JAPANESE DO-GOODER IN SUPER HERO COSTUME

My admiration and respect goes to the Japanese man in a green Power Rangers costume who has been doing committee service at a Tokyo subway station.  Though he has not been imbued with super powers,Tadahiro Kanemasu readily volunteers his service to help elderly people and mothers with babies carry their packages and strollers up the long flight of stairs.  Super powers or no, Tadahiro is a super person in my eyes.  If I visit Tokyo, I'd like to meet this nice young man.

Here is how I first learn about this humane Japanese man.

Tokyo Metro's Masked Hero's Power? Hauling Babies!In a green spandex bodysuit with silver trim and matching mask, a superhero waits by the stairs of a Tokyo subway station, lending his strength to the elderly, passengers lugging heavy packages and mothers with baby strollers.
"Japanese people find it hard to accept help, they feel obligated to the other person, so the mask really helps me out," says Tadahiro Kanemasu, a slender 27-year-old who has spent three months being "Carrier Pram Ranger" at Hōnanchō Station on Tokyo's western side.Like many underground Metro stops on the city, it has neither elevators nor escalators and a long flight of dimly lit stairs.

Inspiration came from the kids Kanemasu met at his job at an organic greengrocer, which prompted the colour of his costume. He picked up the green Power Rangers suit and two spares at a discount store for 4,000 yen (RM137).
Since Kanemasu can set aside only a couple of hours each day for his good deeds, he hopes to recruit others in different coloured suits. Already he has inquiries about pink and red.
Hayato Ito, who works with Kanemasu at the greengrocer, says his kindness to others over the years meant his alter ego didn't come as a complete surprise. "There were hints of this from a long time ago but finally he flowered as a hero," says Ito.
Kanemasu admits he got off to a bit of a rocky start. "When I first began, people basically said 'Get away from me, you weirdo'," he says. "Now they still think I'm weird but in a good way."
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