Dairanger
Ryou
Daigo
Shouji
Kazu
Lin
Kou
Arsenal
Weapons/Gear
Kiber Machines
Mythical Chi Beasts
Ryuuseioh
Heavenly Chi Palace
Dairenoh
Won Tiger
Daimugen
Daijinryuu
Key Players
Master Kaku
Family Members
Magically Inclined
Demon Boxer Jin
Redeemable Gorma
Gorma Tribe
Akomaru and Crew
Gorma Eps 1-11
Gorma Eps 12-23
Gorma Eps 25-50
Movie Monster
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| Full Name: Kou
Hoshinsei of the Howling New Star |
| Ranger
Designation: KibaRanger |
| Weapons: Byakkoshinken |
| Gear: Kiba
Changer, Lai-Lai Jewel
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| Special
Attacks: Midare Yambiko, Kiba Tosshin, Shiro
Tora Issen |
| Episode
Appearances: 17-20, 22, 24, 28-31, 33-35 (briefly),
37-38, 42-50 |
| Mythical Chi
Beast: Mythical Chi Beast Won Tiger |
Kou Koushinsei first appeared in Episode 17, and
continued to be a major player through 18 to 20, taking a
brief break then reappearing in 22 to get his Star Beast.
Then in episodes 28 through 30, when our heroes finally
found out he was the Kibaranger until the story arc of
episodes 42 through 44. He was nine years old when he
began hearing a voice, that called him in the night.
Curious and excited, he followed the voice's commands,
meeting Lin, driving her totally up the wall, and
stealing into her apartment to find the hidden last
changer given her by her uncle. At their first meeting,
he grabbed Lin's breasts and looked up her skirt while he
was riding his skateboard. The voice led him to a
temple, where he first encountered the boy who would
become his personal nemesis, Akomaru of the Gorma. The
voice led him to pull a sword from a stone, and become
the sixth Dairanger, the Kibaranger. The voice belonged
to his sword, Byakoshinken. Kou then became the best-kept
secret in the world, except that the Gorma Akomaru knew
that the Kibaranger was a boy about his own age, and knew
he had the mark of a tiger branded into his upper right
bicep. And he found Kou, but for his own reasons took
that secret to the grave. Master Kaku was probably the
only one that knew his identity as he knew Byakkoshinken.
New to fighting, he is not particularly strong. The
KibaChanger allow him to assume an adult-form as
KibaRanger. He originally kept his identity as Kibaranger
a secret from the other Dairangers, and the Byakkoshinken
often spoke instead of Kou, but after the other
Dairangers learned of his identity, he began to speak on
his own and joined the team. For the first four years of
his life, his mother had poured every ounce of love into
every moment of his life, until the day came when she
burned that tiger into his arm. She never explained why,
and she disappeared very shortly after that, leaving her
little boy in the care of a pair of green grocers who
assumed she was dead. Kou was sure she was not dead, and
as his tenth birthday approached, was seized by a
compulsion to find her. This compulsion was laid by her.
Kou's father was a Gorma, and if she did not meet her son
before his birthday, so would he become a Gorma, no
matter what anyone wanted. He did not know this and also,
he did not know that Shadam was his father. His birthday
fell on Christmas and once Shadam realized he was half Gorma, he wanted to recruit him to the Gorma. The
great love of Kou's life was Lin. To him, she was both a
replacement for the mother he had lost, and a dream of
marriage of his own. He was horrendously jealous of her
time, but under her influence, became a gentler, saner
boy than he had been before. He specializes in
sound-based attacks. When Master Kaku revealed his true colors in episode 45,
Ryou asked Kou to stay behind much to his dismay.
Master Kaku took Kou's Lailai Jewel by force. In episode 46,
he was by his team's aid along with Kameo. He couldn't transform into Kibaranger.
In Episode 47, the Dairanger's Aura Changers had been taken by Kaku and they tried
to get on with their lives. Kou tells Lin he wants to fight again but she
tells him to forget about it. He mentions that his mother wanted him to continue fighting
as Kibaranger, it was her dying wish. In Episode 48, the Dairanger got their Aura Changers
and Lailai jewels back and the Kiba Changer was with the others and he was able to transform
once again. He fought alongside them against Zaidosu. In episode 50, he joined with his
teammates against Shaddam as the Gorma Palace fell apart. In the epilogue, fifty years have passed and a picture
of Kou as an older man is seen in Lin's apartment.
Kibaranger translates to Fang
Ranger. His attacks include the Midare Yamabiko, which in
one source lists as Riot Echo and in another as the
Howling New Star Chaos Echo. Kiba Tosshin in some source
is said to translate to Fang Rush but in another as Fang
Punch. Shiro Tora Issen is referred to as White Tiger
Flash in one source and in another as White Tiger Bolt of
Lighting, which can both be accurate. |
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