Battle Fever J

This article is about a series entry (the 3rd) in the Super Sentai series.

Battle Fever J
Number:	1 (prior to 1995) 3
Number of episodes:	52 1 Movie
First episode:	Ep. 1: Assault!! Run to the Ballpark
Last episode:	Final Ep.: The Symphony of the Heroes
Intro:	'Battle Fever J'
Outro:	'Yuusha ga Iku'
Original airing:	February 3, 1979 – January 26, 1980
Production
Producers	Susumu Yoshikawa Itaru Orita
Writers	Susumu Takaku Shozo Uehara Takashi Edzure Hirohisa Soda
Composers	Chuumei Watanabe
Production Order
Previous	J.A.K.Q.
Next	Denziman

Battle Fever J (バトルフィーバーJ(ジェー), Batoru Fībā Jē), is the 3rd entry of the Super Sentai series franchise. It was produced by Toei Company and aired on TV Asahi on February 3, 1979 until January 26, 1980 with a total of 52 episodes. It was Toei’s second co-production with Marvel (the first being Spider-Man).

The Rangers have designations named for countries around the world: Battle Japan, Battle France, Battle Cossack (Soviet Union), Battle Kenya and Miss America. It was also the first show in the series to solidify the Super Sentai format where the heroes must control giant robots to defeat a monster who itself has grown to a gigantic size (or anything similar). This was done due to the immense popularity of Toei's adaptation of Spiderman, and their own home made shows Daitetsujin 17 and Giant Robo in reruns among Japanese children and in toy sales.

The average ratings of the series was 12.0%.

Production

The first Super Sentai?

An earlier version of the Battle Fever suits. The final design would be mostly the same with slight modifications.

The "Super Sentai" term was first introduced during the airing of Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan in 1981. In earlier sources that compile the Super Sentai Series, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai were regarded as the first two entries of the franchise, followed by Battle Fever J as the third installment. However, in 1988, later publications denoted Battle Fever J as the first installment in the Super Sentai series thus excluding Gorenger and J.A.K.Q.. Furthermore, first episode of Turboranger explicitly states Super Sentai began with Battle Fever J.

In 1993, the term Super Century All Sentai (超世紀全戦隊, Chō Seiki Zen Sentai) was coined as an umbrella term to represent the then-series of shows recognized as "Super Sentai", as well as the two Ishinomori-produced Sentai shows. In 1995, the umbrella term of Sentai Series (戦隊シリーズ, Sentai Shirīzu) became used to denote the franchise as a whole, making it the first and only anniversary to count the number of years since the airing of Gorenger. Finally, during the run of Mirai Sentai Timeranger in 2000, the Sentai Series was officially rebranded as the Super Sentai Series (スーパー戦隊シリーズ, Sūpā Sentai Shirīzu), with Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. given official recognition as the first two entries, as shown during episode 51 of Timeranger, which showed a compilation of the first 24 Super Sentai and introducing the 25th entry, Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger.

Plot

General Kurama assembles four young agents who had been dispatched around the world for training. They are joined by FBI investigator Diane Martin, whose father was murdered by Egos. The five don powered suits to become the Battle Fever team. (The word 'fever' was popular at the time.) The Battle Fever team's trump card is the Battle Fever Robo. Egos tries to stop the construction of the Robot, but the monsters they send to perform this task are defeated one by one by the Fever team.

Egos then unleashes the 'younger brother' of the Buffalo Monster, a giant robot replica of its "older brother". The Robot, fortunately, is finished in time. Aboard it, the Fever team defeats the Buffalo Monster and its successors. The Fever team never stops, even when it lost two of its members (the original Miss America leaves and first Battle Cossack is killed). With two new members, the team defeats Hedder, now the Hedder Monster, and breaks into Egos' headquarters, where they are fed into the Egos Monster Making Machine so that they may be used as material for a Battle Fever Monster. The team destroys the machine and slays the mysterious deity Satan Egos himself with the Lightning Sword Rocketter sword-throwing move.

