The Water Banbara is a Mutant Robot of the Neo-Human Empire Phantom Army and an antagonist in episode 2 of the 1973 Tokusatsu series Inazuman.
He is voiced by Eiji Maruyama, who also voiced Shine in some episodes of JAKQ Dengekitai and Chang Kung-Fu in Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya.
History[]
Water Banbara was sent to abduct a member of the Youth League, as Emperor Banba hoped to interrogate one of their members to learn the secrets of the Youth League and who their other members were. Water Banbara eventually came across a girl named Midori Egawa who he discovered was a part of the Youth League and attacked the bus she was riding on, but Midori managed to survive and was found by Gosaku Marume. As Midori was nursed back to health, Water Banbara made another attempt to capture her but Goro Watari became Sanagiman and fought him off. After Goro and Gosuke escaped with Midori, Water Banbara abducted her parents to use as hostages to lure Midori to them. He would later ambush Gosuke while Goro was away and capture Midori, bringing her to where her parents were. When Midori refused to give up the names of any Youth League members, Water Banabra began torturing them to make Midori confess who the Youth League members were. It was then that Inazuman to save Midori and her parents, fighting Water Banbara and destroying him with his "Inazuman Kempo Cartwheel".