Takeshi Hongo

This article is about a rider in Kamen Rider, the original series.

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For the reboot version in Kamen Rider The First, see Takeshi Hongo (reboot).

1 2 3 "Takeshi Hongo is the cyborg, Kamen Rider. He was remodeled by Shocker, an evil organization bent on ruling the world. Kamen Rider stands against them for the sake of all humanity." ―Opening narration[src] "My name is Takeshi Hongo, a warrior who is fighting for the freedom of all humans in the world!" ―Hongo's words to Kouta Kazuraba when they first meet[src] "A secret villain society targeting the weak and seemingly endless fights to the death with monsters. How long... is this Hell going to continue?" ―Hongo's tormented thoughts on his battles with Shocker during his early days as a hero.[src]

Takeshi Hongo (本郷 猛, Hongō Takeshi) is Kamen Rider One (仮面ライダー１号, Kamen Raidā Ichigō), or Kamen Rider 1-go, the original Kamen Rider. He first appeared in Kamen Rider, the first installment in the long-running Kamen Rider franchise of tokusatsu programs. The primary protagonist of the series, Kamen Rider One is a motorcycle-riding superhero modeled after a Grasshopper. One of the most recognizable and iconic characters in Japanese entertainment, Kamen Rider One is as irrecoverably burnt into the cultural subconscious as the series itself.

Takeshi is a young man who was kidnapped by the secret organization Shocker and forced to undergo a procedure that turns him into a super-powered cyborg. Before he can be brainwashed into doing Shocker's bidding, he escapes and becomes the first Kamen Rider, fighting for humanity's freedom against the evil forces that created him. Each episode sees Takeshi meeting another of Shocker's soldiers, interacting with supporting characters (such as his mentor, Tobei Tachibana), and ultimately defeating the enemy, often with trademark "Rider Kick" or "Rider Punch" attacks.

The series was drastically altered during the filming of episode 10 when, while attempting to perform a motorcycle stunt, Fujioka shattered his leg. The surrounding episodes were quickly altered to account for this, but Fujioka's injury forced him to take a long-term hiatus from acting. In order for production to continue, Toei introduced a new protagonist, Hayato Ichimonji/Kamen Rider Two, portrayed by Takeshi Sasaki. In the show, it was explained that Shocker had built a duplicate of their original Kamen Rider cyborg in an effort to combat the threat that Takeshi posed to their organization. From episode 11 to episode 13, unused footage of Fujioka was used to gradually phase out Takeshi, and Kamen Rider Two was officially introduced in episode 14.

By the time Fujioka had fully recovered from his injury, Kamen Rider had become a moderate success, and Fujioka found other work. Sasaki continued as the lead until episode 49 when Fujioka returned to the series. The two characters worked together as the "Double Riders" for a few episodes until Sasaki's character was eventually written out. From episode 53 through the end of the series, Takeshi was again the sole protagonist, but Sasaki periodically returned as Hayato for guest spots, in episodes 72, 73, 93, 94, and the finale.

Personality

Takeshi Hongo is a heroic and selfless man who is brave enough to fight against all odds to help others. A kindhearted soul, Takeshi swore to use his newfound powers as a Kamen Rider to stop Shocker, wishing for no one to suffer as he did. 

When making guest appearances in the Neo-Heisei era though, Takeshi usually acts very differently than how he was in the original series. Many times, he will show disapproval towards the newer protagonists, seeing them as unworthy to call themselves as Kamen Riders. This is in stark contrast to how he is portrayed in the Showa era and early Heisei era, where Takeshi graciously accepted the newer Kamen Riders as his friends and allies. But as time passes, Takeshi later comes in terms with Neo-Heisei Riders, realizes his mistake and reconciles with his successors, only to forget the lesson he had learned in his next appearance. Despite all of that Hongo still genuinely does wish to protect the innocent, something which all versions of Takeshi Hongo share in common.

Biography

Battle against Shocker

Takeshi's surgery in Shocker's laboratory.

Takeshi Hongo was a prodigy college biochemistry student at Jonan University's biochemistry lab, in which he also worked alongside Doctor Midorikawa. Born on August 15, 1948, Takeshi was a young man with an abnormal IQ of 600 as well as amazing physical prowess which attracted the attention of the secret organization Shocker, which planned to bring about a new order to the world, where artificially enhanced beings, both cybernetically and organically, stood at the top of the world. During his younger years, Takeshi lost both his parents and had trouble recovering from his emotional pain. The one who helped Takeshi deal with said pain was his mentor Tobei Tachibana, whom Takeshi came to see as a father-figure. Takeshi enjoyed riding motorcycles, and during practice with Tachibana, he ends up attacked and captured by Shocker`s minions. Takeshi was turned into a cyborg by Shocker, but he isn't brainwashed, due to the intervention of Doctor Midorikawa, who allows his escape. The Shocker monster Spider Man, pursued them.

Kamen Rider One's first transformation

While hiding, Doctor Midorikawa explains that he had been forced to work for Shocker, and was also the one who unwillingly recommended Takeshi to them. Horrified at what had happened to his body, Takeshi asks Midorikawa if he will remain like this forever, which Midorikawa sadly confirmed. Deciding to use his newfound powers for good, Takeshi's spirit as a Kamen Rider is born. Immediately afterward, Spider Man catches up with them and kills Doctor Midorikawa, leading Ruriko Midorikawa, the doctor's daughter who had just arrived there, to believe that it was Takeshi who killed him. Amongst the confusion, Spider Man knocks out Ruriko and taking her to use as bait for Takeshi. Takeshi transforms, calling himself "Kamen Rider" while riding a customized bike made by the Tachibana Racing Club, the Cyclone. He catches up with Spider Man, defeating him and his minions. With Spider Man defeated and Ruriko saved, Takeshi feels a moment of relief. Knowing that Shocker will not be easily defeated though, Takeshi braces himself for the long battle to come. ^{[The Mysterious Spider Man]}

Shortly afterward, another Shocker member, Bat Man, goes after Takeshi. He implants a virus that transforms his victims into vampire-like creatures under his control. Ruriko is involved in the battle again, with the virus implanted in her blood, and, before she loses consciousness, Bat Man reveals to her that her father was killed for betraying Shocker. Takeshi defeats Bat Man and cures his victims. Tobei Tachibana, from the Tachibana Racing Club, learns about what happened to Takeshi and his battle against Shocker during these events and decides to support him. Meanwhile, Ruriko sees that Takeshi wasn't the one who killed her father, and in fact, was fighting against the ones responsible for his death. However, she doesn't learn about his identity as Kamen Rider. ^{[The Terrifying Bat Man]}

Takeshi and Tachibana together soon study the limits of Takeshi's new body. Takeshi tries to keep Ruriko away from the battle, hiding the modifications done to him and his identity as the Kamen Rider, in hopes of keeping her away from danger. He soon stumbles on an odd case about an old man, supposedly being taken for psychiatric treatment, while asking for help and mentioning Shocker. Suspicious of those events, Takeshi soon goes in pursuit, rescuing the man. He was Mr.Ito, who had escaped from a Shocker base but was immediately pursued in an attempt to stop Shocker's existence from being revealed to the world. Tachibana asked for Ruriko's help to protect Mr. Ito, alongside Goro Hayase, Takeshi's old friend, and rival in racing. However, Shocker troops soon surround them, and a strange scorpion kills Mr. Ito. Going in pursuit of the troops, Takeshi and Goro eventually get to a Shocker base, where Goro reveals that he voluntarily joined Shocker and became a cyborg, Scorpion Man, in order to get a chance to best Takeshi. Takeshi tries to reason with Goro, who refuses to back down and is forced to fight against and eventually kill him. ^{[Monster, Scorpion Man]}

Takeshi goes on to fight against many of Shocker's creations, stopping their various plans. Takeshi also often spends his free time and coordinates his battle against Shocker with Tachibana in the "Snack Amigo", which is also frequented by Ruriko. Eventually, studying the various monsters defeated by Takeshi, and combining their strongest traits, Shocker created Gebacondor. However, to awaken their superior creation, they needed to the blood of young women, and, to obtain that, they start killing women who are about to marry in a certain chapel. Meanwhile, Kazuya Taki, winner of the 1970's "All-Japan Championship" racing competition, another great rival of Takeshi, sends a letter to the Snack Amigo, announcing his upcoming marriage, before the next tournament. Takeshi had learned about the assassinations and was investigating them, and so he doesn't go to his friend's marriage. After the marriage of Kazuya and Yoko Taki, they're attacked by Shocker troops led by Gebacondor. Kazuya demonstrates an incredible fighting prowess against Shocker's troops, but Yoko is about to be taken until Takeshi arrives and fights as Kamen Rider to stop them. Kazuya rescues Yoko, but the Kamen Rider's attacks have little effect on Gebacondor, which ends up hitting Takeshi with an attack that buries him underground. Gebacondor leaves, believing that he had killed the Rider. Gebacondor continues its attacks, this time not limited to the chapel. Tobei Tachibana prepares a plan involving a fake marriage to attract Shocker's attention, and Kazuya decides to help. When the Gebacondor reappears, so does Takeshi, who recovered from his earlier defeat. However, he still couldn't match the new Shocker creation physically. Following Tachibana's words, however, he uses the Cyclone at max speed to run into Gebacondor, destroying it. ^{[Bloodsucking Monster, Gebacondor]}

Shocker revives the 11 monsters killed by the Kamen Rider, starting a large operation to invade the Toyo Atomic Energy Research Laboratory. However, Bat Man and Scorpion Man fail to break through the powerful electromagnetic wave barrier surrounding it. The Weapons Research Division, however, soon presents a Barrier Wrecking Ball. Shocker captures, modified and brainwashed the arrogant Soccer Player, Ken Nomoto, creating the Lizardlon, a powerful lizard monster. Kazuya returns to the Snack Amigo, wanting to contact Takeshi, however, he yet again was focused on his battle against Shocker, already working to stop their newest operation. Ruriko and Kazuya also had their own suspicious and investigate on their own, following a suspicious car to a Shocker base. Ken Nomoto, now a brainwashed Shocker agent, convinces Kazuya to forget the investigation. However, he was preparing a surprise attack against them, causing a rock slide that wounds Kazuya. The Kamen Rider appears to face him, but he's also defeated. Takeshi trains with Tachibana to become stronger, and the result is the creation of a more powerful Rider Kick, the Lightning Rider Kick.

In spite of being wounded, Kazuya quickly goes back to his Shocker investigation. Tachibana finds an FBI badge left by Kazuya in the hospital, discovering his reason for involving himself in the battle against Shocker. Kazuya invades a secret base of Shocker, but the Shocker Leader welcomes him through audio-only communication, revealing that they also already knew his identity. He's surrounded by Shocker Combatants but is saved by the Kamen Rider. Takeshi returns to the Tokyo Atomic Energy Research Laboratory, where he faces all 12 cyborgs at once. Kamen Rider steals and uses the Barrier Destruction Bomb that was to be used to destroy the lab's barrier to destroy the monster army itself. ^{[Tokageron and the Big Monster Army]}

International Battle

In spite of their international activities being mostly successful, Shocker's plans weren't progressing in Japan. After the previous attempts at killing Takeshi, they decide to create a second Kamen Rider, superior to the original. However, Takeshi uncovers their plan and rescues the subject before he's brainwashed. He was Hayato Ichimonji, a freelance cameraman, who decides to help in Takeshi's battle against Shocker. Takeshi leaves Japan in Hayato's hands and travels overseas to fight against Shocker around the world. Ruriko Midorikawa also leaves with him, although eventually, they part ways.

Through accepting himself and various battles that strengthened him, Takeshi gained a new form known as Sakurajima One which allowed him to fight more evenly against some of Shockers' newer soldiers eventually leading him to Doctor Death, commander of Shocker's Swiss branch. He receives help from Emi, a martial artist who also had skills in decrypting Shocker transmissions, and Mika, a fortuneteller also able to use cards in combat. Shocker discovers about their operations and attempts to kill them, but they're saved by Takeshi, who protects them as Kamen Rider. Takeshi faces the powerful Shocker cyborg, Snowman, but can't best him in combat. Emi discovers about a large Shocker operation to bring chaos in Japan through an artificial eruption of the Mount Kyushu volcano, with the participation of Doctor Death himself. Takeshi tells them to travel there and contact Hayato Ichimonji. Takeshi also follows them to Japan and soon joins Hayato Ichimonji. The two Riders, fighting together, destroy Snowman and move to stop Shocker's operation. ^{[Deathmatch! Monster Snowman vs. Two Riders]}

Shocker starts kidnapping many people in the area of Sakurajima to work in their operation, including the members of the Tachibana Racing Club. After finding a young boy whose mother was taken from him, Takeshi leaves him under Hayato's protection while he goes on to face Shocker alone. Armadillong and Molung, two Shocker cyborgs previously defeated by Hayato, are rebuilt and face Takeshi, who manages to stop them, however, he soon has to face Ghostar, Shocker's newest creation. Heat resistant and with an enormous strength it defeats Takeshi, who is captured by Shocker. Intending to proceed with their original plans for Takeshi, Doctor Death brainwashes him into becoming a loyal soldier of Shocker and sends him to kill the second Kamen Rider. Takeshi is sent to face Hayato and apparently kills him. With his mission done, Ghostar decides to kill Takeshi, only to see Hayato getting up just fine. Their minds are linked and can communicate no matter the distance, as a result, the brainwashing had been undone. Takeshi easily destroys Armadillong and, together, the Double Riders kill Ghostar, and free the people enslaved by Shocker. The Double Riders also go after Doctor Death, but he escapes. Takeshi leaves Emi and Mika in Japan, going back to Europe to continue fighting by himself. However, Doctor Death stays leading Shocker's operations in Japan. ^{[Magma Monster Ghoster, Decisive Battle at Sakurajima]}

Sometime later, Takeshi recovered Kenzou Nakayama who had been left to die by Shocker Combatants after discovering a diamond mine. Takeshi brought Kenzou back to Japan where he would use the fortune to make a home for him and his grandson as well as other orphans, ruining the ambitions of Shocker who intended to acquire the wealth for their own use. It was thanks to an antidote provided by Takeshi beforehand Hayato was able to save the life of Kazuya Taki who had been struck by Shocker's Africa blowdart. Takeshi fought alongside Hayato and Kazuya against the Shocker force led by Isoginchak. After defeating the cyborg monster with his fellow Rider, Takeshi left Japan once more for a new mission in Europe. ^{[Cannibalistic Monster, Isoginchack]}

Not long after, in Europe, a Unicorn fossil is discovered but mysteriously disappears. It's taken by Shocker to be used in the creation of their new monster, Unicornos. Takeshi sends a letter to Hayato and soon follows to help him. While Hayato protected people and investigated Shocker, Takeshi infiltrated their base of operations and faced Unicornos and Doctor Death. Doctor Death escapes, but the two Riders fighting together destroy Unicornos. ^{[Stone Monster Unicornos vs. Double Rider Kick]}

Soon afterward, Doctor Death and Gilgalass started an operation involving a brainwashing gas. Hayato attempts to stop them, but he's defeated by Shocker's troops with Gilgalass help. Takeshi appears to face Gilgalass, who recognizes his fame as stopping many Shocker operations in Europe. Gilgalass seemingly beats him, but it was just a trick to infiltrate Shocker's base. Takeshi confronts Doctor Death, but Gilgalass escapes. Hayato joins in the battle against Gilgalass, while Doctor Death escapes from Takeshi, who decides to help Hayato. Takeshi and Hayato destroy Gilgalass with a Double Rider Kick. After the battle was over, Hayato decides to leave Japan in Takeshi's hands, leaving to fight against Shocker abroad, while Takeshi stayed in Japan. Hayato also gives Takeshi his camera to keep it until their battle was finished. ^{[My Name is Mysterious Birdman Gilgalass]}

Return to Japan

One of Takeshi's outfits after his return to the Tachibana Racing Club

Takeshi is captured once again by Shocker, which proceed to enhance his body even further than originally and brainwash him into a loyal servant, however, by using self-hypinosis, Takeshi avoids the brainwashing and returns as a more powerful Kamen Rider. This is the origin of the original Rider's famous design with silver gloves and boots that would go on to appear in all of his appearances starting from this point.

