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Characters / Mirai Sentai Timeranger

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Character sheet for Mirai Sentai Timeranger. All spoilers in the Mastermind's entry will go unmarked. You have been warned.

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Timerangers

  • Contrasting Sequel Main Character:
    • While the Timerangers are a tech-themed team like the Kyūkyū Sentai GoGoV, their technology originates from the 30th century instead of being contemporary super science. Another difference between both teams is while the GoGoV's base is a Bay Area 99 and are rescue workers, the Timerangers' base is a building Tatsuya rented while making a living doing oddjobs. The most major difference between both teams is while the GoGoV is led by a Red Ranger, the Timerangers are led by a Pink Ranger.
    • They use jet-themed mecha like Choujin Sentai Jetman, which combine into a giant robot or a large battleship. But the membership is inverted in consisting of a Rookie Red Ranger and four experienced time cops, while the Jetmen consisted of a trained soldier and four civilians.

    Tatsuya Asami/Time Red 

Tatsuya Asami/Time Red

Portrayed by: Masaru Nagai

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The main character of the series, he is a 22 year old martial artist who was "drafted" into the team. He refuses to accept fate and his heritage as future CEO of his father Wataru's company, the Asami group. He believes that people can control their own destiny, but only if they fight for a desirable future. After joining the Timerangers, Tatsuya decides to move out of his father's house and uses his savings to rent the building that would be the Timeranger's home. Tatsuya works as a Karate Teacher at Tomorrow Research. When operating the Robo formations, Tatsuya is usually in charge of accessing the finisher moves to recapture the Londerz Prisoners by wielding a miniature version of the Space-Time Sword/Chrono Divider to mimic the movement pattern. Although Yuuri is the team leader, Tatsuya is the driving force of the Timerangers, essentially acting as field commander during the battles.

  • 10-Minute Retirement: Tatsuya retires from the Timerangers to focus on his father's company after the latter was seriously injured. But it doesn't last for long...
  • All Up to You: Near the end of the series after the other Timerangers went back in the future and Naoto dead, he fought the enemies alone. The Timerangers literally made it back in time.
  • Determinator: He refuses to give up no matter how hard the situation gets.
  • The Hero: The main protagonist of the series due to him being the main driving force of the team.
  • I Know Karate: And he teaches it.
  • Lonely Rich Kid: He doesn't have any friends and is the sole heir to the Asami family's corporation.
  • Nice Guy: He has a friendly personality.
  • Rookie Red Ranger: He joins the Timerangers as its new recruit.
  • The Runaway: He decides to move out of his father's house and uses his savings to rent a building for Tomorrow Research to avoid being controlled by his father.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He bails out of the Asami Corporation to avoid being the heir of his father's company.
  • Signature Move: Vector End: Beat Three
  • Starcrossed Lovers: With Yuuri, since she had to go back to her era. Still an Official Couple, though.
    Yuuri/Time Pink 

Yuuri/Time Pink

Portrayed by: Mika Katsumura

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The female protagonist of the series, she is a 21 year old Intercity Police officer from the 30th century. Since the police were aware of Don Dolnero's plan, she posed as a TPD cadet to stop him. She has a grudge against Don Dolnero for sending an assassin who killed her family. She practically leads the Timerangers. She is initially cold towards Tatsuya, but eventually warms up to him. Yuuri works as a detective at Tomorrow Research.

  • Action Girl: As per the Sentai norm. While she's on the shorter side, she more than makes up for it in skill and power.
  • Anguished Declaration of Love: At the end of the series, Yuuri professes her love to Tatsuya before leaving for her own time.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: Or future since they went back in time. Yuuri's entire family was shot to death by Mad Blast on Dolnero's orders when she was 10 years old.
  • Heroic BSoD: When Yuri finds out that Dolnero is dying from the fatal shots inflicted on him by Gien in Case File 47, she takes it very poorly.
  • Hot-Blooded: She can be very impulsive and hotheaded.
  • It's Personal: Against Don Dolnero for killing her father, mother and younger sister.
  • The Leader: Even though Tatsuya is the main protagonist, Yuuri leads the team.
  • Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Masculine Girl to Sion's Feminine Boy.
  • Missing Mom: Her mother was killed by Dolnero.
  • Official Couple: She gets together with Tatsuya, though she has to return to the future after the disaster in the 20th century has been averted.
  • She Cleans Up Nicely: In one episode a female monster of the week enchants most of the guys of the team and insults the tomboyish Yuuri for lacking feminine charm. Yuuri promptly goes on what can only be described as a training montage of beautification and promptly ruins the monster's plan of getting them to fight each other over her by showing up with perfect hair and makeup in a sexy dress and getting the guys to fall at Yuuri's feet instead showing that she was always capable of such but never felt the need to bother.
  • Small Girl, Big Gun: She may be tiny, but she wields the giant VolSniper.
  • The Smurfette Principle: She's the only female member outside of the other Timerangers.
  • Supporting Leader: While she's the official leader of the time, the series' main driving force is Tatsuya.
  • Starcrossed Lovers: With Tatsuya, since she had to go back to her era.
  • Will They or Won't They?: Also with Tatsuya. They do via Last Minute Hook Up.
  • You Killed My Father: Don Dolnero ordered her father and the rest of her family to be killed by Mad Blast.

    Ayase/Time Blue 

Ayase/Time Blue

Portrayed by: Yuji Kido

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Formerly a racer, this calm-headed 22 year old figure has a knack for highspeed battles. He also has the incurable terminal illness Osiris Syndrome. He is also close friends with Tatsuya. When Tatsuya found out about Ayase's illness, he was determined to help his friend. However, when Ayase was suffering from his illness it was a shock to the other Timerangers when Tatsuya was forced to tell them about Ayase's illness. Ayase, who is the only Timeranger that has a driver's license, works as an escort at Tomorrow Research.

    Domon/Time Yellow 

Domon/Time Yellow

Portrayed by: Shuhei Izuminote 

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A 22 year old womanizer who was formerly a professional grappler that tends to overdo it sometimes. Domon was banned from professional fighting for never being on time for a match because he would chase after girls. Despite this Domon has a great respect for the rules and after learning that Sion is an orphan sticks up for him and refuses for anyone to call him an alien. However, Domon who comes from a large family is the only one who truly misses the 30th century and had some resentment towards Captain Ryuya for trapping them in the 20th century which he took out on Tatsuya when they first met due to his resemblance to Ryuya. Although Domon works as the self-defense teacher at Tomorrow Research, he never got any students. Domon also argues with Ayase frequently. Later on Domon falls in love with Honami Moriyama, a camerawoman, and after his secret identity is revealed to her, the two started dating and Domon eventually told her that he came from the 30th century.

