This Month In Tokusatsu History

March 2
       1964 Author of this web page was born :-)
       1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 22, "Rescue One Hundred Million People!!"
       1974 Kamen Rider X episode 3, "Assassination - Poison Spider Tactics"
       1974 Kikaida 01 episode 42, "Comrade Attack -- The Flame Throwing Shadow-Figure Gun"
       1975 Army of the Apes episode 22, "Civil War: Gorillas vs. Chimpanzees!"
       1976 Akumaizer 3 episode 22, "Why!? The Fake Genius Project"
       1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 5, "The Flower Girl and The White Dust"

March 3
       1973 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 49
       1973 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 34, "The Monster With Child In Tow Black Porcupine"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 3, "V3's Death Sentence"
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 5, "Battle Of The Flying Robots"
       1995 First episode of Chouriki Sentai Ohrenjâ [Super-Power Task Force Ohranger], "Invasion!! 1999"

March 4
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 49, "Man-Eating Demon Isoginchak", Fujioka Hiroshi guest stars as Hongo, Takeshi

March 5
       1973 Demon Hunter Mitsurugi episode 9, "Desperate Air Fight!"
       1974 Inazuman episode 22, "The Clay Creature Emerges from a Crack In the Earth and Walks Spreading Fear"
       1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 18, "Mystery! Swimming in the Air of Dreams"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 3, "Give Me Your Souls!"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 6, "Blue Dragon"

March 6
       1968 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 49, "Cannibal Flower Babiran"
       1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 20
       1988 Kamen Rider Black episode 22, "Attack the Dark Shadow of Father"

March 7
       1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 23, "Kaijin Musasabi Siblings and 2 Riders"
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 5, "Wicked Solar God"

March 8
       1948 Kunihisa Mizutani is born, played Yamato Takeshi/Rainbowman in "Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love"
                (1972-1973), he actually wore the Dash 7 costume
       1957 Horie Mitsuko is born in Yamato, Japan, sang themes for "Secret Task Force Goranger", "Kamen Rider
                Stronger", "Ninja Captor" and several Anime
       1974 Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light episode 23, "The Great Eye Erasure Strategy"
       1975 Kamen Rider Amazon episode 21, "Frozen Rider Eating Cannibalistic Beastman"
       1977 Super Human Bibyun episode 33, "The Ghost Car? Floor It – Bibyun Car"

March 9
       1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 23, "That Over There is the Bastards' Base!!"
       1974 Kamen Rider X episode 4, "Goverment of Darkness - The Shadow of Terror"
       1974 Kikaida 01 episode 43, "The Young Man Who Loved Bijinda" (guest stars Chiba, Jirou [Taki Kazuya in "Kamen
                Rider"]) in the title role
       1975 Army of the Apes episode 23, "Is This UFO an Enemy? Or Ally?"
       1976 Akumaizer 3 episode 23, "Why!? Magic Powers Have No Effect"
       1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 6, "The Machinegun "Howls" In The Sea"

March 10
       1973 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 50
       1973 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 35, "Jiro Death Of The Electromagnetic End"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 4, "V3's 26 Secrets"
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 6, "Release The Almighty Submarine"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 2, "Assemble!! Super-Power Task Force"

March 11
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 50, "Demon Kamestone's Murderous Aurora Program"

March 12
       1972 Earth Assault Order: Godzilla vs. Gigan [aka Godzilla On Monster Island] opens in movie theaters in Japan
       1973 Demon Hunter Mitsurugi episode 10, "Satan's Messenger: Scorpion Monster"
       1974 Inazuman episode 23, "The Curse of the Melting People"
       1988 Kamen Rider Black: Hurry To Evil Island opens in theaters in Japan
       1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 19, "The Artificial Sun of Terror!"
       1977 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 83, "Orange First Love! Curse of the Large City" (skipped a week again),
                guest stars Ikeda, Syunsuke (Ichiro in Kikaida 01)
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 4, "We Are Naive!!"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 7, "Heartbreak"

March 13
       1968 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 50, "Lizard Ninja-beast Jijigora"
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 42, "The Black Iron Man Dies! Good-Bye Variblune" (another week skipped)
       1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 21
       1988 Kamen Rider Black episode 23, "Maechan's Magic Powers"

