This Month In Tokusatsu History
May 1
May 2
1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 31
1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 13, "The Living Black Ball"
1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 26
May 3
1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 5, "Riddle of the Ninja Top"
1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 5
1973 Robot Detective episode 5, "The Double Criminal Mystery"
1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 5, "Green Anger, Immortality of Gas Man"
1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 5, "College Meals by Black Satan"
May 4
1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 31, "The Terrifying Sequential Explosions"
1974 Electroid Zabougâ episode 5, "Omega Hell Project Beginning"
1974 Kamen Rider X episode 12, "The Fascination of Super Ability Woman"
1975 Electroid Zabougâ: Electroid Zabougâ vs. The Dinosaur Army episode 44, "Crisis at Zabougâ Base!!"
1976 Akumaizer 3 episode 31, "Why!? The Challenge From Hell"
1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 14, "White Feathered Arrow – Tears of Goodbye"
1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 7, "The Flames of Defiance"
May 5
1947 Kiyonari, Saitou is born in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, using the name Ban, Daisuke played
Jiro/Kikaida in "Jinzo Ningen Kikaida" (1972-1973) and "Kikaida 01" (1973-1974); Watari, Goro/Inazuman in
"Inazuman" (1973-1974) and "Inazuman Flash" (1974) and< Izumo, Daisuke/Captor 7 in "Ninja Captor"
(1976-1977); Jin Makoto/Battle Cossack 2 in "Battle Fever J" (1979-1980)
1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 6 (new day)
1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 12, "Junko is Going to Be a Demon's Bride!!"
1973 Storm Cloud Lion Maru episode 4
1973 Last episode (43) of Jinzo Ningen Kikaida, "Jiro's End Or Dark's Destruction?!"
1975 Condorman - Symbol of Justice episode 6
1979 Battle Fever J episode 14, "Marriage Of Beauty And Beast"
1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 10, "The Visiting Thief"
2002 Kikaida 01 begins its rebroadcast on KIKU-TV Honolulu, Hawaii
May 6
1972 Kamen Rider episode 58, "Poison Demon Tokage - Duel In The Valley Of Fear"
1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 6
May 7
1947 Sasaki, Takeshi is born, played Ichimonji, Hayato/Kamen Rider 2 (1971)
1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 6
1973 Meteor Man Zone episode 6, "King Ghidora Strikes Back!"
1974 Inazuman Flash episode 5, "DES Missle, Great Mid-air Battle"
1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 6, "Nine Pokers!! The Beautiful Woman's Trap"
1979 First episode of Megaloman, "The Fiery Superman Strikes!"
1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 27, "Huge Counterattack! The Prince of Shadows"
1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 11, "A Magnet Gauss!"
2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 15, "Armor"
2006 Soga, Machiko died. She 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)
May 8
1971 Kamen Rider episode 6, "Death Chameleon"
1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 50, "Secret of Blue Wing! Dangerous Varidreen"
1988 Kamen Rider Black episode 30, "Saying Aloha to an Assassin"
May 9
1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 32
1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 14, "The Day Earth Surrenders"
1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 27
May 10
1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 6, "Frightning Big Evil Figure"
1973 Robot Detective episode 6, "Terror of the Execution Machine!!"
1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 6, "Red Puzzle! Chase the Spy Route in the Sea"
1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 6, "Teacher Turned into Unusal Machine Person"
May 11
1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 32, "The Android Bagora"
1974 Electroid Zabougâ episode 6, "A Steel-Frame Building Disappeared!"
1974 Kamen Rider X episode 13, "Goverment of Darkness Radmus's Major Prophecy"
1975 Electroid Zabougâ: Electroid Zabougâ vs. The Dinosaur Army episode 45, "Duel in a Ghost Town!"
1976 Akumaizer 3 episode 32, "Why!? The Demon Fugitive"
1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 15, "Tearful Lullaby of a Mother's Child"
1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 8, "A Farewell to Barlock"
May 12
1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 7
1973 First episode of Kikaida 01, "Invincible!! Android Zero One Is Born!!"
1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 13, "Chief Executive of Terror - Doktor G!"
1973 Storm Cloud Lion Maru episode 5
1975 Condorman - Symbol of Justice episode 7, "Mystery! Monster Nobility" (guest stars Ushio, Kenji [Ambassador Hell
in Kamen Rider])
1979 Battle Fever J episode 15, "Egos' Hades Cooking"
1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 11, "Obedience To The Refrigerator Of Love"
May 13
1972 Kamen Rider episode 59, "The Bottomless Swamp Demon Earthworm-Man"
1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 7
2003 Jinzo Ningen Kikaida Collector's Edition Vol. 3 DVD is released in Hawaii by JN Productions
May 14
1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 7
1973 Meteor Man Zone episode 7, "Zone Family's Critical Moment!"
1974 Inazuman Flash episode 6, "Geisel's Great Fort"
1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 7, "Eight Supercars!! 300 Km/h Speed"
1979 Megaloman episode 2, "The Bracelets of Friendship"
1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 28, "Agent of the Majestic Emperor"
1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 12, "Drunk On Tofu"
2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 16, "Creed"
May 15
1971 Kamen Rider episode 7, "Death Chameleon - Duel! Remains Of The World Fair"
1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 51, "The Making of Blue Bills! Gunman of the Evening Sun"
1988 Kamen Rider Black episode 31, "Fight! Young Warriors!"
May 16
1940 Singer Sasaki, Isao is born, sang themes from "Secret Task Force Goranger", "Space Ironman Kyodain",
"Superhuman Bibyun", "J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team", "8 Riders Vs. Ginga-Oh [Milky Way King]" movie
and "Choujinki Metalder". Also played Dr. Mochizuki in "Kamen Rider ZO"
1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 33
1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 15, "The Queen's Greed Dance"
1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 28
May 17
1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 7, "One-eyed Witch Goblin"
1973 Robot Detective episode 7, "The Fear Overhead!"
1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 7, "Rider Big Reversal"
1978 First episode of Supaidâman (Spiderman), "The Time of Revenge Has Come! Beat Down Iron Cross Group"
first super hero to use a giant robot to defeat monsters
May 18
1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 33, "Dakaa Airforce, Sortie!!"
