title: List of Ressha Sentai ToQger characters

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is a Japanese tokusatsu series that serves as the 38th installment in the Super Sentai franchise and the 26th entry in the Heisei era.

Main characters

ToQgers
The titular Ressha Sentai ToQger are five children who the Rainbow Line recruited for their  and aged up to young adults to stop the Shadow Line from plunging the world into darkness, though they initially lack memories of their past and how they came to be recruited. As the series progresses, the ToQgers eventually learn their imagination saved them when the Shadow Line took over their hometown, , when Emperor Z took notice of Right's inner light. Though Right ended up on a Cryner due to his encounter with Z while his friends were brought to the Rainbow Line, they work together to defeat the Shadow Line, recover their memories, and return home, even at the potential cost of remaining trapped in their adult forms and being forgotten by their loved ones. Along the way, they are joined by a Shadow Creep who seeks to repent for his sins by dying in battle. Ultimately, the ToQgers succeed in freeing and returning to Subarugahama and are returned to their original ages.

The ToQgers can transform using the railroad crossing-like  brace in conjunction with the , miniature versions of their regular Ressha. While each member has a primary ToQ Ressha with an associated color and weapon, they can also swap them with each other via . Additionally, each ToQger carries a  sidearm, which can switch between its gun-like  and its sword-like , as well as  to board the Ressha.

By combining their primary weapons, the core five ToQgers can form the , and use it in conjunction with the  to perform the  finisher. After acquiring the Hyper Ressha, they gain access to the railway turntable-like , which allows them to perform the , , , and  finishers.

Right
, also known as , is a spirited youth who is always facing and rushing forward to seize the joy of life, usually gives it his all, and the type to easily be fired up and go against the odds. Out of the five ToQgers, Right's Imagination is the strongest, as he inspires others to believe in what he believes in, often pulling his friends along whether they like it or not. He often acts before he thinks and hates cramped places. Additionally, he is initially the only ToQger with any form of memory of their pasts. In combat, he has a habit of initiating Transfer Changes without asking for permission, often annoying his friends and the Conductor.

Later in the series, it is revealed he lives with his grandfather , mother , younger sister , and younger brother , and was accidentally infused with Emperor Z's darkness when Subarugahama was consumed by darkness. This resulted in Right ending up in a Cryner instead of the Rainbow Line when the ToQgers were recruited and gradually lose his imagination. Nevertheless, with help from his friends and mother, Right regains his imagination and safely returns to Subarugahama with them.

As , normally colored red, Right wields the  sword. With the Hyper Ressha, he can transform into . While possessing Emperor Z's darkness, Right can transform into a black-colored version of his ToQger form known as  at the cost of his imagination. During his final battle with Z, Right uses the Hyper Ressha and his teammates' ToQ Ressha to transform into the multicolored .

Right is portrayed by . As a child, he is portrayed by .

Tokatti
, also known as , is a highly cautious yet clumsy and bookish member of the group who the others befriended when he first moved to Subarugahama. While he is the type that wants to investigate and research first and specializes in analyzing enemies and making plans, he tends to be flighty, overreact to everything, and becomes incessant in regards to results. Additionally, he has trouble with being punctual, thinking on the fly, and improvising due to his deliberate thought processes. Despite these traits, his friends view him as the smartest member of the group, though he personally believes Hikari is smarter than him.

As , normally colored blue, Tokatti wields the  raygun. With the Hyper Ressha, he can transform into .

Tokatti is portrayed by . As a child, he is portrayed by .

Mio
 is a sporty, tomboyish youth and the daughter of a police officer father named  who instinctively cares for others and displays no tolerance for underhanded tactics while hiding the more delicate and romantic aspects of her personality, the latter especially due to being uncomfortable with the idea of romance. Because of this, she is quite popular with the boys and acts as the team's big sister.

As , normally colored yellow, Mio wields the . With the Hyper Ressha, she can transform into .

Mio is portrayed by . As a child, she is portrayed by .

Hikari
 is an unhurried, quick-witted, and calm youth who often sits alone while his friends are occupied with other matters and serves as Right's foil due to the former's natural fighting instincts, analytical nature, and differing imagination and opinions. Unsociable and unwilling to talk much, Hikari keeps everyone grounded when Right pulls them away and shows loyalty to Mio and a tendency to tease Kagura. Additionally, despite Tokatti's belief that Hikari is the smartest member of the team, the latter does not display this side often. Later in the series, it is revealed that Hikari lives with his grandmother  since his mother  is busy.

As , normally colored green, Hikari wields the . With the Hyper Ressha, he can transform into .

Hikari is portrayed by . As a child, he is portrayed by .

Kagura
 is a young girl who lives with her parents  and  and baby brother  and possesses the second-most powerful imagination, which often causes unforeseen events to occur and allows her to grant herself superhuman traits with enough focus, but is hampered by her simplicity, severe self-doubt, lack of fighting capability, and over-excitement, the last of which causes her to trade self-restraint for overwhelming yet uncontrollable power.

As , normally colored pink, Kagura wields the . With the Hyper Ressha, she can transform into .

Kagura is portrayed by . As a child, she is portrayed by .

Akira Nijino
 is a Rainbow Line railway worker who was originally Shadow Line member and General Schwarz's comrade, . Possessing the power to cause rain, Zaram believed he was capable of great evil until he saw a rainbow, which inspired him to defect to the Rainbow Line and atone for his perceived sins by finding a place worth dying for his newfound cause. Despite renouncing his origins, his power remained.

When the ToQgers learn the Conductor acquired equipment for a sixth ToQger and following an encounter with him, Right chooses Zaram to join them despite learning of his past. Zaram is initially reluctant before eventually being convinced to do so as part of his quest for redemption. Despite this and receiving a human name, Akira does not truly see himself as a ToQger, which leads to him secretly joining forces with a rogue Schwarz to stop Emperor Z and temporarily fighting against the ToQgers. Following Schwarz's death, Akira returns to them after learning that they cherish their friendship with him. As of the V-Cinema They Went and Came Back Again Ressha Sentai ToQger: Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams, Akira discovers his time with the Rainbow Line is gradually making him human.

Unlike the core five ToQgers, Akira utilizes the  smartphone to transform into the orange-colored  and is unable to perform Transfer Changes due to his increased power compared to his teammates. While transformed, he wields the  baton, which he can use in conjunction with the Drill Ressha to perform an unnamed finisher. With the Hyper Ressha, he can transform into . During the events of the DVD special, Ressha Sentai ToQger DVD Special: Farewell, Ticket! The Wasteland Super ToQ Battle!!, Akira acquires the , which allows him to transform into the brightly-colored .

Akira Nijino is portrayed by .

Ressha
The  are the ToQgers' headquarters, which are based on the Rainbow Line. Though they usually answer to the Conductor, the Ressha can be used by the ToQgers to combine together into mecha via  and fight enlarged Shadow Creeps.

: Right's personal steam locomotive/passenger train-themed Ressha that serves as the ToQgers' primary headquarters.
: Tokatti's personal Shinkansen-themed Ressha.
: Mio's personal E65-themed Ressha.
: Hikari's personal Shinkansen-themed Ressha.
: Kagura's personal E65-themed Ressha.
: Akira's personal Ressha and the strongest Ressha that is equipped with a claw and a .
: A diesel locomotive/freight train-themed Ressha and the oldest Ressha due to running on the imagination of internal combustion engines that is armed with the .
: A series of supplementary Ressha that can combine with the ToQgers' mecha via .
: A Ressha capable of combining with ToQ-Oh in its  mode, in which it can perform the  attack.
: An autorack-themed Ressha capable of carrying large items and the tiny .
: A tank car-themed Ressha that refuels the other Ressha.
: A fire extinguisher/fire truck-themed Ressha that equips the ToQgers' mecha with the  and the .
: A police car-themed Ressha that possesses the highest speed among the Ressha and equips the ToQgers' mecha with the  and the .
: A namesake-themed Ressha that is primarily used by ToQ 6gou and was originally the . Due to the latter trait, the Shadow Line's mecha can also combine with the Drill Ressha.
: A form that the Kyoryu Red's Zyudenryu partner, Gabutyra, takes on during the events of the crossover film Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai.
: A series of animal-themed Ressha that operate on the Galaxy Line, normally answer to Lady, though the ToQgers are able to pilot them as well, and appear exclusively in the film Ressha Sentai ToQger the Movie: Galaxy Line S.O.S.
: A namesake/steam locomotive-themed Ressha.
: A namesake/Shinkansen-themed Ressha.
: A namesake/commuter rail-themed Ressha.
: A namesake/Shinkansen-themed Ressha.
: A namesake/commuter rail-themed Ressha.
: A giant steam locomotive-themed Ressha that serves as the Rainbow Line President's headquarters and can also transform into the . Though it usually answers to the President, the Ressha can be used by Hyper ToQ 1gou.

Ressha Combinations
: The combined form of the ToQgers' primary Ressha that is armed with the crossing gate-like  sword, which has a Sword Mode for performing the  finisher and a Gun Mode for performing the  finisher. With SafariGaOh, ToQ-Oh can perform the  finisher.
: The combination of ToQ-Oh and the Shield Ressha that possesses increased defensive capabilities and access to the latter's attacks.
: The combination of ToQ-Oh and the Car Carrier Ressha that can perform the  finisher.
: The combination of ToQ-Oh and the Tank Ressha that grants increased punching capabilities and can perform the  finisher.
: The combination of ToQ-Oh and the Car Carrier and Tank Resshas that can perform the  finisher.
: The combination of ToQ-Oh and the Police Ressha that can perform the  finisher.
: The combination of ToQ-Oh and the Drill Ressha that can perform the  finisher.
: The combination of ToQ-Oh and two of the Build Ressha's front cars that can perform the  finisher.
: The combination of ToQ-Oh, the Kyoryuger Ressha, and Kamen Rider Den-O's DenLiner that is armed with Kyoryuzin's Goren Zyudenken and can perform the  finisher. This combination appears exclusively in the crossover film Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai.
: The combination of the Diesel, Car Carrier, and Tank Resshas that possesses incredible strength and can perform the  attack and the  finisher.
: The combination of DieselOh and the Fire Ressha that can perform the  finisher.
: The combination of DieselOh and the Police and Fire Resshas that produce .
: The  of ToQ-Oh and DieselOh that is equipped with the arm-mounted , with which it can perform the  finisher.
: The combination of Cho ToQ-Oh and the Fire Ressha that can perform the  finisher.
: The combination of Cho ToQ-Oh and the Police Ressha that can perform the  finisher.
: The combination of Cho ToQ-Oh and the Police and Shield Resshas.
: The combination of Cho ToQ-Oh and the Police and Fire Resshas that can perform the  finisher.
: The humanoid form of the Build Ressha that is armed with  and can perform the .
: The combination of Build DaiOh and the Drill Ressha that can perform the  finisher.
: The combination of Build DaiOh and the Tank Ressha.
: The combined form of the Galaxy Line Ressha that is armed with the  and can assume a robot and lion mode.
: The  of ToQ-Oh, DieselOh, and Build DaiOh that is armed with the chest-mounted  and the  lance and can perform the  finisher.
: The  of the Hyper Ressha that is armed with the  and can perform the .
: The towering  of Hyper Ressha TeiOh and the ToQgers' 13 primary Ressha that is armed with the forearm-mounted , which can also become the , with which it can perform the  attack and the  finisher.

