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Abarangers

The eponymous Abarangers are individuals chosen by the sentient Bakuryū (爆竜; Burstosaur) dinosaur mecha for their unique Dino Guts (ダイノガッツ, Daino Gattsu) spiritual energy, which allows them to activate Abare Mode (アバレモード, Abare Mōdo) where they extend spikes from their Abare Suits (アバレスーツ, Abare Sūtsu), or 0gou Suit (0号スーツ, Zero-gō Sūtsu) in the case of Abare Killer, to gain animalistic fighting instincts.

Each primary member carries a Dino Brace (ダイノブレス, Daino Buresu) as their transformation device along with an Aba Laser (アバレイザー, Aba Reizā), which can switch between Gun Mode (ガンモード, Gan Mōdo) and Sword Mode (ソードモード, Sōdo Mōdo), as their sidearm. By combining their personal weapons, they form the Dino Bomber (ダイノボンバー, Daino Bonbā), which can further combine with up to two of the secondary Abarangers' sidearms to form the Super Dino Bomber (スーパーダイノボンバー, Sūpā Daino Bonbā) and/or Superior Dino Bomber (スーペリアダイノボンバー, Sūperia Daino Bonbā), to destroy human-sized Trinoids. With the exception of Mikoto, the entire team rides Velociraptor-themed Ride Raptor (ライドラプター, Raido Raputā) creatures for transportation. In Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger vs. Hurricaneger, the Abarangers combine their Super Dino Bomber and the Hurricanegers/Gouraigers' Victory Gadget to form the Super Dino Victory (スーパーダイノビクトリー, Sūpā Daino Bikutorī).

Ryoga Hakua (伯亜凌駕, Hakua Ryōga): A 22-year-old environmental protection investigator from the United States who is the brash, good-natured, and warm-hearted leader of the Abarangers. He is also his niece Mai's guardian after the deaths of his brother and sister-in-law, and does his best to raise her. Ryoga becomes AbaRed (アバレッド, Abareddo) and is partnered with Bakuryū Tyrannosaurus (爆竜ティラノサウルス, Bakuryū Tiranosaurusu), nicknamed "Tyranno" (ティラノ, Tirano). In battle, he wields the Tyranno Rod (ティラノロッド, Tirano Roddo) staff. Later in the series, Ryoga acquires the bladed StyRiser (スティライザー, Sutiraizā) shield, which allows him to transform into the evolved Abare Max (アバレマックス, Abare Makkusu). He also gains a second partner in Bakuryū Styracosaurus (爆竜スティラコサウルス, Bakuryū Sutirakosaurusu), nicknamed "Styraco" (スティラコ, Sutirako). Ryoga tours the United States with Mai after the Evoliens are defeated. In Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends, Ryoga is kidnapped by Neo-Geilton to give his Dino Hope to Voldos. He is rescued by the Kyoryugers as he, Yukito, and Ranru collaborate with the other dinosaur Super Sentai teams to defeat their common enemy. In Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger 20th: The Unforgivable Fury, Ryoga uses his teammates' Dino Guts to further evolve his Abare Max form into Super Abare Max (超ちょうアバレマックス, Chō Abare Makkusu).

Yukito Sanjo (三条幸人, Sanjō Yukito): A 21-year-old chiropractor who initially became Abare Blue (アバレブルー, Abare Burū) for the money and is partnered with Bakuryū Triceratops (爆竜トリケラトプス, Bakuryū Torikeratopusu), nicknamed "Tricera" (トリケラ, Torikera). In battle, he wields the Tricera Bunker (トリケラバンカー, Torikera Bankā) shield. Despite his cool exterior as the result of a falling out with his father trying to prep him as the next head of their family's company, Yukito has a kind heart. He resumes his chiropractic career after the Evoliens are defeated, making appearances in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger vs. Abaranger where he helps fix Doggie Kruger's back problem, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger where he married Emiri while helping the Gokaigers master his team's Great Power, and Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters where he infuses his Dino Guts into the Abaranger Zyudenchi developed by Yayoi Woorushade.

Ranru Itsuki (樹らんる, Itsuki Ranru): A 20-year-old tech-whiz with an interest in anything mechanical who becomes Abare Yellow (アバレイエロー, Abare Ierō) and is partnered with Bakuryū Pteranodon (爆竜プテラノドン, Bakuryū Puteranodon), nicknamed "Ptera" (プテラ, Putera). In battle, she dual wields the twin Ptera Daggers (プテラダガー, Putera Dagā). Her Abare Mode also grants a pair of pterosaur wings. Ranru finds work on a racetrack after the Evoliens are defeated.

