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The Livemen

    In General 
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Our heroes from left to right: Jou, Tetsuya, Yusuke, Megumi, and Jun-ichi.
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The full team in their transformed state
  • Color-Coded Secret Identity:
    • Yusuke wears a red jacket in his civilian form, reflecting his color on the team. Megumi similarly wears a blue jacket, as well as blue stockings.
    • Downplayed though in that Jou doesn't wear anything yellow except for his shoelaces. About a third of the way through though he takes to wearing a yellow shirt with black stripes, at which point Yusuke and Megumi stop wearing their clothes.
    • When Tetsuya and Junichi join, they both start wearing clothes with their specific team colors.
  • Contrasting Sequel Main Character:
    • The Livemen are a clear inversion to the Sun Vulcan team. While the intial trio has the same Land, Sea, Sky motifs, the Livemen are a group of aspiring scientists from Science Academia whereas the Sun Vulcan are affiliated with the military. Moreover, the Livemen started with 3 members with one of them is female and they have additional 2 men joining the team midway in the series, while the Sun Vulcan are a trio of men from the beginning to the end, although their initial team leader stepped down and is replaced with a new leader midway in their home series.
    • They're also quite the opposite of the Maskmen as well. The Maskmen used variety of martial arts and their mysticial inner auras to transform and fight, while the Livemen used science and technology to create their suits. The Maskmen start the series off experienced and having prepared for the Tube invasion, while the Livemen are college students who are caught off guard by the Volt.
  • Fanservice: The end of episode 22 gives us all three Livemen in swimsuits playing at the beach.
  • Friend to All Children: Will always help any children they see, even if they're not connected to Volt's plans.
  • Remember the New Guy?: Downplayed. While they didn't recognize Tetsuya and Junichi as Takuji and Mari's younger siblings, they also didn't know who Takeshi was either until he introduced himself, so it's entirely plausible for them not to have known them.
  • Science Hero, The Smart Guy: An entire Sentai team of them. They're all genius academia alumni who built their own mecha.
  • Three Plus Two: The first instance of this in Sentai. Ironically it's inverted in the beginning, where Takuji and Mari are also setup as part of the team only to be shockingly killed in the first episode, leaving only Yusuke, Jou and Megumi to become the Livemen. It's later played straight when Tetsuya and Junichi join halfway through.
  • Two Girls to a Team: Their initial friend group had two girls, Megumi and Mari. After becoming the Livemen, they have Megumi and Colon.
  • We Used to Be Friends: Yusuke, Jou and Megumi were all once friends or colleagues with Kemp, Mazenda and Obular.

    Yuusuke Amamiya 

Yuusuke Amamiya/Red Falcon | Actor: Daisuke Shima

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A poor student of Academia. When Kenji, Gou, and Rui killed two of his friends and joined the Armed Brain Army Volt, Yuusuke swore to destroy them and began working to become the Livemen with Jou and Megumi.

He's also the representative Red Sentai in the crossover Gaorangers vs Super Sentai. He also shows up in-suit as the leader of the previous Reds in the crossover between Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger and Shuriken Sentai Ninninger, with Shima reprising his role in both cases.


  • Big Damn Heroes: He's just about the only reason Bias's plan didn't succeed, as he snuck aboard the Zuno Base at the last minute.
  • Cool Plane: The Jet Falcon
  • Cool Sword: Two of them, the Falcon Sword, which gets broken and is replaced by the Falcon Saber.
  • "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: The opening and ending tunes are sung by his actor, Daisuke Shima.
  • Hidden Depths: Not that hidden, given his school, but he doesn't leave the impression early on that he could build his own mecha (and he seems to be aware of it).
  • Idiot Hero: Subverted. He begins as a Hot-Blooded rebel but grows into the role of a dependable, courageous leader.note  You really could see the difference between his early self and his self in Gaorangers vs Super Sentai.
  • The Kirk: Generally acts as a mediator between the emotional yet levelheaded Megumi and cocky Jou.
  • The Leader: Being a leader in his own right, Yuusuke leads his team in their battle against Volt.
  • Master Swordsman: Expert in swords. Even Gao Yellow takes note from him.
  • Signature Move: Falcon Break, especially after getting the stronger Falcon Saber.
  • Spanner in the Works: It's only because of Yusuke that the Giga Brain Wave is foiled. If he hadn't gotten onto the Brain Base shuttle in time, he and the entire Earth would have been stripped of their free wills and forced to bow to Bias for eternity.
  • Villainous Crush: Averted. He had a crush on Rui while they were both at Academia, but that was before she became Mazenda.
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: He's deathly afraid of jiang-shi, a fear which does get exploited in one episode.

    Jou Oohara 

Jou Oohara/Yellow Lion | Actor: Kazuhiko Nishimura

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A fun-loving, confident sportsman who, like Yuusuke, is low on his grades. He enjoys Skateboarding as well as the welfare of his dog. Although Gou had joined the Volt army, Jou clung to the times he and Gou were friends.

He's also the team representative in episode 30 of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, and one of only two returning heroes from the Showa era to have a proper focus episode alongside Shiro Akebono.


  • Butt-Monkey: His butt is tasty. For dinosaurs.
  • Cool Board: His skateboard.
  • Cool Car: The Livecougar (in Mid-season, it was driven by Black Bison)
  • Girl of the Week: In contrast to Yusuke (who's only love interests are Megumi and Colon) and Megumi (who's only love interest is... Yusuke) several episode involve Jou meeting a different girl and falling in love with her.
  • The McCoy: The confident and cocky member of the team.
  • Number Two: Serves as Yuusuke's second-in-command of the team.
  • Product Placement: Jou's apparently a Seicross fan, and has a My Pet Monster doll on the rear-view mirror of his car.
  • Spell My Name With An S: Jou? Jo? Joh? Depends on the fansub.

