History Characters / HikariSentaiMaskman

* {{Adorkable}}

* UndyingLoyalty: To Tube, to the point where [[spoiler:he willingly gives his life to ensure Zeba's plan to raise the undergorund castle succeeds.

* TheAce: He is actually one, but in the past, he's anything but. [[OldShame He'd still hide that non-Ace past because it's embarrassing]].

* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Gets his own buggy (Spin Cruiser) and has two powerful {{Finishing Move}}s he can use on his own, plus he's Jet Cannon's designated pilot.

* TheLancer: The appointed second-in command of the team.
* TheSmartGuy

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: At one point, he's possessed by a monster, turning him into the fencer Unas and proceeds to OWN the Maskmen, HARD. He gets better, of course.]]

* HeroesPreferSwords: He's an expert at [[MasterSwordsman swordplay]]...but his individual weapon is tonfa.
* JustAKid: He really doesn't like being treated as a kid at first, even if he is only sixteen.
* {{Keet}}: He's the youngest of the team and also the most bubbly.
* KidAppealCharacter: He's the youngest of the team and most expressive with his emotions.

* TheBigGirl: The more obvious ActionGirl, that is.

** UnwittingPawn: That's exactly what Anagmas was counting on her, resulting the fall of Great Five. To her comfort, she still saved her students and their spirits.

[[folder:Ryo Asuka/X1 Mask]]
!!!Ryo Asuka[=/=]X1 Mask | [-Actor: Shinji Higashi-]
A OneShotCharacter who briefly joined the Maskman team as its sixth member.

* ClassicalAntiHero: He's a prototype Maskman who became doubtful of his duties due to the loss of his girlfriend from a Tube attack.
* DeadlyGas: His ''Gas Buckle'' releases a dangerous toxic cloud.
* PoisonousPerson: Again, ''Gas Buckle''.
* ShockAndAwe: ''Lightning Attack''
* SixthRanger: Predating [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Burai]]; he coincidentally has the same color.
* SuperPrototype: His suit differs from the other Maskmen in appearance and has different attack in its arsenal. Notably it also doesn't need a TransformationTrinket.

[[/folder]]

!Allies
[[folder:Commander Sanjurou Sugata]]
!!!Commander Sanjurou Sugata
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!Underground Empire Tube
[[folder:In General]]
* ArmiesAreEvil: Zeba's rise as ruler of Tube saw the Tube embracing militarism in preparation for invading the surface world.
* TheEmpire: A militaristic power seeking to dominate more land.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Doggler Beasts, which are thawed out from a frozen cave to fight the Maskmen. A few of the early ones were actually two monsters in one, which were composed of an "Underground Doggler" and a "parasite" that would grant it power.
* {{Mooks}}: The Ungler Soldiers, essentially your standard Sentai FacelessGoons.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Emperor Zeba]]
!!!Emperor Zeba[[spoiler:[=/=]Lethal Doggler II]]

* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Gets his own buggy (Spin Cruiser) and has two powerful {{Finishing Move}}s he can use on his own.

* HeroesPreferSwords: He's an expert at swordplay...but his individual weapon is tonfa.

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:In the finale, she's repented of all the bad things she's done by becoming a nun.]]

* HeelFaithTurn: [[spoiler:Becomes a nun after her redemption.

[[folder:Akira/Blue Mask

[[folder: Maskmen]]

[[folder: Allies]]
!!!Commander Sanjurou Sugata

* AlliterativeName
%%* BigGood

!!!Mio/Princess Ial

* NiceShoes: When she came to the surface world, she didn't have shoes. After saving her life, Takeru noticed the barefooted Mio and bought a pair of red shoes, which are used to sumbolize their love.

* StuffedInTheFridge: Quite literally, despite not dying.

!!!Ryo Asuka[=/=]X1 Mask | [-Actor: Shinji Higashi-]
A OneShotCharacter who briefly joined the Maskman team as its sixth member.
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* ClassicalAntiHero: He's a prototype Maskman who became doubtful of his duties due to the loss of his girlfriend from a Tube attack.
* DeadlyGas: His ''Gas Buckle'' releases a dangerous toxic cloud.
* PoisonousPerson: Again, ''Gas Buckle''.
* ShockAndAwe: ''Lightning Attack''
* SixthRanger: Predating [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Burai]]; he coincidentally has the same color.
* SuperPrototype: His suit differs from the other Maskmen in appearance and has different attack in its arsenal. Notably it also doesn't need a TransformationTrinket.

