Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya

Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya
Jiraiya, the main character.
Genre	Tokusatsu Superhero fiction
Created by	Toei
Starring	Takumi Tsutsui Megumi Sekiguchi Masaaki Hatsumi Shozo Izuka
Narrated by	Toru Ohira
Theme music composer	Kisaburo Suzuki
Composer(s)	Michiaki Watanabe
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	50
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	TV Asahi
Original release	January 24, 1988 – January 22, 1989

Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya (世界忍者戦ジライヤ^?, lit. "World Ninja War Jiraiya") is a Japanese television series that aired on TV Asahi and its affiliates from January 24, 1988 to January 22, 1989, lasting 50 episodes. It was the seventh installment in Toei's Metal Hero Series franchise of live-action superhero shows and the last of the Showa era. The series centers around a young ninja master named Toha Yamaji, who must face against numerous ninja masters from different parts of the world by donning a special armor to become his alter-ego Jiraiya.

The English title given by Toei's international sales department is Ninja Olympiad, a reference to the Seoul Olympics & the Calgary Olympics that was held at the time the series was airing.

The Sorcerers Clan, led by the centuries-old Org Ninja Dokusai, has make its move to retrieve the treasured map of Pako that has been in possession by the Yamaji family for generations. Tetsuzan Yamaji, the 34th grandmaster of the Togakure Ryū Ninpō, entrust his son and daughter, Toha and Kei, to protect the Pako from the forces of the Sorcerers Clan. By donning the Jiraiya Suit inherited from his father, Toha becomes Jiraya, Master of the Togakure School, who must face against the evil Sorcerers Clan, as well as numerous ninjas from different parts of the world.

The Yamaji family (山地族, Yamaji-zoku^?) are the main characters of the series, descendants of Togakure-ryū (戸隠流^?), an ancient ninja order whose duty is to protect the Inscription, a piece of stone that points the location of Pako, a capsule that fell from space somewhere in Japan over 300 B.C., said to be the most valuable treasure in the world.