    Megumi Misaki 

Megumi Misaki/Blue Dolphin | Actress: Megumi Mori

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The lone female, and more serious member of the group, as well as the first female Blue Sentai Warrior. She can be fussy, and get into quarrels with the guys, but she has a heart of gold, and help them in battles whenever possible - when she's not kicking ass on her own.
  • Alliterative Name: Not only that, but they both have M.M initials.
  • Break Them by Talking: Averted. Her words in the final episode clearly irritate Bias, but do nothing to waver him. They do reach Kemp however, leading him to finally rise up against Bias.
  • '80s Hair: Midway through the show, she starts rocking a side ponytail.
  • Fanservice: Spends both the beginning and end of episode 22 in a cute, one-piece blue swimsuit.
  • Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: She's no slouch in melee fights though, and the show makes a point of justifying this by having her come from a long line of archers.
  • The Heart: The most emotional and compassionate of the team.
  • Horse Archer: Does the motorcycle version of this.
  • If It Swims, It Flies: Averted, her Aqua Machine can travel in water, and on land. . . but never in the air. It can still make high, dolphin-like jumps out of the water - and judging by the Live Robo's Super Live Crash, can hover as well.
  • Image Song: "Spark! Umi e," which is sung by her own actress above.note  It's even used as a plot point in #26.
  • Ms. Fanservice: Her short skirt, Zettai Ryouiki and frequent panty shots certainly qualify her.
  • One of the Boys: Is the only female member in the group, and extremely close friends with Yusuke and Jou.
  • Shut Up, Hannibal!: When Young King Bias taunts her that she can't shoot him because she can't shoot a kid, Megumi proceeds to verbally rip him apart by telling him that regardless of his age, his maturity is that of a kid wasting his youth.
  • The Smart Girl: Technically all three, being Academia alumni, count as this - but Megumi was ranked near the top (third, under Kenji and Rui) while the guys were near the bottom. In the early episodes, she'd often be doing the mental legwork of the 3. Later episodes downplayed this.
  • The Smurfette Principle: Is how this would usually play out (and she's even blue), but Colon's presence means that the team is split evenly.
  • The Spock: Barely, and only compared to Yuusuke and Jou early on. While she's the most logical of the three, she's also the most empathic and quickest to emotion. She's far more The Heart.
  • Team Mom: She's the most mindful of the team initially, though it's downplayed after Yusuke and Jou become more responsible.
  • Tomboy and Girly Girl: She and Colon for friends, but Mazenda replaces Colon in enemies. Megumi is caring, but stern and not afraid to get dirty. Ironically, both girly girls are not really human.
  • Would Not Hurt A Child: Invoked by Bias after he succeeds in rejuvenating into a kid. Megumi refuses to shoot Kid Bias down just as he berates her for being "weak"; she tries to talk him into giving up evil, which has no effect on Bias but leads to him losing his youth and dying anyway, after her words move Kemp and all the other geniuses, whose youth Bias has absorbed, into robbing him of his youth.
  • Zettai Ryouiki: Wears blue stockings that stretch up to her knees.

    Tetsuya Yano 

Tetsuya Yano/Black Bison | Actor: Seiro Yamaguchi

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A skilled boxer, he is obsessed with getting revenge on Dr. Kemp for killing his older brother - and initially has teamwork problems as a result.
  • The Big Guy: Being a boxer, he's the most physically tough of the team.
  • Cool Big Bro: Acts as a cool older sibling to Junichi, in place of his late sister.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He can be quite abrasive, but he's a Friend to All Children and just as committed to stopping Volt as his teammates.
  • Leeroy Jenkins: At first has a really short temper and is more prone to charging to the enemy impulsively, kind of 'ruining' the core three's plan.
  • Magic Staff: Bison Rod. Black Bison's main weapon which it can also shoots a laser attack at long range.
  • Out of Focus: Of all the Liveman he gets the least amount of focus, as he isn't introduced until the halfway point and of the two late comers Junichi gets several focus episodes while Tetsuya only really gets one (Tetchan-Robo). Although techincally he IS in more episodes than Junichi is, being introduced one episode earlier than he was.
  • Three Plus Two: One of the two later members.
  • You Killed My Father: This is Tetsuya's main reason why he became a Liveman in the first place since he wants to revenge against Volt for killing his older brother Takuji.

    Junichi Aikawa 

Junichi Aikawa/Green Sai | Actor: Jin Kawamoto

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A Rugby expert, he is also the youngest and most idealistic member of the team, and more cooperative than Tetsuya.
  • I Know Madden Kombat: As a rugby player, he was already quite skilled and athletic before he joined the team.
  • Kid-Appeal Character: Compared to Tetsuya, Junichi is much more naive and compassionate.
  • Battle Boomerang: Sai Cutters. You'd think he'd be a sai-wielder, but 'Sai' is actually the Japanese word for 'Rhino'.
  • Mister Seahorse: In episode 31 he becomes "pregnant" with Vegazuno's offspring, giving birth to Vegababy.
  • Three Plus Two: The other latecomer.
  • Took a Level in Badass: Given that he's the youngest of the five and that there wasn't much to show that he could do this, it's very surprising to see him continuously destroy Guildos' personal Guild-zuno until Guildos himself basically self-destructs from the strain of reviving him.

    Colon 

Colon | Voice: Makoto Kousaka

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The android ally built by the trio's late mentor, she is capable maintaining the GranTortoise base, as well as provide in-battle assistance to our heroes whenever possible. Although a machine, she carries many human emotions.
  • Battle Butler: Of a sort, as she takes care of their base and jumps into battle on occasion - more emphasis on the 'Butler' part. She's even blown up a Brain Beast.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Shows up in the penultimate episode in Live Robo when the team (save Yusuke) are all brainwashed by Bias to save them from a Brain Beast.
  • Chinese Girl: Her design aesthetic. She even has Odango-like partsnote  on her head and her body design has a Qipao thing going.
  • Guy in Back: Was essentially this during Live Boxer's first combination against Giga Volt, by wiring herself directly into it (to cover for a burned-out circuit).
  • Mission Control: Mostly fills this role.
  • Robosexual: #23 hints she might have a crush on Yusuke.
  • Sixth Ranger: Fills this role when necessary (mostly supporting fire and indirect combat only - she's physically durable but not particularly strong).
  • Super Powered Robot Maid: Is rather over-engineered for her intended purpose. You kinda have to wonder what intended purpose Dr. Hoshi had in mind for her.
  • Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Megumi's Tomboy. (Friend version) Both are caring, but Colon is much more girly than Megumi.
  • Verbal Tic: Likes to add "-Colon" to the end of her sentences. It's something of an affectation and she does it less and less as the show progresses.
  • What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: Averted. She's a robot, but she's fully capable of processing love, as seen when she falls in love with a damaged Jimmer, then later Yuusuke.

Allies

    Takuji Yano and Mari Aikawa 
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The late friends of the team, as well as the older siblings of Tetsuya and Junichi.
  • Cool Big Bro / Cool Big Sis: Evidently were ones to their younger siblings, who look up to them and want to avenge them.
  • Death by Origin Story: Their deaths are what drive their best friends and brothers to become the Livemen.
  • Decoy Protagonist: You'd be forgiven for thinking at the beginning that they were going to be part of the team. Takuji even wears red to signify that he might be The Leader. Both of them are dead by the end of the first episode.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: Dies shielding Yusuke, Jou and Megumi from being shot by Kemp.
  • Posthumous Character: They're dead for most of the series, but their deaths provide the motivations for our three (later five) heroes.
  • Take Up My Sword: They both came up with the designs for the mecha their younger siblings use.
  • We Hardly Knew Ye: Killed off about a third of the way through the very first episode. Subverted somewhat as we do learn more about them through flashbacks.
    Doctor Hoshi 

Doctor Hoshi | Actor: Daisuke Ban

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The team's professor at Academia, who helped them with their mechas.
    Masako Omura 

Masako Omura | Actress: Nami Munakata

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Gou Omura's mother.
  • Education Mama: While she did it with the best of intentions, she made Gou study instead of play throughout his entire childhood, believing him to be a Child Prodigy.
  • It's All My Fault: When she sees what Gou has become as Doctor Obular, she blames herself for making him that way.
  • Mama Bear: She was an Education Mama, but Gou is still her son. When Gou gets reverted from being Obular, Masako vows to care for him unconditionally until he gets better.
  • Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Her making Gou study all the time led him to believe his intelligence was all that mattered, leading him to fall into Bias's hands.
    Dr. Dorothée 

Dr. Dorothée | Actress: Dorothée

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An Academia scientist who is Tetsuya and Junichi's benefactor, helping them to build Bison Liner and Sai Fire.

