Jan Kandou (original) (raw)

"I'm Jan, Jan Kandou! The Tiger Kid!"

―Jan introducing himself to Miki[src]

"Infinite power flows in my body! Unbreakable Body. GekiRed! (体に漲る無限の力！アンブレイカブル・ボディゲキレッド！, Karada ni minagiru Mugen no chikara! Anbureikaburu Bodi Geki Reddo!)"

―GekiRed's roll call[src]

"The Extremely Unbreakable Body. Super GekiRed! (激にアンブレイカブル・ボディスーパーゲキレッド！, Geki ni Anbureikaburu Bodi Sūpā Geki

Reddo!)"

―Super GekiRed's roll call[src]

Jan Kandou (漢堂ジャン, Kandō Jan) is GekiRed (ゲキレッド, Geki Reddo) of the Gekirangers. He practices the Fierce Beast Tiger-Fist (激獣タイガー拳, Gekijū Taigāken) style, though still a beginner, his main focus is on power. He's a wild child who was raised by tigers deep within the forest near the Beast Origin Village (獣源郷, Jūgenkyō).

History[]

Gekiranger[]

The son of Dan Kandou, Jan was the sole surviving member of the nearby village that was destroyed by Long. Long had intended to kill Jan in order to prevent Rio from fighting him, since Rio would undoubtedly see Jan as a potential rival since Dan is his father. Jan's mother sacrificed herself to save Jan by taking a fatal blow from Long and at the same time pushing Jan off a cliff into a raging river. The shock left Jan with amnesia and he survived by living with tigers in the wild.

Because of his lineage, his senses have been sharply enhanced to feel qi like Sha-Fu, who scouted Jan as he personifies the "Body" (体, Tai, also pronounced as Karada) of a Gekiranger: Resistance to most forms of pain. This selection is strengthened when Jan emits Fierce Ki while giving off a "Tiger's Roar" when the Confrontation Beast-Fist Akugata began to attack. Although at first, he doesn't understand certain concepts or training, he eventually picks up and learns about it at a fairly high pace. He does not know very many common words so he sometimes describes things with words such as "niki-niki", "zowa-zowa", "waki-waki", his own personal "Jan-ish" language.

As he was raised by animals, he doesn't know and has to learn about the "Heart". Jan is eventually labeled as Rio's rival after witnessing the display of power used to stop his own attack. He became Sharkie Chan's first student of the Fierce Beast Shark-Fist (激獣シャーク拳, Gekijū Shākuken) sword-fighting style. Though Jan possesses the Extreme Ki (過激気, Kageki), he is unable to fully use it in his first fight with Rio.

Jan competes with Gorrie Yen in a coin-stacking competition to improve his "Heart" to try to achieve the Extreme Ki, but he fails because when he tells Gorie that he practices Fierce Beast-Fist to become stronger, Gorie says that Jan is no better than Rio for following a similar ideology. TV STORY-Lesson 20: Gicho-Gicho! Triangle Opposing Fight Yet, once Jan realizes that his reason is to fight in order to protect others, Jan is able to transform into Super GekiRed (スーパーゲキレッド, Sūpā Geki Reddo), using the Fierce Beast Gorilla-Fist (激獣ゴリラ拳, Gekijū Goriraken) style and is the "Extremely Unbreakable Body" (「過激にアンブレイカブル・ボディ」, Kageki ni Anbureikaburu Bodi). TV STORY-Lesson 21: Biki-Biki-Biki-Biki! Kageki in Extreme Ki

After the Gekirangers, Rio and Mele are exposed to Beast-Fist God SaiDain's Beast Power Bloom, Jan is the first among the Gekirangers to realize how much stronger they all have become, pushing back Maku by himself as well as utilizing the Extreme Ki Hard Diamond technique by himself.

At first, Jan decides that he can't fight anymore after learning the truth behind his relation to Rio and Dan, but learning more about his family with Sha-Fu's help enables Jan to resume his role as a Gekiranger, making an enemy out of Long. He and Rio have their destined battle, with Jan the victor until he realizes that he is not really fighting Rio, but something else entirely.

When Jan regains his memories, he vows to make Long pay for what he did to his friends and family, managing to beat sense into Rio and give him a path of his own as they both save Mele and join forces in fighting their mutual enemy. After Long's defeat, Jan invites both Rio and Mele to SCRTC, despite protests from both Ran Uzaki and Retsu Fukami.