While training for racing competition, Takeshi is attacked by Shocker troops led by Jaguarman. Their battle is spied onto by Ambassador Hell, the new commander that takes over Shocker's activities in Japan. Using Jaguarman's powers, Shocker controls animals to attack humans. Takeshi and Kazuya investigate the reports about animals attacking humans and soon run into Shocker troops, and are welcomed by Ambassador Hell, through a hologram. Hell introduces himself and reveals that Takeshi's companions of the Tachibana Racing Club had been kidnapped. Takeshi exchanges their freedom with his and was crucified and about to be executed when Kazuya returns and rescues him. Takeshi transforms into the new Rider One and easily destroys Jaguarman with a new air grappling technique, the Rider Head Crusher. ^{[Monster Jaguarman's Ready-to-Die Motorbike War]}

After Ambassador Hell's operations fail several times against Takeshi, Doctor Death returns from America to cooperate with Ambassador Hell in Japan. Doctor Death brings with him a new cyborg made in the USA, Namazugiller, based on an electric catfish, able to release powerful electric shocks and take over victims with them. Ambassador Hell captures Goro Ishikura, a young member of the Tachibana Racing Club. Takeshi and Kazuya, while investigating Shocker's activities, run into Namazugiller and Takeshi briefly faces the new cyborg, which soon escapes. Goro Ishikura is sent back to the Racing Club members, but brainwashed and releasing electric shocks against them. However, after the charge runs out, he goes back to normal. Afterward, Kazuya becomes his next target and attacks Takeshi, but Takeshi knocks him out and then destroys Namazugiller, alongside the Shocker base in the region, bringing everyone back to normal. ^{[Monster Catfishgiller's Electric Hell]}

Doctor Death soon brings a monster from Shocker's African branch, Saigang. Isao Katsumaru, a fellow racer friends with Takeshi, is captured and brainwashed by Shinigami. During a racing competition, Takeshi and Kazuya are attacked, but Takeshi manages to fight away Isao and the Shocker troops. Isao is left dizzy afterward and uses the sabotaged fuel that was meant to be used for Takeshi's bike. Isao's bike blows up, but he survives and is recovers his senses. Takeshi catches up with him, defeats the Shocker troops, and destroys Saigang. Takeshi and Kazuya quickly get back into the race and manage to win. ^{[Monster Rhinogang's Autorace of Death]}

Kamikirikid, a longhorn beetle monster, attacks people who approach the Shocker graveyard, where dead monsters are taken after being killed. They sacrifice Kato, a captured human, in front of a skull adorned cross from where the Great Leader communicated with his followers. Afterward, several monsters were brought back to life, Jaguarman, Saigang, Poison Lizard Man, Harinezuras and Zanjioh. Led by Kamikirikid, they started an operation to bring vengeance upon the first Kamen Rider and his friends, aiming to sacrifice them for an even greater ritual. Kato miraculously appears alive in the Tachibana Racing Club, asking for help, but it's just an appearance taken by Kamikirikid, who leads Takeshi away from his friends while the other monsters capture them. However, Takeshi returns and defeats all monsters together by himself, destroying the Shocker Graveyard. ^{[Shocker Graveyard, Revived Monsters]}

A couple sees a meteorite falling and heads to see it from up close. They find a red glowing stone, but, when Katsuo approaches it, the rock explodes and covers him in sparks. It was all just the beginning of an operation led by Doctor Death to destroy all of Japan with meteorites. Meanwhile, Takeshi tests a remodeled New Cyclone. During his training, Takeshi's ambushed by Shocker troops led by a squid cyborg, Ikadevil. His Rider Kick fails against it, and he's severely wounded. Shortly afterward, Tachibana is captured by Doctor Death, who wants him to work as a trainer for Shocker's cyborgs. Meanwhile, Takeshi trains with Kazuya's help to surpass the new enemy. Takeshi faces Death, who reveals his true form as Ikadevil. Kamen Rider faces Ikadevil, and, during the battle, Tachibana, who manages to escape, tells Takeshi that Ikadevil's weakness was his head. Ikadevil reveals that soon the meteorites will fall and Japan will be destroyed. Kamen Rider uses the Rider Tailspin Shoot, sending him crashing onto a mountain. After Ikadevil is defeated and explodes, the meteorites fall out of control around him, destroying one of Shocker's bases and stopping their own operation. ^{[Doctor Death, the True Meaning of Terror?]}

The Tachibana Racing Club travels to take a little summer vacation from their encounters with Shocker, but little they knew that they were just stepping into one of their newest operations. Mosquiras was testing its poison that reduces people to bones, and Tachibana watches him in action. It moves to silence him, but he's soon interrupted by a Kamen Rider with red gloves and boots. Mosquilas escapes, and the Rider is revealed to be Hayato, who had followed Mosquilas back to Japan after fighting against Shocker in the Amazon. However, in spite of his efforts, the members of the Tachibana Racing Club are kidnapped and used as hostages by Ambassador Hell. After the trouble comes up, Takeshi and Kazuya soon join to rescue them. The two Riders together, rescue the Tachibana Racing Club members and destroy Mosquilas with a Rider Double Kick. However, Ambassador Hell still didn't give up, moving ahead with a new attack led by Shiomaneking. ^{[Vampiric Mosquilas vs. Two Riders]}

Ambassador Hell planned to build a large underwater base for Shocker, and, for that project, Shiomanking captured professor Sakai, who was forced to work for Shocker. He refused though, and so Shiomaneking proceeded to attempt to hold his wife and child as hostages in order to force him to work for Shocker. Kazuya, and soon, Takeshi got in Shiomaneking's way, protecting the professor's family. The battle between Takeshi and Shiomaneking ended in a stalemate, but soon Shocker launched a second attack to capture Sakai's family. Takeshi attempted to face them but was unable to take care of the Shocker soldiers, Shiomaneking and Ambassador Hell, all at once, even with Kazuya's help. However, Hayato soon arrived to help, taking on Shiomaneking while Takeshi took care of the Shocker troops and Kazuya rescued the hostages. With a Rider Double Kick, Shiomaneking was destroyed and Shocker's operation fell apart. Soon afterward, Hayato left Japan again to continue his fight abroad. ^{[Double Riders' Defeat! Shiomaneking ]}

Naoki and Mitsuru, two boys who had been following the adventures of the Tachibana Racing Club are gifted with Rider themed uniform and pendants with transmitters, becoming the first two members of The Boys' Kamen Rider Squad, prepared by Tachibana and the Racing Club. They also received trained birds for communication. Shortly afterward, more children join them. The monster Shiracuras, following orders from Ambassador Hell, starts an operation to brainwash children. Brainwashed children brought more children to become Shocker followers. However, they soon run into Tatsuo Itou, a new Rider Squad member, who refuses to join them. He finds his father and asks for his help, but his father had been brainwashed too. He sends a bird to ask for help but isn't unable to write any message. However, Takeshi, Kazuya, and the Tachibana Racing Club members, by analyzing who had received the bird, soon track down the location where trouble was brewing. They soon face the people controlled by Shiracuras, including Tatsuo, and Shiracuras himself. The Kamen Rider had an advantage against it, but Kazuya is hurt in combat, and the monster uses the opportunity to retreat. Afterward, the Rider Squad spreads all over the city, looking for any signs of Shocker, until Naoki finds a suspicious car, calling for help. The Kamen Rider thanks them and silently follows the car to their hideout. Takeshi destroys their base and easily defeats Shiracuras. ^{[Deadly Bloodsucking Fiends!! Good Luck, Rider Boys' Squad]}

Alongside the Boys' Kamen Rider Squad, Takeshi continues his battle against Shocker defeating several cyborgs. One night, in the Otake village, a child sees a plane being destroyed in the middle of its flight and decides to go near the area. He wanders into a graveyard, where Shocker soldiers were messing with a grave. After they leave, the child approaches, only to see a strange Sea Urchin. Unidogma soon appears, telling him that he couldn't let him escape after seeing his form. The child escapes to his parents who just melt when he approaches them. In spite of being in a panic, the child still manages to escape. Ambassador Hell was furious at his troops for allowing a mere child to slip from their hands. The child runs into Tachibana and tells him everything that he saw. However, when they go check his home, his parents are there, seemingly alive. After initially leaving the child behind, Tachibana signals to Takeshi and Kazuya back in Tokyo that something was wrong, and returns for the child, rescuing him from Shocker. Takeshi and Kazuya head there, but, in the way, run into a thick fog and a mysterious monster. Takeshi tells Kazuya to go ahead and faces the new monster. He's impressed by the strength of the new Shocker cyborg but receives a puzzling answer from the monster, who tells Takeshi that the Shocker monster is Unidogma in the Otake village. The Kamen Rider is unable to do any damage to the monster and is punched to the ground before it disappears in a blink. After the interruption, Takeshi soon manages to arrive and destroy Unidogma. The Great Leader tells Ambassador Hell that he's responsible for all their failures, and shows him the mysterious monster, although he refuses to reveal its identity. Feeling pressured, Ambassador Hell promises to win next time. ^{[The Dreadful Urchindogma + The Phantom Monster]}

Garagaranda attacks people who live close to the ocean, but his attack is soon interrupted by the Kamen Rider. Confused by how Takeshi could have learned about his plans, Takeshi reveals that he received information from someone who betrayed Shocker. Garagaranda refuses to accept that and attacks, but he's defeated by the Kamen Rider with a powerful kick. Back in his command center, Ambassador Hell is chained by his own soldiers, the Great Leader accuses him of betraying Shocker since only two people knew about Garagaranda's operation - Ambassador Hell and Shocker's leader himself. In the Rider Squad control room, Tobei Tachibana receives a messager bird that wasn't one of the ones given to the Rider Squad members. In fact, it was a voice message from the Shocker Leader, talking about the execution of Ambassador Hell, and inviting Takeshi for it. Although they couldn't trust Shocker, Takeshi chooses to take that chance while making some preventive measures of his own. Takeshi goes to the meeting place and is about to see Hell's execution when, with Kazuya's help, they rescue Ambassador Hell. Takeshi stays facing the Shocker troops, while Kazuya takes Ambassador Hell. Hell wonders if Takeshi would be fine staying behind, telling Kazuya about the existence of the mysterious monster. After Takeshi defeats the Shocker soldiers, the mysterious monster appears again and disappears flying into the sky after knocking down Rider One.

Ambassador Hell tells the Tachibana Racing Club about Ganikomol, the true name of the monster, and about how he had been fooled by Shocker's promises of world domination, and that's why he chose to help them stopping Garagaranda. He reveals that Garagaranda's next target was in the Japanese desert. Takeshi decides to investigate while leaving Ambassador Hell with Tachibana and the girls of the Racing Club. However, soon Ambassador Hell reveals that he is Garagaranda, taking all of them as prisoners. When Kazuya and Takeshi arrive in the desert, they see Ambassador Hell with them as hostages, buried under the sand. Kazuya rescues them, while the Kamen Rider faces Garagaranda. After receiving a Rider Kick, Ambassador Hell returns to human form before exploding, screaming that the Shocker Army is eternal. However, the voice of the Great Leader soon echoes, telling the Rider that Shocker was finished, but an even more menacing organization soon would appear. Following the leader's speech, Ambassador Hell's base in Japan self destructs. ^{[Hell Ambassador!! The True Meaning of Fear?]}

Gel Shocker

Shocker soldiers around Japan are killed by Ganikomol, meanwhile, Takeshi and Kazuya are ambushed by new soldiers. Takeshi can still keep up with them, but they easily dodge and counter Kazuya, while also showing strange abilities, like disappearing and turning into paper sheets to fly. Soon, Ganikomol appears before them, announcing that the name of the new organization is Gel Shocker. Takeshi watches it completely destroy the body of a dead Shocker soldier. Takeshi works with Kazuya and captures one of the new soldiers. The soldier tells them that their Japanese hideout is in the Sarushima island and that their leader is General Black. He also reveals that they all had to return before 3 o'clock, but he's immediately self-destructed remotely. Takeshi and Kazuya investigate the island and find a completely immobile Tachibana lying down under a blanket. Ganikomol appears, and they're surrounded by Gel Shocker soldiers who capture them. Afterward, Tachibana stands up, only to reveal that it was just a disguise by General Black, the leader of Gel Shocker's Japanese invasion, who had come from Africa. The Gel Shocker troops raise a flag for the beginning of their invasion, while General Black talks about how Shocker now also had Geldam's strength and with that they'll certainly conquer Earth. However, Kamen Rider reappears and faces Ganikomol once again. Kazuya goes after General Black, but he's stopped by the Gel Shocker soldiers. Meanwhile, Kamen Rider and Ganikomol clash and seemingly explode together in the skies of Sarushima. ^{[Gel Shocker Appears! Kamen Rider's Last Day!]}

Kazuya and all the Racing Club members mourn the Rider's loss. They soon receive a message from Gel Shocker, which turns out to be a time bomb. Kazuya gets rid of it, but it still hurt. Sasoritokages proceeds with the execution of surviving Shocker scientists, but one of them, Shintaro Mine, escapes. Gel Shocker troops immediately head towards his home, only to be surprised by Takeshi, still alive. Takeshi's survival is revealed to the Rider Squad communication room, but Tachibana, who wasn't with them, doesn't learn about it. Tachibana's attacked by Sasoritokages, who reveals that Takeshi is alive, right before attempting to kill Tobee. However, the Kamen Rider arrives and rescues Tachibana. He faces the Gel Shocker troops and Sasoritokages, who is destroyed by the Rider Return Kick. ^{[Kamen Rider Dies Twice!]}

The Kamen Rider goes on to face and stop many Gel Shocker cyborgs and operations in Japan, like Shocker before them. However, Gel Shocker's monsters were stronger and his battles harsher. Mukadetiger, a centipede and tiger monster, brainwashed and kidnapped children around Japan. The Rider Squad headquarters receive a message addressed from a wasteland, and Takeshi decides to investigate, alongside Kazuya. There, Mukadetiger shows that the Rider Squad children now are Gel Shocker Scouts. Takeshi avoids hurting them and faces Mukadetiger, but his Rider Kick is defeated by its Mukade Punch. When Kazuya returns to the base after the battle, he soon notices that Tachibana and everyone else had been brainwashed. Kazuya himself also is poisoned and can't do anything. Takeshi is found and rescued by a Rider Squad member that hadn't been brainwashed alongside his sister, Yumi. However, Gel Shocker soon attacks them, and, using him as a hostage, forces Yumi to give Takeshi's location. Mukadetiger burns Takeshi's hideout, which explodes, but the hot wind makes the Typhoon belt spin, transforming him and saving his life. Regretful for her actions, Yumi looks at the destroyed cabin in desolation, but Kamen Rider appears and tells her that her actions weren't wrong. Peace and justice aren't as important as human life. He promises that he'd save her brother and leaves to face Mukadetiger again. The Kamen Rider invades the Gel Shocker school and takes on Mukadetiger. The fight reaches the top of a dam, from where the Rider and Mukadetiger fall, seemingly exploding together. General Black decides that it's a unique opportunity and calls forth other Gel Shocker members, a Kamen Rider with yellow gloves, boots, and scarf. Kazuya and the Rider Squad search for the original Kamen Rider near the explosion but find no traces left. ^{[Gel Shocker, Enroll in Terror School]}

Haetoribachi, a venus flytrap/bee monster goes after two men, who he describes as human guineapigs for Gel Shocker's cyborgs, before easily killing them with an acid spit. However, Takeshi's voice challenges Haetoribachi, who looks up to see the yellow Rider. They start fighting, but soon General Black interrupts them, revealing that it was just a training session for the Shocker Rider. Their goal is to eliminate the Anti-Shocker Alliance before they can join with the Rider Squad. Gel Shocker's computers detect that the Anti-Shocker Alliance has information regarding the Great Leader's real identity, and move to destroy it. Tobee Tachibana is contacted by the Anti-Shocker Alliance and meets their leader, Seichiro Komura. Seichiro tells Tobee about how they're a worldwide organization, and many members have personal grudges against Shocker, like how his son had been killed by them, while his assistant, who contacted Tobee, Chie Ishigami, had lost her mother. Their compute had obtained information about the identity of the Leader of Gel Shocker and wanted to give it to the Kamen Rider. The Shocker Rider appears in the Rider Squad base, speaking with Takeshi's voice, and assuring them that he was fine and would obtain the information. Kazuya goes with him, and, right after the disguised Shocker Rider receives the data in a suitcase, they're attacked by Gel Shocker combatants. Meanwhile, Chie Ishigami was attacked by Haetoribachi, who tells her that he knew where to find her because they had given the information to the Kamen Rider, their ally. However, she's rescued in the last moment by Takeshi, who was still alive. He transforms into Kamen Rider and rescues Ishigami, allowing Haetoribachi to escape. The original Kamen Rider notices that there must be a Shocker Rider identical to him, and promises her that he'd stop it. Tachibana and Kazuya meet the Shocker Rider, who, mimicking Takeshi's voice, refuses to give them the Anti-Shocker Alliance's data about the Great Leader and attacks them both. However, soon the original Rider returns and steals the data. The Shocker Rider drops the voice change and fights against the original Kamen Rider. They're perfectly matched, and the Shocker Rider even has his own Cyclone. However, soon the Shocker Rider reveals his own tricks, like a blade build into his leg, that could be detached and wielded like a knife. Haetoribachi reappears, and, fighting alongside the Shocker Rider, easily defeats the original one, who's left hanging on rocks to avoid falling into the sea. ^{[Atrocity! Fake Kamen Riders!!]}

