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Hirofumi Ishigaki
(born February 20, 1963 in Yamagata Prefecture) is a Japanese actor and director. Stunt/Suit Actor Roles Super Sentai Series * ''Dai Sentai Goggle V'' (1982-1983) - Spotmen * ''Kagaku Sentai Dynaman'' (1983-1984) - Tail Soldiers * ''Choudenshi Bioman'' (1984-1985) - Green Two, Zyuoh, Aquaiger * ''Dengeki Sentai Changeman'' (1985-1986) - Space Beast Warriors, Hidrer Soldiers * ''Choushinsei Flashman'' (1986-1987) - Green Flash * ''Hikari Sentai Maskman'' (1987-1988) - Black Mask * ''Choujuu Sentai Liveman'' (1988-1989) - Black Bison * ''Kousoku Sentai Turboranger'' (1989-1990) - Black Turbo, Turbo Rugger * ''Chikyu Sentai Fiveman'' (1990-1991) - Five Blue *''Chōjin Sentai Jetman'' (1991-1992) - Yellow Owl * ''Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger'' (1992–1993) - Tiger Ranger * ''Gosei Sentai Dairanger'' (1993–1994) - Kirinranger * ''Ninja Sentai Kakuranger'' (1994–1995) - Ninja Yellow * ''Denji Sentai Megaranger'' (1997–1998) - Neji Blue * ''Seijuu Sentai Gingaman'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamagata Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Yamagata Prefecture has a population of 1,079,950 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 9,325 km² (3,600 sq mi). Yamagata Prefecture borders Akita Prefecture to the north, Miyagi Prefecture to the east, Fukushima Prefecture to the south, and Niigata Prefecture to the southwest. Yamagata is the capital and largest city of Yamagata Prefecture, with other major cities including Tsuruoka, Sakata, and Yonezawa. Yamagata Prefecture is located on Japan's western Sea of Japan coast and its borders with neighboring prefectures are formed by various mountain ranges, with 17% of its total land area being designated as Natural Parks. Yamagata Prefecture formed the southern half of the historic Dewa Province with Akita Prefecture and is home to the Three Mountains of Dewa, which includes the Haguro Five-story Pagoda, a recognised National Treasure of Japan. History The aboriginal people once inhabited the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakurangers
is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series. It was Toei Company, Toei Company Limited's eighteenth production of the Super Sentai metaseries. The name given to this series by Toei for international distribution is ''Ninja Rangers''. Action footage from the series was used in the third season of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and ''Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers''. The core ''Zyuranger'' costumes from ''Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger'' and the Kiba Ranger costume from ''Gosei Sentai Dairanger'' were mainly used in the third season of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' while the core ''Kakuranger'' costumes were used in ''Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers''. In January 2016, Shout! Factory announced that they would release "''Ninja Sentai Kakuranger'': The Complete Series" on DVD in North America. ''Kakuranger'' was released on DVD in North America on May 17, 2016. This is the third Super Sentai Series to be released in North America. In addition on May 22, 2017, Shout! streamed the serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B-Fighter Kabuto
is a Japanese television series in the Metal Hero Series franchise. It is the sequel to ''Juukou B-Fighter'', taking place five years after the preceding B-Fighter series. Kabuto aired from 1996 to 1997. The action footage and props were used for the ''Beetleborgs Metallix'' series. Plot Five years after the destruction of Jamahl, Earth has returned to peace again. The Earth Academia has become the , a scientific research and military organization, where Takuya Kai works with Sage Guru on a new generation of Insect Armor in the event of another threat to the Earth. This threat is realized when a Cosmo Academia exploration submarine comes across a fissure in the ocean floor, out of which rises a huge flying fortress of the ancient tribe Melzard. This clan has been resting for millennia and seeks to destroy mankind. Matriarch Mother Melzard sends her oldest sons Raija and Dezzle to lead the attack with Raija's Elebamamoth. By then, Guru has infused the Neo Insect Armor with Inse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juukou B-Fighter
, is a 1995 Japanese tokusatsu television series. B-Fighter is short for "Beetle Fighter". It was part of Toei's Metal Hero Series franchise. It dealt with three members of the prestigious fighting against the evil forces of the otherworldly Jamahl Empire. The action footage and props were used for ''Big Bad Beetleborgs'' and it has a sequel called ''B-Fighter Kabuto''. Storyline Insects all over the world begin to swarm for unknown reasons, with other animals and plants acting strangely as well. To investigate this, Takuya Kai is dispatched with an Earth Academia group. Investigating independently, Takuya finds Guru who reveals that insects are preparing for battle against invaders from another dimension. Offering their aid, the Earth Academia create suits of armor to combat the threat as the Jamahl arrive to Earth to enslave humans. Though they have trouble perfecting the Bio-Machinery, Guru arrives to infuse the armor with the life force of many insects. Once the suits beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choujinki Metalder
is the sixth and shortest entry of the Metal Hero Series franchise, running from March 16, 1987, to January 17, 1988, for only 39 episodes. It was the first series to air on Sundays instead of Mondays. ''Metalder'' bears many similarities to Toei's ''Android Kikaider'' and ''Kikaider 01,'' particularly in its themes, characters, and the hero's costume design. The action footage of ''Superhuman-Machine'' ''Metalder'' was used for Saban Entertainment's live-action TV series ''VR Troopers''. Metalder was aired in the Philippines on ABS-CBN from 1990 to 1991. On February 21, 2007, Toei released the complete ''Superhuman-Machine'' ''Metalder'' TV series and the ''Superhuman-Machine Metalder'' film on a seven-disc DVD set. For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as ''Metalder''. Story In 1945, Dr. Ryūichirō Koga designed Metalder as a top-secret weapon for the Japanese Imperial Army for use in the Pacific War, modeling it after his late son, Second Sub- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jikuu Senshi Spielban
