Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya

Story

Characters

Yamaji Family

• Toha Yamaji/Jiraiya: The protagonist. The 19-year-old adoptive son of Tetsuzan Yamaji. He has been given the task of protecting the Yamaji's half of the clay tablet showing the location of the Secret Treasure Pako. To become Jiraiya, he wears the Jiraiya Suit and wields the deadly Optical-magnetized Light Vacuum Sword to defeat evildoers. He later gains the ability to upgrade his Jiraiya Suit by equipping over it the Jiraiya Power Protector. He works several part-time jobs to support his family. Toha is actually a descendant of the alien that brought the Pako to Earth 2300 years before the start of the series. He was adopted by Tetsuzan when he was an infant after his true parents, Hanzo and Chiyo, were killed. Decades after the Sorcerers clan's fall, Toha makes a guest appearance in episode 34 of Shuriken Sentai Ninninger. He later appoints a successor, Touma Amagi, who inherits his suit and appears in Uchu Sentai Kyuranger vs. Space Squad.
• Kei Yamaji/Princess Ninja Emiha: Tetsuzan's daughter, a 16-year-old high school freshman. She often teases her adoptive brother Toha, leaving most of the housework and chores to him, but cares deeply about him. When she dresses as Emiha to assist Jiraiya, she wears a white ninja armor similar to Jiraiya's. Her special technique, the Cherry Blossoms Rain Ninja Art, allows her to put enemies to sleep with a rain of white cherry blossoms. Her other technique, the Face Copying Ninja Art, allows her to create face masks of other people to disguise herself.
• Manabu Yamaji: Tetsuzan's young son, a 9-years-old third grade student. He becomes dissatisfied with himself after feeling that his older siblings and father treat him as being only half-capable as they are. He eventually creates a homemade battle armor as he becomes more involved in the war against the Sorcerers Clan, wielding a slingshot with steel marbles as his main arsenal. He is also a talented artist when it comes to drawing portraits. Manabu makes a guest appearance in episode 31 of Kidou Keiji Jiban.
• Tetsuzan Yamaji: The 34th Grandmaster of the Togakure-ryū Ninpō school. The adoptive father of Toha and biological father to Kei and Manabu. His wife Sanae was the daughter of Tetsuzan's master, but she was killed during a crossfire between Tetsuzan and the Sorcerers Clan eight years prior to the start of the series. He opened the Bujinkan ninpo dojo at his own apartment complex, but has received very few students outside his own children. He raises Bonsai trees at his spare time and owns two pets: Shiro, a carrier pigeon; and Kuro, a ninja-trained canine. One of his most notable characteristics is his great knowledge of the World Ninjas.

  International Secret Police

• Rei Yagyu/Valorous Ninja Reiha - A mysterious kunoichi descended from the Shadow Yagyu clan who become Toha's Girlfriend, When She protect him from danger. She holds a secret power which she releases when her pupils glow green. Like Toha, she is descended from the alien that brought Pako to Earth, thus she is the only person whose blood type is compatible with Toha's. In Episode 11 she overuses her power and suffers a memory loss as a result, but she eventually recovered. She specializes in swimming and gymnastics due to her high physical strength and flexibility. After the Sorcerers clan has been fallen, She married Toha for a wedding.
• Ryu Asuka/Spear Ninja Toppa - A young spear-wielding ninja who works together with Rei. He was played by Issei Hirota, who previously played Blue Mask's alter-ego Akira in Hikari Sentai Maskman.