Armed Brain Army Volt

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A cult of super-geniuses seeking to take over the world. Their lineup mainly consists of Bias and his students, three of whom are former colleagues of the Livemen.
    In General 
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The members of Volt: Gash, Dr. Obular, Prof. Bias, Dr. Kemp, and Dr. Mazenda. Not pictured: Dr. Ashura, Guildos, and Butchy.

  • Academy of Evil: While most of the Volt curriculum seems to be about super-science involving things such as biology and technology, Bias actively encourages his students to use their inventions to toss away their humanity, and to view their fellow humans as inferior beings that need to be ruled over.
  • Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: The Underground Empire Tube were a militaristic empire from beneath Earth's surface, while the Volt are a secret society who plot their attacks from a space station. The Tube were also a faction that primarily wielded magic and mysticism, even if they made use of some technology, while the Volt almost exclusively use science.
  • Cut Lex Luthor a Check: A lot of their inventions could be used to benefit mankind, instead of causing terror. This is actually something the Livemen point out to Kemp and Mazenda multiple times, but both of them would rather use science for their own selfish desires.
  • Evil Former Friend: Kemp, Mazenda and Obular were all friends to one extent or another with the Livemen before they joined Volt.
  • Evil Genius: Similar to the Livemen, they're an entire team of this. Each member of Volt is a super-genius who creates their own Monster of the Week, with all of them competing to become the biggest Evil Genius in Volt.
  • Evil Will Fail: In the end, the Volt aren't defeated by the Livemen so much as they are through their constant in-fighting and Bias's true plans, which cost all of his students their lives.
  • It's Personal with the Dragon: The three Co-Dragons of Volt have one of the most personal connections with their respective heroes in the Sentai franchise, being their former friends who betrayed them to go join Volt and killed two of their other friends.
  • Locked Out of the Loop: Bias and Gash were the only ones in on Volt's true goal, the rest of Volt were completely unaware of the Giga Brain Wave or what raising their point scores was for.
  • Maker of Monsters: All members of Volt have to create their own Zuno Beasts.
  • Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Considering Bias's students most likely got their "Doctor" titles from him, they most certainly are this.
  • Nebulous Evil Organization: An evil cult of super-geniuses seeking to dominate the world.
  • Scam Religion: Volt is only pretending to be a genius supremacy group. At its core, it's just a way for Bias to groom prodigies and use them to extend his own immortality.
  • Space Base: The Zuno Base, a mobile space station which orbits the Earth.
  • Standard Evil Organization Squad: Bias, his students and Guardnoid Gash, who are the foes the Livemen must contend with throughout the series.
  • Unwitting Pawn: Every other member of the organization was this to Bias (save Gash), as the true purpose of the Volt was to bring about an ideal candidate for Bias to complete the Giga Brain Wave with.