  • The Big Guy: He's the most muscular man out out of all the Timerangers.
  • Insistent Terminology: He insists on using Hummardian instead of alien when referring to Sion due to his belief that everyone (including Earthlings) are aliens.
  • Loves My Alter Ego: His problem with Honami in the early episodes.
  • My Own Grandpa: Procreates a son with Honami, his supposed name is Domon Jr. Gokaiger renamed the boy as Mirai Moriyama. In other words, he created his own family tree.
  • Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Manly Man to Sion's Sensitive Guy.
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: With Ayase. He easily gets provoked whenever Ayase makes fun of him, but they are close comrades who will back each other up at the end of the day.
  • Starcrossed Lovers: With Honami, since he had to go back to his era, but they not only are an Official Couple as they even had a kid!
    Sion/Time Green 

Sion/Time Green

Portrayed by: Masahiro Kuranuki

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A 17 year old alien from the planet Hummard, which was destroyed as the result of war and was thus raised on Earth in a laboratory. He is nimble and is curious of everything around him. Sion is also fond of dyeing his hair, which he does every so often since he was three. Due to his alien physiology, Sion only needs to sleep once per year, but it takes him a week of hibernation when he does it. He is also the Timerangers' technical expert able to work with any machine. Sion is in charge of computer repairs for Tomorrow Research. He is (currently) the youngest Ranger to exist being born around 2983.

    Naoto Takizawa/Time Fire 

Naoto Takizawa/Time Fire

Portrayed by: Shinji Kasahara

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Tatsuya's 28 year old rival and leader of the City Guardians established by the Asami Group. Unlike Tatsuya, Naoto came from the other side of the tracks, getting by on a scholarship as the two of them attended prep school. Naoto envied Tatsuya and wanted to be the better of the two. After becoming Time Fire, the Asami group attempted to analyze the technology for mass production, but could not fully understand the 30th century Technology. Later he found out through Sion that the Londerz monsters are just prisoners and only need to be recaptured. He then learned that the Timerangers came from the 30th century, and because of his desire for power he chose to find a way to use his new knowledge of the Timerangers to his advantage. Near the finale, after Wataru Asami was hospitalized in a previous episode, Naoto was able to use that knowledge to gain full control of the City Guardians. Naoto also owned two pet birds, Tora and Sakura, which he later gives to a little girl.

  • The Ace: Downplayed, like all sixth rangers, in his debut he easily defeats a monster all by himself but in the next episode breaks even in a fight with Tatsuya, showing that there is not much of a power gap between him and the main team. That said his V Rex is much more powerful than the Time Robo.
  • Blood from the Mouth: After a Zenitt fatally shoots him in the back, a visible amount of blood comes out of Naoto's mouth as he falls off the stairs.
  • The Captain: He's the leader of the City Guardians.
  • Deadpan Snarker: He's never afraid to give out biting sarcasm, but he does mean well.
  • Determinator: He refuses to give up, even when he's injured fighting a Monster of the Week.
  • Finishing Move: His DV Re-Freezer freezes Londerz prisoners in battle.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: He sees Tatsuya as his rival since the latter was well-groomed to lead his father's corporation.
  • Identical Stranger: He and the other Timerangers in the finale. The Timerangers are not from the present timeframe so it's OK. Naoto, on the other hand...
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Downplayed. He may come off as an uncaring jerk, but he does help the city as part of the City Guardians. He's still a power-hungry and opportunistic bastard, and his respect for the Timerangers is begrudging at most. Even his heroism is more for his benefit than others. All in all, he's a borderline Nominal Hero.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: Always taking the first chance to usurp power while rejecting the olive branches handed to him, Naoto loses all the power he hoarded for himself, and even his life. Worst of all, he was nothing more than an Unwitting Pawn.
  • Penny Among Diamonds: Was the only scholarship student in his and Tatsuya’s prep school, something he’s still bitter about.
  • Perpetual Frowner: He is always seen without a smile on his face. Or, at least a smile that isn't a smug smirk.
  • Redemption Equals Death: Despite his rivalry with Tatsuya, what he does towards the end of the series easily makes up for it. That includes him voluntarily giving his V-Commander to Tatsuya to help end the disaster plaguing the 20th century when he is killed by a Zenitt.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Tatsuya's red.
  • The Rival: He views Tatsuya as his rival, given that Naoto grew up in poverty.
  • Sixth Ranger: While he never officially joined the Timerangers, he was labelled as their sixth ranger as of Gokaiger.
  • The Starscream: The instant he learns of Wataru Asami being injured and indisposed during an attack, Naoto doesn't think twice about usurping the City Guardians. This comes to bite him in the ass in the endgame.
  • Swiss-Army Weapon: The DV Defender, whose standard form of is the Defender Gun, but can also turn into the sword-like Defender Sword.
  • T. Rexpy: His V-Rex greatly resembles this, given that it was sent from the future.
  • The Unfettered: He's willing to do whatever it takes to seize power.
  • Unwitting Pawn: Ryūya had him take his place during the disaster in the 20th century.
  • You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: As soon as Wataru Asami recovers and retakes the City Guardians from Naoto, the voice lock feature of the V-Commander is jailbroken, meaning Naoto is no longer a necessity and is kicked out. He steals his morpher back before it can be exploited.

Allies

    Tac 

Tac

Voiced by: Yusuke Numata

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A robotic owl who transmits the launch of the Emergency System Mecha and has a database on all Londerz Prisoners.

  • "Eureka!" Moment: He experiences one when he realizes the Lambda 2000 crystal caused the disaster in the 20th century to occur.
  • Heroic BSoD: He experiences one when he realizes that he seemingly didn't get the data about the future events.
  • Mechanical Animals: He's a robotic owl.
  • The Navigator: Tac transmits the launch of the Time Jets when they are needed.
  • The Owl-Knowing One: He's a robotic owl who was installed with a database of all Londerz prisoners. He also knows all of the Timerangers' backstories aside from Tatsuya.
  • Ridiculously Human Robots: Downplayed. While he obviously looks like a robotic owl, he has quite the kind, yet snarky personality that's very reminiscent to humans.
  • Robot Buddy: Just like Peebo and Colon.
    Honami Moriyama 

Honami Moriyama

Portrayed by: Tamao Yoshimura

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A reporter and photographer who got caught in the conflict between the Timerangers and the Londerz Family. She has a thing with Time Yellow at first sight.

