| “ | What is this thing? It's an iron trap! Ouch, it hurts! It hurts, it hurts! Ouch! | „ |
| ~ Tiger Mask's final words before death. |
Tiger Mask (タイガー仮面 Taigā Kamen, 83) is an agent of the Black Cross Army. He is the twenty-ninth of Commander-in-Chief Golden Mask's Masked Monsters.
He was voiced by Eisuke Yoda, who previously voiced Volcano Mask General Magman in the same series.
Biography[]
Tiger Mask was created from Jiro Daigo, who served as the superior officer of Peggy Matsuyama while she was stationed at EAGLE's Hokkaido base and before she became a Gorenger. He was presumed dead during Jade Mask's attack on the base, but in fact had his body taken by Black Cross and remodeled into a Masked Monster, Tiger Mask.
Tiger Mask was later assigned to lead a mission to capture an EAGLE scientist, leading him to encounter Peggy again. As Jiro, Tiger Mask made her give up the location where the scientist's research was, allowing the Black Crusaders to attack the base. However, after Peggy is able to move on from her feelings for Jiro, the Jiro side of Tiger Mask commits suicide before Tiger Mask is destroyed by the Gorengers with their "Gorenger Hurricane", creating an iron trap that captures Tiger Mask before exploding.
Trivia[]
- Tiger Mask has inspired many iconic feline-themed monsters in Sentai history:
- Noranekolar in Denshi Sentai Denziman.
- Cat Mozoo, Tiger Mozoo and Cheetah Mozoo in Dai Sentai Goggle V.
- Cat Evo, Machinegun Jaguar and Rocket Tiger in Kagaku Sentai Dynaman.
- Torarugin in Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman.
- Sniper Cat in Choujin Sentai Jetman.
- Bakeneko in Ninja Sentai Kakuranger.
- Cat Signal in Chouriki Sentai Ohranger: The Movie.
- Grand Beast Rei in GoGo Sentai Boukenger.
- Suugu in Juken Sentai Gekiranger.
- Namiayashi in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.
- Yokai Nekomata and Yokai Mataneko in Shuriken Sentai Ninninger.
- Garatt Nargo in Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger.
- Maneki-neko Jamen in Mashin Sentai Kiramager in 2020.