Asuka (アスカ): A Saurian (竜人, Ryūjin) warrior from Dino Earth (ダイノアース, Daino Āsu) who battled the Evoliens as Abare Black (アバレブラック, Abare Burakku) with his partner Bakuryū Brachiosaurus (爆竜ブラキオサウルス, Bakuryū Burakiosaurusu), nicknamed "Brachio" (ブラキオ, Burakio)), utilizing the harmonica-like Dino Harp (ダイノハープ, Daino Hāpu) key in conjunction with the Dino Commander (ダイノコマンダー, Daino Komandā) bracelet to transform. In battle, he wields the Dino Thruster (ダイノスラスター, Daino Surasutā) rapier. However, Asuka's Dino Harp is damaged while escaping to Another Earth (アナザーアース, Anazā Āsu) with the Dino Braces, providing them to the primary Abarangers while assuming the identity of Asuka Ono (大野飛鳥, Ōno Asuka). He eventually joins the Abarangers once he restores his Dino Harp, later manifesting his Dino Guts and learning that his wife Mahoro was brainwashed by the Evoliens with their unborn child becoming Lije. After regaining his family, renaming his daughter in honor of Mikoto, Asuka returns to Dino Earth with the Bakuryū. He makes return appearances in Dekaranger vs. Abaranger and GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai.

Mikoto Nakadai (仲代壬琴, Nakadai Mikoto): A disillusioned doctor who found joy in witnessing the first Evolien attack before the primary Abarangers ruined his fun, coming across a prototype of the Dino Brace called the Dino Minder (ダイノマインダー, Daino Maindā) and the egg of Bakuryū Topgaler (爆竜トップゲイラー, Bakuryū Toppugeirā), nicknamed "Top" (トップ, Toppu). Mikoto utilizes the Dino Minder to become the white-colored Abare Killer (アバレキラー, Abare Kirā) as he targets the Abrangers. In battle, he wields the Wing Pentact (ウイングペンタクト, Uingu Pentakuto) sidearm, which can switch between its quill-like Tact Mode (タクトモード, Takuto Mōdo) and its sword-like Blade Mode (ブレードモード, Burēdo Mōdo). His Abare Mode also equips him with the twin wrist-mounted Killer Claw (キラークロー, Kirā Kurō) blades. Even after learning that his 0gou Suit is a flawed prototype with a self-destruct mechanism, Mikoto saw it as incentive to continue fighting as he revives Topgaler and drafts Bakuryū Stegoslidon (爆竜ステゴスライドン, Bakuryū Sutegosuraidon), nicknamed "Stego" (ステゴ, Sutego), while siding with the Evoliens as their leader at Lije's request. He is eventually revealed to be a host for the other half of Dezumozorlya, who kept the Dino Minder's self-destruct mechanism in check, joining the Abarangers out of disdain for being manipulated and purging all traces of Dezumozorlya from his body. Near death, he is taken into the atmosphere by Topgaler as the two die in the explosion. Mikoto is temporary revived a few times after the series. In Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, Mikoto appears in a vision to Gai Ikari and grants him the Great Power of the Abarangers, which is GouZyuJin.

Wicked Lifeforms Evolien

The Wicked Lifeforms Evolien (邪命体エヴォリアン, Jameitai Evorian) are the main antagonists who originate from Dino Earth, residing in the Invasion Garden (侵略の園, Shinryaku no Sono) fortress with the Tree of Life (生命の樹, Seimei no Ki) as its core. They utilize amoeba-based Barmia Soldiers (バーミア兵, Bāmia-hei) as their army, along with black and white variants called Gelru (ゲルル, Geruru) and Zolru (ゾルル, Zoruru) respectively, and Fortress Lifeform Anomalogaris (要塞生命体アノマロガリス, Yōsai Seimeitai Anomarogarisu) battleships to turn Dino Earth into a desert wasteland in an event known as the 200 Days of Darkness (闇の二百日, Yami no Nihyaku-nichi).

Wicked Life God Dezumozorlya (邪命神デズモゾーリャ, Jameishin Dezumozōrya): A parasitic entity the Evoliens revere as a god who was held in the meteorite that crashed to Another Earth with its being split along with the planet. Each half takes a resident of their respective Earth as a host and transmigrated through their descendants, said to have influenced history in negative ways. Piror to the series, Mikoto held the essence of the inactive Another Earth-counterpart while the Dezumozorlya of Dino Earth resided in Tree of Life before taking a host in Lije through Mahoro. But once Lije became Lijewel, Dezumozorlya entered a dormant state until coming in contact with Mikoto and seeking to rejoin its other half at the cost of the hosts' lives to assimilate all life. After being purged from Lijewel, Dezumozorlya sought stronger inhuman hosts by merging Mikela and Voffa as a temporary vessel to obtain BakurenOh as a new body and absorb Mikoto. But both attempts failed with the death of the other half and Dezumovorla's demise. This forces Dezumozorlya to merge back into Tree of Life and spread its primal urges throughout the entire Invasion Garden and remake into Dezumogevirus (デズモゲヴァルス, Dezumogevarusu) to invoke a 200 Days of Darkness event on Another Earth. But the Bakuryū manage to destroy their enemy and escape its attempt to take them down it.

