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Ninja Captor

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.

1976 |1 Season  | 25m |  Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family, Kids

Cast

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Daisuke Ban

Daisuke Izumo

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Hiroyuki Satou

Keita Izumi

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Sanpei Godai

Noboru Ōyama

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Kenji Ushio

Saburōbei Fukuro

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Takamaru Sasaki

Hakūn Togakushi

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Shinzo Hotta

Retsufū Fūma/Nindō Kurayami

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Iwao Dan

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Gorō Naya

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Creator

Saburo Yatsude

Status

Ended

Languages

Japanese

Network

Tokyo Channel 12