Mahou Sentai Magiranger/Characters

The Ozu Family

Kai Ozu / Magi Red (Atsushi Hashimoto)

• Alchemy Is Magic: His magic specialty.
• Berserk Button: Do not speak ill of or do anything bad to Miyuki or Urara.
• Butt Monkey
• Cool Sword: MagiStick Sword Mode
  • Heroes Prefer Swords
• Determinator
• The Hero
• Hot-Blooded
• Idiot Hero
• Image Song: "Yuuki wa Phoenix" (Courageous Phoenix)
• In Name Only: MagiPhoenix is, at best, a phoenix-themed warrior. Unlike the others, the phoenix is almost never portrayed as a humanoid figure.
• Keet
• Kid Appeal Character
• Law of Chromatic Superiority: Despite him being the youngest of the five siblings.
• Momma's Boy
• Multicolored Hair: During the Where Are They Now? Epilogue, Kai has red streaks in his hair.
  • He retains this during his cameo in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.
• Playing with Fire
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Tsubasa's blue.
• Serious Business: Soccer
• Signature Move: Red Fire
• "Stop Having Fun!" Guys: An in-universe example, he thinks he's the only one on his soccer team who takes the game seriously, but learns to loosen up in Stage 40.
• Suicidal Overconfidence: Kai's main character flaw, which diminishes with time in accordance with his Character Development.
• Youngest Child Wins

Tsubasa Ozu / Magi Yellow (Hiroya Matsumoto)

• The Archer: MagiStick Crossbow Mode and DialRod Bow-Gun.
• Boxing Lesson: He's an aspiring boxer.
• Deadpan Snarker
• Dub Name Change: "Jonah" in the Korean dub.
• Heartbroken Badass
• Image Song: "Go! Yellow Thunder"
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• The Lancer: The one with the most issues with Kai.
• The Medic: The primary use of his potions.
• Middle Child Syndrome: Between youngest Kai and eldest Makito.
• The Power of Creation: His magic specialty.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Kai's red.
• Shock and Awe
• Signature Move: Yellow Thunder
• The Smart Guy: See The Medic.

Urara Ozu / Magi Blue (Asami Kai)

• Beware the Nice Ones: After some Character Development.
• Battle Couple: With Hikaru near the end.
• Dub Name Change: "Miho" in the Korean dub.
• Feminine Women Can Cook: Takes after her mother in this.
• Fortune Teller: Her magic specialty.
• The Heart
• Image Song: "Ashita e no Kimi" (You, for the Future)
• Kill It with Water
• Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: The light to Houka's dark.
• Making a Splash
• Mini-Dress of Power
• Official Couple: She marries Hikaru near the end
• Our Mermaids Are Different: For starters, they're metallic, tall as a building, have splittable legs, and take form with help of a phone call.
• Promotion to Parent
• The Quiet One: And was teased about it.
• Signature Move: Blue Splash
• The Smart Girl: See Fortune Teller.
• Team Mom
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Frogs, in her case.
• Yamato Nadeshiko

Houka Ozu / Magi Pink (Ayumi Beppu)

• Adult Child
• Blow You Away
• The Chick
• Cool Big Sis
• The Ditz
• Dub Name Change: "Lucy" in the Korean dub.
• The Fashionista
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The foolish to Makito's responsible.
• Genki Girl
• Image Song: "Ai no Kaze" (Winds of Love)
• Kawaiiko
• Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: The dark to Urara's light.
• Mini-Dress of Power
• Morphic Resonance: Any inanimate object she turns into will be pink, while any person she turns into will have a large pink bow around their waist.
• Our Fairies Are Different: Magi Fairy
• The Pollyanna
• Really Gets Around
• Shipper on Deck: For Kai/Yamazaki
• Signature Move: Pink Storm
• Third Person Person
• "V" Sign
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: Her magic specialty.