    Great Professor Bias (MASSIVE UNMARKED SPOILERS

Great Professor Bias | Actor: Joji Nakata

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The leader of Volt. He believes that humanity should be ruled by the intelligent. Far from being a Card-Carrying Villain, he encourages and motivates his subordinates to learn from their mistakes and increase their intelligence.
  • The Ageless: Has been using the brains he already gathered to prevent aging. However, if he goes too long without renewing it, he will instantly age to his true form.
  • A God Am I: All but said in the show itself, but this adequately sums him up. He has a truly massive god complex and his true goals seem to be dedicated to satisfy his complex with no care for anyone else. The show is just one long power play on his part. After he completes his Giga Brain Wave, he outright declares himself a god and makes the entire world worship him.
  • Affably Evil: He's rather polite for a Big Bad, all things considered. He frequently gives his students compliments when they do well and when he scolds them it's to point out the mistakes they made so they can improve. Subverted later on when we learn his true colors.
  • Alas, Poor Villain: For the evil mastermind he was he gets a rather pitiable end, dying as a feeble and delusional old man. After he dies, the Livemen and Colon can only lament that he dedicated himself to conquering the world instead of appreciating its beauty.
  • The Bad Guy Wins: He actually completely succeeds mid-way through episode 48, mass-hypnotizing the entire world (including four of the Livemen) into bowing down and worshipping him. It's only because of Yusuke that Bias's victory doesn't stick.
  • Benevolent Boss: He's probably the nicest of the Showa Big Bads, save for Queen Hedrian. He gives his students praise whenever they succeed and when he scolds them it's when they make a mistake and with the goal of getting them to improve. Except it's all an act.
  • Big Bad: Obviously. He's rather hands off compared to other Big Bads, simply sitting back and letting his subordinates come up with their own schemes while he grades them on their performance.
  • The Chessmaster: Just about everyone dances to Bias's tune in the series. He used the Livemen to provide a goal for his students to compete for in the series, used Obular, Ashura, Guildos and Butchy to make his other students try harder, and used Kemp and Mazenda to complete the Giga Brain Wave.
  • Cold Ham: He lacks the theatrics other Evil Overlords have, yet commands the scene with his every word.
  • Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Earth Emperor Zeba was a Bad Boss who control and punishes his subordinates through fear, while Bias controls his subordinates through charisma and emotional validation. Zeba was also an Earth Beast in disguise, while Bias is a human.
  • The Corrupter: Kenji and Gou were shown to be as kind as the future Livemen before Bias made them into Kemp and Obular, Rui was stuck up but not nearly as cruel as she would be as Mazenda, and Arashi was ultimately revealed to be a Jerk with a Heart of Gold in contrast to be cold Ashura. And it's ultimately revealed he's done this many, many, many times before.
  • Devour the Dragon: His end goal requires a form of this. To complete the Giga Brain Wave, he needs to extract the brains of 12 of his followers who've reached a 1000 IQ and absorb energy from them to keep himself young. He already did so with 11 of them, and he later does this on Kemp to complete it.
  • Diabolical Mastermind: He's a cross between a genius scientist and a cult leader who runs an Evil Genius-training academy bent on world domination. Do the math.
  • Emperor Scientist: He's a genius scientist with aspirations of ruling the world.
  • Enfant Terrible: Bias reverting to a child doesn't make him any less evil, if anything moreso, as it makes him more reckless and impulsive.
  • Evil Counterpart: To all of the heroes. They are all geniuses who extremely value youth, but while the Livemen give it proper respect and accept that it doesn't last, Bias is out to retain his youth using whatever means necessary.
  • Evil Teacher: He guides Kemp, Mazenda and Obular into throwing away their humanities, and his curriculum involves his students creating Zuno Beasts to terrorize people.
  • Faux Affably Evil: It eventually becomes apparent that his positive encouragement of his students is really just another method of emotionally manipulating them, and that he's a megalomaniac who only cares for himself at the end of the day.
  • Fountain of Youth: The Giga Brain Wave, which allows Bias to stay immortal through absorbing the mental energy of eleven of his students' brains.
  • The Ghost: While we see him throughout the series, he's this from the Livemen's perspective. Notably, the protagonists are aware of him but don't know what he looks like until the penultimate episode, where Yuusuke bursts into Bias' Brain Room and demands to know if he's Bias. He fires a beam at Yuusuke, who puts a sword into him in return.
  • Hate Sink: He subverts any genuine and altruistic qualities he seemingly had at first, where he appeared to be cruel yet still caring about his students. As it is shown when it gets revealed that all of his students are nothing but tools for his end goal of brainwashing humanity into obeying him and making himself immortal to forever rule Earth, and gleefully throws them under the bus if they fail to reach to his standards or if they try to back out from getting their brains extracted or his plans, as Mazenda found out. He even has the gall to reject an offer to turn a new leaf from Megumi and what makes his death karmic is he ends up aging rapidly into an old man, and his last moments comes off as satisfying beyond expectations, which cements his status as one of the most repulsive villains in the franchise.
  • Humans Are the Real Monsters: It says something when even his own enforcer, a soulless robot built to kill things, comes off as more human and empathetic than him at the end.
  • Karmic Death: The man with one of the greatest god complexes in all of Sentai who wanted to maintain his youth ended up dying as an (still completely evil) old man.
  • Kick the Dog: Kills Butchy, just before he could accept Megumi's offer to leave Volt and turn over a new leaf.
  • Kneel Before Zod: Among those caught in his Giga Brain Wave are the Livemen (save Yusuke), who are made to kneel before him like everyone else.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: In the end its Kemp, Bias's most loyal student who he used as a pawn, who ultimately thwarts his plan.
  • Last Villain Stand: After Yusuke stops his Giga Brain Wave and Bias becomes "Young King Bias", Bias opts to use the Electron Zuno to try to conquer Earth one last time and goes on a rampage before the Livemen crash the Zuno Base.
  • Lighter and Softer: Compared to Bazoo, Ra Deus and Lee Keflen, and Zeba, Bias is much kinder, actually showing mercy to his students. Ultimately subverted; those moments were not altruistic at all and were used to further his own goals. Underneath his cover, he's just as bad as those four villains.
  • Mass Hypnosis: Bias pulls this in the penultimate episode with the Giga Brain Wave, making everyone on Earth (including four of the five Livemen) bow down and worship him. Only Yuusuke (who's actually inside the Brain Base by that point) and Colon (who's a robot) are unaffected.
  • Master Actor: He did a really good job at hiding his true, horribly selfish and deluded self for so long on multiple occasions.
  • Not So Above It All: While the other members of Volt are annoyed by Butchy singing and roller-skating around Zuno Base, Bias just finds it amusing.
  • Omnicidal Maniac: After Yuusuke stops his Giga Brain Wave and Bias reverts to being a child, he opts to go on a rampage with the Electron Brain.
  • Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Bias is extensively knowledgeable in just about very field of science, from biology to physics. He's immortal, so he's had a lot of time to study.
  • Orcus on His Throne: Justified. Bias is the leader, but Volt's agenda involves his students having to develop and get smarter through their experiments, so Bias generally stands aside. And his true plan also requires this, as he has to maintain a good amount of concentration in order to maintain the Mass Hypnosis.
  • Playing Both Sides: Bias frequently plays his students against each in order to exploit their competitiveness and motivate them to become smarter. This extends to the Livemen as well, as the Volt's battles against them provides his students a goal to work towards, further motivating them to try harder.
  • Really 700 Years Old: How old he is is never stated, but he's definitely much older than he appears, given how his true age is that of an extremely old man.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: He typically gives one to one of his students whenever they screw up. One of his harshest comes in #37 when he grills Kemp for letting his arrogance get the better of him and cause slip up in his studies.
  • Redemption Rejection: When Megumi offers him a new chance at life after becoming a young boy, he vehemently refuses so he can grow up to become Great Professor Bias again.
  • Ring of Power: His ring, which can shoot laser bolts that home in on targets and perform all sorts of feats.
  • Sanity Slippage: After reverting to his true age, the rapid aging into an old man causes him to go completely senile in his final moments, believing the rockets from Zuno Base are fireworks to celebrate his victory and hallucinating hearing the people of Earth chanting his name.
  • Self-Disposing Villain: Bias's end comes when he, frail and losing his grip on reality, orders Gash to activate the rockets for the damaged and downed Brain Base. This leads to the Brain Base exploding and collapsing in on both of them.
  • The Sociopath: He's a charismatic manipulator who lacks any care for others but feigns emotions to manipulate his followers, and a selfish narcissist willing to use and then dispose of people to further his own goals.
  • Swiss-Army Weapon: His ring, which can fire lasers that home in on their targets, as well as create and enlarge Zuno Beasts.
  • Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Tall, sinister and mysterious, and played by a Joji Nakata in his thirties.
  • The Unfettered: He will do anything to make sure he gets the twelfth brain, no matter how horrible. And he will never give up.
  • The Unfought: The Livemen never had a true fight with him, though he and Yusuke have a brief standoff in episode 48. Along with the true Big Bad of Timeranger and the Final Boss of Flashman, Bias is one of the few final Big Bads to not get an epic final battle.
  • Villain Has a Point: Usually, whenever he scolds his students, it's because they did something wrong in one of their schemes and he's explaining how they failed.
  • Villain with Good Publicity: Interestingly, Kenji, Rui and Gou seemed to know who he was even before they joined Volt, which is why they took his test. It also revealed he was one of these among the other villains. Once the villains realized what type of person Bias really was, all of them except for Gash, who knew already, and Kemp, who had went completely insane, turn on him one by one.
  • Walking Spoiler: He becomes much more interesting and repulsive when we learn more about him.
  • You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: The moment Obular isn't able to keep up with Kemp and Mazenda any more, Bias has him expelled from the Volt. He eventually disposes of Butchy and Ashura when their usefulness at getting his other students to try harder comes to its end. This leaves Mazenda and Kemp, the former of whom Bias kills after she fully roboticizes herself and makes her brain unextractable, as it means she can't be used for the Giga Brain Wave.

