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Air date
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November 12, 1974 - April 5, 1975
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Producer(s)
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Masaaki Hisamatsu
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Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka (行け!牛若小太郎, Ike! Ushiwaka Kotarō) is a Japanese tokusatsu series produced by Toho that aired from November 12, 1974 to April 5, 1975. It is a followup series to Go! Greenman and the fourth in a series of tokusatsu shows primarily produced by Toho and Nippon TV, though it does not share canon with any of the shows preceding it.
Plot
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Episodes
- "The Birth of Kotaro"
- "The Yokai Family's Grudge"
- "The Trap of Hell Valley"
- "Onibaba's Treasure"
- "Kotaro in Peril"
- "The Ghost Well"
- "Ikkaku"
- "The Sorrowful Satori Yokai"
- "Cursed Demon Hannya"
- "The Tenjoname Yokai"
- "Evil Spirit Sogenbi"
- "The Yokai Mountain Spirit"
- "Shokera's Venomous Claw"
- "The Perceptive Yokai"
- "The Greedy Yokai"
- "The Wall-Passing Yokai"
- "The Powerful Unparraleled Kappa"
- "Money Yokai Lord Kanen"
- "The Yamauba Duel"
- "Gyuki and the Cursed Vase"
- "The Badger Roadman's Poison Strategy"
- "The Demon Who Fell in Love with Nyudo"
- "The Ghost Sword"
- "Superhuman Strength Yokai Hihihi"
- "Nopperabo"
- "The Fish Yokai"
- "Shirakubi"
- "The Yokai Who Emerged from a Vase"
- "Sodehikikozo"
- "Greed in Moderation"
- "The Unusually Large Egg"
- "Momonji"
- "Yokai Biron"
- "Nyudo's Brother"
- "The Doll Yokai"
- "Uragira's Misfortune"
- "Coonjo and a Handgun"
- "The Demon Who Was Defeated by Chestnuts"
- "The Hilarious Manga"
- "Cheating Each Other"
- "Hyosube"
- "Tomb Yokai Uwan"
- "Strongman Yokai Raigo"
- "The Deceptive Yokai"
- "Yamahiko"
- "The Paper Inugami"
- "Imitation Yokai Hesomagari"
- "The Ghost Yokai"
- "Trampoline Yokai Hazumi"
- "Intense Training"
- "Kotaro's Critical Moment"
- "Crybaby Jiji"
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- 53. "Kanibozu"
- 54. "The Yokai Banquet"
- 55. "Yokai Hitobashira"
- 56. "Forest Yokai Koppa"
- 57. "The Poisonous Mushroom Ghost"
- 58. "Ghost Nyudo"
- 59. "Tree Spirit Todoro"
- 60. "Yokai Taiyan"
- 61. "The Garbage Yokai Appears"
- 62. "Yokai Gashadokuro"
- 63. "Uragira Taken Hostage"
- 64. "The Yokai Who Does Not Match Its Appearance"
- 65. "Yamadzuri's Prey"
- 66. "Yokai Hayatochiri"
- 67. "Bloodsucking Demon Vampi"
- 68. "Obsessive Yokai Haranari"
- 69. "Judgment Yokai Hyakutataki"
- 70. "Yokai Yarinbo"
- 71. "The Yokai Sea Spirit"
- 72. "Yokai Hitotsumekozo"
- 73. "Yokai Kamioni"
- 74. "The Sakabashira Yokai"
- 75. "Nurarihyon"
- 76. "Bat Yokai Burusagari"
- 77. "Evil Yokai Higuruma"
- 78. "Yokai Amanjaku"
- 79. "Nyudo With a Cold"
- 80. "Uragira's Nightmare"
- 81. "The Dancer Yokai"
- 82. "The Darkness Yokai"
- 83. "The Yokai Who Will Take Anything"
- 84. "Butt Pinching"
- 85. "The Telekinetic Snake Eyeball"
- 86. "Yokai Hyakuganki"
- 87. "The Yokai Who Wanted a Naginata"
- 88. "Drunkard Yokai Haradashi"
- 89. "The Bloodsucking Sickle Wielder"
- 90. "Yokai Morokubi"
- 91. "The Intelligent Yokai"
- 92. "The Poisonous Moth Yokai"
- 93. "Yokai Fake Nyudo"
- 94. "Looking for the Yokai's Weak Point"
- 95. "Karakasakozo"
- 96. "Fukikeshibaba"
- 97. "Gangikozo"
- 98. "Yokai Tejinakurabe"
- 99. "The Magic Bicycle"
- 100. "Aonyobo"
- 101. "The Kamimai Yokai"
- 102. "Onihitokuchi"
- 103. "The Drunkard Yokai"
- 104. "Kotaro Rides a Horse"
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- 105. "The Well Ghost"
- 106. "Yokai Kirifuki"
- 107. "The Jimoguri Yokai"
- 108. "The Yokai Phantom Car"
- 109. "Nyudo's Misfortune"
- 110. "Nureonna"
- 111. "Onikko's Strife"
- 112. "Heed the Fog"
- 113. "Ubume"
- 114. "Reversing the Dokkoi Curse"
- 115. "Coonjo's Greatest Chance"
- 116. "The Ghost Millstone"
- 117. "City Yokai Onibaba"
- 118. "Heeding Beautiful Flowers"
- 119. "The Bell Sound Yokai"
- 120. "The Tsuchigumo Yokai"
- 121. "The Hide-and-Seek Yokai"
- 122. "Nimenonna"
- 123. "The Strong Yokai's Challenge"
- 124. "Yamame"
- 125. "The Brief Question Yokai"
- 126. "The Dancing Shoes"
- 127. "The River Spirit"
- 128. "The Yokai Who Wanted a Kimono"
- 129. "The Terrifying Ushirogami"
