Kamen Rider The Next

is a 2007 Japanese Tokusatsu Film directed by Ryuta Tasaki and written by Toshiki Inoue. The film was released on October 27, 2007. The film borrows elements from the Kamen Rider television series and is a sequel to the Kamen Rider movie (which was a film adaptation of the original Kamen Rider series). Actor Kazuki Kato, who had previously portrayed Daisuke Kazama/Kamen Rider in Kamen Rider, portrayed Shiro Kazami/Kamen Rider. Both Masaya Kikawada and Hassei Takano reprise their roles as Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider and Hayato Ichimonji/Kamen Rider, respectively. It was given a PG-12 rating for its brief nudity and mild violence.

Plot
Two years after the end of Kamen Rider the First, a strange series of murders occur with people dying in a most gruesome fashion with a song played by pop star Chiharu playing at the site of the murder. Meanwhile, Takeshi Hongo has become a high school science teacher. A student in Takeshi's class named Kotomi Kikuma is best friends with Chiharu and is worried about her since her disappearance. Then a mysterious woman, known as the Chainsaw Lizard, appears alongside six new Riders known as the Shocker Riders.

Chiharu has a brother named Shiro Kazami, who is president of the rising IT enterprise ExaStream. Takeshi and Kotomi investigate Kazami, but soon discover that Shocker used nano-technology to turn Kazami into a cyborg code-named "V3". V3 and the Shocker Riders attack Takeshi, forcing him to become Kamen Rider 1 once again. Kamen Rider 2 then re-appears to aid Kamen Rider 1 once more. Scissors Jaguar, another Shocker creation, begins a plan to convert all humans in Japan into cyborgs by spreading the same nanobots used to create V3. The three Riders put aside their differences to fight Shocker together and save Chiharu, who is the victim of the very same nano-technology.

Heroes

 * Kamen Rider 1
 * Kamen Rider 2
 * Kamen Rider V3

Villains

 * V3: Becomes Kamen Rider V3
 * Scissors Jaguar
 * Chainsaw Lizard
 * Shocker Riders - Alternative Riders based on Kamen Rider 2. They are mass produced as soldiers of Shocker, and are enhanced in terms of abilities and powers under the nano-technology.

Cast

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Songs

 * Theme song
 * "Chosen Soldier"
 * Lyrics & Artist: ISSA
 * Composition:
 * Insert song
 * "Platinum Smile"
 * Lyrics & Artist: Riyu Kosaka
 * Composition: LOVE+HATE