    Guardnoid Gash 

Guardnoid Gash | Voice: Hideaki Kusaka

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Not formerly anything. Bias' right-hand robot. In charge of making defeated Brain Beasts grow to incredible sizes with the Giga Phantom. Also has an absurdly powerful Gashgun and a sword, and is by far the strongest fighter in the show.

  • Alas, Poor Villain: Ironically, he comes off as more human than Bias in their final moments, as he uses his final moments to help Bias die happy.
  • Battle Butler: Although he is technically The Dragon - Heavy emphasis on the 'Battle'.
  • The Brute: His role is mainly to guard Bias and enlarge the Brain Beasts. Otherwise, he's a super strong robot with little personality and gets little focus. He soon has to share the spotlight with Ashura. In actuality, he's The Dragon, see below
  • Casting Gag: Or something. His V.A., Hideaki Kusaka, was in every Sentai series beginning with Denjiman prior to this one (and almost all of them afterwards), usually as a suit actor, and on several occasions playing the sentai Robot. In a change of pace, this marks the first time he's used as a Voice Actor.
  • Character Tics: He polishes his gun so much it's a wonder he hasn't taken the paint off.
  • Dark Is Evil: His armor is black and he's a villain.
  • The Determinator: When Gash is told to do something, he won't stop until he does it. In the final episode, he even enlarges a Zuno Beast one last time, even though he's had his right arm chopped off and been badly damaged.
  • The Dragon: After Bias's true nature is revealed, it becomes clear that Gash has been, is, and always will be Bias's one and only Dragon, as his bodyguard and Secret-Keeper in regards to his true plan.
  • Evil Counterpart: To Colon; being a robotic Battle Butler utterly loyal to his master Bias, just as Colon is devoted to the Liveman team. Both Gash and Colon are pretty durable in battle and both are capable of emotions — in Gash's case, he lets his boss die thinking he succeeded in conquering Earth and is now hearing mankind's praises as the Zuno Base is exploding.
  • Feet-First Introduction: Whenever Gash goes out to enlarge a Zuno Beast, the camera will typically show his legs walking first before cutting to his whole body.
  • Final Boss: Since Bias goes from being a child to a senile old man in the final episode, it's Gash and the Electron Zuno who effectively serve as the final opponents of our heroes. Though Electron Zuno plays the role more straight because Gash leaves to take care of Bias after growing the monster, and dies with him when the Brain Base is destroyed.
  • Implacable Man: He normally serves as Bias' bodyguard, but when he actually needs to do something, he turns into this. Whatever he's made of is incredibly durable, and he won't stop until he's completed his mission. It's particularly noticeable when he's hunting down Mazenda to take her brain; all five of the heroes jumping him doesn't do squat.
  • Karmic Death: The single strongest character and the most loyal servant of Bias is killed after his arm is cut off and as a direct result of his obedience.
  • Let Them Die Happy: His final words are him trying to cheer the old, senile Bias up by telling him he succeeded in taking over Earth and the explosions from Zuno Base are fireworks to celebrate his victory. When Bias hallucinates hearing the voices of people cheering his name, Gash plays along and claims he can hear them too. It ends up making Gash, a robot, more human, while exactly what he says to make Bias happy only serves to make Bias more despicable by showing that even as what he became, Bias is still a soulless megalomaniac.
  • Make My Monster Grow: Unusually, he also does this, with the Giga Phantom enlargement bazooka(?) which fires out a spiral of enlargement energy... or something. Fridge Brilliance begins to hit once the extent of his power is shown - you begin to wonder just why Bias needs Kemp, Mazenda, and Oblar at all.
    • On a smaller scale, he also radiates Chaos Phantom Energy onto Zuno Beast cores to create/realize a Zuno Beast.
  • Nigh-Invulnerability: It's worth noting that he's the single most powerful human-sized thing in the show. He's able to take multiple blows from the Livemen and not slow down, and even getting his arm chopped off and being slashed a bunch of times doesn't stop him.
  • Off with His Head!: His head gets blown off when the Brain Base explodes. It lands near the Livemen, where it plays video of all the Volt's schemes and battles against the Livemen before sinking into the ground.
  • Out of Focus: Unlike Bias and his students, he's just a really strong robot who also enlarges the monsters. Then it's revealed that he's the only one in on Bias's plan... He can be seen in the 'throne' scenes doing something or other. Polishing his Gashgun seems to be a favorite.
  • Secret-Keeper: He's the only other member of Volt in on Bias's true plans from the start.
  • Spell My Name With An S: The GUIS fansub calls him Gush, possibly since Gash is a crude slang term for a vagina.
  • Undying Loyalty: To Bias, which makes sense since he's a robot built and programmed by him. He even follows Bias's command to activate the engines on the Brain Base, despite it being too damaged to fly, and stays with Bias and comforts him as the base collapses in on them, even though he could have easily just escaped. Of course, that might have just been his programming.
  • Villainous Friendship: Likely as a result of being programmed by Bias, Gash is very protective of his master and spends his and Bias's final moments convincing the now senile Bias he won.

