Who is your favorite Ranger of all time from Super Sentai and why?

I think, overall, Jiraiya/Ninja Black from Kakuranger is my favorite sentai hero. The runners up would be Ryu/Red Hawk from Jetman, Marvelous/Gokai Red from Gokaiger, and oddly enough, Kasumi/Momoninger from Ninninger (!!!).

This question got me thinking. Who is your favorite ranger from each show you've seen?

For me, it's...

Maskman: Haruka/Yellow Mask.
Jetman: Ryu/Red Hawk.
Dairanger: Souji/Tenma Ranger.
Kakuranger: Jiraiya/Ninja Black or Tsuruhime/Ninja White.
Ohranger: Juri/Oh Yellow.
Carranger: Minoru/Green Racer.
Megaranger: Not sure yet, but Kouichirou/Mega Black is the front-runner after 15 episodes.
Magiranger: Wolzard.
Shinkenger: Takeru/Shinken Red.
Goseiger: Alata/Gosei Red.
Gokaiger: Marvelous/Gokai Red. Or Luka/Gokai Yellow.
Go-Busters: Enter. I know he's not a ranger, but was anyone else even on this show?
Kyoryuger: Ian/Kyoryu Black.
ToQger: Hikari/ToQ 4.
Ninninger: Kasumi/Momoninger.

Very good choice.

Mine would be...

Liveman: Tetsuya/BlackBison
Jetman: Gai/BlackCondor
Zyuranger: Goushi/MammothRanger and Burai/DragonRanger
Dairanger: Daigo/ShishiRanger and Kou/KibaRanger
Kakuranger: Jiraiya/NinjaBlack
Ohranger: Riki/KingRanger
Carranger: Kyosuke/RedRacer
Megaranger: Kenta/MegaRed and Yuusaku/MegaSilver
Timeranger: Naoto/TimeFire
Gaoranger: Kakeru/GaoRed and Tsukumaro/GaoSilver
Dekaranger: Tetsu/DekaBreak
Magiranger: Tsubasa/MagiYellow
Boukenger: Masumi/BoukenBlack
Gekiranger: Gou/GekiViolet
Go-Onger: Hiroto/Go-OnGold
Shinkenger: Ryunosuke/ShinkenBlue and Genta/ShinkenGold
Goseiger: Agri/GoseiBlack and GoseiKnight
Gokaiger: Don/GokaiGreen and Gai/GokaiSilver
Kyoryuger: Ian/KyoryuBlack and Nobuharu/KyoryuBlue
ToQger: Akira/ToQ6gou
And
Ninninger: Kinji/StarNinger

We actually did have a full thread dealing with that question a while ago... Would be cool if someone could dig out the link to it maybe?

Found it: Favorite Super Sentai "Ranger" from each team

The good thing about Super Sentai is that it inspires and influences you to make original characters

Which of the Go-Ongers became a detective again?

Gunpei Ishihara/Go-OnBlack

My Sentai green-ness is going to show

Battle Fever J: Cossack/France. I can't decide and I don't remember their names
Jetman: Gai
Zyuranger: Goushi
Megaranger: I honestly can't remember what any of them were like
Ninninger: Yakumo

edit: Whoops, looks like I should move over to the other topic huh.

Well, I haven't really watched much in terms of pre-90s sentai. A couple of episodes of Goranger, JAKQ, and Battle Fever J, just to see where the series came from, but other than that the earliest i've seen is Jetman. I'm okay with the old effects and everything, but the 90s is when a lot of things I liked started to happen, such as 6th rangers and better mech fights/suits. So my question is: what are the defining features of 80s Sentai that sets it apart from the other decades? What does it have that newer Sentai lacks?