Creator / Tetsuo Narikawa

Tetsuo Narikawa (成川 哲夫) (born: 15 April 1944 – 1 January 2010) was a Japanese actor and master of judo and karate. He was best known for playing the lead role of Spectreman. Also known as Grand Master Narikawa, he was the president and founder of the Gensei-Ryu Seidokai International Karate Federation, located in Tokyo, Japan.

He was married to Akiko Seguchi until his death at age 65, from cancer.

Filmography

• Kamen Rider: Isao Katsamura
• Robot Detective: Detective Aoi
• Spectreman: Joji Gamo (Spectreman)

Tropes that apply to him

• Badass Family: His daughter is a karate-ka instructor like him at Seidokai.
• Death of a Child: In 1991, his oldest son (17 at the time) died during a motorbike accident.
• Handicapped Badass: In 2009, Narikawa was undergoing treatment for lung cancer. He witnessed an arsonist assault a Tokyo Metripolitan police officer and subdued him immediately. Despite being 64 at the time, he was well-versed in karate and judo and overpowered the young man.^note Admittedly this is a bit of an urban legend as this was only mentioned on his English Wikipedia page without a source, but still widely believed