Yuri/Time Pink, The Last True Female Leader

While there have been a couple female leaders in Sentai in recent years, Yuri is perhaps the last true full-time leader. Ran/Gekiyellow was chosen as the captain of the Gekirangers but rarely did anything that remotely resembled a leader. Kaoru (female Shinkenred) took over leadership responsibilities from Takeru and actually did lead the Shinkengers, but she was present for only 6 episodes. Yuri, however, was leader from day one with her team. It can be argued that the team moved with Tatsuya or that her and Tatsuya were co-leaders, but for the sake of arguement, I consider Yuri the leader of the Timerangers because she led them in battle and recruited Tatsuya.

Yuri is everything you would want a leader to be. She's tough, serious, strict, and has good leadership skills. In fact, she's one of the more serious pink rangers ever along with Sakura/Bouken Pink, though she doesn't have the smiling issues that Sakura has and can lighten up. She started out as a by the book leader, but eventually loosen up a bit by warming up to Tatsuya and eventually seemed like she didn't care that Domon and Honami were dating (at first she saw Honami as a threat to their mission). Eventually Tatsuya falls for Yuri but they were unable to be together because of the large time difference.

The reason why Yuri was serious and strict with her team was because she felt like she had a mission to accomplish. In the year 3000 she was a cop in the same anti-mafia division that her father was in. Her father and her family were murdered by a Londarz family criminal, who at the time was ordered by Don Dorunero. After Don Dorunero escaped to the year 2000, Yuri volunteered to go after him. Yuri felt that bringing Dorunero back to justice was her chance at redemption for her family. When she was unable to bring him back alive, Yuri felt that she had failed her mission.

Yuri is one of the more well developed pink sentai warriors ever. Given her families past, her sense of a mission to accomplish, and how she eventually warms up to Tatsuya and her team, especially since she's the only girl on her team.

My Picks for Attractive Power Rangers Heroine

Now it's time for my picks for most attractive Power Rangers heroine. I'm going to make only one list instead of splitting them into "hot" and "cute" because honestly, Sentai has Power Rangers beat in both categories, especially in the "cute" category. Here's my list. Enjoy :)

Kimberly/Amy Jo Johnson (MMPR Pink)

I don't think Amy Jo is as hot as some fans make her out to be (especially people who've only seen MMPR), but she's still hot nonetheless.

Cassie/Patricia Ja Lee (Turbo/In Space Pink)

For me, Cassie is borderline between hot and cute. However, she's my personal favorite PR heroine and I find her a lot more attractive than either of her Sentai counterparts.

Ashley/Tracy Lynn Cruz (Turbo/In Space Yellow)

Ashley is definitely a hottie. Interestingly, she's suppose to be caucasain even though her actress is not caucasain (Tracy Lynn Cruz is half Asian/half Hispanic). She's hotter than her Carranger counterpart, but IMO, her Megaranger counterpart is equally as hot. My only gripe is, whenever I see pics or videos of Tracy Lynn Cruz I think she wears way too much make up.

Maya/Cerina Vincent (Lost Galaxy Yellow)

For me, Maya is the hottest among all white PR heroine. She has the nicest figure of any PR girl, and her outfit in Lost Galaxy seemed to be made for fan service. :P

Karone/Melody Perkins (Lost Galaxy Pink)

Melody Perkins doubles as both a hot villain (Astronema) and a hot pink ranger (Karone) in Power Rangers. :P She also fits the description of a hot blond.

Elizabeth "Z"/Monica May (SPD Yellow)

Z is kinda the opposite of Ashley, she's a Hispanic character played by a caucasain actress. I think Monica May is quite attractive, though not nearly as hot as Jasmine from Dekaranger. Interestingly, Monica May is one of only a handful of American actors/actresses to get a role under Disney's Power Rangers.

Rose/Rhoda Montemayor (Operation Overdrive Pink)

For me, Rose was the lone bright spot during Operation Overdrive. Her actress, Rhoda Montemayor, is quite pretty and is of Filipino decent. Still, she's not quite as hot as Sakura.

Summer/Rose McIver (RPM Yellow)

From one Rose to another. :P Ok, the previous one was Rose the character. This one is Rose the actress. For me, she's a cute blond :P

Mia/Erika Fong (Samurai Pink)

From the pics I've seen of Erika Fong, I think she is very pretty.

