# Robot Detective

Robot Detective (ロボット刑事, Robotto Keiji) is a tokusatsu superhero TV series. Created by Shotaro Ishinomori, the series was produced by Toei Company Ltd., and broadcast on Fuji TV from April 5 to September 27, 1973, with a total of 26 episodes. It stars Jirō Chiba.
The hero of this series is a robot named "Robot Detective K" (or just "K"), who has no human form, but when not in battle, dresses up in human clothes and has a human-like personality. The main antagonist is BAD (バドー, Badō, pronounced Bah-doh).
Along with Android Kikaider Robot Detective was one of the early predecessors to what would become the Metal Hero Series of programs featuring human-sized cyborg heroes.

## Episode List

* The Murderous Salesman of BAD (バドーの殺人セールスマン, Badō no Satsujin Sērusuman)
* The Eye-Witness is a Zero (目撃者はゼロ, Mokugekisha wa Zero)
* The Insanity Watch Scandal (時計発狂事件, Tokei Hakkyō Jiken)
* The Murderer Disappears in the Wall (壁に消えた殺人者, Kabe ni Kieta Satsujinsha)
* The Mystery of the Double Criminal (二重犯人の謎, Nijū Hannin no Nazo)
* The Terrifying Execution Machine!! (恐怖の死刑マシン!!, Kyōfu no Shikei Mashin!!)
* A Terror Above!! (頭上の恐怖!!, Zujō no Kyōfu!!)
* The Thunder Kills?! (雷が殺した?!, Kaminari ga Koroshita?!)
* The Electric Chair Spy!! (電気椅子スパイ!!, Denkīsu Supai!!)
* BAD's Massacre Strategy!! (バドーのみな殺し作戦!!, Badō no Minagoroshi Sakusen!!)
* The Secret of BAD Base!! (バドー基地の秘密!!, Badō Kichi no Himitsu!!)
* Aiming for the Mother! (マザーが狙われる!, Mazā ga Nerawareru!)
* Watch out for the Devilish Smoke! (悪魔の煙に気をつけろ!, Akuma no En ni Ki o Tsukero!)
* Lighting Eyes of Terror!! (光る眼の恐怖!!, Hikaru Manako no Kyōfu!!)
* Target is Atom Number 79?! (標的は原子番号79?!, Hyōteki wa Genji Bangō Nanajū-Kyū?!)
* Snatch Away from BAD!! (バドーから奪え!!, Badō kara Ubae!!)
* The Demonic Suds in a Disappearance?! (魔の泡に消されるな?!, Ma no Awa ni Kesareru na?!)
* BAD's Frozen Strategy!! (バドーの冷凍作戦!!, Badō no Reitō Sakusen!!)
* Pursuiting the Mystery in the Seas of Okinawa!! (沖縄の海に謎を追え!!, Okinawa no Umi ni Nazo o Oe!!)
* The Hydrogen Bomb Blimp Heads to Tokyo! (水爆飛行船 東京へ!, Suibaku Hikōsen Tōkyō e!)
* The Terrifying Electrothermal Man: Mother Blows Up and Sinks!! (恐怖デンネツマン マザー爆沈!!, Kyōfu Dennetsuman Mazā Bakuchin!!)
* The Terrifying Missile Man: BAD's True Colors!! (恐悪ミサイルマン バドーの正体!!, Kyōfu Misairu Man Badō no Shōtai!!)
* Diving Man: Underwater of Terror (センスイマン 水中の恐怖!!, Sensuiman Suichū no Kyōfu)
* Depth Charge Man: Scorching Strategy!! (バクライマン 焦熱作戦!!, Bakurai Man Shōnetsu Sakusen!!)
* The Atrocious Gatling Man's BAD Virus Strategy!! (兇悪ガトリングマンのバドービールス作戦!!, Kyōaku Gatoringu Man no Badō Bīrusu Sakusen!!)
* BAD Dies in Mars!! (バドー火星に死す!!, Badō Kasei ni Shisu!!)

## Cast

* Robot Detective (K) (ロボット刑事(K), Robotto Keiji (Kei), Voice): Shūsei Nakamura (仲村 秀生, Nakamura Shūsei)
** Suit Actor: Takashi Nakajima (中島 律, Nakajima Takashi), Osamu Kaneda (金田 治, Kaneda Osamu)
** Suit Actor (battle scenes): Osamu Kaneda (金田 治, Kaneda Osamu), Junji Yamaoka (山岡 淳二, Yamaoka Junji)
* Tsuyoshi Shinjō (新條 強, Shinjō Tsuyoshi): Jirō Yabuki (矢吹 二朗, Yabuki Jirō) (played as Jirō Chiba (千葉 治郎, Chiba Jirō))
* Daizō Shiba (芝 大造, Shiba Daizō): Kaku Takashina (高品 格, Takashina Kaku)
* Nami Shiba (芝 奈美, Shiba Nami): Keiko Kurenai (紅 景子, Kurenai Keiko)
* Yumi Shiba (芝 由美, Shiba Yumi): Yumiko Kaga (加賀 由美子, Kaga Yumiko)
* Jihei Jigoku (地獄 耳平, Jigoku Jihei): Sakyō Mikami (三上 左京, Mikami Sakyō)
* Saori Kirishima (霧島 サオリ, Kirishima Saori): Yūko Kimi (君 夕子, Kimi Yūko)
* BAD (バドー, Badō, Voice): Kiyoshi Kawakubo (川久保 潔, Kawakubo Kiyoshi)
* George Kirishima (霧島 ジョージ, Kirishima Jōji): Sumio Tomikawa (富川 澈夫, Tomikawa Sumio)
* Keitarō Shinjō (新條 敬太郎, Shinjō Keitarō): Sonny Chiba (played as Shin'ichi Chiba (千葉 真一, Chiba Shin'ichi))
* BAD Robot (バドーロボット, Badō Robotto, Suit Actor): Junji Yamaoka (山岡 淳二, Yamaoka Junji), Jyunichi Haruta (春田 純一, Haruta Jun'ichi)
* Narrator (ナレーター, Narētā): Keiichi Noda (野田 圭一, Noda Keiichi)

## Songs

Opening Theme:
* "Robot Detective" (ロボット刑事, Robotto Keiji)
Ending Theme:
* "Proceed! Robot Detective" (進め! ロボット刑事, Susume! Robotto Keiji)
Insert Song:
* "K Was Born" (ケイは生まれた, Kei wa Umareta)
* "Robot Detective Has Arrived" (やって来たロボット刑事, Yattekita Robotto Keiji)
| Composed by: | Shunsuke Kikuchi (all songs), Hosoku Yattemirō (opening and insert song) |
| Lyrics by: | Saburo Yatsude (opening song), Shotaro Ishinomori (ending theme and insert song) |
| Performed by: | Ichiro Mizuki |

## Other Appearances

* A character resembling K appears in Shin Kamen Rider and its manga spin-off There is no true peace in this world -Shin Kamen Rider SHOCKER SIDE-, voiced by Tori Matsuzaka. This version of the character is depicted as an AI working for SHOCKER.