  Allies

• Castle Ninja Baron Owl: A British ninja descended from a Crusader who resembles a knight. Rides white horse named Juji-Go. He wields a broadsword called the Cross King Sword, as well as crucifix-shaped shurikens. He challenges Jiraiya for the possession of his clay board in order to obtain the Pako and use it for peaceful purposes as a sent-off to martyrs that had die for noble causes, but later becomes his ally. Most of his dialogue consists of a mixture of Japanese and English. His mask is a golden helmet.
• Jail Ninja Haburamu: A mohawk and black mask-donning Turkish ninja tasked with the protection of the Green Flame, a precious emerald from the Topkapi Palace. Wields a large knife and sword, as well as a Kusari-fundo. In Episode 3, he is tricked into fighting Jiraiya by the Sorcerers Clan, but reconciles with him by the end of the episode. In Episode 15, he inadvertently releases Manin Sylvia from her prison and returns to Japan to seek Jiraiya's assistance. He is a devout Muslim who never misses a prayer and he prefers to sleep outdoors, as his snore is very loud.
• Anthropomorphic Ninja Crimson Lizard: A sword collecting ninja who wanders the world in search for the most valuable ones. A wanderer who has traveled the world in order to master every sort of sword fighting and ninja techniques, he is a skilled warrior feared by even Dokusai himself. He wields lizard-shaped throwing stars and bombs, as well as a hand cannon, while having the ability to transform into a large lizard. In Episode 5, he attempts to challenge Jiraiya for the Optical-magnetized Light Vacuum Sword, but fails. He becomes Jiraiya's ally and in Episode 31, he discovers the Nobutora, a sword that belonged to Shingen Takeda, that was stolen from a museum in Paris, but is forced to return it to authorities. In Episode 41, he becomes possessed when he wields the Dark Sword that originally belonged to Demost.
• Explosive Ninja Rocket Man: An American ninja who specializes in explosives and gunpowder. Wields a rocket launcher, which he usually carries on his back and wields a dagger for close-combat. However, he is not adept at close-quarters combat. A Vietnam War veteran, he decided to flee from the conflict after he encountered a young girl named Tao whose parents were killed. He faked his death and adopted Tao as his own daughter. In Episode 14, he goes to Japan for the first time in order to clear his name after the Sorcerers Clan framed for a bombing and kidnapping he didn't commit. In Episode 44, he is forced to fight Jiraiya against his will when Tao is kidnapped by the Sorcerers Clan. After Tao is rescued, he returns alongside Mafuuba and Wild in order to assist Jiraiya in the final battle against the Sorcerers. His ninja mask is a conical hood resembling a rocket.
• Lightning Ninja Wild: An American ninja from the West descended from Billy the Kid. He works as a bounty hunter and calls himself the "Ninja Sheriff from the North Army". His ninja outfit is made of blue denim. Wields a Magnum revolver along with a knife. In Episode 20, he hunts down Jiraiya in order to collect the bounty offered by the Sorcerers Clan, but joins forces with Jiraiya in the end when the Sorcerers betrays him. Afterward, he begins working for a public entertaining company in order to collect money to pay for his trip back to America and ends up challenging Jiraiya again in Episode 33 to duel. From that point onward, he becomes one of Jiraiya's recurring ally in the battle again the Sorcerers Clan.
• Holy Ninja Ninja Jane: A fortune-telling half-Japanese female ninja from Canada who seeks to help her poor hometown. She can shoot a Diamond Shower from her chest. Demost uses her good intentions against her by forcing her to lead Jiraiya to a trap, but ended up saving him instead by giving up her own life.
• Paper Ninja Oruha: A ninja who can manipulate paper, he is employed by his own clan to hunt down deserters. He first appears in Episode 12, where he is assigned to hunt down a deserter named Mimura. However, he is reluctant to finish job, having had a romantic relationship in the past with Mimura's daughter Kasumi. After Mimura is killed, Oruha abandons the clan to elope with Kasumi. He retires and moves to Yamanakako with Kasumi, but is brought back into action in Episode 26 after becoming involved in a plot by the Sorcerers Clan. He has ability to create paper doll minions and uses dismantled scissors as throwing knives. In Episode 45, he and Kasumi are both killed by his former clan leader, but they are both brought back to life by the powers of Jiraishin.
• Flower Ninja Yumeha: A female ninja apprentice from the Flower Ninja Clan, a clan from Lake Hamana which branched off from the Togakure school. She was raised by the clan's leader Genichiro Murakami as his own after being abandoned by her birth parents when she was an infant. She was given the task of preventing the cursed armor of the Devil King from falling into the wrong hands. She has the ability to use falling flower petals as weapons, as well as the small branches from cherry blossom trees. She is assisted by Jiraiya in Episodes 17 and 18, and returns in Episode 32 to team up with Emiha and Reiha.
• Wind Ninja Mafuuba: After the Special Ninja Team was defeated, the Sorcerers Clan revived Kaze by turning him into a cyborg ninja. Mafuuba has all abilities from his deceased Special Ninja Team comrades in addition to his own, while fully overcoming his phobia of strong winds. He wields a pistol and sword cane and rides an enhanced motorcycle known as the Shadow Mach, which rivals the performance rate of Jiraiya's Black Saber. Although an enemy of Jiraiya at first, he was unable to tolerate the injustices committed by the Sorcerers and departed from the group to become Jiraiya's ally. The name "Mafūba" translates "Destroying Wind Horse".
• Henry Rakuchin: A comical fortune teller who gets himself involved with the activities of Toha and co. Although he was trained to become a ninja, he gave up and ran away from his master's place. Has a one-sided crush on Mei.
• Dr. Smith: An American scientist who was also Tetsuzan's first disciple. He defected to Japan with the help of Tetsuzan, fearing the way his research was being used for the "Star Wars Project". He dreams of combining his scientific technology with the ways of Ninpō to help protect the world. In his first appearance in Episode 11, he repairs and improves the Jiraiya Suit after it was damaged in battle by Chang Kung-Fu Jr. and Lu Long, building the Power Protector upgrade parts as well. In Episode 16, he takes Toha's beloved car and rebuilds it into the Black Saber. When he was kidnapped by Gamesh alongside his colleagues Dr. Brown and Dr. Schmidt in Episode 23, he managed to escape using a Ninpō trick taught to him by Tetsuzan. He also wielded a fountain pen equipped with a laser gun that alters an enemy's brainwaves.
• Yajiro Iyo: Appears in Episode 27 played by Metal Hero veteran Kenji Ohba. A skilled warrior formerly from the Togakure school who seeks to challenge the best, he is known for his unpredictable behavior. He lives in the city of Matsuyama at Shikoku, but is asked by Tetsuzan to visit Tokyo in order to discourage Toha from becoming too arrogant. He does so by challenging Toha to an unarmed match for the ownership of the Jiraiya Suit and the Optical-magnetized Light Vacuum Sword. After being defeated by Yajiro, Toha goes through an intensive training program in order to defeat him. Toha learns a new skill that allows to blank out his mind and augment his entire body's senses in order to better predict attacks. Toha defeats Yajiro in the rematch and reclaims his armor and sword.
• Catherine: Appears in Episodes 29, 31 and 40. A French policewoman and ninja who travels to Japan undercover as a tourist in order to recover the Nobutora Sword, which was stolen by Parchis from a museum in Paris.