Emily/Brittany Pirtle (Samurai Yellow)

I think Brittany Pirtle is also beautiful. For me, this is the hottest PR heroine combo since Maya/Karone during Lost Galaxy.

My Picks for Cute Sentai Heroine

Since I made a post on hot Sentai heroine, I've decided to make a post for cute Sentai heroine as well. A post for attractive PR heroine will come as well. Enjoy :)

Ako/Sayuri Uchida (Blue Swallow, Jetman)

Though not as adorable as some of the other girls on this list, Ako is still cute in her own way.

Mei/Reiko Chiba (PteraRanger, Zyuranger)

Mei is quite adorable and cute, especially the different hairstyles she would use. For me, Mei is one of the few bright spots from Zyuranger.

Matsuri/Kayoko Shibata (GoPink, GoGoV)

Though I haven't seen much of GoGoV (except for the team-up with Timeranger), I though Matsuri was cute.

Umeko/Mika Kikuchi (DekaPink, Dekaranger)

Umeko is cute and adorable in many ways. Besides being short, she's energetic and cheerful, the kind of girl I would like to date. And she has a nice singing voice to.

Houka/Ayumi Bepa (MagiPink, Magiranger)

Houka is much like Umeko. Very feminine, bubbly, and a ditz. Though for me, not as cute as Umeko, nor as attractive as Urara.

Natsuki/Chise Nakamura (BoukenYellow, Boukenger)

Natsuki is one of the few yellow rangers that is feminine, and bubbly. She's childish but in a cute way. She's even more interesting of a character because she's a 100,000 year old princess of a destroyed civilization.

Ran/Mina Fukui (GekiYellow, Gekiranger)

Though Ran is much more serious personality wise than most of the girls on here, look's wise, she's kinda cute. For me, her best moment was when Jan was turned into a kid and Retsu was turned into a baby, her reaction was hilarious.

Saki/Rina Aizawa (Go-On Yellow)

Saki I think is another cute, cheerful character. Though not as feminine or as bubbly as Umeko, Houka, or Natsuki, she's cute.

Kotoha/Suzuka Morita (ShinkenYellow, Shinkenger)

Kotoha is another cute and adorable girl. Though she's tougher and more serious (most cute Sentai heroine are used for comic relief), her interaction with Chiaki, admiration for Mako and Takeru, and her innocents make her adorable, and like Umeko she's tiny. I guess what also make's her adorable is that she's so young as well.

My Picks for Hot Sentai Heroine

Sean made his own post a few days ago for his picks of hot Sentai girls so I decided I'll make my own as well. Here are my picks, enjoy :)

Kaori/Rika Kishida WhiteSwan

Not the hottest, but to me Kaori is still hot and look's a lot better on Jetman than she does here.

Chisato/Eri Tanaka MegaYellow

Like her PR counterpart, I consider Chisato to be very hot.

Nanami/Nao Nagasawa HurricaneBlue

I think Nanami is very hot, way hotter than her PR counterpart, Tori.

Jasmine/Ayumi Kinoshita DekaYellow

Jasmine is by far the hottest Sentai girl, and not just hotter than her PR counterpart (who's also hot) but hotter than any PR girl as well imo.

Marigold DekaGold

I guess people don't count her since she was only in the movie, but I think Marigold is also hot. She would make my top 5 if I was making such a list.

Urara/Asami Kai MagiBlue

Some think that Houka/MagiPink is hot, I think Urara is hotter. Especially in the picture above.

Sakura/Haruka Suenega BoukenPink

Sakura is also really hot. Her actress, Haruka Suenega is more feminine than her character is. Either way she's really hot.

Miu/Yumi Sugimoto Go-On Silver

Miu is another really hot girl, much hotter than Gemma from RPM. It's no wonder why she got into an issue of playboy :P

Mako/Rin Takanashi ShinkenPink

Ok maybe I think Mako is a little overrated on the looks side, but I still think she deserves to be on this list.

