Tomica Hero: Rescue Force
Tomica Hero: Rescue Force is a Japanese tokusatsu television series that began airing April 5, 2008, on TV Aichi. It is the first Tomica Hero series based on Takara Tomy's Tomica toy car line. The characters use Tomica's Super Tools and Super Vehicles to help save people from Super-Disasters and battle the evil causing them. It is the second tokusatsu series that Takara Tomy has been involved in following Madan Senki Ryukendo. It is directed by Masato Tsujino, and written by Shinichi Inotsume and Hiroyuki Kawasaki, the same team behind Ryukendo. A film for Tomica Hero: Rescue Force was released in December 2008.
Characters
The United Fire-Defense Agency/Rescue Force
The second-generation Rescue Force is a special Super-Disaster Response Team in the United Fire-Defense Agency or "UFDA", which is a branch of the Earth Federation. Based on the Hyper Rescue group, the Rescue Force is deployed to protect human lives from various disasters too extreme for normal rescue workers. By the time of Rescue Fire's formation, the Rescue Force is transferred to Europe branch. Normally stationed at the Rescue Phoenix in Tateishi City, whenever the artificial satellite Rescue Eye detects a Super-Disaster, Rescue Phoenix switches from Fortress Mode to Flight Mode to carry the Rescue Force and the best situational choice of the Rescue Vehicles to the disaster site. The Rescue Phoenix assumes Spiral Catapult Mode upon landing, when launching the Core Striker Max. Each of the Rescue Force members has an orange suit, but they each have different colored armor.- Hikaru Todoroki/R1: Donning blue armor, Hikaru was originally the hot-blooded rookie member of the Rescue Force. Within a year, he was transferred to the team from a special rescue academy for his excellence in emergency vehicle operations. Being in the Rescue Force was his childhood dream since his time in Kuresato where he met Ryuji, believing in saving lives as an absolute. Hikaru eventually finds his predecessor's failed project and succeeds in gaining a new form, R1 Max, which has a white suit with orange accents and translucent blue chest armor. At one point, while taking a vacation to Kiyoizawa, Hikaru crosses paths with the weather lady he saved, Kirara, and Ryuuji, who is volunteer working for the city. While saving one of the boys under Ryuji's care during the Kiyoizawa crisis, Hikaru reaffirms his vow to always save lives from Super Disasters no matter what, as well as inspiring the boy to join the Rescue Force when he grows up. Before the team goes their separate ways, Hikaru and company visit a school to talk about rescue until the Executives unintentionally cause a gas leak. Though affected by the gas, Hikaru regains his courage thanks to the Executives risking themselves. In the epilogue, Hikaru is the only active member of the current Rescue Force remaining before being transferred to Europe.
- Kyosuke Jinrai/R2: Donning silver armor, Kyosuke is the trusted cheerful and easygoing member of the Rescue Force. Despite this personality, Kyosuke is always willing to risk himself for the successful completion of any rescue. Following the tornado incident, Kyosuke wishes to drive a Rescue Vehicle like Hikaru. After discovering the existence of the Rescue Saver, Kyosuke is assigned to be its driver after showing his stuff in the End Crisis Maker incident. Kyosuke showed that same spirit, along with his childhood skills as a sumo, to bring the Rescue Dozer out. He played sumo wrestling with his schoolmate, Yokozuna. After leaving the Rescue Force a month later, he joins a local fire department like his predecessor had.
- Rei Kozuki/R3: Donning red armor, Rei is the cool female member of the Rescue Force from the SAT who has a sense of duty and is excellent in martial arts, though she has a phobia of small animals. In time, she comes to understand that she needs to rescue not just people, but their smiles as well. She also likes to drive a Rescue Vehicle, attempting to get her Rescue Vehicle License during the Dark Aurora crisis when she was driving a dekotora with explosives out of harm's way. As a result, she learns that she needs to be as serious a driver as she is as a rescuer. During a Super Disaster, Rei meets a boy named Teppei and his father, a guidance counselor. When the father nearly dies with no-one nearby to help, she assists Teppei over the phone on how to save him. After leaving the Rescue Force, she serves as a training instructor of the UFDA rescue training school, and is living with the Teppei and his father.
- Juri Shiraki/R4: Donning white armor, Juri is the kindhearted gung-ho female member of the Rescue Force, specializing in medical rescue. When executing the Danger Zone Super Power, she displays herculean strength in desperate times. While in the fourth grade, Juri fell in love with a boy named Yuto Fukuzawa. She eventually meets him in present day, with Yuto offering her his hand in marriage. However, while on a rescue mission soon after hearing Yuto is endangered, Juri is devastated when she finds him to have become a petty coward instead of the prince she imagined. She is later visited by her grandfather who questioned her choice of livelihood and intended to take her back to Hakata. But though he accepts her choice, Juri understands her grandfather more and promises to visit him at a later time. After leaving the Rescue Force, she serves as an assistant to Captain General.