Apostle of Dawn Lije (黎明の使徒リジェ, Reimei no Shito Rije): Dezumozorlya's childlike metatron who was Asuka and Mahoro's unborn child before Dezumozorlya entered the latter's body and took the infant as a host with the power to teleport others to Another Earth with a kiss. But a part of Lije's mind gradually became a separate astral being that supported the Abarangers after Lije force grew herself into an adult form called Apostle of Dawn Lijewel (黎明の使徒リジュエル, Reimei no Shito Rijueru), eventually struggling against Dezumozorlya before being mutated into Dezumolijewel (デズモリジュエル, Dezumorijueru). But the Abarangers help both sides of Lije to merge back together to expel Dezumozorlya, causing Lijewel to revert into an infant that was renamed Mikoto in honor of Mikoto Nakadai. But Mikoto still possessed Lije's ability to travel between the two worlds, allowing Asuka to travel back to Another Earth whenever needed.

Apostle of Destruction Jeanne (破壊の使徒ジャンヌ, Hakai no Shito Jan'nu): An Evolien commander who was originally Mahoro (マホロ), Asuka's beloved who was captured alongside her brother Mizuho and brainwashed by Dezumozorlya into believing Asuka betrayed them. She killed Geilton for failing in the first attack on Another Earth so she can utilize the ammonite-themed Armor of Darkness (暗黒の鎧, Ankoku no Yoroi). But she loses the armor to Asuka while her mind as Mahoro was restored, aiding the Abarangers in secret against the Evoliens.

Apostle of Darkness Geilton (闇の使徒ガイルトン, Yami no Shito Gairuton): The first of the Evolien commanders to attack Another Earth, he was originally Mahoro's older brother Mizuho (ミズホ). Like Mahoro, believing Asuka had betrayed them and must be punished, discarded his old name. He managed to defeat Asuka in battle and take possession of the Armor of Darkness, being one of the few users to retain his mind. Once on Another Earth, Geilton led the attack with the Bakuryū and an Anomalogaris. But after his defeat, mortally wounded, he had Jeanne kill him so she can use the Armor of Darkness to fulfill their revenge on Asuka.

Apostle of Creation Mikela (創造の使徒ミケラ, Sōzō no Shito Mikera) and Apostle of Infinity Voffa (無限の使徒ヴォッファ, Mugen no Shito Voffa): Second ranked Evolien commanders who were originally an amoebic creature before exposure to Dezumozorlya evolved them to their current state, able to use Life Berries (生命の実, Seimei no Mi) from the Tree of Life to create Wicked Lifeforms (邪命体, Jameitai). Mikela, short for Mikela Hyen Engakin Metsa Kutsa Demosgowin (ミケラ・ヒェン・エンガキン・メッツァ・クーツァ・デーモスゴーウィン, Mikera Hyen Engakin Mettsa Kūtsa Dēmosugōwin), is an artist who paints human-sized Trinoids (トリノイド, Torinoido), numbered monsters that are each a fusion of an animal, plant, and object. Voffa is a composer who creates giant-sized Giganoids (ギガノイド, Giganoido), monsters named after classical music pieces, from his compositions. The duo's fanatically loyalty to Dezumozorlya make them compliant to be merged into his temporary host body Dezumovorla (デズモヴォーラ, Dezumovōra), only to be destroyed by KillerOh.

Killerghost (キラーゴースト, Kirāgosuto): A Wicked Lifeform created by Mikoto using a Life Berry, modeled after Abare Killer's Abare Mode, with Mikoto speaking through the monster. It steals five of the Bakuryū to force the Abarangers into playing Mikoto's sick game where they must destroy Killerghost to save their friends from being melted down. Killerghost is destroyed by Abare Max. Lijewel later creates a stronger variant of Killerghost known as Lijewloid Killerghost II (リジュエロイドキラーゴーストII世, Rijueroido Kirāgosuto Ni-sei), which is destroyed by Abare Black.

Trinoid #0: Saunaginnan (トリノイド第0号サウナギンナン, Torinoido Dai Zero-gō Saunagin'nan; Dekaranger vs. Abaranger): An eel-themed Trinoid created with elements of a sauna and a ginkgo who is an antagonist in Dekaranger vs. Abaranger with the ability to revive the dead. Being the first Trinoid created, Saunaginnan was sealed away by Mikela in fear of his power before being freed by the Alienizer Kazak in a scheme to resurrect Dezumozorlya. But he ends up revived Abare Killer by accident and is destroyed by the teamwork of Killer AbarenOh and Super Dekaranger Robo.

Trinoid #24: Abarangekko (トリノイド第24号アバレンゲッコー, Torinoido Dai Nijū-yon-gō Abarengekkō): An Abaranger-like Trinoid with additional elements of a gecko and Astragalus sinicus who is an antagonist in Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger 20th: The Unforgivable Abare. Created a contingency should the Evoliens get defeated, sealed away in a pocket dimension until the events of Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger With Donbrothers, Abarangekko is tasked to gather enough negative energy to turn Another Earth into a desert planet and revives Mikoto while directed to an anti-Abaranger influencer. Though he enlarges after being defeated, he is destroyed by Super Abare Max.

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