Characters

Rangers

Battle Fever J

• The First Team. (1-24)
• The Second Team (24-33)
• The Third Team (33-52)

1/3

Designation	Name	Actor
Battle Japan	Masao Den	Kouki Tanioka
Battle Cossack	Kensaku Shiraishi ▶ Makoto Jin	Yukio Itou ▶ Daisuke Ban
Battle France	Kyosuke Shida	Narimitsu Kurachi
Battle Kenya	Shiro Akebono	Kenji Ohba
Miss America	Diane Martin ▶ Maria Nagisa	Diane Martin ▶ Naomi Hagi

Allies

National Defense Ministry

• General Kurama Tetsuzan
• Keiko Nakahara
• Midori Aoba
• Bosnar Martin
• Akio Hamamura
• Intelligence Bureau Minister Sakaguchi
• Kyutaro
• Tomoko Ueda

Others

• Masaru Nakahara
• Black Snake
• Mari Okiyama
• Mitsuru Okiyama
• Catherine Martin
• Yuki Ueda
• Akira Jin
• Mechanical Doll Monster
• Tsuyoshi Takeuchi

Civilians

• Koichi
• Miyoko Akiyama
• Miyoko Akiyama's mother
• Hidemi
• Hikaru Amano
• Nakai
• Segawa
• Segawa's wife
• Yoko Sakaguchi
• Kenichi Sakaguchi
• Ken
• Hideo Toyoda
• Koji Matsui
• Koji Matsui's sister
• Taiichi Jin
• Shinichiro Katayama
• Mitsuko Katayama
• Moriyama
• Yaeko Suzumoto
• Yuichi Suzumoto
• Yuichi Suzumoto's sister
• Yuzo Suzumoto
• Rumi
• Tokio
• Yohei Ooyama
• Kumiko Mizuzawa
• Miyoko Mizuzawa
• Catherine
• Raita
• Dr. Taiichi Torishima
• Professor Iwamoto
• Kazuki Iwamoto
• Senzo Arishima
• Shinobu Arishima
• Sayuri Kurihara
• Yumeno
• Yamada
• Akira
• Takeshi
• Tetsuya Nakai
• Akiko Nakai
• Shinya Nakai
• Shizuka Kosaka
• Yoshio Akita
• Sashiko Iwata
• Tetsuo Iwata
• Yoshio Murano
• Miyo Yamanaka
• Mayumi Mimura
• Professor Mimura
• Shinzo Ootaguro
• Goro Akiyama
• Yoshiko Akiyama
• Detective Onizuka
• Kumi Oota
• Kumi Oota's mother
• Takeshi Maeda
• Takeshi Maeda's mother
• Miss Fujiko
• Professor Takamatsu
• Professor Yasuhara
• Noriko
• Tatsuya Hojo's mother
• Tatsuya Hojo
• Matsuno
• Yabuki
• Yoko Sekine
• Hiroshi Sekine
• Isao Sekine
• Tsuyoshi Takeuchi
• Megumi
• Ichirota Tsukikage
• Kenta
• Kenta's father
• Kenta's mother
• Dr. Oosawa
• Takuro Igawa
• Takuro Igawa's mother
• Yutaka Horiuchi
• Minoru Horiuchi
• Kimiko Horiuchi
• Kayo
• Shigata
• Shigata's father
• Yoshiko Murai
• Hakuun Fujinami
• Ryuzan Ogami
• Ikkaku Oni
• Ayako Ichijoji

