History
Dengeki Sentai Changeman
Former officer of the Earth Defense Force Air Force branch. Tsurugi is a sharpshooter skilled for his accuracy. He was also notable with his accuracy as a skilled baseball pitcher who lead his team to the national tournament with his "Dragon Ball" pitch; he never took part in the tournament and quit the game due to hurting a catcher during practice with his abilities. A courageous and responsible leader, he often lets his emotions get the best of him, getting emotionally involved in cases and when his mind is set on something, he won't let anyone get in his way (even if it's his own teammates).
Publication Information
- Host : Hiryuu Tsurugi
- Changeman : ChangeDragon
- Color : Red
- Gender : Male
- Season : Dengeki Sentai Changeman
- Homeworld: Earth
- First Appearance : Ep. 1: Arrival! Secret Power!
- Last Full Appearance : Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai
- Number of Appearances : 55 (Changeman), 1 (Turboranger), 5 (Movies)
- Portrayer : Haruki Hamada
- Main View : Full Episode & Download (Torrent)
Tsurugi evelops a strong bond with Nana and an attraction to Shiima. Initially stubborn, wanting to act mostly on his own, needing to realize there will be times he has to depend on his teammates and fellow officers.
Kousoku Sentai Turboranger
Hiryuu and his team joined up with the other nine Sentai to stand behind the newest Sentai, the Turborangers, as they faced off against the Hundred Boma Tribes.
Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai
Change Dragon is among the Sentai warriors seen in clips when Yusuke Amamiya (Red Falcon) lectured Gaku Washio (GaoYellow) about the past Sentai sword experts, showing him that the true sword wasn't the sharpest, but the one that feeds on courage. Led by his Liveman successor Red Falcon, he appeared as one of 24 previous Red Rangers in Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai together with fellow Red Rangers from his predecessors AkaRanger to Red1 to his successors from Red Flash to TimeRed.
Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle
Years later, Tsurugi 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. When Tsuyoshi Kaijou (Akaranger) 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. The ChangeDragon powers are later used by Captain Marvelous via the Ranger Keys.
Gokaiger Final Ep : Farewell Space Pirates
After the Gokaigers defeated the second Zangyack invasion, Marvelous returned the Ranger keys to the Super Sentai, it is assumed Tsurugi and his team have their powers back.
Kamen Rider × Super Sentai : Super Hero Taisen
Hiryuu, alongside his team, among the majority of the Super Sentai heroes, was caught up in the "Super Hero Taisen" incident which eventually resulted in the Super Sentai teams and Kamen Riders joining forces to defeat both Dai-Zangyack and Dai-Shocker.
Video Game appearances
To be added
- Super Sentai Battle Base
Form
ChangeDragon
Mecha
- Shuttlebase (shared with Griffon, Pegasus, Mermaid, and Phoenix)
- Jet Changer 1
- Change Brace
- Change Sword
- Dragon-Zooka
- Auto Changer
- Jet Skis
ChangeDragon Ranger Key
Changeman! ― Mobilates' Gokai Change announcement
The ChangeDragon Ranger Key is Hiryuu Tsurugi'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 majority of the Ranger Keys were collected by the Red Pirates and later used by the Gokaigers. The ChangeDragon Ranger Key was mainly used by Captain Marvelous (Gokai Red), who used it to fight as ChangeDragon. It was also used by Gai Ikari on one occasion.
Red Spirit
GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai
- As the ninth Red, Change Dragon's Red Warrior Spirit was embodied by AkaRed.
