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Originally Posted by Switchblade

That was actually one of the reasons they cast Kane Kosugi in Kakuranger; there was apparently a lot of discussion at the time about how to integrate the children of emigrants back into the country and Jiraiya was added to the show to reflect that issue.*

*(at least that's what the wiki says)

More or less yeah. The type of person Jiraiya played is called a nikkeijin. So a japanese that was born and raised outside of japan and doesnt have any real connections to japanese culture/society than any other foreigner has. The problem with nikkeijin at that time was that the native japanese didnt saw him as a foreigner. As a nikkeijin they would still expect you to be fluent in japanese and know their culture and society as well as they do.

Thats where most of the comedy with Jiraiya came from. Him not being familiar with japanese culture and the other Kakuranger just not getting it.