Choudenshi Bioman

**Choudenshi Bioman** (超電子バイオマン, *Chōdenshi Baioman*?, translated as **Super Electronic Bioman**) is the eighth entry of the *Super Sentai* series.

Its 51 episodes aired on TV Asahi from February 4, 1984 to January 26, 1985 with a movie being released during the show's initial run. The international English title is listed by Toei as *Bioman*.

## Plot

The once prosperous Planet Bio (バイオ星, *Baio-sei*?) is destroyed after a world war erupted over the use of a scientific discovery called "Bio Particles". The Planet Bio Peacekeeping Alliance (バイオ星平和連合, *Baio-sei Heiwa Rengō*?), which sought to use Bio Particles for peaceful purposes, sends the giant robot Bio Robo and an assistant robot named Peebo to prevent the same tragedy from happening on Earth.

Bio Robo arrives in 15th century Japan, where it showers Bio Particles on five young individuals. Five centuries later, the descendants of these individuals, infused with Bio Particles, are chosen by Peebo and Bio Robo to become the Bioman team to protect the Earth from the Neo Empire Gear, an organization led by mad scientist Doctor Man.

## Characters

### Allies

* Peebo
* Shuichi Kageyama (25-26, 43-44, 47-51)
* Setsuko Kageyama (26, 51)
* Shinichiro Gou/Professor Shibata (43-44, 47-50)
* Joy (7-8)
* Ken Hayase (13)
* Shota Yamamori (35-36)
* Miki (43-44)
* Red1's ancestor (2)
* Green2's ancestor (2)
* Blue3's ancestor (2)
* Yellow4's ancestor (2)
* Pink5's ancestor (2)

### Neo Empire Gear

* Doctor Man
* Prince (19-20, 49)
* Big Three
	+ Mason (1-50)
	+ Farrah (1-49)
		- Farrahcat (1-51)
		- Cat Gang (movie)
	+ Monster (1-48)
* Beastnoids
	+ Psygorn (1-50)
	+ Mettzler (1-49)
	+ Zyuoh (1-48)
	+ Aquaiger (1-31)
	+ Messerju (1-31)
* Mechaclones
	+ Mechaclone No. 1 (28)
* Mirage Fighter

##### Mecha-Gigan

* Kabuto Canth (1)
* Devil Canth (2)
* Gorilla Canth (3)
* Beetle Canth (4)
* Mummy Canth (5)
* Rhino Canth (6)
* Sea Anemone Canth (7-8)
* Twin Canth (9)
* Chameleon Canth (10)
* Musha Canth (11)
* Hammer Canth (12)
* Shark Canth (13)
* Anchor Canth (14)
* Frog Canth (15)
* Neptune Canth (16)
* Turtle Canth (17)
* Haniwa Canth(18)
* Grotes Canth (19-20)
* Camera Canth (21)
* Scarab Canth (22)
* Pirahna Canth (23)
* Poison Moth Canth (24)
* Ghost Canth (25-26)
* Spider Canth (27)
* Octopus Canth (28)
* Jellyfish Canth (29)
* Mantis Canth (30)
* Crab Canth (Movie)

##### Neo Mecha-Gigan

* Metal Megas (31)
* Axe Megas (32)
* Skull Megas (33)
* Wrestler Megas (34)
* Magne Megas (35-36)
* Cannon Megas (37)
* Battle Megas (38)
* Sonic Megas (39)
* Crush Megas (40)
* Amazon Megas (41)
* Thunder Megas (42)
* Satan Megas (43-44)
* Baroque Megas (45)
* Rugger Megas (46)
* Lens Megas (47)
* Super Megas (48)
* King Megas (50-51)

## Arsenal

### Vehicles

* Bio Turbo (car) ◆◆◆
* Bio Machine 1 (cycle) ◆
* Bio Machine 2 (cycle) ◆

## Mecha

*Legend*: 2-person mecha, ⁂ 3-person mecha, ➲ carrier mecha
* BioDragon ➲
* BioRobo ⁂
	+ Biojet 1 
	+ Biojet 2 ⁂

