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Yeah but his "fair share of appearances" consist of:

- JAKQ (y'know, the shortest Sentai series to date)
- JAKQ vs Goranger (which is essentially a JAKQ movie anyway)
- Gaoranger vs Super Sentai (in which he's one of many cameos)
- Gokaiger (in which he's one of many cameos)
- Suit appearances in huge crossovers

So all you're really left with is that he became the leader once he became Big One...which was in episode 23 of a 35 episode series. So while the circumstances might be comparable, the popularity level really isn't.

Which was the question in the first place. If you HAD to make a comparison I'd be more likely to still say Akaranger (cliche as it may be), since he still tends to be a big face of the franchise 40 years later appearing on all sorts of merchandise etc.