Gekiranger Team Analysis

The Gekirangers are the students of the Geki Juken Beast Arts. Each one of them has different personalities that spring out throughout the series such as...

   Jan Kandou

His name is basically a play on Jet Kune Doo. I think this guy is kind of weird that while he was the lone survivor of a village, he was raised by what? Pandas! (correction: Thanks Ling). Well Sentai is full of weird, silly stuff which is but normal anyway like since when did pandas learn kung fu?! :-P. With that, he is a feral child in search of his identity. Since his primary beast is a tiger, it's natural he uses tiger-style fighting too. Being illiterate, however, didn't stop him from his destiny. He and Rio became rivals and eventually friends when Rio and Melee saw the error of their ways. He also had a history of meeting his long-lost father who died to save him from Long's attack which enraged him for the final battle.

Sidenote: I really felt like Jan's character was almost close to Cole Evans from Wild Force. Both of them had their parents murdered by the main antagonists (Second Master Org, Long) for some creepy reason. Second Master Org killed Cole's parents out of jealousy. Long manipulated Dan and killed Jan's mother for whatever sick reason there was. Both were raised in the jungle and had to find their way, even dealing with yellow rangers who were more leadership material. I think Jan had a better characterization. Cole spoke too refined for a jungle boy. Jan had more development as a jungle boy. Though both have more development than Daisuke from Kamen Rider Amazon since that show only ran for 24 episodes. 

  Ran Uzaki/Geki Yellow

She is from a rich family. She was a hesitant ranger because she thought she wasn't good enough but Xia Fu anyway told her that she was needed because of her wits. She is by default the captain of the Gekirangers because she's the smart one, which is normal since female rangers were usually the smartest of the teams. Her color coding and the cheetah go together. Also being a woman, she focuses on matters of the heart more than her members which may also explain why she's not much of a fighter.

For one, I really can't help but think also of TRINI from Mighty Morphin' when I'm looking at her. Both her and Trini are powerful martial artists who are hesitant to fight. Both Ran and Trini were unsure of their destinies as yellow rangers. I could say Ran also has similarities to Taylor Eadheart of Wild Force - both are highly skilled and can lead better than the red ranger. In Ran's case, SHE is technically the leader of her team. I still prefer the Trini comparison since both are martial artists. I even want to imagine she and Mako from Shinkenger might become best friends too. 

  Retsu Fukami/Geki Blue

He is somewhat the person in the team deceived by a lie his older brother was killed by Rio. He's one of those who start out as selfish and obnoxious rangers who later mature as the series progresses because he believes too much in his intelligence. In other words, he rivals Ran Uzaki in being the smart one. Gou Fukami/Geki Violet

He's the first purple ranger and a master of the wolf. He is actually the long lost sibling of Retsu Fukami who was long thought dead. It's natural that he uses the Geki Wolf because of his cursed form as a werewolf that he passed through. Theirs was an estranged relationship which slowly but surely fixed as the battles went through.

Ken Hisatsu/Geki Chopper

Well it's another ranger named Ken after Ken Hoshikawa of Fiveman but their personalities are radically different. Also, he's the first ranger not to shave that much if not at all. He and Gou Fukami initially don't like one another especially when the latter left leaving him behind during a training session which he doesn't know was the real reason. He is of course a womanizer but to a lesser extent and believes in a team where women should be around.

  For a bizarre reason, only the first three Gekirangers were able to go super mode and only they were able to seal back Long after he was defeated in a giant battle. At the end, when Long was turned into a ball, Jan Kandou turned him into a necklace before leaving for Hong Kong.

Updated: March 2, 2022