Ninja Captor
07/04/1976
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.
TV Show Information
Sen Utsumi
as Dan Kurokawa
Yuko Matsuba
as María Sakurakōji
Daisuke Ban
as Daisuke Izumo
Hiroyuki Satou
as Keita Izumi
Sanpei Godai
as Noboru Ōyama
Ai Nogawa
as Miki Tendō
Kenji Ushio
as Saburōbei Fukuro
Takamaru Sasaki
as Hakūn Togakushi
Nobuyuki Nakano
as Jūrō Ōmori
Masahiro Kamiya
as Magoyatsu Imura
Shinzō Hotta
as Retsufū Fūma/Nindō Kurayami
Sanji Kojima
as
Iwao Dan
as
Gorō Naya
as