    Dr. Kemp 

Kenji Tsukigata/Dr. Kemp | Actor: Yutaka Hirose

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Formerly Kenji Tsukigata, Dr. Kemp is a vain and power-hungry man who considers himself Bias' star pupil and can transform into the monstrous Beauty Beast Kemp. Later, he becomes Fear Beast Kemp. Yuusuke's rival.
  • AB Negative: His blood type is the extremely rare "Beta ZO minus".
  • Alas, Poor Villain: Interestingly, this was initially subverted until Gaoranger vs Super Sentai revealed that Yuusuke did mourn him.
  • Animal Motifs: His Beauty Beast form is peacock-themed, matching his vain and pompous personality.
  • Ax-Crazy: Ultimately loses it during the finale, after learning of Bias's true plans.
  • Bio-Augmentation: Used biotechnology to enable himself to become Bijuu-Kemp, and later Kyoujuu-Kemp.
  • Brain in a Jar: His final fate, having his brain extracted by Bias to complete the Giga Brain Wave.
  • The Dragon: While everyone except Gash is trying to be Bias's Dragon and they're all technically Co-Dragons, Kemp stands out as this, as Bias's most loyal student. Unfortunately for him, he stood no chance against Gash thanks to Bias's true plan, but at least he was one of the only two Bias thought could succeed, along with Mazenda.
  • Fanservice: Episode 37 gives a shot of his naked butt after he goes through the process to become Fear Beast Kemp.
  • Fake Defector: In the penultimate episode he fakes turning good so he can get close to the Livemen and defeat them, boosting his IQ to 1000.
  • Green and Mean: Has a green outfit and is easily the most insufferable of Bias's students.
  • The Heavy: Not only are the majority of Brain Beasts the Livemen fight created by him, but he's the one directly responsible for the Liveman's friends dying and eventually the last student remaining in Volt.
  • Heel–Face Door-Slam: After losing his memories in episode 37 and having his jerkassery called out by Megumi, it looks like Kenji will come around... until looking at the time on Megumi's watch causes Kenji to remember his low score and revert to being Kemp.
  • Jerkass: Sure, everyone in Volt except for maybe Gash and Butchy is one, but Kemp is one even for a villain. When he mentally reverts to a 16-year old in one episode, he's also shown to have always been a bit of a prick even before he actually turned evil.
  • Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: He gets crazier and crazier as the series goes on, ultimately losing it after he realizes he was Bias and Gash's pawn the whole time.
  • Kick the Morality Pet: While he was still Kenji, he showed kindness to a girl whose mother was ill by making an everlasting rose for her. After becoming Kemp however, he targets her to drain her blood after discovering she has the same blood type as him.
  • Laughing Mad: The second he realizes that he's the only one of Bias' "students" still alive, he starts laughing, while Gash, in the background, trains the Gashgun on him.
  • LEGO Genetics: Most of his experiments involve using biotechnology to create Brain Beasts or affect things. He also modified himself to give himself his Beauty Beast Kemp form.
  • Mid-Season Upgrade: Halfway through, he upgrades his Beauty Beast form into Fear Beast to increase his grade.
  • Narcissist: Kemp has an ego the size of a moon.
  • Non-Protagonist Resolver: Yusuke may be the main character and the one who thwarts the Evil Plan, but Kemp, with Megumi's spurring, is the one that actually brings about Bias's defeat when he leads the other students of Bias in rising up against him.
  • One-Winged Angel: His alternate forms: Beauty Beast Kemp and the monstrous Fear Beast Kemp. And finally Fear Beast Zuno.
  • Redemption Equals Death: It isn't until after he becomes a disembodied brain, but Kemp spends his last few moments rallying the other students Bias sacrificed to rise up against him, leading Bias to lose his immortality and revert to an old man.
  • Sanity Slippage: Learning of Bias's true plans for him and Mazenda sends him Laughing Mad. Despite this he still goes along with it, deludedly believing he'll be able to rule the Earth alongside Bias if he helps him. He gets even more crazy after Bias actually uses him for the Giga Brain Wave, though he seems to have a brief moment of lucidity at the end when he rebels.
  • Smug Snake: He has an ego the size of a skyscraper, being firmly convinced he's superior to everyone else because of his intelligence.
  • Something about a Rose: Roses seem to be his motif in his regular form, and he has on each of his wrists.
  • Undying Loyalty: To Bias. Even after learning Bias's true plans and going completely insane, he still stays loyal to him. Until Megumi's words reach his heart and make him regret all he's done and wish to start anew which makes him turn on his boss and reduce him to a dying old man.
  • Unwitting Pawn: But unlike the others, learning this doesn't cause him to hate Bias like the other villains. Instead, it drives him even crazier. At least until he hears Megumi's words which causes him to gain some lucidity and turn on Bias for real in the finale.
  • Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Not exactly, as an episode shows even as a young teen he was kind of a self centered jerk with an inflated ego but he DID have humanity at one point. He had dreams of helping humanity, genuinely appreciated Yuusuke's friendship and was a bit of a romantic towards a girl they both knew and went out of his way to engineer a flower for her. When he was hurt in a lab accident both the girl and Yuusuke went to save him and did all they could to help him. When he meets the girl in the present and she calls him out for the evil man he has become Kemp does indeed feel guilty and hesitates briefly although he mentally powers through by focusing on Bias and how great he's convinced he can become. Even when he's reverted to his 16 year old self who's still rather arrogant and rude Megumi calling him out completely shames him and he does apologize and prepare to make it up to her until his original personality is triggered again. Tragically, there was a good man in Kemp but Bias's manipulations and his own ego and obsession keep him from being able to access it.
  • You Killed My Father: One of the main drives of the Livemen, especially Tetsuya, is to defeat him to avenge Takuji and Mari.

    Dr. Mazenda 

Rui Senda/Dr. Mazenda | Actor: Akiko Kurusu

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Formerly Rui Senda, Dr. Mazenda is a cold-hearted woman who converted herself into a cyborg to eliminate her human emotion and affection. Later upgrades herself to Machine Mazenda, wherein 90% of her body (everything below the head) is mechanical. Megumi's rival, Yuusuke's former crush. Not quite as fanatically devoted to Bias as Kemp is.
  • Alas, Poor Villain: Unlike the above three, this was played perfectly straight the moment she died.
  • Anatomy Arsenal: Including several Arm Cannons in her finger, palm, and elbow. Gets worse with her Machine Mazenda upgrade.
  • The Baroness: The 'harsh' type. She's a beautiful, cold and very domineering executive of Volt.
  • Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Flashbacks show that even before joining Volt, Rui was extremely arrogant and condescending to anyone she deemed as inferior to her. See Kick The Dog for more.
  • Bottomless Magazines: Averted - her built-in weapons all require ammo. (Her (Five) Finger-gun requires her to insert a magazine into her hand, for example, and she's not shown using them continuously.) Yuusuke catches on and exploits this when she upgrades into Machine Mazenda, forcing her to run out.
  • Crazy-Prepared: When she started having her first real doubts about Bias, she enables her body to become completely mechanical.
    • More mundanely, she had a Brain Beast standing by with extra ammo during her first appearance as Machine Mazenda.
  • Cry Laughing: She lets out an Evil Laugh in episode 18 after she kills the kind part of her personality, only to start tearing up and crying as she realizes what she's done.
  • Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: Played straight at first, and even then she's not completely happy with trading off her humanity for eternal beauty. Subverted later on - she regains some of her humanity only after she becomes fully mechanical to prevent Bias from taking her brain.
  • Cyborg: And she upgrades herself as necessary.
  • Foil: To Kemp. Kemp uses biotechnology for his experiments, while Mazenda prefers hard technology and things that are purely mechanical. Kemp is unquestionably loyal to Bias, while Mazenda gradually begins to have doubts about Volt as the series goes on. And while Kemp became more inhumane and crazy after joining Volt, Mazenda, who was stuck-up even before she joined, becomes much more humane and compassionate towards the end.
  • The Heavy: Along with Kemp, she's behind the majority of Brain Beasts our heroes fight.
  • Karmic Death: It's tragic, but also ironic that the misanthropic Mazenda spent her final moments unwillingly a robot, wishing she could become human once again.
  • Kick the Dog: When they first entered the Academy, Yuusuke developed a crush on her and wrote a very heartfelt love letter. But instead of respectfully declining, she outright told him that someone who barely passed the entrance exam had no right to ask out one of the top students and even laughed in his face.
  • Mid-Season Upgrade: Further mechanizes herself midway through to become "Machine Mazenda", giving herself a new arsenal of weapons.
  • Only Sane Woman: Compared to Kemp, who stayed blindly loyal to Bias until it was too late, Mazenda realized his true objective and tried to defy it. Unfortunately, this results in her demise not long after.
  • Pyrrhic Victory: She's the first of Bias's students to reach 1000 points, only to learn right after what her prize for reaching it is. She avoids this fate by turning herself into a robot, only to get killed for her insubordination.
  • Red and Black and Evil All Over: Wears a black undersuit with red boots, gloves and a chestplate, giving this impression.
  • Redemption Equals Death: She dies not long after rejecting Bias and reconciling with the Livemen, but not before using her final moments to stymy Bias's plans by making herself a robot, thus denying him of the last piece he needed for his plans and preventing him from winning there and then.
  • Robot Girl: Converts herself into Robo Mazenda, once she fully realizes what Bias has planned for her brain.
  • Shout-Out: Following her upgrade, one of her attacks is firing a missile from her knee, a la Cyborg 004.
  • The Smurfette Principle: She's the only female member of Volt. Although, if one takes into account the brains of Bias's previous students, some of whom have the voices of women, then this trope is technically subverted.
  • Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Megumi's Tomboy. (Enemy version) Mazenda is very vain and seductive, while Megumi is wholesome and not afraid to get dirty. Ironically, Mazenda lacks the Nice Girl traits that are usually associated with the Girly Girl, with Megumi instead being the outwardly compassionate and caring one of two. Mazenda on the other hand, has the aloofness that's usually befitting of the Tomboy.
  • Unwitting Pawn: Bias didn't care about her as much as he did about her brain. She seems to have had some inkling of this, and generally isn't as blindly loyal to him throughout the series like Kemp is and in fact in her last episode she reveals that her mechanical augmentations weren't just meant to keep her beautiful forever but also turn her into a fully robotic being to keep Bias from taking her brain.
  • Would Hurt a Child: Is not above using children for her experiments. In episode 24 she comes up with a plan to use Pig Zuno to turn children into pigs a la Pinocchio and force them to work for Volt.

