Sentai Heroes/Heroines Deaths

I think it's time to document the tragic deaths of Super Sentai heroes/heroines as they were. I decided to update this post after some time it was written more than 10 years ago. As heroes as they are - they are NOT invincible because they are flawed humans. 

Here are some of the deaths that really took place and brought a tear to the eyes of fans....

Daigorou Kumano/Ki Ranger II

He was a temporary member. He was killed when Can Opener Mask's blade thrust into his stomach and killed him. The actor was just there temporarily since the original acted in a play. Sadly, the original Kiranger, Baku Hatakeyama ENDED his life in real life. So sad Hatakeyama was only 34 years old. Meanwhile, Jiro Daruma still lives for now. 

Kensaku Shiraishi/Battle Cossack I

He was severely shot by Egos agents out of his suit (here there is no henshin sequence, only wear the suit and boom) while trying to save his younger sister. His actor left because he got married and wanted to enjoy some time with his bride. Talk about how killing somebody was the best way to write someone off at times!


Mika Koizumi/Yellow 4 1

She was shot several times by the Bio Killer Gun to save the others and Mason intended to kill Gou Shirou/Red One after harming their Bio Robo which recovered. She also did save Hikaru Katsuragi/Pink Five from the same fate and eventually the others. When the Bio Killer Gun ran out of ammunition, Psygorn blasted her with a strong blast ending her life. Mika remained in-suit all throughout as Yuki Yajima abruptly left the set.

It's quite a tragic milestone. Mika was meant to be the first female yellow ranger and the first to die. The tragic coincidence was this. First, we had Hatakeyama end his life at only 34 years old. After 17 years, we had a real-life death. Thuy Trang died in a car accident on September 3, 2001. Sounds bizarre (two real events, one FICTIONAL EVENT) but it happened. It seemed Mika's return in Akibaranger as a ghost was meant to pay respect to the late actress.

Gai Yuki/Black Condor

Gai Yuki's death for me was really a great Sentai injustice IMHO not because he died but because of how he died. Unlike other Sentai heroes who showed their human vulnerability in battle, he was killed by a random mugger, nobody noticed him dying and he just died there, as if his friends didn't notice he was dying. Later, Ryu and Kaori named their son after him. He later reappeared in Gokaiger as a ghost.

Update: From what I heard, Toshihide Wakamatsu and Toshiki Inoue both mutually agreed it. Just think of the best way to troll the audience! As much as I think Jetman is a masterpiece BUT this scene was totally just bonkers. Not a good way to kill a character who'd rather die in battle, right? 

Dragon Ranger/Burai

This scene would be tragic in Mighty Morphin' as well as it was to Zyuranger fans. Burai lost his life force when the timeless room used to keep him alive was destroyed by Bandora. After this, he had no more restoration thus causing him to finally die. I kind of find this very tragic like the death of Optimus Prime in Transformers. Again this taught children even heroes die. 

 Why Shiro Izumi's character was meant to die is something then again, I think he had another project. No wonder why some people didn't like Zyuranger. He was my favorite Zyuranger... always was, and always will be. Later he reappeared as a ghost in Gokaiger and reappeared with Geki in Akibaranger as Powerful Rangers and later restored back to their normal selves.

Kujaku

The goddess herself died as the Earth was too polluted. I couldn't help but think while the story was well-written it was also very predictable that her relationship with Daigo was a star-crossed one. This has to be one of the most tragic stories in Dairanger. 

Mystery Mother

The estranged wife of Shadam and the mother of the twins Kou and Akumaro. She died when the cave, caved in on her and she died with her other son Akumaro. It was a very tragic death scene indeed. 

Master Kaku

He died during his final battle with Shadam where he attempted to become the Gorma Emperor to bring peace to both sides. He's also the first Sentai mentor to die on the script.


Sandayu

Killed by Junior/Gasha Dokuro in cold blood. Somehow that scene made me wish that Gasha Dokuro wasn't killed off.


BullBlack

He was mortally wounded in battle against the Balban which killed him. He sacrificed himself to undo the mistake where he tried to blow up the Earth to destroy Balban. His ghost later arrived to make Hyuga the second Bullblack. I'm amazed that Lost Galaxy managed to 


Naoto Takizawa

I consider this the most ironic because he was killed by a zenitto's bullet at a distance. Really lame. I wish the writers just killed him in battles like the V-Rex explodes or something. Later he (non-canonically) reappeared as a ghost in Gokaiger and Akibaranger.


Mikoto Nakadai

He was just like Burai who started off as evil but for a LONGER duration. Much of his appearance in Abaranger has been villainous.  He ended up dying when his suit self-destructed, this time as a "last minute hero" because he first served the villains and defected to the good guys realizing he was wrong. Later he appeared as a ghost in Gokaiger and Akibaranger.


Jin Masato

Like Burai, he was already dead to start with though the show didn't have too much of a hint to do so. He sacrificed himself in order to ensure that Enter would be permanently destroyed. Strangely, there was a rumor concerning Power Rangers RPM that one of its members was supposed to die so Venjix can be defeated.

Updated on: October 30, 2022