V3
(1973)
Overview
This series followed Shiro Kazami on his quest to gain revenge against Destron, the group that murdered his family. Later on, Riderman, the fourth Kamen Rider is introduced as the first long term anti-hero Kamen Rider. The original two Kamen Riders also make various appearances over the course of the series to help Kazami.
Cast
as Tobei Tachibana
as Narrator
as Shigeru Tama
as Shiro Kazami / Kamen Rider V3
as Joji Yuki / Riderman
as Junko Tama
as Naoki
as Great Leader of Destron (voice)
Episodes
Rider No. 3: His Name is V3! 10.0
February 17, 1973
The hard-won peace obtained with the defeat of Gel-Shocker by Kamen Riders #1 and #2, is now shattered by a more powerf…
Last Testament of the Double Riders 7.0
February 24, 1973
Destron's Scissors-Jaguar separates V3 from the Double Riders to allow Turtle Bazooka to vaporize Tokyo with the H-Bomb…
The Execution of V3 5.0
March 3, 1973
TV-Fly takes over a suburban hospital in order to create a new mutant specifically designed to defeat Kamen Rider V3. T…
V3's 26 Secrets!? 6.0
March 10, 1973
Hypnotizing Tachibana Tobei, TV-Fly orders him to kill Kazami Shiro, while Tama Junko also falls into his trap. Can Shi…
Snake-Man with a Machine Gun! 5.0
March 17, 1973
An eminent biologist, Dr. Murayama, discovers a new clean energy source, and Destron's Machinegun-Snake is sent to seiz…
Enter, Hammer-Jellyfish! V3 Unleash Your Killing Technique!! 0.0
March 24, 1973
Mamoru clings to life in a hospital, while his sister blames Kazami Shiro and betrays him to Destron. Hammer-Jellyfish …
The Fury of Rider V3's Special Training 6.0
March 31, 1973
Destron blows up the research facility of Professor Kawai, in order to secure his artificial heart technology in order …
Watch Out, V3! Beware the Terrifying Buzzsaw 0.0
April 7, 1973
While Kazami Shiro recovers in a hospital, the Rider Scouts search for Destron's outpost, while Buzzsaw-Lizard tries to…
What is the Destron Hell Squad!? 0.0
April 14, 1973
Kazami Shiro's rival, Yoshioka Masaru, and other top racers in the All Japan Motorcross Championship, are captured by D…
Secret of the Double Typhoon 0.0
April 21, 1973
Destron's Razor-Starfish teams up with Lens-Ant to attack V3, and they send the Hell Squad to steal a shipment of nucle…
The Claws of Evil Reach Out for V3!! 0.0
April 28, 1973
Destron forces Marine biologist Dr. Nakatani to create a powerful aquatic mutant, Pickaxe-Shark. The doctor escapes, bu…
Junko Becomes a Monster's Bride?! 0.0
May 5, 1973
Destron's Pickaxe-Shark proves a formidable foe to V3, who suffers defeat at the claws of the mutant. Meanwhile, Junko …
Terrifying Commandant: Doktor G! 0.0
May 12, 1973
A couple hikes into the mountains to research the secret of the legendary Boar-Man, but only the woman returns. Suspect…
Secret Memento of the Double Riders 0.0
May 19, 1973
Toad-Boiler attacks Interpol agent George Kamamoto, who is trying to pass on a coded document from Riders One and Two t…
Rider V3's Deadly Weakness!! 0.0
May 26, 1973
The daughter of Dr. Okajima, an atomic physicist who escaped the clutches of Destron with the help of the Double Riders…
Gecko Monster With a Missile On His Back! 0.0
June 2, 1973
Rider Scout Saburo and his father save a hapless fisherman, whom witnessed mutant Missile-Gecko in action. V3 fights of…
The Devil Spray is the Reaper's Weapon 0.0
June 9, 1973
The fearsome Spray-Rat takes on the likeness of a priest and finds a young couple to use as guinea pigs for his Devilsp…
V3, Beware the Fiendish Traitor! 0.0
June 16, 1973
Kusarigama-Beetle captures Kazami Shiro and takes him to Destron's outpost. While Doktor G is torturing Shiro he breaks…
Blowfish Apache's Operation: Torpedo!! 0.0
June 23, 1973
Kazami Shiro rushes to Tatsunoko Point where Destron has been sinking passing ships, in a bid to seize control of the s…
Operation: Destron Shikoku Conquest 0.0
June 30, 1973
Destron uses the SS Device flown in from their South American base, in an attempt to conquer the island of Shikoku. Fuk…
The Double Riders Live 0.0
July 7, 1973
V3 is saved by the voices of the Double Riders coming from a special medallion. In Shikoku, Kazami Shiro disguises hims…
Camp of Terror! Mystery of the Underground Canal 0.0
July 14, 1973
The Rider Scouts are at training camp on Hatsushima Island, where mutant Speargun-Sea Lion has established an undersea …
Terror! The Vampire From the Graveyard 0.0
July 21, 1973
Propeller-Beetle begins kidnapping young people � the males are reconstructed into Destron Soldiers, while the blood of…
Mysterious! Cockroach Manor!! 0.0
July 28, 1973
In order to wage germ warfare on Japan, Destron takes over the Osato Biological Institute and tortures the head scienti…
Mysterious!! The Destron Ranger Corps 0.0
August 4, 1973
Rumors circulate of savage ape-men in the Omi Mountains, but this is a cover for training Destron's Ranger Squad units.…
