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Hmm... perhaps making a Names To Know In Toku writeup on YKTTW might be the best forum for this, but here's some ideas:

I'd say throw in some writers. Masaru Igami  ^*

, Shouzou Uehara  ^*

^{the creator of Metal Heroes and co-creator of Super Sentai (probably contributed more to the franchise than Ishinomori); head writer of Super Sentai 1975-1982 and Metal Heroes 1982-1987, also launched Kamen Rider Black before passing it off}

, and Hirohisa Soda  ^*

^{head writer of Super Sentai 1982-1991; codified just as many Super Sentai conventions as Uehara}

all dominated the 70s and 80s. For 90s and 00s writers, Naruhisa Arakawa  ^*

^{wrote for 80% of Super Sentai shows since 1991 including a stint as head writer 2003-2005; also head writer of Kamen Rider Kuuga and responsible for Heisei Kamen Rider being written like a Noughties Drama Series, as he specifically patterned Kuuga's writing after ER}

, Toshiki Inoue  ^*

^{Masaru Igami's son and is to Heisei Kamen Rider what his daddy was to Showa Kamen Rider; also wrote for Super Sentai every year from 1986 to 1992 including a stint as head writer in 1991-1992 and created Choukou Senshi Changerion in 1996}

, and Yasuko Kobayashi  ^*

^{head writer of Gingaman, Timeranger, Ryuki, Den-O, and Shinkenger; also wrote for every Metal Heroes show from 1993 until its demise}

definitely deserve mention.

Musicians too: Ichiro Mizuki, Masato Shimon, Takayuki Miyauchi, Akira Kushida, and Hironobu Kageyama are all big names  ^*

. Isao Sasaki, Mitsuko Horie, and Shin'ichi Ishihara also deserve mention; they're just not quite as big to toku as the above five.

Edited by Tokuiten

I could help you with this, being the one who has started a huge majority of toku articles in this particular section. Some suggestions: Eiji Tsuburaya Shotaro Ishinomori Toru Hirayama(producer behind the majority of 70s toku in Toei)

Musicians and Composers(in addition to above mentioned): Michiaki Watanabe Shunsuke Kikuchi Toshihiko Sahashi Koorogi '73(not as big to toku music as main singers, but still made up a huge part of songs in 70s and 80s) Tatsumi Yano

And a few more actors/voice actors: Eisuke Yoda Masaki Terasoma Koji Moritsugu Susumu Kurobe Shunsuke Takasugi Kenta Satou

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