Kamen Rider

Kamen Rider
GenreTokusatsu
Superhero fiction
Horror story
Created byShotaro Ishinomori
Developed byMasaru Igami
Directed byKoichi Takemoto
StarringHiroshi Fujioka
Takeshi Sasaki
Jirō Chiba
Akiji Kobayashi
Wakako Oki
Narrated byShinji Nakae
Opening theme"Let's Go!! Rider Kick!" by Hiroshi Fujioka (1 – 13) and Masato Shimon (14-88)
"Rider Action" by Masato Shimon (89 – 98)
Ending theme"Kamen Rider no Uta" by Masato Shimon (1 – 71)
"Rider Action" by Masato Shimon (72 – 88)
"Lonely Kamen Rider" by Masato Shimon (89 – 98)
ComposerShunsuke Kikuchi
Country of originJapan
No. of episodes98
Production
Running time24 minutes
Original release
NetworkMBS TV
NET
ReleaseApril 3, 1971 (1971-04-03) –
February 10, 1973 (1973-02-10)
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Kamen Rider (Masked Rider) is a long-running Japanese Tokusatsu television series. It is first installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series. It is aimed at children. There is also a manga. It is about a superhero who rides a motorbike and wears a mask. The original airing consisted of a total 98 episodes and were broadcast from April 3, 1971 to February 10, 1973 on MBS and NET (now TV Asahi).


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