Monster Heater-Cicada's Operation: Mummy 0.0
August 11, 1973
With the Mummification Virus in Tokyo's water supply, Destron plans to turn 10 million people into mummies, using Heate…
Zol, Death, Hell and Black Rise From the Grave 0.0
August 18, 1973
Rider Scout Shotaro has discovered Shocker mutants entombed in a lakeside cave. When he arrives, the mutants are gone, …
The Five Commandant's All-Out Attack! 0.0
August 25, 1973
Trapped by the five commandants Kazami Shiro falls into an unbreakable cell. Tachibana Tobei, in a bid to rescue Shiro,…
Doktor G's Final Challenge! 0.0
September 1, 1973
Held responsible for the death of the Shocker Commandants, Doktor G creates Camera-Mosquito, who steals people's faces …
Doktor G! The True Form of Evil is...? 0.0
September 8, 1973
The Destron Hunters discover that the microfilm gives the location of a manufacturing plant where Destron creates their…
Enter, Baron Fang: Commandant of Curses!! 0.0
September 15, 1973
The Great Leader summons Baron Fang, the great Doovoo shaman of the Tusk Tribe from the upper reaches of the Congo Rive…
Spectre of Onibi Swamp: Rider Scouts Annihilated!? 0.0
September 22, 1973
Given the task of destroying the Rider Scouts, Fireball-Walrus possesses Tachibana Tobei's old friend Ito, the manager …
V3 in Danger! Riders One and Two Return!! 0.0
September 29, 1973
Dr. Samukawa and his daughter Yumiko are put under pain of death by Snow-Wolf to assist Destron to pervert his scientif…
Critical Moment! Baron Fang vs. Three Riders!! 0.0
October 6, 1973
Baron Fang resurrects Smilodon the sorceress and ancient mother of the Tusk Tribe in order to destroy the Kamen Riders.…
Baron Fang's Final Transformation 0.0
October 13, 1973
A Destron fugitive calls Rider Scouts HQ to reveal a sinister plot, but the line goes dead. Discovering a locker key at…
The Winged Corps: Demons of the Sky 0.0
October 20, 1973
Destron summons Archbishop Wing and his clan from Tibet to take over where Baron Fang failed. Soon afterwards a strange…
Mysterious Temple: Curse of the Musasabi Clan 0.0
October 27, 1973
Archbishop Wing's Dryad-Flying Squirrel is able to turn a red fluid that he secretes from his claws, into a deadly gas …
Lone V3 and Cub: Deadly Skydiving 0.0
November 3, 1973
Mutant Poison-Mothla kills two power company workers who discover electricity being re-routed. Meanwhile, Destron captu…
Terror of the Carnivorous Fauna Plantaingan!! 0.0
November 10, 1973
Archbishop Wing plans to use the poison of the inhuman Plantaingan, combined with 30,000 volts of electricity, to creat…
Sudden Death! V3 Mach Kick!! 0.0
November 17, 1973
Destron mutant Deadman-Bat, employing a virus called the Himalayan Devil, turns the residents of apartment complexes in…
Oh! People Are Melting! Enter, Marshal Armor 0.0
November 24, 1973
Summoned from Mongolia, Marshal Armor becomes the new commandant of Destron Japan and employs Nazi transplant technolog…
The Snail Man's Human Experiments! 0.0
December 1, 1973
Marshal Armor's Snailbura implants its sinister eggs into the residents of an apartment complex. These incubate in the …
Friend or Foe? The Mysterious Riderman 0.0
December 8, 1973
Ambitious Destron scientist Yuki Joji is condemned to death by Marshal Armor, who sees him as a threat to his position …
V3 vs. Riderman 0.0
December 15, 1973
V3 saves Riderman from Sickleneck-Tortoise's nerve gas in the nick of time. Regardless Riderman doesn't want to listen …
Destron's Christmas Present 0.0
December 22, 1973
Marshal Armor sends mutant Rhino-Tank, disguised as Santa Claus, to lure children into the House of Good Fortune, in or…
Riderman, Where Will You Go? 0.0
December 29, 1973
Pinned against a cliff by a bulldozer V3 uses his Reverse Double Typhoon to save himself and infiltrates the Destron ou…
Ambush! The Destron Leader!! 0.0
January 5, 1974
A New Year's card from Marshal Armor arrives for Yuki Joji, so he and Kazami Shiro investigate the return address. When…
Look! The Face of the Destron Leader!! 0.0
January 12, 1974
The Great Leader, overlord of Destron, arrives in Japan. When V3 and Riderman go after him, they fall into a trap. Mean…
A Gunshot Rings Out! Kazami Shiro Falls!! 0.0
January 19, 1974
Destron mutant Chameleon shoots Yuki Joji, but Kazami Shiro takes the bullet. Soon Shiro becomes unable to control his …
A Little Friendship 0.0
January 26, 1974
Mutant Chameleon is resurrected as Vampire-Chameleon and Marshal Armor sends him on a mission to collect the blood of i…
You Are Rider Number 4!! 0.0
February 2, 1974
Marshal Armor has developed a powerful Pluton Rocket that is more powerful than the H-Bomb and the Great Leader orders …
The Last Day of Destron 0.0
February 9, 1974
The Great Leader initiates "Operation: D", a final, all-out offensive to seize control of Japan. Destron revives Deadma…