Recurring characters

Rainbow Line

Conductor
The  is an eccentric and enigmatic train conductor for the Rainbow Line who possesses knowledge of the ToQgers' past, which he withholds from the group. As of the V-Cinema Ressha Sentai ToQger Returns: Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams, he has been promoted to commander of the Rainbow Line's railroad police force, was renamed  as such, and became the violet-colored .

As ToQ 7gou, the Conductor uses the Applichanger in conjunction with a Build Ressha-like ToQ Ressha to transform and is armed with a ToQ Blaster. With the Hyper Ressha, ToQ 7gou can transform into .

The Conductor is portrayed by .

Ticket
 is the Conductor's sharp-tongued and straightforward monkey-like hand puppet, though the former dislikes being called as such. During the events of Ressha Sentai ToQger DVD Special: Farewell, Ticket! The Wasteland Super ToQ Battle!!, it is revealed Ticket previously used the Applichanger before it was given to Akira. Additionally, the former temporarily transfers himself to Akira's hand so he can use the Applichanger to become  and settle a rivalry with his nemesis, Kaniros, who killed Ticket's girlfriend Jennifer in the past. As of They Went and Came Back Again Ressha Sentai ToQGer: Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams, Ticket is now worn by Wagon.

Ticket is voiced by , who also voices the ToQgers' equipment and serves as the series' narrator.

Wagon
 is a robotic assistant who sells drinks and meals to the ToQgers and performs maintenance and chores on the Ressha. Though mysterious, she has a knack for putting a smile on everyone's faces despite her ditzy personality. As of They Went and Came Back Again Ressha Sentai ToQger Returns: Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams, Wagon has taken over the Conductor's duties after he becomes ToQ 7gou.

Wagon is voiced by .

President
The  is a man who appears to be wearing a rabbit-themed mascot head in the same vein that Ticket appears to be a monkey-themed puppet and directs all actions on the Rainbow Line, having used his powers to transform the ToQgers into adults in order to help them resist the power of darkness while retaining their imagination.

The President is voiced by .

Shadow Line
The  are steampunk-themed denizens of the dark who wish to consume the world in darkness and are based in the , the source of their railway. To achieve their goal, the group's acting leaders send Shadow Ressha called  and/or Shadow Creeps to establish  to gradually convert the surrounding cities into  and absorb them into the Shadow Line's world, erasing all memory of the original town in the process. The acting leaders initially gather darkness to give their leader, Emperor Z, entry into the world, before shifting their focus towards spreading darkness around the world to make it a utopia for them. They are also generally active during most of the year, but are forced to cease activities during the holiday season, which they refer to as the  as the amount of imagination across the world weakens them for the duration. During the Shadow Line's final battle with the ToQgers, Emperor Z infuses his darkness into Castle Terminal to transform it into a giant robotic monster called the , which exists to spread its creator's vast darkness, but it is destroyed by all of the ToQgers' Ressha.

All Cryners are capable of changing into a humanoid  form, which is armed with twin forearm-mounted cannons, with the Shadow Line's leaders each possessing a unique model. Additionally, three Cryner Robos are able to combine into a , which is armed with shoulder-mounted beam cannons, the , and the .

Baron Nero
 is the acting leader of the Shadow Line in Emperor Z's absence whose Shadow Creeps serve him by targeting multiple stations at once to gather enough darkness to bring Z into the human world, with some directly participating in Nero's various schemes. Despite learning of Z's obsession with light, Nero remains loyal to his leader, believing the obsession to be a phase before resolving to help him consume the world's light amidst verbal abuse from Marchioness Mork. During the Darkness Decline, Nero pilots a Cho-Cryner Robo to protect Castle Terminal from the ToQgers before his mecha is destroyed by Build DaiOh. After being mortally wounded by ToQ 6gou in a duel, Nero sacrifices himself to heal Z's injuries.

In battle, Nero is a skilled melee fighter who wields the  cane gun and the , which he can use like a chakram or to fire a dark energy beam.

Baron Nero is voiced by .

Madame Noir
 is the secondary leader of the Shadow Line whose Shadow Creeps focus on gathering high-quality darkness to refine her daughter, Miss Glitta's, beauty and prepare her for her upcoming wedding to Emperor Z to secretly gain the throne through her. After Z absorbs Glitta and thwarts her attempt on his life however, Noir is forced to submit to him. When Marchioness Mork moves into Castle Terminal, Noir tries to prove herself by using her  to turn citizens into berserkers. While the plan fails, she learns Glitta is still alive inside Z and bides her time by using less capable Shadow Creeps to gather minimal amounts of darkness until she can free her. After freeing Boseki Shadow during the Darkness Decline, Noir is shocked to learn Glitta does not want to leave Z, who blasts Noir out of Castle Terminal. Grievously injured, she joins forces with General Schwarz and ToQ 6gou to free Glitta before Noir is killed by Z.

In battle, Noir wields the , which functions as a beam/machine gun, sabre, and shield.

Madame Noir is voiced by .

General Schwarz
 is the Shadow Line's military leader who is obsessed with building the Shadow Ressha forces to deal with the ToQgers once he obtains enough intelligence on them and a former friend of Akira Nijino's. Additionally, Schwarz is aware of Miss Glitta's feelings for him, promising to tell her at a later time. Before he can do so, Emperor Z absorbs her during their wedding and knocks Schwarz into a nearby river, where the latter is presumed dead and secretly vows revenge. In pursuit of his goal, Schwarz tricks the ToQgers into forming an alliance with him so he can steal the Drill Ressha, only to learn Glitta is still alive within Z's body. After being confronted by Nijino, Schwarz agrees to return the Drill Ressha in exchange for the former's services during the Darkness Decline. Despite rescuing Glitta, Schwarz learns too late that he endangered her further and sends her away in his personal Cryner while he attempts to fight Z-Shin, only to suffer fatal injuries. Before he dies, Schwarz taunts the emperor with the fact that the former had found his own light before he did.

In battle, Schwarz is a capable fighter who wields the . Additionally, his personal Cryner Robo is armed with twin forearm-mounted spikes and a sword.

General Schwarz is voiced by .

Miss Glitta
 is Madame Noir's daughter who is being brought up to become a bride for Emperor Z once he enters the world, though Glitta is secretly infatuated with General Schwarz after receiving a  that he dropped and said she could keep. Upon meeting Z, she finds him frightening and forms a secret alliance with Schwarz in a failed attempt to evade the wedding. As the event gets underway, she absorbs him for his powers as part of her mother's scheme to take the throne from him and becomes the . Becoming more mature as a result of Z influencing her actions, Glitta helps Schwarz attack the ToQgers, leading to her taking a fatal blow meant for him. As he attends to her well-being, she expresses her feelings for him, only to be absorbed from the inside by Z for her inner light. Though presumed dead, Glitta is later revealed to still be alive, functioning as a hindrance to his full potential. Amidst the Darkness Decline, she gradually begins to take over his body before eventually being freed by Noir and Schwarz, only to watch them die in front of her after he sends her away in his personal Cryner for her own safety. Intent on saving Z from himself and averting further deaths, she seeks out the ToQgers' help in covering her while she takes over Castle Terminal's controls and move it towards the dark depths. She later takes the incorporeal Z back to the Shadow Line.

During the events of the V-Cinema They Went and Came Back Again Ressha Sentai ToQger: Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams, Glitta unknowingly creates a time paradox that allows the ToQgers to defeat Archduke Hei.

Miss Glitta is voiced by .

Emperor Z
 is the human-like ruler of the Shadow Line who embodies the purest form of darkness and was responsible for dragging Subarugahama into the developing Shadow Line. Ironically, he develops an unhealthy obsession with light due to coming into contact with Right after being attracted to Subarugahama's festival lights, which reflects in his Shadow Creeps' unique ability to produce light or possession of a glittering quality. Due to initially lacking a full physical presence in the human world, he tasks his followers with gathering darkness from human hearts to expand the Shadow Line under the belief that those he deems loyal and valuable will be spared. Upon his arrival from the World of Darkness, he recognizes the ToQgers as the children who escaped Subarugahama, develops an interest in Right, and reveals himself to him, though Z is unable to remain in the light for extended periods of time.

After allowing Miss Glitta to absorb him before eventually absorbing her in turn to obtain her "light" and remove his weakness, he intends to take the ToQgers' light next. However, he discovers that he could not fully absorb Glitta due to her keeping his full power in check, resulting in him assuming a flawed version of his monstrous true form and becoming a moody loose cannon. Amidst the Darkness Decline and while fighting General Schwarz and ToQ 6gou, Z briefly loses control over Glitta, who tries to warn the ToQgers not to free her. However, Schwarz and Noir do so, unknowingly allowing Z to achieve his full potential and his true form,  before killing Noir and Schwarz. Accepting he can never have the light as his own, Z learns part of his being entered Right's body. This combined with learning Glitta was taking pity on him convinces Z to mount an assault on the world and drown it in darkness, destroying any remaining light, while sparing Right long enough to see the Dark Behemoth consume everything in its path. After the Dark Behemoth is destroyed and he is mortally wounded by the ToQgers, Z absorbs his remaining followers to heal his injures and increase his power before he is defeated by Right as Rainbow ToQ 1gou. Seeing a rainbow before he explodes in a storm of darkness, Glitta retrieves Z's essence and takes him back to the Shadow Line to re-constitute himself in peace.

In battle, Z wields the  in his flawed and true monstrous forms. While fighting Schwarz and ToQ 6gou, Z steals the latter's transformation equipment and briefly becomes . Additionally, Z possesses a white , whose Cryner Robo mode is armed with the  and the , which can be used to perform the  attack.

Emperor Z is portrayed by .

Marchioness Mork
 is the oldest member of the Shadow Line who personally raised Emperor Z, resulting in her behaving informally around him despite their status, and was originally in charge of overseeing Shadow Towns via her Keepers before moving into Castle Terminal due to Z's obsession with light and to quell sedition among their ranks. Mork continues to loyally serve Z before eventually allowing him to absorb her to heal his injuries.

