{{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = Tokusatsu<br>Detective fiction<br>Superhero fiction<br>Action-adventure | camera = | runtime = 30 minutes | creator = Shotaro Ishinomori | developer = Masaru Igami | director = Atsuo Okunaka | executive_producer = | company = Toei Company Ltd. | starring = Takashi Nakajima (stunt actor)<br>Kaku Takashina<br>Jiro Yabuki<br>Keiko Kurenai<br>Yumiko Kaga | voices = Shūsei Nakamura | narrator = Keiichi Noda | composer = Shunsuke Kikuchi | theme_music_composer = Shunsuke Kikuchi (all songs)<br>Hosoku Yattemirō (opening and insert song) | open_theme = "Robot Detective" by Ichiro Mizuki | end_theme = "Proceed! Robot Detective" by Ichiro Mizuki | country = Japan | location = Tokyo | language = Japanese | network = Fuji Television | first_aired = {{start date|1973|4|5}} | last_aired = {{end date|1973|9|27}} | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 26 | list_episodes = | related = }}
{{nihongo|'''''Robot Detective'''''|ロボット刑事|Robotto Keiji}} is a tokusatsu superhero TV series. Created by Shotaro Ishinomori, the series was produced by Toei Company Ltd., and broadcast on Fuji TV from April 5 to September 27, 1973, with a total of 26 episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9C%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E5%88%91%E4%BA%8B-747892|title=ロボット刑事デジタル大辞泉プラス「ロボット刑事」の解説|publisher=kotobank|access-date= 26 September 2021}}</ref> It stars Jirō Chiba.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/48054?page=2|title=追悼 タフで優しい"地上最強の男"アクション俳優・千葉真一が残したもの|date=20 August 2021 |publisher=Shūkan Bunshun online 文春オンライン|access-date= 26 September 2021}}</ref>
The hero of this series is a robot named "Robot Detective K" (or just "K"), who has no human form, but when not in battle, dresses up in human clothes and has a human-like personality. The main antagonist is {{nihongo|BAD|バドー|Badō|pronounced Bah-doh}}.
Along with ''Android Kikaider'' ''Robot Detective'' was one of the early predecessors to what would become the ''Metal Hero Series'' of programs featuring human-sized cyborg heroes.
==Episode list== #{{nihongo|The Murderous Salesman of BAD|バドーの殺人セールスマン|Badō no Satsujin Sērusuman}} #{{nihongo|The Eye-Witness is a Zero|目撃者はゼロ|Mokugekisha wa Zero}} #{{nihongo|The Insanity Watch Scandal|時計発狂事件|Tokei Hakkyō Jiken}} #{{nihongo|The Murderer Disappears in the Wall|壁に消えた殺人者|Kabe ni Kieta Satsujinsha}} #{{nihongo|The Mystery of the Double Criminal|二重犯人の謎|Nijū Hannin no Nazo}} #{{nihongo|The Terrifying Execution Machine!!|恐怖の死刑マシン!!|Kyōfu no Shikei Mashin!!}} #{{nihongo|A Terror Above!!|頭上の恐怖!!|Zujō no Kyōfu!!}} #{{nihongo|The Thunder Kills?!|雷が殺した?!|Kaminari ga Koroshita?!}} #{{nihongo|The Electric Chair Spy!!|電気椅子スパイ!!|Denkīsu Supai!!}} #{{nihongo|BAD's Massacre Strategy!!|バドーのみな殺し作戦!!|Badō no Minagoroshi Sakusen!!}} #{{nihongo|The Secret of BAD Base!!|バドー基地の秘密!!|Badō Kichi no Himitsu!!}} #{{nihongo|Aiming for the Mother!|マザーが狙われる!|Mazā ga Nerawareru!}} #{{nihongo|Watch out for the Devilish Smoke!|悪魔の煙に気をつけろ!|Akuma no En ni Ki o Tsukero!}} #{{nihongo|Lighting Eyes of Terror!!|光る眼の恐怖!!|Hikaru Manako no Kyōfu!!}} #{{nihongo|Target is Atom Number 79?!|標的は原子番号79?!|Hyōteki wa Genji Bangō Nanajū-Kyū?!}} #{{nihongo|Snatch Away from BAD!!|バドーから奪え!!|Badō kara Ubae!!}} #{{nihongo|The Demonic Suds in a Disappearance?!|魔の泡に消されるな?!|Ma no Awa ni Kesareru na?!}} #{{nihongo|BAD's Frozen Strategy!!|バドーの冷凍作戦!!|Badō no Reitō Sakusen!!}} #{{nihongo|Pursuiting the Mystery in the Seas of Okinawa!!|沖縄の海に謎を追え!!