Makito Ozu / Magi Green (Yuuki Ito)

• A Load of Bull: Well, minotaur, but close enough.
• An Axe to Grind: MagiStick Axe Mode
• Badass Long Hair
• Big Brother Instinct
• Big Brother Mentor
• The Big Guy
• Dub Name Change: "Eugene" in the Korean dub.
• The Dutiful Son: Passed up the opportunity to study abroad to take care of his siblings.
• Elemental Powers
  • Dishing Out Dirt
  • Green Thumb: He also retains his special powers with plants outside transforming.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The responsible to Houka's foolish.
• Gentle Giant
• Heroic Build: Acquired with Magi Maagi, AKA MagiMuscle.
• Image Song: "Mr. Green ~Chiheisen~" (Mr. Green ~Horizon~)
• Papa Wolf
• Promotion to Parent
• Real Men Cook
• Signature Move: Green Ground
• Surprisingly Good English: "Yeah, sure. Where would you like to go?"
  • Justified: he later explains to Tsubasa that he studied English hard enough so that one day he could go abroad and study to improve his farming techniques.
• Team Dad
• Temporary Bulk Change: MagiMuscle. With "Growing Muscles" Sequence included.
• Trademark Favorite Food: His "Aniki" salad
• Yamato Nadeshiko: Arguably, a male version

Hikaru / Heavenly Saint Sungel / Magi Shine (Yousuke Ichikawa)

• Back from the Dead
• Baleful Polymorph: Introduced as a frog.
• Battle Couple: With Urara near the end
• Bishounen
• Dub Name Change: "Shine" in the Korean dub.
• Estrogen Brigade Bait
• Finishing Move: Smoky Shining Attack
• The Gunslinger: MagiLamp Buster
• Image Song: "Taiyou ~The Power of the Rising Sun~"
• Knight in Shining Armor: Literally and Figuratively.
• Magic Carpet: Named Skarpet.
• Official Couple: He marries Urara near the end.
• Only One Name: Not only is he the only Magiranger to not have the surname Ozu, but also the only one with no surname period.
• The Power of the Sun
• Sexy Mentor
• Sixth Ranger
• Tall, Dark and Handsome
• Telepathy: One of his spells lets him read minds and scan memories.

Miyuki Ozu / Magi Mother (Azusa Watanabe)

• Action Mom
• An Ice Person
• Dub Name Change: "Marie" in the Korean dub.
• Eleventh-Hour Ranger
• Hot Mom
• Lady of War
• Mama Bear
• Missing Mom
• Not Quite Dead
• Open-Minded Parent
• Pyramid Power: Charges her magic power within a pyramid, a necessary measure as unlike every other spellcaster in the series, she is pure human.
• Sacrificial Lion
• Team Mom
• Woman in White
• Yamato Nadeshiko

Isamu Ozu / Heavenly Saint Bragel / Wolzard Fire (Tsutomu Isobe)

• Badass
  • Badass Baritone
• Dub Name Change: "Roscoe" in the Korean dub.
• Good Costume Switch - From purple to red.
• Eleventh-Hour Ranger
• Palette Swap
• Papa Wolf
• Playing with Fire
• Team Dad
• Weapon of Choice
  • Cool Sword: Two of them; WolSabre and the sword he uses as Bragel. Using both results in....
    • Dual-Wielding: The "Fatal Blade" stance.
  • Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Jagun Shield

Supporting Characters

Mandora Boy (Voice: Kumiko Higa)

• Brown Note: Like the mandrakes he's based on, he will let out one if pulled from his pot, though it's only ever played for laughs.
  • He will also do this when in a state of great despair. Again, only ever played for laughs.
• Mr. Exposition
• Plant People
• Ridiculously Cute Critter
• Verbal Tic: And possibly the longest one on record, degozarimasudesu!

Smoky (Voice: Takeshi Kusao)

• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
• Fastball Special: Flies out of the MagiLamp Buster for his Finishing Move.
• Funny Animal
• Mega Neko
• Missing Mom: Being born of a volcano, Smoky never had a mother.
  • After Stage 26, Urara all but adopts him.
• My Name Is Not Durwood: takes this approach to all the Ozu siblings.
  • Except for Urara following the events of Stage 26.
• Our Genies Are Different: Smoky, despite his bragging, doesn't actually have any special ability to grant wishes and has to work at making them come true like anyone else.

