Kamen Rider
~Series Guide~
►Kamen Rider, 1971~1973, 98 episodes + 3 movies
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Series Guides
The original Kamen Rider series premiered one Saturday evening in April of 1971, and the world hasn't been the same since.
Despite proving a tough sell early on, when giant-sized heroes like Ultraman still ruled, Kamen Rider quickly gained popularity
thanks partly to the behind-the-scenes mayhem that brought about the advent of Rider 2 (and thankfully, the return of Rider 1 later
on) as well as a little snack called "Rider Chips". Created by Calbee, one of the show's main sponsors, they featured the simple
idea of putting a trading card in a bag of potato chips, and soon became a national phenomenon along with the TV series that
inspired them. Kamen Rider officially kicked off the "Henshin Boom" that lasted for many years thereafter, and just as significantly
launched "Ridermania", my pet name for the continued popularity of the franchise all the way up to today.
TV Series episodes #1~98
All Translations ©2006 Paul Sullivan/Igadevil. Please ask for permission to use on other websites or online materials.
Using this Guide: I have provided here the episode titles in three ways; original Japanese text, a Romanization of the Japanese
(that is, Japanese words written in English) and an approximate English translation. Please note that translations are not official and
strictly of my own creation, as no official equivalent has yet been provided by Toei/Ishimori Pro. If you are unable to view the
Japanese text, you may need to download the appropriate language packs to display Asian fonts.
Translation: I prefer to leave a few certain words untranslated when going to full English, such as "Kaijin", simply because it
sounds cooler and less clunky than its English meaning(s) like "Strange/Mysterious Person", or "Shinigami" as opposed to
"Death-God", etc . The same goes for "Kamen Rider" as opposed to "Masked Rider". For individual Kaijin names like
"Kumo-Otoko", I provide a full English version in the actual episode title just so you know who we're talking about (i.e.
"Spider-Man"). Otherwise I try to keep the Kaijin names as close to the original Japanese as possible, unless it's something
obviously from English (like "Shingami-Chameleon" as opposed to "Shinigami-Kamereon"). If you've ever tried to translate from
Japanese to English (or vice versa) you know that it's not always easy, so please keep an open mind about word choice and order
here; if you've also seen episode #2 written as "The Terrifying Bat-Man", pick which one you prefer, because it can be read both
ways.
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1 4/3/1971 “The Strange Spider-Man” Takemoto Kôichi / Igami Masaru
2 4/10/1971 “The Fearsome Bat-Man” Orita Itaru / Igami Masaru
3 4/17/1971 “Kaijin Scorpion-Man” Takemoto Kôichi / Igami Masaru
4 4/24/1971 “The Man-Eating Sarasenian” Orita Itaru / Shimada Masayuki*
5 5/1/1971 “Kaijin Mantis-Man” Kitamura Hidetoshi / Takizawa Mari
6 5/8/1971 “Shinigami Chameleon” Orita Itaru / Igami Masaru
7 5/15/1971 “Shinigami Chameleon: Duel! At the Expo Remains!” Orita Itaru / Igami Masaru
8 5/22/1971 “Eerie! The Bee-Woman” Kitamura Hidetoshi / Takizawa Mari
9 5/29/1971 “The Fearsome Cobra-Man” Yamada Minoru / Yamasaki Hisashi
10 6/5/1971 “Cobra-Man Rises from the Grave” Yamada Minoru / Yamasaki Hisashi
11 6/12/1971 “The Bloodthirsty Kaijin: Gebacondor” Orita Itaru / Nagaishi Takao
12 6/19/1971 “The Murderous Yamogeras” Orita Itaru / Takizawa Mari
13 6/26/1971 “Tokageron and the Great Kaijin Army” Kitamura Hidetoshi / Igami Masaru
14 7/3/1971 “Raid of the Demon: Saboteguron” Orita Itaru / Igami Masaru
15 7/10/1971 “Counter Attack: Saboteguron” Orita Itaru / Igami Masaru
16 7/17/1971 “Pirazaurus: Wrestler of the Devil” Orita Itaru / Igami Masaru
