ZyuRanger Q&A - Lexington Comic and Toy Convention

Reiko Chiba, Takumi Hashimoto, and Aohisa Takayasu answer questions from fans at the 2015 Lexington Comic and Toy Convention in their first ever US appearance.

Super Sentai Zyuranger - Mei
Reiko Chiba was born in Osaka Prefecture, and raised in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. She started her career as a model in 1991 before making her acting debut in the 1992 Super Sentai series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger as Mei/Ptera Ranger. When the series was adapted into the US version Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, it aired in Japan where Chiba, herself, re-dubbed both Ptera Ranger and the US footage of actress Amy Jo Johnson who played her character, now known as Kimberly Hart/Pink Ranger. After the end of the series, Chiba made her J-Pop debut on April 7, 1993 as a member of Aurora Gonin Musume. She also did a cameo voice appearance as herself in the anime movie Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture, performed the voice of Cham Cham in the Samurai Shodown video game series, and had a spot in the nightly radio show Akihabara Young Denkikan. Chiba retired from the entertainment industry in 1995.
She is now active as a certified yoga instructor, teaching yoga classes and issuing a series of instructional books and videos. Chiba is also the public face of the corporation Cherrybabe, Inc.

This is Reiko's first ever US appearance!


Super Sentai Zyuranger - Boi
Takumi Hashimoto began appearing in Japanese tokusatsu television programs at an early age. Due to his training in gymnastics, he was given a regular role in the 1988 Metal Hero series World Ninja War Jiraiya as the main protagonist's younger brother Manabu. He also made a guest appearance as the same character in the subsequent series, Mobile Cop Jiban. In 1992 at the age of 16, he was cast in the leading role that he would become best known for -- as Boi, the youngest member of the Dinosaur Sentai Zyuranger. Hashimoto's agility in performing action scenes was once again evident throughout the series, such as his backwards somersault during Zyuranger's opening credits. When the series was imported to the USA as the original season of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, his alter ego Tiger Ranger was gender swapped to be portrayed by a female. Hashimoto then continued appearing in various television programs, including a guest role on the 21st Super Sentai series Megaranger as Jiro Iwamoto. After this time, he retired from acting to pursue other work, though he returned to the entertainment business in 2014 to voice Tiger Ranger in the Kyoruger vs. Go-Busters movie.

This is Takumi's first ever US appearance!

Super Sentai Zyuranger - Goushi
Aohisa Takayasu played Sharma Tribe Knight Goushi the MammothRanger in Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger. Footage of his Zyuranger character appeared in several episodes of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, including Happy Birthday, Zack & Jason's Battle. He reprised his role as Goushi in Gokaiger episodes "The Day of Battle" and "Farewell Space Pirates".
2 years after Gokaiger, he went to voice Goushi in Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: Dinosaur Great Battle! Farewell, Eternal Friends.

This is Aohisa’s first ever US appearance!