|Okinawa no Umi ni Nazo o Oe!!}} #{{nihongo|The Hydrogen Bomb Blimp Heads to Tokyo!|水爆飛行船 東京へ!|Suibaku Hikōsen Tōkyō e!}} #{{nihongo|The Terrifying Electrothermal Man: Mother Blows Up and Sinks!!|恐怖デンネツマン マザー爆沈!!|Kyōfu Dennetsuman Mazā Bakuchin!!}} #{{nihongo|The Terrifying Missile Man: BAD's True Colors!!|恐悪ミサイルマン バドーの正体!!|Kyōfu Misairu Man Badō no Shōtai!!}} #{{nihongo|Diving Man: Underwater of Terror|センスイマン 水中の恐怖!!|Sensuiman Suichū no Kyōfu}} #{{nihongo|Depth Charge Man: Scorching Strategy!!|バクライマン 焦熱作戦!!|Bakurai Man Shōnetsu Sakusen!!}} #{{nihongo|The Atrocious Gatling Man's BAD Virus Strategy!!|兇悪ガトリングマンのバドービールス作戦!!|Kyōaku Gatoringu Man no Badō Bīrusu Sakusen!!}} #{{nihongo|BAD Dies in Mars!!|バドー火星に死す!!|Badō Kasei ni Shisu!!}}
==Cast== *{{nihongo|Robot Detective (K)|ロボット刑事(K)|Robotto Keiji (Kei)|Voice}}: {{nihongo|Shūsei Nakamura|仲村 秀生|Nakamura Shūsei}} **Suit Actor: {{nihongo|Takashi Nakajima|中島 律|Nakajima Takashi}}, {{nihongo|Osamu Kaneda|金田 治|Kaneda Osamu}} **Suit Actor (battle scenes): {{nihongo|Osamu Kaneda|金田 治|Kaneda Osamu}}, {{nihongo|Junji Yamaoka|山岡 淳二|Yamaoka Junji}} *{{nihongo|Tsuyoshi Shinjō|新條 強|Shinjō Tsuyoshi}}: {{nihongo|Jirō Yabuki|矢吹 二朗|Yabuki Jirō}} (played as {{nihongo|Jirō Chiba|��葉 治郎|Chiba Jirō}}) *{{nihongo|Daizō Shiba|芝 大造|Shiba Daizō}}: {{nihongo|Kaku Takashina|高品 格|Takashina Kaku}} *{{nihongo|Nami Shiba|芝 奈美|Shiba Nami}}: {{nihongo|Keiko Kurenai|紅 景子|Kurenai Keiko}} *{{nihongo|Yumi Shiba|芝 由美|Shiba Yumi}}: {{nihongo|Yumiko Kaga|加賀 由美子|Kaga Yumiko}} *{{nihongo|Jihei Jigoku|地獄 耳平|Jigoku Jihei}}: {{nihongo|Sakyō Mikami|三上 左京|Mikami Sakyō}} *{{nihongo|Saori Kirishima|霧島 サオリ|Kirishima Saori}}: {{nihongo|Yūko Kimi|君 夕子|Kimi Yūko}} *{{nihongo|BAD|バドー|Badō|Voice}}: {{nihongo|Kiyoshi Kawakubo|川久保 潔|Kawakubo Kiyoshi}} *{{nihongo|George Kirishima|霧島 ジョージ|Kirishima Jōji}}: {{nihongo|Sumio Tomikawa|富川 澈夫|Tomikawa Sumio}} *{{nihongo|Keitarō Shinjō|新條 敬太郎|Shinjō Keitarō}}: Sonny Chiba (played as {{nihongo|Shin'ichi Chiba|千葉 真一|Chiba Shin'ichi}}) *{{nihongo|BAD Robot|バドーロボット|Badō Robotto|Suit Actor}}: {{nihongo|Junji Yamaoka|山岡 淳二|Yamaoka Junji}}, {{nihongo|Jyunichi Haruta|春田 純一|Haruta Jun'ichi}} *{{nihongo|Narrator|ナレーター|Narētā}}: {{nihongo|Keiichi Noda|野田 圭一|Noda Keiichi}}
==Songs== Opening Theme: #{{nihongo|"Robot Detective"|ロボット刑事|Robotto Keiji}}
Ending Theme: #{{nihongo|"Proceed! Robot Detective"|進め! ロボット刑事|Susume! Robotto Keiji}}
Insert Song: #{{nihongo|"K Was Born"|ケイは生まれた|Kei wa Umareta}} #{{nihongo|"Robot Detective Has Arrived"|やって来たロボット刑事|Yattekita Robotto Keiji}}
{| |- |Composed by: |Shunsuke Kikuchi (all songs), Hosoku Yattemirō (opening and insert song) |- |Lyrics by: |Saburo Yatsude (opening song), Shotaro Ishinomori (ending theme and insert song) |- |Performed by: |Ichiro Mizuki |- |}
==Other appearances== *A character resembling K appears in ''Shin Kamen Rider'' and its manga spin-off ''There is no true peace in this world -Shin Kamen Rider SHOCKER SIDE-'', voiced by Tori Matsuzaka. This version of the character is depicted as an AI working for SHOCKER.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0182628|title=Robot Detective}} {{Shotaro Ishinomori}}
Category:1973 Japanese television series debuts Category:1973 Japanese television series endings Category:Shotaro Ishinomori Category:Toei tokusatsu Category:Tokusatsu television series Category:Fictional robots Category:Fictional police officers Category:Shunsuke Kikuchi Category:Speculative crime and thriller fiction Category:Fuji Television original programming Category:Robot superheroes