Kamen Rider
(1971)
Overview
Kamen Rider follows Takeshi Hongo and later, Hayato Ichimonji, both were turned into cyborgs by the evil organization called Shocker, but managed to escape before they were brainwashed by them. With the help of Tobei Tachibana and their friends, they fight the evil Shocker and later, GelShocker from their plans of world domination as Kamen Rider!
Cast
as Takeshi Hongo / Kamen Rider #1
as Hayato Ichimonji / Kamen Rider #2
as Tobei Tachibana
as Goro Ishikura
as Ruriko Midorikawa
as Yuri
as Michi
as Taki Kazuya
as Coronel Zol
as Mari
as Doctor Shinigami
as Embajador Hell
as General Black
as Great Leader of Shocker (voice)
as Narrator
Episodes
The Mysterious Spider Man 6.0
April 3, 1971
Takeshi Hongo, a young scientist boasting of an IQ of 600 and a racing prodigy, is abducted and his body surgically rem…
The Terrifying Bat Man 5.0
April 10, 1971
Hongo wins the championship, but the model who brings him his bouquet suddenly bares her fangs and attacks! With growin…
Monster, Scorpion Man 4.0
April 17, 1971
Shocker tests their mysterious Scorpion Man by releasing their slave workers and telling them that they can have their …
Cannibalism, Sarracenian 4.0
April 24, 1971
At an amusement park's botanical gardens, people begin to go missing. The young boy Kenji's older sister Yukie gets sna…
Monster, Mantis Man 1.0
May 1, 1971
While a series of strange earthquakes are going on, Hongo is contacted by his childhood friend and seismologist, Amemiy…
Grim Reaper, Chameleon 4.0
May 8, 1971
Former navy lieutenant-commander Sunada is attacked by the Chameleon Man. His aim is a submarine model in Sunada's poss…
Duel With Grim Reaper Chameleon! World Fair Impression 4.0
May 15, 1971
Kamen Rider, having fallen into a pit trap, loses his power in the secret room where no wind can reach and reverts back…
Strangeness! Bee Woman 1.0
May 22, 1971
Hongo begins an investigation into the series of incidents where people who had glasses made at Kagemura's Optometry st…
The Terrifying Cobra Man 6.0
May 29, 1971
Cobra Man makes an attack on the gold vault, but when the pet dog of security guard Kondo barks at him, he drops his fa…
The Revived Cobra Man 6.0
June 5, 1971
Ritsuko Ayakoji of the Ayakoji Biology Research Institute, Shocker's collaborator, puts up advertisements for “Purchasi…
Bloodsucking Monster, Gebacondor 3.0
June 12, 1971
Shocker has produced a new monster, Gebacondor, by assembling into one all the strong points of their previous monsters…
Murder, Yamogelas 4.0
June 19, 1971
Doctor Shirakawa has invented a death ray but tries to seal his invention away, while his aid Shibata conspires with Sh…
Tokageron and the Big Monster Army 7.0
June 26, 1971
To break through the Toyo Atomic Energy Research Laboratory's barrier, Shocker remodels pro soccer athlete Nomoto and p…
Raid of the Demon Sabotegron 6.0
July 3, 1971
Hongo saved Tokyo from a horrible fate at the hands of Shocker.But Hongo can not rest while Shocker's plans to conquer …
Counterattack, Sabotegron 5.0
July 10, 1971
At the end of fierce fighting, Kamen Rider drives Sabotegron away. Sabotegron then uses Flowers of Mexico to attack Hay…
Wrestler of the Devil, Pirasaurus 5.0
July 17, 1971
Shocker gets their hands on the Pirazaurus whose poison can kill a giant dinosaur in mere seconds and begin to create a…
Death Match in the Ring: Defeat! Pirasaurus 7.0
July 24, 1971