Villains

• Secret Society Egos
  • Leader
    • Satan Egos (1-52)
  • Generals
    • Commanders
      • Commander Hedder (1-30, 32-35, 38-42, 44-51) / Hedder Monster (51)
      • Salomé (19-52)
    • Others
      • Hikaru Amano (2)
      • Zero One (21-22)
      • Zero Two (21-22)
  • Egos Monsters
    • Umbrella Monster (1)
    • Fang Lion Monster (1-2)
    • Death Mask Monster (3)
    • Psychokinesis Monster (4)
    • Buffalo Monster (5)
    • Doguu Monster (6)
    • Fireball Monster (7)
    • Sports Monster (8)
    • Icicle Monster (9)
    • Naumann Monster (10)
    • Cobra Monster (11)
    • Monster Roselinka (12)
    • Egg Monster (13)
    • Galaxy Monster (14)
    • Snail Monster (15)
    • Hand-to-Hand Combat Monster (16)
    • Blue Vein Monster (17)
    • Magnet Monster (18)
    • Notch Tooth Monster (20)
    • Dinosaur Monster (21-22)
    • Ghost Monster (23)
    • Dracula Monster (24)
    • Magic Monster (25)
    • Bandage Monster (26)
    • Black Mask Monster (27)
    • Jellyfish Urchin Monster (28)
    • Kuchisake Monster (29)
    • Picky Eating Monster (30)
    • Money Violence Monster (31)
    • Earthworm Monster (32)
    • Eagle Monster (33)
    • Cicada Killer Monster (34)
    • Ancient Fish Monster (35)
    • Bomb Monster (36)
    • Four Faced Monster (37)
    • Skull Mushroom Monster (38)
    • Hyde Monster (39)
    • Study Monster (40)
    • Mechanical Doll Monster (41)
    • Electric Monster (42)
    • Rolling Monster (43)
    • Illusion Monster (44)
    • Heart Monster (45)
    • Curse Monster (46)
    • Left Hand Monster (47)
    • Great Thief Monster (48)
    • Fly Trap Monster (49)
    • Ogre Beard Monster (50)
  • Grunts/Mecha
    • Grunts
      • Cutmen (1-52, The Flying Ghost Ship)
    • Mecha
      • Egos Fighters (5, 7-8, 17, 22, 36, 41, 51)

Arsenal

Transformation Devices

• Battleceiver

Team Blaster and Weapons

• Command Bats/Penta Force cannon/boomerang
  • Spear ◆
  • Sais ◆
  • Fencing Sword ◆
  • Whip ◆
  • Throwing Knives ◆
  • Nunchaku

Vehicles

• Battle Fever Car ◆◆
• Three Machines ◆◆◆

Mecha

Legend:✶ team-piloted mecha, ➲ carrier mecha; see Style Guide for rules on icon colors

