When did Kamen Rider first premier?
Kamen Rider
Produced by Toru Hirayama(平山 亨,Hirayama Tōru) and designed by Shotaro Ishinomori (creator of Cyborg 009), Kamen Rider premiered on April 3, 1971 initially intended as an adaptation of Ishinomori's Skull Man. He and Hirayama redesigned the main character to resemble a grasshopper. The hero Takeshi Hongo, played by actor and stuntman Hiroshi Fujioka, was described as a transformed human(改造人間,kaizō ningen) (cyborg). During the filming of episode 10, Fujioka was thrown from his motorcycle during a stunt and broke both legs. His character was phased out until the introduction of another transformed human, Hayato Ichimonji (played by Takeshi Sasaki) was introduced in episode 14. The return of Fujioka and his character, Hongo, in episode 53 united the two actors and Kamen Riders 1 and 2 appeared in every show of the first half of the Shōwa series. The series from April 1971 to January 1976 (Kamen Rider, V3, X, Amazon, Stronger) included a recurring mentor, Tobei Tachibana.
Kamen Rider Zi-O
A "Movie War" film, titled was released on December 22, 2018, featuring the casts of "Kamen Rider Zi-O" and "Kamen Rider Build" along with "Kamen Rider Den-O". Actor Shunsuke Daitō portrayed the superior Time Jacker Tid, and actor Kenichi Takitō voiced the Imagin Futaros. Aside from "Build", actors Toshiki Kashu ("Kamen Rider Agito"), Takamasa Suga ("Kamen Rider Ryuki"), Masahiro Inoue ("Kamen Rider Decade") and Shun Nishime ("Kamen Rider Ghost") also voice their respective reprised roles for the film, while Takeru Satoh ("Kamen Rider Den-O") only reprised his role to appear."Kamen Rider: Climax Scramble" in Japan known as , the seventh installment of the "" series, was released on November 29, 2018 for Nintendo Switch.