Pirazaurus experiments with the powerful deadly gas, “Mist of Death,” at a gogo house. He launches his scheme to oblite…
Fossil Man: Hitodanger 4.0
July 31, 1971
Shocker creates a missile base in the mountains and appoints the monster Hitodanger to defend it. After saving a boy fr…
Monster Kanibubbler Appears in Hokkaido 3.0
August 7, 1971
For Shocker's plan to cause a tsunami in Hokkaido through submarine earthquakes, they send in the monster Kanibubbler t…
Fire-Breathing Caterpillar Monster: Dokugander 6.0
August 14, 1971
Ichimonji, who has started an inquiry into a village thrown into panic by a gigantic catapillar creature, meets with Yo…
Dokugander, Confrontation at Osaka Castle 6.0
August 21, 1971
In order for Shocker to make use of a growth drug developed by Yoshioka, Dokugander's adult form transforms into the de…
Suspicious Merman Amazonia 2.0
August 28, 1971
An olympic swimmer disappears suddenly right before the eyes of his teammates, and a young man swimming in the ocean ge…
Sky-Flying Monster Musasabedol 3.0
September 4, 1971
Shocker creates the monster Musasabidol to go after a new liquid fuel developed by Doctor Ookuma. Taki, who is visiting…
Deadly Poison Monster Kinokomolg's Sortie! 5.0
September 11, 1971
After a prisoner is immersed in the extract of poisonous mushrooms for one week, the monster Kinokomorgue is born.
Defeat Kinokomolg! 5.0
September 18, 1971
Kinokomorgue declares, “Make him taste the fear of death!” and injects the captured Ichimonji with the antidote, return…
The Terrifying Antlion 6.0
September 25, 1971
While the monster Hell Thunder enacts his plan to make an artificial antlion pit that tears main roads into pieces, the…
Mukadelas Monster Classroom 4.0
October 2, 1971
Children are abducted by a suspicious man who calls himself a close friend of Kamen Rider. The man is the Shocker beast…
Underground Monster Mogurang 1.0
October 9, 1971
Shocker schemes to turn Tokyo Bay into a sea of flames by pouring in petroleum from industrial areas, equipping the mon…
Electric Monster Kuragedall 6.0
October 16, 1971
Shocker seeks humans capable of withstanding 5000 volts of electricity to make a resource of Electric Humans they can u…
Revived Fossil, Bloodsucking Trilobite 1.0
October 23, 1971
Doctor Shimura's research that can revive ancient lifeforms catches the eye of Shocker, who steal the ancient trilobite…
Deathmatch! Anteater Demon Arigabari 7.0
October 30, 1971
Mount Tengu is the test site for the bacteria, “Amazon's Curse,” of Shocker's monster Arigabari, and they attack the yo…
Cannibalism Flower, Dokudalian 6.0
November 6, 1971
The monster Dokudahlian is made from a man-eating flower that's lived for 200 years in the deep forests of New Guinea a…
Steel Monster, Armadillong 4.0
November 13, 1971
Dispatched from Brazil, the monster Armadillong is given the order from the Chief, “Defeat my longtime enemy Rider,” be…
Japan in Danger! Gamagiller's Invasion 5.0
November 20, 1971
Doctor Origuchi of the Criminal Research Institute looks into Shocker's evil doing, and discovers their plan to split t…
Murderous Ant Queen, Archimedes 7.0
November 27, 1971
Shocker's scientists succeed in producing a queen ant cyborg from an ant's egg. The created monster Archimedes attacks …
Resurrected Mummy Monster, Egyptus 4.0
December 4, 1971
Shocker discovers a monster from the time of ancient Egypt in the pyramids, the mummy Egyptus.
