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Special Rescue Police Winspector

A rescue police team protecting lives with love of peace and friendship.

Special Rescue Police Winspector is a Japanese tokusatsu series from the Metal Hero franchise and the first installment of the Rescue Police trilogy. It follows a specialized team called Winspector that handles crimes and emergencies beyond the capacity of ordinary police. The squad is composed of one human member, who wears armor, and two robot partners.

The story is set in a near-future Japan in 1999, where rising criminal threats demand new protective measures. The Winspector team—comprising the robot brothers Bikel and Walter, along with human leader Ryoma Kagawa in his Fire Tector armor—confronts super-powered dangers, from mob violence to disastrous scientific mishaps.

Ryoma Kagawa, also known as Fire, is the 23-year-old team leader and its sole human. A police superintendent and orphan, he is a martial artist fluent in five languages. He drives a car called Winsquad and transforms by saying "Suit up!" His red Crush Tector armor boosts his strength and shields him from poison gas, gunfire, and lack of oxygen, but can only be worn for five minutes due to physical strain. His main weapon is an energy sword, and he has access to other specialized tools. He has a sister and later joins the Solbrain team as Knight Fire.

Bikel is one of the two robot twins. He travels by motorcycle or uses a wheel built into his chest for land-surfing. His weapons are twin lances that can combine into a staff, also serving as his motorcycle handles or coin bombs. He wears yellow armor, tells jokes, and sometimes annoys Walter with his silliness. He speaks in a Nagoya dialect.

Walter is Bikel's twin and the other robot. He has wings for flight and needs no vehicle. His armor is turquoise. He loves children and generally enjoys life.

Shunsuke Masaki is Winspector's commander and founder. He usually stays at headquarters but goes to the field when a member is in trouble. After the series, he creates another rescue team, Solbrain, and appears in the final episodes of Exceedraft.

Junko Fujino is an information specialist and expert with handguns.

Hisako Koyama works undercover, often in a coffee shop. Her father, Masanobu Koyama, was a colleague of Masaki killed in action six years earlier.

Shin'ichi Nonoyama is the team's mechanic, developing rescue tools and maintaining Bikel and Walter. He enjoys chess.

Madocks is the supercomputer that stores criminal data and analyz

field
Tokusatsu television series
nationality
Japanese
known_for
First entry in the Rescue Police Series trilogy; part of the Metal Hero Series franchise
team_composition
One human (Ryoma Kagawa/Fire) and two robots (Bikel and Walter)

Lore & Background

The series takes place in a near-future Japan of the year 1999, where the country faces a great threat from criminals. The Winspector squad defends against super powered threats, ranging from mob attacks to scientific experiments gone terribly wrong. The team is led by Ryoma Kagawa, a 23-year-old police superintendent and orphan skilled in martial arts who knows five languages. He transforms into Fire by calling out 'Suit up!' and wears the Crush Tector armor, which enhances his strength and protects him from various hazards but can only be worn for five minutes at a time.

Reader's Guide

Special Rescue Police Winspector is significant as the first installment of the Rescue Police Series trilogy within the Metal Hero Series franchise. It established the formula of a human hero leading robotic partners, a concept that continued in subsequent series such as Solbrain and Exceedraft. The series introduced a range of specialized vehicles and weapons, including the GigaStreamer, MaxCalibur, and the WinSquad car. The show's opening catchphrase emphasizes its themes of peace, friendship, and protecting innocent lives. The series also features a supporting cast including commander Shunsuke Masaki, information G-man Junko Fujino, secret G-man Hisako Koyama, mechanic Shin'ichi Nonoyama, supercomputer Madocks, and small repair robot Demitasse.

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