New Year Episode

This article is about a type of episode in the Kamen Rider Series.

While many Riders do a special holiday-themed one-shot, others incorporate the holidays as the beginning of the series end-game storyline.

The only series to not have such an episode are Kamen Rider X, Stronger, Decade, & both seasons of Amazons as their runs were cut short and didn't reach the New Year (for the case of Decade & Amazons, the series were planned to be way shorter than average).

List of Episodes[]

Showa Riders[]

Phase 1[]

• Kamen Rider (1971)
  • Deathmatch! The Monster Snowman vs. The Two Riders (New Year 1972)
  • The 8 Kamen Riders (New Year 1973)
• Kamen Rider V3
  • Ambush! The Destron Leader!! (New Year 1974)
• Kamen Rider Amazon
  • Seen! Gedon's Beastman Modification Room (New Year 1975)
• Kamen Rider Stronger stopped the last week of 1975. However All Together! Seven Kamen Riders!! could be considered a New Year 1976 special.

Phase 2[]

• Kamen Rider (Skyrider)
  • Haejigokujin, Kamen Rider Close Call (New Year 1980, New Decade 1980s)
• Kamen Rider Super-1
  • A Formidable Enemy Appears! The Sincere Shaolin Fist is Defeated (New Year 1981)

Phase 3[]

• Kamen Rider Black
  • The Day Tuna Disappeared (New Year 1988)
• Kamen Rider Black RX
  • The Scraps' Revolt (New Year 1989, New Era Heisei^[1])

Heisei Riders[]

Phase 1[]

• Kamen Rider Kuuga
  • Decision (New Year 2001, New Century 21th, New Millennium 3rd, first shared with a Super Sentai)
• Kamen Rider Agito
  • The Governor of Stars (New Year 2002)
• Kamen Rider Ryuki
  • The Final 3 Days (New Year 2003)
• Kamen Rider 555
  • Masato, Dying A Glorious Death (New Year 2004)
• Kamen Rider Blade
  • Garren Eliminated (New Year 2005)
• Kamen Rider Hibiki
  • Mastering the Oni Way (New Year 2006)
• Kamen Rider Kabuto
  • Rushing into the Last Chapter (New Year 2007, first in 720p)
• Kamen Rider Den-O
  • My End Has Made You Cry (New Year 2008)
• Kamen Rider Kiva
  • Full Stop: Farewell, Otoya (New Year 2009)
• Kamen Rider Decade was supposed to be a shorter series because toy sales were limited due to the Super Sentai series starting around the same time as Kamen Rider's and just after Christmas. It didn't thus reach the New Year 2010, and, ironically, not enter the 2010s decade.

Phase 2[]

• Kamen Rider W
  • The F Afterglow/Reclaim Your Partner (New Year 2010, New Decade 2010s)
• Kamen Rider OOO
  • The Kendo Girl, Oden, and the Separating Yummy (New Year 2011)
• Kamen Rider Fourze
  • Meteor Appearance (New Year 2012)
• Kamen Rider Wizard
  • Another Magician (New Year 2013, first in 1080p)
• Kamen Rider Gaim
  • Genesis Riders Appear! (New Year 2014)
• Kamen Rider Drive
  • Where Did That White Kamen Rider Come From? (End of Year 2014)
  • Why Won't My Little Brother Put On the Brakes? (New Year 2015)
• Kamen Rider Ghost
  • Heroic! A Man's Resolve! (End of Year 2015)
  • Exciting! A Free Man! (New Year 2016)
• Kamen Rider Amazons didn't reach the New Year 2017.
• Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
  • Defined Destiny (New Year 2017)
• Kamen Rider Amazons Season 2 didn't reach the New Year 2018.
• Kamen Rider Build
  • Rider Wars Start (New Year 2018)
• Kamen Rider Zi-O
  • Happy New Woz 2019 (New Year 2019)
  • 2019: Heisei Oni, Reiwa Oni (New Era Reiwa)

Reiwa Riders[]

• Kamen Rider Zero-One
  • It Is I, the President and a Kamen Rider (New Year 2020)
• Kamen Rider Saber
  • Chapter 17: The Ancient Messenger, of Either Light or Shadow. (New Year 2021)
• Kamen Rider Revice
  • Deepening Betrayal, The True Value of Buddies (New Year 2022)
• Kamen Rider Geats
  • Divergence I: Welcome! To the New Season! (New Year 2023)
• Kamen Rider Gotchard
  • Moonbreak Messenger (New Year 2024)
• Kamen Rider Gavv
  • Caramel Tentacles Taste Like Happiness (New Year 2025)

See also[]

• Metal Heroes - MH New Year Episode
• Super Sentai - SS New Year Episode

References[]