7-Color Mask

7-Color Mask is the name and title character of a tokusatsu TV series, later called New 7-Color Mask. It was created by Kōhan Kawauchi, who also created Moonlight Mask. This B&W TV show was the first superhero TV series by Toei Company Ltd.. It was broadcast on NET from June 3, 1959 to June 30, 1960, with a total of 57 episodes divided into 7 segments. Aside from being Toei's first superhero show, this series was also the debut of actor Sonny Chiba, who was 19 at the time, who took over the title role from Susumu Wajima after Episode 32. The hero of this series is a young detective named Kotarō Ran, unknown to anyone, is a master of disguise, utilizing 7 different personalities. Most of his disguises are odd characters, like a magician and a cigar-smoking Indian, but Kotarō's 7th disguise is the 2-gun-toting caped, golden-masked superhero, 7-Color Mask! This series was "remade" by creator Kawauchi in 1972 as Warrior of Love, Rainbowman, and it is also considered an inspiration behind Go Nagai's Cutey Honey.