  The Sorcerers Clan

• Org Ninja Dokusai: The leader of the Sorcerers Clan, whose true face is concealed with an Oni mask. Formerly a ninja from the Togakure school who trained alongside Tetsuzan, he attempted to steal the clay map leading to the Pako due to his personal greed, but ended up escaping with only half of the map before he revived the Sorcerers Clan. He begins to demonstrate his true powers from Episode 37 and onward, as he shows various skills such as shooting ray of lights from his arms or confusing Jiraiya by changing his face to that of Tetsuzan's. He was revealed to be entirely faceless during the final episode.
• Butterfly Ninja Benikiba: Dokusai's daughter. A master of disguises who can assume the shape of any person, from a young schoolgirl to Toha himself. Her special technique is the Sorcerer Ninja Art Restless Butterfly. She surrenders and escapes during the final battle. The name "Benikiba" translates to "crimson fang".
• Star Ninja Retsukiba: A young ninja from the Sorcerers Clan who takes charge of the clan's frontline activities. He can shoot rays of light from the cross-shaped shuriken on his mask, as well as produce fire through sorcery. He is also a skilled archer. Just like Benikiba, he surrenders and escapes alive in the end. The name "Retsukiba" means "Violent Fang". His most and only notable performance occurred at the first episode of the series, in a climatic battle against Jiraiya.
• Bird Ninjas Karasutengu: The underlings of the Sorcerers Clan. While there are numerous of them working for the Sorcerers Clan, they were work primarily as a group of three. They take their appearances from the mythical creatures of the same name and are able to fly at will. Their weapons include calthrop bombs and dart-shooting blowguns. They're easily defeated in battle due to being incredible weak. They fly by making a breaststroke-like gesture. They always end their phrases with the onomatopoeia "yansu".
• Witch Ninja Madam Spider: A female ninja closely acquainted with Dokusai who can change between two different human forms or into a spider. She first appears in Episode 37. She uses weapons such as spider-shaped bombs and electric discharging spider-web and even has the magic powers to summon the souls of deceased World Ninjas into the living world. Her regular human form is known as her "front form", while the one she uses as a public disguise is her "rear form". She has a flirtatious, but respectful relationship with Dokusai.
• Special Ninja Team: An elite group of five ninjas chosen by the Sorcerers Clan in Episode 16. Each member is named after a different element: Fire, Water, Land, Wood and Wind. Each member has a skill which utilizes the elements they're named after: Hi can engulfed his whole body in flames and throw fireballs; Mizu can swim in high speed in water and use high water pressure in his attacks; Ki can turn himself into wood and ram himself into the enemy; Tsuchi can launch attacks from underground; and Kaze can rush attack in high-speed by surrounding his body in a tornado, as well control the wind itself. Kaze is afraid of the sound of raging winds due to the fact that he lost his parents on a night with strong winds. He studied his art with the hopes of overcoming his fear, which proves unsuccessful when the group fought Jiraiya.
• Killer and Commando: Two mercenaries employed by the Sorcerers Clan during Episodes 34 and 35. Killer wields a kusarigama, while Commando uses a shotgun and a long spear.
• Sorcerer Behemoth Gohma: A giant beast that Dokusai managed to revive using a wicked magical skull in Episodes 34 and 35. He brandishes a spear and fires out flames from his mouth when angry.