## Episodes

*Main article: Choudenshi Bioman Episodes*
1. Ep. 1: The Enigmatic Giant Robo Arrives (謎の巨大ロボ出現, *Nazo no Kyodai Robo Shutsugen*?)
2. Ep. 2: Gathering! Warriors of Destiny (集合! 宿命の戦士, *Shūgō! Shukumei no Senshi*?)
3. Ep. 3: Our Friend, Bio Robo (わが友バイオロボ, *Waga Tomo Baio Robo*?)
4. Ep. 4: Self Destruct! Mecha-Humans (自爆! メカ人間, *Jibaku! Meka Ningen*?)
5. Ep. 5: Kill the Unseen Enemy (見えない敵を斬れ, *Mienai Teki o Kire*?)
6. Ep. 6: Rise Up! Bio Robo (起て! バイオロボ, *Tate! Baio Robo*?)
7. Ep. 7: Captured Peebo (つかまったピーボ, *Tsukamatta Pībo*?)
8. Ep. 8: Fight! Vow to the Planet (戦え! 星に誓って, *Tatakae! Hoshi ni Sakatte*?)
9. Ep. 9: The Jumprope That Erases People (人を消すなわ跳び, *Hito o Kesu Nawatobi*?)
10. Ep. 10: Goodbye Yellow (さよならイエロー, *Sayonara Ierō*?)
11. Ep. 11: Enter, New Warrior Jun (新戦士ジュン登場, *Shin Senshi Jun Tōjō*?)
12. Ep. 12: Murderer Green! (殺人者グリーン!, *Satsujinsha Gurīn!*?)
13. Ep. 13: I'm Jun! (ジュンよ, *Jun yo*?)
14. Ep. 14: Neo Intellect Brain! (新頭脳ブレイン!, *Shin Zunō Burein*?)
15. Ep. 15: The Female Warrior's Flaming Oath (女戦士炎の誓い, *Onna Senshi Honō no Chikai*?)
16. Ep. 16: Run, 21599 Seconds (走れ21599秒, *Hashire Ni-Ban-Sen-Gobyaku-Kyū-Jū-Kyū-byō*?)
17. Ep. 17: I Saw Ryūgū Castle (僕は龍宮城を見た, *Boku wa Tatsumiya-jō o Mita*?)
18. Ep. 18: The ESPer Girl's Prayer (超能力少女の祈り, *Chōnōryoku Shōjo no Inori*?)
19. Ep. 19: My Father is Doctor Man (父はドクターマン, *Chichi wa Dokutāman*?)
20. Ep. 20: Prince's Challenge! (プリンスの挑戦!, *Purinsu no Chōsen!*?)
21. Ep. 21: Protect the Biobase (守れバイオベース, *Mamore Baiobēsu*?)
22. Ep. 22: A Great Burglar!? Blue! (大泥棒!? ブルー!, *Dai Dorobō!? Burū!*?)
23. Ep. 23: Gyo! Attack of the Puppets! (ギョ! 人形の襲撃!, *Gyo! Ningyō no Shūgeki!*?)
24. Ep. 24: The Exploding Flower of Love (爆発する愛の花, *Bakuhatsu Suru Ai no Hana*?)
25. Ep. 25: Prince's Ghost? (プリンスの幽霊?, *Purinsu no Yūrei?*?)
26. Ep. 26: My Father's Dreadful Secret (恐るべき父の秘密, *Osorubeki Chichi no Himitsu*?)
27. Ep. 27: The Female Warriors of Spider Hell (クモ地獄の女戦士, *Kumo Jigoku no Onna Senshi*?)
28. Ep. 28: The Assassination of Doctor Man (ドクターマン暗殺, *Dokutāman Ansatsu*?)
29. Ep. 29: The Day Tokyo Disappeared!? (東京が消える日!?, *Tōkyō ga Kieru Hi!?*?)
30. Ep. 30: Ultimate Canth's Demon Sword (最強カンスの魔剣, *Saikyō Kansu no Ma Ken*?)
31. Ep. 31: New Model!? Megas Arrives (新型!? メガス出現, *Shingata!? Megasu Shutsugen*?)
32. Ep. 32: Gear's Great Remodeling Plan (ギアの大改造作戦, *Gia no Dai Kaizō Sakusen*?)
33. Ep. 33: Has It Come Forth!? The New Finishing Move (出るか!? 新必殺技, *Deru ka!? Shin Hissatsu-waza*?)
34. Ep. 34: Behold!! The Power of Bio (見よ! バイオの力, *Mi yo! Baio no Chikara*?)
35. Ep. 35: The Sixth Man (6番目の男, *Rokubanme no Otoko*?)
36. Ep. 36: The Transforming Boy (変身ボーイ, *Henshin Bōi*?)
37. Ep. 37: The Assassin Silva! (殺し屋シルバ!, *Koroshiya Shiruba!*?)
38. Ep. 38: The Enigmatic Balzion (謎のバルジオン, *Nazo no Barujion*?)
39. Ep. 39: Mason's Trap! (メイスンのワナ!, *Meisun no Wana!*?)
40. Ep. 40: Stolen Turbo! (奪われたターボ!, *Ubawareta Tābo!*?)
41. Ep. 41: The Demonic Lullaby! (悪魔の子守り唄!, *Akuma no Komoriuta!*?)
42. Ep. 42: Gou! Risk Your Life! (郷! 命を賭けろ!, *Gō! Inochi o Kakero!*?)
43. Ep. 43: The Sailor-Suited Soldier (セーラー服の戦士, *Sērā-fuku no Senshi*?)
44. Ep. 44: The Beautiful Conscience Circuit (美しき良心回路, *Utsukishiki Ryōshin Kairo*?)
45. Ep. 45: Human Bomb, Jun! (人間爆弾ジュン!, *Ningen Bakudan Jun!*?)
46. Ep. 46: Escape! The Town of Traps! (脱出! わなの町!, *Dasshutsu! Wana no Machi!*?)
47. Ep. 47: Professor Shibata's True Colors!? (柴田博士の正体!?, *Shibata-hakase no Shōtai!?*?)
48. Ep. 48: It Appears! Balzion (出現! バルジオン, *Shutsugen! Barujion*?)
49. Ep. 49: Critical Bio Robo (危うしバイオロボ, *Ayaushi Baio Robo*?)
50. Ep. 50: Assault Neograd (突撃ネオグラード, *Totsugeki Neogurādo*?)
51. Final Ep.: Goodbye, Peebo (さよならピーボ, *Sayonara Pībo*?)

