Kapunahala Elementary School in Kaneohe, Hawaii, or How I Found My Rainbowman

Through the magic & power of Google Earth satellites, you can zoom in almost anywhere. Here, I found something I had lost back in my school days.

Lyrics to "Rainbowman", which ran from October 6, 1972 through Sept. 28, 1973, for 52 episodes:

Indo no yama oki de
Shukyo o shite
Dai ba da ta no
Tamashi yadoshi
Sorani kaketaru
Niji no ye ne e e e
Imasra at oe e wa
Hike nai zo
Dakara yuku no da
Reinbooman.

(c) Toho (Japan) 1973. Many thanks to Eric for the lyrics & background information. For more details, go to: www.henshinhalloffame.com/rainbowman/

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[littleninja14532]

Great..Thank you. Grew up in Pearl City watching Japanse TV. Kikaida has been somewhat popular lately. I was able to find an episode on DVD on ebay and there were some action figures at the Ala Moana mall about 2 years ago. Rainbow man is way more unusual. I totally forgot what he even looked like. I have the original theme song on a 45 and will post it as soon as I get a record player with a USB hook up.

[PureNRG2002]

@littleninja14532: If you can post the original song, that'd be great.... Hard to find original source material since he was not as popular as Kikaider. :-)

[irwinpks]

I went to Kapunahala a year before you, and I know half of the classmates in the class photo.

[eeeengelaidiot]

i totally just grad from that school

[bjjvancouver]

Wow, this brings back lots of memory.

Grew up in Honolulu, attended Lunalilo Elementary before moving to the 'mainland.'

[Raycheetah]

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School (Waikiki) alumn, here. Great vid, a real nostalgia trip! =^[.]^=

[Raycheetah]

@HK25000

The android hero you're thinking of is Kikaida, also spelled Kikaider. There was also a sequel series, Kikaida 01. Google: "Generation Kikaida" and you will find a site all about the heroes of our Hawai'ian youth. =^[.]^=

[gomaninhawaii2]

Excellent!!!!!!

[venicejefe]

Howz It? .....man, I too haven't seen Rainbowman since my days back in Palisades Elementary over Pearl City way, 1973. My friends and were really into Kamen Rider V3, Kikaider, 01, Hakaider, and of course our dad's generation Ultraman. Remember Checker's and Pogo as well. I still have some promo photos from back then too. I used to have all the cheap plastic action figures too. What a blast from the past.

[HK25000]

I also remember Rainbow Man growing up in Hawaii. Cant believe you even got the theme song. Do you remember a hero named King Kaida. Dont know if I spelled Kaida right. Could be Kida. Thanks.