B-Robo Kabutack

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For the series' main character, see Kabutack.
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## Plot

Dr. Torahiko Koenji is an eccentric genius who dug out the ancient writings from the oldest layer of the earth. He translated the writings and learned the existence of 13 "Star Pieces" that had been hidden across the planet. If one should obtain all the Star Pieces, any wish could be granted. To that end, Dr. Koenji built search robots, known as "B-robots", to find the Star Pieces. However a trio of such robots, led by Cobrander, were activated without their sleep-education program being completed and thus started to commit bad deeds across the town.

Fortunately, a team, composed of three "good" B-robots, had completed the whole course of sleep-learning, and befriended Yuzuru Kouenji, Dr. Koenji's grandson. With Yuzuru, and his friends Sayuri Mitaka and Kuranosuke Kichijouji, the three good B-robots and the gang begin their search of the "Star Pieces" while overcoming the misdeeds of the three "bad" B-robots.

## Characters

Short for "Bio Elementary Electronic & Transform Locomotive Eexivision Robot," the Beetle-Robots, or B-Robot for short, are able to transform into the fighting Super Mode. However, the time limit the mode longs on depends on the B-Robo as the earlier models have shorter timespans compared to the later ones.

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### Other Robots

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* Captain Tomborg

### Human Characters

* Torahiko Kouenji
* Masatora Kouenji
* Madoka Kouenji
* Reika Ookubo
* Akira Ogikubo
* Miki Nakano
* Taro Koganei
* Junichiro Kunitachi

## Songs

Opening theme
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Ending theme
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	+ Artist: Takeshi Kusao

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### Suit actors

* Kabutack: Template:Nihongo
	+ Kabutack (Super Mode): Template:Nihongo
* Kuwajiro: Template:Nihongo
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* Tentorina: Template:Nihongo
* Cobrander: Template:Nihongo
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* Ganirun: Template:Nihongo
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* Spidon: Template:Nihongo
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* Sharkler: Template:Nihongo
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* Dangoron: Template:Nihongo
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* Gerotan: Template:Nihongo

## Foreign Titles

* **China**: *Iron Beetle Tiny Robots* (铁甲小宝, *tiě jiǎ xiǎo bǎo*)

## Notes

* While 2014's *Template:TK* website claims that the Metal Hero franchise ends with *B-Fighter Kabuto*. Over nearly a decade after the film's release, *Kabutack* is still officially considered as a Metal Hero Series by Toei and was eventually established by the Space Sheriff 40th Anniversary in 2022.

## External links

* *Template:W* at Template:W
* *B-Robo Kabutack* at Japanese Wikipedia

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