March 14
       1979 Last episode (41) of Spiderman, "The Hero's Shining Hot Blood"
       1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 24, "Madarakajin's Poison Gas Terror"
       1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 movie opens in theaters in Japan
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 6, "The House Which the Machine Controls"
       1999 Gamera 3: The Awakening of Iris opens in movie theaters in Japan

March 15
       1943 Moritsugu Kohji is born, played Moroboshi Dan in "Ultra Seven"
       1967 Gamera vs. Gyaos opens in movie theaters in Japan
       1974 Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light episode 24, "The Great Diamond Eye Strategy"
       1975 Counterattack of Mechagodzilla [aka Terror Of Mechagodzilla] opens in movie theaters in Japan
       1975 Kamen Rider Amazon episode 22, "Inca Doll - Greater Tokyo, Utter Destruction"
       1977 Super Human Bibyun episode 34, "Super Humans Are Consumed? The Family's Hell House"
       1980 Movie "Kamen Rider: 8 Riders Vs. Milky Way King" opens in theaters in Japan

March 16
       1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 24, "A Man's Promise"
       1974 "Jumping Out, Inazuman" 3D movie opens in theaters in Japan
       1974 Kamen Rider X episode 5, "The One-Eyed Monster's Human Review Strategy"
       1974 Kikaida 01 episode 44, "Bijinda's Beautiful Sad Parting" (guest stars Chiba Jirou [Taki Kazuya in "Kamen Rider"])
       1975 Army of the Apes episode 24, "The Day of Victory Approaches!"
       1976 Akumaizer 3 episode 24, "Why!? The Overprotective Nobera Family"
       1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 7, "The Hateful Winds of the Port Town"
       1987 First episode of Super Choujinki Metalder [Super Manchine Metalder], "The Portal of Neroz"

March 17
       1973 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 51
       1973 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 36, "The Crazed Jiro Attacks Komyoji"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 5, "The Snake-Man That Has A Machine Gun"
       1973 Jumping Out, Android Kikaida opens in movie theaters in Japan
       1973 Godzilla Vs. Megalon opens in movie theaters in Japan
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 7, "Burn The Houses!"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 3, "The Critical Secret of Super-Power"

March 18
       1943 Soga, Machiko is born in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, played evil characters in many tokusatsu series including
                a sorceress in "Rainbowman Warrior Of Love" (1972) and Dr. Kate the rose monster in "Kamen Rider Stronger"
                (1975)
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 51, "Stone Demon Unicornos vs. Double Rider Kick" (Fujioka Hiroshi guest stars as
                Hongo, Takeshi)
       1972 First Kamen Rider movie "Kamen Rider Vs Shocker" in theaters in Japan

March 19
       1973 Demon Hunter Mitsurugi episode 11, "From Hell: Komanger!"
       1974 Inazuman episode 24, "Robot Soldier of Mystery?"
       1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 20, "The Banana Eating Fiend"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 8, "Archer"

March 20
       1968 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 51, "Fûma Ninja Forces Decisive Battle"
       1968 Gamera vs. Outer Space Monster Viras [aka Destroy All Planets] opens in movie theaters in Japan
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 43, "Crimson Phoenix! Invincible Varidreen Aappearance"
       1980 Space Monster Gamera [aka Super Monster Gamera] opens in movie theaters in Japan
       1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 22
       1988 Kamen Rider Black episode 24 "Female Undergraduate's Nightmare"

March 21
       1969 Gamera vs. the Devil-Beast Giron opens in movie theaters in Japan
       1970 Gamera Vs. Jiger [aka Gamera vs. Monster X] opens in movie theaters in Japan
       1974 Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla opens in movie theaters in Japan
       1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 25
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 7, "Beast Batter and Tears"

March 22
       1974 Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light episode 25, "The Great Secret Factory Strategy"
       1975 Kamen Rider Amazon episode 23, "Imitation Rider vs. Amazon Rider!!"
       1977 Super Human Bibyun episode 35, "The Attacks Don't Work! The Demon Lord's Great End"

