Details
Title: 仮面ライダー
Title (romaji): Kamen Rider
Genre: Tokusatsu
Format: Renzoku
Episodes: 98
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 1971-Apr-3 to 1973-Feb-10
Air time: Saturday 19:30
Synopsis
Hongo Takeshi was once just a college student, whose hobby was motocross racing. However, the terrorist group, Shocker (pronounced "shoakah" when you speak with Rider gurus) kidnaps him and turns him into a cyborg warrior, and use him to spread evil. But just before the surgeons could complete the brain surgery that would make him a bad guy permanently, an explosion caused by his college teacher, Professor Midorikawa, who worked for Shocker. This allowed for the both of them to escape. Shocker then sends one of its cyborg mutants to re-capture Takeshi and bring him back to the headquarters. But in the process, Takeshi discovers his new ability to henshin from his human form to a bug-like cyborg warrior with super powers, and is then named Kamen Rider (masked rider). Takeshi then vows to fight Shocker and keep humanity free. --groink
Cast
Fujioka Hiroshi as Hongo Takeshi / Kamen Rider 1
Sasaki Takeshi (佐々木剛) as Ichimonji Hayato / Kamen Rider 2
Nakada Yoshiko as Yokko
Kobayashi Akiji
Kamen Rider