Poisonous Gas Monster Trickabuto's G-Plan 7.0
December 11, 1971
Shocker's newly developed killer plants are placed in theaters and concert halls as they scheme up the G Strategy to an…
Lightning Monster Eiking's World Darkness Plan 8.0
December 18, 1971
Captured two years ago, the marine biologist Doctor Seki created the monster Rayking but flees Shocker and is rescued b…
Monster Wolf Man's Huge Murder Party 9.0
December 25, 1971
Colonel Zol executes his Wolf Strategy to make werewolves with the Wolf Virus. In the midst of this, the young girl Kum…
Deathmatch! Monster Snowman vs. Two Riders 10.0
January 1, 1972
Doctor Reaper of Shocker's Swiss branch takes up a new post in the Japanese division. He makes plans to detonate Kirish…
Magma Monster Ghoster, Decisive Battle at Sakurajima 10.0
January 8, 1972
For the construction of a tunnel that connects Sakurajima and Ebi Heights, Doctor Reaper sends in the monster Ghoster.
The Devil's Messenger, Mysterious Fly Man 6.0
January 15, 1972
Doctor Reaper captures a cold-hearted young man, who doesn't even care about committing a hit-and-run to a young boy, a…
Mysterious Birdman Pranodon's Attack 3.0
January 22, 1972
Emi of the Tachibana Racing Club is taken by Shocker, fitted with a transmitter and controlled by the monster Pranodon'…
Graveyard Monster, Kabibinga 4.0
January 29, 1972
The monster Moldbinga schemes to cultivate a killer mold that grows from the nourishment of humans and he attacks peopl…
Monster Namewhale's Gas Explosion Plan 1.0
February 5, 1972
Doctor Yajima develops an artificial brain that has the power to amplify the abilities of animals exponentially and kee…
Showdown!! Snow Mountain Monster Bearconger 7.0
February 12, 1972
Shocker plots their “Snow Strategy” to melt all of the snow of Kusatsu Heights and cause a great flood, and makes the p…
The Death-Calling Ice Devil Todogiller 5.0
February 19, 1972
The monster Todogiller, who can fire a Freezing Shot that is 300 degrees below zero, freezes humans and Shocker turns t…
Bloodsucking Marshes of Hiruguerilla 0.0
February 26, 1972
With the blood-sucking leeches he controls the monster Leechguerilla absorbs the lifeblood of humans, and by injecting …
Cannibalistic Monster, Isoginchack 6.0
March 4, 1972
The old man Nakayama finds a vein of diamonds in the continent of Africa and sends the whereabouts of the vein to his g…
Monster Kamestone's Murderous Aurora Program 5.0
March 11, 1972
An aurora suddenly appears in the Tokyo skies. The many people who see this look towards it, and one by one they get br…
Stone Monster Unicornos vs. Double Rider Kick 6.0
March 18, 1972
Shocker infuses a unicorn brought back from a fossil with the blood of a fiendish man, creating the monster Unicornus. …
My Name is Mysterious Birdman Gilgalass 6.0
March 25, 1972
Gilgalass transforms himself into a crow that can speak like a human, and attacks humans with the Dead Man Gas that tur…
Monster Jaguarman's Ready-to-Die Motorbike War 4.0
April 1, 1972
Takeshi Hongo has to contend with both a new Shocker commander, Hell's Ambassador, and a plot to create chaos with a ne…
Sea Serpent Man of the Phantom Village 5.0
April 8, 1972
Shocker sets up a training camp in a village in the mountains. The monster Sea Snake Man who was trained at the camp us…
Cockroach Man!! The Terrifying Bacterial Ad-Balloon 6.0
April 15, 1972
Shocker develops a bacteria that ages biological cells. By putting the bacteria into the balls of a bowling alley, they…
Amazon's Poison Butterfly Gireera 4.0
April 22, 1972
The Shocker monster Gireera schemes to throw capsules packed with a deadly poison powder into Japan's national reservoi…
Tsuchigumo Man Poisonmondo 0.0
April 29, 1972
Hongo's friend Sawada completes a liquid gunpowder that can melt any metal. The Shocker monster Poisonmondo targets thi…
Monster Poison Lizard, Duel in Fear Valley!! 0.0
May 6, 1972
Doctor Ootaguro succeeds in developing the “Alpha Liquid,” a life revitalizing drug that can revive a dead organism.