When both Rio and Mele decide to undergo the Fist Judgment to cleanse themselves of their sins while in the Confrontation Beast Hall, Jan tries to talk the both of them out of it in vain, learning later that Rio and Mele intended to die. In memory of Rio's final act, Jan wears the Fist Demons' Bracelet and vows to destroy Long once and for all.

During the final battle, after being infused with Maku's Confrontation Ki, Jan is taken to an astral Confrontation Beast Hall along with Ran and Retsu, where they are met by Rio and Mele. It is there that Jan masters the Confrontation Beast Bear-Fist (臨獣ベアー拳, Rinjū Beāken) style, unifying both Fierce and Confrontation Beast Styles.

With his and the others' new found skills, he goes on to defeat Long, sealing him in a small ball, which Jan keeps on his person to ensure that Long's power never falls into the wrong hands. He then leaves SCRTC to travel the world to find the next generation of Beast-Fist fighters, saying his final farewells to his comrades. While teaching the Beast Fist to kids in Hong Kong, he runs into a boy who looks similar to Rio and decides to take him under his wing.

GekiRed runs to Go-On Red, waving at him, and gives him a high five. Like a car, Go-On Red dashes off while GekiRed waves at him again. TV STORY-Lesson 49: Zun-Zun! The Beast-Fist, for All Time...

Go-Onger vs. Gekiranger[]

In Go-Onger vs. Gekiranger, Jan again returned from his trip to celebrate Natsume's birthday as he arrived he was seen fighting against Nunchaku Bank immediately Ran and Retsu arrived to assist him in his fight and later they were send to another Dimension when Go-Ongers arrived. After defeating Meka and sealing Long again, the two teams celebrate Natsume's birthday with a party, during which they decide to commemorate that same day as Jan's own birthday since he does not know his actual date of birth. MOVIE STORY-Engine Sentai Go-Onger vs. Gekiranger

Gokaiger[]

Legend War[]

A few years later, Jan fought alongside not only his own team, but every single Sentai Ranger in existence, against the Empire of Zangyack when it attacked the Earth in the Great Legend War. In the Great Legend War, he was seen fighting alongside fellow martial artist Ryo of the Heavenly Fire Star, taking down Gormin. After fighting against hundreds of Gormin and their Sugormin commanders. Akarenger noticed the fleet moving towards them, he gathered all the Rangers together and gave them the order to sacrifice their powers to wipe out the first invasion's armada. TV STORY-Ep. 1: The Space Pirates Appear MOVIE STORY-Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle

The Tiger's Child[]

Eventually, the Gokaigers got a clue to the great treasure they have been searching for leading them to look for the "tiger's child." After the battle with Master Pachacamac XIII, Doc and Ahim meet with the traveling teacher while he was teaching his students how to use the Jyuken Fists (still wearing and guarding the Dogokugan on his neck). It wasn't until after they trained with him that they learned he was the "tiger's child" they were looking for with one of Jan's students referring to him as GekiRed. He watched the giant monster battle and witnesses the Gokaiger utilizing the Gekirangers' Greater Power. Master Sha-Fu then appears and asks if there was anymore he could have taught them. Jan tells him that they'll be fine, as they understand that wanting to become stronger is a sign of being stronger already. He then goes off and says he has to train more so he can catch up with them. TV STORY-Ep. 7: Niki-Niki! Kenpo Lesson

Farewell Space Pirates[]

After the Zangyack Empire was defeated by the Gokaigers, Marvelous returned the Ranger Keys to their original owners. It is assumed Jan and his teammates have their powers once again. TV STORY-Final Ep.: Farewell Space Pirates

Akibaranger[]

In Nobuo Akagi/AkibaRed's roll call in the twelfth episode of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger, which served as the finale of the first season, he says that "[his] favorite Final Battle is that of Jan and Rio." TV STORY-Ep. 12: Lame-ale: Farewell, Deluded Sentai

Kozukozu Mita cosplays as Jan in the fifth episode of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger Season Tsuu. TV STORY-Ep. 5: Delusional Imports

Super Hero Taisen[]

The Gekirangers, alongside the Carrangers and Gaorangers, are sent to the dimensional rift by Kamen Rider Decade.

The Gekirangers, alongside the Go-Ongers, Gorengers (bar Akarenger), Goseigers, and Shinkengers, emerge through a dimensional wall.

Jan, alongside his team (Rio and Mele were absent), was among the majority of the Super Sentai heroes caught up in the "Super Hero Taisen" incident which eventually resulted in the Super Sentai teams and Kamen Riders joining forces to defeat both Dai-Zangyack and Dai-Shocker. During the final battle, he is seen fighting Gecko Imagin. MOVIE STORY-Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen

Super Hero Taisen Z[]

The Gekirangers as seen in Super Hero Taisen Z.