  World Ninjas

• by Jiraiya's ancestor, but escapes from his prison as a result of the change in the Earth's crust caused by Jiraishin's resurrection in Episode 37. He begins to plot against Jiraiya in order to use the Pako's powers to obtain all of Earth's resources and return to his home planet. In Episode 41, he obtains the Dark Sword, a laser blade equivalent to Jiraiya in terms of strength. His head can detach itself from the rest of his body and float in the air, as well as be restored after being destroyed once. He can attack and bind his enemies with electric shocks from his hands and his face, as well as read his opponent's mind.
• Ninja Chang Kung-Fu: A 90-year-old ninja from Hong Kong who can control fire. In Episode 4, he cooperates with the Sorcerers Clan in order to obtain the Pako for the purposes achieving eternal youth and immortality. His weapons include a Ninjatō, a kusarigama, a nunchaku, and a three-sectioned staff. He wrap his opponents with his kusarigama, as well as attack them with his illusionary flames. He also has a special skill called the Art of the Three Illnesses, which causes his opponent to take him lightly, over-analyze the situation and then fill the opponent with fear. After Chang Kung-Fu is defeated, his son seeks revenge on Jiraiya in Episodes 10 and 11. The son, in addition to having the same outfit and abilities as his father, uses a specially prepared type of Ramen noodles from Hong Kong that ties the mobility of his opponents.
• . The name Lu-Long means "Green Dragon".
• Beast Ninja.
• Kurozaru: Appears in Episodes 17 and 18. A member of the Flower Ninja Clan, he was raised by the clan's master after being orphaned as a child similarly to Yumeha. However, he became corrupt and conspired with half of the clan to conquer the world, assassinating his former master in the process. He seeks the Devil King armor in a cave near to the Lake Hamana to achieve his ambition, but becomes possessed after wearing it, with Dokusai claiming him as Demonic Ninja Kurokiba, but dismissed, as Kurozaru wanted to dominate even the Sorcerers Clan and ends up fighting Jiraiya.
• Sound Ninja Uha: A surviving member of the cruel Sound Ninja Clan who dresses like a Komusō. He cooperates with the Sorcerers Clan to seek revenge on the Togakure school for destroying his clan. When he plays his shakuhachi, he can control his adversary with his People Controlling Ninja Art, as well as cause an illusionary group of ninjas to appear within a fog with his Demon World Encampment Secret Art. Although he is defeated by Jiraiya, he is brought back to life by Dokusai in Episode 32 and begins summoning ghosts at the beach dormitory of the Saint Mariana Girl School in order to lure out a powerful psychic girl and bring her under his control.
• Water Ninja Silver Shark: An assassin descended from a Caribbean pirate who swims the seas in search of riches. He specializes in underwater combat and wields a harpoon gun. In Episode 24, he cooperates with the Sorcerers Clan in search of Captain Cook's treasure. He returns in Episode 40 to cooperate with the Sorcerers Clan alongside Parchis, but is caught in one of Gamesh 002's traps. He returns again in Episode 48, where he is defeated for good.
• who seeks to defeat Jiraiya in order to become the world's best ninja and obtain the Pako board. He can shoot an electric shock from his horn. He can create underlings from his own colorful cloth. The original Gyuma is defeated by Jiraiya in Episode 13, but his identity is later assumed by a successor. In Episode 42, Gyuma's successor sends a female ninja named Akiko Masumoto, a dead-ringer of Tetsuzan's late wife, to spy on the Yamaji family. However, Akiko betrays the second Gyuma after befriending the Yamaji family, particularly Manabu.
• Devil King: A cursed armor said to turn its wearer into an Asura. It is invulnerable to arrows and bullets, as it emits a powerful aura that can use its opponent's feelings against themselves. When Jiraiya approached the Devil King by lowering his fighting spirit, the Devil King's sword proved to be of no use at that moment. After Kurozaru is defeated, the Devil King is sealed away from the rest of the world once again.