**Movies**

1. *Choudenshi Bioman Movie* (超電子バイオマン, *Chōdenshi Baioman*?)

**American Pilot**

1. Bio-Man

## Cast

* Shirou Gou (, *郷史朗*?, Gō Shirō): Ryosuke Sakamoto (阪本 良介, *Sakamoto Ryōsuke*?)
* Shingo Takasugi (高杉真吾, *Takasugi Shingo*?): Naoto Ota (太田 直人, *Ōta Naoto*?)
* Ryuuta Nanbara (南原竜太, *Nanbara Ryūta*?): Akito Osuga (大須賀 昭人, *Ōsuga Akito*?)
* Mika Koizumi (小泉ミカ, *Koizumi Mika*?): Yuki Yajima (矢島 由紀, *Yajima Yuki*?)
* Jun Yabuki (矢吹ジュン, *Yabuki Jun*?): Sumiko Tanaka (田中 澄子, *Tanaka Sumiko*?)
* Hikaru Katsuragi (桂木ひかる, *Katsuragi Hikaru*?): Michiko Makino (牧野 美千子, *Makino Michiko*?)
* Professor Shibata/Shinichiro Gou (柴田博士/郷　紳一朗, *Shibata-hakase/Gō Shin'ichirō*?): Tadao Nakamaru (中丸 忠雄, *Nakamaru Tadao*?)
* Shuichi Kageyama, Prince (蔭山 秀一, プリンス, *Kageyama Shūichi, Purinsu*?): Hidenori Iura (井浦 秀知, *Iura Hidenori*?)
* Joy (ジョーイ, *Jōi*?): Shinobu Nakayama (中山忍, *Nakayama Shinobu*?)
* Doctor Man/Hideo Kageyama (ドクターマン/蔭山 秀夫, *Dokutā Man/Kageyama Hideo*?): Munemaru Koda (幸田 宗丸, *Kōda Munemaru*?)
* Mason (メイスン, *Meisun*?): Hirohisa Nakata (中田 博久, *Nakata Hirohisa*?)
* Farrah (ファラ, *Fara*?): Yoko Asuka (飛鳥 裕子, *Asuka Yōko*?)
* Farrah Cat (ファラキャット, *Fara Kyatto*?): Yukari Oshima (大島ゆかり, *Ōshima Yukari*?)
* Monster (モンスター, *Monsutā*?): Strong Kongo (ストロング金剛, *Sutorongu Kongō*?)
* Mettzler (メッツラー, *Mettsurā*?): Hiroshi Izawa (伊沢 弘, *Izawa Hiroshi*?)
* Psygorn (サイゴーン, *Saigōn*?): Keisuke Yamashita (山下 啓介, *Yamashita Keisuke*?)
* Zyuoh (ジュウオウ, *Jūō*?): Masahiro Anzai (安西 正弘, *Anzai Masahiro*?)
* Messerju (メッサージュウ, *Messājū*?): Shun Yashiro (八代 駿, *Yashiro Shun*?)
* Aquaiger (アクアイガー, *Akuaigā*?): Hirotaka Nagai (永井 寛孝, *Nagai Hirotaka*?)
* Narrator: Ichiro Murakoshi (村越 伊知郎, *Murakoshi Ichirō*?)

