Wingman (ウイングマン, Uinguman) is a Japanese superhero Tokusatsu drama based on the 1983 manga Wing-Man by Masakazu Katsura. It is produced by Toei Video and TV Tokyo, and commemorates its 40th anniversary. The series premiered on TV Tokyo's Dramachoose! on October 22, 2024 from 12:30 am to 1:00 am.[1]
Plot[]
Kenta Hirono, a Tokusatsu geek and second-year high school student, is constantly immersed in his imaginary world during class. Kenta, who was living a dull life with people around him looking at him coldly, is visited by a mysterious beautiful girl who calls herself Aoi. She says she escaped from the clutches of evil and came from a different dimension world. When Kenta draws his imaginary hero, "Wingman," in Aoi's Dream Note, he actually gains the ability to transform into Wingman. Kenta has the power to transform into the hero he has always wanted to be, but one after another, assassins are sent after Aoi from the different dimension world...
Characters[]
Heroes[]
| Wingman | Kenta Hirono |
Allies[]
- Aoi
- Miku Ogawa
- Momoko Morimoto
- Kumiko Fuzawa
- Tomo Fukumoto
Villains[]
- Rimel[2]
- Keytackler
- The Shiva
- Teel
- Seedman
Supporting Characters[]
- Doctor Lark
- Ms. Matsuoka
- Seido Hirano
- Yoshiko Hirono
Episodes[]
Cast[]
- Kenta Hirono (広野 健太, Hirono Kenta): Maito Fujioka (藤岡 真威人, Fujioka Maito)
- Aoi (アオイ): Konatsu Kato (加藤 小夏, Katō Konatsu)
- Miku Ogawa (小川 美紅, Ogawa Miku): Hina Kikuchi (菊地 姫奈, Kikuchi Hina)
- Kumiko Fuzawa (布沢 久美子, Fuzawa Kumiko): Hiyori Katada (片田 陽依, Katada Hiyori)
- Momoko Morimoto (森本桃子, Morimoto Momoko): Amane Uehara (上原あまね, Uehara Amane)
- Tomo Fukumoto (福本 智夫, Fukumoto Tomoo): Jotaro (丈太郎, Jōtarō)
- Keytackler (キータクラー, Kītakurā, Voice), Mr. Kitakura (北倉先生, Kitakura sensei): Mamoru Miyano (宮野 真守, Miyano Mamoru)
- Rimel (リメル, Rimeru, Voice): Akio Otsuka (大塚 明夫, Ōtsuka Akio)
- The Shiva (ザ・シーバ, Za Shība, Voice): Haruka Tomatsu (戸松 遥, Tomatsu Haruka)
- Teel (ティール, Tīru, Voice), Miki Sakagami (坂上美樹, Sakagami Miki): Yuno Ohara (大原 優乃, Ohara Yuno)
- Doctor Lark (ラーク博士, Rāku Hakase, Voice): Tomokazu Seki (関 智一, Seki Tomokazu)
- Ms. Matsuoka (松岡先生, Matsuoka sensei): Kurara Emi (映美 くらら, Emi Kurara)
- Seido Hirano (広野 正導, Hirono Seido): Koji Matoba (的場 浩司, Matoba Kōji)
- Yoshiko Hirono (広野 義子, Hirono Yoshiko): Shinobu Nakayama (中山 忍, Nakayama Shinobu)
- Prime Minister (総理大臣, Sōri Daijin): Daikichi Sugawara (菅原大吉, Sugawara Daikichi)
- Kurozu (黒津): Ui Mihara (三原 羽衣, Mihara Ui)
Suit Actors/Stunts[]
- Wingman: Ryuma Hashido (橋渡 竜馬, Hashido Ryūma)[3]
- Aoi (stunt double): Yume Yamamoto (山本 夢, Yamamoto Yume)
- Rimel: Ryohei Sakai (坂井 良平, Sakai Ryōhei)
- Keytackler: Rintaro Shimizu (清水 林太郎, Shimizu Rintarō)
- The Shiva: Momoka Yasukawa (安川 桃香, Yasukawa Momoka)
Staff[]
- Director, action director: Koichi Sakamoto
- Screenwriters: Yoshitatsu Yamada, Masaki Nishigaki, Yuya Nakazono
- Original work, character designs: Masakazu Katsura
- Executive Producer: Kazuhiro Ito
- Producers: Yuta Kurachi (TV Tokyo), Tomoki Maeda (TV Tokyo), Masayuki Yamada (Toei Video)
Music[]
- "chang[e]"
- Artist: BLUE ENCOUNT
- "yoin"
- Artist: Nowlu
Gallery[]
Notes[]
- Although this is the first live-action adaptation series of Wingman, however, at 1990s, Masakazu had already recieved a suit made by Rainbow Zoukei based on the manga appearance. The suit was eventually used as the base reference for the 2024 redesign.
- Due to the involvement with Toei during the production, the live-action series uses various Toei-licensed heroes (such as Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Metal Heroes) as props, background settings and references, although the present-day modern ones were never mentioned in the original manga due to it taking place in the early 1980s.
- The manga did reference Showa Era tokusatsu such as Dynaman, the Space Sheriffs, Ultraman and Kamen Rider ZX as Kenta's collection of toys and posters in his room.