  Other Enemies

• Demonic Ninja Sylvia: Appears in Episode 15. A sorceress who once terrorized Europe during the Middle Ages, she was magically sealed inside the Devil Sword, but was released from her confinement after the sword is dug out by Haburamu from underneath a palace in Istanbul. She has the power to hypnotize people she comes in contact with and bring them under her control, as the ability to shoot lightning bolts from her Devil Sword. She is shown to be powerful enough to take on the entire Sorcerers Clan by herself.
• Akunobo Sugitani: Appears in Episode 28. A master of the Wicked Ninja Arts and skilled Kamayari wielder, he was the man responsible for the deaths of Hanzo and Chiyo, Toha's birth parents. He kept himself hidden for 17 years in a hideout within the :ja:戸隠連峰|Togakure mountain range alongside his army of minions. When Sugitani decides to come out of hiding to attack the Togakure village, he is challenged by Jiraiya, who sought to avenge his parents. His name comes from :ja:杉谷善住坊|Zenjubo Sugitani
• Darkness Ninja Devil Cats: An international jewel thief who lives a civilian as the fortune teller Kuroneko. He is very proud of his work and hates being called a petty thief. He wields a variety of weapons and has a ninja art which allows him to produce tarot cards. In Episode 36, he is arrested after being defeated and unmasked by Jiraiya and Reiha. He escapes from jail and in Episode 48, he fights Jiraiya again alongside Parchis and Silver Shark.
• Iron: The boss of the Metallic Ninja Clan, a gang which plots to rule the world by using science for crime. His weapons includes two swords, a kusarigama that channels electricity, and a boomerang knife which he stores inside his right eyepatch. His Magnetic Storm Metallic Ninja Art causes him to shoot a red laser from his armor and cause a magnetic storm, while his Dark Hiding Metallic Ninja Art allows him to hide in the shadow of his opponent. In Episode 23, he kidnaps three scientists with the help of the Sorcerers Clan, but his plot is foiled as a result of a quarrel with the Sorcerers Clan and he is ultimately defeated by Jiraiya. In Episode 40, he is rebuilt as "Gamesh 002" and cooperates with Demost to hunt down Jiraiya, but ends up being defeated by Mafuuba.