### Guest cast

* Shota Yamamori (山守 正太, *Yamamori Shōta*?): Hikaru Kurosaki (黒崎輝, *Kurosaki Hikaru*?)

### Voice actors

* Bio Hunter Silva (バイオハンター・シルバ, *Baio Hantā Shiruba*?): Kazuo Hayashi (林 一夫, *Hayashi Kazuo*?)
* Peebo (ピーボ, *Pībo*?): Yoshiko Ota (太田 淑子, *Ōta Yoshiko*?)

## Songs

Opening theme
* "Choudenshi Bioman" (超電子バイオマン, *Chōdenshi Baioman*?)
	+ Lyrics: Chinfa Kan (康 珍化, *Kan Chinfa*?)
	+ Composition: Kunihiko Kase (加瀬 邦彦, *Kase Kunihiko*?)
	+ Arrangement: Tatsumi Yano (矢野 立美, *Yano Tatsumi*?)
	+ Artist: Takayuki Miyauchi (宮内 タカユキ, *Miyauchi Takayuki*?)

Ending theme
* "Biomic Soldier" (バイオミック・ソルジャー, *Baiomikku Sorujā*?)
	+ Lyrics: Chinfa Kan
	+ Composition: Kunihiko Kase
	+ Arrangement: Tatsumi Yano
	+ Artist: Takayuki Miyauchi

Insert theme
* Bio Robo no Uta
* Oretachi Bioman
* Sexual Lady
* Blue Togetherness
* Oozora Kakete!
* Colorful Bioman
* Yume Miru Peebo
* Yuuyaku no Pegasus

## International broadcasts

Asia
*Bioman* aired in the Philippines on ABS-CBN in 1987-88 and IBC-13 in 1993-2000 - making it the second Sentai show to be broadcast there since *Himitsu Sentai Gorenger* and *J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai*. It was also the last *tokusatsu* title in the Philippines to be dubbed in English, as *Uchuu Keiji Shaider* - which was aired on the same year - began the trend of dubbing *tokusatsu* in Filipino. In recent years, *Bioman* was re-broadcast and re-dubbed in Filipino. The series also aired on Channel 7 in Thailand. It was aired in South Korea under the title *Space Commando Bioman*.

Europe
The series was very popular in France, being first aired in Canal + in 1985, every Saturday at 12:30, and later on TF1, on the programme Club Dorothée, from September 2, 1987 with singer/actor Bernard Minet recording a French version of the show's theme for that country. It also was released dubbed on video in Greece.

Latin America
*Bioman* was dubbed in Spanish and aired in Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico and El Salvador by Caracol TV, RCTV/Televen, Azteca 7 and Canal 12, respectively.

United States
In 1986, Haim Saban produced apilot episode of an American adaptation of the series simply titled *Bio-Man*.

