Kamen Rider Series/Heisei Series

Heisei (平成) is the current era in Japan after the Shōwa period. The Heisei era started on 8 January 1989, the first day after the death of the reigning Emperor, Hirohito. His son, Akihito, succeeded to the throne. In accordance with Japanese customs, Hirohito was posthumously renamed "Emperor Shōwa" on 31 January.

Being completely absent from television during the 1990s, the Kamen Rider franchise was kept alive mainly by stage shows, musical CDs, and the Shin, ZO, and J movies, though many fans classify the movies as part of the Showa series as they treat Shotaro Ishinomori's passing in 1998 the pinnacle of the Showa era.

The Heisei revival of the Kamen Rider Series began with Kamen Rider Kuuga in 2000, this was noted in Kamen Rider Decade (2009), the tenth Heisei era series which initally united the first nine Heisei series, also giving focus on the Shōwa period despite being only 38 years since the start of the series due to Decade's position as the 25th Rider hero.

Shōwa Rider Series

 * Kamen Rider Kuuga (2000-01)
 * Kamen Rider Agito (2001-02)
 * Kamen Rider Ryuki (2002-03)
 * Kamen Rider Faiz (2003-04)
 * Kamen Rider Blade (2004-05)
 * Kamen Rider Hibiki (2005-06)
 * Kamen Rider Kabuto (2006-07)
 * Kamen Rider Den-O (2007-08)
 * Kamen Rider Kiva (2008-09)
 * Kamen Rider Decade (2009)
 * Kamen Rider W (2009-10)
 * Kamen Rider OOO (2010-11)
 * Kamen Rider Fourze (2011-12)