The Gekiranger trio were among the various superheroes that came to help during the Space Shocker crisis, having been summoned by Gai Ikari. They appeared with the Livemen and Gingamen to aid Kamen Rider Beast against a Space Shocker force led by Space Spider Man.

After Demon King Psycho was destroyed, the Gekirangers appeared on a cliff alongside all the other past heroes to say goodbye to the heroes of recent years before taking their leave. MOVIE STORY-Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z

Zyuohger vs. Ninninger[]

GekiRed among the 38 Red warriors.

The first 38 Sentai projected into Wild Tousai Shuriken King.

GekiRed appeared as part of a conference of the first 38 Reds led by Red Falcon, whom addressed the Ninningers and Zyuohgers as the greater Super Sentai pantheon intervened to save them from defeat at the hands of the titanic Gillmarda. Empowering the Combination Nin Shuriken to form Wild Tousai Shuriken King, the first 38 Super Sentai further imbued their successors with the power to perform the Zyuoh Ninnin Super Sentai Burst, destroying Gillmarda with the combined power of all 40 Super Sentai. MOVIE STORY-Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger: Message from the Future from Super Sentai

Super Sentai Strongest Battle[]

Jan joined the Super Sentai Strongest Battle as a member of International Team, but lost the competition either in the first round against the Support Team offscreen or won against them and lost in the second round against Martial Artist Team offscreen.

Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger The Movie: Red Battle! All Sentai Rally!![]

Jan alongside with his Sentai Red Ranger predecessors appeared to help the Zenkaigers. MOVIE STORY-Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger The Movie: Red Battle! All Sentai Rally!!

Saber + Zenkaiger: Superhero Senki[]

Though he was seemingly erased alongside his team as a result of Asmodeus’ manipulations, he and, presumably, his corresponding team were restored back into existence once Touma Kamiyama had helped Shotaro regained his passion in drawing out the superheroes that he wants to draw out.

During the climatic final battle itself, he can be seen fighting alongside Kamen Rider Black, Red Mask, RyuRanger and Kamen Rider Buster.

Ten Gokaiger[]

to be added MOVIE STORY-Kaizoku Sentai: Ten Gokaiger

Personality[]

Jan is a feral child who was raised by the tigers deep within the forest near the Beast Origin Village. Unlike his teammates he was initially naive, but quite active due to him being raised in the forest. However as the series progresses, he becomes more mature and sensible.

Jan has an overall friendly and playful personality, but can be quite stubborn at times. He and Retsu are seen to be arguing with each other at times, but deep down they care for each other. And during the course of the series, they eventually get along better.

Jan really cares for children as it is seen when he tried to stand up for a bullied kid from Natsume's class. He is also on good terms with Miki's daughter Natsume. He also formed a close friendship with Gou.

Jan has a peculiar way of speaking, using onomatopoeia-like words to describe things and his emotions. Some are common Japanese onomatopoeic or mimetic terms, such as "mera mera" (the sound of flaming up), or corruptions of words or phrases like "seisei doudou" (fair and square) becoming "sei-sei de dou-dou". Japanese fans refer to his vocabulary as "Jan-go" (ジャン語, "Jan-go")- "Jan Speak".