17 7/24/1971 “Death Match in the Ring: Destroy! Pirazaurus” Orita Itaru / Igami Masaru
18 7/31/1971 “The Fossil Man: Hitodanger” Yamada Minoru / Takizawa Mari
19 8/7/1971 “Kaijin Kanibubbler Appears in Hokkaido” Orita Itaru / Shimada Masayuki
20 8/14/1971 “The Fire-Breathing Caterpillar Kaijin: Dokugander” Yamada Minoru / Yamasaki Hisashi
21 8/21/1971 “Dokugander: Showdown at Osaka Castle!” Yamada Minoru / Yamasaki Hisashi
22 8/28/1971 “The Weird Gillman: Amazonia” Yamada Minoru / Tsuguda Masahiro
23 9/4/1971 “The Flying Kaijin: Musasabidol” Orita Itaru / Shimada Masayuki
24 9/11/1971 “Strike of the Poison Kaijin Kinokomorgue!” Yamada Minoru / Takizawa Mari
25 9/18/1971 “Defeat Kinokomorgue!” Yamada Minoru / Takizawa Mari
26 9/25/1971 “The Antlion of Terror” Orita Itaru / Igami Masaru
27 10/2/1971 “Mukaderas: Kaijin Classroom” Orita Itaru / Igami Masaru
28 10/9/1971 “The Subterranean Kaijin: Mogurang” Uchida Issaku / Takizawa Mari
29 10/16/1971 “The Electric Kaijin: Kuragedarl” Taguchi Katsuhiro / Takizawa Mari
30 10/23/1971 “Revived Fossil: The Bloodthirsty Trilobite” Uchida Issaku / Takizawa Mari
31 10/30/1971 “Death Match! Ant-Eating Demon: Arigabari” Taguchi Katsuhiro / Igami Masaru
32 11/6/1971 “The Man-Eating Flower: Dokudahlian” Orita Itaru / Takizawa Mari
33 11/13/1971 “The Steel Kaijin: Armadillong” Taguchi Katsuhiro / Shimada Masayuki
34 11/20/1971 “Japan in Danger! Invasion of Gamagiller” Yamada Minoru / Takizawa Mari
35 11/27/1971 “The Murderous Queen Ant: Arikimedes” Taguchi Katsuhiro / Igami Masaru
36 12/4/1971 “The Resurrected Mummy Kaijin: Egyptas” Taguchi Katsuhiro / Shimada Masayuki
37 12/11/1971 “The ‘Operation G’ of the Poison Gas Kaijin: Torikabuto” Orita Itaru / Shimada Masayuki
38 12/18/1971 “The ‘Operation World Darkness’ of the Lightning Kaijin: Eiking” Taguchi Katsuhiro / Igami Masaru
39 12/25/1971 “The Great Murderer’s Party of Wolf-Man” Yamada Minoru / Igami Masaru
40 1/1/1972 “Death Match! Kaijin Snowman vs. The Two Riders” Yamada Minoru / Igami Masaru
41 1/8/1972 “Magma Kaijin Ghoster: Great Battle on Cherry Blossom Island” Yamada Minoru / Igami Masaru
42 1/15/1972 “Emissary of the Devil: The Bizarre Fly-Man” Yamada Minoru / Shimada Masayuki
43 1/22/1972 “Attack of the Weird Birdman: Pranodon” Taguchi Katsuhiro / Suzuki Ikuo
44 1/29/1972 “The Kaijin of the Graveyard: Kabibinga” Taguchi Katsuhiro / Takizawa Mari
45 2/5/1972 “The ‘Operation Gas Explosion’ of Kaijin Namekujira” Yamada Minoru / Ôno Takeo
46 2/12/1972 “Showdown!! The Snow Mountain Kaijin: Bearkonger” Tsukada Masaki / Shimada Masayuki
47 2/19/1972 “The Death-Beckoning Ice Demon: Todogiller” Taguchi Katsuhiro/ Ishimori Shirô
48 2/26/1972 “Hiruguerilla of the Bloodthirsty Swamp” Uchida Issaku / Suzuki Ikuo
49 3/4/1972 “The Man-Eating Kaijin: Isoginchack” Yamada Minoru / Hasegawa Kimiyuki
50 3/11/1972 “The Murderous Aurora Plan of Kaijin Kamestone” Taguchi Katsuhiro / Ishimori Shirô
51 3/18/1972 “The Stone Kaijin Unicornos vs. Double Rider Kick” Yamada Minoru / Hasegawa Kimiyuki
52 3/25/1972 “My Name is the Weird Birdman, Gilgaras!” Uchida Issaku / Igami Masaru
53 4/1/1972 “Kaijin Jaguarman: Desperate Motorcycle Struggle” Yamada Minoru / Igami Masaru
54 4/8/1972 “Sea Snake-Man of the Ghost Town” Taguchi Katsuhiro / Igami Masaru
55 4/15/1972 “Cockroach-Man!! The Bacterium Ad Balloon of Terror” Yamada Minoru / Takizawa Mari
56 4/22/1972 “Poisonous Butterfly of the Amazon: Giliira” Yamada Minoru / Takizawa Mari
57 4/29/1972 “The Tarantula Man: Dokumondo” Yamada Minoru / Takizawa Mari
58 5/6/1972 “Kaijin Poison Lizard: Duel in the Fearsome Valley!!” Taguchi Katsuhiro / Shimada Masayuki
59 5/13/1972 “Kaijin Earthworm-Man of the Bottomless Swamp!” Tsukada Masaki / Shimada Masayuki
60 5/20/1972 “The Murderous X-Rays of the Strange Owl-Man” Uchida Issaku / Takizawa Mari
61 5/27/1972 “The Electric Hell of Kaijin Namazugiller” Yamada Minoru / Hirayama Kimio**