The Bottomless Swamp Monster, Earthworm Man! 4.0
May 13, 1972
From the only surviving earthworm of the Bikini Islands atomic bomb experiments Shocker creates Earthworm Man.
Mysterious Owl Man's Murderous X-Rays 4.0
May 20, 1972
The Owl Man begins experimenting with the Murder X-Rays equipped in both of his eyes that can turn living things into b…
Monster Catfishgiller's Electric Hell 5.0
May 27, 1972
Doctor Reaper returns to Shocker's Japan branch of Katsugawa Island along with Catfishgiller who he remodeled from an e…
Monster Hedgehoras' Murder Skull Plan 4.0
June 3, 1972
With the poison needles all over his body containing a killer virus that can melt humans, the monster Hedgehoras oblite…
Monster Rhinogang's Autorace of Death 7.0
June 10, 1972
While Hongo and the others are training intensely with their sights set on winning the All Japan Motorcycle Championshi…
Monster Cicadaminga's Song to Kill Everyone 4.0
June 17, 1972
While catching cicadas, Naoki witnesses a murder by the Shocker monster Cicadaminga. Hongo protects Naoki and Shocker c…
Monster Dr. Insect and the Shocker School 5.0
June 24, 1972
Deceiving them with the slogan, “Come catch Masked Rider and beetles!” Shocker kidnaps children to Mount Takao where Sh…
Shocker Graveyard, Revived Monsters 8.0
July 1, 1972
The cyborg Longhornkid revives the monsters defeated by Rider to begin the “Devil Festival.” Through sacrifices, energy…
The Shocker Leader Appears! Riders in Danger 7.0
July 8, 1972
Hongou discovers an upcoming meeting between important Shocker branch chiefs, but that is not all the Leader has planne…
Doctor Shinigami, the True Meaning of Terror? 10.0
July 15, 1972
Appearing in Japan once again, Doctor Reaper has a plan to destroy Japan by controlling a meteorite.
Monster Gillercricket's Claws of Impending Death 3.0
July 28, 1972
The monster Gillercricket has the ability to transform humans he stabs with his poisonous red claws into murderous fien…
Monster Electric-Guitarbotal's Fireball Attack 1.0
July 29, 1972
Born from high voltage, the monster Electrifirefly receives orders from Ambassador Hell to steal all of the electricity…
Monster Horseflygomes' Rokkoudai Mountain Pursuit 7.0
August 5, 1972
Hongo and Taki receive communication from the FBI saying, “There are clues to Shocker in Kobe,” and so they secretly fl…
Vampiric Mosquilas vs. Two Riders 9.0
August 12, 1972
The new monster Mosquilas comes from South America and plots to create a Shocker base in the Kii Peninsula.
Double Riders' Defeat! Shiomaneking 7.0
August 19, 1972
Shocker's plans to establish a base on the southern tip of the Kii Peninsula obstructed, they use Crabking to abduct th…
Deadly Bloodsucking Fiends!! Good Luck, Rider Boys' Squad 4.0
August 26, 1972
Tobei Tachibana becomes president and Taki acts as commanding officer of the Boys' Kamen Rider Squad that is formed. Ar…
Poison Flower Monster Roseranga - The Secret of the House of Terror 5.0
September 2, 1972
Taki arrives at the place where he received word of a Shocker sighting from the Boys' Rider Squad but is captured by th…
Three Head of Generator Monster Seadragons!! 4.0
September 9, 1972
Shocker packages the Seadragon monsters in “Strange Beast Monster Cans” and sends them into the homes of the Boys' Ride…
Monster Newtgeth, Duel at the Farm of Hell!! 2.0
September 16, 1972
Using his power to liquify his entire body, Shocker monster Newtgeth abducts many adult men to advance the construction…
The Dreadful Urchindogma + The Phantom Monster 4.0
September 23, 1972
The monster Urchindogma takes over the village near Tobei's hometown in order to raise a massive amount of Urchindogma …
