Toei Superheroes are superhero shows produced by Toei Company Ltd.

Toei Company

is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system by the standards of the 1930s United States; operates studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a...

, which has done the biggest number of live-action tokusatsu

Tokusatsu

is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects ....

 superhero

Superhero

A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...

 shows in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. Although still a work in progress, this is the complete list of Toei movies & TV shows by year.

Note that a number of programs (including all Sentai

Super Sentai

The is the name given to the long-running Japanese superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Co., Ltd., Toei Agency and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi...

 series excluding Gorenger and J.A.K.Q.) are said to be created by ; this is not a person, but rather a collective pseudonym for Toei staff (similar to Hajime Yatate

Hajime Yatate

is a pseudonym for the collective contributions of the Sunrise animation staff.-Name:"Hajime Yatate" is considered named after a quote of Matsuo Bashō's Oku no Hosomichi:-Credited series:...

, a name used by the staff of the Japanese animation company Sunrise Inc.

Sunrise (company)

is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios...

). Quite a few of these shows would be created by Shotaro Ishinomori

Shotaro Ishinomori

was a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu, creating several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009 and Himitsu Sentai Goranger, what would go on to become part of the Super Sentai series, and the Kamen Rider Series...

, such as Kamen Rider

Kamen Rider

, is a weekly science fiction story created by Japanese manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. It debuted as a tokusatsu television series on April 3, 1971 and ran until February 10, 1973, airing on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET TV . A manga adaptation was also featured in Shōnen Magazine...

, Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai for the Super Sentai series, Android Kikaida, Inazuman

Inazuman

is a fictional character created by Shotaro Ishinomori. First appearing in the tokusatsu series of the same name, the mutant superhero has gone on to appear in manga and anime.-Inazuman Specs:Inazuman is, in reality, young college student , a mutant...

 and others.

1950s

• 1958

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Black-and-white

Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...

 (One movie in colour)

• 1959

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Black-and-white

Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...

} - TV series, Movie, B&W

Black-and-white

Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...

1960s

• 1960

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Black-and-white

Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...

 (Made with co-operation from Panasonic

Panasonic

Panasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd...

 as the series was used to advertise their products under the National

National (brand)

National was a brand used by Panasonic Corporation to sell home appliances, personal appliances, and industrial appliances and was the first name used by Konosuke Matsushita's electric firm to sell his battery-powered bicycle lamps, hoping that they would be a product used by all of Japan, hence...

 brand name).

• 1961

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Black-and-white

Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...

• 1967

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Color

Color or colour is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, green, blue and others. Color derives from the spectrum of light interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors...

 superhero TV series)
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1970s

• 1971

} - TV series, 2 movies (First Toei superhero series of the 1970s, and first of the Kamen Rider Series

Kamen Rider Series

The is a metaseries of manga and tokusatsu television programs and films created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. The various Kamen Rider media generally feature a motorcycle-riding superhero with an insect motif who fights supervillains often referred to as...

)
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• 1972

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• 1973

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• 1974

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• 1975

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Super Sentai

The is the name given to the long-running Japanese superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Co., Ltd., Toei Agency and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi...

)
} - TV series

• 1976

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• 1977

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}(Daitetsujin 17) - TV series, (There was also a movie made but it was only released in the USA under the title 'Brain 17'. Distributed by Family Home Entertainment

Family Home Entertainment

Family Home Entertainment was an American home video company founded in 1980 by Noel C. Bloom. It was a division of International Video Entertainment, which had its headquarters in Newbury Park, California.-General information:...

 on video in 1982. A couple of TV movies were also made using footage of this series in the USA under the titles 'The Defenders' and 'The Great Brain')
} - TV series, movie

• 1978

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} - TV series (reworking of the classic Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

 superhero Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

 under license from Marvel; helped popularize the live-action giant robot

Giant Robot

Giant Robot may refer to:* Giant Robot , magazine of Asian American popular culture* Mecha, a piloted or remote-controlled limbed vehicle* Giant Robot Week, week-long event that aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami in 2003...

 craze in Japan)
} (sequel to the movie - Message from Space - Movie, Message From Space - Galactic Wars - TV series

• 1979

} - TV series (3rd Sentai and 1st Super Sentai

Super Sentai

The is the name given to the long-running Japanese superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Co., Ltd., Toei Agency and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi...

)
} - TV series, movie (originally titled Kamen Rider, but also known as Sky Rider to separate it from the like-named 1971 series and its manga counterpart)

1980s

• 1980

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• 1981

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• 1982

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} - TV series (The first Metal Hero Series)

• 1983

} - TV series, movie (Six episodes from this Sentai show were used in a parody dub in the USA Network

USA Network

USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...

