List of Kamen Riders' Appearance in Variety Shows

As one of the most popular Tokusatsu series in Japan, Kamen Riders indeed have chances to shine in various Japanese variety shows, most of them is to promote the newest Kamen Rider release at the time. This is a list of the variety shows that Kamen Riders' suits which means the character in fiction officially appeared and even debut in.

Please noted that referencing are not counted in this page.

Ameagari Kesshitai no Talk Bangumi Ametalk!
Ametalk! is a talk show host by Japanese comedy duo aired on TV Asahi since 2003. Several Kamen Rider actors such as Takushi Tanaka, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Akira Shinomiya are also regular guests of the show.

Kamen Rider Artist
Aired on Augest 4, 2016, the topic for the weeks' content is Kamen Rider. This topic was chosen by Takushi Tanaka on January 26, 2012. During the show, the Kamen Rider-loving guests talked about the history of Kamen Riders from Kamen Rider to Kamen Rider Ghost, plus Kamen Rider Amazons. the difference between Showa and Heisei Riders, behind the scene of Kamen Riders and some cheesy gags and moments of Riders, with the host and guest critically comment them in a taunting style. One of the guests was supposed to introduce the history of Kaijin as well but was shut down by the host and since the filming time wasn't enough, told him to "do this next time".

At the final section of the show, the TV studio was attacked by 3 Shocker Combatmen and tickling Takushi Tanaka, this lead Kamen Rider 1, Kamen Rider V3 and Kamen Rider Ghost came to the studio to rescue the hosts & guests and stop the escaping Combatmen. Shun Nishime later revealed his face and broke the forth wall to promote the summer stage performation of Kamen Rider Ghost and .

The show ends with Shun Nishime introduced Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Level 1 to the public in performing a short burlesque. His design and action shocked the guests of the show., this marks chronologically Ex-Aid's first appearance on television.

Kamen Rider Artist 2
Becuase the popularity and success of the rating of the first Kamen Rider Artist, in return, TV Asahi decided to increase the budget and co-operated with Toei and Ishimori Productions to focus on this topic the second time.

Aired on November 27, 2016, the second Kamen Rider Artist let the hosts and guests watched a clip about the history of Kamen Rider again and comment on those cheesy moments in each series. Unlike the previous one, this time the section was divide to Showa and Heisei. They also continued the unfinised topic of Kaijin from previous talk and noticed the Spider Man legacy. Hiroshi Tanahashi mentioned that he received the offer of Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders after the previous Kamen Rider Artist broadcast.

However, the show's rating goes down when it makes serious mistakes. Such as the editor and narrator credited and introduced Kamen Rider Necrom as the "Secondary Rider" of Ghost, ironally, they haven't realize that they credit put Kamen Rider Specter's image as "Secondary Rider" few seconds before introducing Necrom. Furthur more, the guests even had a discussion of the "Number Theory" of Heisei Phase 2 Kamen Riders and try to convince the audience it is true. These false information above will all debunk by Toei years later.

At the final section, the group of Shocker Combatmen appeared again and kidnapped Takushi Tanaka. They took him out of the studio and begun to torture him, thankfully, Kamen Rider Ghost and Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Level 2 heared Tanaka's voice and came to save his life. They even performed a parody on episode 18 and episode 25 of Kamen Rider in tribute. Finally, the two Riders destroyed the Shocker Combatmen by using their Rider Kick but the explosion accidentally hurt Takushi, and he returned to the studio with injury.

The show ends with Hiroki Iijima revealed his face and broke the forth wall to promote .

Zenryokuzaka
Zenryokuzaka is a variety show produced by TV Asahi that records female celebrities running on a hill and talk about their feelings at the destination. The 2587th and 2588th episode featured Tsukuyomi & Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi.