Black poster

Black

(1987)

Overview

After being kidnapped by the cult Gorgom on the night of their 19th birthday, stepbrothers Kotaro Minami and Nobuhiko Akizuki are submitted to a mutant surgery with the purpose of becoming the candidates to be the next Creation King. Kotaro escapes before the brainwashing, with help from his foster father, and turned against Gorgom. He soon finds out the horrific truth from his stepfather: Gorgom originally killed his true parents. Later on, Kamen Rider Black must battle with his brother, who h…

Cast

Tetsuo Kurata as Kohtaro Minami / Kamen Rider Black
Tetsuo Kurata

as Kohtaro Minami / Kamen Rider Black

Masaki Terasoma as Shadow Moon (voice)
Masaki Terasoma

as Shadow Moon (voice)

Akemi Inoue as Kyoko Akizuki
Akemi Inoue

as Kyoko Akizuki

Ayumi Taguchi as Katsumi Kida
Ayumi Taguchi

as Katsumi Kida

Hitomi Yoshii as High Priestess Bishium
Hitomi Yoshii

as High Priestess Bishium

Shozo Iizuka as High Priest Darom (voice)
Shozo Iizuka

as High Priest Darom (voice)

Toshimichi Takahashi as High Priest Baraom (voice)
Toshimichi Takahashi

as High Priest Baraom (voice)

Jun Yoshida as Kensei Bilgenia
Jun Yoshida

as Kensei Bilgenia

Episodes

BLACK!! Transform poster

BLACK!! Transform 5.0

October 4, 1987

Kotaro Minami, a youth on the run from the mysterious organization known as Golgom, begins to awaken into a horrifying …

The Monster Party poster

The Monster Party 5.0

October 11, 1987

Kotaro looks for his step-brother Nobuhiko Akizuki and plans to track down Golgom's headquarters.

Mysterious Cyborg Mystery poster

Mysterious Cyborg Mystery 5.0

October 18, 1987

Kotaro investigates a bizarre string of abductions in conjunction with a scheme by Bishium to bring him down.

The Devil's Laboratory poster

The Devil's Laboratory 5.0

October 25, 1987

A cycling friend of Kotaro becomes the subject of Golgom's mad doctor experimenting to find a weakness to their escaped…

Kotaro in a Maze! poster

Kotaro in a Maze! 5.0

November 1, 1987

Kotaro investigates a town being brainwashed by a Goat kaijin, hoping to control it for Golgom to ruin an international…

The Secret Sight Enigma poster

The Secret Sight Enigma 5.0

November 8, 1987

Kotaro must rescue two artists abducted by Golgom to become psychic spies in order to ruin the development of technolog…

The Living Machine Restored poster

The Living Machine Restored 5.0

November 15, 1987

A man who hates rampaging gangs is seduced by Golgom to gain the power to eliminate them, forcing Kotaro to rescue him …

The Devil's Trill Sonata poster

The Devil's Trill Sonata 5.0

November 22, 1987

Kotaro must save a musician girl whose feelings of failure lead to her becoming a member of Golgom's plot to control th…

The Crimson Lips of Bishum poster

The Crimson Lips of Bishum 5.0

November 29, 1987

When a girl makes a deal with Bishium to distribute strange pendants in order to help Golgom conquer the city, Kotaro t…

Where is Nobuhiko? poster

Where is Nobuhiko? 5.0

December 6, 1987

Kotaro investigates suspicious auto accidents leading to the victims being used for Golgom's army for causing chaos thr…

The Hungry Monsters poster

The Hungry Monsters 5.0

December 13, 1987

The Gorgom's plan to grow fruit for their mutants causes plants to sprout on people all over the city.

A Super-Bike Legend Is Born! poster

A Super-Bike Legend Is Born! 5.0

December 20, 1987

Kotaro discovers the whereabouts of a missing biker, who is raising his son to ride and protect the ultimate bike devis…

Mama Raises Monster Babies! poster

Mama Raises Monster Babies! 5.0

December 27, 1987

Gorgom kidnaps mothers to nurture its army of mutants, and BLACK finds himself facing an implacable enemy.

The Day All Tuna Vanished poster

The Day All Tuna Vanished 5.0

January 3, 1988

Kotaro fights to stop the abduction of tuna by Professor Kuromatsu in order to gain an extract to improve the power of …

Assault on a Haunted School poster

Assault on a Haunted School 5.0

January 10, 1988

Keisuke tries to stop a Golgom scheme of using schools to mold children into model students to assist in their control …

Friend From Across the Sea! poster

Friend From Across the Sea! 5.0

January 17, 1988

Kotaro attempts to find the source of powerful earthquakes after meeting a mysterious man.

Kyoko's Mysterious Dream! poster

Kyoko's Mysterious Dream! 5.0

January 24, 1988

Golgom manipulate the dreams of Nobuhiko's sister Kyoko in order to use her life energy to save an ailing Shadow Moon.

Sword Saint Birugenia!! poster

Sword Saint Birugenia!! 5.0

January 31, 1988

Golgom's Creation King forces the release of a powerful yet rebellious swordsman, who decides to try and take down Kota…

The Suffocating Trap of Hell poster

The Suffocating Trap of Hell 5.0

February 7, 1988

Bilgenia takes the guise of the doomed Professor Kuromatsu in order to lead Kotaro into a trap for his defeat.

Rider's Grave poster

Rider's Grave 5.0

February 14, 1988

Clash! Super Machines poster

Clash! Super Machines 5.0

February 21, 1988

Bishium uses a Mutant to infect Battle Hopper with insects that make it run wild and ignore Kotaro's commands.

The Shadow That Stalks Dad poster

The Shadow That Stalks Dad 5.0

February 28, 1988

A boy with psychic powers becomes forewarned into thinking that Kotaro is going to harm his father even as Golgom is se…

Marmo's Magical Powers poster

Marmo's Magical Powers 5.0

March 6, 1988

When a head of a two-headed ammonite Mutant becomes detached by Kamen Rider Black, it ends up with a kid where it becom…

The Female College Student's Nightmare poster

The Female College Student's Nightmare 5.0

March 13, 1988

Kotaro must save Katsumi and other college girls from a professor turned Golgom Mutant hoping to add more females to th…

The Roaring Armed Machine poster

The Roaring Armed Machine 5.0

March 20, 1988

Rescue the ESPer Girl poster

Rescue the ESPer Girl 5.0

March 27, 1988

A Golgom Mutant takes advantage of a girl's obsession to become strong to give her super-strength but ultimately takes …

The Fire Breathing Danger Road poster

The Fire Breathing Danger Road 5.0

April 3, 1988

Kotaro must avoid the dangers of the Golgom priests and an electricity controlling Mutant in order to restore power for…

The Scarab Beetle's Invitation to Hell poster

The Scarab Beetle's Invitation to Hell 5.0

April 10, 1988

Bilgenia uses a scarab beetle Mutant to create a craze for its minions, forcing Kotaro into a corner in trying to stem …

The Targeted Death Mask poster

The Targeted Death Mask 5.0

April 17, 1988

Kotaro must rescue four Japanese astronauts when they're abducted and replaced with doll-like clones controlled by a Go…

Aloha to the Assassin! poster

Aloha to the Assassin! 5.0

April 24, 1988

When a special female assassin is created by Golgom in Hawaii and sent to Japan to go after Kotaro, Kazuya Taki returns…

Burn! Boy Warriors poster

Burn! Boy Warriors 5.0

May 1, 1988

The Golgom Boy Warriors reunite with Kotaro to help save children being abducted by Golgom to create a new, stronger ge…

Dream Girl Yuki poster

Dream Girl Yuki 5.0

May 8, 1988

Father, Son, and the River of Love poster

Father, Son, and the River of Love 5.0

May 15, 1988

Kotaro must help a boy realize he can walk again even while trying to stop a Golgom plot of manipulating a river to cau…

Revival? The Prince of Hell poster

Revival? The Prince of Hell 5.0

May 22, 1988

When the Golgom Priests abduct Kyoko to speed up the revival of Shadow Moon, Bilgenia decides to take the weapon of the…

Fight! The Two Princes poster

Fight! The Two Princes 5.0

May 29, 1988

With Kotaro barely escaping from Bilgenia, the Golgom swordsman rampages to force Black into a final showdown, hoping t…

The War Declaration of Love and Death poster

The War Declaration of Love and Death 5.0

June 5, 1988

As Kotaro and Kyoko cope with Nobuhiko's transformation into Shadow Moon, the new Golgom leader transforms his commande…

Memories in the Yubari Sky poster

Memories in the Yubari Sky 5.0

June 12, 1988

A Mutant attack on a friend's wedding in Hokkaido leads to Katsumi becoming Golgom's tool, forcing Kotaro to pursue the…

Mystery? EP-Party Boy Squad poster

Mystery? EP-Party Boy Squad 5.0

June 19, 1988

When Golgom creates a new political party claiming they'll bring about peace, Kotaro investigates and discovers a nefar…

The Idol's Evil Power poster

The Idol's Evil Power 5.0

June 26, 1988

Bishium uses the identity of a girl to turn a mutant into an idol hypnotizing her fans into Golgom's mentality while tr…

The Karate Master's Secret poster

The Karate Master's Secret 5.0

July 3, 1988

In pursuit of a destructive Salamander Mutant, Kotaro encounters a peculiar karate master in the woods training a boy t…

The Dangerous Time Thief poster

The Dangerous Time Thief 5.0

July 10, 1988

A boy brooding over his father's murder by Golgom becomes abducted by two samurai thrown out of time by a Mutant's magi…

Tokyo Mutant Gathering poster

Tokyo Mutant Gathering 5.0

July 17, 1988

Kotaro meets two brothers, Makoto and Yuki who has psychic powers which Yuki gets kidnap by Fly Mutant to bring the Pha…

The Mutant Farm Battle poster

The Mutant Farm Battle 5.0

July 24, 1988

Kotaro investigates the claim of a child that something strange is happening at his apartment, leading to a discovery o…

An Ocean Inside the Closet poster

An Ocean Inside the Closet 0.0

July 31, 1988

A boy accidentally intercepts a signal associated with Baraom's warp device, forcing Kotaro to protect him and stop Gol…

Death of Flower Mutant Bishium poster

Death of Flower Mutant Bishium 0.0

August 7, 1988

Bishium uses a plot to turn women against their nurturing nature to lure Kotaro into a trap where he must face her in a…

Fierce Death of Baraom poster

Fierce Death of Baraom 0.0

August 14, 1988

With the death of Biishum, Baraom decides to battle Kotaro one last time in vengeance, while the beginning of an unnatu…

Rider Dies! poster

Rider Dies! 0.0

August 21, 1988

With a limited time before the end of the Creation King, Kotaro and Shadow Moon are forced to finally have their ultima…

A Bouquet of Reminiscence to the Sea poster

A Bouquet of Reminiscence to the Sea 0.0

August 28, 1988

With Kotaro dead and Golgom standing victorious over a burning Japan, Kyoko and Katsumi try to survive until they escap…

Fierce Battle! Death of Darom poster

Fierce Battle! Death of Darom 0.0

September 4, 1988

Reviving from his defeat against Shadow Moon, Kotaro discovers the current state of Japan since Golgom's victory as Dar…

What is the Creation King's True Form? poster

What is the Creation King's True Form? 0.0

September 11, 1988

Finally reaching Golgom's headquarters, Kotaro confronts Shadow Moon a final time as the Creation King forces the forme…

Gorgom's Last Day poster

Gorgom's Last Day 0.0

September 18, 1988

The final battle between Black Sun and Shadow Moon comes to a bittersweet end as the final fate of Kotaro, Nobuhiko, an…