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Where is “the power rangers” now???

Anda yang sewaktu kecil rajin menonton serial "MIghty Morphin' Power Rangers" pasti akan merasa tua setelah kami beri tahu bahwa program tersebut pertama kali ditayangkan di televisi 20 tahun yang lalu. Dalam serial tersebut, lima remaja (akhirnya jadi enam setelah Ranger Hijau datang) diberi tugas melindungi bumi dari kejahatan yang dilakuan Rita Repulsa dan anak buahnya.

Namun apa yang terjadi pada para pemeran Power Rangers saat ini? Reporter Yahoo! Daniel Bettridge melacak mereka untuk Anda.

Austin St. John (Jason Lee Scott/Ranger Merah)
Ranger Merah tak muncul lagi di season 2 serial ini karena ada perselisihan soal kontrak dengan aktornya. Sejak saat itu, Austin St. John tak lagi berkecimpung di layar kaca dan mulai menyibukkan diri bekerja sebagai pemadam kebakaran. Ia juga sempat menulis buku manual bela diri: “Karate Warrior: A Beginner's Guide to Martial Arts”.

Amy Jo Johnson (Kimberly Ann Hart/Ranger Pink)
Kimberly alias Ranger Pink adalah ranger yang paling banyak penggemarnya di masa jaya serial ini. Kebanyakan adalah anak-anak lelaki yang mengalami "cinta pertama" saat melihatnya beraksi membasmi kejahatan. Kini Amy Jo Johnson (42 tahun) adalah salah satu alumni Power Rangers yang masih menggeluti akting. Ia berperan di sejumlah serial televisi seperti “Felicity”, “The Division” dan “Flashpoint”.

Thuy Trang (Trini Kwan/Ranger Kuning)
Setelah meninggalkan serial Power Rangers, aktris berdarah Vietnam ini mendapat peran antagonis di “The Crow: City of Angels” dan mendapat peran kecil di “Spy Hard.” Namun tahun 2001 ia tewas dalam sebuah kecelakaan mobil yang tragis di dekat San Fransisco. Usianya saat itu baru 27 tahun. :((

David Yost (Billy Cranston/Ranger Biru)
Ranger Biru adalah si ahli teknologi di tim Power Ranger, dan anggota yang paling lama bertahan di serial tersebut, termasuk di spin-off-nya yang berjudul "Power Rangers Zeo." David Yost akhirnya mengundurkan diri dari serial ini karena selalu jadi bahan bully para aktor dan kru akibat pengakuannya sebagai homoseksual. Saking parahnya, ia sampai menderita depresi. Setelah menyembuhkan depresinya, ia kembali bekerja di layar kaca, memproduksi film-film dokumenter dan reality show seperti “The Real Housewives of Beverley Hills.”

Walter Emanuel Jones (Zack Taylor/Ranger Hitam)
Aktor lain yang mengundurkan diri karena perselisihan soal kontrak adalah Walter Emmanuel Jones, pemeran Ranger Hitam. Setelah itu ia sempat mendapat peran di serial “Malibu Shores” dan muncul di musim keempat serial “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Walter juga mendapat peran kecil di sejumlah film layar lebar, termasuk jadi zombie di “House of the Dead 2” dan cameo di “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.”

Jason David Frank (Tommy Oliver/Ranger Hijau)
Ranger Hijau awalnya adalah penjahat, dicuci otaknya oleh Rita Repulsa untuk mengkhianati rekan-rekan Rangers-nya. Setelah bebas dari jampi-jampi Rita, Ranger Hijau berjuang bersama Power Rangers lainnya, dan di musim-musim selanjutnya berubah menjadi Ranger Putih. Yang dilakukan sang aktor Jason David Frank kini tak jauh berbeda dengan saat ia masih menjadi ranger, karena profesinya saat ini adalah atlet bela diri. Pada Januari 2013, ia juga menyabet rekor Guiness World Record saat ia terjun bebas dari pesawat dan mematahkan tujuh papan kayu.

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Steve Cardenas (Rocky DeSantos / 2nd Red Ranger)

Stephen Antonio Cardenas (born May 29, 1974) is a American martial artist and former actor, perhaps most noted for playing Rocky DeSantos in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series.

Cardenas was born at Langley Air Force Base, in Hampton, Virginia, U.S. and is of half Mexican descent.He started training in martial arts when he was about 12 years old and reached black belt in tae kwon do at age 16.

His character, Rocky, replaced Jason Lee Scott (played by Austin St. John) as the Red Ranger in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series, and he later became the Blue Ranger for Power Rangers Zeo. He had no previous acting experience and had to learn on the job. Cardenas left the Power Rangers series after Zeo, in order to focus on his karate school and other disagreements. Many years later, starting at the 2007 Power Morphicon convention, he began making convention appearances with other former cast members. He has since appeared at Anime Expo 2009 and Power Morphicon 2010.

After Power Rangers, he ran martial arts studios in California and Texas. In 2009, he started a kids-specific program at Hollywood Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu studio in West Hollywood, and in 2011 he opened the Force/Balance Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & Yoga school. Cardenas had become interested in Brazilian jiu-jitsu after losing a friendly match against "a blue belt in BJJ... [he] choked me out in 10 seconds! He was only training for a year and a half at that time and I had been training for 10 yrs. It was an immediate eye opener." The style was more difficult for him to learn than other martial arts disciplines

Johny Yong Bosch (Adam Park / 2nd Black Ranger)

Johnny Yong Bosch (born January 6, 1976) is an Korean American actor, voice actor, martial artist, and musician who is best known for portraying Adam Park in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the English voices of Ichigo Kurosaki in the anime series Bleach, Itsuki Koizumi in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vash the Stampede in Trigun and Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, a two-time American Anime Award nominee, and is also a lead singer in the band Eyeshine.

Karan Ashley (Aisha Campbell / 2nd Yellow Ranger)

Ashley's first acting job was as Aisha Campbell, the second Yellow Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, replacing Thuy Trang (Trini Kwan). Staying on for two years, Ashley left the show in 1995. She was replaced by Nakia Burrise (Tanya) for Power Rangers: Zeo. Her last Power Rangers appearance was in the finale for the third season of the series. Ashley has said that her decision to leave the series was because of the demanding hours. She also reveals that she was to be given an exiting story arc, just as Amy Jo Johnson was, but instead, following time off while her character was reduced to a child for some time in the third season, she would find that she was not asked to return to the set, the official reason given was that her character's recovery would not require her to appear on screen.

Since then, Ashley has made guest appearances in TV shows such as Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Kenan & Kel, and The Parkers, just to name a few, and acted in a few minor films like Taylor's Wall. Her first big debut as, editor and executive producer was the independent film Devon's Ghost, alongside fellow Power Ranger alumnus Johnny Yong Bosch and executive producer Koichi Sakamoto for Gag Order Films, Inc. While she also co-wrote Devon's Ghost, her first writing staple came with the film Unto Thee in 1999. She co-wrote the film with Gia and Tim Grace, and also starred in the movie.

In August 2010, Ashley was invited to Power Morphicon, the second Power Rangers fan convention in Pasadena, California. In September 2011, Ashley joined the National Talk Radio Show "UnCensored Radio" (formerly "Unscripted Radio") as a regular Co-Host. As of August 2012 Ashley took over the roll of Moderator on the show. Also in August 2012, Ashley with fellow Co-Host Katrina Johnson and Jeffrey Emmette filmed "Uncensored Reality", a reality show tied into Uncensored Radio.