• Battle Shark ➲
• Battle Fever Robo ✶

Episodes

1. Ep. 1: Assault!! Run to the Ballpark (突撃!! 球場へ走れ, Totsugeki!! Kyūjō e Hashire)
2. Ep. 2: Egos' Monster-Making Method (エゴス怪人製造法, Egosu Kaijin Seizō Hō)
3. Ep. 3: Search for the Spy! (スパイを探せ!, Supai o Sagase!)
4. Ep. 4: It's a Super-Powered Trap! (超魔力の罠だ!, Chōriki no Wana da!)
5. Ep. 5: The Great Robot Dogfight (ロボット大空中戦, Robotto Dai Kūchūsen)
6. Ep. 6: Launch the Multipurpose Battleship (万能戦艦発進せよ, Bannō Senkan Hasshin Seyo)
7. Ep. 7: The House Burns!! (お家が燃える!!, O-ie ga Moeru!!)
8. Ep. 8: The Riddle of the Strongarm Ace (鉄腕エースの謎, Tetsuwan Ēsu no Nazo)
9. Ep. 9: The Woman from the Land of Ice (氷の国の女, Kōri no Kuni no Onna)
10. Ep. 10: I Saw the Naumann Elephant (ナウマン象を見た, Nauman-zō o Mita)
11. Ep. 11: The Great Case of the Pet Kidnapping (ペット誘拐大事件, Petto Yūkai Dai Jiken)
12. Ep. 12: The Cursed Killing Method, Rose Snowstorm (呪い殺法バラ吹雪, Noroi Satsu Hō Bara Fubuki)
13. Ep. 13: Golden Eggs and Sunny-Side-Up Eggs (金の卵と目玉焼き, Kin no Tamago to Medamayaki)
14. Ep. 14: Marriage of the Beauty and the Beast (美女と野獣の結婚, Bijo to Yajū no Kekkon)
15. Ep. 15: Egos' Hellish Cooking (エゴスの地獄料理, Egosu no Jigoku Ryōri)
16. Ep. 16: Unarmed-Combat! The Queen of Darkness (格闘技! 闇の女王, Kakutōgi! Yami no Joou)
17. Ep. 17: Steal the Monster Machine (怪物（モンスター）マシンを奪え, Monsutā Mashin o Ubae)
18. Ep. 18: Pigeon! Hurry to the Nest of Evil (鳩よ悪の巣へ急げ, Hato yo Aku no Su e Isoge)
19. Ep. 19: The World's Strongest Beauty!! (世界最強の美女!!, Sekai Saidai Kyō no Bijo)
20. Ep. 20: Hazardous Ghost Hunting (危険な幽霊狩り, Kiken na Yūrei Kari)
21. Ep. 21: Assault the Dinosaur Peninsula!! (恐竜半島へ突撃!!, Kyōryū Hantō e Totsugeki)
22. Ep. 22: The Female Spy Team's Counterattack (女スパイ団の逆襲, Onna Supai Dan no Gyakushū)
23. Ep. 23: Decisive Battle!! All Monsters Appear (決戦!! 怪人総登場, Kessen!! Kaijin Sō Tōjō)
24. Ep. 24: Tears! Diane Falls (涙! ダイアン倒る, Namida! Daian Taoru)
25. Ep. 25: The Film Studio is a Strange Haunt (撮影所は怪奇魔境, Satsueijo wa Kaiki Makyū)
26. Ep. 26: The Bandage Man's Masked Report (包帯男の仮面報告, Hōtai Otoko no Kamen Hōkoku)
27. Ep. 27: Be Careful of the First Love Thief (初恋泥棒にご用心, Hatsukoi Dorobō ni Goyō Kokoro)
28. Ep. 28: Chase the Mysterious Boat (謎のボートを追え, Nazo no Bōto o Oe)
29. Ep. 29: Did You See Her!? The Kuchisake-Onna (見たか!? 口裂け女, Mita ka!? Kōretsuke Onna)
30. Ep. 30: The Villainous, Omnivorous Head Chef (悪漢雑食の料理長, Akkan Zasshoku no Ryōrichō)
31. Ep. 31: Violent Dash Truck Siblings (激走トラック兄妹, Gekisō Torakku Kyōdai)
32. Ep. 32: Hometown Homicide Village (ふるさと殺人村, Furusato Satsujin Mura)
33. Ep. 33: Cossack Dies for Love (コサック愛に死す, Kosakku Ai ni Shisu)
34. Ep. 34: The Dark General Who Laughs at Hell (地獄で笑う闇将軍, Jigoku de Warau Yami Shōgun)
35. Ep. 35: The Great Starvation Panic (腹ペコ大パニック, Harapeko Dai Panikku)
36. Ep. 36: The Blown-Up Wedding (爆破された結婚式, Bakuhasareta Kekkonshiki)
37. Ep. 37: Lightning Sword vs. Pinwheel Sword (電光剣対風車剣, Denkōken Tai Kazegurumaken)
38. Ep. 38: Bizarre! The Costume Party (怪奇! 仮装行列, Kaiki! Kasōgyōretsu)
39. Ep. 39: The Friend Who Became a Demon (悪魔になった友, Akuma ni Natta Tomo)
40. Ep. 40: The Beautiful Teacher, in the Nick of Time (美人先生危機一髪, Bijin Sensei Kikiippatsu)
41. Ep. 41: A Big Counterattack on the Verge of Explosion (爆破寸前の大逆転, Bakuha Sunzen no Dai Gyakushū)
42. Ep. 42: Electric Humans: The Fireworks of Love (電気人間愛の花火, Denki Ningen-Ai no Hanabi)
43. Ep. 43: Assassin Jackal (暗殺者ジャッカル, Ansatsusha Jakkaru)
44. Ep. 44: The Tsukikage Clan of Hell Valley (地獄谷の月影一族, Jigoku Tani no Getsuei Ichizoku)
45. Ep. 45: Five Minutes Before the Heart Stops! (心臓停止五分前!, Shinzō Teishi Gofun Mae!)
46. Ep. 46: The Cursed Straw Doll (呪いのワラ人形, Noroi no Wara Ningyō)
47. Ep. 47: A Mystery! Strategic Grass-Lot Baseball (怪! 謀略の草野球, Kai! Bōryaku no Kusayakyū)
48. Ep. 48: The Great Thief and the Robber Boy (大盗賊と泥棒少年, Dai Tōzoku to Dorobō Shōnen)
49. Ep. 49: The Rebel Army of Class 2-5 (2年5組の反乱軍, Ninen Gokumi no Hanrangun)
50. Ep. 50: The Masked Demon Who Aims for the General (将軍を狙う覆面鬼, Shōgun o Nerau Fukumen Oni)
51. Ep. 51: Egos' Revival Ceremony (エゴス復活の儀式, Egosu Fukkatsu no Kishiki)
52. Final Ep.: The Symphony of the Heroes (英雄たちの交響曲（シンフォニー）, Eiyūtachi no Shinfonī)

