The Kamen Riders

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On April 4th, 1971 in Japan episode one of the television program Kamen Rider
first aired, introducing the first of what would become Japan's second
most popular series of super heroes (after the Ultras):

The Kamen Riders

Rider	Name	Motorcycle(s)	Enemy
Kamen Rider One	Hongo, Takeshi	Cyclone & New Cyclone	Shocker & Gel-Shocker
Kamen Rider Two	Ichimonji, Hayato	Cyclone 2 & New Cyclone 2	Shocker & Gel-Shocker
Kamen Rider V3	Kazami, Shiro	Hurricane	Destron
Riderman	Yuki, Joji	Rider Machine	Destron
Kamen Rider X	Jin, Keisuke	Cruiser	Government of Darkness
Kamen Rider Amazon	Yamamoto, Daisuke	Jungler	Geddon & Garanda Empire
Kamen Rider Stronger	Jô, Shigeru	Kabutoroh	Black Satan & Delza Army
Skyrider	Tsukuba, Hiroshi	Sky Turbo	Neoshocker
Kamen Rider Super-1	Oki, Kazuya	V Machine, V Jet & Blue Version	Dogma Kingdom & Jin Dogma
Kamen Rider ZX	Murasama Ryou	Hell Diver	Badan Empire
Kamen Rider Black	Minami, Kotaro	Battle Hopper & Road Sector	Gorgom
Kamen Rider Black RX	Minami, Kotaro	Acrobatter, Roboizer, Mach Jabba	Crisis Empire
Shin Kamen Rider	Kazamatsuri,Shin	n/a	The Syndicate
Kamen Rider ZO	Asou, Masaru	Z Bringer	Neo Organism
Kamen Rider J	Segawa, Kouji	J Crosser	Fog Mother
Kamen Rider Kuuga	Godai, Yuusuke	Trychaser 2000, Try-Goran,	Gurongi
		Beat Chaser 2000, Beat-Goran

Riders One and Two had several different versions of their Cyclones.
Black RX was the first Kamen Rider to also have a car (Ridon),
as well as the first to have multiple forms and a different motorcycle for each form.

Kamen Rider 1 through Skyrider

The TV Series

(Italics indicates guest appearance(s) by that Kamen Rider.)

Series	Rider(s)	Length
Kamen Rider (1971-1973)	One (1-13, 40, 41, 49, 51-98),	98 episodes
	Two (14-52, 72, 73, 93, 94, 98)
Kamen Rider V3 (1973-1974)	V3, Riderman (43-51), One & Two (1, 2, 33, 34)	52 episodes
Kamen Rider X (1974)	X, Two (33, 34), V3 (27, 28, 33, 34)	35 episodes
Kamen Rider Amazon (1974-1975)	Amazon	24 episodes
Kamen Rider Stronger (1975)	Stronger, 1 [38, 39], 2 [38, 39], V3 [35, 37, 39],	39 episodes
	*Riderman [37, 39], X [36, 39], Amazon [36, 39]*
Skyrider (1979-1980)	Skyrider, 1 [27, 28, 54], 2 [27, 28, 36, 37, 39, 40, 53, 54],	54 episodes
	*V3 [23, 27, 28, 34, 35, 54], Riderman [26, 27, 28, 33, 54],*
	*X [26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 54]], Amazon [27, 28, 54],*
	*Stronger [20, 21, 27, 28, 38, 52, 53, 54]]*

Mogura Jùjin appeared in Kamen Rider Amazon 5-20.
Electro-Magnetic Wave Human Tackle appeared in Kamen Rider Stronger 1-30.

Hongo, Takeshi and Ichimonji, Hayato appear in Kamen Rider V3 episodes 1, 2, 33, 34.
Ichimonji, Hayato appears in Kamen Rider X episodes 33 and 34.
Kazami, Shiro appears in Kamen Rider X episodes 27, 28, 33, 34.
Hongo, Takeshi and Ichimonji, Hayato appear in Kamen Rider Stronger episode 39.
Kazami, Shiro appears in Kamen Rider Stronger 35, 37, 39.
Yuki, Joji appears in Kamen Rider Stronger episoded 37 and 39.
Jin, Keisuke appears in Kamen Rider Stronger episodes 36 and 39.
Yamamoto, Daisuke appears in Kamen Rider Stronger episodes 36 and 39.