- 130. "Heeding the Bandit Yokai"
- 131. "White Yokai Kimotori"
- 132. "Uragira's Wish"
- 133. "Futakuchionna"
- 134. "Spark Raigoro"
- 135. "The Bloodsucking Yokai"
- 136. "The Proficient Yokai"
- 137. "Falling Umbrellas"
- 138. "Yokai Paigon"
- 139. "The Flute Playing Yokai Ukareme"
- 140. "Seeing Things"
- 141. "Yokai Heartbreak"
- 142. "Yakubyogami"
- 143. "The Sand Hole Yokai"
- 144. "Uragira is Teased"
- 145. "The Bloomed Flower Yokai"
- 146. "Tengu's Invisiblity Cloak"
- 147. "The Magic Orb"
- 148. "The Tricked Yokai"
- 149. "Crab Yokai Taraba"
- 150. "Yokai Territory"
- 151. "Being Kind to the Elderly"
- 152. "Shiwanba"
- 153. "The Bell Spirit"
- 154. "The Old Temple Yokai"
- 155. "Beach Yokai Nagisa"
- 156. "Possessed by Shirei"
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Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Masaaki Hisamatsu, Hiroyasu Sunahara, Heikichi Tsushima, Akio Imamura
- Written by Tsunehisa Ito, Yu Yamamoto, Yoshimi Shinozaki, Masako Suzuki, Yoichi Nanzawa
- Produced by Masaaki Hisamatsu
- Theme songs "Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka" and "Yokai Coming" performed by Yoshihiro Sugiura
- Lyrics by Akira Yamazaki
- Composed and arranged by Takashi Miki
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Ryoichi Tanaka as Kotaro Ushiwaka (voice)
- Masayuki Kato as Nyudo (voice)
- Takashi Taguchi as Uragira (voice)
- Kiyoko Shibata as Coonjo (voice)
- Masashi Amenomori, Makoto Terada, Koichi Kitamura, Chikao Shiroyama, Toshiro Ishi, Kimie Nakajima as Various yokai (voices)
Appearances
Characters and Yokai
Video releases
Toho (2019) [Volume 1]
- Released: January 16, 2019
- Region: Region 2
- Language: Japanese
- Features:
- Two Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka openings
- Yokai Coming opening
Toho (2019) [Volume 2]
- Released: January 16, 2019
- Region: Region 2
- Language: Japanese
- Features:
- "Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka" Still Collection Part 1
Toho (2019) [Volume 3]
- Released: January 16, 2019
- Region: Region 2
- Language: Japanese
- Features:
- "Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka" Still Collection Part 2
Toho (2019) [Volume 4]
- Released: January 16, 2019
- Region: Region 2
- Language: Japanese
- Features:
- "Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka" music video
- "Yokai Coming" music video
Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka VOL. 1
Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka VOL. 2
Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka VOL. 3
Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka VOL. 4
Trivia
- Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka was the last of the four tokusatsu shows to be featured in Nippon Television's Good Morning! Kid's Show segment, preceded by Redman, Go! Godman, and Go! Greenman.
- It is also the first and only Good Morning! Kid's Show series where the titular hero's name does not contain the word "man."
- Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka was filmed in cooperation with Yomiuriland (episode 49), the Hakonekowaki Park Children's Village (episodes 50, 111), Fuji-Q Highland (episodes 81, 86, 101, 129, 134), Japan Land (episodes 91, 95, 106, 139, 144), and Mother Farm (episodes 98-99, 104, 109, 114, 119, 124).
- A number of pieces of suits from previous tokusatsu productions were reused to portray some of the Yokai in the series.
- Monro's head from Kure Kure Takora, which is in extremely poor condition, was altered and reused for the Perceptive Yokai, Doll Yokai, and an unnamed birdlike Yokai in episode 31.
- The body Hotter uses in Go! Greenman is reused for the Bat Yokai Burusagari in episode 76 and an unnamed territorial Yokai in episode 150.
- Multiple pieces from the Devilas from Triple Fighter are reused, a head for an unnamed banquet Yokai in episode 54 and a bodysuit and gloves for the Fukikeshibaba.
- Kappalge's body from Go! Greenman is used for that of the Strongman Yokai Raigoro and the Proficient Yokai.
- The head piece of Gilagind from Spectreman is used as the head of the Darkness Yokai.
- The head of the Sodehikikozo appears to be a heavily altered Garuma head from Warrior of Love Rainbowman.
References
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