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-esqe series aired during the run of Shotaro Ishinomori's original Sentai series, Himitsu Sentai Goranger and was apparently even once classed as the second sentai series before JAKQ Dengekitai. But certainly isn't anymore.

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.

The Captor team:

• Daisuke Izumo / Fire-Stealth Captor 7:
• Keita Izumi / Wind-Stealth Captor 6:
• Noboru Ooyama / Gold-Stealth Captor 5:
• Dan Kurokawa / Ground-Stealth Captor 4:
• María Sakurakouji / Flower-Stealth Captor 3 #1:
• Miki Tendou / Flower-Stealth Captor 3 #2:
• Sakon Shijou / Water-Stealth Captor 2:
• Saburoubee Fukuro / Thunder-Stealth Captor 1:

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Tropes used in Ninja Captor include:

• All Your Colors Combined
• All Your Powers Combined
• Color Coded for Your Convenience:
• Elemental Powers
  • Playing with Fire - Fire-Stealth Captor 7
  • Blow You Away - Wind-Stealth Captor 6
  • Extra Ore Dinary - Gold-Stealth Captor 5
  • Dishing Out Dirt - Ground-Stealth Captor 4
  • Petal Power - Flower-Stealth Captor 3
  • Making a Splash - Water-Stealth Captor 2
  • Shock and Awe - Thunder-Stealth Captor 1
• Hey, It's That Guy!
  • Daisuke Izumo (Fire-Stealth Captor 7) is played by Daisuke Ban, who is known in tokusatsu for playing the title roles in Kikaider and Inazuman, both by Shotaro Ishinomori. He also played the second Battle Cossack in the third Super Sentai series, Battle Fever J.
  • Sanpei Godai, who plays the yellow-colored Gold-Stealth Captor 5 in this show, would later play Goggle Yellow in Dai Sentai Goggle Five.
• Law of Chromatic Superiority: Like proper Sentai series, the Red hero is the leader of the team.
• The Smurfette Principle: Flower-Stealth Captor 3, who is pink like most Sentai heroines.
• Weapon of Choice:
  • Captor 7: Fire Wheel Bullet
  • Captor 6: Wind Shell
  • Captor 5: Disk
  • Captor 4: Ground Staff
  • Captor 3: Flower Nunchaku
  • Captor 2: Rapid Stream Gun
  • Captor 1: Electric Rope