Kamen Rider Super-1, Kamen Rider Black, Kamen Rider Black RX, Kuuga

Kamen Rider Super-1 (1980) Super-1 48 episodes

Kamen Rider Black (1987-1988) Black 51 episodes

Kamen Rider Black RX (1988-1989) Black RX, Roborider [introduced in 15], 47 episodes

Biorider [introduced in 17], 1-ZX [41-47]

Kamen Rider Kuuga (2000-2001) Growing, Mighty [introduced in 3], Dragon [introduced in 5], 49 episodes

Pegasus (intrdouced in 7), Titan (introduced in 10),

Rising Titan (introduced in 24), Rising Pegaus (introduced in 25)

Rising Dragon (introduced in 28), Rising Mighty (introduced in 30)

Amazing Mighty (episode 46), Ultimate (episode 49)

Hongo, Takeshi does not appear in Skyrider.
Ichimonji, Hayato appears in Skyrider episodes 36, 37, 39, 40, 53, 54.
Miyauchi, Hiroshi dubs the voice of V3 in Skyrider episode 23.
Kazami, Shiro appears in Skyrider episodes 34 and 35.
Yuki, Joji appears in Skyrider episode 33.
Jin, Keisuke appears in Skyrider episodes 31 and 32.
Yamamoto, Daisuke does not appear in Sky Rider`.
Jô, Shigeru appears in Skyrider episodes 38, 52, 53, 54.

Kamen Rider ZX

TV Specials

Title	Riders	Length
Kamen Rider All Back Again! 7 Riders (January 3, 1976)	One through Stronger	45 minutes
Immortal Kamen Rider (September 8, 1979)	One through Stronger & introduces Skyrider	45 minutes
Kamen Rider #10'S Birth! Riders Come Together (January 3, 1984)	One through Super-1 & introduces ZX	45 minutes
This Is Kamen Rider Black (September 27, 1987)	Introduces Black	25 minutes
Kamen Rider Ichigo through RX ~ Big Gathering (October 16, 1988)	One through Black & introduces RX	23 minutes
Kamen Rider Kuuga: Year's First Dream (January 2, 2001)	Kuuga	120 minutes

Hongo, Ichimonj, Kazami, Yuki, Jin, Yamamoto and Jô appear in Kamen Rider All Back Again! 7 Riders.
Kazami, Shiro; Yuki, Joji and Oki, Kazuya appear in Kamen Rider #10'S Birth! Riders Come Together.
The others are shown from clips from the movies and tv series.

Shin, SD Riders, ZO and J

The Movies

Title	Rider(s)	Length
Go Go Kamen Rider (July 18, 1971)	One (old)	24 minutes
Kamen Rider vs. Shocker (March 18, 1972)	One (old), Two (old)	36 minutes
Kamen Rider vs. Hell Ambassador (July 16, 1972)	One	32 minutes
Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron Demons (July 18, 1973)	One, Two, V3	32 minutes
Kamen Rider X: Five Riders vs. King Dark (July 25, 1974)	One, Two, V3, Riderman, X	29 minutes
Kamen Rider: 8 Riders vs. Milky Way King (March 15, 1980)	One through Skyrider	44 minutes
Kamen Rider Super-1 (March 14, 1981)	One through Super-1	45 minutes
Kamen Rider Black: Hurry To Evil Island (March 12, 1988)	Black	25 minutes
Kamen Rider Black Fear! Evil Monster Mansion (July 9, 1988)	Black	25 minutes
Kamen Rider: Stay In The World (April 29, 1989)	Black, Black RX, Roborider, Biorider	17 minutes
Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue (Feburary 20, 1992)	Shin	90 minutes
Kamen Rider SD Mysterious!? Spiderman (January 25, 1993)	1 through ZX & RX in animation	29 minutes
Kamen Rider ZO (April 17, 1993)	ZO	48 minutes
Kamen Rider J (April 16, 1994)	J	45 minutes
Kamen Rider World (August 6, 1994)	ZO, J	08 minutes
Kamen Rider Kuuga vs. Strong Monster Go Jiino Da (2000)	Kuuga	12 minutes