Bachi-bachi: Electric shock (from bachin, zap)
Baki-baki: Full of spirit
Baki-baki no chuiin shubaan:
Bado-bado: Bad person
Beran-beran: Talkative (from oshaberi, chatty)
Biba-biba: Cool, stylish
Biki-biki: Sharply
Bishi-bashi: Intense, strict (from bishibashi, relentlessly)
Bishi-bishi-pikiin: To look like the embodiment of Ki
Byun-byun maru: Self-centered person
Byuu-byuu: A hardened heart
Deka-deka: Giant (from dekai, large)
Fugu-fugu: To smell an odor
Fure-fure gacchiri: To work together
Gachi-gachi no shio-shio: Solid and dark
Gare-gare: Still and quiet
Garu-garu: Looks strong and scary (from garuru, growl)
Gebo-gebo: To be beaten
Geko-geko: Frog (from gekogeko, croaking)
Gicho-gicho: A one-sided fight
Giri-giri: Gritting one's teeth (from girigiri, gnashing)
Gishi-gishi:
Giyan-giyan: Nagging
Gochi-gochi no maru-maru yarou: Hard and round person
Gokin-gokin: Too powerful
Goro-goro: To enjoy being praised
Gowan-gowan no dain-dain: Powerful giant
Gura-gura: Earthquake (from guragura, shaky)
Gure-gure: Bad behaviour
Guta-guta-here-here: Lazy and careless
Gyawa-gyawa: A commotion
Gyuon-gyuon: Bursting with strength
Gyuu-gyuu: To hug (from gyutto, tightly)
Hapi-hapi: Happy
Hare-hare: To resolve your worries (from harehare, bright and cheerful)
Hena-hena: Weakling
Henyo-henyo: To be worn out, flabby and untrained (from henahena, lack of strength and/or funyafunya, squishy sound)
Hine-hine: Sulking (from hinekure, to sulk)
Hiyo-Hiyo: Meager
Howa-howa: A tender, motherly feeling (from hokahoka, warm, and fuwafuwa, soft)
Hyuiin: To fly
Ibo-ibo: Wart
Iga-iga: To argue (from igamiau, quarreling)
Jara-jara: Iron chains (from jarajara, jangling)
Jatta-jatta: To be aggravated
Jiri-jiri: Jealousy
Jita-jita: To be frustrated (from jitajita, overwhelmed)
Juwaan: To be moved emotionally
Kena-kena: Admirable, opposite of zowa-zowa
Kire-kire: Sharp (from kirekire, agile, skillful)
Koto-koto: To endure, to wait (from kotokoto, simmering sound)
Kusa-kusa: Painful
Kyui-kyui: Something important
Mera-mera: To be fired up (from meramera, to burst into flames)
Meso-meso: To cry (from mesomeso, sobbing)
Michi-michi-hogu-hogu: Warm and juicy
Mohe-mohe: To be troubled
Mosa-mosa: Hairy (from mosamosa)
Mosho-mosho: Irritating
Muga-muga: To lose oneself
Mukya-mukya: To be angry (from mukamuka, being angry)
Mukyu-mukyu: Barefoot
Muni-muni: Friends
Nei-nei de hou-hou: Joining forces (from the Cantonese pronunciation of nihao/neihou, hello)
Nemu-nemu: Sleepy (from nemuru, to sleep)
Netsu-netsu: To be completely absorbed (from necchuu, engrossed)
Niki-niki: To enjoy (from nikoniko, mimetic word for smiling)
Nikka-nika: A stronger feeling than "niki-niki")
Nyamu-nyamu: Seems nice
Nyowan-nyowan: To not understand
Nyuru-nyuru: Slippery (from nyururi)
Pakaan: Panic
Pichi-pichi: Carp streamer (from pichipichi, flapping sound)
Pika-pika: A pure heart (from pikapika, to shine)
Pikiin:
Pittan yarou: Someone that walks on walls (from pittanko, to stick to)
Saba-saba: To be refreshed (from sabasaba)
Sei-sei de dou-dou: Fair and square (from seisei doudou)
Shakkin-kiin:
Shawa-shawa: Shower
Shin-shin: A deep impression
Shio-shio: To be down, unhappy (from shioshio, in low spirits)
Shio-shio-juku-juku: A gloomy expression
Shobi-shobi: To be dejected (from shonbori, dejectedly)
Shuba-shuba: Rhythmically
Shuwaan:
Tama-tama: Orb (from tama, sphere)
Uga-uga: To be bothered
Ukya-ukya: To have fun, be cheerful
Uja-uja: To worry, anxiety
Ujan-ujan: Stronger anxiety than "uja-uja"
Uro-uro: Unfocused eyes (from urouro, aimlessly)
Wafu-wafu: Heartwarming
Waki-waki: To be excited (from wakuwaku)
Waki-waki kunai: To not be excited
Waki-waki no dokaan: To strike with all one's might
Wasshi-wasshi: Earnestly
Yoka-yoka: A good friend
Yowa-yowa: To seem weak (from yowai, weak)
Zawa-zawa: Fresh air
Zowa-zowa: A sense of something evil (from sowasowa, unease)
Zowan-zowan: A stronger sense than "zowa-zowa"
Super zowan-zowan: A stronger sense than "zowan-zowan"
Zowangi-zowango: A stronger sense than "super zowan-zowan"
Zun-zun: To go on forever (from zunzun, to grow rapidly)
Zuru-zuru: Sneaky, unfair (from zurui)
Zushi-zushi: Fate weighing heavily

GekiRed[]

GekiRed's insert theme is Susume no Susume.