Londerz Family

    Don Dolnero 

Don Dolnero

Voiced by: Ryūzaburō Ōtomo

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The alien blue whale-themed mafia boss of the Londerz Family. Originally sentenced to 1000 years in freeze-compression, he took over the Londerz Pentinentiary with Gien and Lila's help, and then escaped to the year 2000 with them as well as the inmates to establish their own criminal empire.

  • Affably Evil: He may be a ruthless mob boss, but he does tend to be rather friendly and jovial to his allies and really likes emphasizing the "family" aspect of his organization.
  • Alliterative Name: Don Dolnero.
  • The Bad Guy Wins: Downplayed. He and his organization are among the few Sentai villains who could get away with succeeding in their goals (such as stealing money, valuables, and even forming a business of his own) even after the Timerangers defeated his fellow Londerz inmates at the end of the day.
  • Benevolent Boss: At least by the standards of mob bosses, he deeply loves his family.
  • Big Bad Wannabe: While he's introduced as the main antagonist of the series, he has too many good qualities to maintain the Big Bad position come the series end. He's ultimately killed off by Gien, and while he doesn't know it, he was nothing more than Ryuya's pawn.
  • But for Me, It Was Tuesday: He doesn't remembers any specific assassinations he's ordered, due to making so many of them they're practically a common daily activity to him. This becomes a plot point since Yuuri's single-minded desire to capture and jail Dolnero is to avenge her family's assassination at Dolnero's thugs hands and to make him atone for his crimes, flying into a rage when he dies before she can arrest him.
  • Cigar Chomper: Dolnero loves cigars and is constantly seen enjoying one.
  • Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: While not the true overall villain in the end, Dolnero is everything that Grand Witch Grandienne is not:
    • Both lead a "family" of evil, but while Grandienne leads her biological children and only considers them all as pawns in her schemes, is uncaring if they die and will happily sacrifice them for her own ends, Dolnero leads a Criminal Found Family while greatly caring for all the criminals under his care, willing to do what it takes to save their lives.
    • Grandienne is a monstrously powerful demon, Dolnero is simply an influential crime boss but has no real powers of his own, relying on weapons to fight.
    • Dolnero traveled through time to escape the police of the future, growing tired of their interference in his schemes to get rich, but otherwise had no grandiose goals of any kind and was explicitly disinterested in conquering. Grandienne's goal throughout the series was to travel through space and dimensions to escape her prison and become a supreme goddess above all things.
    • Both are betrayed by their underlings in some capacity, but Grandienne's minion Zylpheeza betrays her out of revenge for the deaths of his siblings by giving hints to GoRed on how to save the other Go Go Five from Grandienne's clutches and later trying to stop himself and Salamandes from further helping their uncaring mother after being resurrected as a God of Destruction; while Dolnero is betrayed by Gien after the latter goes completely insane and becomes an Omnicidal Maniac and then is killed trying to stop said minion and hesitating to actually kill him.
  • Disc-One Final Boss: Despite Dolnero being one of the main threats to the 20th century, by the time he's killed, there are two more threats for the Timerangers to take down: Gien and Ryuya.
  • The Don: He's the leader of his mob boss and appropriately enough, his first name is Don.
  • Enemy Mine: Whenever Gien goes Ax-Crazy, Dolnero is not above helping out the Timerangers in stopping his friend's Omnicidal Maniac attempts. It ends badly for him but he does at least redeems himself in the end with that action.
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He saved Gien's life after the latter helped him hide from his enemies and genuinely cares for both his moll Lila and the criminals he inducts into his family. He even dies as a result of hesitation to actually kill an utterly insane Gien, who has no such reservations.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Dolnero may be a ruthless mafia boss and a murderous thug, but even he draws the line at killing for entertainment and knows there are some things worth more than money.
  • Evil Sounds Deep: Ryūzaburō Ōtomo voices Dolnero with a deep and guttural growl.
  • Fat Bastard: He's overweight and is a mob boss.
  • The Heavy: The focal antagonist and driving force for most of the show, at least until Gien goes crazy and kills him.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Towards the end of the series, Dolnero attempts to help the City Guardians and the Timerangers stop Gien from becoming the main threat to the 20th century. His final attempt results in his death, but not before handing over all of the remaining Londerz prisoners to the Timerangers and telling them the location of his hideout so they can haul them all back to prison and safety.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite his thuggish and greedy personality, Dolnero deeply loves his family to the point that he asks the Timerangers to take his remaining prisoners back to the 30th century in his dying moments.
  • Money Fetish: In Case 14, Gien says that he doesn't really need money since he can just take what he wants. He responds that he just loves having money. However, he does know that there are some things that aren't worth money.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: He deeply regrets what happened when he turned Gien into a robot, lamenting that his attempts to save the boy who had previously saved his life caused said boy to turn into an unhinged monster.
  • One Last Smoke: Dolnero attempts to smoke his last cigar after Gien mortally wounds him, but is unable to do so.
  • Redemption Equals Death: After realizing the depths of Gien's insanity, Dolnero turns over the remaining criminals to the Timerangers and goes to try and talk some sense into Gien, but is killed in the process.
  • Ugly Guy Hot Moll: With Lila who mostly is in it for the money she can take from his crimes.
  • Unwitting Pawn: Everything he did at the start of Timeranger which kickstarted everything was allowed to happen by Ryuya.
  • Villain's Dying Grace: His last acts in the series involve him handing the remaining Londarz Prisoners to the Timerangers and asking them to stop Gien just before he dies from his wounds.
  • Would Hurt a Child: Or at the very least is willing to hire a hit-man to take out an entire family just because the father was a detective investigating Dolnero's criminal organization.
    Lila 

Lila

Portrayed by: Asami Kuru

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Dolnero's personal moll, an obnoxious, gunslinging pink-haired woman and a master of disguise who frequently steals cash for clothes and valuables to suit her needs. She only sticks with Dolnero for two things: money and power.

