7.6/1017 votes#1 - We are Ninja
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/17/1994
Two young men are tricked into releasing the seal on the Yokai and must become the Ninja Sentai Kakuranger to stop the forces they have unleashed on the world.
Director: Yoshiaki Kobayashi
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
7.5/1011 votes#2 - A Dangerous Lady
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/25/1994
After the Kakurangers are attacked, Sandayuu sends the living truck Nekomaru to help.
Director: Yoshiaki Kobayashi
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
7.3/1011 votes#3 - American Ninja
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/4/1994
Jiraiya, the fifth Kakuraner finally appears; ut confused his teammates both in his foreign mannerisms and in his strange alliance with a grumpy cabby, Yokai.
Director: Tarou Sakamoto
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
6.9/1010 votes#4 - The Youkai Policeman
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/1994
When Seikai is arrested by the police-manipulating Azukiarai, the other Kakuraner try to rescue him, even without the help of Sasuke.
Director: Tarou Sakamoto
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
7.5/1010 votes#5 - The Uneven Strange Games
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/1994
Saizou finds himself trapped in a deadly maze with a young boy as part of a bet between a mysterious pair of men, and must make it out alive.
Director: Takeshi Ogasawara
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
6.3/109 votes#6 - The Eyeball Prince!
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/25/1994
Mokumokuren decides to take revenge on the Kakuranger by trying to make them look like criminals and seducing Tsuruhime into being his bride.
Director: Takeshi Ogasawara
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
6.3/1012 votes#7 - The Huge One
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/1/1994
A Yokai uses Seikai's obsession with eating to it's own advantage, making him grow huge in size to satiate his never-ending appetite.
Director: Katsuya Watanabe
Writer: Naruhisa Arakawa
6.4/109 votes#8 - The Bakeneko's Shop!!
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/8/1994
The Kakuranger are lured into a strange shop where they become captives of a cat Yokai who captures children to feed to other Yokai.
Director: Katsuya Watanabe
Writer: Susumu Takaku
6.8/109 votes#9 - Hidden Camera Live
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/15/1994
Jiraiya's obession with watching television becomes a problem when he encounters a Yokai who wants to cause chaos in order to become a TV star.
Director: Tarou Sakamoto
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
7.0/109 votes#10 - Konakijiji: A Cry-Baby Goblin
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/22/1994
A Yokai desiring family steals the souls of humans to place into dolls, forcing the Kakuranger to find a way to get them back from him.
Director: Tarou Sakamoto
Writer: Susumu Takaku
6.0/108 votes#11 - Rags are the Best!!
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/29/1994
A villian with a particularly strange motivation is introduced.
Director: Takeshi Ogasawara
Writer: Susumu Takaku
7.1/108 votes#12 - They Came Forth!! New Beast Generals
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/6/1994
The Kakuranger must save a small town where children are abducted by a Yokai and a mad scientist to summon back the Yokai they've previously defeated.
Director: Takeshi Ogasawara
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
6.8/108 votes#13 - Fight Off The Bad Luck
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/13/1994
The Kakuranger support a family who becomes trapped when a Yokai's bad luck forces the father of the household down and makes the mother and son try to keep afloat.
Director: Shohei Tôjô
Writer: Hirohisa Soda
7.7/109 votes#14 - I'm the Young Noble!!
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 5/20/1994
While the Kakurangers battle Keukegen, a new enemy named Young NOble Junior appears to take proper command of the Yokai forces.
Director: Shohei Tôjô
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
8.2/1010 votes#15 - Argh!! Awesome Guys
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/27/1994
Junior releases two infamous Yokai criminals and uses them and a squad of female ninja to lure the Kakuranger into an inescapabled trap.
Director: Tarou Sakamoto
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
7.5/108 votes#16 - The Red Monkey's Oni Extermination
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 6/3/1994
With his four teammates captured by the Shuten Douji Brothers, Sasuke must avoid them and the Flowery Kunoichi Team in order to come to their rescue.
Director: Tarou Sakamoto
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
7.1/108 votes#17 - The Demon Sword and Underwear
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 6/10/1994
A Yokai targest Saizou due to the actions of his ancestor, leading to NinjaBlue to rely on an amateur photographer to help him defeat her.
Director: Katsuya Watanabe
Writer: Hirohisa Soda
8.0/108 votes#18 - Hello, Mushroom-kun
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 6/17/1994
Jiraiya befriends a child-like Yokai who grants good luck as Junior targets it to become its latest Yokai minion.
Director: Katsuya Watanabe
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
7.6/108 votes#19 - The Hellish Trap in Darkness!!
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 6/24/1994
The Kakuranger investigate a series of abductions caused by a spider Yokai, unknowing they are being lured into Junior's trap.
Director: Takeshi Ogasawara
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
7.2/108 votes#20 - The Flowery Kunoichi-Gumi!!
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 7/1/1994
Sasuke becomes trapped in an ambush by the Flowery Kunoichi Team, forced to protect a kid caught in the crossfire even at the cost of his Kakuranger powers!
Director: Takeshi Ogasawara
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
6.9/108 votes#21 - Monkey See, Monkey Does Finishing Move
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 7/8/1994
Saizou's attempt to help out a struggling ninja school leads to him giving away the Kakuranger's secrets to a monkey Yokai who turns them against the team.
Director: Shohei Tôjô
Writer: Hirohisa Soda
6.6/108 votes#22 - I'll Make You Laugh
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 7/15/1994
Seikai's attempt to help a girl developing a solar car becomes hindered by a Yokai who tries to stop the research due to needing vehicle exhaust to survive!
Director: Shohei Tôjô
Writer: Hirohisa Soda
8.0/108 votes#23 - Blitzkrieg!! The Strange White Bird
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 7/22/1994
Junior begins to abduct children for a ceremony to summon a powerful Yokai leader to Earth, which the Kakuranger must try to prevent from being completed.
Director: Katsuya Watanabe
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
8.1/109 votes#24 - Ah, It's All Over
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 7/29/1994
The Kakuranger face off with Gashadokuro in hopes of saving the children captured for Daimaou's summoning; but the end of one battle may lead to the start of a brand new trial.
Director: Katsuya Watanabe
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
7.6/109 votes#25 - A New Departure
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 8/5/1994
As the Kakuranger separate to find their Shinobi Scrolls, Sasuke encouunters a strange girl who wishes to teach him an important lesson despite her short, fragile life.
Director: Tarou Sakamoto
Writer: Noboru Sugimura
The Best Episodes of Ninja Sentai Kakuranger Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"We are Ninja" is the best rated episode of "Ninja Sentai Kakuranger" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by Yoshiaki Kobayashi and written by Noboru Sugimura, it aired on 2/17/1994. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "A Dangerous Lady".