Ninja Captor

Ninja Captor (忍者キャプター) 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 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 Tendo. The Captor team's mission is to battle the ninja sent out by the Wind-Demon General, Retsufu Fuma.

Captor team

 * Fire-Ninja Captor 7 (火忍キャプター7)/Daisuke Izumo (出雲 大介). 21 years old. Although he is an elite graduate student of the Fūma Ninja Group, he has against his own thoughts when General Retsufū Fūma begins aiming for conquest in Japan and decided to become a ninja, and was appointed as the leader of the Captors from the former teacher Mujin Tendō.
 * Weapon: Fire Wheel Bullet (火輪弾)
 * Technique: Fire Escape (火遁)
 * Color: Red
 * Element: Fire
 * Wind-Ninja Captor 6 (風忍キャプター6)/Keita Izumi (泉 敬太). 15 years old. He is the youngest Captor and a third-year middle school student. He has a strong friendship and trusts his classmates strongly, but he is reckless and certainly fails his recognized efforts. After Nindo Kurayami was dead in the final episode, he and Maria are getting married for a wedding.
 * Weapon: Wind Shell (風貝)
 * Color: Green
 * Element: Air
 * Gold-Ninja Captor 5 (金忍キャプター5)/Noboru Oyama (大山 昇). 17 years old. A high school student who is a ninja in training and is responsible of the maintenance of Captor Car and Captor Machine. He also works part-time at the electronics store.
 * Weapon: Disk (円盤)
 * Color: Yellow
 * Element: Metal
 * Ground-Ninja Captor 4 (土忍キャプター4)/Dan Kurokawa (黒川 団). 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 at the transportation industry.
 * Weapon: Ground Staff (土棒)
 * Color: Brown
 * Element: Earth
 * Flower-Ninja Captor 3 I (初代花忍キャプター3)/María Sakurakoji (桜小路 マリア). 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 Fūma Ninja Group, she was invited for the ninja society at the college in the United States. After Nindo Kurayami was dead in the final episode, she and Keita are getting married for a wedding.
 * Weapon: Flower Nunchaku (花ヌンチャク)
 * Color: Pink
 * Element: Nature
 * Flower-Ninja Captor 3 II (二代目花忍キャプター3)/Miki Tendō (天堂 美樹): 15 years old. Mujin's granddaughter. While watching the Captors' success, she becomes Maria's successor after Maria visits the United States.
 * Water-Ninja Captor 2 (水忍キャプター2)/Sakon Shijo (四条 左近). 22 years old. A third-year student of the Naboku University who also works as a swimming instructor. He usually teaches children at the swimming lessons.
 * Weapon: Rapid Stream Gun (激流砲)
 * Color: Blue
 * Element: Water
 * Thunder-Ninja Captor 1 (雷忍キャプター1)/Saburobei Fukuro (袋 三郎兵衛). 45 years old. A sentimental butler of Mujin Tendō 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: Electric Rope (電気縄)
 * 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: Daisuke Ban (伴 大介) (as Naoya Ban (伴 直弥))
 * Keita Izumi: Hiroyuki Satō (佐藤 宏之)
 * Noboru Ōyama: Sanpei Godai (伍代 参平) (as Yoshiyuki Fujie (藤江 喜幸))
 * Dan Kurokawa: Sen Utsumi (宇津海 仙)
 * María Sakurakōji: Yūko Matsuba (松葉 夕子)
 * Miki Tendō: Ai Nogawa (野川 愛)
 * Sakon Shijō: Taikō Rin (林 大興)
 * Saburōbei Fukuro: Kenji Ushio (潮 健児)
 * Mujin Tendō(1-37): Makoto Tagiri (高桐 真)
 * Hakūn Togakushi(37-43): Takamaru Sasaki (佐々木 孝丸)
 * Jūrō Ōmori: Nobuyuki Nakano (中野 宣之)
 * Hyōdai Kōtō: Kuhisa Nakayama (中山 久史)
 * Kansuke Yamahara: Shōtoshi Ōyama (大山 正明)
 * Tamibe Itō: Kyōhito Fuyama (富山 匡人)
 * Magoyatsu Imura: Masahiro Kamiya (神谷 政浩)
 * Kenta Yaki: Ikki Onoda (斧田 一規)
 * Ayame Mizuno: Misaki Suzuki (鈴木 美咲)
 * Retsufū Fūma/Nindō Kurayami: Shinzō Hotta (堀田 眞三)
 * Officer Kageyama: Jōriki Gono (五野 上力)
 * Officer Sanada: Sanji Kojima (小島 三児)
 * Officer Hattori: Iwao Dan (団 巌)
 * Narrator: Goro Naya (納谷 悟朗)