  • Ambiguously Human: Though she is shown to be able to eat.
  • Ambiguously Brown: In one episode, after she went on vacation at a resort, she returned ALL brown. Back to normal the next episode though.
  • Girls with Guns: Notable, as villainesses from Zonnette to Denus all use swords.
  • Gold Digger: By her own admission. She openly states that she's only with Dolnero for the money. Although when Dolnero dies, she admits that she does like him a little even without money.
  • Image Song: "Frozen Beauty"
  • Karma Houdini: Despite aiding the Londerz family's crime sprees, she faces no punishment. However, this is because she simply escapes to safety before the Great Extinction of 2001 can happen.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Lila leaves the Londerz family behind and goes into hiding after discovering that Dolnero was killed while trying to stop Gien's madness, her last act is to tell a now dead Dolnero that she loved him at least a bit, even without his money.
  • Stripperiffic: Averted. Again, notable despite her role as the Londarz' moll.
  • Ugly Guy Hot Moll: While she claims to only be Dolnero's moll out of a desire to use the money he gains, she admits in the finale after Dolnero is killed and she prepares to get the hell out of dodge that she did love a little, even without the money.
    Gien 

Gien

Voiced by: Koji Tobe

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An insane robotic servant of Dolnero's, he creates many contraptions and machines for his boss' plans but secretly plots a nefarious scheme of absolute destruction only for his own ends.

  • Ax-Crazy: Over the course of the series, he grows insane to the point that he kills Dolnero and starts the disaster in the 20th century.
  • The Chosen One: Being saved by Ryuji's meddling gives Gien a sense that everything he does is by the will of a greater power.
  • Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: When he is converted into a robot, he slowly loses his mind to the point that he kills Dolnero. By the final episode, only his destructive impulses remain as he barely remembers the Timerangers.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: He used to be a normal boy who befriended Dolnero. When Dolnero's enemies found him, they killed him. Not only does Dolnero rebuild him, but he soon realizes that Gien has actually gone insane from the conversion.
  • Disappears into Light: What happens to him after he's defeated in the final battle.
  • The Dragon: He serves as Dolnero's second-in-command.
  • Dragon Ascendant: He takes over as the main villain in the present after killing Dolnero in the last three episodes.
  • Dying as Yourself: As he perishes from his wounds in the finale, he goes back to his original personality, innocently asking where Dolnero is and saying that he can count money now.
  • Evil Genius: Zigzagged. Despite being so skilled in building robots, Gien is not good with numbers, probably due to being mentally defective.
  • Eye Pop: Does this at times.
  • Expy: To Jobe Smith, both initially mentally challenged people before becoming insane as a result of being technologically altered.
  • Final Boss: After killing Dolnero, he becomes the main threat to the 20th century. Even though Captain Ryuya is the true Big Bad of the series, he, too, is killed, so the Final Battle is against Gien.
  • For the Evulz: He has a disturbing love for causing destruction, even when there's no benefit to it. He even admits that he considers it a hobby. And his desire for destruction only gets worse as the series progresses.
  • The Heavy: After killing Dolnero, Gien takes over as the driving villain of the story, even though Ryuya's the actual main villain.
  • Irony: Gien is The Unfettered Omnicidal Maniac, an Ax-Crazy Sadist, and an Evil Genius who sucks at counting numbers.
  • Lack of Empathy: He is more than willing to kill without ANY remorse whatsoever because he can.
  • Lethally Stupid: He was so outraged over the G-Zord ignoring him that he attacked the Humongous Mecha. The G-Zord would have killed him for this if Time Robo Shadow Beta hadn't taken the hit. Indeed, he actually did die this way in the original timeline.
  • The Mentally Disturbed: Beneath his eccentric Evil Genius personality lies a ravenous craving for death and destruction.
  • Mythology Gag: In the series finale, he chants "Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!
  • Nightmare Face: Whenever he emotionally expresses himself or laughs, his jaw opens wide and his eyes extend out of their sockets.
  • Omnicidal Maniac: Gien cares for nothing but killing anyone For the Evulz. Not even Dolnero is safe from his madness.
  • Psychopathic Manchild: Was originally a Manchild with mental problems before his conversion into a Cyborg and later went mad as a result.
  • Restraining Bolt: Dolnero had this prepared in case Gien has gone too far with his "hobby". Ryuya removed it two episodes later.
  • Sadist: As Gien puts it, "destruction is better than the finest wine".
  • Sanity Slippage: Over the course of the series, he goes insane due to his conversion into a robot and eventually becoming the main threat to the 20th century.
  • Took a Level in Jerkass: This is the side effect of getting a robot body, as Dolnero found out.
  • Tragic Villain: One of the biggest examples in Super Sentai. Once a human who developed a friendship with Dolnero, he was killed by a rival gang. Dolnero, saddened by his death, rebuilt him as a robot. Unfortunately, the process starts to drive him insane, and by the end of the series, he kills Dolnero in his madness and nearly destroys the present. To make matters worse, he was nothing more than a weapon of mass destruction to Ryuya, who used him as a pawn to save his own life.
  • The Unfettered: To the point where Dolnero can't even stop him. Then again, Gien's conversion into a Cyborg is Dolnero's fault (albeit to save his life) and Ryuya made it even worse.
  • Unwitting Pawn: To Ryuya. In order for Ryuya to be saved, the catastrophe caused by Gien in the present had to happen.
  • Villainous Friendship: With Dolnero. Their friendship would've ran smoothly if it weren't for an incident that resulted with Gien's conversion into a Cyborg.
  • Villainous Breakdown: Gien finally loses it and goes ballistic when the other four Timerangers (in Time Jet Gamma) knock him and his Humongous Mecha away.
    Gien: What's going on? Who are you guys? Don't get in my way!
  • Walking Spoiler: You can see how many spoiler tags mark his section, can't you?
  • Was Once a Man: He was originally a human before Dolnero's enemies killed him. Dolnero himself has Gien rebuilt as a result.
  • Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: He was once just a human boy that Don Dolnero befriended while hiding from a rival family. Said family found him, tortured and killed him for fun under the pretense of not revealing Dolnero's location. Dolnero brought him to a friend of his to transfer his mind to a robot body — which had side effects that ultimately drove him insane. That's right, the Final Boss of the series is a cyborg with the damaged mind of a human boy. Quite possibly one of the most tragic Sentai villains.

    Londerz Prisoners 

In General:

  • And I Must Scream: Since the criminals aren't killed when frozen, they have to live through their sentence alive, with no movement or freedom from the canisters.
  • Make My Monster Grow: Each of the prisoners has a Depression Seal which, if removed allows them to grow giant sized.
  • Non-Lethal K.O.: Unusually for the franchise, they don't die when defeated, just shrunk to be frozen again.