In battle, Mork is a formidable combatant despite her age and wields the , which can fire green energy. Additionally, her personal Cryner Robo mode is armed with a larger version of her Marchioness Mic Rod and train horns on its shoulders capable of firing supersonic beams.

Marchioness Mork is voiced by .

Close
The  are train robber-themed foot soldiers who support the Shadow Creeps, are armed with Tommy guns that can transform into hatchet-like weapons, and pilot Cryners.

Shadow Creeps
The  are the Shadow Line's monstrous front line warriors whose primary purpose is to establish Dark Stations in a city to propagate the darkness within its citizens' hearts and extend the Shadow Line's railway. If they are defeated in their human size, they can use the darkness that they have gathered to enlarge themselves to giant size. If they are killed regardless of what size they are, their Dark Station and its connected city are restored to their original states.
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Madame Noir's who possesses the ability to hold things within his body and wields the , which can launch fireballs. At the  Dark Station, he kidnaps children with high imagination to make them cry and increase the length of his Cryner's railway. However, he inadvertently kidnaps ToQ 1gou, which alerts the other ToQgers to the Shadow Creep's position. After being defeated by ToQ 1gou and enlarging himself, Bag Shadow is killed by ToQ-Oh. Bag Shadow is voiced by .
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Baron Nero's who is armed with the  and the  handgun. Displaying an obsession with dueling and zero tolerance for cowards, Sabre Shadow converted the  Station into the  Dark Station and forces its citizens to duel during a particular time of the day. After losing to ToQ 1gou in a duel, Sabre Shadow enlarges himself, but is killed by ToQ-Oh in another duel. Sabre Shadow is voiced by .
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Madame Noir's who carries the  with him to kidnap people and drain their imagination via fear of death. After Noir sends him to convert the  Station into the  Dark Station, he captures Kagura after she is accidentally abandoned by her teammates, but her indomitable spirit keeps her from giving up and helps her destroy the coffin. After being defeated by the ToQgers and enlarging himself, Chain Shadow is killed by ToQ-Oh. Chain Shadow is voiced by .
: A childish namesake-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Miss Glitta's who is armed with a stomach furnace capable of firing . She sends him to secretly help General Schwarz and use the  Dark Station to inflict pain and steal imagination. After being defeated by the ToQgers and enlarging himself, Stove Shadow is killed by ToQ-Oh Shield. Stove Shadow voiced by .
: A gluttonous bucket-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Baron Nero's who is armed with the , which allows him to consume all food items in his vicinity and is tasked with starve the  Dark Station's inhabitants so he can consume their sadness and power his Cryner. After ToQ 1gou is unintentionally separated from his teammates and inadvertently eats the last of a group of campers' food, he catches and cooks fish for them, luring Baketsu Shadow to him. After being defeated by the ToQgers and enlarging himself, Baketsu Shadow is killed by ToQ-Oh Car Carrier, which reverts the Dark Station to the  Station. Baketsu Shadow is voiced by .
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Madame Noir's who is armed with the  and the . From his base at the  Dark Station, he makes everyone lose their motivation and hinders the ToQgers' attempts to stop him until ToQ 4gou and 5gou find a way to destroy Hanko Shadow's Stamp Gloves from a distance and restore his victims. Hanko Shadow enlarges himself, but is killed by ToQ-Oh Car Carrier. Hanko Shadow is voiced by .
: A bomb-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Baron Nero's who possesses destructive capabilities and can manifest a . Nero sends him to distract the ToQgers from interfering in another of the latter's underlings' schemes. Bakudan Shadow attempts to send the ToQgers' Ressha careening into an oil refinery and place a bomb on Tokatti. However, Hikari borrows his friend's ToQ Ressha to trick the Shadow Creep into believing Tokatti freed himself. After being thrown out of the Ressha, Bakudan Shadow enlarges himself before he is killed by the primary Ressha and Diesel Ressha. Bakudan Shadow is voiced by .
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Baron Nero's who is armed with the , which can produce strings to control people, and the leg-mounted , which he can bring to life to attack his opponents. Nero sends him to convert the  Station into the  Dark Station by turning men into his puppets and have women fall in love with them before immediately breaking their hearts so he can absorb the women's darkness. After being defeated by the ToQgers and enlarging himself, Marionette Shadow is killed by DieselOh. Marionette Shadow is voiced by .
: A typewriter-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Madame Noir's who can use the  on his body to type out titles onto people or objects and force them to live it out. She sends him to collect darkness in preparation for Emperor Z's eventual arrival. Despite sending the ToQgers' Ressha into orbit and writing a title stating Tokatti will die at sunset, the ToQger uses his photographic memory to sharpen his accuracy and hit the appropriate keys necessary to alter the title and save himself and the Ressha. Type Shadow enlarges himself, but is killed by ToQ-Oh and DieselOh. Type Shadow is voiced by .
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep and Emperor Z's personal bodyguard who is armed with the , which allows him to produce hypnotizing light and purge targets of their imagination. Z sends him to test the ToQgers' light and convert the  Station into the  Dark Station, giving most of the ToQgers' amnesia in the process. After ToQ 1gou eventually restores his friends' memories, the ToQgers form Cho ToQ-Oh to kill an enlarged Lamp Shadow. Lamp Shadow is voiced by .
: A magnifying glass-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Baron Nero's who is armed with the , which allows him to fire energy beams and enlarge objects. Loupe Shadow intends to set a city on fire once it is painted black to maximize the damage. However, ToQ 1gou uses the Fire Ressha to save the city while ToQ 2gou, 3gou, and 4gou defeat Loupe Shadow. The Shadow Creep enlarges himself, but is killed by DieselOh Fire. Loupe Shadow is voiced by .
: A vacuum cleaner-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Madame Noir's who is armed with the  and the . She sends him to the city of Kiraridai to steal jewels for Miss Glitta's upcoming wedding, during which he unknowingly frames the ToQgers for his thefts. After ToQ 4gou clears his friends' names, the ToQgers defeat Sōjiki Shadow and reclaim the Police Ressha that was in his possession. The Shadow Creep enlarges himself, but is killed by ToQ-Oh Police. Sōjiki Shadow is voiced by .
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Miss Glitta's who is armed with the  and the , the latter of which he can use to materialize a target's deepest desire so he can destroy it along with his victims' happiness. Under Emperor Z's instruction, she sends Hammer Shadow to the  Dark Station to destroy the residents' happiness. However, the Shadow Creep's powers fail to work on ToQ 3gou, which strengthens her imagination and allows her to overpower Hammer Shadow until he is rescued by General Schwarz, who intends to use his abilities in a bid to amass darkness by turning his Cryner into an illusionary dreamworld to lure in children and have them live out their dreams before escorting them to Hammer Shadow to harvest the resulting darkness. Nonetheless, the ToQgers free the children. Hammer Shadow enlarges himself, but is killed by Cho ToQ-Oh. Hammer Shadow is voiced by .
: A possessive and effeminate namesake-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Emperor Z's who is armed with the  and  headbands. Ring Shadow terrorizes the inhabitants of the  Dark Station until the ToQgers, joined by ToQ 6gou, defeat him. Ring Shadow enlarges himself, but is killed by ToQ-Oh Drill. Ring Shadow is voiced by .
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Miss Glitta's who is armed with the , which can fire spears, and the , which can ensnare and electrocute targets. At General Schwarz's suggestion, she sends Fence Shadow to trap the ToQgers' Ressha with a Cryner Robo to put its occupants out of commission. As they were away at the time, ToQ 6gou and 4gou use the newly developed Build Ressha to free their friends before killing the enlarged Fence Shadow with Build DaiOh Drill. Fence Shadow is voiced by .
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Miss Glitta's who is armed with the , from which he can fire an energy beam, the , and the ability to launch anyone who laughs at his jokes and illusions into the air and generate darkness as they fall, especially within range of his  Dark Station. Lacking a sense of humor, the immune ToQ 6gou defeats Jack-in-the-Box Shadow, who enlarges himself before he is killed by ToQ-Oh, DieselOh, and Build DaiOh. Jack-in-the-Box Shadow is voiced by .
: A soap-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Miss Glitta's who can produce  and  bubbles, the latter of which is capable of switching targets' minds and bodies before eventually killing them. She asks him to use his powers on her and ToQ 3gou so Glitta can avoid her upcoming wedding to Emperor Z, though Sabão Shadow also uses his powers on ToQ 1gou, 2gou, and 4gou, who receive help from ToQ 6ou to defeat the Shadow Creep and undo the switches. Sabão Shadow enlarges himself, but is killed by DieselOh Police Fire and Build DaiOh. Sabão Shadow is voiced by .
: A spotlight-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Emperor Z's who can use his  to bring fictional characters to life and the  to produce a heat beam. Z tasks him with obtaining light from fairy tale characters at the  Dark Station. After Pinspo Shadow's darkness gets mixed in with the light however, Z loses interest, leading to Baron Nero tasking the Shadow Creep with destroying fairy tale characters in the hopes of producing darkness. After being defeated by ToQ 2gou and Ryo Knight, Pinspo Shadow enlarges himself, but is killed by Build DaiOh Tank and ToQ-Oh Build. Pinspo Shadow is voiced by .
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Baron Nero's who possesses  and believes fighting is outdated. Coin Shadow assumes the guise of a human named  to drive a sentō into bankruptcy and claim the land it is on so he can build a new Shadow Line terminal over a Shadow Pool underneath the bathhouse's foundation. However, ToQ 6gou and 5gou expose and thwart him. Coin Shadow enlarges, but is killed by Cho ToQ-Oh Fire. Coin Shadow is voiced by , who also portrays Teruo Inzai.
: A wine bottle-themed Shadow Creep, one of Baron Nero's closest confidantes, and hunter of Shadow Line traitors who is armed with the  and the ability to ferment darkness within himself so he can fire a massive Red Beam, a sharp White Beam, or a mixed and refreshing . After being defeated by Hyper ToQ 4gou and enlarging himself, Bottle Shadow is killed by ToQ-Oh. Bottle Shadow is voiced by .
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Madame Noir's who is armed with , which force victims to raise a baby chick or die with it. She sends him to attack the ToQgers, though he fails to get ToQ 5gou, who was busy baking a birthday cake for ToQ 3gou at the time, while the ToQgers' wigs give birth to chickens that attack Wig Shadow. Taking advantage, the attached Hyper ToQ 5gou and 3gou defeat the Shadow Creep, who enlarges himself before he is killed by Cho Cho ToQ-DaiOh. Wig Shadow is voiced by .
: A group of namesake-themed Shadow Creep brothers and servants of Baron Nero's whose powers work best in conjunction with each other. Nero sends them to distract the ToQgers from the Hyper Ressha Terminal, but the brothers are all killed by them.
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep and the oldest member of the Dining Set Brothers who is armed with the  and the ability to flip objects as large as a bus over his head. While enacting Nero's mission, Table Shadow is forced to sacrifice one of his brothers to cover his escape before resuming his attack with his remaining brothers. After being defeated by the ToQgers and enlarging himself, Table Shadow is killed by Hyper Ressha TeiOh alongside his brothers. Table Shadow is voiced by .
: A trio of namesake-themed Shadow Creeps and Table Shadow's younger brothers who are all armed with the  blades, the ability to summon more of their namesakes, and force people to sit down so they can shock them. The first Chair Shadow accompanies Table Shadow on his own, but is betrayed and sacrificed by him. After enlarging, Chair Shadow is killed by Cho ToQ-Oh, which reverts the  Dark Station to the  Station. Following this, the remaining two Chair Shadows join Table Shadow in seeking revenge, only to be defeated by the ToQgers, The Chair Shadows enlarge themselves, but are killed by Hyper Ressha TeiOh alongside Table Shadow. The Chair Shadows are all voiced by .
: A syringe-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Madame Noir's who is armed with , which he uses on the martial arts community of his  Dark Station with the threat that he will kill them all at sunset unless they survive his challenges and break his arm-mounted syringe. Despite assuming the guise of a dojo master and leaving behind a decoy of himself, ToQ 1gou and 4gou thwart his scheme. After being defeated by Hyper ToQ 1gou and enlarging himself, Chūshaki Shadow is killed by Hyper Ressha TeiOh. Chūshaki Shadow is voiced by .
: A billiards-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Madame Noir's who is armed with the , which can move humans like billiard balls, and the  and , both of which he can use in his Break Shot attack. While converting the  Station into the  Dark Station, Billiard Shadow's actions inadvertently cause a man to fall in love with ToQ 3gou, resulting in a series of events that leads to a frustrated Hyper ToQ 2gou killing the Shadow Creep while taking his aggression out on him. Billiard Shadow is voiced by .
: A fountain pen-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Madame Noir's who is armed with the  and a shoulder-mounted pen that uses Close-based ink to give targets' failing grades. He is sent to convert the  Station into the  Dark Station and "flunk" the ToQgers when they interfere. After being defeated by Hyper ToQ 4gou and enlarging himself, Mannenhitsu Shadow is killed by ToQ Rainbow. Mannenhitsu Shadow is voiced by .
: A film reel-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Madame Noir's who is armed with the  and  along with the power to use his cinema knowledge to convert people's nightmares into films. He is sent to the Touto Film Studio to abduct the cast and crew of the upcoming Police Reporter Pestacore film to produce his masterpiece Yamitto Monster Z and gather as much darkness as possible from its national and overseas releases. After being defeated by the ToQgers and enlarging himself, Film Shadow is killed by ToQ Rainbow. Film Shadow is voiced by .
: A headstone-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Madame Noir's who is armed with the , from which he can absorb darkness from his shoulders and create replicas of previous Shadow Creeps. Due to recklessly overusing his powers, he was deemed a threat to the Shadow Line and imprisoned beneath Castle Terminal. In the present and amidst the Darkness Decline however, Noir releases Boseki Shadow and tasks him with siphoning Castle Terminal's darkness as part of her plan to overthrow Emperor Z. After being defeated by the primary ToQgers and enlarging himself, he is killed by Cho ToQ-Oh Police. Boseki Shadow is voiced by .
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Marchioness Mork's who is armed with the  and the ability to trap people inside his namesakes. She sends him to confirm ToQ 1gou is causing Emperor Z's light obsession. However, the Shadow Creep is defeated by Hyper ToQ 1gou, trapped in one of his own dollhouses, and killed by Cho Cho ToQ-DaiOh. Dollhouse Shadow is voiced by .