Hell Ambassador!! The True Meaning of Fear? 10.0
September 30, 1972
Someone reports the Shocker monster Garagaranda's strategy to poison the water supply to Masked Rider. The Shocker Chie…
Gel-Shocker Appears! Kamen Rider's Last Day! 10.0
October 7, 1972
With Ambassador Hell's defeat, Shocker's Japan division is abandoned. However the Shocker Chief adds the power of Afric…
Kamen Rider Dies Twice! 9.0
October 14, 1972
Gel-Shocker's Scorpiolizard uses the Shocker scientists as the guinea pigs for an oxygen deprivation gas and eliminates…
Monster Jellyfish Wolf, Dreadful Rush Hour 4.0
October 21, 1972
Using Jellyfishwolf who can release 10 million volts of electric current, Gel-Shocker schemes to massacre people by bri…
Monster Inokabuton, Defeat the Rider With Crazy Gas 3.0
October 28, 1972
Gel-Shocker remodels a death row inmate into the monster Boarbeetle. Boarbeetle possesses a madness gas and in order to…
Watch Out, Rider! Isoginjaguar's Hell Trap 1.0
November 4, 1972
Isoginjaguar, reconstructed for the purpose of destroying Rider, abducts the girl Maki who is searching for her father.…
Sludge Monster, Dreadful Murder Smog 4.0
November 11, 1972
Combining a viscious criminal with a moray eel and sea turtle that grew up in the sludge of Tago Inlet, Gel-Shocker pro…
Monster Eaglemantis' Human Hunt 1.0
November 18, 1972
The Boys Rider Squad come to hike Mount Oomuro. Meanwhile, Gel-Shocker's Eaglemantis executes the human hunting strateg…
Gel-Shocker's Delivery Man of Death 4.0
November 25, 1972
Gel-Shocker draws up a list of Japan's important figures to execute. The monster Kumolion delivers letters of advance n…
Bizarre! The Picture of the Black Cat That Calls for Blood 6.0
December 2, 1972
Hongo consults with the young boy Satoru who is concerned about his older brother since he's become obsessed with paint…
Fear's Pet Strategy, Drop Rider into Hell! 2.0
December 9, 1972
Gel-Shocker's Canarycobra transforms into a tiny canary and approaches people, then kills them with the deadly poison o…
Fear's Pet Strategy, Rider SOS 0.0
December 16, 1972
After defeating Canarycobra, Nezucondor appears before Kamen Rider. Nezucondor carries the plague inside his body and i…
Gel-Shocker, Enroll in Terror School 5.0
December 23, 1972
Hongo learns from the Boys Rider Squad members of strange occurances in the Tanzawa district and heads to the scene, bu…
Atrocity! Fake Kamen Rider!! 8.0
December 30, 1972
Kamen Rider and Mukadetiger simultaneously vanish. At that time, the Gel-Shocker Chief determines the real identity of …
8 Kamen Riders 10.0
January 6, 1973
Kamen Rider #1 is driven back by the Shocker Rider and the monster Haetoribachi's coordination and sinks under the sea …
The True Identity of the Gel-Shocker Leader 10.0
January 13, 1973
Wih the Anti-Shocker Alliance's back up, the double Riders are able to escape danger and take Raydokuga prisoner. Moreo…
Monster Garaox's Sky-Flying Car 2.0
January 20, 1973
Gel-Shocker's Garaox uses his demon fog that can make objects float to attack vehicles. Hongo saves a man who is droppe…
Takeshi Hongo, Cactus Monster Exposed!? 8.0
January 27, 1973
The cactus research expert Doctor Matsuda is remodeled into Cactusbat. Cactusbat attacks the World Peace Committee's me…
Takeshi Hongo, Transformation Impossible 8.0
February 3, 1973
The Gel-Shocker monster Leechameleon uses the blood absorbed from humans to resurrect Ganikomol who once defeated Rider…
Gel-Shocker Annihilated! The End of the Leader!! 10.0
February 10, 1973
With the arrival of Masked Rider #2 Hongo is rescued and the Double Riders showdown against Leechameleon.