Mad Bomber Jekkar

Voiced by: Shigenori Soya

A ladybug-themed criminal who was confined for carrying out numerous terrorist attacks.
  • Animal Motifs: He is based on a ladybug.
  • I Lied: He threatened to detonate the city if the government didn't comply with his demand for cash. Tatsuya offered him a case that held the money. Even if that did happen, he was still going to do so anyways. Fortunately, the TimeRangers predicted this would occur. The aformentioned case that Tatsuya handed him? Those were his disarmed bombs.
  • Hero Killer: In one timeline wher Ryuya did not sent the Time Jets to 2000, Jekkar wipes out the Timerangers when he gets accidently enlarged.
  • Mad Bomber:Mad Bomber Jekkar.
  • This Is a Drill: As part of his abilities, he can turn his right arm into a drill.
  • Wolverine Claws: As part of his abilities, he can turn his left arm into a powerful claw.
  • Starter Villain: The first Londerz Prisoner encountered.
  • The Worf Effect: He's the first to be brought in by Time Robo.

Cash Extortionist Keys

Voiced by: Dai Matsumoto

A water flea-themed criminal who was sentenced to a 50-year confinement for using his abilities for controlling machines to rob.
  • Combat Tentacles: Has an extra pair of tentacles on his back.
  • It's Personal: Towards the cops of his timeline for imprisoning him.
  • Seldom-Seen Species: He's one of the few Sentai monsters to be based on rarely-seen animal. In this case, a water flea.
  • Technopath: He's capable of controlling machines for robbery.

Serial Kidnapper Nabal

Portrayed by: Kota Mori

Voiced by: Yutaka Asukai

A gecko-themed criminal and the creator of the Depression Seals. He was sentenced to a 200-year confinement for using his work in kidnapping.

Hitman Mad Blast

Voiced by: Kazunari Tanaka

A catfish-themed criminal. He took belongings from his victims, but was sentenced to a 15-year confinement due to the lack of proof to confirm his crimes.
  • Arm Cannon: Has one in the form of a gatling gun.
  • Family Extermination: He killed Yuuri's family when she was a child.
  • Fat Bastard: He's a (slightly) overweight catfish-themed Londerz Prisoner.
  • Hired Guns: Hitman Mad Blast.
  • Trauma Button: His presence caused Yuri to flip out, though she ultimately subverts this by pretending to act that way to get dirt on Dolnero.
  • Villains Want Mercy: Not exactly mercy, but he tried to convince Yuri that he only killed her family because Dolnero paid him for it. Yuri and her teammates bring him in anyway.

Jewel Thief Rouge

Voiced by: Hikari Tachibana

A criminal who likes jewelry like Lila.

Corrupted Murder Doctor Doc

Voiced by: Kazunori Arai

A surgeon-themed robotic criminal who was sentenced to a 500-year confinement for using his practices to kill his patients.

Hijacker Nabakov

Voiced by: Tetsu Inada

A fighter aircraft-themed criminal who was sentenced to confinement due to his fearsome reputation as a hijacker of intercontinental airships in the 30th century.

Corrupted Officer Arnold K

Voiced by: Yutaka Aoyama

A corrupt traffic cyborg cop who used his authority to mug people. He was also Don Dolnero's closest friend.
  • Dirty Cop: He abused his position as an officer to mug innocents.
  • Et Tu, Brute?: He was never aware that Dolnero is willing to sell him out to the Timerangers despite being long-time buddies, hence the upgrade he recieved from the mafia boss turned out to be a bomb.
  • Hypocritical Humor: Before enlarging, he told the Timerangers that he'll crush them for "interfering with a cop", even though he himself is a Dirty Cop.

Mercernary Org

Voiced by: Atsuki Tani

An Oni-themed criminal who traveled to many battlefields as a mercenary in the 30th century.
  • Carry a Big Stick: His only weapon is a mace that's nearly as tall as him decorated with round studs.
  • Genius Bruiser: He is an immensely strong being, but balances his brawn with surprising intelligence. He is able to lure Time Red and Time Blue into a trap that will disable their Chrono Changers. When they survive this, he uses his iedetic memory of the local battleground to drive the two into a freezing room and trap them once again.
  • Professional Killer: He is an incredibly skilled assassin.
  • Spikes of Villainy: His armor has these on his shoulders, right knee, and feet.

Sadist Gougan

Voiced by: Motomu Kiyokawa

A god-themed criminal who was arrested in the year 2975 for using his Dream Breaker machine to turn people into sleep-waking mobs to kill each other.
  • Brainwashed and Crazy: He uses a device called the "Dream Breaker" that entrances people to kill one another in their sleep.
  • For the Evulz: Gougan has no real reason to drive sleeping citizens into murdering each other other than for his own sick amusement.
  • Hate Sink: He is an incredibly heinous sort, even by Londerz standards, and exhibits no redeeming qualities. For a Monster of the Week, this is a huge accomplishment to be labeled as such, being so much of a vile bastard aside from simply being a one-shot villain.
  • Light Is Not Good: An angelic alien who also happens to be a very despicable Londerz Prisoner.
  • Sadist: Sadist Gougan. It's in the name.
  • This Is Unforgivable!: Says this to the Timerangers before enlarging.

Blackmailer Gaymark

Voiced by: Kōzō Shioya

A criminal known for blackmailing people.
  • Back for the Dead: Not exactly dead, but Gaymark's attempt to escape his confinement in TR ends with Domon unknowingly stomping him. The next scene shows he's still fine and confined again, albeit still squashed flat.
  • Blackmail: Blackmailer Gaymark.
  • Eye Beams: Is capable of shooting energy bolts from his eyes.
  • Lightning Lash: He wields an electromagnetic whip that can generate red lightning.

Gambler Velito

Portrayed by: Diamond Katsuta

Voiced by: Tetsuo Mizutori

A small alien with a robotic and mechanical exosuit who was sentenced to 20 years in confinement.

Mad Racer Baron

Portrayed by: Aoi Oozawa

Voiced by: Eiji Hanawa

A former racecar driver and rival to Ayase. He was arrested for reckless driving that resulted in an accident of a pedestrian.
  • Badass Driver: He isn't called the "Mad Racer" for nothing.
  • Bizarre Taste in Food: Is clearly seen sprinkling cherries with salt before eating them.
  • Brainwashed and Crazy: By Lila, resulting in him growing giant.
  • Graceful Loser: After Time Robo destroyed his brainwashing armor, he asked Ayase to bring him in.
  • Heel Realization: With Ayase's help, Baron avoid slamming onto pedestrians.
  • The Resenter: Towards the end of his fight with Time Robo, he reveals to Ayase that he's actually jealous of the latter's driving talents.
  • The Rival: Towards Ayase.
  • We Used to Be Friends: Again, with Ayase, who testified against him over his reckless driving habits.