The original Kamen Rider grabs onto Haetoribachi's leg, falling and disappearing into the sea with it. The Shocker Rider commemorates the original Riders' death, proclaiming himself the only Kamen Rider now. The Shocker Rider attempts to destroy the data about the Great Leader, but he's stopped by Eidokugar, a batoid/poisonous moth monster. There was a change of plans, and Gel Shocker wanted the information, while they should give a false device to the Anti-Shocker Alliance that would kill them all. Kazuya and Tachibana approach the battle's location and receive the false suitcase, while the Shocker Rider and Haetoribachi act like they're fighting against each other. The Shocker Rider claims that the false Rider has been destroyed when a group of Gel Shocker soldiers appears. He tells Tachibana and Kazuya to take the suitcase, while he'd stay behind. The Great Leader receives the Anti-Shocker Alliance data and tells General Black to analyze it to understand the scale of their organization. However, it turns out that they had obtained false data. The Great Leader decides that the Anti-Shocker Alliance must be immediately destroyed. The Shocker Rider, mimicking Takeshi's voice, returns to the Anti-Shocker Alliance base, and warns them about the bomb in the device they had received. He tells them to leave the base and activates the bomb, although it does no damage to himself. Hayato Ichimonji arrives with the real data, but the Shocker Rider insists on getting it. Hayato wonders about that yellow muffler and soon he drops his guise and they fight. Hayato destroys the Shocker Cyclone, seemingly alongside the Shocker Rider and recovers the suitcase with the data. However, soon afterward, a Rider with a white scarf and Takeshi's voice appears in the Rider Squad base. It was actually the Shocker Rider No.2, alongside Eidokugar, who proceed to kidnap the children and women left in the base. Takeshi returns and transformed into Kamen Rider, faces Eidokugar and Shocker Rider 2, but he's knocked out by Shocker Rider 2 and the hostages are taken away. Soon afterward, Ichimonji, Kazuya and Tachibana find a wounded Takeshi. General Black contacts them, using the hostages to obtain the computer data in the hands of the Anti-Shocker Alliance. Seichiro Komura refuses to handle the data to them, saying that they need to look at the bigger picture, but Chie Ishigami gives them the suitcase with the data device, asking them to carry on the revenge for her mother. Takeshi recovers and goes alongside Hayato and Ichimonji for the negotiations. They give the suitcase to a helicopter, but they don't give the hostages, and so Kazuya grabs onto a cord following it. Meanwhile, Shocker Riders Number 1 and Number 2 reappear, quickly followed by four others, Shocker Rider No.3, Shocker Rider No.4, Shocker Rider No.5 and Shocker Rider No.6. Takeshi and Hayato transform into Kamen Rider One and Kamen Rider Two and prepare for the battle. ^{[8 Kamen Riders]}

In addition to the Shocker Riders, more combatants appear, and the Shocker Riders show their own unique abilities, like a micro-missile barrage. While the fight goes on, Tachibana acts and rescues the hostages. Seichiro Komura returns and uses a gas weapon to allow the Riders to escape. They jump to the helicopter and immobilize Eidokugar, recovering the suitcase. Seichiro decides to lock the data device into a safe to keep it away from Gel Shocker. Eidokugar is captured, but remains in complete silence, not giving any information. Meanwhile, Tachibana decides to train Takeshi and Ichimonji to develop a new technique against the Shocker Riders. Namekujikinoko is sent as General Black's last trump card in the mission. He kills Seichiro Komura and possesses his body. At the same time, Eidokugar starts moving again, breaking from his prison and killing agents of the Anti-Shocker Alliance. Gel Shocker soldiers appear and possess their bodies too. However, Takeshi's presence stopped them from acting openly. The data finally is seemingly analyzed, revealing that Gel Shocker's leader's hideout is in Japan and giving its coordinates. Dokugar appears and tries to stop the Rider Squad and Anti-Shocker Alliance members from heading there, but Riders One and Two together destroy it. They head into the Gel Shocker hideout, but it was a trap, false information planted into the Anti-Shocker Alliance's computer to trap the two Kamen Riders and kill all of their enemies. Komura reappears, holding Chie as a hostage, and reveals the real Komura is dead, and he's actually Namekujikinoko. Kazuya rescues Chie and the Riders start their counterattack. The two Riders are surrounded by the Shocker Riders, and, although they can beat them individually, as a group the Shocker Riders still are stronger. However, they use the Rider Wheel - running in circles and jumping to create a destructive force that pushed the Shocker Riders against each other, exploding them. Afterward, with a Rider Double Kick, they quickly destroyed Namekujikinoko. Afterward, Hayato leaves to continue fighting abroad. ^{[The True Identity of the Gel Shocker Leader]}

Takeshi and the Rider Squad face a few more Gel Shocker cyborgs stopping their operations again and again. A couple is attacked by a Gel Shocker monster, Hiruchameleon. The man attempts to hold the monster, while the girl escapes. She soon runs into boys from the Rider Squad, who report the Gel Shocker sighting. Meanwhile, using human life force absorbed by Hiruchamelon, the Gel Shocker scientists were able to resurrect Ganikomol, and planned to bring even more of them back to life. Takeshi and Kazuya find a Gel Shocker base close to the place reported by the Rider Squad and infiltrate it, disguising themselves as Gel Shocker soldiers. Entering there, they find Ganikomol. Kamen Rider One beats it easily enough this time, but it wasn't the monster reported by the kids, which suggested that there was something else out there. Meanwhile, Ganikomol studies Takeshi's transformation and how to stop it. Prisoners escape from Gel Shocker's base but are both killed before escaping. Later that night, Takeshi is attacked by Hiruchameleon, who disappears after his surprise attack fails. However, he's followed by Rider One, who fights against him briefly before it escapes. Right after the battle, a man who claims to have escaped from a Gel Shocker base meets Takeshi. He tells the Rider Squad the location and takes Takeshi and Kazuya there, but as soon as they leave the base, Tachibana and the other members are struck and left unconscious by Gel Shocker. Kazuya is attacked by their guide, while Takeshi is caught into a trap. Their guide was actually Ganikomoru himself, mimicking one of the dead prisoners. Hiruchameleon uses all of the Rider Squad as hostages against Takeshi, telling that their life will be used for monsters. Takeshi attempts to transform, but his belt is stopped by a substance emitted on it. ^{[Takeshi Hongo, Transformation Impossible]}

Rider Two returns and defeats the Gel Shocker troops, rescuing the Rider Squad members and Takeshi himself. They proceed to capture Hiruchameleon and ask him about General Black's location, but he refuses to speak. General Black's voice through the speakers tells them to bring Hiruchamelon to him and so the Double Riders follow their only lead, taking Hiruchameleon to the arranged place, only to see themselves surrounded by revived Gel Shocker monsters. General Black's voice comes from Hiruchameleon himself, who leads them to that trap and reveals itself to be General Black himself. However, to his surprise, the two Riders were already expecting that. Takeshi and Hayato go after General Black, while Kazuya tells them that he'll handle the monsters, which escape in a truck. Hiruchameleon can't keep up with the Riders and attempts to escape by using his invisibility. However, Riders One and Two sense his presence and hit him with a double chop, which finishes off the Gel Shocker commander. Kazuya catches up with the monsters, just to be captured. Using a digital voice mimicking Kazuya's, the Great Leader sends Riders One and Two towards Gel Shocker's headquarters. They're surrounded by the Gel Shocker monster troops but managed to destroy all of them once again. Afterward, the Rider Squad members are used by the Great Leader as hostages, and the Riders run through a minefield to reach them. The Riders seemingly fall, only to surprise the Great Leader by appearing in his command room. The Great Leader was covered by a mantle, and Rider Two grabs it, only to reveal a head full of snakes. Promising to send them to hell for destroying Gel Shocker, the Riders are hit by powerful waves of energy, but managed to run through them and grab the Great Leader's head, and pulling the snakes, only to reveal a pale featureless cyclops underneath. The Great Leader tells thems that this is the end of Gel Shocker, and they'll all die together, before falling on the ground just as the explosions start. Hayato notices the Great Leader's supposedly real form fallen on the ground and attempts to approach it, but when they're about to do that the explosions just increase and the entire underground headquarters, and even the lake above it, explode.

With Gel Shocker destroyed, Kazuya's mission is complete, and he returns to the USA. Takeshi and the others watch his plane's departure, believing for a moment that peace has returned and the days of fighting finally end. ^{[Gel Shocker Annihilated! The End of the Leader!!]}

Later Appearances

V3

Takeshi as seen in Kamen Rider V3.

Takeshi Hongo and Hayato Ichimonji next appeared in the sequel Kamen Rider V3. During a certain night, Shiro Kazami, a junior of Takeshi's, watches as a monster kills a construction worker. Immediately afterward, a car attempts to run over him, and after arriving home, when he attempts to drink a cup of coffee, only to accidentally drop it after a playful fright from his sister, Kazami watches as the coffee starts burning the floor. He takes the coffee's remains to be analyzed by Takeshi Hongo, who concludes that it's Tibetan poison. Later, Takeshi talks with Tobei Tachibana about the possibility of some organization marking witnesses of their activities to death. Shortly afterward, Shiro Kazami, who was practicing in the Tachibana Racing Club is hit by an explosion. Takeshi goes to rescue him and soon is joined by Hayato, who is called by Tobee to help. Takeshi leaves Hayato to take care of Shiro, while Takeshi heads out to find the source of the explosion. He finds a macabre procession, where people covered in black robes muttering the word "Destron". They leave flowers next to a cross, with "Grave of Hongo Takeshi" written there. Shiro is sent by Hayato in an ambulance, but when Takeshi arrives, so does a second ambulance. They go after Shiro Kazami, who just suffered another attempt against his life. Takeshi then decides to keep a close eye on Shiro to protect him from any further threats. Later that day, Shiro tells the Racing Club Members about how he had saved the life of a woman, Junko Tama, and Hayato concludes that she likely was attacked because she saw something too, warning Shiro about his family too. Takeshi heads out there right after Shiro, arriving just after Scissors Jaguar killed his entire family and was about to finish off Shiro and Junko. Takeshi transforms into Rider One, revealing his identity to Shiro, who recognizes the Kamen Rider, and defeats the black-clad Destron soldiers, while Scissors Jaguar escapes. Rider Two soon joins him and both mourn the loss of Shiro's family. They sadly see what their mistakes have cost and become determined to stop Destron's ambitions. Shiro then begs them to turn him into a Kamen Rider for vengeance, but the Double Riders tell him that revenge is not the right way and that living as a human but not a human as well fighting against other cyborgs should be a burden carried only by them.

With Junko's help, Riders One and Two locate Destron's base, easily defeating the soldiers protecting it. However, they are welcomed by the Great Leader of Gel Shocker's voice who turned out to be alive. The Great Leader claims to have created a new organization called Destron, the ultimate organization. Immediately afterward, Riders One and Two are hit by a Cyborg Disruptor Ray, created especially to kill them. When they were about to fall, Shiro Kazami arrives, destroying the machine, but being mortally wounded by it. Takeshi decides that there is only one way to save his life, and the two Riders worked together to transform him into Kamen Rider V3, possessing both Kamen Rider One's "skill" and Rider Two's "strength". However, the entire base is bombed and destroyed by another cyborg, the Turtle Bazooka. Riders One and Two emerge undamaged and face the Destron troops outside. Meanwhile, the main building of the Rider Squad starts sinking underground due to Turtle Bazooka's attacks. Shiro Kazami emerges as Kamen Rider V3, taking on Turtle Bazooka.^{[Rider No. 3: His Name is V3!]}

Riders One and Two leave V3 to defend the Rider Squad's headquarters while they take on Turtle Bazooka. Meanwhile, Takeshi gives instructions to V3 while he battles through long-range communication. Shiro Kazami is told about the 26 secrets in his body, special abilities that give him various advantages. In the same way, when V3 learns that Turtle Bazooka had an atomic bomb in his body that was about to be used to destroy Tokyo, he warns the Double Riders. The Double Riders quickly reach Turtle Bazooka, but presumably, due to adding a portion of their powers to V3 (which may have temporarily weakened them), they were unable to stop him. Deciding to protect the city at all costs, they charge up their maximum energy together, releasing an energy blast that stuns Turtle Bazooka for a moment. Then they grab him and jump with enormous strength, launching themselves towards the sea while holding onto Turtle Bazooka. They keep holding onto it until the bomb explodes over the sea. V3 watches the explosion, screaming for Takeshi and Hayato. The two Riders talk with V3 telepathically, telling V3 that they won't die, but, for now, everything will rest in his hands. ^{[Last Testament of the Double Riders]}

The Double Riders continue their battle in secret, taking on Destron's forces around the world. However, before leaving Japan, they rescue Dr. Okajima, a nuclear physicist, who had been forced to work for Destron. George Kamamoto, an Interpol agent, finds a vial made by the Double Riders with secret information about a weakness in V3's structure. The secret was supposedly held in a box left in Japan. Following the instructions, Shiro Kazami meets Dr. Okajima and his daughter, Tamami, who tell him about how Okajima had been saved by the Double Riders. V3 finds the box left behind by the Riders, containing instructions about his powers and their weakness. ^{[Secret Memento of the Double Riders] [Rider V3's Deadly Weakness!!]}

V3's battle in Japan takes him to Shikoku, where he receives a mysterious medallion at a hotel. When V3 was about to be defeated by the Guillotine Dinosaur, he hears Takeshi's and Hayato's voices transmitted to his mind through the Medallion, telling him to cross his arms and activate one of his 26 secrets, the Cellular Strength Device, allowing V3 to ignore Guillotine Dinosaur's attack. V3 finally realizes that the Double Riders truly still are alive. ^{[Operation: Destron Shikoku Conquest] [The Double Riders Live]}

In Shikoku, Nuclear physicist Tetsuo Okita discovers the rare element Satanium, which had the capacity to generate energy much higher than Uranium. Destron moves an entire army of cyborgs to capture him and obtain the element. Tetsu Okita dies, but Shiro Kazami moves to protect the scientist's family. At the time, Riders One and Two were fighting in Australia but returned to Japan upon learning about Destron's plans. Riders One and Two join with V3 and the three Riders face Destron's cyborg troops. Rider One takes on Missile Gecko and Burner Bat, while Rider Two faces Spray Mouse and Lens Ant, and, after defeating them, punches Pickel Shark off a cliff, jumping from it to Rider Kick Toad Boiler. Poison Needle Spider attempts to escape from V3, just to run into Rider One and stay surprised in place, allowing V3 the chance to hit it with his V3 Return Kick. In spite of most Destron troops still being alive, Doktor G orders Cannon Buffalo to fire on the battlefield. Riders One and V3 dodge the first attack, which just destroys the Poison Needle Spider. Rider One takes on Burner Bat, while Rider Two faces Lens Ant and Chain-Sickle Ladybug together. Pickel Shark attempts to attack Rider One from behind, but he's just kicked away. Doktor G orders Cannon Buffalo to attack again, in spite of the cyborgs still fighting against the Riders. An explosion covers the battlefield, but the three Riders emerge unarmed from it, while all Destron cyborgs had been destroyed. Riders One and Two hit Cannon Buffalo with their Rider Double Kick, followed by V3 with his V3 Kick. Buffalo Cannon explodes, and Doktor G runs away from Shikoku. After the battle, Shiro Kazami tells Tobei Tachibana about how the Double Riders had returned to Australia to fight against Destron's forces there. Tachibana realizes that Takeshi and Hayato only will return to live in Japan when peace, real peace, can be achieved throughout the whole world. ^{[Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron Mutants]}

Baron Kiba, the leader of Destron's Fang Clan, who originally operated in Africa, moves to head Destron's operations in Japan after Doktor G is killed by V3. He uses black magic through Doovoo rituals and is considered a fearsome enemy by the first two Riders, who, after learning about him moving to Japan, also head back there. And, as they had foreseen, Shiro Kazami was paralyzed and defeated by Snow Wolf, while Baron Kiba captured Tachibana and other Rider Squad members. However, Takeshi Hongo had come from Australia to stop his plans, allowing the Rider Squad members to escape. When Snow Wolf attempts to stop Tachibana from escaping, Hayato Ichimonji reveals himself, having just arrived from America. The double Riders transform and destroy one of Baron Kiba's bases. All three Riders take on Snow Wolf, who still was strong enough to stand up against them. However, after Rider One's Rider Reversal, it's stunned and hit by Riders Two and V3, who finishes it off with V3 Spinning Chop. Baron Kiba promises vengeance against the 3 Riders. ^{[V3 in Danger! Riders One and Two Return!!]}

Baron Kiba resurrects the Primordial Tiger, ancestor of all Fanged Beasts, and mother of the Fang Clan, Smilodon. Takeshi tells Tobei that after hearing about Baron Kiba's activities, he contacted Hayato in America and both returned to Japan. Meanwhile, Hayato attempts to search for Baron Kiba's hideout alone. Smilodon, taking the name Anekoji, visits the Rider Squad's base, and gives them a cursed doll. Takeshi touches it and immediately falls due to the strong poison within. Takeshi is taken to a hospital, but the doctors were actually Destron agents that capture him. V3 soon falls before Smilodon's power. Hayato returns to meet Tachibana and the others, only to see a suspicious letter, once open, poison is spilled out. However, he avoids it and notices Anekoji outside, pursuing her. He transforms into Rider Two while chasing her on a custom fang bike, and soon she transforms too to reveal her real form as the Primordial Tiger. Smilodon uses a blast of fire that soon becomes an explosion, engulfing Rider Two, who is taken for dead. She returns to Baron Kiba's side and together they prepare to torture the captured Shiro Kazami and Takeshi Hongo. However, Takeshi and Shiro had already recovered and were just playing along to get to Baron Kiba's hideout, however, they soon find themselves unable to transform in their cell. Meanwhile, Hayato was silently following Smilodon and frees the other two Riders. The 3 Riders together face Smilodon and Baron Kiba. Baron Kiba soon retreats, leaving Smilodon behind. Even with the Primordial Tiger is unable to beat the united Riders, however. Riders One and Two board their Cyclones, while V3 stands on top and they use their new Rider Triple Power charge attack, destroying Smilodon. With her death, Baron Kiba's altar of Doovoo also was destroyed and the Fang clan lost its power. ^{[Critical Moment! Baron Tusk vs. The Three Riders!!]}

After that victory, Takeshi and Hayato leave Japan in Shiro's hands, while they return to fighting against Destron's evil around the world. It is likely that after defeating Destron, Takeshi and the others rescued Riderman in Tahiti.

