Lauren Shiba is Jayden Shiba's older sister and the true 18th head of the Shiba Clan. As such, she took over the role of Samurai Ranger Fire, the Red Samurai Ranger and led the team against the Nighlok, being the only one who could seal Master Xandred away.
History[]
Background[]
Lauren and Jayden were separated at a very young age. Lauren was sent away in an attempt to fool the Nighlok into thinking Jayden was the true head of the Shiba Clan in order to protect her as she was able to perfect the Sealing Symbol. As part of this plan, Jayden had to keep this a secret from the other Rangers.
Eventually Lauren returned to the Shiba House, and Jayden decided that he had to leave and put Lauren in charge, stating "There can only be one Red Ranger", noting that the Rangers' loyalties may be divided if he stays. Lauren notes that she'd hoped Jayden would find another way and that they could all fight together, but however, she relents. Jayden's plan ultimately backfired when Antonio decided to go after him. Mike also expressed his dissent toward this change in leadership. She trains a lot and seems not to eat much, so it is no surprise that she loves to eat Mia's cooking since she doesn't have a lot to compare it to.
She showed great skill during her training with the LightZord, countering all its hits with her Spin Sword. When Mike asked to train with her, he was beaten easily.
After Master Xandred returned and absorbed Dayu, Lauren performed the Sealing Symbol while the other Rangers distracted Xandred to buy her time to prepare it. After Lauren was done drawing the Symbol, she used it on Xandred, only to find out that Dayu's humanity protected him from the blast.
After her failure to perform the Sealing Symbol, she gave leadership back to Jayden, as well as supplying the Shiba Fire Disc to strike Xandred's weak spot. When the first doesn't work, a badly injured and weakened Lauren gave all the symbol power she had onto a second Shiba Fire Disc.
After the battle, all the Power Rangers went their separate ways. Although Lauren left, she promised Jayden that they'll be seeing a lot more of each other.
Super Megaforce[]
Lauren was not shown to have fought in the final battle between the Legendary Rangers and the Armada. Given her Sentai counterpart fought in the Legend War, it is entirely possible that she did indeed fight elsewhere.
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- As the concept of her was carried over from Shinkenger, Lauren as the distinction for being the franchise's first female Red Ranger. This would later be followed by Amelia Jones who would become the Red Cosmic Fury Ranger.
- Lauren had an action figure released outside of the usual "waves" of Samurai figures as the "7th Mystery Ranger". Her package was a blind box without any hints as to who the figure might be. However, it was released in late January 2013, at a point when any surprise regarding the Ranger's identity had long since dissipated.
- Lauren has the least amount of screen time of any of the Samurai Rangers, appearing in only five episodes of Power Rangers Super Samurai.
- During the Shattered Grid comic arc, it is implied there was romantic connections between Lauren and Jason Lee Scott. However, writer Kyle Higgins was forced to bring that relationship to an end because he was informed that while Jason was a minor, Lauren was not, which was never stated in-show.
- As of so far, Lauren is the only main Red Ranger not to receive a solo morph.
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