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Ninja Captor

Ninja Captor

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Overview

Ninja Captor is a Japanese tokusatsu TV series aired from April 7, 1976 to January 26, 1977 on TV Tokyo 12 Channel, produced by Toei Company, Ltd. This Sentai-esque series aired during the run of Shotaro Ishinomori's original Super Sentai series, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and was notably first superhero team show produced by Toei under the Saburo Yatsude/Hatte pseudonym. Daisuke Izumo graduates from the Wind-Demon Stealth-Army, a secret army aiming for the conquest of Japan. He instead escapes, and becomes the leader of the "Captor," a ninja team supervised by Mujin Tendou. The Captor team's mission is to battle the ninja sent out by the Wind-Demon General, Retsufuu Fuuma. This show used to be considered by some to be a part of the Super Sentai franchise* , but was later excluded. In 2013, it got a Shout-Out in the fourth episode of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger: Season 2.

Created by Saburo Yatsude
Written by Saburo Yatsude, Mikio Matsushita, Shūkei Nagasaka
Produced by Tōru Hirayama
NetworksTokyo Channel 12

Top Cast

S

Sen Utsumi

Dan Kurokawa

Y

Yuko Matsuba

María Sakurakōji

Daisuke Ban

Daisuke Ban

Daisuke Izumo

Hiroyuki Sato

Hiroyuki Sato

Keita Izumi

Sanpei Godai

Sanpei Godai

Noboru Ōyama

A

Ai Nogawa

Miki Tendō

Kenji Ushio

Kenji Ushio

Saburōbei Fukuro

Takamaru Sasaki

Takamaru Sasaki

Hakūn Togakushi

N

Nobuyuki Nakano

Jūrō Ōmori

M

Masahiro Kamiya

Magoyatsu Imura

Themes & Keywords

ninjademonhenshin heroestokusatsu

About Ninja Captor

Ninja Captor is a action & adventure, comedy, drama, sci-fi & fantasy, family, kids series that first aired in 1976 exploring themes of ninja, demon, henshin heroes, tokusatsu. Created by Saburo Yatsude, it stars Sen Utsumi, Yuko Matsuba, Daisuke Ban. Ninja Captor is a Japanese tokusatsu TV series aired from April 7, 1976 to January 26, 1977 on TV Tokyo 12 Channel, produced by Toei Company, Ltd. This Sentai-esque series aired during the run of Shotaro Ishinomori's original Super Sentai series, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and was notably first superhero team show produced by Toei under the Saburo Yatsude/Hatte pseudonym. Daisuke Izumo graduates from the Wind-Demon Stealth-Army, a secret army aiming for the conquest of Japan. He instead escapes, and becomes the leader of the "Captor," a ninja team supervised by Mujin Tendou. The Captor team's mission is to battle the ninja sent out by the Wind-Demon General, Retsufuu Fuuma. This show used to be considered by some to be a part of the Super Sentai franchise* , but was later excluded. In 2013, it got a Shout-Out in the fourth episode of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger: Season 2.

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