Hiryu Tsurugi

Do-Gooder

Full Name

Hiryu Tsurugi

Alias(es)

ChangeDragon

Origin

Dengeki Sentai Changeman

Occupation

Earth Defense Force Air Force Officer

Leader of the Changemen

Powers / Skills

Combat proficiency

Swordsmanship
Energy blasts
Enhanced senses
Abnormal strength
Marksmanship
Skilled baseball

Hobby

Spending time with his friends.

Playing baseball.

Goals

Save the Earth from the Great Star League Gozma (succeeded).

Family

Unnamed father

Unnamed mother

Friends / Allies

Changemen
- Sho Hayate/ChangeGriffon
- Yuma Ozora/ChangePegasus
- Sayaka Nagisa/ChangeMermaid
- Mai Tsubasa/ChangePhoenix
Yui Ibuki
Nana
Sakura
Shiima
Gator
Zoorii
Waraji
Gyodai

Enemies

Great Star League Gozma

Star King Bazeu
General Giluke
Queen Ahames

Type of Hero

Leader

“	ChangeDragon!	„
	~ ChangeDragon's roll call.

Hiryu Tsurugi is the ChangeDragon of the Changemen and the main protagonist of Dengeki Sentai Changeman. He is a former officer of the Kōchi Prefecture. His color is red.

He was portrayed by Haruki Hamada.

Personality[]

Hiryu is passionate and kind-hearted, often getting so focused in tasks regardless of the dangers they pose. A sharpshooter and skilled motorcycle driver, he also used to be his high school's best baseball player before forcefully quitted due to an accident. However, Hiryu can let his emotions get the better of him and is easily hot-headed, alongside initially being stubborn and wanting to act on his own before realizing that he still needs his teammates.

History[]

Dengeki Sentai Changeman[]

Hiryu was once an officer of the Kochi Prefecture, training cruelly under Commander Ibuki to prepare for the Great Star League Gozma's attacks.

When the Gozma begins to attack Earth, they decide to eliminate those who pose the greatest threats: the military. Meanwhile, the Earth Defense Force's members are fed up with Ibuki's cruel training and start to leave, only to be attacked by them.

Hiryu alongside Yuma Ozora, Sho Hayate, Sayaka Nagisa and Mai Tsubasa, refusing to retreat, gather together and are thus empowered by the Earth with its force, giving them mythological beasts' powers, turning them into the Changeman. Under Ibuki's guidance, Hiryu leads the Changemen to fight against the Gozma to save the Earth.

Later appearances[]

At Turboranger, Hiryu and his teammates joined Battle Fever J, Denzimen, Sun Vulcan, Goggle V, Dynamen, Biomen, Flashmen, Maskmen and Livemen, standing behind the latest Sentai, Turborangers, facing the Hundred Boma Tribes.

Years later in Gokaiger, the 34 Super Sentai teams, including the Changemen, are summoned to oppose the Zangyack Empire's invasion on Earth. They manag to defeat the ground forces, but then Akarenger told everyone to combine their powers against its fleet. They successfully destroy the fleet at the cost of their own powers, which reappeared on Ranger Keys and spread throughout the universe.

AkaRed then collect the keys and give it to the Gokaigers. The most powers of the Changemen was originally taken by Basco ta Jolokia, who destroyed the Earth Defense Force to obtain it and eventually took it from an unidentified male EDF member. After the death of Basco, Sho awards the Gokaigers. They then return the Ranger Keys after finally defeating Zangyack, before leaving the Earth to find the second greatest treasure in the universe, allowing the Super Sentai to regain their powers.

In Super Hero Taisen, Hiryu and his teammates alongside most Super Sentai heroes are involved in the "Super Hero Taisen" event. They pretend to be defeated by Kamen Rider Decade, who is apparently looking for the Sentai teams, and are presumably pushed to the dimensional rift. When he and Marvelous's captain's tricks are revealed, the Changemen appear with other super teams through the size wall object, and team up with all other Sentai teams and Kamen Riders against Dai-Shocker and Dai-Zangyack.