  Items

Equipment

• Jiraiya Suit: A suit of armor passed throughout the Togakure school, it is the suit worn by Toha when he becomes Jiraiya. When not in use, it is usually kept hidden inside the ceiling of the Bujinkan school. It was originally the suit worn by the alien that brought the Pako to Earth.
• Optical-magnetized Light Vacuum Sword: A sword passed throughout the Togakure school, it is Jiraiya's primary weapon. When Jiraiya yells the name of the sword, it becomes a shining laser blade. Any enemy defeated by a special technique performed with the blade will be wrapped around seven differently colored lights before vanishing. Only Toha, who is descended from the space alien that brought the sword, can use it to its full powers. Like the Jiraiya Suit, it was created from a meteorite that arrived from 300 light years away from Earth and fell into a glacier at the North Pole. When not in use, it is usually kept hidden inside a mirror within the Bujinkan school. It has its own fill as well. With this sword, Jiraiya can perform the following special techniques:
• *Front Bisection: A technique which cuts the enemy in half vertically, which is followed by a horizontal slice. It is Jiraiya's most commonly used finishing move.
• *Horizontal Flash: A finishing move in which the enemy is cut in half horizontally. A variation of the technique is also used which can take down up to three adversaries at the same time, which is used in Episodes 14 and 48.
• *Lightning Flash Drop: A technique in which the sword gathers lightning and when it radiates, it can attack numerous enemies at the same time. It is used in Episode 8 to break through Abdad's sorcery and again in Episode 18 to destroy the Devil King armor.
• *Diagonal Bisection: Technique used during Jiraiya's second transformation. The technique slices enemy diagonally and then horizontally. It is first used during Episode 12 at the middle of a border several times.
• *Soaring Slice: Technique used during Jiraiya's second transformation. While curving, Jiraiya slices the enemy in an x-like pattern. It is the technique uses in Episode 20 to destroy the Sorcerers Clan's "Buffalo" tank.
• *Ginkgo Slice: Technique used during Jiraiya's second transformation. It is performed while Jiraiya is somersaulting in the air. Jiraiya uses in Episode 29 to destroy the Sorcerers Clan's "Giant Cannon" weapon.
• *Crossed Slice: An enhanced version of the Front Bisection used during Jiraiya's second transformation, which finishes the enemy off faster than the regular version. Jiraiya uses in Episode 29 against Dokusai, wounding his left arm, as well as in Episode 45 to finish off the Paper Ninja Clan Leader.
• *Wheelbarrow Cut: Technique used during Jiraiya's second transformation. The enemy is cut after Jiraiya rotates his sword. Used in Episode 44.
• *Optical-magnetized True Eye Slash: The most essential technique of the Togakure school, which Jiraiya learns from Tetsuzan in Episode 49. Jiraiya turns his mind blank and transform his body into an antenna with the Art of Mind Guessing to predict his enemy's movements and then slices as he turns around. The technique is capable of cutting the user itself when applied to a mirror. The technique managed to wound Demost, as well as destroy Dokusai's mask during the final episode.
• Jiraiya Power Protector: A set of upgrade parts created by Dr. Smith that can be added to the Jiraiya Suit, they are introduced in Episode 11. It consists of a pair of shoulder pads and knee pads, a collar, and a special visor called the Jiraisearcher that allows the wearer to analyze and see-through surroundings. They are equipped over the Jiraiya Suit during battle as part of a secondary transformation.
• Jiraibuster: Jiraiya's raygun introduced in Episode 13, it appears to be a weapon handed down to the Yamaji family. It uses three different types of ammunition: a medical cartridge that shoots anesthetic rounds, a signal cartridge that shoots signal rounds, and a material destroying cartridge that can destroy rocks. The Jiraibuster is mainly used as a defensive weapon, since it is not capable of firing lethal shots.

  Vehicles

• Black Saber: Full length: 4405mm / Full width: 1725mm / Height: 1295mm / Total weight: 1470 kg. A modified sports car driven by Jiraiya. It is originally an ordinary black Nissan Fairlady Z that belonged to Toha until Dr. Smith decides to modify it, inspired by Tetsuzan's idea of combining science with ninjutsu. While it still resembles an ordinary car on the outside, it is equipped numerous special devices such as a state-of-the-art radar, pop-up-style machine guns inside the retractable light units, a missile and anchor launchers inside the hood, and makibishis behind the rear wheels. Its body has also been reinforced to make it durable enough to withstand any explosion. Its top speed is 310 km.
• Ninja Car: Toha's car prior to being modified into the Black Saber. In the episode 2, it can be seen that its license plate is. Three episodes later, it had Jiraiya Suit's helmet's forehead design incorporated into the bonnet.
• Jiraishin: The giant statue of a war god that was kept within the depths of Mount Kongō. Stands approximately 20 meters tall, it serves as the guardian deity of the Pako against the greatest evils. Jiraiya can fuse with Jiraishin and control its movement by transporting himself into its chest. Jiraishin's weapons consists of the Indestructible Magnetic Bolt Sword and the Windmill Lance. It is said to had been built by Prince Shōtoku with the purposes of protecting Pako. While Jiraishin appears in a total of six episodes following its first appearance in Episode 34, the only times that it fights a giant enemy are in Episode 35 against the Sorcerer Behemoth Gohma and in the final episode against a giant Dokusai. When not in use, Jiraishin is kept underground inside a giant rock seal with Jiraishin's name inscribed that covers it from up to its neck, with its blow-back helmet part usually closed.
• Shadow Mach: Wind Ninja Mafuba's superbike. It is equipped with a laser beam gun in the right side of the headlight. In the Episode 49, a shotgun was used as fake exhaust.

  Pako

• The Treasured Pako: Voiced by Jun Yoshida. An alien time capsule that fell from space during the 4th century B.C. It holds a mysterious super energy equivalent to the Sun itself, causing the Sorcerers Clan and most of the World Ninjas to fight fiercely to obtain it. Its location is inscribed on a clay board, which was split into two by Dokusai when he betrayed the Togakure school and took one of the halves, with the other half being kept by Tetsuzan. Its true form is that of an energy being from the Dark Star that originally intended to invade the Earth, but was reformed when it experienced the kindness of earthlings. It can only communicate telepathically via Reiha, who is descended from one of the aliens that brought Pako to Earth.

