| “ | Dragonranger! Burai! | „ |
| ~ Burai's roll call. |
| “ | Yamato Tribe Prince! Burai! | „ |
| ~ Burai's first line, after being released from his stasis pod. |
| “ | Geki, defend the Earth... to the very end. Protect... the children, please. | „ |
| ~ Burai's last words. |
Yamato Tribe Knight Burai is a minor antagonist turned protagonist in Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger. He was originally the main antagonist between the 17th and 22nd episodes before joining the Zyurangers as thier sixth member and the first ever Sixth Ranger.
He was played by Shiro Izumi.
Biography[]
Past[]
Burai and Geki were brothers born to the Black Knight, a warrior of the Yamato Tribe. When Burai was eight years old, Geki was born. The Black Knight never got on with the king, especially when the latter tried to take new-born Geki, to which the Black Knight responded by challenging the king to a swordfight. The king won and killed the Black Knight, who, before dying, ordered eight-year-old Burai to avenge him. Burai accepted, and his father died in his arms. Meanwhile, the king and queen adopted and raised Geki as their own son.
After the duel, Burai fled the Yamato Tribe's kingdom, to the forest, where he trained, every single day of his life, living with Gnome and Ryota. Living with them, Burai upheld the vow he made to his father, but he made his own vow; be a hero, against the monsters destroying the Earth. However, when Bandora was defeated and she and her minions had been imprisoned on the Planet Nemesis, the Yamato King and Queen, along with their unnamed 10-year-old princess (who Geki believed was his sister), had been murdered by Bandora, so Burai couldn't avenge his father, so he set his eyes on getting rid of Geki. In the aftermath of the war, the five tribes (Yamato, Sharma, Etof, Daim and Risha) had each selected a warrior (Prince Geki, Knight Goushi, Knight Dan, Knight Boi and Princess Mei) and placed them in stasis pods in a sacred temple, to be awakened when Bandora returned. Somehow, Burai heard about this, and placed himself in a separate stasis pod in the mountains, in order to avenge his father (by killing Geki).
At some point, there was an avalanche in the mountains where Burai was buried, and he was crushed to death. A demigod, Clotho, gave Burai a magical drug which would prolong his life for a certain time, yet he would eventually die upon reawakening.
Zyuranger[]
65 million years later, in 1992, the Zyurangers find Barza and his friend Gnome acting weird by latter's grandson, Ryota. Geki and Mei later find out that Ryota has the key to a sixth member of the Kingdoms of Ancient Mankind. When Bandora finds out about this, she dispatches some of her minions to aid Ryota in opening the cave this person lay in. With the aid of Grifforzer, Bukkubakku and Tottopatto (despite the warnings of Barza and Gnome), Ryota releases the sixth warrior. He identifies himself as Burai, the Prince of Yamato Tribe. This is big news for the Zyurangers, especially for Yamato Prince Geki, as he believes he didn't have any brothers.
Burai then removes a gold-coloured device from his belt, and transforms into a powerful figure dressed in emerald green, identifying himself as "Dragon Ranger! Burai!". While the Zyurangers discuss the mysterious character, Burai/Dragon Ranger jumps up onto Daizyujin's head and breaks down the door to the cockpit. He tells the Zyurangers to 'Go to Hell!' and begins beating the snot out of them, to the point where they fall out of Daizyujin.
In the aftermath of Burai beating up the Zyurangers, Ryota seeks comfort from his grandfather, who gives him comfort, reluctantly accepting the damage is done. Barza, on the other hand, says that Ryota isn't to blame, because Burai coming back was destined to happen. Meanwhile, Burai/Dragon Ranger has beaten the Zyurangers so hard that they are back in their normal attire, while the former is still Dragon Ranger, and has climbed to the top of an outcrop, where he laughs evilly and escapes. Bandora prophesies that Daizyujin ill die and, soon after, an eclipse is scheduled to happen, which will limit the sunlight powering Daizyujin. To draw the Guardian Beasts out, Bandora sends her thugs out to capture a bus full of people. When the Zyurangers summon their Guardian Beasts and they form Daizyujin, Bandora uses the giant Grifforzer, Lamie and Burai, who destroy Daizyujin, casting the Guardian Beasts into the molten mantle of the Earth.
The Sword of Hellfriede. Burai used it in his duel against Geki.
Bandora and her minions party, celebrating the destruction of Daizyujin. Bandora rewards Burai with the Sword of Hellfriede, which belonged to a dangerous (though now deceased) warrior back from their day. Little does Bandora mention, Hellfriede will drive the wielder mental; during the party, Burai gets thrown out of Bandora's palace, for attacking Bandora. On Earth, Burai is captured by a mysterious little girl robed in white, from head to toe, and thrown into a chamber identified as the Lapseless Room. Here, the figure, identifying itself as Clotho, tells Burai that this is his new home; here, as he will not age, because he only has thirty hours left to life in the real world. This time is represented as a green candle, which will melt away as his time in the real world elapsed. Clotho also presents Burai with a gift; the Zyusouken, telling him that he can leave the Lapseless Room by wishing on the Zyusouken, but he has to bear in mind his lifespan.