 TV show Night Flight

Night Flight (TV series)

Night Flight is a variety show that originated on the USA Network. An eclectic mix of short films, cartoons, B movies, stand up comedy, documentaries, music videos and more, Night Flight was broadcast, in various incarnations, from 1981 to 1996....

 however this is not part of the official Power Rangers

Power Rangers

Power Rangers is a long-running American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live action children's television series featuring teams of costumed heroes...

 canon).
} - TV series

• 1984

} - TV special (This special introduces Kamen Rider ZX

Kamen Rider ZX

is the tenth fictional superhero in the Kamen Rider franchise to bear the eponymous title. ZX holds the distinction of being the first Rider who did not star in his own television series. The character debuted in an eponymous manga series which began serialization on the July 1982 issue of the...

)
} - TV series
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} - TV series, 2 movies, TV special (Americanized into VR Troopers

VR Troopers

VR Troopers was a syndicated live action show produced by Saban from 1994 to 1996...

)

• 1985

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} - TV series, 2 movies
} - TV series

• 1986

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} - TV series (Americanized into VR Troopers)

• 1987

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} - TV series, Movie (Americanized into VR Troopers)
} - TV series, 2 movies

• 1988

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} - TV series
} - TV series, 3-D special (Americanized into Masked Rider

Masked Rider (TV series)

Masked Rider is an American adaptation of the Japanese television series Kamen Rider Black RX, the ninth in a line of series in the popular Kamen Rider Series franchise. It was produced by Saban and aired on FOX part of the Fox Kids program block from September 16, 1995 to August 31, 1996 and then...

)

• 1989

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} - TV Series, Movie, Special

1990s

• 1990

} - TV series (Also part of the Toei Fushigi Comedy Series

Toei Fushigi Comedy Series

The is a series of Japanese tokusatsu programs produced by Toei Company that features various superheroes much like their Super Sentai and Kamen Rider Series. However these shows mainly focus on cute robots similar to Robocon, cute and unusual creatures, masked individuals who get tracked down by...

).
} - TV series
} - TV series
} Video Release

• 1991

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} - TV series

• 1992

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} - TV series (First Sentai series to be Americanized into Power Rangers

Power Rangers

Power Rangers is a long-running American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live action children's television series featuring teams of costumed heroes...

)
} Video Release

• 1993

} - TV series, Movie
} - TV series, Movie
} - Movie
} - TV special (Co-production with Tsuburaya Productions

Tsuburaya Productions

is a Japanese special effects studio founded in 1963 by special effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya and was run by his family, until October 2007, when the family sold the company to advertising agency TYO Inc. The studio is best known for producing the original Ultraman TV series, as well as the Ultra...

)

• 1994

} - TV series

• • Toei Hero Daishugō: 3D-Special featuring Janperson and Blue SWAT

} - TV Series, Movie

• • Super Sentai World: 3D Special

} - Movie

• • Kamen Rider World: 3D-Special

• 1995

} - TV series, Movie (Americanized into Big Bad Beetleborgs

Big Bad Beetleborgs

Big Bad Beetleborgs is an American television series produced by Saban Entertainment. It aired for two seasons on Fox Kids between September 7, 1996 and March 2, 1998. Reruns later aired on UPN Kids during 1998-1999...

)
} - TV series, Movie
} - Movie

• 1996

} - TV series (Americanized into Beetleborgs Metallix

Big Bad Beetleborgs

Big Bad Beetleborgs is an American television series produced by Saban Entertainment. It aired for two seasons on Fox Kids between September 7, 1996 and March 2, 1998. Reruns later aired on UPN Kids during 1998-1999...

)
} - TV series
} - TV series
} - Video Release

• 1997

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} - Video Release

• 1998

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} - TV series
} - Video Release

• 1999

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} - Video Release

2000s

• 2000

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} - Video Release

• 2001

} - TV series
} - Movie
} - Video Release
} - TV series
} - Movie
} - Video Release

• 2002

} - TV series (Americanized into Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight

Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight

Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight is the Daytime Emmy Award-winning American adaptation of the Japanese tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ryuki, the twelfth installment of the Kamen Rider Series. It was brought to television by Steve and Michael Wang and produced by Jimmy Sprague through Adness Entertainment...

)
} - Movie
} 2002
} - Movie

• 2003

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} - Movie
} - TV series
} - Movie
} - TV series, 2 DVD specials
} - Video Release

• 2004

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} - Movie
} - TV series
} - Movie
} - Video Release

• 2005

} - TV series
} - Movie
} - TV series
} - Movie
} - Video Release
} - Movie

• 2006

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} - Movie
} - TV series
} - Movie
} - Video Release

• 2007

} - TV series
} - Movie
} - TV series
} - Movie
} - Video Release
} - Movie

• 2008

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} - Movie
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} - TV series
} - Movie
} - Video Release

• 2009

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} - Movie

2010s

• 2010

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} - TV series
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} - Movie

• 2011

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} - Movie