List of Shuriken Sentai Ninninger episodes

Shuriken Sentai Ninninger is a 2015 Japanese television series, and is the 39th entry of the long-running Super Sentai series produced by Toei Company. Three generations had passed since Yoshitaka Igasaki, a man known as the Last Ninja, sealed the evil Yokai feudal lord Gengetsu Kibaoni. However, Yoshitaka's death enabled Gengetsu Kibaoni and his retainers to be free again. As only those of the Igasaki bloodline can stop them, Tsumuji Igasaki has his children Takaharu and Fuka recruit their cousins Yakumo Kato, Nagi Matsuo, and Kasumi Momochi so the five grandchildren can be trained to use Shuriken Ninja Arts and fight the Yokai as Ninningers.

The series is directed by Shōjirō Nakazawa and written by Kento Shimoyama. It will premiere on TV Asahi on February 22, 2015. The opening theme is "Saa Ike! Ninninger!" (さぁ行け! ニンニンジャー! Saa Ike! Ninninjā!, "Let's Go! Ninninger!") by Yōhei Ōnishi (大西 洋平 Ōnishi Yōhei) while the ending theme is "Nan ja Mon ja! Ninja Matsuri!" (なんじゃモンじゃ! ニンジャ祭り!, "What's That?! A Ninja Festival!") by Daiki Ise (伊勢 大貴 Ise Daiki).

