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Originally Posted by Galador

I mean would a white/black main hero be welcomed in Super Sentai/Kamen Rider or would it be too radical and heavily backlashed in favour of the traditional Japanese actor?

That's not the problem. The problem is finding a black actor/actress with the right age, who fits the character, with the acting skills and the knowledge of the Japanese language. Who lives in Japan.

That's really not that easy. Like, whenever someone from the West stars in a support role they barely speak Japanese or just drop English lines, because they don't really speak Japanese or aren’t really actors. And if someone is a recurring supporting actor it's not the hero type Japan is crazy about, because the actor just doesn't fit.

Instead they have lots and lots of young Japanese actors who want to use Toku as a starting point for their career with big agencies behind them.

I'm pretty sure if they would have the chance to cast a foreign-type who fits the requirements, they would do it. Especially in Sentai where the team members besides Red and Nr. 6 aren't that heavily marketed as toys. So it wouldn't even really screw up sales, if that’s what they're afraid of in your theory.

At least that’s what I heard the last time we talked about this topic, and it kinda makes sense. And I want to believe that modern Japan isn’t that racist.