Awesome Sentai Heroine Video

Here's a music video tribute to various Sentai heroine throughout the years. This video is not mine (made by ThornedBlackRose88), but I think it's so awesome that I had to post it on here, especially with the song that matches the video (Heroine by Nami Tamaki). Enjoy :)

Female Leaders in Sentai & Power Rangers

Most of the time in both Super Sentai and Power Rangers the leader is male, and a red ranger. Today, I'll analyze all of the female leaders (including a wannabe leader :P) in Sentai and Power Ranger history.

Super Sentai

The first female leader in Sentai's 18th season was Tsuruhime (Ninja White) from Kakuranger (1994-95). Tsuruhime was the lone female in Kakuranger. I haven't seen Kakuranger, except for Super Sentai World, so I can't say too much about her. Although, I think among the reasons why it took a while for Sentai to have a woman leader was partly due to the series being aimed at boys, and also partly because of male-dominant society at the time, which is also why the majority of Sentai seasons before Kakuranger had only 1 female. Since Kakuranger, most Sentai seasons have had either 2 females or the lone female being the team leader.

The second female leader was Yuuri from Timeranger (2000-01). Yuuri is also the only legitimate Pink Ranger leader in Sentai history. Like Tsuruhime she was the only female on her team. Yuuri was serious, tough as nails, and had complete control over the Timerangers. She was a cop, and came from a family with a police background. Her family was killed by the Londarz family and she was driven by a desire to bring them to justice for their actions. At the end of the series when she goes back to the 30th century, she finds that her family was alive and well, and that her presence in the 20th century changed time for the better. To me, she got the appropriate amount of focus and attention as the team leader, unlike some other non-red or non-female leaders, like Ran from Gekiranger who didn't get enough focus.

For the sake of argument I decided to put Umeko (Dekapink) here. Umeko claimed to be the leader of the Dekarangers and tried to act as the leader. In reality, she was the wannabe leader. She would try to give orders even though the other Dekarangers already knew what to do. Hoji would often respond by saying "you don't give orders." In reality, the Dekarangers had no true field leader, although some fans argue that either Ban or Hoji was the field leader. The closest person they had to being the leader was Doggie Kruger, who was their commander.

Ran from Gekiranger (2007-08) was the third female leader in Sentai history. She was named team captain in episode 23 and immediately started to scold her teammates. After that episode, however, she didn't receive enough attention from the writers. After being named team captain, only one episode was truly about her (episode 37), and she rarely looked like she was actually leading the team, with the exception of episode 33 where they're stuck back in time during the Edo Era. As a result, Jan (Gekired) received way too much attention during this series.

The fourth female leader and first female red ranger in Sentai's history was Kaoru from Shinkenger (2009-10). While Takeru was disguising as the 18th head of the Shiba Clan, Kaoru, the true head of the Shiba Clan was working on perfecting the sealing character in order to defeat Doukoku. Later, she adopted Takeru as her son and as the 19th head of the Shiba Clan even though Takeru was older than Kaoru was. Kaoru, unfortunately, was present for only 6 episodes and didn't get enough character development either. It seems that she was used more as a test run by Sentai to see how fans would like the idea of a female red ranger. Perhaps in the future there will be a female red ranger that gets a full season and is the clear-cut leader of the team.

Power Rangers

Delphine was the first female leader in Power Rangers during the Alien Rangers arc in MMPR S3. She was the counterpart of Tsuruhime from Kakuranger. In MMPR S3, the earth is turned back in time and the Power Rangers are turned into kids. Their too young to fight, although strangely by the time Turbo comes around Justin was a kid and wasn't considered too young to fight. Thus, Zordon and Alpha summon the Alien Rangers from the planet Aquatar to fight in the rangers place until the earth was turned back to its normal time. Like most of the other Alien Rangers, Delphine received poor character development. The Alien Rangers arc in fact was used as a transition period from MMPR to Zeo. Most of the time the focus was on the Power Rangers searching for the remnants of the Zeo Crystal and if the Alien Rangers weren't fighting, they were busy re-hydrating in a lake since their powers and life force depended on water. This took attention and character development away from the Alien Rangers.

The second female leader in Power Rangers, and only Pink Ranger leader was Jen from power Rangers Time Force. Time Force was virtually a carbon-copy of Timeranger which meant Jen was similar to Yuuri. However, I think Jen's character was done better than Yuuri. Like Yuuri, Jen was tough, but she was much tougher than Yuuri and was a real hothead. Jen also had a kinder, gentler spot as well.