Keepers
The  are elite chess-themed Shadow Creeps and servants of Marchioness Mork's who control the Shadow Towns, towns that the Shadow Line has completely taken over and limit the ToQgers' transformation capabilities. Upon their defeat, a Keeper is forced to absorb a Shadow Town's darkness to enlarge themselves, with the town being completely restored following the Keeper's death.

: The Keeper of the  Shadow Town who is armed with the , which he can use to fire energy blasts. After being defeated by the ToQgers, he absorbs Ugokenai's darkness and his detachment of Close to make himself larger than previous Shadow Creeps until the ToQgers use Cho Cho ToQ-DaiOh to reduce him to the regular giant height before killing him. Keeper Rook is voiced by .
: The Keeper of the  Shadow Town, which distorts people's sense of direction to render them permanently lost, who is armed with the  staff, which can fire buzzsaws and fire beams. After being defeated by Hyper ToQ 1gou and enlarging himself, Keeper Bishop is killed by Cho Cho ToQ-DaiOh. Keeper Bishop is voiced by .
: The Keeper of the  Shadow Town, which he keeps in check by forcing its inhabitants to make impossible choices, who is armed with the spear-like  hobby horse, which he refers to as his "steed" since it enables him to move at superhuman speed. After ToQ 6gou throws Knight Just A Way into orbit, Hyper ToQ 2gou is able to defeat Keeper Knight. The Keeper enlarges himself, but is killed by Hyper Ressha TeiOh and Cho Cho ToQ-DaiOh. Keeper Knight is voiced by .
: The gigantic Keeper of Castle Terminal who is armed with the . Mork summons him to battle the ToQgers, though Build DaiOh eventually kills him.

Other Shadow Creeps
: A paint-themed Shadow Creep who is capable of firing a beam that removes a target's colors and appears exclusively in the special drama sessions of the series' first original soundtrack. After he converts an unnamed station into the  Dark Station, the ToQgers defeat Enogu Shadow before killing the enlarged Shadow Creep with ToQ-Oh. Enogu Shadow is voiced by .
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Count Nair's who is armed with the  and appears exclusively in the film Ressha Sentai ToQger the Movie: Galaxy Line S.O.S.. After being defeated by the ToQgers via the Galaxy Line Ressha, Hound Shadow fuses with Nair to become Giant Nair Hounder before they are killed by ToQ-Oh and SafariGaOh. Hound Shadow is voiced by KENN.
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep and servant of Emperor Z's who is armed with a  and a  and appears exclusively in the crossover film Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie. After being defeated by the ToQgers via the Renketsu Bazooka powered by the Victory Zyudenchi, Clock Shadow is absorbed by Salamazu. Clock Shadow is voiced by .
: A namesake-themed Shadow Creep who is armed with the  and the ability to turn into his namesake and appears exclusively in the V-Cinema They Went and Came Back Again Ressha Sentai ToQger: Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams. After following Akira when he defected to the Rainbow Line, Tanktop Shadow remained loyal to him until he learned Akira's humanity was slowly killing him. In the hopes of restoring his friend's immortality, Tanktop Shadow helps Archduke Hei turn Akira back into Zaram. Upon realizing the error of his ways, Tanktop Shadow sacrifices himself to save Akira from Hei, but Akira revives him. Tanktop Shadow is voiced by .

Guest characters
: A mole-themed cyborg and member of the Badan Empire. While attempting to bring his compatriots to the surface, he runs afoul of Kamen Rider Gaim and the ToQgers, with the latter destroying him. Moguraroid is voiced by .
: A young adult and member of the dance team, Team Gaim, from Zawame City who is able to become . He and his friends encounter the ToQgers after they make a stop in Zawame City and joins forces with them to stop the Badan Empire. Additionally, he possesses enough imagination to see the Rainbow Line, but not enough to board until Narutaki gives him a Rainbow Pass. Kota Kazuraba is portrayed by , who reprises his role from Kamen Rider Gaim.
: A friend of Kota's and member of Team Gaim. Mai Takatsukasa is portrayed by , who reprises her role from Kamen Rider Gaim.
: A friend of Kota and Mai's and member of Team Gaim who usually goes by the nickname . Mitsuzane Kureshima is portrayed by , who reprises his role from Kamen Rider Gaim.
: Mitsuzane's older brother and a project leader in the Yggdrasil Corporation's R&D branch. Takatora Kureshima is portrayed by , who reprises his role from Kamen Rider Gaim.
: A mysterious individual, self-proclaimed prophet, and enemy of Kamen Rider Decade's who can freely travel through the multiverse. For reasons unknown, he gives Kota a Rainbow Pass and tells him to send the Conductor and Ticket his regards before disappearing. Narutaki is portrayed by , who reprises his role from Kamen Rider Decade.
: An imagination-powered shumai toy from Mio's past known for doing the opposite of any command given to him. While Mio is fighting Hammer Shadow, he manifests a human-sized version of Mikey so the Shadow Creep can destroy him and draw darkness from her heart. Despite succeeding, Mio produces light to dispel the shadows before using the full power of her imagination to defeat Hammer Shadow. Following the battle, she is confident Mikey will be waiting for her once the ToQgers find their hometown. Mikey would later reappear during the events of the crossover film Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie to assist Mio in her, the ToQgers, and Kyoryugers' fight against the Shadow Line and Deboth Army. Mikey is voiced by .
: A gallant and dependable superhero that Tokatti drew using his older brother  as inspiration. Amidst the ToQgers' fight with Pinspo Shadow, Ryo Knight comes to life due to the Shadow Creep's powers and assists the ToQgers in fighting him. All the while, Ryo Knight encourages Tokatti not to panic and to take action more often. Ryo Tokashiki himself later appears after the ToQgers return home. Ryo Knight is voiced by , who also portrays Ryo Tokashiki.

Spin-off exclusive characters
: The conductor of the Galaxy Line, a companion to the Rainbow Line that operates in space and uses the Safari Ressha, who first appears in the film Ressha Sentai ToQger the Movie: Galaxy Line S.O.S.. Lady is portrayed by .
: Lady's hand puppet assistant, akin to Ticket, who appears exclusively in the film Ressha Sentai ToQger the Movie: Galaxy Line S.O.S. Passko is voiced by M·A·O.
: A member of the Shadow Line who is charged with expanding their reach into outer space by drowning the Galaxy Line in darkness, wields the , possesses a red Cryner, and appears exclusively in the film Ressha Sentai ToQger the Movie: Galaxy Line S.O.S. After being defeated by the ToQgers via the Safari Ressha, Nair fuses himself with Hound Shadow to become , gaining the use of the  and the . Nevertheless, he is killed by ToQ-Oh and SafariGaOh. Count Nair is voiced by .
: A hand puppet worn by General Schwarz and nemesis of Ticket's who appears exclusively in Ressha Sentai ToQger DVD Special: Farewell, Ticket! The Wasteland Super ToQ Battle!!. After killing Ticket's girlfriend, Jennifer, Kaniros resurfaces in the present to kill Ticket, only to be killed in battle by him. Kaniros is voiced by Tomokazu Seki.
: A treacherous member of the Shadow Line who is armed with the , possesses the ability to create clones of the Shadow Line's leaders, and appears exclusively in the V-Cinema They Went and Came Back Again Ressha Sentai ToQger: Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams. After being exiled from the Shadow Line sometime prior for attempting to take over, Hei resurfaces following Emperor Z's defeat to assume full leadership. While he is defeated by the ToQgers, Hei fakes his death and plots revenge, hoping to strike back once they become adults. However, a time paradox created by Miss Glitta allows the adult ToQgers to regain their imagination and join forces with Akira, Conductor, and their childhood selves to kill Hei. Archduke Hei is voiced by .
: A mad scientist for the Shadow Line and ninja fanatic who can create  of legendary ninja and appears exclusively in the crossover film Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger the Movie: Ninja in Wonderland. After stealing Takaharu Igasaki's Nintality, Mavro creates  to serve him. While he is defeated by Aka Ninger and ToQ 1gou, Mavro combines three Cryner Robos to create a  for him to pilot, only to be killed by Haoh ToQ Daioh. Dark Doctor Mavro is portrayed by .

