'Bakuage Sentai BoonBoomger' Cast Revealed In Press Conference
'Bakuage Sentai BoonBoomger' Cast Revealed In Press Conference
The drive to March 3 continues with a bit of getto da ze!
Saturday night U.S. and Sunday morning Japan time, Toei held their annual Super Sentai cast reveal press conference, this year in a region-locked livestream for the 48th iteration Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger. Not only did they reveal the actors and names for all five Rangers revealed so far through subsequent previews, but the allies and the villain factions.
The season, as previously reported, starts out with BoonRed, BoonPink, and BoonBlue. BoonRed is Taiya Hando (all names vice versa for Japanese reading), played by Haruhi Iuchi. Taiya is described as “a young man with a burning heart… a passion for cars” and a hobby of customizing and reconstructing his vehicles. BoonBlue is Ishiro Meita, played by Yuki Hayama. He is the team’s intellectual and technical expert who is also the responsible one. BoonPink is Mira Shifuto and played by Suzuki Miu. She is bright and intelligent but with a tendency to drive off wherever her interests are drawn.
They will be joined by two other rangers, BoonBlack and BoonOrange. It’s unclear just how sixthy they are. Like, if they’re more Izzy and Javi of Power Rangers Dino Fury who completed the core but weren’t recruited until the fourth episode or Nate and Steel of Beast Morphers, who were definite sixths and became Rangers in the eighth episode, as had been the spot for a few other teams in the era. BoonBlack is Jou Akuse, played by Saito Ryu. Jou is a rookie cop who with a history of “comedic” incidents is trying to up his seriousness. BoonOrange is Gemba Bureki, played by Satoru Soma, gentle but elusive and able to get anything he wants.
Even just from the Ranger names, BoonBoomger wears its car theming on its sleeve, with BoonRed being “Tire Handle”, BoonBlue having “Meter”, BoonPink being “Mirror Shift”, BoonBlack being “Accel” (as in “accelerate”), and BoonOrange being “brake”. Their lives are forever changed when they encounter Boondorio Boonderas, a bizarre car-shaped alien who crash-landed on Earth and now resides in BunRed’s garage serving as their supplier weapons and gear. Most of all, he becomes the main body of their zord, Boonboomger Robo. Boondorio will be voiced by actress Rica Matsumoto, who has a few previous guest voice roles in Super Sentai, but is coming off of a 26-year run as Pokémon’s Ash Ketchum. Well-known for having sung several of the opening songs, including “Aim to be a Pokémon Master” and “High Touch!”, as well as endings like the beloved “Type: Wild”, Matsumoto will perform BoonBoomger’s ending theme as well.
The season’s villains are the Space Mafia Hishiriyan, and so far three generals have been revealed: Decotrade, voiced by Junichi Suwabe, with ambitions of rising through the ranks, the ambitious soldier Itasha, voiced by Nana Mizuki and Yaiyai Yarker, voiced by Sumire Morohoshi, who looks like a literal car themselves. Bakuage Sentai BoonBoomger premieres on TV Asahi at 9:30 AM on March 3, 2024.
Sources: TokuNation, Bulbapedia