March 23
       1933 Iizuka, Shouzou is born, provided the voice for villains such as Hakaida (Jinzo Ningen Kikaida), Gill Hakaida
                (Kikaida 01) and Teiou Banba (Inazuman). He also provided the voice for Dr Komyoji in the animated version of
                Jinzo Ningen Kikaida
       1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 25, "In the Morning Sun, The Witch Disappeared"
       1974 Asao Ayumi is born, played Nijou Juri/Ohyellow in Super-Power Task Force Ohranger
       1974 Kamen Rider X episode 6, "The Japanese Islands - Fragmentation Tactics"
       1974 Kikaida 01 episode 45, "Samurai Waruda Dies At Dawn"
       1975 Army of the Apes episode 25, "Is the Computer Greater Than the Human?"
       1976 Akumaizer 3 episode 25, "Why!? Gabura's Transformation Into A Bird"
       1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 8, "The Tearful Propane Explosion"
       1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 2, "I am the Universe"
       2003 Amamoto, Eisei aka Amamoto, Hideyo - Shinigami Hakase (Doctor Death) in Kamen Rider (1971) died of
                pneumonia, he was 77
       2004 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida Collector's Edition Vol. 7 DVD is released in Hawaii by JN Productions

March 24
       1968 Keiichi Wada is born, played Tenkasei Ryou/Dragon Ranger in Five Star Task Force Dairanger (1993-1994)
       1973 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 52
       1973 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 37, "Jiro's Younger Brother The Formidable Foe Hakaida!!"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 6, "Hammer Jellyfish Appears! Freed V3's Mortal Act!!"
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 8, "The Secret Of The Steel-Armed Pitcher"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 4, "Grotesque!! Iron Man Papa"

March 25
       1937 Senba, Jyotaro is born in Osaka, Japan, played Doktor G in "Kamen Rider V3" (1973)
       1972 Kamen Rider episode 52, "'My name is Demon Bird Gilgaras!'" (Ichimonji Hayato [Kamen Rider 2] leaves Japan,
                goes to South America; Fujioka Hiroshi guest stars as Hongo Takeshi/Kamen Rider 1)
       1972 Last episode (63) of Spectreman, "Good Bye Spectreman"

March 26
       1973 Last episode (12) of Demon Hunter Mitsurugi, "Scorpion Army Corps' Annihilation Operation"
       1974 Last episode (25) of Inazuman, "Sublimeness. Death of Emperor Banba"
       1977 Last episode (84) of Secret Task Force Goranger, "Great Deep-Red Victory! Shine Forever, Five Stars"
                (skipped a week again)
       1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 21, "The Front of Love and Friendship"
       1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 5 (skipped a week), "The Spheres Came"
       2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 9, "Siblings"

March 27
       1968 Last episode (52) of Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja, "Six Big Monsters Encirclement"
       1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 44, "Blue Universal Tank! Take Off Varitank"
       1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 23

March 28
       1975 Last episode (49) of Ultraman Leo
       1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 26
       1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 8, "The Song of Dilligence Sung by Father"

March 29
       1974 Last episode (26) of Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light, "King Cobra's Final Battle"
       1975 Last episode (24) of Kamen Rider Amazon, "Let's Go Amazon! The End of Emperor Zero!!"
       1977 Last episode (36) of Super Human Bibyun, "Showdown In The Ghost Castle! Good-bye Super Humans"

March 30
       1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 26, "The Secret Big Ground Explosion"
       1974 Kamen Rider X episode 7, "Fear's Sum of Human Genius"
       1974 Last episode (46) of Kikaida 01, "The Friends Of Good Children -- Android Banzai!"
       1975 Last episode (26) of Army of the Apes, "Happy Returns"
       1974 Last episode (26) of Iron Man Tiger 7, "Now Revive the Tiger Spark!!"
       1976 Akumaizer 3 episode 26, "Why!? The Dancing Gabura Cho"
       1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 9, "Look Back on the River of Tears"

March 31
       1973 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 53
       1973 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida episode 38, "Hakaida Eliminates Jiro!"
       1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 7, "Rider V3's Furious Training"
       1975 First episode of Condorman - Seigi No Shinboru [Condorman - Symbol of Justice], "Birth of Condorman"
       1979 Battle Fever J episode 9, "Woman From the Frozen Lands"
       1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 5, "Violent Love!! The Brothers of Flame"