Houjin Yatsurugi

Houjin Yatsurugi (鳳神ヤツルギ) is a Local Hero production and the first production made by the independent studio Yatsurugi Tamashii, as well as the first in the Yatsurugi franchise. This series set in stone the company due to it's surprising popularity, eventually leading them to be the most popular and well known independent Tokusatsu studio.

Plot Summary
After 30 years of peace is Kisawazu, the Eight Swords of Sealing are scattered from the Yatsurugi Shrine once more. This even reawakens the Undersea Empire Zabun, who plan on finding the swords and using them to reawaken their master King Orga. As well as them, the mystical embodiment of the phoenix, Yatsurugi, arrives and merges with Takeru Yamato, a young fisherman and regular visitor to the shrine. Now with this new power, Yatsurugi, and eventually the similar deity Kisara, come forth to stop the unsealing of King Orga and return the Swords to the Shrine, as had been dne for many generations before them.

Appearing Heroes and Villains

 * Yatsurugi
 * Kisara


 * Undersea Empire Zabun
 * King Orga
 * Fangerk
 * Battle Form
 * Aquamarine
 * Battle Form
 * Anchor Turle
 * Flying Fish Camera
 * Slug Rocket
 * Knife Crab
 * Eel Tire
 * Octopus Thunder
 * Jellyfish Shower
 * Ray Boomerang
 * Gyojin Soldiers

Cast

 * Takeru Yamato (大和タケル): Yusuke Kashiwagi (柏木佑介)
 * Mari Tachibana (橘マリ): Akari Sasaoka (笹丘明里)
 * Motoharu Tachibana (橘元治): Kouji Kawamoto (川本浩司)
 * Tomari Kusanagi (草薙靭): Ten Miyazawa (宮沢天)
 * Kazu Tachibana (橘カズ): Mayato Shibata (柴田正弥)
 * Fangerk (ファンガーク): Kouji Mitoko (三溝浩二)
 * Aquamarine (アクマリン): Matsuminoru Senaga (瀬長奈津実)

Spin-Offs

 * Houjin Yatsurugi Gaiden: Undersea Empire Zabun - A two-part origin story for Fangerk and Aquamarine.