    Dr. Obular 

Gou Omura/Dr. Obular | Actor: Tohru Sakai, Atsuo Mori (voice, Monster Obular)

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Gou Omura is one of the three transformed ex-students of Academia, he considers his human form to be inferior and mutates himself into the monstrous "perfect lifeform" Obular. He has a major inferiority complex, which motivated his transformation. Jou's rival. Later on, he eventually pulls a Heel–Face Turn and lives to tell about it.
  • The Atoner: what he becomes after recovering his memory, post-Volt - he seems to have found God by the end, ironically.
  • The Brute: After giving himself a permanent monster form, he becomes the main brawn of Volt during the first half of the season. He shares this role with Doctor Ashura and (apparently) Gash.
  • Can't Catch Up: He's not actually a born genius like Kemp and Mazenda, getting where he did through hard-ass studying (and got into Volt by applying, rather than being invited like they were).
  • Climax Boss: The first executive defeated by the Livemen and the only executive who isn't beaten during the endgame. He instead bites it midway through and becomes a recurring guest during the second half of the show.
  • Deconstructed Character Archetype: of the Child Prodigy. Go was very smart, but only because his Education Mama enforced a harsh study regimen onto him instead of letting him have fun. This leaves him emotionally stunted and leads to the above mentioned trope, purely to show that he is capable of becoming powerful in his own right.
  • Education Mama: Has one, but she lightens up after seeing what happened to him and nurses him back to health after he becomes Gou Omura again.
  • Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Even after joining Volt, he stills loves his mom. He later uses his body to shield her from a Zuno Beast.
  • Evil Is Petty: In episode 15 he mocks Yusuke for his past crush on Rui/Mazenda and reads the love letter he wrote to her out loud.
  • Heel–Faith Turn: The cross he wears in later episodes implies Gou found religion after leaving Volt.
  • Made of Iron: It's subtle, but he seems to have retained some degree of his former mutated physique - Gash shoots him several times, in the back and at close range, as he tries to protect Mazenda, which he shrugs off.
  • Mutant: Obular shot himself up with a virus to rebuild himself into Beastman Obular, and is biologically no longer human - and unlike Kemp, he can't change back into human form. (It took getting turned into Obular-Zuno to undo this and he ultimately wills himself back to being human, at the expense of considerable stress on his mind and body.)
  • Sole Survivor: He ends up being the only surviving member of Volt, on account of getting out before things hit the fan and turning good when given the chance.
  • Still Wearing the Old Colors: While Kenji and Rui took on more extravagant appearances after joining Volt, Gou is still wearing the same suit and white bowtie he had as an Academia student when we see him years later.
  • Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Suffers from this for a while, as a result of the stress of becoming human again. (20 episodes later, a coincidental run-in with a Brain Beast cures it.)
  • Unwitting Pawn: During the final arc, it's heavily implied that Bias didn't let him into Volt out of even pity for his efforts, but simply to make Kemp and Mazenda try harder by giving them an engineered rival to surpass.

    Dr. Ashura 

Arashi Busujima/Dr. Ashura | Actor: Yoshinori Okamoto

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Formerly Arashi Busujima, an underworld crime boss. Bias artificially increases his intelligence to transform him into the genius Dr. Ashura, making his brainpower as formidable as his fighting abilities.
  • Alas, Poor Villain: Like Mazenda, played straight. He turns good and performs a Heroic Sacrifice to help the Livemen destroy a particularly strong Brain Beast.
  • Badass Normal: Arashi is tough enough to fight Brain Beasts to a draw and actually blows one up with a suicide attack. While Bias views all non-geniuses as inferior, even he found Arashi's strength as something not to be wasted.
  • Blood Knight: Ashura is always eager for a fight so he can test his skills.
  • Book Dumb: Before joining Volt, he was a tough gang leader who couldn't solve any math that he couldn't count on his fingers, and who preferred to headbutt rather than think with his head.
  • Brought Down to Normal: After Bias deems him a liability, he revokes all of the enhancements he used to increase Ashura's intelligence and strength, reverting him to Arashi again.
  • The Brute: Shared with Obular and Gash, and in a way that takes advantage of his ridiculous intelligence. Even before he joined Volt he was tough enough to take on Brain Beasts by himself, leading Bias to recruit him into Volt and give him modifications that amplified his strength while turning him into a Genius Bruiser.
  • Don't Think, Feel: Ashura's weakness is that, ultimately, he thinks his way through his fighting style, as if he's placing a higher priority on outwitting through brute processing rather than simply winning - sort of like calculating for chess when the game's played with D6 dice. He's actually smart enough to get away with it most of the time, but Red Falcon eventually exploits this and beats him.
  • Dying Moment of Awesome: Big time, by strapping himself with dynamite and blowing himself up along with a powerful monster. Especially awesome given that an earlier episode explicitly stated that the Biomotion Buster was the only thing that could destroy a Brain Beast, but Ashura...no, sorry, Arashi proved them wrong.
  • Dumb Muscle: Arashi is a gang leader, but not because he's smart. Averted after he becomes Doctor Ashura.
  • Empowered Badass Normal: After Bias was done with him, he had his intelligence artificially raised and his already impressive physical strength increased tenfold.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: He's fully on the Volt train, but isn't as bloodthirsty as Kemp and Mazenda.
  • Genius Bruiser: What he became when Bias was done with him. Notably, Ashura gets into hand-to-hand combat more than the other two.
  • Pet the Dog: In episode 18 he returns Mazenda's necklace to her, which was previously held by her good side Rei, before leaving without saying a word.
  • Unwitting Pawn: After his death, Bias tells Kemp and Mazenda that this was all he was, used to make them try harder. It's also implied that this was the real reason Gou was let into Volt.
  • Wolfpack Boss: Becomes one after he gains the ability to summon the "Shura", three fighters who assist him in battle.