Sniper Reihou

Voiced by: Emi Uwagawa

Gourmet Pyromaniac Vincent

Voiced by: Don Kantaro

  • The Bully: A food critic variant. He would attack any food shops or restaurants should they give him "bad" food.
  • Breath Weapon: He can shoot fire from his mouth.
  • Dirty Coward: And a comical one at that. His personality is that of a bully who thinks of himself as someone who's too important to be brought in. He even tried to hold a building full of innocents as hostages after enlarging.
  • Fat Bastard: He's an alien pig Londerz Prisoner in a chef getup.
  • Improbable Weapon User: Wields a gigantic fork as a weapon.

Extortionist Gang Boss Flan

Voiced by: Hideo Ishikawa

  • The Bully: Even more so than Vincent, since he's also an extortionist and a delinquent gang boss.
  • Chain Pain: He wields a chain-like whip for a weapon.
  • Delinquent Hair: Has a mohawk hairdo. Not bad for a Londerz Prisoner.
  • Evil Teacher: He posed as a teacher and trained several students in Nanjo Middle School to be bullies.

Terrorist Sandoora

Voiced by: Jun Ishimaru

  • Curbstomp Battle: Manages to put Time Robo out of comission for an episode despite losing in the end.
  • Mad Bomber: His grenades are powerful enough to deal real damage to Time Robo.
  • Shotguns Are Just Better: His preferred weapon.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: His presence ultimately resulted with the introduction of the Lambda 2000 and Zeta-3 crystals, which would later bring game-changing events throughout the entire series.

Bodyguard Hydrid

Voiced by: Masaharu Sato

  • Bee Afraid: His head resembles a bee stinger.
  • Fantastic Drug: The Power Split alcoholic drink Dolnero provided can turn anyone into party animals upon consumption. This does not work on aliens, however.
  • Old Soldier: One of the Timerangers' older and more experienced opponents.
  • Samurai: Hydrid is an insectoid Londerz Prisoner in Musha armor.
  • The Worf Effect: He is easily pulverized by Time Robo Shadow Alpha.

Marriage Con Artist Barbera

Voiced by: Chika Kochihira

A gorgon-themed Londerz Prisoner who can hypnotize any man with her bracelet.

Energy Thief Ugo

Voiced by: Takashi Nagasako

  • Big Creepy-Crawlies: He's a giant alien caterpillar.
  • Drugs Are Bad: In this case, his addiction to electricty, which is similar to how drug addicts act in real life.
  • Energy Absorption: Can absorb the energy attacks from the Timeranger's weapons and use it against them.
  • Hoist by His Own Petard: Ugo can be easily distracted at the sight of electricity, which Tatsuya took advantage of.
  • Shock and Awe: He can discharge electricity from his mouth-like arms.
  • Verbal Tic: "Bibi!" and "Denki!".
  • The Worf Effect: He's the first to fall victim to the Assault Vector.

Assaulter Borg

Voiced by: Kosuke Toriumi

Mad Scientist Genbu

Voiced by: Keiichi Sonobe

A turtle-themed scientist who was imprisoned for endangering his assistants in his space-time experiment.
  • Mad Scientist: Mad Scientist Genbu.
  • Meaningful Name: His name is a portmanteau of constellation Genbu and Bu, the Japanese reading of the Chinese currency unit Yuan.
  • Non-Action Guy: He prefers to let his copies do his dirty work.
  • The Psycho Rangers: Transported the Timerangers into his own dimension and forced them to fight Evil Knockoffs of themselves. He would later create a copy of Time Robo Alpha after enlarging.
  • Teleportation: His main ability.

Esthetician Domiiro

Voiced by: Akemi Misaki

  • Greed: He would do anything for money, no matter how illegal it is.
  • Poisonous Person: He can poison the ocean with his cannonball-like Bloody Labor tablets. This does not sit well for Sion.
  • Meaningful Name: He's named after the Japanese salon company Este de Milord.
  • Sissy Villain: Despite his obsession with money, Domiiro acts like a vain woman. Since he was a beautician before turning to a life of crime, this is understandable.

Arms Smuggler Hammer

Voiced by: Takahiro Yoshimizu

Poacher Master Hunter

Voiced by: Tetsu Inada

  • Death by Irony: Londerz Prisoners are simply re-frozen instead of dying, but Master Hunter is defeated by the same Giant Robo he tried to take control of: the V-Rex.
  • Evil Poacher: He is a hunter-themed alien, and a criminal as well.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: Gien's attempt to take control of V-Rex by having Master Hunter do his dirty work foreshadows his increasing insanity in later episodes.
  • The Worf Effect: Against V-Rex Robo, which falls into Naoto's hands, he doesn't stand a chance.

Counselor Zektar

Voiced by: Ryoichi Tanaka

  • Defiant to the End: "I'll never turn myself in to scum like you!"
  • Didn't See That Coming: While Zektar anticipated every attack Time Robo Shadow Beta threw at him due to analyzing it with the Mind Modulator through Domon earlier, he didn't expect V-Rex to interfere and bring him in with little effort.
  • Evil Old Folks: His voice sounds like an old man.
  • Light Is Not Good: Mental counselors are know for being doctors specialized in mental therapy. Not this guy.
  • Make My Monster Grow: He immediately enlarged himself after Domon thwarted his Mind Rape plan and the other Timerangers showed up.
  • Mind Rape: His Mind Modulator works like this.
  • Psycho Psychologist: Zektar's treatment towards his patients are very unethical and would imprison them for his experiments once they're bankrupt from paying him over and over again.
  • Shapeshifting: He's capable of impersonating anyone, as seen with Domon.
  • This Cannot Be!: His reaction to Domon pretending to fall victim to his Mind Rape.
  • Worf Had the Flu: The reason why Zektar didn't put that much of a fight against V-Rex Robo is because he had no idea it would interfere in his fight against Time Robo Shadow Beta.

Bomb Maker D.D. Ladis

Voiced by: Yasuhiko Kawazu

  • Brainwashed and Crazy: He was forced to battle with a control device.
  • Butt-Monkey: The crap he had to go through in his episode is just depressing. And it's not played for laughs.
  • Combat Tentacles: Has these for fighting.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: He was first seen being cryogenically frozen at the start of the series.
  • Token Good Teammate: Out of all the prisoners D.D. Ladis is this as his crime was a minor one, and did not want to fight.