X

Rider One after facing down King Dark.

G.O.D.'s forces attack various points of Tokyo, and to fight against his threat, the previous four Riders return from various points of the globe. Rider One returns from New York. A little boy called Masaru hears voices from bellow his home and believes that they're from G.O.D.'s forces, in spite of his family's disbelief. The boy leaves his home looking for Kamen Rider X, but the one he finds right after stepping out is actually Kamen Rider One. Rider One, thanks to the boy for the information and reveals that he had been investigating about G.O.D. However, when he asks about what he had heard, the boy couldn't remember anything. The 5 Riders gather afterward with Tobei Tachibana. After Masaru is attacked by G.O.D. and escapes, he returns to Rider One and reveals G.O.D.'s plan. They needed blood for their newest monster. X follows one of the Franken Bat's bat spy cameras to one of G.O.D's bases, and all Riders go with him. Rider One faces Cyclops and Chronos, followed by Cadeus and Alseides. Cadeus manages to put pressure on Rider One, but it's thrown from the top of a tower afterward. Rider One regroups with the other Riders when Franken Bat attempts to escape. In this second battle, Rider One takes on Atlas and Pannic, defeating Atlas with an aerial throw, and finished off Cerberus with a kick. Afterward, the five Riders face Franken Bat. Rider One and Rider Two hit Franken Bat with their Rider Kicks, destroying its wings. The four Riders helped X execute the Rider Super High Kick technique, destroying Franken Bat. They invade G.O.D.'s base and face King Dark, but the entire complex is merely an illusion, which disappears while King Dark laughs at them. ^{[Five Riders vs. King Dark]}

Stronger

Takeshi as seen in Kamen Rider Stronger.

By the time of Stronger, Riders One and Two were considered mere urban legends by unknowing people. However, following the movement of the Delza Army troops, Riders One, and Two return to fight in Japan again. Rider One comes back from the United States, alongside Rider Two from India, and rescue Shigeru Jo, Kamen Rider Stronger, who had been hanged on a waterfall by Marshal Machine, Commander Jishaku, and Armored Knight. They take on Marshal Machine and his troops while Tobei Tachibana takes care of an unconscious Shigeru. After subduing Marshal Machine, they force him to take them to where V3 and Riderman, were being held by the Delza Army. They're taken to a Delza Army base but are caught in a trap room. However, Stronger soon breaks in to rescue them, and Rider One discovers plans for Delza's operations. They leave to stop them, but are caught into a trap, and disappear in an explosion. However, they soon reappear alive, stopping Delza's plans. Rider One takes on Armored Knight, while Rider Two fights against Marshal Machine and Stronger fights against Commander Jishaku.^{[Appearance! Riders 1, 2!!]}

Rider One and Stronger easily defeat and capture Commander Jishaku and Armored Knight, and use them as hostages to make Marshal Machine release both Kamen Rider V3 and Riderman. Marshal Machine tells them to release his subordinates, otherwise, his troops would kill both V3 and Riderman. However, Kamen Rider X and Kamen Rider Amazon appear, and reveal that they had already rescued V3 and Riderman. The Seven Legendary Riders surround the three Delza Army commanders. However, a monstrous rocky face appears in a nearby mountain and from its eyes releases destructive beams. Using the explosions created by the attack, the Delza commanders escape. A voice in the skies announces that Tobei Tachibana is in the Delza Army's hands. Afterward, the head in the mountain awakens again, and orders the Delza Army to revive, restoring several Delza and Black Satan members. The Riders march against the Delza Army troops in a final battle. Rider One takes on and easily subdues Commander Jishaku again, along with a revived Kikkaijin Mecha-Gorilla, which explodes after Rider 1 throws it at the ground, alongside all other Delza troops. Finally, Stronger finishes off Marshal Machine and frees Tobee Tachibana. The Riders reunite with Tachibana, but soon a familiar voice welcomes them, Great Leader. The Great Leader reveals that he had been behind not only Shocker, Gel Shocker and Destron, but also G.O.D. and Geddon. The Great Leader stands up from the mountain, taking the form of a rock giant, impervious to the attacks of the Riders. However, the Riders combine their powers and fly into his body. There, they find a giant alien brain who self-destructs in an attempt to kill all seven Riders, however, they all escape successfully and leave, reminiscing everything they've gone through so far. ^{[Goodbye! The Glorious Seven Riders!]}

All Together! Seven Kamen Riders!!

Tobei Tachibana tells children about the adventures of the Seven Legendary Riders. The children are excited by the stories, and so he takes them to watch a stage show homaging the heroes. While watching the actor portraying Rider One, he reminisces about Takeshi's battle against Shocker, up to Shocker's destruction with Ambassador Hell's death, only to be surprised by the arrival of Takeshi Hongo himself, alongside Hayato Ichimonji, Shiro Kazami, and Joji Yuki. They had missed Japan and Tachibana and so had returned. They continue talking about various past battles while the other Riders also arrive. Suddenly, the Rider actors on the stage start being beaten up by the supposedly fake monsters. Shigeru Jo realizes that those are real monsters, and all Riders start guiding the people outside of the area. They all transform and take on the Delza troops on stage, before following them to inside the backstage. The Great General Darkness, a Delza Army commander, appears before V3, alongside a revived Commanding Officer Frank and General Wolf. He announces the conquest of Japan and the monster's attack. Rider One takes on a revived Kikkaijin Mecha-Gorilla once again, before, alongside the other 6 Riders turning his attention to the General Darkness. The 7 Riders unite their powers into a destructive wave that completely destroys General Darkness. After the battle, the seven Riders reunite once more with Tachibana and give him their farewells. ^{[All Together! Seven Kamen Riders!!]}

Skyrider

Rider One returns to Japan.

The evil organization Neo-Shocker moved ahead with its plans of global genocide to create a new world order. Takeshi Hongo, Kamen Rider One, alongside the other Seven Legendary Riders fought around the world against it, leaving Japan's protection to the new Kamen Rider, Hiroshi Tsukuba, Skyrider. Eventually, Neo-Shocker gathers an army of Second Generation Cyborgs in Japan, led by Gurand Bazarmy, known as the Strongest Cyborg on Earth, and also plans to launch a direct offensive with an experimental tank, the Varithium Cannon, led by Hirubiran. To save Japan, the seven Riders return and, alongside Skyrider, destroy the experimental Varithium Cannon and Hirubiran. However, they are soon challenged by Gurand Bazarmy and his troops. ^{[Tank and Kaijin the Second Generation Corps, Full Force of Eight Riders]}

Rider One witnesses the Powered Skyrider.

Neo-Shocker troops start kidnapping many people around Japan in order to work as slaves in their operation to bring about a large volcanic eruption in Japan. The seven Riders spread around Japan to fight against various attacks from Neo-Shocker. Rider One, Rider Two and Amazon intercept the troops led by the second generation cyborgs Jaguar Van, Shibirayjin, Gokiburijin, Madarakajin, and Dokuganba. Rider One faces Shibirayjin, but soon the battle is interrupted by Gurand Bazarmy's arrival. Gurand Bazarmy challenges the three Riders to fight against him by himself, while the other cyborgs continue taking the people away. Moving with great speed, it easily dodges Amazon's Great Slice and the Double Riders' Rider Double Kick, before disappearing with incredible speed. In a later battle, Skyrider is easily wounded and left unconscious while trying to face Gurand Bazarmy. While he recovers, the Riders communicate telepathically with the unconscious Hiroshi Tsukuba. Rider One watches his determination to fight again, in spite of his defeat, and tells him that he expected no less from Skyrider. The Riders tell Skyrider that he should go through an intense training where he'd receive their powers, multiplying his strength 20 times to fight against Gurand Bazarmy again.

After Skyrider's training is finished, all Riders leave to face Neo-Shocker again. Skyrider faces Gurand Bazarmy, while the Legendary Seven fight against Neo-Shocker's Second Generation Cyborgs troops. Rider One faces the 2nd generation Sai Dump, countering his attacks and destroying it with a Rider Kick, and Kogoensky, which is destroyed with a simple throw attack. Finally, a second Rider Kick was used to destroy Yamorijin. Gurand Bazarmy and his army quickly fall before the Riders. After the battle is over, the Seven Riders leave Japan again, to fight Neo-Shocker all over the world, while Skyrider remains to protect Japan. ^{[Eight Riders' Great Training of Friendship]}

Neo-Shocker makes an alliance with an alien, the self-proclaimed GingaOh, and starts an operation to explore Mount Fuji. When Skyrider is ambushed by another troop of Second Generation Cyborgs led by Jaguar Van, all seven Riders arrive to face their forces and allow Skyrider to proceed. Rider One takes on Shibirayjin and Kumonjin, but still catches up with Skyrider when Jaguar Van attacks him. Rider One takes the battle against the Neo-Shocker commander by himself. Rider One destroys Kumonjin with a Rider Kick, meanwhile, Riderman and the new Neo-Shocker cyborg, Armadig, join the battle too. Rider One takes on Armadig, breaking him out of his defense mode and destroying him with a Rider Kick. Riderman has problems fighting alone against Jaguar Van's sword and shield, but Rider One disarms Jaguar Van, and with Riderman's help, he finishes him off with another Rider Kick. After the battle, all 8 Riders leave to fight Neo-Shocker elsewhere. ^{[Eight Riders vs. GingaOh]}

Rider One, ready for the final assault against Neo-Shocker.

Answering the call of Stronger and Rider Two, who had located Neo-Shocker's main headquarters, in Japan, Rider One travels from Mexico, joining up with V3, Riderman, and Amazon who return from various countries around the world. Rider One takes leadership of the group, and they head to Neo-Shocker's underwater base, only to be faced with a giant dragon, the Great Leader of Neo-Shocker himself. The attacks of all Riders prove to be infective against the Great Leader, however, Stronger and Rider Two motivate the others to continue fighting and they hold on long enough for Skyrider to arrive. Skyrider stuns the Great Leader by shooting his foot with a crossbow he stole from a Neo-Shocker member, and, using the opportunity, all Seven Legendary Riders hit the Great Leader with their Rider Kicks, knocking down the giant. However, he was still alive and decides to detonate the Oxygen Destruction Bomb, which would destroy Earth's atmosphere completely. The eight Riders combine their powers and use Skyrider's Sailing Jump together, holding the Great Leader inside an energy barrier that contains the explosion's blast. However, all eight Riders seemingly perishing alongside it (In reality being blasted to space where they eventually regroup). ^{[Farewell, Hiroshi Tsukuba! Eight Heroes Forever....]}

Super-1

Rider One appears to help Super-1.

"Super-1, you did a fine job!"

―Rider One to Super-1^[src]

Kazuya Oki, Kamen Rider Super-1, fought against the Dogma Kingdom to stop them from awakening an ancient weapon. However, in his way stood the Dogma Revenge Corps, troops of rebuilt cyborgs from Dogma Kingdom and Neo-Shocker. When he seemed overwhelmed by his enemies, Rider One suddenly reappeared, followed by the other 8 previous Riders, all alive. V3 tells Super-1 to let that battle in their hands, and soon they fight against Dogma's troops to open the way for Super-1. Rider One faces a resurrected Golden Jaguar, initially, before being surrounded by Dogma Fighters, Fire Kong, Ganigannii and ChameleKing. Kamagirigan also attempts to attack Rider One, only to retreat after one attack. Spiderbaban and Golden Jaguar attempt to take on Rider One again, only to be defeated and destroyed with a single Rider Kick. Thanks to the help of the Riders, Super-1 reaches Dogma's troops on time and stops them. After the battle, the Riders show themselves to Super-1 and his friends and promise to fight for humanity's future together. ^{[Kamen Rider Super-1 (film)]}

ZX

Rider One backs up ZX against Badan.

The Badan Empire, led by Ambassador Darkness, spread its claws around the world, and, to face it, the nine Riders came together. When Badan attempts to initiate its Space Break System, a destructive dimensional weapon, all 9 Riders gather in Japan to stop them. Rider One and Amazon infiltrate a port with ships carrying Badanium 84, an element necessary for Badan's secret weapon. Their presence aborts Badan's operation there. However, there were multiple means of transport of Badanium. Riders One and Rider Two team up again and stop one of the trucks carrying Badanium. Taka-Roid was responsible for the transport but quickly retreats, leaving Riders One and Two to defeat Combatroids and destroy the truck with a Double Kick. In spite of the efforts of the Riders, one truck with Badanium still arrives at their base. However, Rider One locates Badan's Japanese headquarters and calls the other Riders telepathically.

All 8 Riders meet up with Rider One and are joined by ZX, a Badan cyborg who turned against them. Ambassador Darkness welcomes the 10 Riders and sends all of Badan's troops. Bara-Roid takes on Rider One, soon joined by Yamaarashi-Roid, however, Rider One blocks their weapons and destroys Bara-Roid with a Rider Kick. Yamaarashi-Roid attempts to face Rider One again, only to be beaten up and thrown next to Dokuga-Roid, which was defeated by V3, and both blow up together. Jigoku-Roid and Rider One fight against each other, but before the battle could be finished, Ambassador Darkness attempted to use hostages to make the Riders surrender. His plan fails due to Super-1's interference and Ambassador Darkness decides to use the Space Break System, only to destroy Badan's remaining troops. After V3's call, the ten Riders gather their power with Rider Syncro, weakening Ambassador Darkness and allowing ZX to finish him off. After Darkness is defeated, evil energy gathers in the shape of a giant skull, The Generalissimo of Badan, giving farewell to the Riders and laughing at them.

V3 bestows upon ZX the official title Kamen Rider 10 and soon all the Riders part ways again to continue their battle against evil around the world. ^{[Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!]}

Black RX

Rider One decides to return to Japan.

Kamen Rider One, alongside the other Nine veteran Riders, fought against the secret forces of the Crisis Empire spread throughout the world, defeating them in each country. However, Crisis's main forces, in Japan, still remained and they prepared a final offensive. Rider One called all the Riders to a meeting in a secret facility in Arizona, to prepare for the upcoming battle, where they'd go to help Kamen Rider Black RX, the Kamen Rider that was defending Japan at the time. ^{[Terror Of The 100 Eyed Hag]}

Rider One, ready to face the Crisis Empire.

The 10 Riders split into two groups, which sparred with each other. Group 1: Riders One, Two, V3, Riderman and X; and Group 2: Amazon, Stronger, Skyrider, Super-1, and ZX. ^{[The Four Commanders Are Banished]} Before Crisis makes a public announcement regarding its invasion of Japan, the 10 Riders finally leave for the final battle. ^{[Defeated!! RX]}

Rider One introduces himself to Kohtaro Minami.