Go Go Kamen Rider was just episode 13 shown as movie, not an original film.
Kamen Rider Black RX: Stay In The World was 3-D and was shown at an amusement park show.
Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue< was a directo to video release.
Kamen Rider Kuuga vs. Gouriki Kaijin Go Jiino Da was released by Telebi Kun magazine.

The original actors do not make guest appearances in these films and in most cases do not dub the voices.
Miyauchi, Hiroshi does dub the voice of V3 in the Kamen Rider Super-1 movie.
The henshin sequences in "Five Riders vs. King Dark" are clips taken from others films and the tv series.

Kamen Rider 1 through Skyrider

The Scarves

Starting with Kamen Rider 1 it was traditional for each Kamen Rider to wear a scarf (Kamen Rider V3 & Skyrider wore two). This tradition was broken in 1987 by Kamen Rider Black.

      Rider      Scarf

  1.  Kamen Rider One       red

  2.  Kamen Rider Two       red

  3.  Kamen Rider V3       white (2)

  4.  Riderman       yellow

  5.  Kamen Rider X       Black and yellow with red X

  6.  Kamen Rider Amazon       white

  7.  Kamen Rider Stronger       white

       Electro-Magnetic Wave Human Tackle       yellow

  8.  Skyrider       red (2)

  9.  Kamen Rider Super-1       red

10.  Kamen Rider ZX       green

11.  Kamen Rider Black       none

12.  Kamen Rider Black RX       none

13.  Shin Kamen Rider       none

14.  Kamen Rider ZO       none

15.  Kamen Rider J       none

16.  Kamen Rider Kuuga       none

It's probably a coinsidence but I think the best Kamen Rider series involved those who wore a scarf (or two).

Singing Their Own Songs

Rider Actor (Character) Song

Kamen Rider 1 (episodes 1-13) Fujioka, Hiroshi (Hongo, Takeshi) OP: "Let's Go! Rider Kick"

Kamen Rider V3 (all 52 episodes) Miyauchi, Hiroshi (Kazami, Shiro) OP: "Fight! Kamen Rider V3"

Kamen Rider Amazon Kobayashi, Akiji (Tachibana, Tobei)        "I Am Tachibana Tobei"

Kamen Rider Super-1 (all 48 episodes) Takasugi, Shunsuke (Oki, Kazuya) OP: "Kamen Rider Super-1"

Kamen Rider Super-1 (episodes 1-23) Takasugi, Shunsuke (Oki, Kazuya) ED: "The Fiery Rider Fist"

Kamen Rider Super-1 Takasugi, Shunsuke (Oki, Kazuya)       "Go! Super Machine"

Kamen Rider Super-1 Takasugi, Shunsuke (Oki, Kazuya)       "Five Hand Rock"

Kamen Rider Super-1 Takasugi, Shunsuke (Oki, Kazuya)       "Invincible Champion Super-1"

Kamen Rider Super-1 Takasugi, Shunsuke (Oki, Kazuya)       "Secret Heart Shaolin Fist"

Kamen Rider Black (all 51 episodes) Kurata, Tetsuo (Minami, Kotaro) OP: "Kamen Rider Black"

Kamen Rider Black Kurata, Tetsuo (Minami, Kotaro)        "My Youth"

Kamen Rider Black RX Kurata, Tetsuo (Minami, Kotaro)        "Black Hero"