Episodes

No.[lower-alpha 1] English title
Original Japanese title		 Writer Original airdate
1 "We Are Ninja!"[1]
"Oretachi wa Ninja da!" (俺たちはニンジャだ！) 		Kento ShimoyamaFebruary 22, 2015[lower-alpha 2]
Returning to the Igasaki Ninjutsu Dojo after four years, a youth finds it blown apart as the an army of soldier-like creature storm the ruins. The youth decides to deal with the Hitokarage, introducing himself as Takaharu Igasaki while transforming himself into a red suited ninja to dispatch them as a mysterious figure takes a mallet from the dojo. Takaharu's younger sister Fuka Igasaki arrives soon after, believing Takaharu destroyed their family dojo before their father Tsumuji Igasaki arrives. Tsumuji explains to his children that he gave Takaharu a Ninja Ichibantou while sending out summons for them and their cousins. Once Takaharu and Fuka are joined by their cousins Yakumo Kato, Nagi Matsuo, and Kasumi Momochi, Tsumuji reminds them of their family history as descendants of ninja who fought during the Sengoku Era and how their late grandfather, the Last Ninja Yoshitaka Igasaki, sealed the spirit of the deceased warlord Gengetsu Kibaoni. Explaining that Kibaoni's prophecy of resume his campaign is to occur this year, Tsumuji rallied his children, nephews, and niece to ensure he is not revived. But after Fuka and her cousins express an disinterest, Tsumuji takes them and Takaharu to Kibaoni's grave. Though Fuka and the cousins are skeptic, the Sealing Shuriken littering the tomb are suddenly scattered as Kibaoni's spirit commands his forces to revive him through the Power of Fear. The ninja arrive to the city to find the people before attacked by the Hitokarage before they seeing one of the Sealing Shuriken bonding onto a chainsaw that transforms into Yokai Kamaitachi. Takaharu, seeing the others frighten, decides to deal with the Hitokarage and Kamaitachi on his own. Inspired by Takaharu's resolve, Fuka and her cousins find their courage as Tsumuji arrives with their Ninja Ichibantou. Takaharu regroups with his sister and their cousins before their transform into the Shuriken Sentai Ninninger. After the Hitokarage are dealt with, with the others supporting him, Akaninger destroys Kamaitachi. But the mysterious figure, witnessing the fight from afar, revives Kamaitachi into a giant. After being knocked a few blocks away by Kamaitachi, the Ninningers find themselves with new Nin Shuriken that causes them to summon the Otomonin that eventually combine into Shurikenjin to destroy the Yokai. Soon after finding the purified Sealing Shuriken that emerged after Kamaitachi's death, the Ninningers realize their mission is to find the Sealing Shuriken. But the group are shocked to learn that Yoshitaka is still alive as he tells them that they need improvement. 
2 "Become the Last Ninja!"[2]
"Rasuto Ninja ni Naru!" (ラストニンジャになる！) 		Kento ShimoyamaMarch 1, 2015
Revealed to be alive, Yoshitaka takes his son and grandchildren to a new ninjutsu dojo where he explains the Ninningers need to improve their skill in the Shuriken Ninja Arts while promising to name one among them who has most improved as successor to the title of Last Ninja. Yoshitaka takes his leave, leaving Tsumuji to oversee his grandchildren's training with the Five-Style Nin Shuriken he left behind. While the others are unable to properly use the Five-Style Nin Shuriken, with Fuka taking the blunt of the attacks, Yakumo shows excellent progress to the point of saying ninjutsu is too easy. Takaharu takes offense to Yakumo bad mouthing their grandfather and demands an apology before the Gamagama-Ju firearms alert the Ninningers to a Yokai attack. The Ninningers face the Yokai Kappa, the others overpowered by him before Aoninger drives Kappa off with a fire-infused attack. But this causes friction between Takaharu and Yakumo with the latter taking his leave. Finding that Kasumi followed him, Yakumo confines that he is not interested in becoming a ninja before reconsidering it after Kasumi uses a play on words to rattle him a bit. When Yakumo finds Kappa, he fails to realize that the Yokai would counter his previous attack and finds himself saved by Takaharu at the last second. After Takaharu explains that he can boast once he actually succeeds their grandfather as the others arrive, Yakumo transforms as he and his cousin both destroy Kappa together. But the mysterious figure revives Kappa into a giant with the Ninningers forming Shurikenjin to fight him. But after Aoninger saves Shinobimaru with Dragomaru, he reforms Shuirikenjin into Shurikenjin Drago to destroy the Yokai. Soon after finding a purified Sealing Shuriken, Yakumo explains that he has no interest in being a ninja but will prove himself better than Takaharu and their grandfather none the less. Meanwhile, the mysterious figure revives one of Kibaoni's generals with the Power of Fear that she had amassed. 
3 "The Vicious Gabi Appears!"[3]
"Kyōteki, Gabi Arawaru!" (強敵、蛾眉あらわる！) 		Kento ShimoyamaMarch 8, 2015
After reviving Kibaoni's general Raizo Gabi, reintroducing herself to him, Kyuemon Izayoi asks for his help in reviving Kibaoni. But Raizo has no interest in helping her as he walks off to find someone worth fighting. The next day, after Yoshitaka scolds Takaharu for failing a team exercise, the Ninningers confront Nagi about his addiction to text books before they are alerted to an attack by Yokai Kasha. During the fight, Kininger ends up accidentally letting the Yokai escape and runs off to find him. As Takaharu ends up running into Kyuemon while following him, Nagi finds Kasha and the Yokai challenges him to a race. However, Kasha places a truck under his control to dispose of Kininger before dealing with Aoninger, Shironinger, and Momoninger. But Raizo shows up and personally kills Kasha before single-handily overpowering the three Ninningers. Disappointed in such weak opponents, Raizo was about to kill them when Takaharu saves them and holds the villain off. As the others save Kininger, Akaninger defeats Raizo who is excited to finally find a worthy opponent and wants another fight before Momoninger covers their escape. After the Ninningers regroup, they are confronted by Kyuemon as she reveals the mallet she stole from the dojo and Kasha's Sealing Shuriken as she transforms it into a Yo Shuriken that she uses to summon a Gashadokuro that is destroyed by Shurikenjin. Soon after boxing up his text books, Nagi considers becoming the Last Ninja to build up his resume. 
4 "There He Is! Paonmaru!"[4]
