Ninja Captor

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.

Cast

Sen Utsumi

Dan Kurokawa

Yuko Matsuba

María Sakurakōji

Daisuke Ban

Daisuke Izumo

Hiroyuki Sato

Keita Izumi

Sanpei Godai

Noboru Ōyama

Ai Nogawa

Miki Tendō

Kenji Ushio

Saburōbei Fukuro

Takamaru Sasaki

Hakūn Togakushi

Nobuyuki Nakano

Jūrō Ōmori

Masahiro Kamiya

Magoyatsu Imura