Movies

1. Battle Fever J: The Movie (バトルフィーバーJ, Batoru Fībā Jei, Movie Version of Episode 5)

Stageshows

1. Battle Fever J Stage Show at 3 Heroes Korakuen Yuenchi
2. Battle Fever J Stage Show at Super Hero Korakuen Yuenchi

Cast

• Narrator: Toru Ohira
• Masao Den (伝正夫, Den Masao): Kouki Tanioka (谷岡弘規, Tanioka Kōki)
• Kensaku Shiraishi (白石 謙作, Shiraishi Kensaku): Yukio Itou (伊藤幸雄, Itō Yukio)
• Makoto Jin (神 誠, Jin Makoto): Daisuke Ban (伴大介, Ban Daisuke)
• Kyosuke Shida (志田 京介, Shida Kyōsuke): Yuuhei Kurachi (倉知 雄平, Kurachi Yūhei)
• Shiro Akebono (曙四郎, Akebono Shirō): Kenji Ohba (大葉 健二, Ōba Kenji)
• Diane Martin (ダイアン・マーチン, Daian Māchin): Diane Martin
  • Diane Martin (Voice): Lisa Komaki (小牧 リサ, Komaki Risa)
• Maria Nagisa (汀マリア, Nagisa Maria): Naomi Hagi (萩奈穂美, Hagi Naomi)
• General Tetsuzan Kurama (倉間鉄山, Kurama Tetsuzan): Chiyonosuke Azuma (東千代之介, Azuma Chiyonosuke)
• Keiko Nakahara (中原ケイコ, Nakahara Keiko): Noriko Hidaka (日高 のり子, Hidaka Noriko)
• Midori Aoba (青葉ミドリ, Aoba Midori): Yuri Tsukasa (司ゆり, Tsukasa Yuri)
• Tomoko Ueda (上野トモコ, Ueno Tomoko): Keiko Kanno (菅野啓子, Kanno Keiko)
• Masaru Nakahara (中原マサル, Nakahara Masaru): Takumi Sato (佐藤たくみ, Satō Takumi)
• Akio Hamamura (浜村昭夫, Hamamura Akio): Shinichi Yoshimiya (吉宮慎一, Yoshimiya Shinichi)
• Commander Hedder (ヘッダー指揮官, Heddā Shikikan): Kenji Ushio (潮 健児, Ushio Kenji, 1-7), Masashi Ishibashi (石橋雅史, Ishibashi Masashi, 8-51)
• Salomé (サロメ, Sarome): Maki Ueda (マキ上田, Maki Ueda)
• Satan Egos (サタンエゴス, Satan Egosu, Voice): Shozo Iizuka (飯塚 昭三, Iizuka Shōzō)

Suit Actors

• Battle Japan: Kazuo Niibori (新堀 和男, Niibori Kazuo)
• Battle Cossack: Hiroshi Atsumi (渥美 博, Atsumi Hiroshi, episodes 1-6), Hirohumi Koga (古賀弘文, Koga Hirohumi, episodes 7-52), Makoto Kenmochi (釼持 誠, Kenmochi Makoto, sub)
• Battle Cossack (sub), Battle Fever Robo (sub), Egos Monsters, Cutman: Takanori Shibahara (柴原 孝典, Shibahara Takanori)
• Battle France: Haruhiko Hashimoto (橋本 春彦, Hashimoto Haruhiko), Tetsuo Masuda (益田哲夫, Masuda Tetsuo, sub)
• Battle Kenya: Kenji Ohba (大葉 健二, Ōba Kenji)
• Battle Kenya (sub), Miss America (extreme martial arts): Tsutomu Kitagawa (喜多 川務, Kitagawa Tsutomu)
• Miss America: Lisa Komaki (小牧 リサ, Komaki Risa, episodes 1-12), Eiko Onodera (小野寺 えい子, Onodera Eiko, episodes 13-52)
• Battle Fever Robo: Satoshi Fujikawa (藤川 聡, Fujikawa Satoshi)
• Egos Monsters: Shoji Sawada (沢田 祥二, Sawada Shōji), Michihiro Takeda (竹田 道弘, Takeda Michihiro)