Notes

References

Ressha Sentai ToQger


title: Yevgeny Ostashev

text:
Yevgeny Ilyich Ostashev (; 22 March 1924 – 24 October 1960), was the test pilot of rocket and space complexes, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, head of the 1st control polygon NIIP-5 (Baikonur), Lenin prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences, engineer-podpolkovnik.

Biography
Born 22 March 1924 in the village Maly Vasilyev, Noginsky District, Moscow Oblast, USSR. In 1941, he entered the Moscow Aviation Institute, but refused to evacuate to Alma-Ata with the rest of the institute's staff after the outbreak of war, deciding instead to work at a local factory until he was drafted into the Red Army in the summer of 1942. He was drafted into the army in the summer of 1942, became a cadet of the Leningrad artillery school. After six months of training in the rank of second lieutenant, he was sent to the Stalingrad front  as a commander of a communications platoon in a  mortar regiment.

He fought as part of the unit which was part of the 1st Ukrainian front  under the command of the Century V.I. Chuikov. The commander of the mortar platoon took part in the Korsun-Shevchenko operation, in the battles on the Dniester, near Vitebsk was part of the 1st Belorussian front. In the operation to take Berlin participated as a commander of a mortar company. At the end of the war remained in the occupation of Germany.
In 1949 he entered the 6th Department of the Artillery Academy named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky on a speciality «missiles». In the spring of 1955 graduated with honors, from the proposals remain in the graduate refused. Was appointed Deputy chief of the Department of complex tests of rockets R-7 (11-th Department) to the landfill NIIP-5 of the Ministry of defense  of the USSR.

He passed training at the industrial enterprises and 4 STP, the NIIP-5 arrived trained specialist. In 11-th division headed the Department of tests management system (SU), automatics missiles knew not worse developers from OKB-1  and NII-885. Since the launch of the first satellite of the Earth, Yevgeny Ilyich has been fulfilling the duties of "shooting"  from the military test site. In March 1960 he was appointed the first chief formed the 1st control NIIP-5 (military unit 44275) for testing and operation of rockets R-7, R-9  on low-boiling propellant components.

Interesting fact
In the school years, together with his younger brother Arkady, under the leadership of the magazine Knowledge is power  built a telescope with a 10-fold increase with the necessary bed and a mechanism of rotation in two planes, lenses for the eyepiece and the objective sent to the editorial Board of the journal free of charge. It observed the Moon , they dreamed of flying to the planets of the Solar System.

Death

Ostashev died on 24 October 1960 in Baikonur at explosion of the missile R-16 during its preparation for the test launch on 41 site  landfill. Tests of the R-16 engaged in the 2nd control NIIP-5, and Yevgeny Ilyich established in connection with failure of the rocket situation tried to provide assistance to their colleagues. Total killed 78 people. The incident was strictly classified (only in 1995 materials about the tragedy became available to all), it was officially announced about the death of only Chief Marshal of Artillery Nedelin, in a plane crash. From the memories younger brother Arkady Ostashev:
"...10 days before the death of Yevgeny I was at head of the polygon, the commander of the NIIP-5 Konstantin Vasilyevich Gerchik. He informed me that the order came on early assignment Eugene next rank of Colonel. Decided to tell him about it at the solemn meeting in honor of the 7 November. And before that, Eugene announced that he was appointed Deputy Director of NIIP-5 on scientific work instead A.I. Nosova, serving on service in Moscow..." (RGANTD. F. 33 op. 1 deeds 338 )

He is buried in Baikonur in the mass grave for victims of explosion of an Intercontinental ballistic missile R-16.

Awards
 Lenin Prize
 Order of the Patriotic War 1st and 2nd class
 Order of the Red Star
 Medal "For Battle Merit"
 Order of Courage (posthumous)
 campaign and jubilee medals

Memory
Name Ostasheva is one of the streets   of Baikonur. The decree of the Head of the city administration, Baikonur (city) № 183 of 30 May 2001 E. I. Ostashevu awarded the title of «Honorary citizen of the city of Baikonur» . In Elektrougli Noginsk district of Moscow region in the regional Museum there is a booth dedicated to the brothers Осташевым. On the house number 17  in the village of Small Vasilyev, where they lived in childhood brothers Осташевы, a memorial plaque. In the city Park city Elektrougli a memorial plate to the head of test management Baikonur – Ostashev E. I.   In the Museum of the strategic missile forces in Vlasikha, Moscow hosted the exhibition is devoted to E. I. Ostaszewo in the sections on world war II and the development of space industry in the country.

References

Literature

 "Korolev: Facts and myths" – J. K. Golovanov, M: Nauka, 1994.
 "Rockets and people" – B. E. Chertok, M: "mechanical engineering", 1999.  ;
 «A breakthrough in space» – Konstantin Vasilyevich Gerchik, M: LLC "Veles", 1994.
 «At risk» – A. A. Toul, Kaluga, "the Golden path", 2001.
 "People duty and honor" – A. A. Shmelev, the second book. M: Editorial Board "Moscow journal", 1998.
 "Testing of rocket and space technology – the business of my life" Events and facts – A.I. Ostashev, Korolyov, 2001.
 "Baikonur. Korolev. Yangel." – M. I. Kuznetsk, Voronezh: IPF "Voronezh", 1997,
 A.I. Ostashev, Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov – The Genius of the 20th Century — 2010 M. of Public Educational Institution of Higher Professional Training MGUL .
 "Look back and look ahead. Notes of a military engineer" – Rjazhsky A. A., 2004, SC. first, the publishing house of the "Heroes of the Fatherland" .
 "Unknown Baikonur" – edited by B. I. Posysaeva, M.: "globe", 2001.
 "Melua, A.I." " Rocket technology, cosmonautics and artillery. Biographies of scientists and specialists.- 2nd ed., supplement, St. Petersburg: "Humanistics", 2005. С. 355. ISBN 5-86050-243-5
 "Rocket and space feat Baikonur" – Vladimir Порошков, the "Patriot" publishers 2007.
 "Bank of the Universe" – edited by Boltenko A. C., Kiev, 2014., publishing house "Phoenix",
 "Nesterenko" series Lives of great people – Authors: Gregory Sukhina A., Ivkin, Vladimir Ivanovich, publishing house "Young guard" in 2015,
 "To stand on the way to space"  – Author: Valentin Lebedev, M: publisher ITRK in 2016,
 "We grew hearts in Baikonur" – Author: Eliseev V. I. M: publisher OAO MPK in 2018,
 "Flight tests of rocket and space technology. Time. Spaceports. People. " - Author: Posysaev Boris Ivanovich Mozhaisk: publisher Mozhaisk printing plant, 2020.
 "I look back and have no regrets. " - Author: Abramov, Anatoly Petrovich: publisher "New format" Barnaul, 2022.

External links

 Bondarev Yu. F. Memories of service at Baikonur (Rus.). Of. the website of Roskosmos. Archived.
 The Baikonur cosmodrome (Rus.). The Site "Baikonur-Info". Archived.
 A. Zheleznyakov. Baikonurskaya tragedy.  Archived.  Archived.
 Harford, James. Korolev – How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1997. pp 119–120.
 "Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age", – Matthew Brzezinski, Henry Holt and Company, 2008 г.
  Ostashev E.I. on page «Cosmic memorial»
 Strategic rocket forces. Reference. History.
 Electronic newspaper Elektrougli
 Calendar Encyclopedia of cosmonautics A. Zheleznyakov.
 Brothers Ostashev from Elektrougli // "news Agency suburbs"
 Famous people of the city of Elektrogli
 the official website of the city administration Baikonur – Honorary citizens of Baikonur

 Photo of pokoritelya space
 Look back and look ahead

 Yevgeny Ostashev //Family history
 E. I. Ostashev electronic memorial
 Baikonur tragedy// Encyclopedia Of "Space".
 Nedelin Disaster // RussianSpaceWeb.com
 Video Cosmos
 Information and law portal-OFFICERS of RUSSIA//Memorial day missile
 The website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation//Yevgeny Ostashev
 The newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets  // The disaster at Baikonur
 Lenta.ru // Spetsproekt Win.
 The Russian Union Of Veterans // Day of memory and grief.
 The official website of the city administration Baikonur // Baikonur commemorated a test rocket and space technology.
 Space feat Eugene Ostasheva//Newspaper "ELEKTROUGLI DAY by DAY" 12/04/2011.
 Military community // 24 October, the Day of remembrance of the victims of the missile.

 October 24 - Memorial Day of those killed in disasters at the 5th NIIP MO (now the Baikonur Cosmodrome) // Social and educational portal "Space Workers"
 For the 50th anniversary of the flight of Yuri Gagarin //Press note No. 3 |Jan – APR| 2011.
 "Academic Bulletin" 2012, No. 109

1924 births
1960 deaths
Soviet people of World War II
Soviet aerospace engineers
20th-century Russian engineers
Russian military engineers
Recipients of the Lenin Prize
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Russian aerospace engineers
Accidental deaths in the Soviet Union
Soviet military personnel of World War II
Recipients of the Order of Courage (Russia)


title: Birsa Dasgupta

text:
Birsa Dasgupta (born 2 November 1979) is an Indian Bengali film director based in Tollywood.He has directed films such as   Shudhu Tomari Jonyo, Gangster,
Mukhosh and Byomkesh O Durgo Rahasya

Early life
Born in Kolkata, his grandfather was documentary filmmaker Harisadhan Dasgupta, and grandmother was screenwriter Sonali (Senroy) Dasgupta, who later married Italian film director, Roberto Rossellini.  His father is film director Raja Dasgupta, while his mother is television presenter and actress Chaitali Dasgupta. Ribhu Dasgupta is his only brother. He did his class 10 from South End School and class 12 from Delhi.

