| “ | Ready? Go! | „ |
| ~ Rita's catchphrase when starting matches. |
Rita is the host of the Super Sentai Strongest Battle and the main antagonist of the Super Sentai 4-part mini-series Super Sentai Strongest Battle. She secretly plots to use the battle to revive the ultimate foe of the Zyurangers, Dai Satan.
She was played by Nana Asakawa.
Biography[]
Past[]
Rita was born on a planet with no justice whose inhabitants were all evil and caused misery for one another. Whilest living there, Rita heard stories of heroes who fought for justice across the universe, but none ever came to her planet so she came to view concepts such as justice as being fake and vowed to destroy all the Super Sentai who claimed to fight for justice. To do this, Rita travelled to planet Nemesis, where an event known as the Mobius Connect was happening that would grant any hero who assembled all of the Mobius crystals one wish. Rita banished the original guardian of the Mobius Connect to the farthest edges of the universe and began her plan to revive Dai Satan by gathering all of the crystals.
4 Week Continuous Super Sentai Strongest Battle[]
Lacking the strength to gather the crystals herself, Rita summons the Sentai warriors of the past 42 Sentai teams to the planet Nemesis to compete in the Super Sentai Strongest Battle. As part of the rules of the tournament, she divides them into teams and tells them that winning means finding the crystals across Nemesis and the finished crystal will grant their wishes. The Strongest Battle becomes further complicated however with the arrival of Gaisorg, who hands a golden ticket to Rita so he can enter the fight and challenge its most powerful warriors.
Eventually, once all of the crystals were gathered, Rita uses them to wish to revive Ultimate Dai Satan so he will destroy the universe. However, Ultimate Dai Satan is destroyed by the combined powers of the Oddball Team and the Gokai Galleon so Rita dons the Gaisorg armor to get revenge on the Oddball team and fight them one last time, but she is defeated by Bamba and Towa of the Ryusoulgers. She is then taken into custody by Stinger, who tells her that he hops she can atone for her actions before hauling her away to be imprisoned by SPD.
Personality[]
Rita, on the surface, appeared to be an upbeat and bubbly host who enjoyed watching fights. In actuality however, Rita is a sadistic and vengeful psychopath whose only interest is her revenge.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Bilingualism: Rita can fluently speak both English and Japanese.
- Self-Awareness: Rita often breaks the fourth wall whilst presenting her show.
- Illusion Generation: Rita is clearly able to generate massive illusions as seen when she generated illusions of a city across Nemesis which is in reality a lifeless, rocky planet.
- Teleportation: Rita can abruptly appear next to her contestants without them noticing.
- Object Teleportation: Rita was able to teleport golden tickets to Sentai warriors across Earth although how she did this is unclear.
- Mass Teleportation: Rita can teleport at least 100 people away at once in explosions of golden starry energy as seen when she divided the Sentai into thirty two teams of five.
- Temporal Teleportation: Rita can clearly teleport people even across time as she recruited Sion despite him living in the year 30018.
- Dimensional Teleportation: Rita can also teleport people out of other dimensions as she recruited Stinger and Sasuke despite both living in alternate universes.
- Forcefield Generation: Rita can generate enormous force-fields capable of blocking transmissions from within and preventing even the GokaiGalleon from getting inside.
Arsenal[]
- Magic Wand: Rita's weapon was a large gold-black magic wand which was very similar in appearance to Bandora's DoraSceptre that she could use to cast spells.
- Voice Amplification: Rita could speak into her staff which would amplify her voice like a microphone.
Quotes[]
| “ | Congratulations! This is your entry ticket into the Super Sentai Strongest Battle! Explanations later! If you win, you can have whatever wish you desire. Yep! | „ |
| ~ Rita's first words when Keiichiro received his ticket. |
| “ | Welcome to the Planet Nemesis. I am Rita. And, every five hundred years, the entire universe aligns to create a miracle. I am the guardian of the Moebius Collection. If you win this battle, any wish could be yours. First up, we'll need to split you up into thirty two teams of five. | „ |
| ~ Rita welcoming the Sentai. |
| “ | Super ladies and super gentlemen! The matches are about to begin! This is the line-up for our brackets, okay? The last team standing will have their wishes granted. Now, let's start with the battles for A-Block. First up is Team Oddball vs Team Serious Business. | „ |
| ~ Rita starting the first round. |
| “ | First, here's a simple run-down on the rules. This here is the crystalised form of the energy that this planet is putting out because of the Moebius Connection. Whoever can find the gem in each stage is the winner. Once you collect your gem, you will be transported back to the Nemesis Palace. And once all the gems are collected and form a giant stone, it has the ability to grant any wish. Now then, let the games begin. Reaaaaaaaady... Go! | „ |
| ~ Rita explaining the rules. |
| “ | Is this guy from a Super Sentai team? What is up with that guy's strength? | „ |
| ~ Rita when Gaisoulg arrived. |
Trivia[]
- Rita's name is a reference to Rita Repulsa, the Power Rangers counterpart of Bandora from Zyuranger. This is further referenced by Rita's allegiance to Dai Satan, who was the master of Bandora and whose Power Rangers counterpart Lokar was also an ally of Rita Repulsa.
