Kamen Rider

A closer look at the story

Motorcycle racing is the great love of Takeshi Hongo, a young man with a bright future. His dreams are suddenly shattered, however, when he is abducted by Shocker, a sinister secret organisation bent on conquering the world. The organisation rebuilds Takeshi as a cyborg. But Takeshi manages to get away. After what has been done to him, he is no longer an ordinary man. Vowing to defend the world from Shocker's inhuman monsters, Takeshi takes up the fight. Launched in 1971 and broadcast on channels including NET, tv asahi and TBS, this tokusatsu series has featured actors such as Takeshi Sasaki, Akiji Kobayashi and Gorō Naya.