The third female leader during Power Rangers and the first Female Red Ranger was Charlie from SPD. She was the leader of the A-Squad rangers, who were good at the beginning of the series but turned evil at the end by free will because they wanted to be "on the winning side." The A-Squad rangers, like the Alien Rangers, received poor character development. The A-Squad were virtually absent during the whole series except the beginning and the end. Charlie was basically the only A-Squad character that received any attention.

My Top 5 Pink Power Rangers

Now it's time for my next top 5 list, my top 5 Pink Power Rangers :)

Honorable Mentions- Karone (Lost Galaxy), Rose (Operation Overdrive)

5. Kendrix (Lost Galaxy)

Kendrix to me was ok, but there's not really a lot of other options for Pink Rangers since its not a constant color like yellow, red, and blue are. She was smart and the level-headed ranger in Lost Galaxy. She deserves this spot over Karone and Rose from Overdrive for one reason, sacrificing her life to save another ranger.

4. Kat (MMPR-Turbo)

Kat originally was literally a cat and had an evil spell on her. When she was first introduced it seemed kinda like a recycled Green Ranger arc. Eventually the spell wore off and she replaced Kimberly as the Pink Ranger. Unlike Kimberly she wasn't a stereotypical valley girl. She was of Australian descent as was her actress (Catherine Sutherland).

3. Kimberly (MMPR)

Kimberly, although somewhat overrated, was still pretty cool. She was beautiful, nice, lovely, athletic, and just about everything you would want from a pink ranger.

2. Jen (Time Force)

Jen was a real badass. She's tough as nails, ultra-serious, and would kick anybody's ass that got in her way or pissed her off. If you messed with her you would be sorry. She was also the second female leader in Power Rangers and the only Pink Ranger in Power Rangers history. Nine years later there hasn't been a female leader (except if you count Charlie from the A-Squad rangers in SPD who were rarely present) since Jen.

1. Cassie (Turbo-In Space)

Cassie to me was super-cool. Like Jen she was tough as nails and wasn't afraid to stand up for herself against anyone or for anyone, including against the other rangers and even for monsters that were nice. She's beautiful, level-headed, carring, gentle-natured, yet if you pissed her off you would be sorry by the end of the day. She reminds me A LOT of Jasmine from Dekaranger.

Nai, Mea, Rio, and Mele, Heroes or not Heroes?

Constantly debated among Sentai fans is rather the characters of Nai & Mea from Magiranger and Rio & Mele from Gekiranger are actual heroes/heroine. All four of these characters were villains for about 95% of their respective series.



Nai & Mea (a play off of the word Nightmare) were the split personality of Vancuria, the Infershia's spy. They could combine into Vancuria or split into Nai & Mea. At the very end of Magiranger, after whitnessing Dagon killing Sphinx, they were shocked and had second thoughts about the Infershia. They would later revive Hikaru (Magishine), Isamu (Wolzard, who was the Magiranger's father and originally part of the Infershia), and Smokey the Cat.



Rio and Mele were the main villains in Gekiranger. Rio had revived Mele from the dead, and Mele loved Rio every since, following him in his footsteps. Rio's parents were killed when he was a kid. Master Shafu then adopted him and raised him. Rio would turn his back on Master Shafu and thought of nothing else but to become stronger by any means, even if it meant using the evil powers of the Rinjyuken school. However, little did Rio know that this was planned by another Villain, Long, who killed Rio's family and used Rio as a puppet in hopes that Rio would become the God of Destruction. After finding out that he was used as a puppet his entire life, Rio had seemed rather withdrawn from the world. Mele wanted revenge against Long but failed and was captured. After finally being convinced by Jan (GekiRed), Rio went to rescue Mele. Later, Rio and Mele burned down the Rinjyuken school and had actually planned to die in the Confrontational Beast Hall, where they were interrupted by Long. Rio and Mele then sacrificed their lives to save the Gekirangers from destruction. Later, in a dream, Rio, Mele, and some other villains that were previously defeated showed the Gekirangers how to defeat Long. When Long was revived from his seal in Go-Onger vs Gekiranger, Rio and Mele were breafly revived to defeat Long for good.

