Bannai Tarao
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is the name of a set of Japanese mysteries
(the first, , being made in 1946), featuring a detective
of the same name who could take on seven different faces, in similar fashion to the protagonist
s of later shows 7-Color Mask
, Rainbowman
, and Cutie Honey
. Bannai Tarao is credited on several songs on Japanese rock pioneers Happy End's 1971 album Kazemachi Roman
.
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
(the first, , being made in 1946), featuring a detective
Detective
A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes"...
of the same name who could take on seven different faces, in similar fashion to the protagonist
Protagonist
A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
s of later shows 7-Color Mask
7-Color Mask
is the name and title character of a tokusatsu TV series, later called .Created by Kōhan Kawauchi , this B&W TV show was the first-ever superhero TV series by Toei Company Ltd....
, Rainbowman
Rainbowman
is the name and titular superhero of the tokusatsu TV series sometimes known as . Created by Kōhan Kawauchi, this was the first superhero TV series produced by Toho Company Ltd., and was broadcast on NET from October 6, 1972 to September 18, 1973, with a total of 52 episodes...
, and Cutie Honey
Cutie Honey
is a Japanese media franchise created by Go Nagai. Cutie Honey first appears on volume 41 of the 1973 edition of Shōnen Champion. According to Nagai, she is the first female to be the protagonist of a shōnen manga series....
. Bannai Tarao is credited on several songs on Japanese rock pioneers Happy End's 1971 album Kazemachi Roman
Kazemachi Roman
translated literally as Wind City Romance, is the second album by Japanese folk rock band Happy End, released in 1971 in Japan on URC Records. In this concept album, Happy End attempted to paint a musical picture of Tokyo before the 1964 Summer Olympics, through which sweeping changes transformed...
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