Personal life
Birsa married Bengali actress, Bidipta Chakraborty. Meghla Dasgupta and Ida Dasgupta are his daughters.

Career
Intending to learn film making, Dasgupta left his graduation midway and moved to Mumbai. Here he started assisting in serials and films. Thereafter, he started making fillers and promos for the newly established audiovisual division of publishing house, MiD DAY. In 2003, he became a unit director in Anurag Kashyap's film Black Friday (2004), though the film's release was stalled for further three years as it ran into troubles with Indian Censor Board. Nevertheless, the music video Dasgupta directed for the song Arey Ruk Ja Re Bandeh of the film soundtrack album, performed by band Indian Ocean, got him noticed.

Dasgupta returned to Kolkata in 2005, realising he would prefer making films in his native Bengali, thus made he went on make Bengali telefilms, Ekti Romharshak Dakatir Golpo  and K, both made in 2006 for Bengali music channel, Tara Muzik. The film instantly got him acclaim, though a telefilm, Ekti Romharshak Dakatir Golpo , even took part in the Thrissur International Film Festival.

Eventually, Dasgupta made his feature film debut with, 033 in 2010. 033 is the STD code for Kolkata city, and the film was incidentally based on the theme of increasing youth migration outside Kolkata for career opportunities.

Filmography

Films

Web series

Television series
Mahanayak (TV series) was a Bengali television drama series  on June 27, 2016, on Star Jalsha . The series starred Prosenjit Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Tanushree Chakraborty, Priyanka Sarkar, Manali Dey, Biswanath Basu and Biswajit Chakraborty in lead roles.

References

External links

1975 births
Living people
Film directors from Kolkata
Bengali film directors


title: Nathalie Morin

text:
Nathalie  Morin is a Canadian citizen, born in Quebec, who has been living in Saudi Arabia with her partner, Saeed Al Shahrani since 2005. She claims that she is physically and psychologically mistreated with her four children. She has stated that she "does not have any friend[s]" in Saudi Arabia and is shunned because of her foreign roots. She refuses to leave Saudi Arabia as her husband has custody of their children.

In 2012, the Canadian and Saudi Arabian governments came reportedly close to a deal, but a solution did not materialise. A Saudi Arabian writer and political activist, Wajeha al-Huwaider, also tried to help her, but without any success so far.

Despite the launch of an ant-domestic violence campaign in Saudi Arabia in 2013, brutally oppressive patriarchal laws allowed Morin to leave the kingdom, but without her children. Two prominent Saudi activists Wajeha Al-Huwaider and Fawzia Al-Oyouni came in support of Morin, but were arrested. Morin's wish to testify in front of her activists was also not granted by the Saudi authorities. As per Morin's mother, three of the four children were born in Saudi Arabia forcefully. She also said Morin is cut off from the world, locked in an apartment in Dammam, victim of physical, psychological and sexual violence from her spouse.

References

Women in Saudi Arabia
Canadian expatriates in Saudi Arabia
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Leiomitra julacea

text:
Leiomitra julacea is a species of liverwort endemic to New Zealand. It is known only from Stewart Island and from the southern West Coast Region of the South Island. It occurs in rocky outcrops at elevations of approximately 130 m.

Leiomitra julacea is a spongy plant appearing like a mass of interwoven cilia. It is creeping plant, chocolate brown, with shoots up to 2 mm wide. Leaves spread widely but with the lobes arching sharply toward the shoot apex. Leaf disc 5-6 cells high.  The only other species of Leiomitra found in New Zealand, L. lanata, is yellow-green with the disc 6-10 cells high.

References

Jungermanniales
Flora of the South Island


title: Highlighter (album)

text:
Highlighter is the eighth album by the People Under the Stairs, and the first one released on Thes One's artist-cooperative label, Piecelock 70. With the exception of an iTunes-only EP, the album was released without accompanying singles or music videos. In the months following the release of Highlighter, PUTS embarked on yet another tour in support of the album.

Background
Still disappointed with the way that the various record labels had handled the duo's albums and accompanying promotion during the first decade of their career, Thes One made the decision after Carried Away to take complete control of the production process for the group's albums from start-to-finish. Thes One also decided to release all new material under a new worker cooperative business entity and label, Piecelock 70 (also styled as PL70).

Recording
Now free of the demands of a label, People Under the Stairs were able to stretch themselves artistically and control all the decisions about the released product. Like Stepfather, the album was one of the more experimental releases for the group, employing alternate time-signatures, live instrumentation, and even a string section. The album's material is also broken equally into 10-track "sides": the "High" and the "Lighter" sides.

PUTS also decided to continue with their tradition of using a wider array of samples than the standard obscure or jazz-based samples found in the majority of sample-based hip hop. The group sampled several popular artists because they felt that they should be choosing music that a large portion of fans may have listened to as youths. In their opinion, recognizing a sample source is part of the excitement of discovering hip hop, and that may have been lost in the race to find obscure records.

Release
In addition to the usual release on CD and on iTunes, the group also produced a limited release of the full album on double vinyl. Only 2000 copies were pressed, and the records included yellow highlighter-colored, streaked 180-g vinyl, heavy-cardboard casing (reminiscent of pre-digital era releases), and a foil-stamped, die-cut tear strip.

Highlighter was the first commercially released album to ever be released with a digital download in 24-bit HD-AAC format. In addition to the 24-bit files, consumers also received Serato-tagged 320kbit/s MP3 files. Thes One decided to release the album in the new HD-AAC format after attending an Audio Engineering Society convention, meeting with the Fraunhofer Society, and reading a white paper on the new format. With the 16-bit compact disc becoming increasingly obsolete in a digital market, Thes One felt that it would break new ground for the recording industry.

During the first few days of the album's release, the servers providing the music files crashed several times due to high demand and the large file size, but reception to the sound quality and the album was positive.

Touring
After the release of Highlighter in September 2011, People Under the Stairs closed out the year on tour with Mac Miller (on his Blue Slide Park tour) and Girl Talk, and continued with a world tour in 2012 in support of the album.

Track listing
All songs written by Christopher "Thes One" Portugal and Michael "Double K" Turner, except where noted.

References

External links
Official People Under The Stairs Website
Official Highlighter lyrics page on The Point of the Rhyme

People Under the Stairs albums
2011 albums


title: Coastal peacock spider

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Maratus speciosus, sometimes called the coastal peacock spider, is an Australian species of jumping spider (family Salticidae). They are only known to inhabit the vegetation of the coastal sand dunes of southwestern Western Australia.  Like other Maratus spiders, the males of the species engage in a courtship display during which they raise their third pair of legs and their abdomen, presenting their colourful opisthosomal plate to potential female partners. Accompanying their elaborate dance moves, males beat their front and back body halves together, sending vibrations that travel through the ground which the females pick up, stimulating them into receiving higher chances of a successful mate.
Unlike other Maratus, however, the males of this species have a set of bright orange hairs (setae) along both edges of the opisthosoma which only become visible during this display.
Maratus speciosus derives from the arachnid class with both sexes measuring about 5 mm in body length, equivalent to a pencil eraser. They are known as the smallest species of spiders. This organism is known as diurnal cursorial hunters, meaning they feed on insects. Like any other jumping spider, they rely on their keen vision and jumping actions to help them travel and spot prey at far distances.

References

Salticidae
Spiders of Australia

Baehr, B., & Whyte, R. (2016). “The Peacock Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Maratus) of the Queensland Museum, including six new species.” Zootaxa, 4154(5), 501–525. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4154.5.1


title: Community Child Care Co-operative (NSW)

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Community Early Learning Australia is a peak organisation for children's services in New South Wales, Australia. It was known as Community Child Care Co-operative (NSW) up until 2017. It is a not-for-profit organisation.  Its stated goals are to "inform and inspire the early education and care sector, and influence government policy, practices and programs so children in NSW can access quality early education and care that meet the needs of their communities."  As such, it advocates for early education and child care services in New South Wales.

History

The organisation began in 1978. Predecessor groups and organisations that inspired its creation included the New South Wales Council for Social Service (NCOSS), the women's movement, the Women's Trade Union Commission and the Community Resource Network (an organisation for school-aged children). Most directly, it was a breakaway group that was a spinoff from Community Child Care Victoria, itself originally an action group called Community Controlled Child Care. Set up as an advisory service, it was funded by NSW-based Family and Children's Services Agency (FACSA).

Legal authority for the organisation is the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act of 2011.

Goals

Community Early Learning Australia advocates for education and care services, especially those run on a non-profit basis by local communities. It is a registered training organisation, and helps education and care services to operate their centres according to government regulations and guidelines. The organisation also advocates and campaigns for accessible, affordable and high-quality educational services for children and their families in NSW.
Funded by the NSW and Australian governments, Community Early Learning Australia also earns income through membership and the sale of resources.
Its office is based in the Addison Road Community Centre in Marrickville.

Community Early Learning Australia provides advice and commentary and addresses issues such as services under threat of closure, funding for early childhood education and care programs provided through federal and state governments, quality of educational standards for educators, the quality of education and care provided to children and, in general, issues that affect the sector.

Programs and services

Advocacy and Peak
Community Early Learning Australia advocates for education and care services and for the children and families who use these services. Community Early Learning Australia is funded by the NSW Government as the peak body for community-based education and care services in NSW. Education and care services and individuals can become members or associates of Community Early Learning Australia. Community Early Learning Australia has made several submissions on behalf of is members to inquiries and reviews.

Children’s Services Central
Children's Services Central was the Professional Support Co-ordinator in NSW between 2005–2016, and was funded by the Australian Government Department of Education under the Inclusion and Professional Support Program (IPSP) to provide professional development and support to education and care services. Children's Services Central was managed by a consortium of key organisations to resource and support the education and care services sector in NSW. Community Early Learning Australia (as Community Child Care Co-operative (NSW)) was the lead agency for this consortium, which includes Contact Inc., Ethnic Child Care, Family and Community Services, NSW Family Day Care Association, Network of Community Activities and Semann & Slattery. Funding for Children's Services Central ceased on 30 June 2016.

Professional Development and Support
Community Early Learning Australia provides professional development and support to education and care services. This includes a range of training for education and care services, and the production of a range of resources, books, magazines, newsletters and information kits.

Registered Training Organisation
Community Early Learning Australia is a Registered Training Organisation offering a range of Nationally Recognised Training for staff working in education and care services.

Children’s Services Community Management
Children's Services Community Management holds the licence for two long day care centres and three preschools.

Structure

Community Early Learning Australia is a membership-based organisation, comprising over 2,000 service members, and headed by a seven-member board of directors, including Wendy Lindgren, Chairperson, Ariane Simon, Maria Pender, Gary Withyman, Gabrielle Connell, Eve Hawkes and Fiona Burman.
Michele Carnegie is the CEO (since May 2018).