Sentai fans who argue that Nai, Mea, Rio, and Mele were heroes argue that they were heroic for their efforts (such as Nai and Mea reviving Hikaru, Isamu, and Smokey the Cat, and Rio and Mele for sacrificing themselves and helping the Gekirangers to defeat Long). Other Sentai fans argue that they're not heroes because they were villains for their respective series in its near entirity.

Personally, I would argue that Isamu is more of a hero than any of these four, since he was originally on the side of good before N Ma turned him evil. He would become good again by the near end of Magirangers. I wouldn't really consider Nai and Mea to be heroine because all they did was revive some of the Magirangers, and didn't really fight on their side. I wouldn't exactly consider Rio and Mele to be heroes either, since they were the two main villains for almost the entire Gekiranger series, but they're more closer to being true heroes than Nai and Mea. They teamed up with the Gekirangers during the movie, and their two team-ups, and actually did fight against Long who had manipulated Rio in the first place.

Summer (RPM Yellow) and Ran (Gekiyellow) comparison.

A lot of people seem to compare Summer from Power Rangers RPM to her Sentai counterpart, Saki of Go-Onger. It is indeed common for Power Ranger characters to be modeled and at times complete carbon copies of their Sentai counterparts. When they're not based on their Sentai counterparts, they're often based on either teenage stereotypes or on their actor's/actress' characteristics (for example, Kimberly's actress, Amy Jo Johnson was a gymnist and Zack's character Walter Jones was a good dancer). While there are some similarities between Summer and Saki (both being kind and welcoming to newcomers) the similarities really end there, as Summer is a very serious character and Saki is not. To me, it seems that Summer is based on a previous Sentai character, Ran (Gekiyellow). Like Ran, Summer is a very skilled martial artists, and both come from a rich family. Their respective parents both let them join their respective teams (for Summer to become a Power Ranger, and Ran joining SCRTC which became Gekirangers) in turn for both to get married later. Also, each of their respective parents wanted to arrange the marraige in which both Summer and Ran highly objected to. And they're both yellow rangers.

My Top 5 Yellow Power Rangers

Now its time for my next top list, my top 5 yellow rangers. But first my honorable mentions. :)

Honorable Mentions- Maya (Lost Galaxy), Aisha (MMPR). Either of these two could have made it into my top 5 if they were pink rangers, but just miss the cut for yellow rangers.

5. Kira (Dino Thunder)




Kira to me was an average fighter at best, but she was a rather lovely, cute girl who could sing. She also had a sense of humor, and seemed to be based largely on Kimberly Hart from MMPR S1.

4. Summer (RPM)



Unlike Kira, Summer could whip some tail and was a skilled martial artist. She matured from your stereotypical beautiful but spoiled brat rich girl into a kick ass power ranger. For Example, after seeing her butler, Andrews, die while sacrificing himself for her, she grew up and learned to help others.

3. Z Delgado (SPD)




Yes I know, Z is from not only a Disney season but a season that was written by Bruce Kalish, but SPD actually had a halfway descent cast. Also, with the exception of maybe 3 rangers, the Saban seasons had rather bland yellow rangers, so 3 Disney era rangers make it into the top 5. Anyways, Z originally was childhood friends with Jack. Both of whom, grew up together as Robin Hoods (stealing from the rich to give to the poor). Like Jack, she demonstraited excellent fighting skills which lead to both of them being recruited from jail to join the SPD B-squad. Also to me, Z is one of the most gorgous female rangers of all time. It's unfortunate that her past is a poorly executed carbon copycat of Jasmine's from Dekaranger.

2. Ashley (Turbo/In Space)




Ashley is another character that kind of reminds me of Kimberly in a way. She's kind and caring, and I might add she's hot. And since I'm attracted mostly to latina and asian girls (even though Ashley is portrayed as caucasian, her actress Tracy Lynn Cruz is of Cuban and Filipino descent) I give her extra points for hotness. :P

1. Trini (MMPR Yellow)




Many people rank Trini as one of the most likeable characters of all time in Power Rangers, and I couldn't agree more. She's peace-loving, kind, calm, collective, and could really kick some ass if you got on her nerves. It's really sad that her actress, Thuy Trang, died in a tragic car accident.