[[folder: Underground Empire Tube]]

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:He turns out to be the spawn of an earlier EldritchAbomination, Lethal Doggler, destroyed by the ''original'' Tube royal family. Driven both by hatred against humans on both sides of the crust as well as his ancestor's lust for domination, he wiped out all of the Tube royal family save Ial and Igam, whom he used as his pawns.]]
* TheEmperor: It's in his name

* OneWingedAngel: His true form, Lethal Doggler II
* TechnicolorDeath: Bleeds red energy [[spoiler:like other Ground Beasts]] then melts into energy which forms into a face which float up in the sky and explodes four times.

* TheBrute
* CoolSword: His MidSeasonUpgrade

* DragonKnight: Their armor has a draconic motif.

* HeelFaceTurn: Helps the Maskman unmask Zeba's ruse.

%%* TheQuisling: [[spoiler:Or is she?]]
%%* RaisedAsTheOppositeGender

* SweetPollyOliver: Is not a prince but actually [[spoiler:a princess.]]

* {{Ninja}}
%%* SuperSpeed

* AntiVillain: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type I]]. Fu-Min's loyalty to Igam is extreme, but genuine that she sometimes showed even compassion to the frozen Ial. She also pretty much [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed]] her life so Igam can live and redeem [[spoiler:herself]].
* DarkActionGirl
%%* {{Ninja}}
* NinjaMaid: To Igam
%%* TheRival: To Haruka.

!!!Anagamas

* EvilGenius: Has a vast knowledge of Tube's background prior to Zeba's HostileTakeover.
%%* FatBastard

%%* MurderTheHypotenuse
* TheRival: Of Takeru for Ial's affaction.

* CatchPhrase: "Good grief..."

* MakeMyMonsterGrow: His sole reason for living.

%%* IKnowKarate

%%* TheAtoner: In the finale.

%%* TheRival: Haruka's

* ClassicalAntiHero: He's a prototype Maskman who became doubtful of his duties due the loss of his girlfriend from a Tube attack.

* ManInWhite

* WomanInWhite: [[spoiler:In the finale, when she became a monk/nun to pay for her sins]]

* ClassicalAntiHero: He's prototype Maskman who became doubtful of his duties due the loss of his girlfriend from a Tube attack.

* TheLancer: To Takeru.

%%* {{Keet}}

%%* TheLancer

* {{Expy}}: The [[Series/{{Daimos}} "Erika"]] to Takeru's "Kazuya".

%%* {{Ninja}}

%%* TheEmperor
%%* FakeKing

%%* CoolSword

%%* DragonWithAnAgenda

%%* HeelFaceTurn

%%* MakeMyMonsterGrow

* TheLeader: Designated as such by Subata.

* WomanInWhite: In the finale, when she became a monk/nun to pay for her sins

* {{Expy}}: Franchise/TheFlash but with a magma motif instead of lightning.

* BigBad

* TheRival: Of Takeru for Iyal's affaction.

* CatchPhrase - "Good grief..."

* ABatOutOfHell: Resembles an overweight bat.

!!!Mio/Princess Iyal

[[folder: Tube Empire]]
!!!Emperor Zeba[[spoiler:[=/=]Rizal Doggler II]]
%%* BigBad
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:He turns out to be the spawn of an earlier EldritchAbomination, Rizal Doggler, destroyed by the ''original'' Tube royal family. Driven both by hatred against humans on both sides of the crust as well as his ancestor's lust for domination, he wiped out all of the Tube royal family save Ial and Igam, whom he used as his pawns.]]

* OneWingedAngel: His true form, Rizal Doggler II

%%* TheBrute

%%* {{Ninja}}

%%* DarkActionGirl

%%* NinjaMaid: To Igam

%%* EvilGenius

%%* ManInWhite

* CatchPhrase - "Yare Yare..."

* PokemonSpeak: His name is the only thing he says besides "Yare Yare".

* MythologyGag: Is the Pink Ranger, uses Ribbon as her weapon, and part of her name is 'Momo'. [[Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive I think we've had this concept before...]]

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%%* TheQuisling: [[spoiler:Or Is She?]]