Episode list

 * 1) The Seven Ninjas Rise at the Tokyo Tower (東京タワーに立つ七人の忍者)
 * 2) The Secret of the Rocket Ninja Arts (ロケット忍法の秘密)
 * 3) The Ninjas Disappeared in the Walls of the Building!? (ビルの壁に忍者が消えた!?)
 * 4) The Sky-flying Octopus Ninja! Dogfight!! (空飛ぶタコ忍者! 空中戦!!)
 * 5) The Captor Massacre Strategy (キャプター皆殺し作戦)
 * 6) A Great Escape! Ninja Lessons!! (大脱走! 忍者塾!!)
 * 7) Mystery: The Stolen Face?! (ミステリー・ぬすまれた顔!?)
 * 8) Crash! Highway Ninja War (激突! ハイウェー忍者戦)
 * 9) Friend or Foe? The Woman Ninja (敵か味方か? 女忍者)
 * 10) Mystery! Robot Usage (怪奇! ロボット使い)
 * 11) The Poisonous Gas Ninja is Immortal (毒ガス忍者は不死身)
 * 12) SOS Wind-Nin Captor 6 (SOS風忍キャプター6)
 * 13) The Great Treasure of Illusion (まぼろしの大秘宝)
 * 14) Fire-Nin Captor Dies Twice (火忍キャプターは二度死ぬ)
 * 15) The Ogre from the Manji Valley! (まんじ谷から鬼が来た!)
 * 16) The Daughter of the Hidden Ninja is a Classmate (隠れ忍者の娘は同級生)
 * 17) Aiming at the Fake Note Expert (狙われたニセ札名人)
 * 18) Ninja Arts! Kabutomushi Change!! (忍法! カブト虫変化!!)
 * 19) Fuma Boy Ninja is a Close Friend (親友は風魔少年忍者)
 * 20) Ninja Skills Expert of the Black Piano (黒いピアノの忍術師)
 * 21) Decisive Battle at Fuma's Graveyard is a Campsite! (キャンプ場は風魔の墓場の決戦!)
 * 22) Fuma Appeared in the Ghost Residence!! (お化け屋敷に風魔が出た!!)
 * 23) Priest Roadperson! Ground-Nin! Comparing Techniques (ニュドオ道人! 土忍! 術くらべ)
 * 24) Fire-Nin is working on the Underworld Whistle (火忍をあやつる地獄笛)
 * 25) Dreadful! Keita Betrayed!! (大変! 敬太が裏切った!!)
 * 26) Retsufu Fuma! Die!! (風魔烈風! 死す!!)
 * 27) A New Enemy! Koka Ninja Group (新しい敵! 甲賀忍者団!)
 * 28) Enrollment: Tendo Ninja Lessons (入門 天堂忍者塾)
 * 29) Conjurer of Riddle! The Card Talks!? (謎の手品師! カードがしゃべる!?)
 * 30) The Black Trap of the Ninja Technique Residence (忍術屋敷の黒い罠)
 * 31) Izuyama's confrontation!! (伊豆山の対決!!)
 * 32) Play-off of the Distant Seas!! (絶海の決戦!!)
 * 33) Great Pursuit! Ninja Bus! (大追跡! 忍者バス!)
 * 34) The Demonic Hands comes out the Telephone Receiver! (電話器から悪魔の手が出る!)
 * 35) The Terrifying Butterfly Human (恐怖の蝶人間)
 * 36) Seven Countenance is Grim Reaper (死神は七面相)
 * 37) The End of Mujin Tendo (天堂無人の最後)
 * 38) Hakun Togakushi's Assassination Plot!! (戸隠白雲暗殺計画!!)
 * 39) The Sense Power Ninja Aims for the Children of ESP (念力忍者が超能力の子供を狙う)
 * 40) Careful! New Year's Present from Ninjas!? (御用心! 忍者からのお年玉!?)
 * 41) Laughing Dolls (笑う人形)
 * 42) Dark Glass! Ninja Classroom?! (やみがらす! 忍者教室!?)
 * 43) The End of Nindo Kurayami (暗闇忍堂の最期)