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The one sentai that embraced the trends of its time and made the rangers wear grunge fashion.
As we all know, Teruaki Ogawa who played Sasuke went on to be Hyuga in Gingaman, Hiroshi Tsuchida because of this show got to be pals with Ninjaman voice actor Kazuki Yao(Franky for One Piece fans) and switched from regular acting to voice acting(he was the Japanese voice of Donatello in the 2012 Nickelodeon TMNT animation), and Kane Kosugi blew up as a celebrity post-Kakuranger. Gashadokuro's actor ​Kenichi Endo also hit it big after this show(One of his many roles was the dad of Masaki Suda's character in Wise and Foolish, a Freaky Friday type drama where Endo's character, a prime minister, and his son have their bodies swapped with each other). I have mentioned this before but the show is roughly based on Journey to the West in its setup and character dynamics.

Sasuke/Ninja Red is Sun Wukong/Monkey, the protagonist that served as the basis for Goku in Dragon Ball
Tsuruhime/Ninja White is Tang Sanzang/Tripitaka the monk who leads the team
Seikai/Ninja Yellow is Zhu Bajie/Pigsy the anthropomorphic pig
Saizou/Ninja Blue is Sha Wujing/Sandy the water creature
Jiraiya/Ninja Black is Bai Long Ma/White Dragon Horse, the steed Tripitaka rides

And of course, who can forget the cat van.
What is interesting is that Ninja Blue's suit uses a lighter hue of blue, more of an azure color like Blue Swallow from Jetman, which has been used mostly for female blue rangers so far. I also like the Batman 66-esque special effects being used. And the ending theme is awesome.

Why this was never flashmobbed in Powermorphicon I don't know. Seriously, if Powermorphicon happens again after COVID is no longer a concern, and one of the Kakuranger cast members get invited, they should have people flashmob this with said actor because internet.

Oh yeah, notable alumni guest appearance that I can think of right off the bat is Reiko Chiba who was Mei/Ptera Ranger in Zyuranger and Ryo Narushima(then Keiko Hayase) who was Remi/Five Yellow in Fiveman as one of the Hanarangers.