Reiko Kazemura, daughter of the President of the Kazemura Conglomerate is abducted in an extortion plan by a gang of criminals. Sugata Kageoh, a Kazemura Company Employee attempts to rescue Reiko from the criminals. During their escape they inadvertently get caught in some high voltage wires. The electric shock is so great that they literally are “merged” with their shadows. Surviving this ordeal they discover that they now have the ability to manipulate their shadows in a variety of ways.

Using their new found powers they vow to fight crime as KageStar and Belle Star.

Other “hissatsu waza” (special attacks) include his “Kage Hammer” (Shadow Hammer), and “Kage Shibari Jitsu” (Shadow Binding Skill).

KageStar’s most power fighting attack is his “yusei kick” (meteor kick).

KageStar’s most unique weapon by far is his “star-spangled” cape, which can use to “whip” and “slash” his enemies in a move which he calls his “Kage Sharin” (Shadow Wheel).

KageStar’s personal transportation vehicle is his “KageroCar” which seems to materialize from KageStar’s cape.

Belle Star and KageStar can combine their “Kage Sharin” attacks in a move called the “Double Sharin” (Double Wheel).

Used the “BelleCar” as her principle means of transportation.

Producer Hirayama Go was busy overseeing at the time six Toei Tokusatsu Projects.

While the “KageStar” is an original Toei concept, the Manga Adaptation was fictitiously credited to a “Hatte Saburo”. The pilot is also said to have been fictitiously credited to a “Azuma Takeshi”.

KageStar has a decidedly “American Comics” feel to it and was done so by design. In the beginning it was somewhat of a unique series in that there was no real single “evil organization” that KageStar and Belle Star battled. Instead, they tended to battle costumed criminals and thugs who were out for their own best interests. Later on, Toei reversed themselves and introduced Doctor Satan and his Satan Empire as the main opponents to KageStar and Belle Star.

Noguchi Ryu who designed the eye-catching looks of KageStar and Belle Star also contributed designs to such Tokusatsu Shows as “Super Robot - Red Baron”, “Denshi Senshi Denjiman” and “Space Sheriff Sharivan”.

Noguchi Ryu designed the “Manga Eye” masks because he felt that not seeing the eyes of a character often led to the viewers distrust of the character.

This is one of the first times in which large mecha (the Kageboshi) appear in a Tokusatsu Series.

The pairing of a male and female hero team would repeat itself in other later projects most notably Kamen Rider Stronger.

Tachibana Naoki also played the lead in “Jumborg Ace”.

Kobayashi Shoji is a familiar face in Tokusatsu TV having starred in such series as “Ultraman” (Capt. Muramatsu) and “Kamen Rider” (Tachibana Kyohei).

Belle Star’s Hayakawa Emi is a JAC (Japan Action Club) Member who also appeared alongside fellow female fighter Shiomi Etsuko in the Toei Movie cult movie “Onna Hissatsu Ken”.