Dragon Ranger (SKW)

Dragon Ranger / Classic Green Ranger
Origin	Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger (1992)
Alias	Burai Tommy 1 (by Spider Man)
Type	Human
Role	Hero, formerly anti-villain
Gender	Male
Alignment	Zyurangers (former enemies)
Home World	Toei Tokuverse
Other residences	Hall of Heroes Earth
Family	Geki/ TyrannoRanger (Brother) Yamato Tribe Black Knight (Father, deceased) Yamato Tribe King (Adoptive Father, deceased) Dragon Caesar (Guardian Beast)
Weapon	Zyusouken
Status	Deceased
English Voice	Brad Hawkins
Japanese Voice	Shiro Izumi

Burai / Dragon Ranger is the Sixth Ranger of Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. He is from the same tribe as his brother Geki, and his jealousy put him at odds with the Zyurangers due to a tragic altercation between his and Geki's father and their tribe's leader, until Geki was finally able to get through to him.

Story

Although he died a long time ago during a freak earthquake while he was in stasis, Burai was temporarily revived at DaiZyuJin's behest, and now he has resurfaced once more as the Shin Avengers uncover the truth behind Black Condor's own death, to help them and the Jetmen destroy the Iron Man Mk 33.

Burai, Kou, Platts and Kaji were also involved in Shin and Mega Man’s efforts to save Zero and stop Ultron from destroying both the Alliance and the Stark Administration.

He joins the Avengers Sentai Alliance in the Battle of Starktopia 01, using Dragon Caesar to help fight and destroy the Black Dragonzord and Nezi Silver, and then fought Lords Stark and Drakkon alongside the Zyurangers and Avengers. After Mugen DaiZyuJin destroys the real Iron Majin, Burai went back to his eternal rest in the Hall of Heroes upon return to the Tokuverse.

Personality

Burai was once filled with hatred for his brother, mainly because their king took no responsibility for his feud with their biological father, the Yamato Tribe's Black Knight, and both his father’s and the king’s deaths left Burai with no one else to hold accountable. He eventually made amends with Geki, however, and now fights for justice with the other Zyurangers.

Burai is somehow also aware of Lord Drakkon prior to the Super Infinity War, sympathizing with him to a degree. He sees in Lord Stark something similar to the hate that once corrupted Burai himself, and understands full well how Shin Seigi feels about the Stark Family. Due to this and how Stark tried to kill his fellow Ranger Kou (and Peter Parker) in a cruel hostage situation, Burai regrettably had to help stop Pepper from interfering with the destruction of her husband, or else Shin’s own anger at Stark could drive him down the same hateful path Burai once took.

Quotes

• "Even in death I fight for those who cannot fight for themselves!”
• “Yamato Tribe Knight, Burai!” ~ alternative role call
• “Your master can’t stand the mere idea of a child prodigy being smarter than him, yet he still wants to use your talents and intellect for his own benefit. Can’t you see the hypocrisy in that?” - chiding Riri Williams for accepting the Administration’s rule
• “I’ll bet you tell Kou the same thing!” - when someone calls him their “favorite Ranger”.
• “How’s this for an old timer?”
• “Get him, Dragon Caesar!”
• “Thanks, Won Tiger!”
• “That sword does not belong to either of us!” - to Drakkon about the Hellfriede.
• "Drakkon! Open your eyes. You're being used by that conniving scumbag Stark!"
• "Stark! You're not the only one who's been corrupted by hate!"
• "Soul of the Dragon!" - performing his team attack with Kou
• ”Pepper, STOP!! Get ahold of yourself!”
• “Your husband did was hurt more people than he was benefiting, and all it did was inspire other people to seek vengeance! To make the same mistakes that I did!”
• ”If Stark is allowed to kill any more of us, Shin will never stop being angry! It has to stop NOW!”

Musical Theme

Dragon Ranger's theme is a remake of "Go Green Ranger, Go!". It also features as his boss theme in Zero’s campaign and stage theme in Riri’s campaign in the MvSS X Mega Man game.

Trivia

• Both Burai and Kou's motion captures were supposed to be performed by Jason David Frank, who played the Ranger who initially used both their suits and powers.
• Lord Stark was the first character to shatter Burai’s(and simultaneously Geki’s) helmet visor.
• Burai and Ganmazin are the only Super Sentai heroes to return in an MvSS episode directly after the tribute episodes to their corresponding seasons.
• The Battle of Starktopia 01 marks the first time Burai and Kou are shown to directly interact with one another, unless some offscreen interaction during the events of the Great Legend War counts.
• His quote to Drakkon about the latter being used by Tony Stark, who in turn is being used by Iron Majin, is lifted from the Sega Genesis port of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, during the end of its rendition of the "Green with Evil" storyline.
• The name of his Hyper Combo Attack is borrowed from the Power Rangers graphic novel featuring his counterpart Tommy.
• GokaiWhite attended a Q/A with Shiro Izumi, Kenta Satou(Riki Honoo), and Masaru Shishido(Goro Hoshino) at Power Morphicon 2024 on August 24.