GekiRed

GekiRed (kid version)

Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

to be added

Attacks[]

These are techniques used uniquely by Jan or with other Gekiranger

Tiger-Fist Gekiwaza[]

These Gekiwaza focus on the "Body" of the user.

Gun-Gun Bullet (砲砲弾, Hō Hō Dan): Geki Red's Gekiwaza that projects his Fierce Ki as Geki Tiger to fiercely attack the opponent with its strength.
Dust Cloth Wringing (雑巾絞り, Zōkin Shibori): "Cleaning-Power" style attack. Twisting Gyūya's horns like an actual dust cloth.
Tiger Dust Cloth Mopping (タイガー雑巾掛け, Taigā Zōkin Gake): "Cleaning-Power" style attack. Using the opponent as an actual dust cloth.
Whirl-Whirl Fist (グルグル拳, Guru Guru Ken): "Bathhouse" style attack. Uses a koinobori to spin the opponent around. Jan invented this Gekiwaza himself.
Super Tiger Strike (スーパータイガー撃, Sūpā Taigā Geki): A Gekiwaza that utilizes Extreme Ki and the Super Geki Claw.
Soul-Soul Palm (魂魂掌, Kon Kon Shō): After Geki Yellow and Geki Blue transfer Fierce Ki through Fierce Ki Injection, Geki Red can throw a ball of Fierce Ki at the opponent.
Extreme Ki Hard Diamond (過激気研鑽, Kageki Kensan): After SaiDain's Beast Power Blooming, Geki Red is able to use the Super SaiBlade on his own to form a powerful blade, which he used to cut down Maku.
Super Sharp-Sharp Extreme Ki Slash (超鋭鋭過激気斬, Chō Ei Ei Kageki Zan): Geki Red shoots forward and delivers a powerful slash with the Super SaiBlade.

Shark-Fist Gekiwaza[]

These Gekiwaza are performed through saber techniques.

GekiSaber Thin-Thin Slash (ゲキセイバー薄薄斬, GekiSeibā Haku Haku Zan): A Gekiwaza that uses the flimsy nature of the GekiSabers in their Twin Sword Mode to twist the opponent's head around.
GekiSaber Soar-Soar Slash (ゲキセイバー翔翔斬, GekiSeibā Shō Shō Zan): A Gekiwaza that uses the GekiSabers in their Twin Sword Mode.
GekiSaber Current Blade (ゲキセイバー水流刃, GekiSeibā Suiryū Ha): A Gekiwaza that uses the GekiSabers in Twin Sword Combined Mode to cover the battlefield in water, while at the same time the blade is covered in high pressurized water.
GekiSaber Wave-Wave Slash (ゲキセイバー波波斬, GekiSeibā Nami Nami Zan): A Gekiwaza that uses the Twin Sword Combined Mode and Fierce Ki to slash the opponent with the force of a tsunami. As Super Geki Red, this can be utilized as GekiSaber Super Wave-Wave Slash (ゲキセイバースーパー波波斬, GekiSeibā Sūpā Nami Nami Zan).

Shared Gekiwaza[]

Fierce-Fierce Cannon (激激砲, Geki Geki Hō): A team Gekiwaza performed using the GekiBazooka. Initially, it required two minutes to charge, but they soon overcame this limit. It requires all three Gekirangers to wield, transferring their collective Fierce Ki into the Geki Bazooka to fire. The first few times that the Gekirangers used it, Jan would yell "Pork cube stew!" (豚の角煮, Buta no Kaku Ni), which is the name of the dish that Natsume was preparing for him when he learned how to be patient, but this irritated Ran and Retsu, so he eventually stopped doing so. If there is insufficient Ki, the cat head will close back up automatically, as shown in a Beast Arts Academy demonstration.
Soul-Soul Bullet (魂魂弾, Kon Kon Dan): The three Gekirangers focus their Fierce Ki to over their enture bodies it enters a Fierce Ki Explosive State (激気爆発, Geki Bakuhatsu), charging at their opponents and exposing to them to their Ki at point-blank range.

Abilities[]

to be added

Weaknesses[]

to be added

Arsenal[]

Mecha[]

Appearances: Gekiranger Episodes 1-9, Nei-Nei! Hou-Hou! Hong Kong Decisive Battle, 10-26, 28-34, Juken Sentai Gekiranger vs. Boukenger. 36-43, 47-49

Infinite power flows in my body! Unbreakable Body. GekiRed!

Super GekiRed