Doctor Z

Doctor Z (ドクターZ): Doctor Z is the Blatantly Evil Marketing Firm B's head. His true identity is Takehiro Tsuzuki, Hiroyo's father who was a brilliant scientist admired by his peers until he becomes obsessed with becoming an anime illustrator. After scouting for opportunities without success, Takehiro managed to land a job as a character designer for the Z-Cune Aoi anime series, but his rough and violent sketches (including those of ©Na) were rejected by the studio and he was fired.

Biography
He first appeared as the Mysterious Man (謎の男), a long-haired vagrant who witnesses the Akibarangers' battle with Tsukishima Alpaca in Akihabara. He is given Yumeria's business card by Akiba Yellow, which he passes to ©Na.

It turned out that he isn't the real enemy and when ©Na tried to talk to him about her and Nobuo's discovery, his personality began changing (represented by the flickering of the screen).

After the Akibarangers accidentally defeated Delu-Knight, he reunited with his daughter despite her fear that it was part of "His" plan to end the show.

Season Two
In Season 2, the events of the first season are retconned with Tsuzuki having no role in the Stema Otsu Corporation. He is mentioned by Hiroyo as working on a robot project at MIT.

Portrayal
Doctor Z was portrayed by veteran voice actor Kazuki Yao (矢尾 一樹), best known for his portrayal of Ninjaman in Ninja Sentai Kakuranger as well as providing the voice of several Super Sentai monsters.

Appearances

 * Icon-akibaranger.png Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger
 * Ep. 8: Bonds of Lame Training! A Fork in the Road to Official-ness!
 * Ep. 9: Lame Sentai Disbands
 * Ep. 10: The Bitter Curse of Z ― A New Chapter Begins
 * Ep. 11: The Replacement is Cool, Not Lame
 * Ep. 12: Lame-ale: Farewell, Deluded Sentai
 * Ep. 13: Recap! It's Okay to Not be Lame!
 * Icon-akibaranger2.png Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger Season Tsuu
 * Ep. 1: Delusional War
 * Ep. 11: Delusional Cemetery