Songs

Opening Theme

• "Battle Fever J" (バトルフィーバーJ, "Battle Fever J")
  • Artists: MoJo, Koorogi '73 (こおろぎ'73, Kōrogi Nanajūsan) & Feeling Free (フィーリング･フリー, Fīringu furī)

Ending Theme

• "Yūsha ga Iku" (勇者が行く, "Yūsha ga Iku" "A Hero Keeps Going")
  • Artist: MoJo

Mecha Theme

• "Battle Fever Daishutsugeki" (バトルフィーバー大出撃, "Battle Fever Daishutsugeki" "Battle Fever Major Sortie")
  • Artists: Ichiro Mizuki (水木 一郎, Mizuki Ichirō), Koorogi '73 (こおろぎ'73, Kōrogi Nanajūsan) & Columbia Yurikago-Kai (コロムビアゆりかご会, Columbia Yurikago-Kai)

Insert Themes

• "Battle Fever Sanka" (バトルフィーバー賛歌, "Battle Fever Sanka" "Battle Fever Anthem")
  • Artists: Ichiro Mizuki (水木 一郎, Mizuki Ichirō), Koorogi '73 (こおろぎ'73, Kōrogi Nanajūsan) & Columbia Yurikago-Kai (コロムビアゆりかご会, Columbia Yurikago-Kai)

• "Ashita No Senshi-Tachi" (明日の戦士たち, "Ashita No Senshi-Tachi" "The Soldiers of Tomorrow")
  • Artist: MoJo

Releases

Broadcast

• Battle Fever J was released on TV Asahi from February 3rd, 1979 to January 26th, 1980, airing every Saturday on 7.30 p.m..
• In the Philippines, this series was aired on BBC-2 in 1982 until 1983.[Citation needed]
• This series was especially popular in Hawaii, along with Gorenger, Kikaider, Kamen Rider V3, and Ultraman, all of which were shown with the original Japanese dialogue and subtitled by JN Productions on then KIKU Channel 13.
• The show was also broadcast in Thailand late in the mid-1990s under the name of Ranger J on MCOT Channel 9.[Citation needed]

Video Release

• TV Series
• Other

• DVD

Battle Fever J Vol. 1
(1-11)

Battle Fever J Vol. 2
(12-22)

Battle Fever J Vol. 3
(23-33)

Battle Fever J Vol. 4
(34-43)

Battle Fever J Vol. 5
(44-52)

• DVD

Toei Tokusatsu Hero: The Movie Volume 5

Notes

• The first Sentai series to have a Giant Robo.
• The first Sentai series to feature a Black Ranger as well as the first one with a recurring Orange Ranger.
  • This is the only Sentai series to have Red-Blue-Black-Orange-Pink color designation and would not be until Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger forty-five years later.
• Battle Fever J was the first Sentai series to feature lips sculpted onto the heroes' helmets, and currently the only one to feature noses.
• Battle Fever J was also the first Sentai series to feature silver mouthpieces onto the heroes' helmets.
• Battle Fever J was originally going to be called Captain Japan, and would have been mainly a show about one hero who would team up with other heroes in the show.
• The first Sentai series to feature a regular female villain.
• Battle Fever J has had the most power transfers in the Sentai series as two heroes had been replaced.
• The Battle Fever team was not called "Battle Fever J" within the show; that is the name of the show itself, not the team. In-show, the writing reference the rangers as simply "Team Battle Fever".
  • However, the team are later referred to as "Battle Fever J" in post-show references to the team, such as the Turboranger special, The Great Gathering of 10 Sentai: Counting on You! Turboranger, and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.
  • Likewise, their team is one of four without "Sentai" in their name and the only Sentai team to have its entire series and team name in a language that is not Japanese.
• Battle Fever J holds a TV show rating of 12%.
• Battle Fever J was the last season to have aired in the 1970s.

External Links

• Super-Sentai website (Archived)
• Battle Fever J at Wikipedia.
• Battle Fever J at Japanese Wikipedia