Yuka Yamazaki (Kaoru Hirata)

• Love Interest: To Kai.
• School Idol
• Cute Sports Club Manager
• Secret Secret Keeper: Finds out that Kai is Magi Red in the movie, but chooses not to tell him.

Heavenly Saint Lunagel/Rin (Meibi Yamanouchi)

• Barrier Maiden
• Defrosting Ice Queen
• Lunacy: On a strictly thematic level.
• Simple Staff

Heavenly Saint Snowgel (Voice: Keiko Han)

• An Ice Person
• Bare-Fisted Monk: When she fights Drake, she says she'll keep her hands "blank" as a handicap.
• Lady of War
• Never Mess with Granny
• The Older Immortal: Identified by Sungel as the eldest of the Heavenly Saints.
• Sleep Mode Size
• Super Empowering: Grants Miyuki the ability to become MagiMother, and her children their Legend Modes
• Winter Royal Lady

Heavenly Saint Magiel (Machiko Soga)

• Big Good
• Large and In Charge: A giant herself, but not quite as big as the Infershia Gods.
• Machiko Soga
• The High Queen
• Woman in White

The Villains

N Ma (Voices: Katsumi Shiono when he's sealed in a can, Daisuke Namikawa when released)

• Big Bad
• Combat Tentacles
• Cthulhumanoid: Becomes more evident whenever he starts eating magic.
• Daisuke Namikawa (voices him in his final form)
• Eldritch Abomination
• Energy Absorption: His dreaded secret power? The ability to consume all magic and courage. Ultimately turned against him by the Magirangers feeding him too much to the point he explodes.
• Everything's Squishier with Cephalopods: His original form is of a giant, monstrous squid.
• Extra Eyes: In his final incarnation he has four eyes, though one is always closed as a nod to the one that Blagel "stole" from him.
• God-Emperor
• Horror Hunger: Is described by Blagel as a mass of hunger and nightmares.
• Mind Rape: Merely seeing him is enough for Hikaru to be filled with a terrible of vision of his death.
• Omnicidal Maniac: Desires the destruction and consumption of all existence to fill the void within himself.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: At first. He almost escapes, but Isamu remembers who he is in time to prevent this, destroying his original body in the process. His spirit survives and eventually possesses Titan.

Wolzard (Voice: Tsutomu Isobe)

• Badass
  • Big Badass Wolf -Themed Villain.
• Black Knight
• Cool Horse: A giant mecha that he can combine with. They don't come much cooler.
• Darth Vader Clone
• The Dragon
• Evil Counterpart: He looks like an evil version of the Magirangers.
• Evil Sounds Deep
• Hero-Killer: He takes out Miyuki early on and can keep up with the entire team in Legend Mode.
• Image Song: "Madou Kishi Wolzard"
• Noble Demon
• Not Worth Killing: He repeatedly turns down chances to kill the Rangers. It turns out that his suppressed good side is forcing him to come up with these rationalizations.
• Our Centaurs Are Different: the WolCentaurus formation.
• Purple Is the New Black: Referred by Hikaru as the "black magician" in the same vein as the Magirangers' color titles.
• Weapon of Choice
  • Cool Sword: WolSabre
  • Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: It has N Ma's eye in it.
    • Shield-Bash

Vancuria (Voice: Misa Watanabe)/Nai and Mea (Chiaki Horan and Tomomi Kitagami)

• Back from the Dead: Comes back to life automatically whenever she dies, immune to whatever killed her in the first place.
• Breath Weapon
• Creepy Twins: Frequently transforms into a pair of Elegant Gothic Lolita. This is so she can have company after having lived for thousands of years.
• Dark Chick
• Heel Face Turn
• Kick Chick
• Image Song: "Bloody Friday Nightmare", which the girls play in Stage 11.
• Immortality: Type III. And can share it.
• Literal Split Personality
• Our Vampires Are Different: Is a Queen Vampire and is immune to the standard vampire weaknesses.
• Story-Breaker Power: It's a good thing she didn't start sharing her immortality until the very end of the series.
• Underboobs