1974 Electroid Zabougâ episode 7, "Just in Time!! Blaze, Undercover Detective"
1974 Kamen Rider X episode 14, "Apollo Geist - The Madness of Insect Hell"
1975 Electroid Zabougâ: Electroid Zabougâ vs. The Dinosaur Army episode 46, "Take Back the Machine Baja!"
1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 16, "Death of the Innocent-The Power of Sadness"
1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 9, "Hopes and Dreams"
May 19
1972 Transforming Ninja Arashi episode 8
1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 14, "Double Rider's Secret Memento"
1973 Storm Cloud Lion Maru episode 6
1973 Kikaida 01 episode 2, "What Is The Hakaida Four Step Attack!?"
1975 Condorman - Symbol of Justice episode 8 (guest stars Ushio, Kenji [Ambassador Hell in Kamen Rider])
1979 Battle Fever J episode 16, "Dark Queen Of Fighters"
1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 12, "Explode!! Baby"
May 20
1972 Kamen Rider episode 60, "Mysterious Owl-Man's Murderous X-Rays"
1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 8
May 21
1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 8
1973 Meteor Man Zone episode 8, "Smash The Terrifying Invader!"
1974 Inazuman Flash episode 7, "Great Battle!! Udespar vs Inazuman"
1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 8, "Six Targets!! The Exploding Flower"
1979 Megaloman episode 3, "The Shout of the Space Team"
1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 29, "World Without Water"
1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 13, "The Ka-Kabuki Priestling"
2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 17, "Presence At a Battle"
May 22
1971 Kamen Rider episode 8, "Strangeness! Bee-Woman"
1988 Kamen Rider Black episode 32, "Dream Girl Yuki"
May 23
1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 34
1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 16, "A Demon Runs the Schoolyard"
1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 29
May 24
1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 8, "Secret of Southern Barbarian Tube"
1973 Robot Detective episode 8, "Death by Thunderbolt?!"
1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 7, "Moonlight of Pink! Wolf Unit" (skipped a week)
1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 8, "Dissolve Rider! Finishing Electric Kick"
May 25
1973 Rainbowman: Warrior Of Love episode 34, "The Vacuum Waterspout Technique"
1974 Electroid Zabougâ episode 8, "Target: That Daiya!
1974 Kamen Rider X episode 15, "Goverment of Darkness' Secret Base! X Rider Sneaks In!!"
1975 Electroid Zabougâ: Electroid Zabougâ VS The Dinosaur Army episode 47, "Zabougâ Base Explosion Project!"
1976 Akumaizer 3 episode 33, "Why!? Zabitan In Hot Water" (skipped a week)
1977 Swift Hero Zubat episode 17, "A Sister's Grief – The Two 'Kens'"
1987 Super Manchine Metalder episode 10, "The Philarmonic Robot"
May 26
1973 Kamen Rider V3 episode 15, "Rider V3's Deadly Weak Point"
1973 Storm Cloud Lion Maru episode 7
1973 Kikaida 01 episode 3, "The Return Of Jiro - Kikaida"
1975 Condorman - Symbol of Justice episode 9
1979 Battle Fever J episode 17, "Steal The Monster Machine"
1995 Super-Power Task Force Ohranger episode 13, "The Fantastic Dog Of The Gods"
May 27
1972 Kamen Rider episode 61, "Demon Catfish Giraa's Electric Hell Shock"
1972 Swift Hero Lion Maru episode 9
May 28
1972 Superhuman Barom-1 episode 9
1973 Meteor Man Zone episode 9, "Search For The Secret Of Red Spider!"
1974 Inazuman Flash episode 8, "Udespar Siblings! Cross Hurricane"
1977 J.A.K.Q. Lightning Strike Team episode 9, "Seven Straight!! Hell's Sure-Kill Fist"
1979 Megaloman episode 4, "Appearance of the Magnetic Monster"
1989 Kamen Rider Black RX episode 30, "Tomorrow In Tears, Tokyo a Desert"
1993 Five Star Task Force Dairanger episode 14, "Well, A Wedding"
2000 Kamen Rider Kuuga episode 18, "Loss"
May 29
1971 Kamen Rider episode 9, "Fear Cobra-Man"
1976 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 52, "Pink Telephone Ogre! Dial For Murder" (skipped a week yet again)
1988 Kamen Rider Black episode 33, "The River of Love of the Father and Son"
May 30
1920 Kouda, Munemaru is born, voice of Gold Garoga in Meteor Man Zone
1980 New Kamen Rider (Skyrider) episode 35
1981 Solar Task Force Sun Vulcan episode 17, "Ghost Story! Valley of Ghosts"
1981 Kamen Rider Super-1 episode 30
May 31
1967 Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja episode 9, "Immortal Evil Figure"
1973 Robot Detective episode 9, "The Electric Chair Spy!"
1975 Secret Task Force Goranger episode 8, "Black Fear! We Fear, the Murderous Poison Fang"
1975 Kamen Rider Stronger episode 9, "The Devil's Band Comes"