- Eiji Ishiguro/R5: Eiji is the captain of the Rescue Force, who makes the call for Final Rescues to be executed. He was an original member of the Rescue Force as the black armored R5, and rarely suits up in the present due to switching to a gruff and rash personality and acting without restraint until Hikaru snaps him out of it. When told that he would be transferred to the Euro branch in Paris to aid in the case of more natural Super-Disasters, Ishiguro originally considered making Kyosuke the new captain of Rescue Force. But prior to being heavily wounded by Sica in a sneak attack, Ishiguro made Hikaru his replacement instead. However, Ishiguro eventually turned down the position and resumed being the Rescue Force captain while unaware that he failed in the French written examination that was important to his transfer. In the epilogue, Eiji remains captain of the Rescue Force before being transferred to Europe. He has a brother named Eiichi who trained the Rescue Studies Squad, the children who want to be like the Rescue Force.
- Captain General: A higher up in the United Fire-Defense Agency and the original R4, her real name being Natsuno Nanbu, or "Nancy" to her friends. Being the top of her class, she traveled aboard before returning to Japan to become a member of the first Rescue Force, gaining a habit of speaking English while on the front lines. After leaving the team, she studied to assume her current position, meeting soccer player King Era, whom she eventually married. Due to the UFDA responsibilities, she only manages to spend extensive time with her family once a year. She gives the mobilization order to the Rescue Force from UFDA headquarters, meeting the Rescue Force live when Eiji was depressed over his actions as R5. Later, around the time King retires from Soccer, she aids the Rescue Force against the last Zukcrane by suiting up into RU, the original R4 suit with a red RU mark, silver accents on the chest and helmet, and a blue visor opposed to the standard yellow.
- Reiji Osakabe/R0: The Director of the United Fire-Defense Agency who appears to aid the Rescue Force during the Mach Train incident. As R0, he dons golden armor over an orange suit with black lines. He uses the Rescue Zamber and the Zero Fire before they are added to the main group's arsenal. He also appears in Tomica Hero Rescue Fire.
- Naomi Okamura: The original R3, she is the chief of United Fire-Defense Agency's System Development Department, and is also the chief of United Fire-Defense Agency's Anti-android Research Section created to understand the Neo Thera.
- Ritsuko Kanzaki: She is the chief of United Fire-Defense Agency's Technology Development Organization, modifying the suits of R1-R4 to resist the residual waves of energy from the Terra Resetters and perfecting the R1 Max system.
- Bunji Saeki: The head of United Fire-Defense Agency's vehicle maintenance, he considers the Rescue Vehicles his children. He kept the Rescue Dozer in storage until it made its first successive rescue.
- Professor Natsumemori: The creditable adviser of the United Fire-Defense Agency belonging to the International Rescue League. He considers himself the "father" of the Rescue Force, creating the arsenal they use. His son works as a part-time janitor at the United Fire-Defense Agency, posing as his father at one point to meet the Rescue Force out of his admiration for them.
- Satoru Yuki: A new Rescue Force cadet from the Main National 3rd Rescue Squad who arrives in the disaster site when the Rescue Force is in the middle of a rescue that overwhelms them. Being an elite to be sent to the Euro branch, Yuki is placed under Hikaru's guidance to undergo training. Feeling that he was better than Hikaru, Yuki was confused why Hikaru was in the Rescue Force until seeing him in action. He eventually left for France, taking Hikaru's goal to protect all lives and smiles to heart.
- Kai: An AI being developed to aid the Rescue Force, he was raised by Rei to have a human mind and be full of passion. However, a rewriting of a flaw in Kai's programing resulting in a fear of death led to him being inflicted with a virus, causing him to activate the Defense System to trap everyone in the building. As the other Rescue Force members make their way into the research building, Rei attempts to contact Kai with his favorite book which he grew to hate because its title character chose to die. But after Rei explains the story's message behind its ending, Kai was about to free her and the others when Maen re-inflicts Kai to overload his core. Kai manages to regain enough control to let R1 Max shut him down for good.
- Kamiya: The original R2 a decade ago, Kamiya attempted to rescue a family, saving only the son, Masaki, before being forced to deal with a Super Disaster as the rescue workers took over for him. But learning the family died with Masaki as the only survivor, Kamiya leaves the Rescue Force and becomes the head of the fire station of Shizuka Village. Overtime, Kamiya came to realize he made a difference preventing regular disasters, and helps Kyosuke learn the lesson.