Gran Zairus landed on Earth like a meteor, destroying an entire island. Naval Commander Bosgun moved to attack Black RX, soon receiving help from Gran Zairus, who could resist all of RX's attacks. When Bosgun is about to finish him off, Rider One arrives, blocking his attack and kicking him away. The 9 Riders arrive shortly afterward, rescuing RX and quickly escaping. Rider One and the others introduce themselves to Kohtaro Minami. Bosgun finds them and meeting Kohtaro and Rider One, proposes a duel against Black RX. However, Kohtaro's friend, Kyoko Matoba soon notices a Chap hiding behind some crates to prepare an ambush and flushes it out. As the 10 veterans fight them off, Black RX faces Bosgun in a fair match and destroys him.

Meanwhile, Gran Zairus easily rips through the Japanese defense forces and brings down the city with his unmatched power. Kohtaro decides to fight, but Riders One and Two argue that even Black RX's attacks are ineffective against Gran Zairus and they need a strategy before facing it again. Kohtaro decides to fight anyway, even if he dies trying. He leaves to fight again, and Rider One and the other Riders follow him. ^{[Fight! All Riders]}

The 11 Riders face Gran Zairus, but even a combined Rider Punch with the power of the 11 Riders is useless against him. Gran Zairus transforms into a flaming rock, burning above 1000°C, and easily knocks out Rider One and the others. In the end, Black RX becomes Biorider and manages to destroy Gran Zairus from the inside out, but seemingly explodes with it.

The Riders realize there is an impostor among their ranks.

Afterward, Rider One and the other Riders help evacuate the city's population and start to plan defensive measures for the next battle. However, a second Rider One appears during their meeting. The real Rider One accuses the impostor and punches it, making it reveal its true form, Harmful Nimp. The 10 Riders face Spirit World Demons, resurrected Crisis warriors. Antront and Harmful Nimp attack Rider 1, but V3 comes to his help. Unfortunately, when the monsters are knocked down, they quickly get up again. When the battle seems hopeless, Colonel Maribaron, the one behind this attack, reveals that the monsters don't die as long as she keeps a set of golden feathers with her, but Biorider returns, alive, stealing the feathers. Rider One receives one of the golden feathers, and V3 holds Harmful Nimp while he uses the feather to stop it. Biorider then destroys the monsters all by himself.

With Kohtaro alive, the 10 Riders decide to split themselves to observe and take on the Crisis forces, while Black RX protects his friends. ^{[False Rider's Last Days]}

Wanting revenge against Black RX, a powered up General Jark kills Sunkichi and Utako Sahara, but X And Amazon rescue their kids. Meanwhile, Crisis forces start a human hunt. Riders One and Two arrive to help Kohtaro face the Chaps' troops. Stronger, Skyrider, Super-1, and ZX soon follow. X and Amazon show up with the kids and inform Kotaro on what happened. Jark appears in front of them and challenges Kohtaro to a duel, and he accepts, rejecting the help of the other Riders. Black RX ends up victorious over Jark, destroying him while the other Riders watch in amazement. ^{[The Riders' All Out Charge]}

The ten Riders bid farewell to Black RX.

Emperor Crisis calls Kohtaro for a personal meeting. However, Rider One tells Amazon to follow them, and all the other Riders go too. The emperor offers Kohtaro the chance of becoming the commander of Crisis' invasion forces, however, after Kohtaro refuses, General Dasmader appears alongside a group of Chaps and attacks Kohtaro. Rider One and the other Riders reveal themselves and face the Chaps, but soon the entire cave is destroyed by the Crisis Fortress called by Dasmader. Black RX boards the fortress and destroys Dasmader, the Emperor and even Crisis itself. Meanwhile, the other Riders survive the attack and meet RX after the battle is over. Following Rider One's words, they all decide to part ways and fight evil around the world. ^{[A Shining Tomorrow!]}

Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider

When Shocker's new monster Dokusasori Otoko began threatening Tokyo's citizens, Kamen Rider One soon mounted his bike and took down the road into action as Ultraman flew overhead to confront the kaiju Gadoras, who was also ravaging the city at the same time. Kamen Rider confronted Dokusasori-Otoko, battling the demon with a flurry of martial arts, blocking his strikes and fighting back with his own. However, Dokusasori-Otoko grabbed the masked hero with his claw and sprayed him with his gas, but Kamen Rider broke free and leaped to a nearby building, leaping off and dealing his signature Rider Kick!

Dokusasori-Otoko was badly hurt, but then merged with Gadorasu to form Sasori Gadoras and attacked Ultraman, Kamen Rider dodging an explosion from its horn lightning. Kamen Rider watched the creature attack Ultraman and realized the Ultra hero wasn’t strong enough to defeat the hybrid kaiju alone. Kamen Rider used the Cyclone, dodging several of Sasorigadorasu’s assaults before flying the machine straight through the monster’s shoulder, then grew to giant size for the first time ever to aid Ultraman. Ultraman then used his force field while Kamen Rider used the Rider Punch to shatter the horn but was forced back by its tail, which Ultraman quickly removed with an Ultra Slash. The two heroes charged and grabbed Sasorigadorasu, giving him a double Suplex. As Ultraman’s timer began to blink, the two heroes nodded to one another, Kamen Rider leaping into the air and coming down with the Rider Kick as Ultraman fired the Specium Ray, both finishing attacks strike Sasori Gadoras simultaneously and destroying him in a huge explosion.

Following the battle, Kamen Rider and Ultraman approached one another and shook hands out of respect. Kamen Rider returned to human size and rode off into the sunset, his new ally Ultraman flying off along with him, both sworn to defend the Earth at all costs.

In the end credits sequence of Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider, Giant Kamen Rider One is seen doing Ultraman's signature Specium Ray stance. ^{[Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider]}

Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker

"As long as Riders are needed, we will never die!"

―Rider One^[src]

The multi-universal organization Dai-Shocker believes that all Kamen Riders were dead, and only their own former Great Leader, Kamen Rider Decade stands in their way. However, a large dimensional wall appears on the battlefield next to their headquarters, and from it, all Riders thought to be dead reappear. Rider One arrives with his New Cyclone alongside Riders 2 and V3 in their New Cyclone and Hurricane. Opening the counterattack, Rider One uses a Rider Kick to destroy a Rat Fangire and Mole Imagin. Afterward, he takes on one of Dai-Shocker's mass-produced Ganikomoru, Dai-Shocker Combatmen, the Longhorn Orphnoch and the worm leader Cassis Worm Gladius, joining up with Rider 2 to take on the army of monsters around them. A Ganikomoru attempts to attack Rider One, only to be taken out. Riders One and Two reach the Dai-Shocker commander Ambassador Hell in his Garagaranda form. With Black RX's and Kabuto's help, who slice throw Garagaranda's tentacle attacks and stun him, Riders One and Two to destroy the Dai-Shocker commander with a Rider Double Kick.

When A.R. Shadowmoon is thrown onto Dai-Shocker's castle, Rider One participates in the All Riders Kick, using his standard Rider Kick alongside the other Riders to destroy Shadowmoon and the Shocker castle. Afterward, Dai-Shocker's final weapon, King Dark, appears from the rubbles of the castle, and Decade merges with the Kamen Rider J summoned by Diend to face it. To help Decade, Rider One, alongside the other Riders, turn into giant Kamenride cards to power up the giant Decade's final attack, destroying King Dark. After the battle is over, Rider One silently gives a goodbye to Decade alongside Riders Two and V3 and leaves through a dimensional wall with all the other Riders. ^{[Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker]}

OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders

Kamen Rider One as seen in Let's Go Kamen Riders.

During the events of OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders, the Greeed Ankh unintentionally altered the timeline, letting a Cell Medal fall in Shocker's hands in the past. That enables Shocker to utilize its own Core Medal to create the Shocker Greeed, leading to them conquering the world in the future. Kamen Rider New Den-O and the Denliner crew go back to the past to stop that from happening.

When Mitsuru and Naoki, two boys from the present, alongside Nokko, a Rider Squad member, are surrounded by Shocker troops, led by Shiomaneking and Poison Lizard Man, Riders One and Two join the battle for the medal. Using a Rider Kick, Rider One defeats Poison Lizard Man while Rider 2 destroys Shiomaneking with another one. Meanwhile, Hiruchameleon retreats after seemingly stealing the Cell Medal. However, Riders One and Two have the real medal and destroy it, and actually let the Shocker commander steal a tracking device that would lead them to Shocker's base.

Riders One, Two, New Den-O and Momotaros invade the Shocker base located under a lake and meet Shocker's Great Leader. However, it's actually General Black, who reveals that the one the Riders had destroyed was a fake, and they had prepared a trap for them there. The Shocker Greeed is created combining the cell medal with the Shocker Medal and the Riders are surrounded by many Shocker troops, including resurrected Ikadevil and Garagaranda. Kamen Rider One is hit by the resurrected Garagaranda, but recovers and defeats many Shocker Combatants. Rider One counter-attacks Garagaranda with a Rider Punch, burying it inside a wall when Rider Two joins up with him and the true Shocker Leader appears. Rider Two unmasks him, but both Riders are soon blasted and fall. Meanwhile, outside, Turtle Bazooka starts attacking the Denliner while the Shocker Greeed beats up New Den-O and Momotaros. Riders One and Two return to protect them, allowing their escape, however, they can't surpass the power of the Shocker Greed and fall before him. Riders One and Two easily beat Ganikomoru and rescue Mitsuru from the Shocker Greeed. Kamen Rider New Den-O and OOO are freed and join their battle. Garagaranda attempts to face Rider One again, only to be beaten, but the Shocker Greeed beat Rider One once again, and the other three Riders also fell. However, watching their battle, the people remember the Riders, who start to return and join the battle, in spite of the timeline having been changed.

All Riders join together and depart to face Shocker's Great Leader. However, OOO is attacked by the Shocker Greeed. Riders One and Two interrupt their battle with a Rider Double Punch and take on the Shocker Greeed together, now prepared to fight against it. Their Rider Double Kick pierces through his blasts and destroys the Shocker Greeed. After the Riders are united, they face Shocker's Great Leader. Later, when joined by a force of extra riders, Rider One and all the other riders get on their motorcycles and perform the "All Rider Break", ramming into the Rock Great Leader and defeating it once and for all. All Riders disappear immediately after the battle is over, leaving only OOO and the Denliner crew behind. However, Takeshi's voice tells them that everything will be in their hands until it comes the time of all Riders joining forces again.

Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max

Rider One as seen in Movie War Mega Max.

In Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max, Takeshi appears during the prologue, battling the forces of Foundation X alongside Hayato in Europe. Later, they join with the other members of the Seven Legendary Riders to confront Foundation X's Lem Kannagi, only to fall into Kannagi's trap and be caught in an energy beam.

Later, when Eiji Hino and Gentaro Kisaragi chase Kannagi to Foundation X's spaceport, they make Kannagi drop a briefcase during the ensuing struggle. Gentaro opens it and finds four Astroswitches and three Core Medals, bearing the markings of the Seven Legendary Riders. These turn out to be the Riders themselves, turned into this state by Kannagi's trap and restored when OOO and Fourze use the items in a Scanning Charge and Limit Break, respectively. Lem Kannagi unveils its trump card, copies of the Sonozaki Family Dopants (Terror, ClayDoll, R Nasca and Smilidon) and Greeed (Uva, Kazari, Mezool, and Gamel). The Seven Riders explain Kannagi's plan, and how he has to be stopped before going to space, and offer to stay and fight the copies so Eiji and Gentaro can pursue Kannagi into space. Takeshi battles the copy R Nasca, finishing it with his trademark Rider Kick. Meanwhile, OOO and Fourze manage to stop Lem Kannagi in space. Afterward, in a scene added to the movie's Director's Cut, the young Riders, and also another Rider from the future, Aqua, give goodbye to each other and to the veterans, before parting ways. ^{[Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max]}

Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen

OOO, One, and Red Ranger

Rider 1 first appears alongside the rest of the Legendary Riders to confront Captain Marvelous, who has come to kill them in retaliation for Tsukasa Kadoya, leading a restored Dai-Shocker, killing their Sentai counterparts, the Himitsu Sentai Goranger. Riders One and Two are the first to fall, followed by the others. All disappearing in purple explosions.

Later, Rider One seemingly returns, leading the Heisei era Riders into a final confrontation with Red Ranger and the remaining Sentai heroes. Both groups are killed and Rider One and Red Ranger are revealed to be Tsukasa and Marvelous, leading the heroes against each other. However, they were only acting to sabotage Dai-Shocker's and Dai-Zangyack's plans. Riders One, OOO, and Red Ranger reappear from a dimensional wall and reveal that none of them had died. They were just hiding in a space between the dimensions, waiting for the time to attack. Soon, they're followed by all other Riders and Sentai, who engage the united army of Dai-Zangyack and Dai-Shocker. At the beginning of the battle, Rider One fights against several Gormin. He reappears near the ending, facing Doktor G, but can't get through his laser barrage. However, with the help of the Goseiger, the card-using Riders overpower him. ^{[Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen]}

Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z

Rider One as seen in Super Hero Taisen Z.

"Madou! You face the superheroes of Earth!"

―Rider One^[src]

Kamen Rider One appears with Red Ranger leading a force of Rider and Sentai reinforcements that come to assist the Riders and Sentai of recent years who are overwhelmed by the revived monster army of the Space Crime Syndicate Madou. Rider One hits Suugu with a Rider Kick, rescuing OOO, before calling the other heroes. The combined forces of superheroes are able to turn the tide against the Madou army. They line up and use their various long-range attacks to destroy Madou's revived monster army.

After Demon King Psycho is destroyed, Rider One appears on a cliff alongside the other past heroes to say goodbye to the heroes of recent years before taking their leave. He says that they would meet again. ^{[Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z]}

ToQger Vs. Kamen Rider Gaim

Rider One confronts Fifteen.

"We Showa Riders will not work with the Heisei Riders."

―Kamen Rider One^[src]

Rider One, along with Riders Two and V3, rescue the ToQgers from Badan's powerful warrior, Kamen Rider Fifteen before the enemy retreats. ToQ 1gou asks him if they were Kouta's comrades as Rider One tells him that they, the Showa Riders, are not working alongside the Heisei Riders before leaving. ^{[Ressha Sentai ToQger Vs. Kamen Rider Gaim Spring Vacation Combining Special]}

Kamen Rider Taisen

Takeshi Hongo as seen in Kamen Rider Taisen.

Kamen Rider One leads the Showa Riders to stop Badan's newest operation in Zawame City. Takeshi meets Kouta Kazuraba when he attempts to protect Shuu Aoi, and Demands him to hand the boy to him, saying that he doesn't acknowledge Gaim as a Rider. However, Badan's Combatroids arrive, and Takeshi decides to face them as Kamen Rider, telling Kouta to escape with the boy. When Gaim is taken to his limit by Badan's troops, Rider One soon returns, alongside Kamen Riders Two and V3, taking on Kamen Rider Fifteen and Yamaarashi-Roid while Gaim escapes with the boy. Rider One tells Gaim that he should stay out of the battle and leave Badan to them, but he refuses.

Soon, the Showa Riders start attacking the Heisei Riders, saying that they needed to be eliminated since Badan's return was their fault. Rider One appears leading the last 6 remaining Showa Riders, Riders Two, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon, and Black confronting Kamen Riders Gaim, Faiz, Decade, Joker, Wizard, Kiva, and OOO. Takeshi reveals that Badan is actually the Kingdom of the Dead. They gained the power to invade the surface due to the attachment of the Heisei Riders to the dead. Refusing to throw away their feelings the Heisei Riders fought against them. In the end, Rider One is defeated by Gaim, and All Riders, except for Gaim himself, are seemingly killed during the battle.

However, it's eventually revealed that it was all a plan formulated by Takeshi Hongo and ZX. ZX recovers the Rider Lockseeds that Badan had obtained after each Rider seemingly died and used them with Gaim's help to bring all Riders back from the Helheim Forest. While Badan activates their Mega Reverse machine, which would reverse the living and dead worlds, killing everyone alive, Rider One and the other Riders set out to defeat them and destroy their machine. Riders One and Gaim briefly face Fifteen together at the beginning of the battle but later all three go in separate ways. Later during the battle, while Rider One faces Combatroids, the ToQger reappear, led by Right, who claims to want to help another Number 1. When Gaim takes on Fifteen again, while Rider One faced more Combatroids and Shocker Combatmen, Rider One gives Gaim the Showa Rider Lockseed. Using the new power, Gaim easily defeats Fifteen. After the Mega Reverse machine and the Generalissimo of Badan are destroyed, the fifteen Showa Riders, led by Rider One use the power of Rider Syndrome to allow Shuu Aoi to meet his mother one last time before his soul leaves the world of the living.