Burai teleports out of the Lapseless Room, to the top of a skyscraper near Tokyo Harbour and plays one note of it first, not believing that a weapon can do such a thing. He plays it again, and Guardian Beast Dragon Caesar emerges, Burai's personal Guardian Beast, despite his lifespan. He plays the Zyusouken some more, and Dragon Caesar steps on a few oil drums at the harbour, then rampages, sending people fleeing for their lives.
The Guardian Beasts return from the mantle, to the surprise of the Zyurangers as the mantle is revealed to have been strong in Gaiatron, the energy which Daizyujin depends on. Geki and his Guardian Beast Tyrannosaurus leave the temple to fight Burai and Dragon Caesar. The warriors and the Guardian Beasts fight, and Burai and Dragon Caesar lose both their duels. As Tyrannosaurus prepares to kill Dragon Caesar, the gods tells Geki that he must kill Burai, but Geki can't bring himself to do it. Burai sees this as his opportunity to kill Geki, but his brother's words make him change his mind. Both brothers start crying, and Burai's tears reduce Hellfriede to ashes, purifying him of his hatred. Daizyujin then decrees that the evil in Burai has gone, and there will be six Zyurangers from then on, as Geki and Burai hug and decide to make amends, with Burai saying that he wants somebody to blame for his father's death.
All six then transform into the now 6-strong Zyurangers, and Daizyujin says something magical will happen if Burai plays his Zyusouken and merges Guardian Beasts Dragon Caesar, Zyumammoth, Triceratops and Sabre Tiger to form the new Gouryujin. Geki, Goushi, Dan, Boi and Mei are happy with what they saw, but Burai has disappeared, back to his Lapseless Room.
Despite fighting many battles against the Bandora Gang, Burai later dies after Bandora destroys the Lapseless Room.
Gokaiger[]
Years later, DragonRanger somehow returned and fought alongside not only his own team, but every single Sentai ranger in existence, against the Empire of Zangyack when it attacked the Earth in the Great Legend War. After fighting against hundreds of Gormin and their Zgormin commanders. AkaRenger noticed the fleet moving towards them, before gathering all the Rangers together and giving them the order to sacrifice their powers to wipe out the first invasion's armada.
During the events of Gokaiger, with the TimeRangers' Naoto, and the Abarangers' Mikoto, Burai (appeared as DragonRanger) before Gai Ikari and gives him the ability to become GokaiSilver along with the Zyurangers' Greatest Power.
After the defeat of Ackdos Gill, Captain Marvelous returned all the Ranger Keys to the former Sentai heroes. It is assumed Burai and his teammates received their keys, allowing for them to utilize their powers once again. Since Burai could still transform in his deceased state, it's assumed its return was a symbolic measure as opposed to the actual return of his powers.
Zyuohger vs. Ninninger[]
DragonRanger appeared with his team among the first 38 Super Sentai whom collectively empowered Wild Tousai Shuriken King in its fight against the titanic Gillmarda, granting the Ninningers and Zyuohgers the power to perform the Zyuoh Ninnin Super Sentai Burst which destroyed Gillmarda with the combined power of all 40 Super Sentai.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- His name means "villain" in Japanese.
- His conflict with Geki mirrors that of Shadow Moon's rivalry with Kohtaro Minami in PKamen Rider Black, as both are considered royalty and both were driven mad. Both arcs were written by Noboru Sugimura, who was the head writer for Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger and handled the second half of Kamen Rider Black.
- The cursed sword introduced in Zyuranger would be used again in Ohranger, with the character Riki.
- Burai's death starts two unsettling tradition for Sentai franchise.
- All of the non-core members of Green Rangers appearing after him will always ended up dying, as long as they're introduced as either Sixth Rangers or Extra Rangers. No exception thus far has come out as of now.
- In a dinosaur-themed Sentai series, there will always be at least one of the rangers dying after performing a heroic sacrifice. AbareKiller, Torin, and Nada/Gaisoulg are the closest examples as Burai's reminiscent, because they are formerly antagonists and/or work for the villains.
- For the sake of this wiki, this article only covers Burai's villainous actions before his redemption as Sixth Ranger.
See also[]
- Tommy Oliver (Green With Evil) (main counterpart)
- Tom Oliver.
External link[]
- Yamato Tribe Knight Burai in Heroes Wiki. (Currently)
- Burai on the Power Rangers Wiki
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