Loan Shark Dogoal

Voiced by: Kōji Totani

  • Loan Shark: And a literal one at that.
  • Power Pincers: Has a lobster claw on his right hand, which has a laser gun inside.
  • Yakuza: He's one of the few Londerz Prisoners to have his own henchmen, even if he's just a subordinate to Dolnero.
  • Threatening Shark: He's a money-grubbing Londerz Prisoner themed after a hammerhead shark.

Stalker Detective Abel

Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa

Hacker Yugento

Portrayed by: Yuzo Mikawa

Voiced by: Yoshiyuki Kono

  • Arm Cannon: As with Mad Blast, Yugento has a gatling gun on his right arm.
  • Brainwashed and Crazy: During the giant battle, he reprogrammed the Time Shadow onto his side. However, a couple of hits from V-Rex got the Time Shadow back on the Rangers side.
  • Playful Hacker: Though Yugento is far more malicious than playful.
  • "Groundhog Day" Loop: Naoto is forced to relive October 22 repeatedly after being attacked by him.
  • My Brain Is Big: Has a rather large brain.

Arms Dealer Banjan | Voice: Hisanori Nemoto

  • Arms Dealer: It's literally what he was imprisoned for.
  • Cool Sword: Fitting for a "Chinese kung-fu villain" character, Banjan wields a stylized Jian sword.
  • Didn't See That Coming: His attempt to detonate the building where the other three Timerangers and Honami were in failed due to Sion's jamming device.
  • The Triads and the Tongs: He's an alien pond loach dressed like a Chinese martial artist.
  • Wrecked Weapon: Time Robo Shadow Alpha broke his sword before bringing him in.

Saboteur Mayden

Portrayed by:Hakobu Okubo

Voiced by: Yoshio Kawai, Shinji Kasahara (Naoto voice)

Spiritual Filmmaker Glokun

Voiced by: Mansaku Fuwa

A crazy movie director-themed Londerz Prisoner who trapped the Timerangers in his own script: "The End of Timerangers.".
  • All Just a Dream: He only appears in Sion's dream, meaning that the Timerangers never fought him in reality at all.
  • A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Took on the appearance of a film director.
  • Hoist by His Own Petard: His script has No Ending due to Sion tearing out the last page to use as autograph paper.
  • Oh, Crap!: His reaction when he finds out that the last page of his script is missing.
  • Shout-Out: His appearance evokes the famous Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.

Serial Thief Dorba

Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio

Prophet Strauss

Voiced by: Masahiro Noguchi

  • Dark Is Evil: He's a telekinetic Londerz Prisoner in black.
  • False Prophet: False prophets are known for making profits from their doomsday predictions and Strauss happens to be one of them.
  • Mind over Matter: Has telekinesis as part of his arsenal.
  • Real After All: Strauss may have done it for money, but his prediction about the world coming to an end in the year 2001 was anything but lies.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: His doomsday predictions are just a preview of the foreboding events that are yet to come.

Computer Engineer Gate

Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu

  • The Gunslinger: Has the traits of one, being an expert marksman that only Naoto could match.
  • Lizard Folk: His appearance is based on a giant girdled lizard.
  • Wild Card: His first scene has him dismissing Dolnero and Lira's warnings about the Great Extinction before doing his own thing.

    Hell's Gate Prisoners 

In General:

  • Ax-Crazy: All of them are just as insane as Gien.
  • The Dreaded: They're the most dangerous Londerz Prisoners the Timerangers have ever fought. They're also tied with Gougan for committing some the most despicable acts in the 30th Century prior to their initial confinement.
  • Knight of Cerebus: A Hell's Gate Prisoner showing up means Serious Business for both the Timerangers and Londerz. It doesn't help that Gien has the key to the Hell's Gate vault, along with a spare that he uses after Dolnero asked him to hand the key over.

Hell's Gate Prisoner Blaster Mad

Voiced by: Eiji Ito

  • Ax-Crazy: He doesn't bother with any type of scheme when released, he just throws bombs everywhere while trying to murder as many people as he can.
  • BFS: Wields a giant sword.
  • Chest Blaster: Has one in the middle of his chest.
  • Knight of Cerebus: Is a very dark Monster of the Week, spending his screen time either trying to murder people with bombs or attempting to shoot them.
  • Mad Bomber: Can create small, but deadly, bombs that resembles toy tops.
  • Nerf Arm: His explosives resemble toy tops
  • Serial Killer: Has a whopping total of 1030 murders under his belt.
  • Shoutout: His method of using explosives disguised toys is a similar M.O. to Toyman
  • Slasher Smile: He's always seen smiling like this.
  • Wake-Up Call Boss: As the first Hell's Gate Prisoner encountered, Blaster Mad is insanely tough to the point where Domon had to come up with an Outside-the-Box Tactic just to weaken him.
  • Villainous Breakdown: Blaster Mad goes apeshit and enlarged himself after a two-pronged attack from the Timerangers.
  • The Worf Effect: Time Robo Shadow Beta proves too much for a Hell's Gate Prisoner like him.

Hell's Gate Prisoner Jagul

Voiced by: Ryuugo Saito

  • The Bad Guy Wins: Even though the Timerangers brought him to custody in the end, he still succeeded in bringing V-Rex to 2001.
  • Shotguns Are Just Better: His main weapon.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: His actions resulted with Wataru discovering Time Red's identity, Naoto becoming Time Fire, and the City Guardians' increasing involvement in the Londerz conflict.

Hell's Gate Prisoner Emboss

Voice by: Takahiro Natsui

Hell's Gate Prisoner Harbal

Voiced by: Kenji Nomura

  • Blood Knight: Eager to hurt people.
  • Fat Bastard: And the worst one to boot, not really surprising since he's a Hell's Gate Prisoner.
  • Meaningful Name: His name is a wordplay of "hairball".
  • Small Role, Big Impact: His hospitalization of Wataru would set up the mastermind's plan into motion, from the G-Zord incident to the Great Extinction in 2001.
  • Wily Walrus: He is based on a Walrus.

    Londerz Mecha 

Catastrophic Weapon Nova

Combat Bio-Robo G-Zord

A weapon the Time Police developed that got lost in time, becoming a junction point for two Bad Future scenarios.