Best Friend & Greatest Enemy

Tachibana, Tobei The Great Leader

The Songs

Kamen Rider    Kamen Rider V3    Kamen Rider X

Kamen Rider Amazon    Kamen Rider Stronger

Skyrider    Kamen Rider Super-1    Kamen Rider ZX

Kamen Rider Black    Kamen Rider Black RX

Behind The Scenes

Their Creator

The Men Behind The Masks

The Music Men

The Narrators

The Ratings

Never Filmed Kamen Rider Team Ups

Kamen Rider Birthdays

Kamen Rider Deaths

This page is dedicated to Ishinomori, Shoutarou's "Champions of Justice", the original 15 Kamen Riders. Ishinomori, Shoutarou died January 28, 1998 and although there were series with "Kamen Rider" in the title produced after this date, they were produced without him and most have straid from his vision. These new characters are not the "Champions of Justice" he imagined and I love. As far as I am concered the Kamen Rider series has come to an end. Sayônara Kamen Rider.

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Kamen Rider Super-1 (1980)	Super-1	48 episodes
Kamen Rider Black (1987-1988)	Black	51 episodes
Kamen Rider Black RX (1988-1989)	Black RX, Roborider [introduced in 15],	47 episodes
	Biorider [introduced in 17], 1-ZX [41-47]
Kamen Rider Kuuga (2000-2001)	Growing, Mighty [introduced in 3], Dragon [introduced in 5],	49 episodes
	Pegasus (intrdouced in 7), Titan (introduced in 10),
	Rising Titan (introduced in 24), Rising Pegaus (introduced in 25)
	Rising Dragon (introduced in 28), Rising Mighty (introduced in 30)
	Amazing Mighty (episode 46), Ultimate (episode 49)

Rider	Scarf
1. Kamen Rider One	red
2. Kamen Rider Two	red
3. Kamen Rider V3	white (2)
4. Riderman	yellow
5. Kamen Rider X	Black and yellow with red X
6. Kamen Rider Amazon	white
7. Kamen Rider Stronger	white
Electro-Magnetic Wave Human Tackle	yellow
8. Skyrider	red (2)
9. Kamen Rider Super-1	red
10. Kamen Rider ZX	green
11. Kamen Rider Black	none
12. Kamen Rider Black RX	none
13. Shin Kamen Rider	none
14. Kamen Rider ZO	none
15. Kamen Rider J	none
16. Kamen Rider Kuuga	none

Rider	Actor (Character)	Song
Kamen Rider 1 (episodes 1-13)	Fujioka, Hiroshi (Hongo, Takeshi)	OP: "Let's Go! Rider Kick"
Kamen Rider V3 (all 52 episodes)	Miyauchi, Hiroshi (Kazami, Shiro)	OP: "Fight! Kamen Rider V3"
Kamen Rider Amazon	Kobayashi, Akiji (Tachibana, Tobei)	"I Am Tachibana Tobei"
Kamen Rider Super-1 (all 48 episodes)	Takasugi, Shunsuke (Oki, Kazuya)	OP: "Kamen Rider Super-1"
Kamen Rider Super-1 (episodes 1-23)	Takasugi, Shunsuke (Oki, Kazuya)	ED: "The Fiery Rider Fist"
Kamen Rider Super-1	Takasugi, Shunsuke (Oki, Kazuya)	"Go! Super Machine"
Kamen Rider Super-1	Takasugi, Shunsuke (Oki, Kazuya)	"Five Hand Rock"
Kamen Rider Super-1	Takasugi, Shunsuke (Oki, Kazuya)	"Invincible Champion Super-1"
Kamen Rider Super-1	Takasugi, Shunsuke (Oki, Kazuya)	"Secret Heart Shaolin Fist"
Kamen Rider Black (all 51 episodes)	Kurata, Tetsuo (Minami, Kotaro)	OP: "Kamen Rider Black"
Kamen Rider Black	Kurata, Tetsuo (Minami, Kotaro)	"My Youth"
Kamen Rider Black RX	Kurata, Tetsuo (Minami, Kotaro)	"Black Hero"