## Notes

* This is the first Super Sentai series to feature a female Yellow Ranger, and the first to feature two females on the team.
* Bioman is the first Super Sentai series to have the show's full title announced at the beginning of the opening sequence. The two previous series, *Goggle V* and *Dynaman*, announces only the title of the team but not the full title. This has become a tradition with nearly every Sentai since (with the exception of *Kakuranger* and *Go-Busters*).
* Bioman is also nearly unique among Super Sentai in that the human-sized monsters aren't grown when defeated. Gear uses five recurring human-sized monsters, the Beastnoids, and launches a unique giant robot when its members are defeated. This is similar to Goggle Five (the monster uses a giant, robotic near-clone of itself) and *Dekaranger* (monster or footsoldier uses giant robot, either to a finish fight or used as a distraction.)
* Like its 1981 predecessor, Sun Vulcan, Bioman was chosen to be adapted into a Power Rangers series followed by the 1991 series *Jetman*. The adaptation of a Sentai to a Power Rangers series would later go to its 1992 successor *Zyuranger*.
	+ Had Bioman been adapted, Doctor Man's dubbed name would have been Zadar.
* Bioman is the second to last series to have a primary and secondary ranger of the same designation (Shinkenger is the last) and is the only series wherein the primary and secondary Rangers of the same designation do not appear in the same episode, unlike in *Gorenger*, *Battle Fever J* and *Sun Vulcan*.
	+ Bioman was also the last time where one Ranger lost/gave up their designation, making the second Ranger the only one with their designation. (While Takeru and Kaoru transferred the title of Head of the Shiba House and leadership of the Shinkenger team to each other, they both never spent an episode without their powers since their respective debuts).
* Aside from colors, Bioman is the first Sentai with numerical designations (not counting a special exception). The second would come exactly thirty years later.
* This is one of two Sentai to use the term "Denshi" as the denomination, alongside *Denshi Sentai Denziman*; however the "Denshi" in this title refers to "electron" as opposed to "electronics" as in the former series.
* In the Philippine Dub, their dub becomes English prior to the other Sentai series where they speak to their native language. Their Japanese names are also renamed as Kenichi/Kenny (Shirou), Sammy (Shingo), Frankie (Ryuuta), Casey (Mika), June (Jun), Kimberly (Hikaru) and Yatori (Shota). The supporting characters are also renamed as Sonny (Shuichi/Prince), Shichiro/Dr. Shibota (Shinichiro/Dr. Shibata), Michael (Ken), and Mickey (Miki) and the villains, Mikara/Mike (Hideo), Vargo (Monster) and the Beastoids with the exception of both Mason and Farrah from the Big Three and Hideo's alias as Doctor Man are maintained.
* This is the the third Sentai series on not bear a name of "Sentai" at first since JAKQ Dengekitai, Battle Fever J. Though also instead, being the first Sentai series on replacing a word of "Sentai" with a word of "Chou (name)" only, followed by Flashman.
* In France, Bioman first aired on Canal + in 1985, every saturday at 12:30, and later on TF1, on the programme Club Dorothée, from September 2 1987 (where it had a different opening song from the original one, differently from the Canal + Dub). The show had consequently an immense success, that allowed other Sentai shows to be imported in France. Bioman had acquired a status of cult series between the Club Dorothée generation, and is regularly reaired in the satellitar channel Mangas.
* In the French Dub, The Biomen are renamed as Jacky (Shirou), Fred (Shingo), Bob (Ryuta) and Sikou (Hikaru), while Mika, Jun and Shota retained their original names, their ranger designations were also renamed as Force Rouge (literally: Red Force, Red One), Force Verte (Green Two), Force Bleue (Blue Three), Force Jaune (Yellow Four), Force Rose (Pink Five) and Soldat Magnétique (Magne Warrior). The supporting characters retain their original names, while Peebo was renamed as Peebolo. The Beastnoids and the villains, with the exception of Farrah from the Big Three and Hideo Kageyama, were renamed as Docteur Mad (Doctor Man), Jason (Mason), Monstre (Monster), Motzou (Messer Beast), Saigon (Psygorn), Aqua-tiger (Aquaiger), Madler (Mettzler) and Jouoh (Juuoh).

## References

1. ↑ "Library -- English Titles -- TOEI TV Website". http://tvarc.toei.co.jp/tv/library/series-title.html. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
2. ↑ Discogs.com - Bernard Minet: Bioman
3. ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1986-08-12/business/fi-18776\_1\_haim-saban

## External links

* *Choudenshi Bioman* at super-sentai.net
* *Choudenshi Bioman* at Wikipedia
* *Choudenshi Bioman* at Japanese Wikipedia