Neo Terror
- Three Great Executives: They were created by Daen to carry out the task of destroying the Earth unnoticed until the End Crisis Maker incident where they are scrapped. However, Daen rebuilds the trio with new bodies more suited to fighting as well as later gaining the ability to assume human form. Since Daen's death, the executives use the Dark Commander that AI Daen left them to find their new master, Maen, who recharges them at every city they make their way towards. After acquiring the Omeganium for her, the Executives are unwillingly hot-wired into the Omega Zukcrane's systems until just prior to its destruction, when Maen sics them on Juri and Rei. However, the three are defeated by the girls' combo attack. Once learning of Maen's true identity, the trio is discarded as she had no need for them. The three are soon taken to the Rescue Force HQ, to allow the scientists to analyze Batsu from their memory. In the aftermath of the Batsu crisis, having been partially recharged, the Executives come back to life and break out of the Rescue Force HQ to find a battery charger, causing a fear-inducing gas that leaks in a nearby school and starts a fire within it. Losing their grip on reality, they chase after a girl whom they think to be Maen, scaring her onto the edge of the school's roof. They ask Hikaru to save her before they shut down, having realized that Maen is gone, and actually enjoying their first rescue. The three are later recharged and begin working for the UFDA under the Supreme Commander.
- *Maare: She is a gynoid who performs strategic command as the leader of the three executives. She is armed with a whip and is able to create a barrier. She battles Kyosuke during the End Crisis incident, overpowering him until she is destroyed when her barrier collapsed in midst of the End Crisis Maker's destruction. She is later rebuilt with a fighting mode, New Maare, and intends to get payback from Kyosuke. In the series epilogue, Maare is recruited to the UFDA as head maid. Maare's name comes from the Japanese word for "circle" and is symbolized by gold.
- *San: He is an intellectual officer type android who analyzes a situation, usually reading the Crisis Maker instruction sheet. Due to the Mt. Nanairo incident, the Rescue Force learns of his and Sica's existence. Using the data gathered by himself and the others, he creates the End Crisis Maker. He confronts R2, R3, and R4 when they make their way to End Crisis Maker, overwhelming R3 and R4 with his martial arts skill until they turn the tables and dump their detonating bombs on him while he is pinned under rubble. He is later rebuilt with a fighting mode, New San, and is armed with twin daggers and a Zaansu Pickaxe. San attempts to steal the Resetter Stone from World Museum at East City, intending to use it to create a new strong Terra Resetter. But he drops it while taking his leave as the Terra Resetter he arrived on activates. San's name comes from the Japanese word for "triangle" and is symbolized by silver.
- *Sica: He is a power type android with excellent strength and ironclad body defense. During the End Crisis Maker incident, Sica attempts to destroy the Rescue Turbo when R1 battles him, scrapping him with the Rescue Crusher's Mantis Impact. He is later rebuilt with a fighting mode, New Sica, and is armed with knuckle weapons and a Gonsu Hammer. Being a big fan of boxing champ Daisuke Naito, Sica expresses some reluctance when Maen decides to put a Super-Disaster in Kurei City where Naito's match is to take place. He battles R1 in a Super-Disaster Title Match with the city at stake and Naito as a neutral witness, getting KO'd. He is also a fan of idol Eri Hasayama and owns all her albums, meeting her when he and others kidnapped Juri who was posing as Eri. Sica's name comes from the Japanese word for "square" and is symbolized by copper.
- Axts: The mass-produced android foot soldiers built by San to interfere with the Rescue Force and set up the Crisis Makers. They are later upgraded into armored New Axts. Three Great Executives' Axts have gold, silver, or copper lines, while Daen's Axts have red lines, and Maen's Axts have red lines, bunches, and ribbons.
- Daen: The golden masked leader of the Neo Thera, he is actually a human named Obuchi, the original R1 and Ishiguro's senpai. As a member of the original team, he was responsible for creating many of the vehicles and the failed R1 Max Development Program. In the middle of a rescue mission at a foreign lab researching a new energy, Obuchi learned the energy was to be used for military reasons and caused a man-made volcanic eruption that supposedly killed him. However, Obuchi survived and became an unknowing host to Batsu, who intensified his hatred of humans with a passion, as he sees that their polluting of the Earth is the reason for many of the disasters his team were formed for in the first place. Over the next decade, Daen creates the Neo Thera and sends the Crisis Makers to the Executives, until he eventually reveals himself and uses his knowledge of the present Rescue Force arsenal to have an early advantage over the new team, developing an interest in Hikaru for being the new R1. After a failed attempt to force Ishiguro to save him, though it meant the continued suffering of many, Daen uses his kidnapped former teammates to turn his base into a Giant Terra Resetter as well as repair his R1 suit, using it to target the Rescue Force one by one before attacking Ishiguro. But once he sees Hikaru succeed where he failed in achieving R1 Max form, Batsu leaves Obuchi's body. Attempting to redeem himself for his actions as Daen, Obuchi gives Ishiguro his cane before he sacrifices himself to take his base out of the atmosphere and activates the base's self-destruct mechanism. Through the cane, Obuchi's redemption and dream is realized with the birth of the Rescue Max system. Daen's name comes from the Japanese word for "ellipse".
