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Kamen
Rider translated as Masked Rider, is a weekly sci-fi
story created by renowned Japanese mangaka Shotaro Ishinomori. It
debuted as a tokusatsu television series on April 3, 1971 and ran
until February 10, 1973, airing on the Mainichi Broadcasting System
and NET TV (now TV Asahi). |
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Kamenrider V1
College student Takeshi Hongo
is abducted into terrorist organisation Shocker (Sacred Hegemony Of
Cycle Kindred Evolutional Realm), at the hands of a cyborg Inhumanoid
(Kaijin) known as the Bat. There, he undergoes painful reconstructive
surgery, turning him into an Inhumanoid himself. Unlike the original
series, he does not escape prior to mental condition by Shocker, and
becomes one of their soldiers, nicknamed "Hopper". He carries
out a mission successfully, and meets Shocker's Major Agents, including
Dr. Shinigami. Hongo receives his orders Kill those who have seen
Shocker's Inhumanoid soldiers.
However,
what he doesn't realise is that the two witnesses are the journalist
who had interviewed him prior to his kidnapping, Asuka Midorikawa
(Rena Komine) and her fiancé Katsuhiko Yano (Hassei Takano).
Attacking the two along with Shocker soldier Spider, it is here that
Hongo remembers his humanity, and has an epiphany with regards to
what he should do. Despite his efforts, Katsuhiko is killed by Spider,
and Asuka finds Hongo next to the body. Blaming him for Katsuhiko's
death, she begins to follow him, attempting to ascertain why whom
she thought was a normal college student is a murderer.
Meanwhile,
at Shocker headquarters, it is revealed that those who undergo Shocker's
treatment need periodic blood transfusions, lest they reject their
cybernetic components. Though Hongo seems to lack the need for the
transfusions, he is labeled a "traitor" by Shocker and
must be destroyed. It is here that Dr. Shinigami reveals his plan
to create a second soldier based on Hopper's design to do the job.
Hongo, having now abandoned Shocker, visits Tobei Tachibana, who
gives him his motorcycle, the Cyclone. He is then able to defeat
Spider. Asuka meets Hayato Ichimonji, who is identical to her fiancé,
whom she thought was dead. He reveals that "Katsuhiko Yano"
was an alias. What he doesn't tell Asuka is that he has been kidnapped
by Shocker and turned into the 2nd Hopper. His mission: defeat Hongo
at any cost.
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Kamenrider V2
Hayato Ichimonji a free-lancer photographer, is kidnapped by the organization
Shocker in order to become a reconstructed human able to fight the
deserter Takeshi Hongo, aka Kamen Rider. Before Shocker scientists
brainwashes him, Hongo appears and saves Ichimonji's sanity. Hongo
leaves Japan to fight Shocker branches overseas, and Ichimonji becomes
his successor as Kamen Rider, protecting Japan from Shocker's actions.
Some
time later, Takeshi Hongo returns to Japan and fights alongside
Ichimonji. Now, Hongo is known as Kamen Rider 1 and Ichimonji, Kamen
Rider 2. The pair is occasionally called "The Double Riders".
With Hongo back, it's Ichimonji who now leaves Japan for training
in South America. Near the end of the series, Rider 2 is back to
help Rider 1 to defeat Gel-Shocker, Shocker's new denomination.
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