Campaigns

Community Early Learning Australia (as Community Child Care Co-operative (NSW)) has co-ordinated several campaigns since its inception, aimed at persuading state and Australian governments to increase funding to preschools and early education and care in general, as well as advocating for improved quality outcomes for services, including the ‘1:4 Make it Law’ campaign to improve the ratios of staff to babies from 1:5.

Publications

Community Early Learning Australia publishes books, information guides, manuals, magazines and newsletters, covering topics that affect the education and care services sector, which are written and published by industry experts to promote discussion and promote professional development in the education and care services sector.
Publications include:
 Rattler: a quarterly magazine featuring essays and articles about social, economic, educational and political issues that affect the sector, from both industry and human-interest perspectives.
 Broadside: a politically-orientated newsletter that is produced monthly to deliver the latest education and care industry news.
 Shortside: a e-newsletter for immediate announcements and news for the sector.
 A Director’s Manual: Managing an early education and care service in NSW: a 380-page manual to inform directors about their role.
 So Now You Are On The Committee: A handbook for committee members of children's services: a book aimed at committee members of community-based education and care services.

References

External links

Early childhood education in Australia


title: Yosef Yekutieli

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Yosef Yekutieli (also Joseph Yekutieli; ; April 12, 1897 – September 25, 1982) was a prominent member of the international Jewish sports organisation Maccabi. He was the  founder of the Maccabiah, Israel Football Association, and the Israel Olympic Committee. Yekutieli was the 1979 Israel Prize recipient for his special contribution to society and the state in sports.

Biography
Yosef Yekutieli was born in Kartuz-Bereza in the Russian Empire (now in western Belarus). In 1909, at the age of twelve, he immigrated to Ottoman Palestine with his family. He studied at the Tachkemoni Religious School in Tel Aviv and later at the David Yellin College of Education in Jerusalem. After completing his studies Yekutieli return to Jaffa working for the Eretz Yisrael Office, later playing football for the Maccabi Tel Aviv until the outbreak of World War I.

In 1914 Yekutieli was drafted to the Turkish army and was appointed physical education instructor at the Mujahideen headquarters and at the public school in Nablus. Yekutieli served as a Turkish-German interpreter at the German transport companies K.K. 502., until being exiled to Anatolia in 1918, along with all the other Jewish military members.

At the end of the war, Yekutieli returned to Jaffa working for the Eretz Yisrael Office at the Zionist Commission and Palestine Land Development Company. For two years, he worked for the Israel Electric Corporation acquiring land rights for high-voltage power lines from Naharayim to Tel Aviv.

Following his return to Palestine at the end of war, Yekutieli operated and ran the "Maccabi" until his death. He was the driving force behind the foundation of sport institutions in Israel, including the Eretz Israel Football Association in 1928, the Federation for Amateur Sports in Palestine (now the Israeli Athletic Association) in 1931 and the Olympic Committee of Eretz Israel in 1933.

Maccabiah

In June 1929, at the World Congress of Maccabi in Czechoslovakia, Yekutieli announced his proposal to organize the first Maccabiah, the "Maccabiada" (), in the spring of 1932, to be held in Mandatory Palestine. The road to fulfilling the vision was long and difficult. The 1932 Maccabiah Games were opened on March 28, 1932, and were held in the Maccabiah Stadium, which had been built especially for the games in the northern part of Tel Aviv. Around 400 athletes from 22 nations participated in the games, which became a recurring event every four years, except during World War II and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

The Maccabiah Flag, a donation by Yosef and Yehudit in memory of their son Amnon, a squad commander in the Palmach who was killed during the 1948 war at the foot of the Nabi Yusha fort, was first hoisted during the 3rd Maccabiah in Ramat Gan Stadium in 1950.

Later years
After the formation of Israel in 1948, Yekutieli was appointed as a senior official of the government's abandoned property committee. Yekutieli retired in 1966. In 1971, he released his first book, an autobiography.

Yosef married Yehudit, the daughter of Akiva Aryeh Weiss, the founder of Ahuzat Bayit, and they had four sons and two daughters. Their son, Gideon Yekutieli, was a professor of physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science, the first Israeli nuclear physicist.

Awards and recognition
In 1954, he was awarded the Israel Dov Hoz Prize and in 1979, he was awarded the Israel Prize for lifetime achievement in the design of sports and physical culture, promoting Israel and the establishment of international base of Israeli sports. In 1981, he was awarded distinguished citizen of Tel Aviv.

Legacy
In June 2008, in a ceremony attended by Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai, the Yosef Yekutieli street in North Port, near the first Maccabiah Stadium was named after him. In Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, a road has been named after him. The Joseph Yekutieli Maccabi Archive at Kfar Maccabiah is also named after him.

References

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1982 deaths
People from Byaroza
Jews from the Russian Empire
Israeli men's footballers
Israeli educators
Ottoman military personnel of World War I
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the Ottoman Empire
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Maccabiah Games
20th-century Russian Jews
20th-century Russian educators
20th-century Israeli educators
20th-century Israeli Jews
Men's association football players not categorized by position


title: ETE (tokamak)

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The Spherical Tokamak Experiment () is a machine dedicated to plasma studies in low aspect ratio tokamaks. The ETE was entirely designed and assembled at the Associated Plasma Laboratory (Laboratório Associado de Plasma, LAP) of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE).

Development
The ETE is a spherical tokamak with major radius of 0.3 m and minor radius of 0.2 m. It began operations in late 2000.

References

Tokamaks


title: Chinese Taipei national badminton team

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The Chinese Taipei national badminton team () is a badminton team that represents Republic of China (Taiwan) in international badminton team competitions. The national team was formed in 1973. The Chinese Taipei women's team finished as semifinalists at the 2006 Uber Cup.

The mixed team have never got past the quarterfinals at the Sudirman Cup.

Multi-sports Games performance

Olympic Games
Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Paralympic Games
Men's singles

Participation in BWF competitions

Thomas Cup

Uber Cup

Sudirman Cup

Participation in Asia Championships

Men's team

Women's team

Mixed team

Junior competitive record

World Junior Team Championships

Suhandinata Cup

Asian Junior Team Championships

Men's team

Women's team

Mixed team

Current squad
The following players were selected to represent Chinese Taipei at the 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup.

Male players
Chou Tien-chen
Wang Tzu-wei
Lu Chia-hung
Liao Jhuo-fu
Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin
Lu Ching-yao
Yang Po-han
Su Ching-heng
Ye Hong-wei

Female players
Tai Tzu-ying
Hsu Wen-chi
Sung Shuo-yun
Chen Su-yu
Hsu Ya-ching
Chang Ching-hui
Lee Chih-chen
Lin Wan-ching
Lee Chia-hsin
Teng Chun-hsun

References

Badminton
National badminton teams
Badminton in Taiwan


title: Obetia

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Obetia is a genus of dioecious plants in the family Urticaceae, with stinging hairs. The genus contains the following species:
Obetia carruthersiana (Hiern) Rendle
Obetia ficifolia Gaudich.
Obetia madagascariensis (Juss. ex Poir.) Wedd.
Obetia radula (Baker) Baker ex B.D. Jacks. stinging-nettle tree
Obetia tenax Friis

References

External links

Urticaceae
Urticaceae genera
Dioecious plants


title: 1987 Can-Am season

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The 1987 Can-Am Teams season was the twentieth and final running of the Sports Car Club of America's Can Am Series and the eleventh and final running of the revived series. For 1987, the series added March 85Cs from CART, although some continued to use the old prototypes. Bill Tempero was declared champion. The Marches acted as a "single seat Can Am" group, replacing the old Formula 5000 cars.

Schedule

References

Can
Can-Am seasons


title: The Last Days (2013 film)

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The Last Days () is a 2013 Spanish science fiction thriller film directed by David and Àlex Pastor. The film had its world premiere on March 20, 2013, in Barcelona, and stars Quim Gutiérrez as a man who must deal with the potential end of all humanity.

Plot

Office worker Marc scavenges for food in a downtown Barcelona building that has been ravaged by a catastrophic event. Directed to the basement to help dig a tunnel, he almost causes its collapse as he panics over the fate of his girlfriend Julia, who was staying at his apartment at the time of the catastrophe. When they break through to a neighboring building, he meets his former boss Enrique, who tells Marc that they can talk later. A flashback reveals that Marc, working as a computer engineer, faced possible termination by Enrique. Afraid of losing his job, Marc resists Julia's desire to have children. The following morning, Marc watches a video of a boy who dies from suicide because his father could not understand or believe in his acute agoraphobia.

In the present, three months after the unspecified event, Marc and Enrique discuss leaving the building together. Enrique, who has a working GPS device, requests that Marc not tell the others about it; Marc reveals that he has stolen supplies formerly owned by Rovira, a dead coworker. Enrique is initially dismissive of Marc's scavenged supplies and declines to partner with him, but Marc blackmails Enrique into helping him search for Julia. The two set out into the subway system, where a young pickpocket steals the GPS device. After a chase and fight over his possessions, Enrique kills Javier, the pickpocket's brother after the power goes out. Although worried that Enrique will continue without him, Marc is relieved to find that Enrique is willing to continue their partnership.

Another flashback shows that Marc's neighbor has not left the building for months. At work, Rovira, revealed to have been covertly living in the office, is forced to leave. Once thrown out, he convulses; when dragged back in, the convulsions end, but he still dies from the trauma. Discussing these strange events at home with Julia, Marc notices that increasing numbers of people are refusing to leave their homes. In the present, Marc grows frustrated with Enrique's refusal to reveal why he wants to go to the Olympic city with a bag full of seeds. When they believe they have reached Marc's apartment building, they blast their way in with explosives. There, they learn that Julia, now pregnant, is not in the building.

Flashbacks depict a growing trend of agoraphobia called "the Panic", a disease of unknown origin that kills anyone who goes outside through convulsion. Julia and Marc fight again over whether to have children, and Julia accuses Marc of using the Panic as an excuse to avoid it. After Marc leaves for work, Julia refuses to speak to him, and he becomes stranded in the office building when he suddenly becomes agoraphobic. In the present, Enrique tells Marc that since they have reached his apartment building, he will no longer accompany Marc. Enrique reveals that he is attempting to reach the hospital where his comatose father is at, which prompts the two to reconcile somewhat. At a church, a bear nearly mauls Enrique to death, but Marc manages to kill it. While the two eat the bear, they bond over their pasts and fears.

A group of survivors inform Enrique that the hospital burnt down; since his father was in a coma, it is unlikely that he survived. Enrique falls into a deep depression and gives Marc his seeds, telling him to find Julia and save the baby. On his own, Marc ends up in a shopping center where Julia worked. He looks in the supermarket and finds a band of survivors, but they are raided by another group. He finds Julia's coworker, Andrea, but she is killed by debris. Marc is attacked by a man with a knife, but Enrique saves him but is severely wounded in the process, which he hides. Marc notices Julia in the opposite building. Overjoyed, he returns to tell Enrique and discovers his wounds. Urged by Enrique's dying wish, Marc crosses the street to be with Julia, though it nearly kills him.

