Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka (1974-75)
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Go! Kotaro Ushiwaka (行け!
Plot
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Episodes
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) / minions of Coonjo (voices) / Nyudo's brother (voice)
- Takashi Taguchi as Uragira (voice) / minions of Coonjo (voices) / banquet yokai (voice)
- Kiyoko Shibata as Coonjo (voice)
- Masashi Amenomori as minion of Coonjo (voice) / Aobozu (voice) / three-eyed yokai (voice) / Ikkaku (voice) / Satori Yokai (voice) / Yamasei (voice) / Shokera (voice) / Kappa (voice) / Badger Roadman (voice) / Nopperabo (voice) / Shirakubi (voice) / Momonji (voice) / Biron (voice) / Doll Yokai (voice) / demon who was defeated by chestnuts (voice) / Coonjo's cousin (voice) / deceptive yokai (voice) / Jiji (voice) / Kanibozu (voice)
- Kimie Nakajima as Onibaba (voice) / Kanennushi (voice) / Yamauba (voice) / red demon (voice)
- Toshiro Ishi as Perceptive Yokai (voice) / Greedy Yokai (voice) / Wall-Passing Yokai (voice) / Hihihi (voice) / Fish Yokai (voice) / yokai who emerged from a vase (voice) / forest yokai (voice) / birdlike yokai (voice) / Funbaba (voice)
- Chikao Shiroyama as Hyosube (voice) / Uwan (voice) / Raigo (voice) / Deceptive Yokai (voice) / Yamahiko (voice) / Paper Inugami (voice) / Hesomagari (voice) / Hazumi (voice) / Hitobashira (voice) / Koppa (voice) / Poisonous Mushroom Ghost (voice) / Todoro (voice) / Garbage Yokai (voice) / Gashadokuro (voice) / yokai who took Uragira hostage (voice) / tug-of-war yokai (voice) / Hayatochiri (voice) / Vampi (voice) / Haranari (voice) / Hyakutataki (voice)
- Kazuko Yanaga as Ghost Nyudo (voice)
- Makoto Terada as Yarinbo (voice) / Hitotsumekozo (voice) / Kamioni (voice) / Sakabashira Yokai (voice) / Nurarihyon (voice) / Burusagari (voice) / Higuruma (voice)
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
Videos
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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.
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