Branken (Voice: Hisao Egawa)

• BFS: The Imperial Sword Hell Fang, which is one of N Ma's fangs forged into a sword.
• The Brute: He's the only major character unable to use magic.
• Disc One Final Boss
• Hair-Trigger Temper
• High-Pressure Emotion
• Mook Promotion: Branken used to be just another High Zobil, but clawed up the ranks to become the short tempered hot head we see him as in the show.
• Red Armband of Leadership
• Social Darwinist

Meemy (Voice: Yasuhiro Takato)

• A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil: To Blagel.
• Beat Them At Their Own Game: He demonstrates mastery over the Rangers' specialty spells in his debut battle. This includes becoming a giant so large that Magi King only reaches up to his foot.
• Disc Two Final Boss
• Evil Genius
• Even Evil Has Standards
• Evil Feels Good: The driving factor behind his betrayal of the Heavenly Saints.
• Evil Former Friend: To Lunagel
• Evil Sorcerer
• Fallen Heavenly Saint
• Human Sacrifice: His plans center around mass human sacrifice to revive N Ma.
• Mummy
• Paper Fan of Doom
• Rival Turned Evil: To Sungel
• Sissy Villain
• The Starscream
• This Was His True Form: He briefly returns to his Heavenly Saint form as he dies.

The Infershia Gods

• Achilles' Heel: Drake's armour covers his entire body except for one spot on the back of his neck.
• Akio Otsuka: Voices Dagon.
• Anti-Villain: Sphinx is less interested in destroying the surface, and more interested in making sure the Dark Precepts are followed.
• Atsuko Tanaka: Gorgon
• Blood Knight: Drake
• Boisterous Bruiser: Drake
• Character Tiers: In-Universe example.
  • Five Warrior Gods: Titan, Cyclops, Toad, Ifrit, Wyvern
  • Three Wise Gods: Dagon, Gorgon, Sphinx
  • Two Ultimate Gods: Sleipnir, Drake
• Cold Sniper: Double Subverted with Cyclops; he can get extremely angry, but will simply stroke his chin to restore his calm demeanor.
• Cyber Cyclops: Cyclops.
• Expy: Toad is rather reminiscent in build, personality, and even his love of games to the Oogie Boogie man.
• Faux Affably Evil: Wyvern likes to act cool and suave, but whenever someone damages this image, he flies into a blind rage.
• Fish People: Dagon has a giant red fish for a head.
• Fragile Speedster: Wyvern
• Frogs and Toads: Toad, both in design and in his Divine Punishment
• Gentle Giant: Titan has to be ordered to use his full power in battle, and ultimately pulls a Heel Face Turn when given the opportunity.
• Deadly Change-of-Heart: Titan
• Heel Face Turn: Sphinx
• Hot-Blooded: Ifrit, to go with his power set.
• Implacable Man: Drake, it takes almost two straight episodes of fighting to take him down.
• Kazuki Yao: Voices Drake.
• Make My Monster Grow: Inverted - being a giant is their default form. They only shrink if they feel like fighting the Rangers on their own terms.
• Medusa: Gorgon.
• Nigh Invulnerability: Drake's armor, much to Hikaru's horror.
• Nozomu Sasaki: Wyvern
• Poison Is Corrosive: Toad
• The Quiet One: Titan
• Ryotaro Okiayu: Cyclops
• Smug Snake: Gorgon
• Tetsu Inada: Ifrit
• Third Eye: Sphinx
• Weapon of Choice: Each God has one.
  • Cyclops: Sniper Rifle
  • Dagon: Prongs of Poseidon
  • Drake: BFS
  • Gorgon: Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me.
  • Ifrit: Carry a Big Stick / Epic Flail
  • Sleipnir: Blade on a Stick / Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me/ Cool Sword
  • Sphinx: BFG
  • Titan: Double Weapon
  • Toad: Drop the Hammer / Improbable Weapon User
  • Wyvern: Blade on a Stick