Ninja Captor

is a Japanese tokusatsu TV series which aired from April 7, 1976, to January 26, 1977. It appeared on TV Tokyo, Channel 12, and was produced by Toei Company, Ltd. Ninja Captor is similar to Toei's own Super Sentai series (it has been sometimes included in Super Sentai chronology as the second installment) and aired during the run of Himitsu Sentai Gorenger.

Story

The character Daisuke Izumo graduates from Fuma Ninja 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 Tendo. The Captor team's mission is to battle the ninja sent out by the general of the Fuma Ninja Army, Retsufu Fuma.

Captor team

/. 21 years old. Although he is an elite graduate student of the FÃÂ«ma Ninja Group, he turns against them when General RetsufÃÂ« FÃÂ«ma begins aiming for conquest in Japan. He decides to become a ninja, and is appointed as the leader of the Captors by the former teacher Mujin TendÃÂ.
Weapon:
Technique:
Color: Red
Element: Fire
/. 15 years old. He one of the youngest Captors and a third-year middle school student. He is very friendly and trusts his classmates strongly, but he is reckless and often stumbles in his efforts. After Nindo Kurayami dies in the final episode, he and Maria are engaged to be married.
Weapon:
Color: Green
Element: Air
/. 17 years old. A high school student who is a ninja in training and is responsible for the maintenance of Captor Car and Captor Machine. He also works part-time at the electronics store.
Weapon:
Color: Yellow
Element: Metal
/. 23 years old. Has extraordinary hearing ability. He is in charge of operating the Captor Machine. He usually works out at the wrestling gym and works part-time in the transportation industry.
Weapon:
Color: Brown
Element: Earth
/. 15 years old. She poses as Keita's guardian and has a bright personality. Keita refers to her as his wife. After the devastation of the FÃÂ«ma Ninja Group, she is invited to attend ninja society college in the United States. After Nindo Kurayami is killed in the final episode, she and Keita are engaged to be married.
Weapon:
Color: Pink
Element: Nature
/: 15 years old. Mujin's granddaughter. Initially not a Captor, she becomes Maria's successor after Maria attends college in the United States.
/. 22 years old. A third-year student of the Naboku University who also works as a swimming instructor.
Weapon:
Color: Blue
Element: Water
/. 45 years old. A sentimental butler of Mujin TendÃÂ and the oldest of the Captors. He hates dust and likes to keep the house tidy. He is also good at finding things by using his nose.
Weapon:
Color: Orange
Element: Thunder

Staff

Created by Saburo Yatsude
Produced by Toru Hirayama, Kohito Ono, Bakosu Kondo
Directed by Hideo Tanaka, Atsuo Okunaka, Daisuke Yamazaki, Kyomi Nakamura
Teleplays by Masaru Igami, Shukei Nagasaka, Chikusa Enda, Mikio Matsushita
Character Design by Yuki Hijiri
Action Choreography by Kazutoshi Takahashi
Music by Akihiro Omori
Theme Songs: Opening "Fight! Ninja Captors", and Ending "Captors of the Open Skies" (vocals by Ichirou Mizuki, Mitsuko Horie, Koorogi '73)

Cast

Daisuke Izumo: (as )
Keita Izumi:
Noboru ÃÂyama: (as )
Dan Kurokawa:
MarÃÂa SakurakÃÂji:
Miki TendÃÂ:
Sakon ShijÃÂ:
SaburÃÂbei Fukuro:
Mujin TendÃÂ(1-37):
HakÃÂ«n Togakushi(37-43):
JÃÂ«rÃÂ ÃÂmori:
HyÃÂdai KÃÂtÃÂ:
Kansuke Yamahara:
Tamibe ItÃÂ:
Magoyatsu Imura:
Kenta Yaki:
Ayame Mizuno:
RetsufÃÂ« FÃÂ«ma/NindÃÂ Kurayami:
Officer Kageyama:
Officer Sanada:
Officer Hattori:
Narrator:

Episode list

International broadcast

In Thailand, the series aired on Channel 7 from 10:00 to 10:30 on Saturdays and Sundays entitled chet ninja (7 Ã Â¸ÂÃ Â¸Â´Ã Â¸ÂÃ Â¸ÂÃ Â¸Â², "7 ninjas") around 1983Ã¢ÂÂ1984.