    Guildian Guildos 

Guildian Guildos | Voice: Moichi Saito

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An alien from the technologically-advanced planet of Guildo. He joins Volt after hearing of Bias' reputation from across space. Notable for his arrogance and his apparently unlimited life force. Actually a robot built by Bias to spur on his students by acting as a rival.
  • A Dog Named "Dog": He's a Guildian named Guildos from the planet Guildo.
  • Alas, Poor Villain: Not as much as the others, but still there. He can't quite believe that he's a robot, and his last few minutes are spent in anguish as he tries to wrap his mind around it (he spends the entirety of the Humongous Mecha fight wandering up a cliff face basically asking "why? WHY?" before exploding - "TELL ME, BIAS!!").
  • Body Horror: His Robotic Reveal - half his face blowing off, tubes and metal spurting out from his body, and in a nice touch in post-production, his voice gets static-y a second before his body starts failing.
  • …But He Sounds Handsome: His praise of Bias in his introduction comes off differently after it's revealed Guildos is a robot created and programmed by him.
  • Cast From HP: Can revive specialized Brain Beasts without enlarging them this way, and he has quite a lot of HP.
  • Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: His first appearance in episode 19 leaves both the Livemen and Obular and Ashura wondering who he is.
  • It Amused Me: After Obular steals his Cross Sword to use in one last attempt to prove himself, Guildos stops Gash from going after him as he wants to see what Obular will do with it.
  • Sixth Ranger: Joins the Volt around halfway through.
  • Sinister Shades: His helmet has a black visor, giving off this vibe.
  • The Starscream: Downplayed, but after seeing his score in episode 43 isn't higher than Kemp or Mazenda's, Guildos gets frustrated and decides to prove himself superior to Bias.
  • Tomato in the Mirror: He initially believed himself to have unlimited life force, and found out the hard way that there was something inaccurate about that...
  • Unwitting Pawn: He was created by Bias so Kemp and Mazenda would try harder and his creator had no intention of him lasting for too long.
  • Villainous Friendship: While he views friendship as a "human" thing, he does form a sort of camaraderie with Butchy and even gives him encouragement when he sees his score is low.
  • Would Hurt a Child: After the Vega Baby Vega Zuno births from Junichi doesn't turn out evil as expected, Guildos orders Vega Zuno to dispose of it.

    Chibuchian Butchy 

Chibuchian Butchy | Voice: Takuzou Kamiyama

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A pig-like alien from the planet Chibuchi who - like Guildos - joins Volt to share his extraterrestrial intelligence and study under Bias. Acts as the Plucky Comic Relief and has an appreciation for Earth music. Also like Guildos, he is a robot built to motivate Bias' students.
  • A Dog Named "Dog": Like Guildos his name is similar to his home planet. In his case he's Butchy from Chibuchi.
  • Alas, Poor Villain: Played the straightest of them all. Learning all his happy memories of being on planet Chibuchi were fake sends him into a breakdown, and just when he's about to turn good, Bias kills him.
  • Beware the Silly Ones: He's quite goofy, but in his first appearance he nearly defeated the Livemen with Guitar Brain.
  • Broken Tears: Starts shedding tears after Bias makes him go on a rampage in episode 44. Megumi takes notice and reaches out to him.
  • Heel–Face Door-Slam: In episode 44, "Butchy's reckless driving of tears!", after his robot parts appear from within himself and he hears "Spark! To The Ocean" being played on a keytar by Megumi, he decides to leave Volt and live on Earth in peace. Before he can take up Megumi's offer to dance with her however, he got remote detonated by Bias, where Megumi could see him die, but not before waving and saying "Farewell" to her.
  • Klingons Love Shakespeare: Really enjoys Earth's music.
  • Redemption Equals Death: In his case this was invoked, since Bias placed a bomb on him to kill him if he rebelled.
  • Shoo Out the Clowns: After he dies, all the occasional comic relief moments from the series are completely gone and the plot starts going in full-serious mode.
  • Sixth Ranger: Joins Volt not long after Guildos.
  • Tomato in the Mirror: Like Guildos, he too turns out to be a robot. He really has every excuse to not be in his right mind during his last episode.
  • Unwitting Pawn: Like Guildos, his only purpose was to make Kemp and Mazenda try harder. Unlike the others, he gets told this to his face and doesn't take it well.
  • Verbal Tic: Obviously, dasu!
  • Villainous Friendship: He gets along pretty well with Guildos, who is the only one of Bias's students who's kind to him.

    Jimmers 

Jimmers

The Mecha-Mook footsoldiers of Volt.
  • Cannon Fodder: Averted. They actually give the Livemen quite a bit of trouble in their first fight against them.
  • Helping Hands: Their limbs can keep attacking even after they're chopped off.
  • Mauve Shirt: Episode 13 focuses on an undercover Jimmer named Tanaka who loses his memory and falls in love with Colon.
  • Mecha-Mooks: They're all full-on robots built to serve Volt.
  • Mooks: Volt's grunt force.
  • Mook Mobile: They are responsible for piloting the Volt's Boffler Fighters.
  • Mook–Face Turn: Tanaka in #13, who eventually sides with the heroes against Volt and gives his life for Colon.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: Busting open their helmets reveals a pair of mechanical eyes with red lenses.

    Zuno Beasts 
Monsters created by the Volt from artificial brain cores for use in their experiments.
  • Bioweapon Beast: Some genetic engineering is involved in the making of each Brain Beast given the brain cores used to give birth to them, creating a semi-sapient monster who's purpose is to rampage and do battle on behalf of Volt.
  • Brain in a Jar: They start out as disembodied brains before being given a full body as a Zuno Beast.
  • Evil Is Visceral: A lot of them have creepily organic designs.
  • Final Boss: Uniquely to a Super Sentai series, Electron Juno, the last Monster of the Week, serves as this, as Bias became an old man and Guardnoid Gash is injured after a fight with Yusuke and leaves to take care of his master.
  • Monster of the Week: The Livemen have to contend with one each episode.

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