Several months later, Julia gives birth, and they use the seeds to create a greenhouse. Over time, the child grows and is shown able to leave the building without suffering from the Panic. As this happens, he is part of a new generation of humanity that is naturally immune to the Panic. In the end, Marc and Julia watch him leave with several other youths to rebuild civilization.

Cast
Quim Gutiérrez as Marc
José Coronado as Enrique
Marta Etura as Julia
Leticia Dolera as Andrea
Mikel Iglesias as Dani
Iván Massagué as Lucas
Pere Ventura as Rovira
Lluís Soler as Vecino
Abdelatif Hwidar as Hombre Extranjero
Farah Hamed as Mujer Extranjera
Lily Morett as Niña Extranjera
Isak Férriz as Javier
Pere Brasó as Carlos
Momo Ballesteros as Ángela
Albert Prat as Toni

Production
The Pastors announced their intent to film The Last Days in 2011 at the Sitges Film Festival, where they presented a four-minute teaser trailer. Filming took place in Barcelona on a budget of five million euros, which the Pastors stated would have had to have been larger if they shot the film in the United States. Actors Quim Gutiérrez and José Coronado were confirmed to be performing in the film, along with Marta Etura.

Reception
As of March 2015, The Last Days received positive reviews with an 91% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on eleven reviews. Dread Central praised the film's characters and visuals, and Scott Weinberg writing for Fearnet, commented: "Taken a bit less seriously, or presented with a little less heart, The Last Days could easily devolve into something silly or (even worse) boring." Jonathan Holland, writing for Variety, expressed disappointment over the film, as they felt the directors "[failed] to deliver on the promise of their 2009 English-language debut, Carriers." Shelagh M. Rowan-Legg, writing for  Twitch Film, gave the film a mixed review and wrote that, while the film had several strengths such as the story and special effects, it was ultimately "entertaining enough, but not likely to be remembered."

Box office
The film earned ¥11.46 million at the Chinese box office.

Awards

See also
 List of Spanish films of 2013
 The Exterminating Angel

References

External links

2013 films
2010s science fiction thriller films
Spanish science fiction thriller films
2010s Spanish-language films
Spanish post-apocalyptic films
Films set in Barcelona
Films shot in Barcelona
Films about viral outbreaks
2010s pregnancy films
Films directed by Àlex and David Pastor
Spanish pregnancy films
2010s Spanish films


title: Japanese community of Shanghai

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Shanghai has a Japanese expatriate group, particularly in the Gubei area of Changning District, which houses the majority of Japanese expatriates in Shanghai. Some Japanese follow the "Shanghai dream" where they spend several years in Shanghai to gain professional experience or knowledge of Mandarin Chinese, and either continue working in Shanghai or return to Japan later.

History
The Consulate-General of Japan in Shanghai opened in 1872. Japanese ships became a more constant presence in the Shanghai harbor in the 1870s and 1880s. In the 1880s Japanese companies began establishing operations in Shanghai. Prince Fushimi visited the Japanese community of Shanghai for one day in 1907. In 1908 a Japanese Club opened.

A Japanese sailor, Tomomitsu Taminato, was murdered in Shanghai in 1936 due increasing anti-Japanese sentiment as a response to Japanese military aggression towards China. The Shanghainese organised protests against the Japanese occupation of Manchuria in 1931 and the bombing of Shanghai by the Japanese in 1932. Japanese aggression eventually culminated into the Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1937.

Over 33,000 Japanese resided in Shanghai by 2008, making up 22% of the foreigners there and making the Japanese the largest expatriate group in that city.

Economy
Some long-term residents are employees of Japanese companies stationed in Shanghai. The companies pay for living expenses including tuition for children, housing, and "hardship" allowances related to living in a foreign country. Some long-term Japanese residents have consultancies, restaurants, and businesses in Shanghai.

Takatoshi Iijima, the vice president of Sola Kamome Co., stated in 2010 that many Japanese companies in Shanghai hire Japanese already in the city instead of Japanese in Japan in order to reduce costs.

As of 2009 some Japanese who had newly graduated from universities arrive in Shanghai to try to gain employment on the spot.

Education

The Shanghai Japanese School, a Japanese international school serving primary, junior high, and senior high school levels, is located in Shanghai. It has two campuses, one in Hongqiao and one in Pudong.

Japanese kindergartens in Shanghai include Shanghai Dongjin Japanese Kindergarten (上海东进日本人幼儿园), Shanghai Utsukushigaoka Montessori Kindergarten (上海美丘第一幼儿园) and the Oisca Shanghai Japanese Kindergarten (上海奥伊斯嘉日本语幼儿园).

History of education
The first Japanese educational system school, the Tōyō gakkan, opened on Zhapu Road in 1883. Its primary focus was teaching Chinese and English to its students and its founders were associated with the Japan Popular Rights Movement. After several months it closed. It was not affiliated with the Higashi Honganji. The Ajia gakkan, which was created as what Joshua A. Fogel, author of Articulating the Sinosphere: Sino-Japanese Relations in Space and Time, described as a "kind of extension" of the Tōyō gakkan, opened in 1884 on Kunshan Road. It was established by young men who had involvement in the Popular Rights Movement and other pan-Asian groups. The Japan Residents Association acquired the management of the Japanese education in 1907. Japanese schools had opened in Shanghai by 1920. In 1926, 2,700 pupils studied at these schools. Christopher Howe wrote that students at the Japanese High School for Girls received an education superior to that in Japanese schools in Japan.

Recreation
As of 2010 there is an all-Japanese baijiu club in Shanghai.

Notable residents
 Zheng Pingru (of partial Japanese ancestry)

See also
 Japanese people in China
 Battle of Shanghai

References

Citations

Sources

 Fogel, Joshua A. Articulating the Sinosphere: Sino-Japanese Relations in Space and Time (The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures). Harvard University Press, July 31, 2009. , 9780674053823.
 Howe, Christopher. The Origins of Japanese Trade Supremacy: Development and Technology in Asia from 1540 to the Pacific War. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 1996. , .

Shanghai

Expatriates in Shanghai


title: Elvis operator

text:
In certain computer programming languages, the Elvis operator, often written ?:, is a binary operator that returns its first operand if that operand evaluates to a true value, and otherwise evaluates and returns its second operand. This is identical to a short-circuit or with "last value" semantics. The notation of the Elvis operator was inspired by the ternary conditional operator, ? :, since the Elvis operator expression A ?: B is approximately equivalent to the ternary conditional A ? A : B.

The name "Elvis operator" refers to the fact that when its common notation, ?:, is viewed sideways, it resembles an emoticon of Elvis Presley with his signature hairstyle.

A similar operator is the null coalescing operator, where the boolean truth check is replaced with a check for non-null instead. This is usually written ??, and can be seen in languages like C#.

Alternative syntaxes
In several languages, such as Common Lisp, Clojure, Lua, Object Pascal, Perl, Python, Ruby, and JavaScript, the OR operator (typically || or or) has the same behavior as the above: returning its first operand if it would evaluate to true in a boolean environment, and otherwise evaluating and returning its second operand. When the left-hand side is true, the right-hand side is not even evaluated; it is "short-circuited". This is different than the behavior in other languages such as C/C++, where the result of || will always be a boolean.

Example

Boolean variant
In a language that supports the Elvis operator, something like this:
 x = f() ?: g()

will set x equal to the result of f() if that result is a true value, and to the result of g() otherwise.

It is equivalent to this example, using the conditional ternary operator:
 x = f() ? f() : g()

except that it does not evaluate the f() twice if it is true.

Object reference variant

This code will result in a reference to an object that is guaranteed to not be null. Function f() returns an object reference instead of a boolean, and may return null:
 x = f() ?: "default value"

Languages supporting the Elvis operator
 Perl since version v5.10 provides the Logical Defined Or operator: //, equivalent to defined $a ? $a : $b
 In GNU C and C++ (that is: in C and C++ with GCC extensions), the second operand of the ternary operator is optional. This has been the case since at least GCC 2.95.3 (March 2001), and seems to be the original elvis operator.
 In Apache Groovy, the "Elvis operator" ?: is documented as a distinct operator; this feature was added in Groovy 1.5 (December 2007). Groovy, unlike GNU C and PHP, does not simply allow the second operand of ternary ?: to be omitted; rather, binary ?: must be written as a single operator, with no whitespace in between.
 In PHP, it is possible to leave out the middle part of the ternary operator since PHP 5.3. (June 2009).
 The Fantom programming language has the ?: binary operator that compares its first operand with null.
 In Kotlin, the Elvis operator returns its left-hand side if it is not null, and its right-hand side otherwise. A common pattern is to use it with return, like this:
 In Gosu, the ?: operator returns the right operand if the left is null as well.
 In C#, the null-conditional operator, ?. is referred to as the "Elvis operator", but it does not perform the same function. Instead, the null-coalescing operator ?? does.
 In ColdFusion and CFML, the Elvis operator was introduced using the ?: syntax.
 The Xtend programming language has an Elvis operator.
 In Google's Closure Templates, the Elvis operator is a null coalescing operator, equivalent to isNonnull($a) ? $a : $b.
 In Ballerina, the Elvis operator L ?: R returns the value of L if it's not nil. Otherwise, return the value of R.
 In JavaScript, the nullish coalescing (??) operator is a logical operator that returns its right-hand side operand when its left-hand side operand is null or undefined, and otherwise returns its left-hand side operand.

See also
?: or conditional operator, when used as a ternary operator
Safe navigation operator, often ?.
Spaceship operator <=>
Option type

References

Articles with example code
Binary operations
Conditional constructs
Operators (programming)
Elvis Presley


title: 29th GCC Club Cup

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The 29th GCC Club Cup () was the 29th edition of the GCC Club Cup for clubs of the Gulf Cooperation Council nations, and the first under its new name.

The 2014 edition is officially known as the Pharmaton 29th GCC Club Cup Championship due to sponsorship reasons.

The competition kicked off on 3 February 2014 making it change to being played in one calendar year which was the usual format until changed for the last edition.

Groups
Four groups of three teams.

Top two from each group qualify for the one legged quarter finals with group winners hosting the matches.

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Quarter-finals

Group winners host a one legged Quarter-final match.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals were conducted on 24 April 2014.

First leg

Second leg

Saham advanced on penalties after a 4–4 aggregate draw.

Al-Nasr won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

References

External links
 2014 GCC Champions League at Goalzz.com

2014
2014 in Asian football