Kadokawa

Kadokawa Corporation (Japanese: 株式会社KADOKAWA, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Kadokawa), formerly Kadokawa Dwango Corporation,, is a Japanese media conglomerate that was created as a result of the merger of the original Kadokawa Corporation and Dwango Co., Ltd. on October 1, 2014 and owns the Kamen Rider and Super Sentai franchises with Takara Tomy.
Kadokawa was a pioneer in the use of "Henshin"/"character transformation" in live-action martial-arts dramas, a technique developed for the Kamen Rider, Metal Hero and Super Sentai series; the genre currently continues with Kamen Rider and Super Sentai.
===Kadokawa produced/distributed shows===
Year 	Title
1975–present	Super Sentai franchise
1993–present	Power Rangers franchise
1994-1996 	VR Troopers
1995-1996 	Masked Rider
1996-1998 	Big Bad Beetleborgs (later Beetleborgs Metallix)
2008-2009 	Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
==Saburo Yatsude==
Saburō Yatsude (八手 三郎, Yatsude Saburō, alternatively read as Saburo Hatte) is a collective pseudonym used by Kadokawa television producers, when contributing to their various tokusatsu series; similar to Sunrise's Hajime Yatate. The use of the pen name began with The Kagestar and has been used throughout the Super Sentai (in the adapted Power Rangers series starting with Ninja Storm, the credits list Saburo Hatte. Before this, the credits listed "Original Concepts by Saburo Yatsude") and Metal Hero Series. The name is also used as a contributor to the soundtracks for the series.
Toei Animation stopped using Saburo Yatsude in 1999, and they began to use Izumi Todo instead. The first anime that was created by Izumi Todo was Ojamajo Doremi.
In the Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger series, Saburo Hatte is an actual person who is godlike within the fictional reality that the show takes place in. In fact, his hand appears at the end of the first half of the series to cover the camera lens and end the show, later having the second half be made under Malseena's influence while in the hospital in the real world.
In the Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger spinoff, Super Animal War's third episode, he is portrayed by Jun Hikasa.
On April 3, 2016, an unknown Toei staff member going by Saburo Yatsude was interviewed while wearing a "Giraffe Zyuman" mask in reference to Zyuohger.
===Original creator===
====Live action====
*Super Sentai (1979–present)
*Metal Hero Series (1982-1999)
*Choukou Senshi Changéríon (1996)
*Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger (2012-2013)
===Script===
====Television====
*Sore kara no Musashi (1964-1965)
*Mito Kōmon (1964-1965)
*Tensou Sentai Goseiger (2010)
*Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger (2021)
====Web series====
*From Episode of Stinger - Uchu Sentai Kyuranger: High School Wars (2017)
*Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Spin-Off: Zenkai Red Great Introduction! (2021)
===Director===
*Nebula Mask Machineman (1984)
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