Batsu
Upon defeat, Maen leaves for the next town with a new recharge for the Executives once they make it to her location to start anew. Maen eventually reveals herself to the Rescue Force during the Kurei City incident, suggesting a Super-Disaster Title Match with the promise to stop her attack on the city. However, she adds a second round involving the Zukcrane causing the disaster. Later at Academia City, Maen attempts to have her Zukcrane take out the Rescue Max in a diversion while the executives obtain the Omeganium she requested. Once getting it, she uses both it and them to complete her Omega Zukcrane to carry out her master plan. But the plan goes awry when she is forced to directly link up to her creation, going down when it is destroyed. Maen also aided the insane Mataro Madano/Dr. Mado, but regretted her choice of teaming up with a human when he screwed up.
Deciding to finish things and achieve her goal, Maen uses a mass firestorm to lure Super Rescue Max Crane into executing its Final Rescue, taking in enough energy to finally discard her guise and assume her true form as Batsu before scattering its being across the planet to commit global-scale genocide of the human race, while the main body remained in Japan with a barrier around it. Though the Great God Striker is able to pierce the barrier stop Batsu's plan, it was a step ahead of the UFDA's attempt with its unforeseen ability to regenerate from even the smallest remains making the battle seem hopeless. However, refusing to accept defeat, R1 and the Rescue Striker manage to enter Batsu's body and destroy it from the inside out.
Batsu's name comes from the Japanese word for "X mark, seen by the cross mounted on its back, while Maen's name comes from the Japanese word for "circle".
Rescue Vehicles
Rescue Striker
The Rescue Striker is R1's large-scale water truck Rescue Vehicle, which carries four small-scale Rescue Vehicles to the disaster site. By itself, the Rescue Striker's Final Rescue is called the Water Cannon, in which it shoots a jet stream of water with freezing ability. The Rescue Striker can also execute Hyper Up with the medium-scale Rescue Vehicles for more power. The Rescue Striker forms the torso of both Rescue Max and Super Rescue Max, with the Core Striker as the robot's brain. It is destroyed in the final fight with Batsu, with a new one built a month later.- Riser Striker: A combination of the Rescue Striker with the Rescue Riser. Its Final Rescue is the Riser Splash, in which it shoots twin jet streams of freezing water at distant targets.
- Shovel Striker: A combination of the Rescue Striker with the Rescue Shovel. Its Final Rescue is a crash attack called the Shovel Crash, in which its shovel claw pulls the target out away from any obstructions for easy dispatching.
- Drill Striker: A combination of the Rescue Striker with the Rescue Drill. Its Final Rescue is called the Drill Boost, which can drill through rock at high speed.
- Turbo Striker: A combination of the Rescue Striker with the Rescue Turbo. Its Final Rescue is called the Turbo Tornado, which generates a tornado that counters any Super-Disaster.
- Dozer Striker: A combination of the Rescue Striker with the Rescue Dozer. Its Final Rescue is called the Dozer Drive, which is able to crush anything between the jaws formed by the grill and dump bed of the Rescue Dozer.
- God Striker: A super large-scale Rescue Vehicle. A combination of the Rescue Striker with the Rescue Saver and five medium-scale Rescue Vehicles, created exclusively to deal with the Omega Zukcrane. However, the removal of mechanical restraints proved to be taxing on the vehicles to the point of engines breaking if the combination is not cancelled in time. Its Final Rescue is called the Striker Attack, a self-sacrificing move that does not use a Rescue Card for execution.
- Great God Striker: A super large-scale Rescue Vehicle. A combination of the Rescue Striker with the Rescue Saver, the Rescue Diver, and all six medium-scale Rescue Vehicles, created exclusively to deal with Batsu, and piloted by all five members of the Rescue Force. Its Super Final Rescue is Great Full Cannon.
Rescue Saver
- Riser Saver: A combination of the Rescue Saver with the Rescue Riser. Its Final Rescue is the Riser Splash, in which it shoots twin jetstreams of freezing water at distant targets.
- Shovel Saver: A combination of the Rescue Saver with the Rescue Shovel. Its Final Rescue is a crash attack called Shovel Crash, in which its shovel claw pulls the target out away from any obstructions for easy dispatching.
- Drill Saver: A combination of the Rescue Saver with the Rescue Drill. Its Final Rescue is called the Drill Boost, which can drill through rock at high speed.
- Turbo Saver: A combination of the Rescue Saver with the Rescue Turbo. Its Final Rescue is called the Turbo Tornado, which generates a tornado that counters any Super-Disaster.
- Dozer Saver: A combination of the Rescue Saver with the Rescue Dozer. Its Final Rescue is called the Dozer Drive, which is able to crush anything between the jaws formed by the grill and dump bed of Rescue Dozer.
Rescue Diver
- Jet Vehicle Mode: A combination of the Rescue Diver with the Rescue Striker.
- Riser Diver: A combination of the Rescue Diver with the Rescue Riser. Its Final Rescue is Riser Splash, in which it shoots twin jetstreams of freezing water at distant targets.