After everything is over, however, Rider One admits that, even though the infighting was just part of the plan to stop Badan, the differences between the Showa and Heisei Riders were real. Takeshi Hongo claims that the Heisei Riders, with their half-hearted kindness, could be considered as bringing the last crisis to themselves. The Heisei Riders hesitate for a moment, but soon they all start fighting. Rider One's opponent in the battle is Gaim.

Heisei Ending (Ending shown in theaters)

Rider One uses a Rider Kick against Gaim as he blocks the attack with his weapons, but, in spite of that, is knocked down, damaged. However, Takeshi stops the battle once he notices that Gaim had chosen to block his attack, rather than dodge, to protect a lone flower on the battlefield. Rider One concedes defeat and acknowledges that the kind strength shown by Kouta to protect even the smallest life form could be a real strength, accepting him as Kamen Rider Gaim.

Showa Ending (Home release exclusive alternate ending)

Gaim and Rider One are seemingly matched, but, right before unleashing a powerful attack, Gaim gives up, claiming defeat. Narutaki, who watched the battle, comments that Rider One had many chances to counterattack, but chose to wait, doing everything to draw out more power from Gaim. Gaim noticed what Rider One had done and gave up, realizing that Rider One's kindness is a real strength. In turn, Rider One acknowledges him as Kamen Rider Gaim.

After either version of the ending, both teams would call a truce. Rider One says that the ones who'll build the future and cross generations are the youth. Gaim doesn't know where they'll get, but they'll try, and everyone will fight together for the future. Afterward, Takeshi Hongo leaves alone in his New Cyclone. ^{[Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai]}

Ninninger Vs. Kamen Rider Drive

The Double Riders were mentioned in the photo after a Roidmude case was shown to have an involvement with Shocker.

Super Hero Taisen GP Kamen Rider 3

While the Double Riders were on a trip back home after recently defeated the Great Leader, suddenly, a mysterious car holds them off, revealing Kamen Rider 3, a Kamen Rider created to eliminate Kamen Riders One and Two. He easily overpowered and killed them in an explosion. Due to his existence, the timeline was now greatly altered, with Shocker had achieved full global domination and the majority succeeding Kamen Riders had brainwashed to serve them.

However, after the Great Leader was turned in Rider Robo, there's a moment when he and Rider Two are revived, freeing also to the other Riders from their mind control. However, after this, some Riders were erased from existence, leaving he, Rider Two, Rider 3, and other remaining Riders (including Drive), facing the final battle, joining forces with Shuriken Sentai Ninninger.

Kamen Rider Ghost

The upgraded Kamen Rider One confronts the remnant Shocker.

"You scum..."
"Kamen Rider One!"

―Zanjioh and Kamen Rider One^[src]

In 2016, having upgraded to a "Power Up" form, Takeshi Hongo continued his fight against the remnant Shocker in 2016. At the same time Kamen Rider Ghost thwarted Yamaarashi-Roid's plot to revive Ambassador Hell with Zyuoh Eagle back in Japan, Kamen Rider One fought a Zanjioh and his Combatants beyond the country. ^{[Appearance! The Mysterious Warrior!]}

Kamen Rider 1 (movie)

Takeru Tenkuji and a powered-up One. ^{[Kamen Rider 1 (movie)]}

One year later, Takeshi makes another appearance, once again fighting the remnants of Shocker, who are in pursuit of a girl named Mayu Tachibana. He also finds himself in conflict with Shocker Nova Co., Ltd., also called Nova Shocker, a splinter faction with plans of taking over the global economy.

Kamen Rider Ghost: Legendary! Riders' Souls!

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Appearances in other media

Kamen Rider SD (OVA)

Main article: Kamen Rider 1 (SD)

Kamen Rider One: The original and most experienced Kamen Rider, whom everyone simply refers to as "sempai." He is often found racing around on his Cyclone motorcycle trying to beat his track records, while at the same time putting up with the daily annoyances of Black RX and ZX. He often lectures the other Riders on focusing on their training. He is the team leader of his squad, which includes Black RX and ZX. His finishing move is the "Rider Kick" and appears in the movie in his silver-gloved form. He rides in a modified version of the New-Cyclone motorcycle.

Kamen Rider Manga

Hongo's separated brain

Unlike in the TV series, after a bike accident during his racecourse with his mentor Tobei Tachibana, Takeshi awoke during the procedure that turns him into a super-powered cyborg but escapes before he can be brainwashed to do Shocker's bidding. Afterward, he battles various Shocker Monsters just like in the TV series, but he soon faces 12 Shocker Riders. He was subsequently killed but 1 of the 12, named Hayato Ichimonji, receives a head injury that causes him to regain his memories and personality from before his brainwashing. Hayato destroys all 11 Shocker Riders and becomes Kamen Rider by reprising Takeshi's role during his absence. Takeshi then acts as Hayato's mentor by connecting his brain to Hayato. Near the end of the manga story, Takeshi is resurrected by transplanting his brain into a Kamen Rider body designed to be more powerful and returns to battle alongside with Hayato to confront Big Machine, Shocker's Commander. Although it seemed Big Machine had the edge because of his ability to stop machinery from functioning, Takeshi prevails and defeats Big Machine. Takeshi then destroys the supercomputer Big Machine planned to use to brainwash the citizens of Japan. With Shocker's plan foiled, the base started to self-destruct, with Takeshi, Hayato, and Kazuya narrowly escaping in time. 

Timeranger Stage Show at Super Hero Nagoya Dome

In a stage show where the Timerangers are seen fighting their usual foes, a Lord shows up and winds up defeating them. Kamen Riders One, Two, V3 & Kuuga, Red & Blue Rangers & Robocon then arrive to assist the Timerangers.

Dekaranger Stage Show at Super Hero Nagoya Dome

In a stage show where the Dekarangers are seen fighting their usual foes, an Undead shows up and winds up defeating them. Kamen Riders One, V3, Faiz, Blade, Garren, Chalice & Leangle & Red Ranger arrive to assist the Dekarangers.

Boukenger Stage Show at Super Hero Nagoya Dome

In a stage show where the Boukengers are seen fighting their usual foes, a Worm shows up and winds up defeating them. Kamen Riders One, Hibiki, Kabuto & Gatack, Red Ranger, & Magi Red, & Magi Shine then arrive to assist the Boukengers.

Net Movies

Let's Go Kamen Rider

In the 36th net movie Listen Quietly! What Modifies My Life!!, Rider One does the Kamen Rider State of the Union address, only for him to rant about how the protagonists of the Heisei Era are not cyborgs and that they are not worthy of the name Kamen Rider because of it. He then suggests that the Heisei Riders should undergo conversion and training to be more worthy of the name. While Rider Two rushes in to support the idea, the two get dragged off by an embarrassed OOO and Den-O.

Super Hero Taihen

Rider One appears in the Super Hero Taihen net movie, Super Sentai Murder Mystery! You’re the Great Detective! as one of the suspects for the murders of Shinken, Gosei, and Gokai Pink, as the evidence collected suggests a "Hopper" rider is behind it.

When it is revealed that net movie director Hiroyuki Kato was the murder culprit, Rider One holds up three Ranger Keys and a Mobilate as one of several Riders and Rangers holding Super Sentai and Kamen Rider merchandise respectively, when the Go-Busters explain to the Kato that all the Riders love Super Sentai and vice versa.

Super Hero Taisen Otsu

to be added ^{[Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Otsu: Heroo! Answers]}

Video Games

Kamen Rider One has appeared in various video games.

Kamen Rider Club

Rider One appears as one of six Riders who fight Shocker in Kamen Rider Club, being one of the first three which are available from the start.

Kamen Rider (Super Famicom)

Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider One is controlled by Player 1 alongside Player 2's Ichimonji/Rider Two in the Super Famicom Kamen Rider game.

Kamen Rider (PS1)

Rider One appears with Rider Two in the PlayStation Kamen Rider video game.

In the "Kamen Rider Story," the player must defeat the evil Shocker organization to restore the peace by battling against 6 Combatants before fighting against Shocker monsters. If the monster or player's health is 50% or less, the game automatically switches the position of the player on the screen. If all Shocker and Gel Shocker monsters are defeated, the player will immediately fight against Shocker Leader without fighting Combatants or switching around.

In "Shocker Story" players play as Shocker monsters which must defeat enemy Shocker monster. If the player successfully passes the 8th round, the player's Shocker monster turns into Saikyō Kaijin (最強怪人, Saikyō Kaijin) which is stronger and has a different appearance from the original form. The player can then upgrade punching power, kicking power or both or can summon 6 Combatants to aid them. the player then must defeat Kamen Rider One before facing Kamen Rider Two.

Super Tokusatsu Taisen 2001

Takeshi Hongo/Rider One is a playable character in the Sony PlayStation crossover strategy game Super Tokusatsu Taisen 2001 along with Hayato Ichimonji, Shiro Kazami, Joji Yuki and Kohtaro Minami.

Kamen Rider: Seigi no Keifu

Takeshi Hongo stars as the main character in the 1971 Timeline in this crossover game. (Although for a time, he is replaced as the playable character by Ichimonji.) Hongo must fight off Shocker and Colonel Zol, who is slowly turning human beings into werewolf monsters as part of a much larger plot in the not-so-distant future. Eventually, he travels to 1988 along with V3 and Agito to aid Kamen Rider Black in the final battle. Hiroshi Fujioka returns to voice the role. Kamen Rider One appears in his second outfit (although the Sakurajima version of his outfit is available as an unlockable).

Kamen Rider: The Bike Race

Rider One appears riding the Cyclone and New Cyclone in Kamen Rider: The Bike Race, a racing game featuring the majority of Kamen Riders and Rider Machines up to Kamen Rider Agito.

Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis

Kamen Rider One is among the Showa Riders who make their Battride War franchise debut in this game. As a first for the franchise, he has a starter set, which enters the battle as Takeshi Hongo (depicted as he appeared in 1971) anytime and will be able to transform into Rider One during gameplay permanently. As Rider One, he can change Stance Modes between "Melee Mode" (which uses close-combat attacks like the Rider Kick and Rider Chop), and "Grapple Mode" (which uses grappling attacks like the Rider Reversal and Rider Tailspin Shoot), which can be used in the air (Melee Mode's Jumping Rider Kick and Grapple Mode's Rider Tailspin Shot).

The first print run of the game will include a download code featuring Hongo disguised as a Shocker Combatant as a separate character from Rider One, featuring much weaker attacks (including a weaponized version of the Shocker salute).

Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride

To be added

Climax Heroes series

To be added

All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation and Rider Generation 2

To Be Added

Abilities

Having an IQ of 600 and expertise in biochemistry, Takeshi was a brilliant man. Furhtermore, Takeshi's skills with a motorbike were enough for him to become a professional racer. Often taking command when fighting alongside other Kamen Riders, Takeshi's great leadership skills prove invaluable to stopping evil from triumphing.

After becoming a Kamen Rider, his already impressive skills were boosted greatly. His body easily surpassed most of Shocker`s minions at the time, even those that had been created after he had become a Kamen Rider. When faced with an opponent he could not defeat by might alone, Takeshi would train himself to surpass his limits. In the penultimate episode of the original series, Takeshi managed to easily defeat not only Ganikomol (a powerful cyborg who's strength and reflexes seemingly surpassed Takeshi's) but multiple revived cyborgs that he also had trouble with, showing how much his skills and power have improved throughout the many battles faced. Takeshi's years of experience makes him one of the most skilled Kamen Riders in the franchise.

Forms

• Original
• Upgrades
• Grasshopper Man 1
• Segata Sanshiro

Original

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Original Kamen Rider One

Rider Statistics:

• Rider Height: 180 cm
• Rider Weight: 70 kg

Rider Senses:

• Eyesight: 15 km
• Hearing: 4 km
• Enemy Sensing: 100 m

Ability Parameters (Initial → Trained):

• Punching Power: 15 t
• Gripping Power: 10~15 times human
• Kicking Power: Approx. 11.3 t → 22.5 t
• Maximum Jump Height: 15.3 m
• Maximum Jump Distance: 48.7 m
• Maximum Running Speed: 100 m per 12 seconds
• Maximum Swimming Speed: Approx. 100 m per 9.7 seconds

Because he was meant to be Shocker’s greatest altered human, Kamen Rider One's capabilities are far greater than a normal man. He has the ability to hear at distances up to 4 kilometers away. He can break a meter thick tree trunk or a metal rod 10 cm thick with his Rider Chop. His Rider Kick has enough power to bend steel supports of buildings. Even when he wasn't fully transformed, this form was strong enough to withstand a 50,000 volt electric shock.

Unlike in his later forms, Takeshi can't transform automatically in this form, needing external wind to jump start the Typhoon's turbine and give him access to his suit and most of his fighting strength. That wind is generally generated by riding his bike, but it also can come from other sources, like an explosion that pushes hot wind towards the Typhoon belt. It is thinkable that becoming Kamen Rider One has granted him a degree of immortality and immunity to organic diseases, viruses, bacteria and poison due to becoming a cybernetic human.

The original manga gives an in-depth analysis of the entire schematics used by Hongo, Ichimonji, and the manga Shocker Riders.

• Ultrasensitive Antenna: Sense the presence of enemies and incoming attacks
• Cat's Eye: Allows infrared night vision
• Signal O: A brainwave transmission device that can detect other cyborgs
• Crusher: The face plate that can break chains
• Artificial Lungs: Can recycle oxygen for two hours
• Pulmonary Converter: Catches wind power to convert it to energy, also acts as a radiator
• Power Converter: Capsules on the belt that store energy
• Typhoon: Transformation belt which is an anemometer which measures the Rider's energy
• Artificial Muscle: Gives the Rider the strength to jump like a giant grasshopper
• Jump Shoes: The soles are elastic-like springs.

As seen in the middle of Hongo's transformation in Kamen Rider Taisen.

The original form of Kamen Rider One returned in Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai, as a cameo during Hongo's transformation into his current "New" Rider One form before the battle between the Showa Riders and Heisei Riders.

Appearances: Kamen Rider Episode 1, Special Episode: Escape, Kamen Rider 2-13, Missing Link, April 3, 1971, Kamen Rider Taisen.

• Sakurajima
• New
• Power Up

Sakurajima One

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Kamen Rider One Sakurajima version

Rider Statistics:

• Rider Height: 180 cm
• Rider Weight: 70 kg

The form Takeshi shows after fighting against Shocker in Europe for some time. His appearance changed due to the effects of the constant fighting on his physical appearance and acceptance of himself.

In the TV show, this form doesn't seem to be any stronger than the original Rider One form, but with stronger combat power due to Hongo's experience by this point. However, in the movie Kamen Rider vs. Shocker, this form was shown to be able to transform without needing external wind sources.

This version of Rider One is referred to as Sakurajima One (桜島 １号, Sakurajima Ichigō), due to the story arc where it debuted mostly taking place there. ^{[Quiz! Distinguishing the First Rider]}

Appearances: Kamen Rider Episodes 40-41, 49, 51, Kamen Rider vs. Shocker, 52, From Here to Eternity.

New One

• 1
• 2

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New Kamen Rider One

Giant Kamen Rider One

Rider Statistics:

• Rider Height: 180 cm
• Rider Weight: 70 kg

Rider Senses:

• Eyesight: 15 km
• Hearing: 4 km
• Enemy Sensing: 100 m

Ability Parameters (Initial → Trained):

• Punching Power: 60 t
• Gripping Power: 20 times human
• Lifting Power: 5 t
• Kicking Power: 90 t
• Maximum Jump Height: 20 m → 25 m
• Maximum Running Speed: 100 m per 1.5 seconds

New One (新１号, Shin Ichigō) is the third form of Kamen Rider One. Takeshi Hongo is captured by Shocker and taken for a second reconstruction surgery, which gives him abilities surpassing his original ones. Hongo uses self-hypnosis to escape Shocker's brainwashing, turning their own power against them once again. ^{[From Here to Eternity]}

The upgrade allows Hongo to transform instantly, without needing external wind sources, gives him enough power and durability to survive a subzero trap and even a nuclear bomb close range with no apparent damage, and gives Hongo the versatility for different techniques that can satisfy demands otherwise unattainable in his previous forms, giving Takeshi the nickname "Skill of One" (技の１号, Waza no Ichigō); this capability was later passed to Kamen Rider V3.

This form also gives Hongo access to Rider Power, a temporary boost in Rider One's battle power, triggered with a switch in his new Typhoon belt, that greatly increases his strength, making Rider One superior to Shocker's other creations.

In Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider, Rider One gains the ability to grow to Ultraman's size in order to balance out their size differences.