62 6/3/1972 “Kaijin Harinezuras: Murderous Skull Strategy” Yamada Minoru / Igami Masaru
63 6/10/1972 “Kaijin Saigang: Bike Race of Death” Tsukada Masaki / Shimada Masayuki
64 6/17/1972 “Kaijin Semiminga: A Song For Everyone’s Death!” Tsukada Masaki / Igami Masaru
65 6/24/1972 “Kaijin ‘Doctor Insect’ and the Shocker School” Uchida Issaku / Igami Masaru
66 7/1/1972 “Shocker Graveyard: The Kaijin Rise Once Again” Tsukada Masaki / Igami Masaru
67 7/8/1972 “The Shocker Leader Appears! Rider in Danger” Tsukada Masaki / Igami Masaru
68 7/15/1972 “Doctor Shinigami: His Fearsome True Form?” Yamada Minoru / Igami Masaru
69 7/22/1972 “Kaijin Gillerkoorogi: The Claws of Death Draw Near” Yamada Minoru / Shimada Masayuki
70 7/29/1972 “Kaijin Elekibotaru: Fireball Attack!!” Tsukada Masaki / Oketani Gorô
71 8/5/1972 “Kaijin Abugomes: Great Pursuit on Mount Rokko!” Tsukada Masaki / Igami Masaru
72 8/12/1972 “Bloodthirsty Mosquiras vs. The Two Riders” Yamada Minoru / Suzuki Ikuo
73 8/19/1972 “Double Riders: Destroy! Shiomaneking” Yamada Minoru / Suzuki Ikuo
74 8/26/1972 “Bloodthirsty Demon of Death: Do Your Best! Rider Youth Squad” Tsukada Masaki / Igami Masaru
75 9/2/1972 “Poison Flower Kaijin Bararanga: Secrets of the Fearsome House” Tsukada Masaki / Suzuki Ikuo
76 9/9/1972 “The Dynamo Kaijin Seadragon Triplets!!” Yamada Minoru / Ishimori Shirô
77 9/16/1972 “Kaijin Imoriges: Duel at the Hell Farm!!” Yamada Minoru / Yamasaki Hisashi
78 9/23/1972 “The Fearsome Unidogma + The Ghost Kaijin” Tsukada Masaki / Igami Masaru
79 9/30/1972 “Ambassador Hell!! His Fearsome True Form?” Tsukada Masaki / Igami Masaru
80 10/7/1972 “Gelshocker Appears! The Last Day of Kamen Rider!!” Yamada Minoru / Igami Masaru
81 10/14/1972 “Kamen Rider Dies Twice!!”*** Yamada Minoru / Igami Masaru
82 10/21/1972 “Kaijin Kurage-Wolf: Rush Hour of Terror” Tsukada Masaki / Shimada Masayuki
83 10/28/1972 “Kaijin Ino-Kabuton: Destroy Rider with the Madness Gas” Tsukada Masaki / Ishimori Shirô
84 11/4/1972 “Watch Out, Rider! The Hellish Trap of Isogin-Jaguar” Ishinomori Shôtarô / Ishinomori Shôtarô****
85 11/11/1972 “Sludge Kaijin: Murderous Smog of Terror” Yamada Minoru / Shimada Masayuki
86 11/18/1972 “The Human Hunt of Kaijin Washi-Kamagiri” Yamada Minoru / Takizawa Mari
87 11/25/1972 “Gelshocker’s Deliveryman of Death!” Tsukada Masaki / Igami Masaru
88 12/2/1972 “Strange! The Black Cat’s Painting Beckons For Blood” Tsukada Masaki / Shimada Masayuki
89 12/9/1972 “The Fearsome 'Operation Pet': Rider Falls into Hell!” Yamada Minoru / Ishimori Shirô
90 12/16/1972 “The Fearsome 'Operation Pet': Rider SOS!” Yamada Minoru / Ishimori Shirô
91 12/23/1972 “Gelshocker: Enter into the Fearsome School!!” Tsukada Masaki / Igami Masaru
92 12/30/1972 “Fiendish! The Imitation Kamen Rider!!” Tsukada Masaki / Igami Masaru
93 1/6/1973 “8 Kamen Riders” Yamada Minoru / Igami Masaru
94 1/13/1973 “The True Form of the Gelshocker Leader!!” Yamada Minoru / Igami Masaru
95 1/20/1973 “The Flying Automobile of Kaijin Gara-Ox!!” Okunaka Atsuo / Shimada Masayuki
96 2/27/1973 “Hongô Takeshi becomes a Cactus Kaijin!?” Okunaka Atsuo / Maruyama Fumiô
97 2/3/1973 “Hongô Takeshi: Transformation Impossible!!” Tsukada Masaki / Igami Masaru
98 2/10/1973 “Gelshocker Annihilated! The Last of the Leader!!” Tsukada Masaki / Igami Masaru
No. Airdate Episode Title Director / Scenario
EX 7/18/1971 “Go Go Kamen Rider” Kitamura Hidetoshi / Igami Masaru
EX 3/18/1972 “Kamen Rider vs. Shocker" Yamada Minoru / Igami Masaru
EX 7/16/1972 “Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell" Yamada Minoru / Igami Masaru
* Co-written with Ichikawa Moriichi
** Co-written with Yamada Minoru
*** A play on the Japanese title of the James Bond film You Only Live Twice, where it is literally called "007 Dies Twice".
**** Co-written with Shimada Masayuki
Movies
No. Released Title Director / Scenario