- Shovel Diver: A combination of the Rescue Diver with the Rescue Shovel. Its Final Rescue is a crash attack called Shovel Crash, in which its shovel claw pulls the target out away from any obstructions for easy dispatching.
- Drill Diver: A combination of the Rescue Diver with the Rescue Drill. Its Final Rescue is called the Drill Boost, which can drill through rock at high speed.
- Turbo Diver: A combination of the Rescue Diver with the Rescue Turbo. Its Final Rescue is called the Turbo Tornado, which generates a tornado that counters any Super-Disaster.
- Dozer Diver: A combination of the Rescue Diver with the Rescue Dozer. Its Final Rescue is called the Dozer Drive, which is able to crush anything between the jaws formed by the grill and dump bed of Rescue Dozer.
Rescue Max
- Rescue Max Drill-Dozer: A combination of Rescue Max with one of Rescue Drill's side drills and the Rescue Dozer becoming shoulder armor. Its Final Rescue, the Max Blaster, allows it to fling an opponent into the air and burst through it with the drill.
Super Rescue Max
- Super Rescue Max Crane: A combination of Super Rescue Max with the Rescue Crane. Its attacks are the Max Crane Thrust and the Super Max Kick. Its Final Rescue is the Super Max Blaster, in which it uses the drill to unleash a freeze wave before using the crane to pierce the frozen target. It then drags the target back so Super Rescue Max can finish the job with its drill.
Zero Fire
Medium-scale Rescue Vehicles
- Rescue Riser: A hook/ladder truck which throws water from the apex of the ladder.
- Rescue Shovel: A drag shovel which can transform into Claw Mode.
- Rescue Drill: A tank-like vehicle with twin drills and a cutoff saw on top.
- Rescue Turbo: A large green blower vehicle with a turbofan on it.
- Rescue Dozer: A black dump truck which can transform into Dozer Drive Mode from Dump Mode. Rescue Dozer is the most powerful of the five vehicles. Though the original Rescue Force was unable to use it due to safety concerns, Kyosuke managed to convince Bunji Saeki to deploy it.
- Rescue Crane: A skyblue crane.
Small-scale Rescue Vehicles
- Core Striker: A Nissan 300ZX police car with AI which is R1's personal car and serves as the cockpit of Rescue Striker. It refers to its driver as "New Face" and is amazed by Hikaru's unpredictable actions to save lives. Feeling that it couldn't keep up with Hikaru as a result, Core Striker asks Ishiguro to replace him. However, in a dangerous gamble, Ishiguro agrees to upgrade the Core Striker into the Core Striker Max, a Nissan 350Z, so it can continue to aid Hikaru, now referring to him by his code name R1. In this form, the Core Striker's speed is increased to reach speeds of 600 mph when it is launched through Rescue Phoenix's Spiral Catapult Mode. When its limiter is removed, the Core Striker Max reaches nearly dangerous speeds beyond 120% engine power.
- Core Aider: R4's Nissan Paramedic ambulance with AI and lifesaving machinery.
- Wave Search: A driverless water truck for firefighting that also serves as a scout. Based on the Dual Fighter Dragon used by the Fire Rescue Task Forces of Tokyo Fire Department.
- Power Search: A driverless excavator for obstacle removing that also serves as a scout. Based on the Dual Fighter Saver used by the Fire Rescue Task Forces of Tokyo Fire Department.
- Core Saver: A Nissan X-Trail police SUV with AI which is R2's personal car and serves as the cockpit of Rescue Saver. It is later upgraded into the Core Diver that serves as the cockpit of Rescue Diver.
- Core Search: R3's personal Nissan Note with AI.
- Core Striker Captain: A police car with AI which is R5's personal car and serves as the cockpit of Zero Fire. It is a vehicle entitled for use only by the Rescue Force's captain.
- Core Striker Fire: A police car with AI which is R0's personal car and serves as the cockpit of Zero Fire during the Mach Train incident. It also possesses its own Suit Up chamber that Reiji uses to become R0.
Rescue Tools
Rescue Commander
The Rescue Commander is an electronic pad used for reading Rescue Cards, communicating with the Rescue Phoenix, searching a disaster site, and transmitting data collected at a disaster site to the Rescue Phoenix.Max Commander
The Max Commander is R1's personal electronic pad used to transform into R1 Max.Rescue Card
The Rescue Cards are used by the Rescue Force, slashed through the Rescue Commander. While the Build Up card and the Change card are used by all members to suit up while in the Rescue Phoenix, R1 and R2 use the other cards to activate the mecha they use in their missions. The Max Up card is used by R1, slashed through the Max Commander.- Mantis Impact: The powerful attack for the Rescue Crusher Mantis Mode.
- Whale Impact: The powerful attack for the Rescue Crusher Whale Mode.
- Drill Impact: The powerful attack for the Drill Crusher.
- System Up: The Core Striker/Core Striker Max or the Rescue Striker are started up from the Rescue Phoenix.