Appearances: Kamen Rider Episodes 53-68, Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell, Kamen Rider 69-98, V3 Episode 1, Kamen Rider Episode 99, V3 2, 21, V3 vs. Destron Mutants, V3 33-34, Riderman Another After, Five Riders vs. King Dark, Stronger Episodes 38-39, All Together! Seven Kamen Riders!!, Skyrider Episodes 27-28, 54, Eight Riders vs. GingaOh, Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie, Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!, Dragon Road, Black RX Episodes 41-47, 11 Kamen Riders Senki, Space-Time Hero: Kamen Rider, Space 11: Kamen Rider Galaxy Great Decisive Battle, Kamen Rider Live 2000, Cho Henshin Battle, April 3, 1971, All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker, All Riders vs. Doctor Death, The Fearful Global Warming Plan, Let's Go Kamen Riders, Fourze Episode 2, Movie War Mega Max, Super Hero Taisen, Fourze Special Event, Super Hero Taisen Z, Wizard Special Event Z, ToQger Vs. Gaim, Kamen Rider Taisen, Super Hero Taisen GP, Drive Special Event.

Power Up Kamen Rider One

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Power Up Kamen Rider One
(45th anniversary only)

Rider Statistics:

• Rider Height: 219 cm
• Rider Weight: 219 kg

Ability Parameters:

• Punching Power: 100 t
• Kicking Power: 145 t
• Maximum Jump Height: 20 m
• Maximum Running Speed: 100 m per 3.5 seconds

In the Kamen Rider 1 film, which celebrates the franchise's 45th anniversary, Kamen Rider One is given another stronger Power Up (パワーアップ, Pawā Appu) upgrade version of his final form, which sports a more muscular-looking suit, to fit Takeshi's current aged physique. The suit also takes on a color scheme similar to the one used by the Sakurajima One suit. The suit also sports a modern version of the Typhoon, which has a shielded metal cover to protect the belt's fan turbine when Takeshi isn't transformed.

It is currently unknown how this upgrade was obtained, nor if this upgrade is permanent or simply a one-off.

Appearances: Ghost Episode 24, Kamen Rider 1.

Grasshopper Man One

Hongo's true form as Shocker's Grasshopper Man One (バッタ男１号, Batta Otoko Ichigo).

Appearances: Kamen Rider: 1971-1973

Segata Sanshiro (せがた三四郎 Segata Sanshirō, Segata Sanshiro) is a fictional advertising mascot created by Sega for the Sega Saturn. He is a mysterious martial artist who travels the land to hone his skills at playing video games and mercilessly beats up anyone who isn't playing a Sega Saturn.

"Segata Sanshiro" does Kamen Rider 1's transformation pose before becoming Kamen Rider 1.

During the 49th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen with Segata Sanshiro, Ikadevil appeared and attacked with a platoon of Shocker Combatants. Segata revealed that he was actually Takeshi Hongo and transformed into Kamen Rider One to fight Ikadevil's forces alongside Kamen Riders Two, V3 and Black RX.

This "form change" is mostly a joke reference to the fact that Hiroshi Fujioka portrays both Segata and Kamen Rider One.

Transformation

Kamen Rider One uses the power of the wind to fight. To transform, Takeshi originally sped on his motorcycle, Cyclone, and leaps into the air, creating wind-pressure against his Typhoon belt. The pressure spins the wheel in the center of his belt which then activates the micro-nuclear engine and allows him to transform.

Later on as he grew more powerful he learned to transform by absorbing the wind by himself (although he can still use any source of wind generated outside of his powers) thus getting rid of a major weakness. Like Kamen Riders Two and V3, Takeshi has a weakness to the cold and can't transform properly when hit by sub-zero coldness as shown in episode 98 of his series.

The "old" Rider did not have a shout or a pose when he transforms.

Rider Transformation

"Rider...Transform!"

―Hongo's most recent transformation call into Kamen Rider One^[src]

In his upgraded forms, Takeshi shouts and throws his right arm at a diagonal to his right then rotates it clockwise until it’s a diagonal to his left, then he retracts it to his waist and thrusts out his left arm at a diagonal to his right. After that pose Takeshi leaps into the air where the wind-pressure activates his transformation.

Techniques

• Rider Kick
• Rider Throw
• Rider Scissors
• Rider Chop
• Rider Wheel
• Rider Punch
• Rider Head Crusher
• Rider Jump
• Rider Hammer
• Rider Crash
• Rider Knee Block
• Rider Screw Block
• Combined

• Rider Kick (ライダーキック, Raidā Kikku)

  Used to destroy Spider Man ^{[The Mysterious Spider Man]}

  Used to destroy Sarracenian ^{[Cannibalism, Sarracenian]}

  Used to destroy Mantis Man ^{[Monster, Mantis Man]}

  Used along with Rider Chop to destroy Grimreaper Chameleon ^{[Duel With Grim Reaper Chameleon! World Fair Impression]}

  Used to destroy Bee Woman ^{[Strangeness! Bee Woman]}

  Used to destroy Cobra Man ^{[The Terrifying Cobra Man]}

  Used on Tokageron but was unable to destroy him ^{[Tokageron and the Big Monster Army]}

  Used along with Rider Back Jump to destroy Sea Snake Man ^{[Sea Serpent Man of the Phantom Village]}

  Used to destroy Gireera ^{[Amazon's Poison Butterfly Gireera]}

  Used to destroy Dokumondo ^{[Tsuchigumo Man Poisonmondo]}

  Used to destroy Earthworm Man ^{[The Bottomless Swamp Monster, Earthworm Man!]}

  Used alongside Rider Hammer to destroy Owl Man ^{[Mysterious Owl Man's Murderous X-Rays]}

  Used alongside Rider Reversal to destroy Semiminga ^{[Monster Cicadaminga's Song to Kill Everyone]}

  Used to destroy Kabutorong ^{[Monster Dr. Insect and the Shocker School]}

  Used to destroy Kamikirikid ^{[Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell]}

  Used to destroy Gillerkorogi ^{[Monster Gillercricket's Claws of Impending Death]}

  Used to destroy Garagaranda ^{[Hell Ambassador!! The True Meaning of Fear?]}

  Used to destroy Utsubogames ^{[Sludge Monster, Dreadful Murder Smog]}

  Used to destroy Nekoyamori ^{[Bizarre! The Picture of the Black Cat That Calls for Blood]}

  Used to defeat Sabotenbat ^{[Takeshi Hongo, Cactus Monster Exposed!?]}

  Used with Rider 2's Rider Kick and X's Rider Super Five Kick to destroy G.O.D. Akuninkaijin Franken Bat ^{[Five Riders vs. King Dark]}

  Used a weakened version to subdue Marshal Machine and get information out of him

  Used a weakened version to subdue Armored Knight and hold him hostage

  Used to destroy Neo-Shocker kaijin Armadig ^{[Eight Riders vs. GingaOh]}

  Used to destroy Neo-Shocker kaijin Jaguar Van ^{[Eight Riders vs. GingaOh]}

  Used to destroy Badan Empire cyborg Bara-Roid ^{[Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!]}

  Used to destroy Poison Lizard Man ^{[OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders]}

  Used to destroy Foundation X's copy of the R Nasca Dopant ^{[Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max]}

  Used by Kamen Rider Decade as Rider 1 to defeat the Dekarangers and the Zyurangers (actually sending them to the dimensional wall) ^{[Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen]}

  Used to save Kamen Rider OOO from Suugu. ^{[Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z]}

  Used while fighting against Kamen Rider Fifteen. ^{[Ressha Sentai ToQger Vs. Kamen Rider Gaim Spring Vacation Combining Special]}

  Used to defeat Kamen Rider Kiva, turning him into a Lockseed. ^{[Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai]}

  Used to destroy Shiomaneking ^{[Kamen Rider 1 (movie)]}

  Used to destroy Urga with the power of Alexander the Great ^{[Kamen Rider 1 (movie)]}

  • Lightning Rider Kick (電光ライダーキック, Denkō Raidā Kikku)

    Used to kick the Barrier Destruction Ball back to Tokageron and the defeated Revived Kaijin Corps, destroying them all as the bomb detonates. ^{[Tokageron and the Big Monster Army]}

  • Rider Return Kick (ライダー反転キック, Raidā Hanten Kikku)

    Used to destroy Namazugiller ^{[Monster Catfishgiller's Electric Hell]}

    Used to destroy Cockroach Man ^{[Cockroach Man!! The Terrifying Bacterial Ad-Balloon]}

    Used to destroy Sasoritokages ^{[Kamen Rider Dies Twice!]}

  • Rider Flash of Lightning Kick (ライダー稲妻キック, Raidā Inazuma Kikku)

    Used to destroy Harinezuras ^{[Monster Hedgehoras' Murder Skull Plan]}

  • Rider Drop Kick (ライダードロップキック, Raidā Doroppu Kikku)

    Used to destroy Shiracuras ^{[Deadly Bloodsucking Fiends!! Good Luck, Rider Boys' Squad]}

  • Rider Screw Kick (ライダースクリューキック, Raidā Sukuryū Kikku)

    Used to destroy Imoriges ^{[Monster Newtgeth, Duel at the Farm of Hell!!]}

  • Rider Windmill Triple Kick (ライダー風車3段キック, Raidā Fūsha Sandan Kikku)
  • Rider Point Kick (ライダーポイントキック, Raidā Pointo Kikku)

    Used to defeat Isoginjaguar ^{[Watch Out, Rider! Isoginjaguar's Hell Trap]}

  • Rider Moon's Surface Kick (ライダー月面キック, Raidā Getsumen Kikku)

    Used to destroy Canarycobra ^{[Fear's Pet Strategy, Drop Rider into Hell!]}

    Used to destroy Remodeled Nezucondor ^{[Fear's Pet Strategy, Rider SOS]}

    Used to destroy Garaox ^{[Monster Garaox's Sky-Flying Car]}

Rider Throw

Used to destroy Bat Man ^{[The Terrifying Bat Man]}

• Rider Reversal (ライダー返し, Raidā Gāeshi)

  Used to destroy Remodeled Cobra Man ^{[The Terrifying Cobra Man]}

  Rider 1 and Rider 2 used a combination of Rider Wheel, Rider Reversal, and Rider Double Kick to destroy Isoginchak ^{[Cannibalistic Monster, Sea Anemone]}

  Used alongside Rider Kick to destroy Semiminga ^{[Monster Cicadaminga's Song to Kill Everyone]}

  Used to destroy Elekibotaru ^{[Monster Electric-Guitarbotal's Fireball Attack]}

  Used along with Rider Double Kick to destroy Shiomaneking ^{[Double Riders' Defeat! Shiomaneking]}

• Rider Tailspin Shoot (ライダーきりもみシュート, Raidā Kirimomi Shūto)

  Used along with Rider Punch to destroy Saigang ^{[Monster Rhinogang's Autorace of Death]}

  Used to destroy Kamikirikid ^{[Shocker Graveyard, Revived Monsters]}

  Used to destroy Girizames ^{[The Shocker Leader Appears! Riders in Danger]}

  Used to send Ikadevil falling to his death ^{[Doctor Death, the True Meaning of Terror?]}

  Used to destroy Unidogma ^{[The Dreadful Urchindogma + The Phantom Monster]}

  Used to destroy Kuragewolf ^{[Monster Jellyfish Wolf, Dreadful Rush Hour]}

Rider Scissors (ライダーシザース, Raidā Shizāsu)

Used to destroy Scorpion Man ^{[Monster, Scorpion Man]}

Rider Chop (ライダーチョップ, Raidā Choppu)

Used along with Rider Kick to destroy Grimreaper Chameleon ^{[Duel With Grim Reaper Chameleon! World Fair Impression]}

Used to weaken Ikadevil ^{[Doctor Death, the True Meaning of Terror?]}

• Rider Flying Chop (ライダーフライングチョップ, Raidā Furaingu Choppu)

  Used to destroy Kumolion ^{[Gel Shocker's Delivery Man of Death]}

Rider Wheel (ライダー車輪, Raidā Sharin)

Rider 1 and Rider 2 used a combination of Rider Wheel, Rider Reversal, and Rider Double Kick to destroy Isoginchak ^{[Cannibalistic Monster, Sea Anemone]}

Used by Rider 1 and Rider 2 to destroy Shocker Riders ^{[The True Identity of the Gel Shocker Leader]}

Rider Punch (ライダーパンチ, Raidā Panchi)

Used along with Rider Tailspin Shoot to destroy Saigang ^{[Monster Rhinogang's Autorace of Death]}

Used to destroy the revived Saigang ^{[Shocker Graveyard, Revived Monsters]}

Used to destroy Seadragon III ^{[Three Head of Generator Monster Seadragons!!]}

Used to defeat Garagaranda ^{[OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders]}

Used to destroy Ganikomol ^{[Kamen Rider 1 (movie)]}

Rider Head Crusher (ライダーヘッドクラッシャー, Raidā Heddo Kurashā)

Used to destroy Jaguarman ^{[Monster Jaguarman's Ready-to-Die Motorbike War]}

Used to destroy Poison Lizard Man ^{[Monster Poison Lizard, Duel in Fear Valley!!]}

Rider Jump (ライダージャンプ, Raidā Janpu)

Used numerous times throughout the series

• Rider Back Jump

  Used along with Rider Kick to destroy Sea Snake Man ^{[Sea Serpent Man of the Phantom Village]}

Rider Hammer (ライダーハンマー, Raidā Hanmā)

Used alongside Rider Hammer to destroy Owl Man ^{[Mysterious Owl Man's Murderous X-Rays]}

Rider Crash (ライダークラッシュ, Raidā Kurasshu)

Used to destroy the revived Zanjioh throwing him into Harinezuras ^{[Shocker Graveyard, Revived Monsters]}

Used to destroy the revived Poison Lizard Man ^{[Shocker Graveyard, Revived Monsters]}

Used to destroy the revived Harinezuras throwing him into Zanjioh ^{[Shocker Graveyard, Revived Monsters]}

Rider Knee Block (ライダーニーブロック, Raidā Nī Burokku)

Used to destroy Gillerkorogi ^{[Monster Gillercricket's Claws of Impending Death]}

Used to destroy Abugomens ^{[Monster Horseflygomes' Rokkoudai Mountain Pursuit]}

Rider Screw Block (ライダースクリューブロック, Raidā Sukuryū Burokku)

Used to destroy Bararanga ^{[Poison Flower Monster Roseranga - The Secret of the House of Terror]}

Combined Techniques

• Rider Double Kick (ライダーダブルキック, Raidā Daburu Kikku) (with Rider 2)

  Used to destroy Snowman ^{[Deathmatch! Monster Snowman vs. Two Riders]}

  Used to destroy Ghoster ^{[Magma Monster Ghoster, Decisive Battle at Sakurajima]}

  Rider 1 and Rider 2 used a combination of Rider Wheel, Rider Reversal, and Rider Double Kick to destroy Isoginchak ^{[Cannibalistic Monster, Sea Anemone]}

  Used to destroy Zanjioh ^{[Kamen Rider vs. Shocker]}

  Used to destroy Unicornos ^{[Stone Monster Unicornos vs. Double Rider Kick]}

  Used to destroy Gilgalass ^{[My Name is Mysterious Birdman Gilgalass]}

  Used to destroy Mosquiras ^{[Vampiric Mosquilas vs. Two Riders]}

  Used along with Rider Reversal to destroy Shiomaneking ^{[Double Riders' Defeat! Shiomaneking]}

  Used to destroy Namekujikinoko ^{[The True Identity of the Gel Shocker Leader]}

  Used with V3's V3 Kick to defeat Destron kaijin Cannon Buffalo ^{[Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron Mutants]}

  Used to destroy Garagaranda ^{[Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker]}

  Used to destroy the Shocker Greeed ^{[OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders]}

• Rider Triple Kick (ライダートリプルキック, Raidā Toripuru Kikku) (with Rider 2 and V3): Used to defeat multiple enemies at once
  • Can also be done alongside Rider 3 in place of V3.
• X Rider Super Five Kick (Xライダースーパーファイブキック, Ekkusu Raidā Supā Faibu Kikku) (with Rider 2, V3, Riderman and X): Used to defeat Franken Bat
• Rider Synchro(in conjunction with multiple Riders): Used against the Great Leader multiple times
• Rider Double Chop (ライダーダブルチョップ, Raidā Daburu Choppu) (with Rider 2) :Used to destroy Hiruchameleon ^{[Gel Shocker Annihilated! The End of the Leader!!]}

Equipment

Device

• Typhoon: Transformation belt

Vehicles

• Cyclone: Rider 1's Rider Machine
• New Cyclone: Rider 1's additional Rider Machine
• Neo Cyclone: Rider 1's additional Rider Machine

Legend Rider Devices

• Rider Card
• Astroswitch
• Wizard Ring
• Lockseed
• Signal Bike
• Rider Gashat
• Ridewatch
• Anotherwatch

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Kamen Ride 1

With the Kamen Ride: 1 card, Kamen Rider Decade transforms into Kamen Rider 1 as seen in Super Hero Taisen. Previously, in All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker, Decade Complete Form Jumbo Formation performed the Final Dimension Kick, a variation of the Dimension Kick, transforming the Shōwa, including Kamen Rider 1, and Heisei Riders into Kamen Ride cards for Decade to travel through as opposed to Final Attack Ride cards before hitting the target. Unlike his other Kamen Rides, Decade's Decadriver changes along with his costume, taking on the appearance of the Typhoon Belt. However, when Captain Marvelous (as Akarenger) strikes the "Typhoon" during battle, it seems to short out and changes back into the Decadriver, revealing "Rider 1" to be Decade after all.