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series, part of the Metal Hero Series franchise created by Toei Co. Ltd. and aired from to . ''Spielbans footage was used for Saban’s live-action series, ''VR Troopers''. For distribution purposes, Toei Company refers to this television series as ''Spielvan''. Plot The Waller Empire destroys the planet Clin in search of water for its deity. Two Clinian children, Spielban and Diana, escape to Earth aboard the Grand Nasca. The two grow up during the long journey and don High Tech Crystal Suits to defeat the Waller who have come to Earth in search of more water. Spielban must avenge his dead mother Anna and his homeworld, and find his missing father Ben and older sister Helen. Unknown to Spielban at the start of the series his father and sister have been made members of the Waller against their will. Characters Grand Nasca crew Spielban's group is based on the super dimensional mothership Grand Nasca, the source of Spielban and Diana's ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metal Heroes
The is a metaseries of tokusatsu superhero TV series produced by Toei for Japanese television. The protagonists of the ''Metal Hero Series'' are mainly space, military and police-based characters who are typically either androids, cyborgs, or human beings who don "metallic" armored suits. Henceforth, most of the Metal Heroes are also referenced as another example of the "Henshin (transforming) Heroes" genre. Usually, the genre revolves around a technological theme where technology, in the right hands, can be used for the greater good. The shows were produced by Toei from 1982 through 1999 in conjunction with their other Tokusatsu superhero shows, ''Kamen Rider'' and '' Super Sentai''. In addition to Japan, they are also popular in France, Brazil, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. During the 1990s, Saban Entertainment used some of the shows to produce programs similar to their ''Power Rangers'' series. Some of the ''Metal Hero Series'' even spawned such sequels which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamen Rider Agito
, is the eleventh installment in the popular Kamen Rider tokusatsu franchise. The series represented the 30th anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series. The series was also a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei and was shown on TV Asahi from January 28, 2001 to January 27, 2002. The series served as an indirect sequel to ''Kamen Rider Kuuga'', which this show is set in the same universe as the previous show, and the first Kamen Rider series to not have an ending sequence. The series aired along with ''Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger''. The series is airing on Toku since November 2020. Story Two years have passed since the Unidentified Lifeform case concluded, a series of mysterious and impossible murders are taking place across the city carried out by unknown beings. A man named Shouichi Tsugami has no memory of who he was, where he came from, or how he came upon his peculiar circumstances to transform into a powerful superhuman, Kamen Rider Agito, whenever in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamen Rider
The , also known as ''Masked Rider Series'' (until Decade), is a Japanese superhero media franchise consisting of tokusatsu television programs, films, manga, and anime, created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. ''Kamen Rider'' media generally features a motorcycle-riding superhero with an insect motif who fights supervillains, often known as . The franchise began in 1971 with the '' Kamen Rider'' television series, which followed college student Takeshi Hongo and his quest to defeat the world-conquering Shocker organization. The original series spawned television and film sequels and launched the Second Kaiju Boom (also known as the Henshin Boom) on Japanese television during the early 1970s, impacting the superhero and action-adventure genres in Japan. Bandai owns the toy rights to Kamen Rider Japan (and some Asia regions). Bluefin Distribution, a subsidiary of Bandai Namco, distributes Kamen Rider merchandise in North America. Series overview The ''Kamen Rider'' franchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juken Sentai Gekiranger
is Toei Company's thirty-first entry in the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. Production began on September 29, 2006 with principal photography beginning on October 6, 2006. It premiered on February 18, 2007 on TV Asahi's 2007 ''Super Hero Time'' programming block with '' Kamen Rider Den-O'', and concluded its airing on February 10, 2008. Its footage was used for the American television series, ''Power Rangers Jungle Fury''. ''Gekiranger'' was dubbed into Korean as ''Power Rangers Wild Spirit'' for South Korean television. Story Four thousand years ago in Ancient China, a form of Chinese styled-like kenpō martial arts called was developed. It was created by a man named Brusa Ee, who came to Japan and built the hidden village . Jūken is a martial art in which one mimics the abilities of animals as well as trying to attain spiritual peace. However, dissent grew among the creator's ten students. Three of them believed that they should use the suffering and hatred harnessed within h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninpu Sentai Hurricaneger
is Toei's twenty-sixth production of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. The catchphrase for the series is . Its footage was used in the American series, ''Power Rangers Ninja Storm'' (the end credits listed the show as titled ''Hurricane Rangers''). On April 1, 2013, Shun Shioya, Nao Nagasawa, Kohei Yamamoto, Yujiro Shirakawa, and Nobuo Kyo, who played Hurricane Red, Hurricane Blue, Hurricane Yellow, Kabuto Raijer, and Kuwaga Raijer, respectively, announced that a tenth-anniversary V-Cinema release called ''Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger: 10 Years After'' would be produced. This is the first time a movie has been made commemorating the anniversary of a single Sentai series. The movie is a direct to DVD and Blu-ray release. Shout! Factory released ''Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger'': The Complete Series in North America on March 26, 2019. This is the twelfth Super Sentai series to be released in North America. It aired alongside ''Kamen Rider Ryuki''. ''Hurricaneger'' is the first ''Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
