The Super Sentai franchise has not been in a great place recently, with Japanese media swirling with reports that the beloved superhero franchise may be coming to an end in its current format after 50 years. But whether or not the current entry in the series, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger , heralds the end of the franchise or its transformation, it’s going to have to abruptly do so without its history-making female star.

Over the weekend, Toei abruptly announced that the studio had parted ways with actress Maya Imamori, who plays Sumino Ichikawa—the alter ego of GozyuUnicorn and the first female actress to portray the black ranger on a team in Super Sentai history—after her agency terminated her contract, claiming that Imamori was found to have violated Japan’s strict age restriction

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