  Episodes

1. Jiraiya VS The Sorcerers Clan
2. Castle Ninja Baron Owl
3. Jail Ninja Haburamu's Treasure!!
4. Break! The Magic of Fire Ninja Chang Kung Fu
5. Stolen Optical-magnetized Light Vacuum Sword!!
6. Mystery of Mystery is a Riddle?!
7. Jungle Hunter Beast Ninja Makumba
8. Murder After the Date
9. Trembling Trap Pako Strategy
10. Life? Death? Spiritual Ninja Arts' Panic
11. Angered Touha: Double Front Slash!!
12. The Folded Paper Pendant is the Pledge of Love
13. Feast Ninja vs. Seven Ninjas
14. Little Life's Burning Explosive Ninja Rocket Man
15. The Legend of the Cursed Witch
16. A Ninja Cyborg Cries in the Wind! Wind Ninja Mafuuba
17. Yumeha I: Demon Hidden in Lake Hamana!
18. Yumeha II: An Aura Burning in the Great Sand Hill
19. Invade the House of the Military God!
20. Hello! Lightning Ninja Wild is the Cheerful Gunman
21. Holy Ninja Alamsa: Throw the Shuriken of Hatred!
22. Bloom! The Splendor of One Ninja Art
23. Dokusai Fears?! Metallic Ninja Gamessh
24. The Captain Pirate's Golden Coin
25. There is no Pets! The Ramen Lady Great Hard Battle
26. A Crisis! Kei and Emiha
27. Touha's Enemy is Jiraiya
28. Look Out, Togakure-ryu: Touha is Whose Son?
29. Olympic Zero-Grade Young Ninja
30. Ninja Art: Flower Lanttern!
31. Nearly Found Takeda Shingen's Love Katana
32. The Beach Kunoichi's Ninja Art Notebook
33. The Guitar-Desiring Bird:Lightning Ninja Wild
34. Gotten Out!! Sorcerers' Giant Beast Greatest Crisis
35. Raised in the Sky Jiraishin!!
36. Black Cat's Eye Shines in the Dark! Phantom Thief Devil Cats
37. 2300-Year Old Man Space Ninja Demost
38. Outrageous!! Hundred-Faced Sorcerers Clan
39. Poisonous Spider Explosion!! Good Luck? Bad Luck?
40. Sadness' Jeanne
41. Optical-Magnetized Light Vacuum Sword VS Dark Sword
42. Goodbye! Illusion Mother-sama
43. The Girl's Pray! Miraculous Ninja Strowver's 100,000 Volt Panic
44. Jiraishin's Great Explosion!! Father and Daughter's Battlefield
45. Jiraishin's Power! A Bridge of Love and Hope
46. Black Rumor: Ninjas Running Towards Justice
47. Manabu's First Love: Danger in Mount Kongo
48. Finally Came Out!! Treasure of the Century Pako!!
49. World Ninja! Great Assemble in Mount Kongo
50. The End of the Sorcerers Clan! Farewell, Pako and Jiraishin!!

    Cast

Regulars

• Tōha Yamaji: Takumi Tsutsui
• Kei Yamaji: Megumi Sekiguchi
• Manabu Yamaji: Takumi Hashimoto
• Tetsuzan Yamaji: Masaaki Hatsumi
• Ryō Asuka: Issei Hirota
• Rei Yagyū: Tomoko Taya
• Benikiba: Hiromi Nohara
• Kumo-Gozen's "front" form: Machiko Soga
• Kumo-Gozen's "rear" form: Hizuru Uratani