"Deta Zō! Paonmaru!" (でたゾウ！パオンマル！) 		Kento ShimoyamaMarch 15, 2015
After Takaharu bungles up a simulation training course meant for team-building, the Ninningers receive a message from Yoshitaka that the cryptically hints that they can use Sealing Shuriken like Kyuemon. After a couple more training courses, Fuka confronts Takaharu about acting on his own despite taking out all the enemies. Tsumuji suggests the others continuing training while Takaharu ponders where he going wrong in the training. While eating at a oden stand, Takaharu is alerted to an attack by the Yokai Tsuchigumo. Though the others arrive, Akaninger ends up being sucked into the Yokai's stomach and finds the oden cart owner to be Yoshitaka as he teaches his grandson the value of teamwork through oden. Meanwhile, forced to fall back, the Ninningers formulate a plan to save Akaninger. By then, with Yoshitaka using a wind-style attack to boost his fire-style attack, Takaharu manages to escape and rejoin his team. Akaninger remembers his lesson as he lets Aoninger lead the attack so they can finish Tsuchigumo with a team attack. This causes the Sealing Shuriken on Akaninger's person to transform as Kyuemon revives Tsuchigumo with the Otomonin summoned to fight him. When Otomonin are trapped in Tsuchigumo's webbing, Akaninger uses the new Otomonin Shuriken to summon Paonmaru to free the others before forming Shurikenjin Paon to finish the Yokai off. Later, after the Ninningers obtain the Sealing Shuriken and head home, Kyuemon convinces Raizo to assist her with the promise of having his fight with Takaharu. 
5 "Space Ninja UFOmaru!"[5]
"Uchū Ninja Yūfōmaru!" (宇宙忍者UFOマル！) 		Kento ShimoyamaMarch 22, 2015
Alerted by Gamagama-Ju, the Ninningers see the Yokai Ungaikyo making children happy by giving them balloons. This puts the Ninningers in a situation where they decide to keep an eye on Ungaikyo. During the stake-out, Yakumo notices Kasumi is tired and thinks she is having trouble and Yakumo believes she must be trying to juggle being a ninja and a university student as she reveals she wants to know if their grandfather actually spoke to aliens. Later, after Kasumi returned to the university, the other Ninningers find Takaharu slacking off. It was then that multiple images of Kibaoni manifest. Kasumi arrives, revealing the Kibaoni to be illusions created by Ungaikyo with Akaninger unknowingly revealing the Yokai's method to though the balloons after he hampered Shinobimaru and Dragomaru's movement. Though Yakumo believes that Takaharu could be inspirational to her, he learns Kasumi never intended to give up on either a ninja or student as she reveals to have developed a device to cancel out Ungaikyo's frequency. After Akaninger knocks Ungaikyo down with the Paonmaru Otomonin Shuriken, the Ninningers regroup and finish the Yokai off. By then, Raizo arrives for his rematch before Kyuemon enlarges Ungaikyo to the general's annoyance. After Akaninger promises to deal with Raizo later, attempting to use the new Otomonin Shuriken they got, the Ninningers form Shurikenjin Drago to chase Ungaikyo into outer space where they encounter a flying saucer. After the flying saucer is the Otomonin UFOmaru, they combine with it to reform Shurikenjin Drago into Shurikenjin UFO to destroy Ungaikyo on the moon. Later, Kasumi reveals that she knew of Ungaikyo and that she wants to be both a scientist and Last Ninja, Takaharu then realizes that he has completely forgotten his promise to face Raizo as the villain is lividly waiting for him. 
SP "Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. Kamen Rider Drive: Spring Break Combined 1 Hour Special"[6]
"Shuriken Sentai Ninninjā Tai Kamen Raidā Doraibu Haruyasumi Gattai Ichijikan Supesharu" (手裏剣戦隊ニンニンジャーVS仮面ライダードライブ　春休み合体1時間スペシャル) 		Riku SanjoMarch 29, 2015
The Ninningers appear to face the Yokai Buruburu, who escapes after slowing them down with his Heavy Acceleration. Soon after, Shinnosuke Tomari, aka Kamen Rider Drive and his partner Kiriko Shijima arrive to arrest them upon confusing them with Roidmudes. Takaharu is then taken into custody while the others flee. At the Special Investigations Division, Shinnosuke and Kiriko inquire Takaharu until he decides to escape by himself. Kyuemon rejoices upon gathering so much fear with Buruburu and it is shown that she is in cahoots with the Roidmudes. Yoshitaka appears to pick up Takaharu in the Special Investigations Division while Go watches over a mysterious phenomena appearing in the sky when a warrior introducing himself as Kamen Rider 3 attacks him. Shinnosuke and Takaharu find the other Ninningers under Buruburu's spell, shaking in fear and Takaharu uses a fire technique to release his companions and reveal the Yokai, who is shown to be a combination of the Sealing Shuriken and a Viral Core, proving that the Ninningers are not the real enemy. While the Ninningers fight Buruburu, Shinnosuke transforms into Kamen Rider Drive to confront three Roidmudes who appear to attack him. Once Buruburu is finished, Kyuemon retrieves its Sealing Shuriken and entrusts it to one of the Roidmudes, while using its mallet to enlarge the other two, with one of them grabbing Drive with its hand. Ninningers form Shurikenjin to fight back, rescuing the Kamen Rider and forming Shurikenjin UFO to finish them. However, UFOmaru suddenly disappears and Kyuemon reveals that the Ninningers were sent by a dimensional distortion to the Kamen Riders' world, and they will all soon disappear as well, before fleeing by a portal. 
6 "Tengu's Spiriting Away"[7]
"Tengu no Kamigakushi" (テングの神隠し) 		Kento ShimoyamaApril 5, 2015
7 "Spring Ninja Festival!"[8]
"Haru no Ninja Matsuri!" (春のニンジャ祭り！) 		Kento ShimoyamaApril 12, 2015
8 "The Nekomata Who Leapt Through Time!"[9]
"Toki o Kakeru Nekomata!" (時をかけるネコマタ！) 		Kento ShimoyamaApril 19, 2015
9 "Ninjutsu vs. Magic, the Great Battle!"[10]
"Ninjutsu Tai Mahō, Dai Batoru" (忍術VS魔法、大バトル！) 		Kento ShimoyamaApril 26, 2015
10 "Yee-haw! The Golden Starninger"[11]
"Hīhā! Kiniro no Sutāninjā" (ヒーハー！金色のスターニンジャー) 		Kento ShimoyamaMay 3, 2015

Notes

  1. ↑ As the motif for Ninninger is ninjas and shurikens, the episodes are called "shinobi" (忍び).
  2. ↑ The series was originally scheduled to premiere on February 15, 2015. However, it was postponed due to the media coverage of the death of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on February 1, which delayed the airing of the finale of the previous series Ressha Sentai ToQger, by one week.

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