- Hyper Up: The Rescue Striker/Saver/Diver and the medium-scale Rescue Vehicles are combined.
- Max Hyper Up: The Rescue Striker and Rescue Saver/Diver are combined. The Rescue Max can reuse this card to combine with any medium-scale Rescue Vehicles.
- Open Up: All Rescue Vehicles are dispatched, with their combination limits removed.
- Rescue Phoenix: The Rescue Phoenix is started up.
- Rescue Striker: The Rescue Striker is started up.
- Rescue Saver: The Rescue Saver is started up.
- Rescue Diver: The Rescue Diver is started up.
- Zero Fire: The Zero Fire is started up.
- Rescue Riser: The Rescue Riser is started up.
- Rescue Shovel: The Rescue Shovel is started up.
- Rescue Drill: The Rescue Drill is started up.
- Rescue Turbo: The Rescue Turbo is started up.
- Rescue Dozer: The Rescue Dozer is started up.
- Rescue Crane: The Rescue Crane is started up.
- Core Striker: The Core Striker is started up.
- Core Striker Max: The Core Striker Max is started up.
- Core Aider: The Core Aider is started up.
- Wave Search: The Wave Search is started up.
- Power Search: The Power Search is started up.
- Core Saver: The Core Saver is started up.
- Core Diver: The Core Diver is started up.
- Core Search: The Core Search is started up.
- Core Striker Captain: The Core Striker Captain is started up.
- Core Striker Fire: The Core Striker Fire is started up.
- Water Cannon: Final Rescue for the Rescue Striker.
- Flash Cannon: Final Rescue for the Rescue Saver.
- Flash Drill: Final Rescue for the Rescue Diver.
- Riser Splash: Final Rescue for the Riser Striker/Saver/Diver.
- Shovel Crash: Final Rescue for the Shovel Striker/Saver/Diver.
- Drill Boost: Final Rescue for the Drill Striker/Saver/Diver.
- Turbo Tornado: Final Rescue for the Turbo Striker/Saver/Diver.
- Dozer Drive: Final Rescue for the Dozer Striker/Saver/Diver.
- Max Cannon: Final Rescue for the Rescue Max.
- *Freezing Cannon: Final Rescue for the Rescue Max/Rescue Phoenix combo. Uses the "Max Cannon" card.
- Max Blaster: Final Rescue for the Rescue Max Drill-Dozer.
- Drill Blaster: Final Rescue for the Super Rescue Max.
- Super Max Blaster: Final Rescue for the Super Rescue Max Crane.
- Unleaded Hyper Hi-Oct: Summons Rescue Striker to refuel Core Striker Max.
- Upgraded Rescue Shovel: Summons the upgraded Red Rescue Shovel. It's only seen in Rescue Fire.
- Upgraded Rescue Drill: Summons the upgraded black Rescue Drill. It's only seen in Rescue Fire.
- Upgraded Rescue Turbo: Summons the upgraded Red Rescue Turbo. It's only seen in Rescue Fire.
- Upgraded Rescue Dozer: Summons the upgraded blue Rescue Dozer. It's only seen in Rescue Fire.
- Upgraded Rescue Crane:Summons the upgraded green Rescue Crane. It's only seen in Rescue Fire.
Rescue Breaker
- Break Hammer: Hammer mode. R1 mainly uses it.
- Break Ax: Ax mode. R2 mainly uses it.
- Break Pick: Pick mode. R3 mainly uses it.
- Break Hand: Manipulator mode. R4 mainly uses it.
- Break Drill: Drill mode.
- Break Shot: Simple information analysis mode that can also be used as a digital camera.
- Break Rope: Rope mode.
Rescue Crusher
- Mantis Mode: Engine Cutter mode. Its attack is Mantis Impact.
- Whale Mode: Spray mode. Its attack is Whale Impact.
- Drill Crusher: A combination weapon formed by attaching the Break Drill to the Rescue Crusher.
Max Divider
- Divider Mode: Circular saw mode. Its attacks are Flame Divider, Aqua Divider, and Sonic Divider.
- Drill Mode: Used to get past debris obstructions when other tools cannot open the closed entry.
- Sword Mode: Used for close combat and to fend off enemies.
Rescue Zamber
- pickaxe
- Javelin Mode
Disaster Generating Devices
- Crisis Maker: The first type of Disaster Generating Device, the Crisis Makers, each with a unique calamity to create a "Super-Disaster", land on Earth for Maare and her group to get with an instruction sheet included. The last Crisis Maker, the End Crisis Maker, was created by San using data of previous Crisis Makers stored within himself and the other executives. As a result of the data, the End Crisis Maker is capable of causing numerous Super-Disasters before being destroyed by Turbo Striker's Turbo Tornado. After losing all the Zukcrane, the Crisis Makers are reused by Maen in her final series of plans, upgraded to create physical forms from the elements themselves.
