 This article is about an episode in Battle Fever J.
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The Riddle of the Strongarm Ace (鉄腕エースの謎 Tetsuwan Ēsu no Nazo) is the eighth episode of Battle Fever J.
Synopsis[]
While helping a young pitcher get through a slump, Masao investigates a fellow pitcher who has suddenly become a genius due to Egos' manipulations.
Plot[]
A young boy named Koji, is frustrated at losing a baseball game. Koji’s brother, Koichi was a high school classmate of Masao (Battle Japan), and had died in a car accident. So Masao encourages Koji to practice hard.
Koji's friend Jin Taiichi, then suddenly emerges as a fantastic baseball player of major league abilities, after joining the Prodigy Sports Club.
Masao investigates and finds out Egos has replaced him with an android. Their scheme; to lure children into effortlessly becoming sports prodigies by joining Egos. When Koji succumbs to the temptation to join the club, Masao saves him by putting a transmitter on the fake Taiichi and following him to where all the children are being held.
Cast[]
- 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)
- Kyousuke Shida (志田 京介 Shida Kyōsuke): Yuuhei Kurachi (倉知 雄平 Kurachi Yūhei)
- Shirou 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)
- 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)
- Masaru Nakahara (中原マサル Nakahara Masaru): Takumi Sato (佐藤たくみ Satō Takumi)
- Commander Hedder (ヘッダー指揮官 Heddā Shikikan): Masashi Ishibashi (石橋 雅史 Ishibashi Masashi)
- Satan Egos (サタンエゴス Satan Egosu, Voice): Shozo Iizuka (飯塚 昭三 Iizuka Shōzō)
Guest Cast[]
- Sports Monster (スポーツ怪人 Supōtsu Kaijin, Voice)/Dr. Yoneyama: Giichi Sugi (杉義一 Sugi Giichi)
- Koji Matsui (松井 幸司 Matsui Kōji): Kazuhito Ando (安藤 一人 Andō Kazuhito)
- Koji Matsui's sister: Izumi Ooyama (大山 いづみ Ōyama Izumi)
- Taiichi Jin (神 太一 Jin Taiichi): Masayuki Suzuki (鈴木 雅之 Suzuki Masayuki)
- Reporter: Hideki Komada (駒田 英基 Komada Hideki), Yoichi Kishimoto (岸本 陽一 Kishimoto Yōichi), Yasutaka Tanaka (田中 康隆 Tanaka Yasutaka)
- Father: Jiro Sagawa (佐川 二郎 Sagawa Jirō)
- Mother: Toshie Shoko (小甲登 枝恵 Shōkō Toshie), Hisako Yaohara (八百原 寿子 Yaohara Hisako)
- Child: Mitsuo Matsuda (松田 満男 Matsuda Mitsuo), Kensaburo Kanba (神原 健三郎 Kanba Kensaburō), Koji Hata (秦幸 志 Hata Kōji)
Stunt Actors[]
- Battle Japan: Kazuo Niibori
- Battle Cossack: Hirofumi Koga
- Battle France: Haruhiko Hashimoto
- Battle Kenya: Tsutomu Kitagawa
- Miss America: Lisa Komaki
Errors[]
- to be added
Notes[]
- Viewership: 16.0%
DVD releases[]
Battle Fever J Volume 1, DVD cover
Battle Fever J Volume 1 features episodes 1-11. [1]
References[]
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