor of the Ninja weapons. The actress, Seiko Takada, brought some comedy. She really brought out Oboro's smart@$$ attitude, which usually annoys the heroes, but makes the show funny.

Overall, it's a pretty good series. Now, it's just up to those behind Power Ranger to meet the expectations of its Japanese Counterpart.