- Terra Resetter: Daen's personal Disaster Generating Devices, relaying commands from his fortress as it reforms an area into a desert. Each Terra Resetter has an alternate purpose as its residual waves damage the Rescue Suits overtime until they are modified to resist it. Daen eventually attaches all his remaining Terra Resetters onto his fortress, making it a giant Terra Resetter with enough power to turn 50% of Earth into a desert. However, once returned to normal, Daen uses the base's self-destruct to destroy it after getting it above the atmosphere.
- AI Daen: The AI of Obuchi's black limo-like Core Striker, possessing all of Daen's thought patterns but none of his creator's humanity. Taking over after its master died, AI Daen begins a six-month planning phase while having the Three Great Executives to gather materials in order to create a black-version of the Rescue Striker for him to personally pilot, called the Dark Striker. Once complete, AI Daen lures out the Rescue Force, making sure everything goes to plan as he uses R5's impulses to summon all five medium-scale Rescue Vehicles of the Rescue Force, combining with them all into one vehicle to destroy the Rescue Force. However, AI Daen didn't count on the appearance of Rescue Max and is unable to calculate the abilities of the robot as its combination is canceled and the Dark Striker is obliterated by Max Cannon. However, AI Daen leaves the Executives with the Dark Commander.
- Crisis Cards: Cards that are used by the Executives, slashed through the Dark Commander to relay a command to the Zukcrane below to carry out the disaster the card represents.
- *Megaton Crisis: Summons a Zukcrane, a Hard-type, or a Flight Model.
- *End Megaton Crisis Summons the Omega Zukcrane.
- *Magnet Crisis: Activates a magnetic field to wreck all metal objects in its path.
- *Aurora Crisis: Produces a Dark Aurora that incinerates anything caught in its path.
- *Sonic Crisis: Uses a giant fight bell to cause buildings to collapse via sound waves.
- *Wind Crisis: Uses the nearby fans to invoke winds as strong as hurricanes or generate blade-like gusts.
- *Bubble Crisis: Conjures bubbles created from a special liquid that explode on contact.
- *Microwave Crisis: Allows Maen to hack into the Pilon Corp Development Department's Microwave Electric Transmitter, activating the Microwave Cannon and rewriting the system to attack people.
- *Plant Crisis: Activates a chalkboard that scratches itself, creating a sound that kills plant life. Though the Executives accidentally ripped the card in two and fixed it, the card only affects vegetables and places Vegataria City in a state of crisis. By the time it is found, R1 Max and R3 use Shovel Striker and Dozer Saver to bring the blackboard topside and smash it.
- *Magma Crisis: Activates a Zukcrane that uses a nail gun to penetrate the crust under Academia City to bring magma to the surface to cover the city. Used to bring the Rescue Force to the scene and bring out Rescue Max, the Zukcrane managed to get the rescue mecha to fall for its trap and fall towards the magma. However, with the Rescue Phoenix's aid, the Rescue Max escapes and scraps the Zukcrane.
- DNA that turns infected men into women and thus removes humanity's ability to procreate. As part of a test at Kazaki Park, they turn Hikaru and Kyosuke into women. With the rest of the test a complete success, Maare activates the End Crisis Maker to spread the virus across the city with Ishiguro among the inflicted. With Hikaru and Kyosuke too feminine to be of any help, Rei and Juri pilot the Super Rescue Max as the virus takes the form of a giant monster clownfish. Once the monster is killed and the Crisis Maker is destroyed, Rei disburses the vaccine to return all the feminized men back to normal.
- Geyser Dragon : A monster made of geyser water formed by the water orb containing a Crisis Maker, it overwhelms the Super Rescue Max Crane during the Kiyoizawa incident until its core is destroyed by the robot.
- Plasma man : A monster made of plasma energy remote controlled by a Crisis Maker, able to fry any electric-based machine on touch. Though it ran off when the Executives accidentally lost the directions to the Crisis Maker, the Plasma Man resumed its attack at Nouveau Tokyo area where Teppei and his dad were going to take the Mach Train. It is then destroyed by the Super Rescue Max.
- Gas : Unintentionally released into a school by the drained Executives, the gas affects people by playing on their fears. The gas is eventually neutralized by the Rescue Striker as it starts to manifest in the atmosphere.
Episodes
- Final Rescue Approved: Explosive Suppression Complete!
- The Enemy is the Sun: Explosively Suppress It!
- Rescue Shovel Launch
- Protect the Hometown: Riser Striker
- Hikaru, Save Juri: Electromagnetic Snake
- The Children and Rei: Bridging the Rainbow
- Kyosuke in Jeopardy: Break the Vault Open
- Core Striker: Believe in Your Teammates
- Drill Striker: Turn the Screw of the Heart
- Everyone's Spirit in the Relay
- The Professor Appears: Rescue Special Lecture
- The Weatherwoman's Depression
- Give a Complete Explosive Suppression: The Promised Attack
- A New Enemy: Will Kyosuke Make it in Time?