MechaCrisis

NeoCrisis

  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Inflicts a massively one sided fight on the V-Rex.
  • Synchronization: Due to Gien being wired to the robot, he died when NeoCrisis was destroyed.

    The Mastermind (Unmarked Spoilers) 

Captain Ryuya Asami

Portrayed by: Masaru Nagai

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The stern captain of the Timerangers. He helps the Timerangers by sending them mecha and weapons, should the rangers need this. However he's not all that he seems at first.

In reality, he's the true villain of the series. Having received a vision of two possible catastrophes - one in the past, one in the present - Ryuya is concerned solely with the fact that he dies in both possibilities. As a result, he took actions to ensure that the catastrophe in the past would occur and that his own life would be saved. To do this, he set Don Dolnero free, kickstarting the entire plot and putting Gien in a position where the catastrophe could happen. When the Timerangers barring Tatsuya return to the future, they make an attempt to escape to help Tatsuya, during which Ayase fatally wounds Ryuya, prompting him to reveal all he's done.

  • All for Nothing: Ryuya manipulates the show's events behind the scenes to avoid his impending demise. Regardless of how he tries to prevent his fate, Ryuya still dies once exposed and shot to death by Ayase.
    Ryuya: It's been six years. But, in the end... the result is the same.
  • Ambition Is Evil: His ambition is to change his fate, and avoid the way he died in the futures that he visited.
  • Badass Normal: To an extent. While he's not The Heavy and doesn't get a proper fight, he's the only normal human to be the Big Bad for the season. While there have been former humans or humanoids as main villains, all of them, even the final villains of Flashman and Liveman, had some sort of superhuman powers. Ryuya, as part of his plan, gave up his powers and only briefly took Tatsuya's Time Red powers.
  • Big Bad: Though he's introduced as the Big Good, his benevolent image slowly breaks apart until he reveals himself to be the series' main antagonist. Dolnero and Gien were nothing more than pawns to him.
  • Can't Kill You, Still Need You: He kept Gien alive as his presence is a fixed point in the events of 2000-2001. He also did with the Timerangers by sending them the Time Jets and Time Shadow until the G-Zord was neutralized.
  • The Captain: He serves as the captain of the Timerangers, communicating with Tac to help provide weapons and mecha.
  • The Chessmaster: He manipulates time and history to prevent a disaster in the future by causing one in the present, all while preventing his own death. Though Ryuya successfully saves his era, he's unable to prevent his own death from occurring.
  • Death by Irony: He spent years carefully planning and setting up the events to spare himself of a horrific death as Time Fire, and when he thinks he's already safe, ends up fatally wounded in a Gun Struggle when he tries to stop Ayase.
  • Didn't Think This Through: As Jillun points out, when you know how you're going to die and you change it, you don't know how you're going to die anymore.
  • Evil All Along: He's not nearly as well-intentioned as he appears. The whole series is a result of his actions, and he manipulated everything before the start. His mask slowly gets undone as the series progresses before it is fully shed in the final arc.
  • Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: In his final moments, he can't understand why the Timerangers choose to go back to the past and risk their lives, instead of staying in the future for a happy and assured life. More so with Ayase as he expected someone on the verge of death would understand his motives better than anyone else.
  • Evil Counterpart: He is one to his ancestor Tatsuya in believing in destiny and enacting his "change your tommorrow" philosophy in a negative way.
  • Face–Heel Turn: When he learned about his destiny after going through two possible futures, Ryuya turned his back on the Time Patrol as Time Fire and became a villain acting to save his own life.
  • Fallen Hero: He was the original Time Fire who later changed time to prevent a disaster in his lifetime and his own death from occurring after learning that he was destined to die.
  • Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: The real reason he did everything throughout the series was because he had a vision depicting his death no matter what happened in the future and fearfully went on to try and prevent it, while keeping the 30th century safe in order to further ensure his survival. None of the Timerangers buy his attempts at justifying himself with Sion even furiously reminding Ryuya of how he used Naoto as a sacrificial pawn that would take his place as the one to die fighting Gien and by extension all the people killed by his manipulation of events.
  • Good Wears White: A subverted example. While Ryuya wears a white suit, he's also revealed to be Evil All Along.
  • Humans Are the Real Monsters: In a show filled with criminal aliens, including one acting as the major antagonist of the series; it's the fully human Ryuya who acts as the true biggest evil around and by far the most evil character of the show, outdoing even the worse of the Londerz Prisoners in scope thanks to the sheer reach of his plans and goals.
  • Identical Grandson: He is Tatsuya's descendant from the future.
  • It's All About Me: Ryuya doesn't care less about the innocent lives he's endangered all throughout the show so long it serves any purpose to ensure his survival.
  • Light Is Not Good: He dresses in white yet is far eviler than the Londerz Family - Dolnero and Lila have good qualities while Gien has the excuse of being driven insane by his mechanization; he doesn't care if countless lives are lost to save his own hide and will ruin as much lives as well if it means ensuring that outcome comes to pass.
  • The Man Behind the Man: Dolnero would never have gotten out and Gien's mental stability would have not worsen if he didn't let them.
  • Non-Action Big Bad: Despite being able to wield the Time Red and Time Fire powers, he does little actual fighting in the series, preferring to manipulate everyone else instead. This is because he deliberately retired from his duties as Time Fire to escape his fate to die in preventing a disaster.
  • Tyrant Takes the Helm: He takes the Time Red powers from Tatsuya near the end of the show in a bit of a Jerkass move. Come The Reveal, it's played perfectly straight.
  • The Unfettered: An entire century can be destroyed for all he cares, as long as it's not the one he's living in at the moment. And it doesn't matter to him how many people suffer and die to avoid that, as his callous use of Naoto as the fall guy for his fate as Time Fire proves.
  • The Unfought: There was never a full battle with him, but instead, he was killed off while trying to stop the Timerangers from going back and stopping Gien. Gien took Final Boss status while Ryuya remained one of the few final Sentai Big Bads to not get a proper fight, shared only with Great Professor Bias and Great Doctor Lee Keflen.
  • Villainous Plan Inertia: Even after his death, the Timerangers still have to stop Gien and prevent the Great Extinction.
  • Walking Spoiler: It's hard not to talk about the character without mentioning a huge twist that occurs in the second half of the series, much less his wham of a death speech.
  • Wham Episode: More like a Wham Scene. His dying speech accomplishes quite a lot, as he effectively reveals that he was a far greater threat than Dolnero or Gien, even if he was less powerful.

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