  Semi-regulars and guest stars

• Henry Rakuchin: Masayuki Suzuki
• Haburamu: Kin Oomae
• Abdad: Ulf Otsuki
• Maira: Emi Sato
• Dr. Smith: Chris "Akshara" Reynolds
• Oruha: Shohei Kusaka
• Kasumi Mimura: Megumi Ueno
• Kensuke Mimura: Hiroshi Seigo
• Tao : Yuki Shibuya
• Kaze: Jyunichi Haruta
• Yumeha: Tamao Matsugi
• Kurozaru: Bun Nakamura
• Genichiro Murakami : Koji Kawai
• Satsuki: Ayako Kanda
• Satsuki's father: Daisuke Fujimori
• Satsuki's mother: Yasuko Kato
• Dr. Brown: Ronnie Santana
• Dr. Schmidt: Malcom McLeod
• Kaiyo Tsumoto: Botan Senba
• Kaiyo's Husband: Ippei Kawashima
• Shintaro "Shin" Yazaka: Kaname Kawai
• Development Company's President: Eiichi Kikuchi
• Yajirō Iyo: Kenji Ohba
• Chiyo: Miho Tojo
• Hanzo: Koji Matoba
• Shogo: Eisuke Yoda
• Doctor: Atsuo Mori
• Katherine: Dorothée
• Kuroi Ibara: Kazuoki Takahashi
• Genchi Koshimura: Jun Tatara
• Devil Cats: Mickey Curtis
• Jane: Sumiko Kakizaki
• Sanae Yamaji/Akiko Matsumoto: Yukiko Yoshino
• Tao : Aya Shindo
• Paper Ninja Clan Leader: Katsuhiko Kobayashi

  Voice actors

• Tetsuzan Yamaji: Dai Nagasawa
• Dokusai: Shozo Izuka
• Retsukiba: Shingo Hiromori
• Karasutengu #1: Ittoku Yamanaka
• Karasutengu #2: Moichi Saitō
• Karasutengu #3, Gyuma, Gamesh: Toku Nishio
• Mafūba, Baron Owl, Alamsa, Uha, Strowver, Rocketman : Atsuo Mori
• Rocketman: Seiichi Hirai
• Beni Tokage: Takeshi Kuwabara, Teiji Oomiya
• Beni Tokage, Chang Kung Fu, Makumba: Eiji Maruyama
• Chang Kung Fu's son: Michirō Iida
• Green Dragon, Parchis, Silver Shark, Demost: Eisuke Yoda
• Sylvia: Naoko Matsui
• Akunobo Sugitani: Takeshi Watabe
• Pako: Jun Yoshida
• Narrator: Toru Ohira

  Stunts

• Jiraiya : Koji Matoba, Takumi Tsutsui
• Org Ninja Dokusai/Ninja /Kaze /Akunobo Sugitani : Noriaki Kaneda
• Star Ninja Retsukiba: Ryo Nagamine
• Demonic Ninja Sylvia: Miyuki Nagato
• Wind Ninja Mafuuba: Jyunichi Haruta, Shunya Shinoda
• Anthropomorphic Ninja Vermillion Tokage: Toshiyuki Kikuchi, Hiroshi Seki
• Lightning Ninja Wild: Michael Callman, Jiro Ishii
• Holy Ninja Alamsa: Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Tetsuya Aoki
• Castle Ninja Baron Fukorou: Masahiro Sudo. Toshiyuki Kikuchi
• Explosive Ninja Rocketman: Hiroshi Seki, Yasuhiro Takeuchi
• Chinese Ninja Green Dragon: Tsutomu Kitagawa, Satoru Katagiri
• Fire Ninja Chang Kung-Fu : Hideo Ninomiya
• Feast Ninja Gyuma: Makoto Kenmochi, Haruyuki Higuchi, Hiroyuki Nonaka
• Metallic Ninja Gamesh: Richii Seike, Shuji Sakamoto
• Space Ninja Demost: Richii Seike, Naoki Oofuji, Hirokazu Shoji
• Metallic Ninja Gamesh 002: Richii Seike
• Darkness Ninja Devil Cats: Naoki Oofuji, Atsuya Nishimura
• Changing Ninja Parchis: Toshiyuki Kikuchi, Satoru Katagiri, Hiroki Nakayama
• Fire: Hiroshi Seki
• Water: Shogo Shiotani
• Tree: Tetsuya Aoki
• Earth: Yukio Yada
• Beast Ninja Makumba/Miraculous Ninja Strowver: Hiroyuki Uchida
• Bird Ninja Karasutengus: Noriaki Kaneda, Hiroyuki Uchida, Takeshi Miyazaki, Shoji Hachisuka, Kazutoshi Yokoyama
• Jiraishin: Noboru Tsurumaki
• Beast Ninja Makumba's Brother: Hiroshi Seki

  Songs

• "Jiraiya"
• *Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
• *Composition: Kisaburō Suzuki
• *Arrangement: Osamu Totsuka
• *Artist: Akira Kushida

• "SHI·NO·BI '88"
• *Lyrics: Keisuke Yamakawa
• *Composition: Kisaburō Suzuki
• *Arrangement: Osamu Totsuka
• *Artist: Akira Kushida

  Adaptations