Top 10 HUMAN heroes from Toho’s sci-fi’s (Showa)

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At the beginning of the year, I did Toho’s top 10 human villains. Coming towards the end, I thought I would do the top heroes during the Showa era. Heroes are harder because it is usually a monster that comes out as the true hero, but there have been several notable human good guys (and I am talking about ordinary human beings, not ones playing aliens or with any superpowers).


10. Ichiro – Godzilla’s Revenge (Tomonori Yazaki). Grade school student, latch-key kid. Foils the plans of two bumbling robbers long before Macaulay Culkin.



9. Nanbara – Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (Shin Kishida). Interpol Agent. One cool dude, even if he smokes too much!



8. Yoshimura - Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster (Akira Takarada). Bank Robber. Is on the bad side and with a temper at first, but helps thwart the evil plans of the Red Bamboo.



7. Susan Watson – King Kong Escapes (Linda Miller). Lieutenant, UN Submarine Explorer. With the help of the big ape, finishes off a megalomaniac.



6. Shindo – Ghidrah, The Three-Headed Monster (Yosuke Natsuki). Police Detective. Assigned to keep watch on the lovely princess Akiko Wakabayashi, a job many of us would probably like to have!



5. Katsuo Yamabe – Destroy All Monsters (Akira Kubo). Captain, SY-3. Akira Kubo at his most commanding.



4. Sen-chan 'Bulldog', Shin'ichi Chûjô, & Michi Hanamura – Mothra (Frankie Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyôko Kagawa). Journalist, Professor and Photographer. Had to include all three as one, since they were virtually a team.


3. Tetsuo Teri – Monster Zero (Akira Kubo). Inventor. Goes to show you don’t need to be brawny in order to be hero. Just invent a simple device and you could possibly save the world!


2. Daisuke Serizawa – Godzilla, King of the Monsters (Akihiko Hirata). Marine Biologist. No need for explanation.


And


1. Glenn – Monster Zero (Nick Adams). Astronaut, World Space Authority. Just very fun to watch!

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Not gonna do a top ten, but off the top of my head, I like:

Serizawa, Ogata, Emiko, Yamane from the original Godzilla

Nick Adams and Akira Takarada in Monster Zero are probably my favorites. (actually, just about any Akira Takarada character)

Dr. Bowen from FCTW is the man.

Kenji Sahara's character in Rodan

Takarada, Richard Jeakel and Jospeh Cotton in Latitude Zero

Capt. Jinguji in Atragon.

Akira Kubo in Matango

The entire cast of Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster

The entire cast of Godzilla vs. The Thing

The entire cast of Godzilla vs. Gigan

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