Eiji Takaoka is the Dazzling Adventurer Bouken Silver of the Boukengers. He is a descendant of the Takaoka Clan, those most likely responsible for having sealed the Ashu Tribe. He debuts in Task 17, as a monk-like warrior with a strange power in pursuit of the Ashu Tribe.
GoGo Sentai Boukenger
Aloof and somewhat arrogant, to Eiji, the world's Precious are of little value to him; all that concerns him is the Ashu Tribe. And it is this attitude that tends to rub others the wrong way, especially Masumi. Furthermore, Eiji's father Kando had history with the Ashu and was slain by Gai, which is the source of Eiji's aggression, as well as the fact his own mother Kei was an Ashu as well, making Eiji a hanyō who believed his birth was an excuse to continue the Ashu bloodline. Eiji at first wielded Kando's shakujo.
Publication Information
- Protagonist : Eiji Takaoka
- Japanese : 高丘 映士
- Boukengers : Bouken Silver
- Color : Silver
- Gender : Male
- Season : GoGo Sentai Boukenger
- Homeworld : Earth
- First Appearance : GoGo Sentai Boukenger Task 17 : The Ashu Mirror
- Last Appearance : Juken Sentai Gekiranger vs. Boukenger
- Number of Appearances : 32 (series), 3 (movies)
- Portrayer : Masayuki Deai
- Main View : Full Episode
It allowed him to perform the "Takaoka-Style: Ashu Soul Destruction," which was effective on normal Ashu. But Gai, now a Quester (as is Rei), broke the shakujo with his hip and gunned the ornament into oblivion. As a result, Eiji's Ashu lineage surfaced and nearly overtook him until SGS created the SagaSniper for him along with a GoGo Changer allowing him to transform into Bouken Silver.
Juken Sentai Gekiranger vs. Boukenger
To be added
Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great
A few years later, Eiji fought alongside not only his own team, but every single Sentai ranger in existence, against the Empire of Zangyack when it attacked the Earth in the Great Legend War. After fighting against hundreds of Gormin and their Zgormin commanders. AkaRenger noticed the fleet moving towards them, he gathered all the Rangers together and gave them the order to sacrifice their powers to wipe out the first invasion's armada.
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger : Farewell Space Pirates
After the Zangyack Empire was defeated by the Gokaigers, Marvelous returned the Ranger Keys to their original owners, which resulted in Eiji and his comrades regaining their powers.
Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger
Kozukozu Mita cosplays as Eiji in the ninth episode of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger: Season Two. Bouken Silver appeared with his team, as part of the six official Sentai, transforming into their Ludicrous Power which combined with the others to form the Ludicrous Cannon Bazooka, which the Akibarangers used to destroy Kameari Alpaca.
Video Game appearances To be added
- Super Sentai Battle Base
Form
Bouken Silver
GoGo Vehicles
- SirenBuilder
- GoGo Fire
- GoGo Aider
- GoGo Police
- GoGo Changer
- Scope Shot
- Bouken Arm : Sagasniper/Sagaspear (Sagasu Mode)
Accel Tector
Arsenal
- Accel Tector
- Dual Crusher
- Drill Head
- Mixer Head
Lucky Mode
- Lucky Mode
- Bouken Silver donned "Lucky Mode" alongside the rest of the team in the The 30 Sentai Encyclopedia file of Task 46: The Awakened Darkness, in a parody of the Power-Up Henshin, calling back to the lucky outfit Akashi wore in Task 27: The Feng-Shui Trap.
Bouken Silver Ranger Key
- Bouken Silver Ranger Key
- Boukenger! ― Mobilates'/Gokai Cellular's Gokai Change announcement
- The Bouken Silver Ranger Key is Eiji Takaoka's personal Ranger Key and what became of his powers after he along with the rest of the 34 Super Sentai sacrificed their powers to end the Great Legend War. This key, along with the other fourteen sixth ranger keys and the ten extra hero keys, were initally acquired by Basco ta Jolokia and later used by the Gokaigers. Like all of his Ranger Keys, Basco Ta Jolokia used his trumpet, the Rapparatta, to turn the Bouken Silver key into a puppet to do his bidding. The copy Bouken Silver was one of the remaining ten sixth rangers after the Gokaigers defeated the first five, with Basco using these ten to ambush the Gokaigers and take all of them hostage bar Captain Marvelous / Gokai Red. When Marvelous rescued them, they defeated all 10 puppets and claimed the Ranger Keys.
- A short while after, the first fourteen Sixth Ranger Reys, along with all the Ranger Keys of the first 33 Super Sentai, were briefly taken by the Black Cross King and turned into Ranger puppets that were fought by the Gokaigers and the Goseigers. The Bouken Silver key was among ten of these Sixth Ranger Keys who fought, and were defeated by, Gosei Knight. Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle. While in the possession of the Gokaigers, the Bouken Silver Ranger Key was mainly used by Gai Ikari / Gokai Silver, who used it to fight as Bouken Silver. It was also used by Captain Marvelous / Gokai Red on one occasion.