- What Happened Hikaru? No Striker Today
- Rei and Juri: Danger Zone Friendship Power
- I Want to See the Happiness in Your Face: Every Soul
- The Rookie or the Great Veteran? R5 Enters
- The Captain General's Concern: Crashing Commander Ishiguro
- Remember the Glass Slipper? Juri's First Love
- Kyosuke's Partner: Rescue Dozer
- Look! This is the New Core Striker
- Hikaru and Rei Lose Their Way: The Strange Mansion
- Daen's Trap: Look out Captain Ishiguro!
- Max Suit-Up Complete! The New R1
- The Demon Director Appears: Rescue the Filming
- The Ultimate Combination! Enter Rescue Max
- Daen's Daughter: It's Maen
- I Wanna Ride, Too: Rei's Large Scale Rescue
- Daisuke Naito
- Beat the Kachikachi Bacteria: Drill Dozer
- Why did You Come? Martial Artist Grandfather
- Vehicle Exchange? Explosive Collective Break!
- We Fight Only to Save Lives
- The Vegetables have Disappeared in a Super-Disaster: What Can You Do?
- Scramble! Rescue the Rescue Max
- Hikaru is the Captain? Two Zukcranes Appear
- Decisive Battle! God Striker Wins
- Welcome the Rescue Diver: Farewell, Commander Ishiguro
- Two Juris? I Want to Rescue the Idol
- The Captain's Brother Appears: Hyper Rescue Special Feature
- Hikaru gets a Student at Last: This is My Life
- Thank You Rei: The Fox's Story is Unforgettable
- Kyosuke Heartbroken: Who is the Number One Bro?
- The Captain General Suits Up! The New Vehicle and RU
- Never Change Hikaru: The Year Long Rescue Spirit
- Hurry Rei: Save the Bond Between Parent and Child
- What to do About Kyosuke: Another R2
- Maen's Trump Card: The Entrapped Max
- The Final Battle! All Vehicles Combine
- You are Tomorrow's Rescue Force
''Rescue the Mach Train!''
Cast
- Hikaru Todoroki/R1: Kenta Izuka
- Kyosuke Jinrai/R2: Seigo Noguchi
- Rei Kozuki/R3: Haruno
- Juri Shiraki/R4, Eri Haseyama: Emi Hasegawa
- Eiji Ishiguro/R5: Hiroaki Iwanaga
- Captain General: Yu Hayami
- Obuchi/Daen : Keiichi Wada
- Maare : Kuro-chan
- San : Danchō
- Sica : HIRO
- Maen, Dark Commander : Chiwa Saitō
- Batsu : Keikō Sakai
- Core Striker, Core Saver, Rescue Commander : Daigo Nakayama
- Narrator: Bunkō Ogata
Guest Actors
- Naomi Okamura: Sayuri Shirai
- Ritsuko Kanzaki:
- Ryuji: Kōsuke Kujirai
- Kirara Amamiya: Nao Nagasawa
Suit actors
- R1: Koya Nakashima
- R2: Teruo Yamaguchi
- R3: Masaru Shibue
- R4, Maare: Rio Taura
- R4: Minami Taguchi
- R5, R2: Suguru Onaga
- San: Masaki Inoue
- Sica: Takeshi Matsui
- Maen: Izumi Moriguchi
Songs
- "STORY"
- *Lyrics: HAYATO/TAKA
- *Composition: KIKU
- *Arrangement: camino
- *Artist: camino
- *Episodes: 1-26
- :The single for "STORY" included the "TV edit" for the song as well as a full length version of the song with different lyrics.
- "THE LIFE "
- *Lyrics: HAYATO/TAKA
- *Composition: TAKA
- *Arrangement: camino
- *Artist: camino
- *Episodes: 27-51
- "Kokoro Hakobu "
- *Lyrics & Composition: Hyōe Ebata
- *Arrangement: TRIPLANE & Masanori Sasaji
- *Artist: TRIPLANE
- *Episodes: 1-26
- :TRIPLANE had previously released a version of "Kokoro Hakobu" on their second album, Kokoro Haretara. The TV arrangement of the song was released on their next single, "Natsu ga Owareba/Kokoro Hakobu", on July 16, 2008.
- "Arigatō"
- *Lyrics & Composition: Kunio Tago
- *Arrangement: Yasunari Nakamura
- *Artist: Yusaku Kiyama
- *Episodes: 27-44
- :"Arigatō" is included on Yusaku Kiyama's mini-album WAIT FOR YOU: Ima no Boku ni Dekiru Koto. It is his first album, following the release of his first single, "home."
- "Harebare"
- *Lyrics: HAMMER & Mago & JIN
- *Composition & Arrangement: Jin
- *Artist: 2BACKKA
- *Episodes: 45-51
- "ONE WAY TO ROCK!!"
- *Lyrics: HAYATO
- *Composition: KIKU
- *Arrangement: camino
- *Artist: camino
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