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1 Switch

1 Switch (1号 スイッチ, Ichigō Suitchi, Cross): An Astroswitch bearing the likeness of Kamen Rider 1. In Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride, it can be used by Kamen Rider Fourze to arm him with the 1 Module (1号モジュール, Ichigō Mojūru) on his right leg, boosting his kicking power and jumping height.

The 1 Switch appears on-screen in Movie War Mega Max, when the Seven Legendary Riders are captured by Lem Kannagi. Rider 1, along with Rider 2, V3, and Riderman, were turned into Switches (while X, Amazon, and Stronger were turned into Core Medals) and kept in a suitcase by a member of Foundation X. The Riders were able to return back to normal when Fourze inserted the Switches into the Fourze Driver and performed a Limit Break.

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1 Ring

This Rider Ring which bears the likeness of Kamen Rider 1 is exclusive to Kamen Rider Wizard's Wizard Ring toyline. When used by a WizarDriver wearer, it would be able to summon Kamen Rider 1.

Kamen Rider 1 Lockseed (仮面ライダー１号ロックシード, Kamen Raidā Ichigō Rokkushīdo): A Lockseed bearing the likeness of Kamen Rider 1, created when Rider 1 was defeated in the battle between the Showa Riders and Heisei Riders. ^{[Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai]} The core image depicts the Typhoon while the lid backside image depicts Kamen Rider 1's Rider Kick gesture. When inserted into a Sengoku Driver or when channeled through the Showa Rider Lockseed, it would allow an Armored Rider to assume 1go Arms (１号アームズ, Ichigō Āmuzu). It is styled for Gaim, Kurokage, Bujin Gaim, and Kamuro in the toyline.

• Transformation: 1 (Ichigō) Arms: Waza no Ichigō, Let's go!
  • Squash: Rider Punch (ライダーパンチ, Raidā Panchi)
  • Au Lait: Cyclone (サイクロン号, Saikuron-gō)
  • Sparking: Rider Kick (ライダーキック, Raidā Kikku)

1 Lockseed
(locked & closed)

1 Lockseed
(locked & opened)

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Legend 1 Signal Bike

• Signal Legend 1 (シグナルレジェンド１号, Shigunaru Rejendo Ichigō, Based on Rider 1's New Cyclone): Allows Mach to activate a Kourin Signal Legend. When used in the DX Drive Driver, it gives the sound for a Tire Exchange into Showa Rider.

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• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
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• 7

"Let's Go Ichi Gou! (Typhoon warble to deep-pitched flashing sound)"

―Activation announcement^[src]

"Gashat! Let's Ride! Metcha Ride! Mutcha Ride! What's your Ride!? I'm a Legend Rider!"

―Level 1 announcement^[src]

"Gachan! Level Up! Rider Punch! Rider Kick! Rider, Rider, Action Go! (Mighty Action X-styled song and Typhoon activation noise)"

―Level 2 announcement^[src]

"A Gacha! Cy-Cy-Cy-Cyclone de Gekisou! Henshin da! Iku ze, Rider Fight! (Bakusou Bike-styled song and Heavy Metal and Typhoon mid-transformation noise)"

―Level 3 announcement^[src]

"Kimewaza! Let's Go Critical Strike!"

―Gamer Driver finisher announcement^[src]

"Kimewaza! Let's Go Critical Finish!"

―Weapon finisher announcement^[src]

"Kimewaza! (Word from other Gashat's name) Ichi Gou Critical Finish!"

―Gashacon Key Slasher finisher announcement^[src]

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Let's Go Ichigou Gashat

• Let's Go Ichi Gou! Gashat (レッツゴー１号!ガシャット, Rettsu Gō Ichigō! Gashatto, lit. Let's Go 1 Gashat): Based on Kamen Rider 1. Used to activate Ichi Gou Gamer Level 1, advances to Level 2 after pulling the lever on the Gamer Driver.

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1 Ridewatch

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1 Anotherwatch

Another 1 Watch (アナザー1号ウォッチ, Anazā Ichigō Wotchi): A twisted version of the 1 Ridewatch used to transform into Another 1.

Relationships

• Showa
  • Hayato Ichimonji/Kamen Rider Two: After being rescued from Shocker by Hongo, Ichimonji becomes his replacement to fight Shocker in Japan. After Hongo's return, the two worked together to stop Shocker and their forces of evil. The two are the best of friends and have fought together since 1971.
  • Tobei Tachibana: Hongo sees Tachibana as his mentor and father-figure. Having lost his family members in a car accident, Tachibana also saw Hongo as a son. When Hongo had become a Kamen Rider, Tachibana was the first ally in his crusade. Among all the Kamen Riders, Hongo is likely Tachibana's favorite.
  • Kazuya Taki: Hongo's other best friend, Taki was originally his rival at bike racing. The two have great trust in each other, with Taki having helped Hongo many times. 
  • Shiro Kazami/Kamen Rider V3: Takeshi's junior at Jonan University, he is made into Kamen Rider V3 through the combined efforts of Kamen Riders One and Two. He later replaces Takeshi and Hayato, leading the next generation of Showa riders. The two are very close friends, with Hongo even referring to Kazami as a brother at one point.
• Other Kamen Riders: Throughout the series, Takeshi interacts with all of the Kamen Riders, acting as a leader, mentor, and partner, helping them to become better, stronger heroes.

Behind the scenes

Portrayal

Takeshi Hongo was played by Hiroshi Fujioka (藤岡 弘、, Fujioka Hiroshi) in the original Kamen Rider. Originally, Hiroshi Fujioka did his own stunts as Kamen Rider One. This made Kamen Rider history when early on in the show, Hiroshi shattered his leg in a motorcycle stunt gone wrong. This resulted in him being replaced by Takeshi Sasaki, who played a new, second Kamen Rider named Hayato Ichimonji/Kamen Rider Two. Eventually, Fujioka recovered and returned to the show, joining Sasaki as the Double Riders.

After the conclusion of the original series, Fujioka reprised his role in the next, Kamen Rider V3. Unlike many of his fellow Rider actors, however, Fujioka did not actively reprise the role of Takeshi Hongo whenever Kamen Rider One appeared in following Kamen Rider series, the lone exception being his appearance in Kamen Rider Stronger. Stock footage of Fujioka from the original Kamen Rider series was used to portray Hongo in Five Riders vs. King Dark, where Fujioka only had a voice role, using an incorrect white Henshin belt. Michihiro Ikemizu (who voiced many monsters, including Shocker Rider #1 in the original series) voiced Kamen Rider One in The New Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie and Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!. Rintarō Torii voiced Rider One in Kamen Rider Black RX.

In recent crossover movies, early riders are voiced by new actors, with Kamen Rider One being voiced by Tetsu Inada (稲田 徹, Inada Tetsu), first voicing the rider in Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker (2009). However, in 2011, Fujioka returned to voice Kamen Rider One in the 40th-anniversary movie of the Kamen Rider Series, OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders, alongside Takeshi Sasaki and Hiroshi Miyauchi. In Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max (2011), Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen (2012), Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z (2013) and Ressha Sentai ToQger Vs. Kamen Rider Gaim Spring Vacation Combining Special (2014), Kamen Rider One was once again voiced by Tetsu Inada.

It would be many years later that Hiroshi Fujioka would return to portray his own character, as well as transforming into him in Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai, followed by Kamen Rider 1, the 45th-anniversary movie of the Kamen Rider Series.

Recognition

Kamen Rider is featured as #27 in the 1986 archive compilation video Toei 100 Great Heroes Super Fight.

The Kamen Rider statue still standing amidst the 2011 earthquake.

A statue of Kamen Rider was observed still standing firm after the earthquake in Japan in March 2011 in Ishinomaki in Miyagi, a city hit by the tsunami, and considered as the hometown to Kamen Rider.

• Similarly a statue of Rider One's Super Sentai counterpart, Red Ranger, in front of the Ishinomori Manga Museum, still stood among the devastation.

Notes

• Since Takeshi has an IQ of 600, the most experience out of all the Kamen Riders, was able to survive a zero degree freeze machine's effects, a zero oxygen trap and even the full effects of a nuclear bomb up close (apparently unharmed and conscious in the latter) while weakened, he is undoubtedly one of the most intelligent and powerful Kamen Riders throughout the franchise.
• Contrary to popular belief, Takeshi was not the first Kamen Rider to utilize the stylish hand motions that would later be iconic for transformations in the Kamen Rider Series. The honor actually belongs to Hayato Ichimonji, transforming in episode 14 via the hand motions.
• Recent Heisei and Neo-Heisei developments in the in-series universe timeline indicate that Hongo is not the first Kamen Rider, as other heroes have come long before he was born. (Ex. The first Kuuga, Riku)
  • However, he is the first to be called "Kamen Rider" as his predecessors were referred to only by name. (Ex. Kuuga or Riku instead of Kamen Rider Kuuga). Most Heisei Riders after him seem to avoid using the title of Kamen Rider altogether, as simplifying their names to just their given one makes them easier to identify for fans as there are now over 100+ Kamen Riders in the franchise.
  • It should also be noted that most of the Rider series after the Showa Era is technically not connected with another, as the continuity is sometimes written for the shows to be their own stand-alone stories. The real-world fact is that Hongo was the first Rider created by Ishinomori himself, thus Hongo is more than deserving of his title Kamen Rider One.
• Rider One's title of Skill of One is often used for Kamen Riders to describe their unarmed forms, calling themselves Warriors of Technique.
• A notable habit of Takeshi as shown throughout the series is that he is often seen riding his motorcycle without wearing a motorcycle helmet. This is especially seen in recent crossover movies like Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai and in Kamen Rider 1.
• Takeshi Hongo was homaged by May Lee, a character from SNK's King of Fighters series of video games. Her outfit dons her red scarf much along with the signature pose. Her "Electric Punch" and "Electric Kick" also references Hongo's signature moves Rider Punch and Rider Kick as well.

Appearances

Main article: Takeshi Hongo/Appearances

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  • Episode 1: The Mysterious Spider Man
  • Episode 2: The Terrifying Bat Man
  • Episode 3: Monster, Scorpion Man
  • Episode 4: Cannibalism, Sarracenian
  • Episode 5: Monster, Mantis Man
  • Episode 6: Grim Reaper, Chameleon
  • Episode 7: Duel With Grim Reaper Chameleon! World Fair Impression
  • Episode 8: Strangeness! Bee Woman
  • Episode 9: The Terrifying Cobra Man
  • Episode 10: The Revived Cobra Man
  • Episode 11: Bloodsucking Monster, Gebacondor
  • Episode 12: Murder, Yamogelas
  • Episode 13: Tokageron and the Big Monster Army (theatrically screened as Go Go Kamen Rider)
  • Episode 40: Deathmatch! Monster Snowman vs. Two Riders
  • Episode 41: Magma Monster Ghoster, Decisive Battle at Sakurajima
  • Episode 49: Cannibalistic Monster, Sea Anemone
  • Episode 51: Stone Monster Unicornos vs. Double Rider Kick
  • Kamen Rider vs. Shocker
  • Episode 52: My Name is Mysterious Birdman Gilgalass
  • Episode 53: Monster Jaguarman's Ready-to-Die Motorbike War
  • Episode 54: Sea Serpent Man of the Phantom Village
  • Episode 55: Cockroach Man!! The Terrifying Bacterial Ad-Balloon
  • Episode 56: Amazon's Poison Butterfly Gireera
  • Episode 57: Tsuchigumo Man Poisonmondo
  • Episode 58: Monster Poison Lizard, Duel in Fear Valley!!
  • Episode 59: The Bottomless Swamp Monster, Earthworm Man!
  • Episode 60: Mysterious Owl Man's Murderous X-Rays
  • Episode 61: Monster Catfishgiller's Electric Hell
  • Episode 62: Monster Hedgehoras' Murder Skull Plan
  • Episode 63: Monster Rhinogang's Autorace of Death
  • Episode 64: Monster Cicadaminga's Song to Kill Everyone
  • Episode 65: Monster Dr. Insect and the Shocker School
  • Episode 66: Shocker Graveyard, Revived Monsters
  • Episode 67: The Shocker Leader Appears! Riders in Danger
  • Episode 68: Doctor Death, the True Meaning of Terror?
  • Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell
  • Episode 69: Monster Gillercricket's Claws of Impending Death
  • Episode 70: Monster Electric-Guitarbotal's Fireball Attack
  • Episode 71: Monster Horseflygomes' Rokkoudai Mountain Pursuit
  • Episode 72: Vampiric Mosquilas vs. Two Riders
  • Episode 73: Double Riders' Defeat! Shiomaneking
  • Episode 74: Deadly Bloodsucking Fiends!! Good Luck, Rider Boys' Squad
  • Episode 75: Poison Flower Monster Roseranga - The Secret of the House of Terror
  • Episode 76: Three Head of Generator Monster Seadragons!!
  • Episode 77: Monster Newtgeth, Duel at the Farm of Hell!!
  • Episode 78: The Dreadful Urchindogma + The Phantom Monster
  • Episode 79: Hell Ambassador!! The True Meaning of Fear?
  • Episode 80: Gel Shocker Appears! Kamen Rider's Last Day!
  • Episode 81: Kamen Rider Dies Twice!
  • Episode 82: Monster Jellyfish Wolf, Dreadful Rush Hour
  • Episode 83: Monster Inokabuton, Defeat the Rider With Crazy Gas
  • Episode 84: Watch Out, Rider! Isoginjaguar's Hell Trap
  • Episode 85: Sludge Monster, Dreadful Murder Smog
  • Episode 86: Monster Eaglemantis' Human Hunt
  • Episode 87: Gel Shocker's Delivery Man of Death
  • Episode 88: Bizarre! The Picture of the Black Cat That Calls for Blood
  • Episode 89: Fear's Pet Strategy, Drop Rider into Hell!
  • Episode 90: Fear's Pet Strategy, Rider SOS
  • Episode 91: Gel Shocker, Enroll in Terror School
  • Episode 92: Atrocity! Fake Kamen Riders!!
  • Episode 93: 8 Kamen Riders
  • Episode 94: The True Identity of the Gel Shocker Leader
  • Episode 95: Monster Garaox's Sky-Flying Car
  • Episode 96: Takeshi Hongo, Cactus Monster Exposed!?
  • Episode 97: Takeshi Hongo, Transformation Impossible
  • Episode 98/Finale: Gel Shocker Annihilated! The End of the Leader!!
• Kamen Rider V3
  • Episode 1: Rider No. 3: His Name is V3!
  • Episode 2: Last Testament of the Double Riders (theatrically screened as Kamen Rider V3)
  • Episode 21: The Double Riders Live
  • Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron Mutants
  • Episode 33: V3 in Danger! Riders One and Two Return!!
  • Episode 34: Critical Moment! Baron Tusk vs. The Three Riders!!
• Kamen Rider X
  • Episode 5: The One-Eyed Monster's Human Review Operation! (archive footage only)
  • Episode 9: X-Rider's Great Deadly Training (mentioned only)
  • Episode 10: G.O.D. Secret Police! Apollo Geist!! (mentioned only)
  • Five Riders vs. King Dark
  • Episode 27: Special Edition, Full Force of Five Riders!! (new footage for a story told by Tobee Tachibana)
• Kamen Rider Stronger
  • Episode 38: Appearance! Riders 1, 2!!
  • Episode 39/Finale: Goodbye! The Glorious Seven Riders!
  • All Together! Seven Kamen Riders!!
• Kamen Rider (Skyrider)
  • Eight Riders vs. GingaOh
  • Episode 27: Tank and Monster the Second Generation Corps, Full Force of Eight Riders
  • Episode 28: Eight Riders' Great Training of Friendship
  • Episode 54/Finale: Farewell, Hiroshi Tsukuba! Eight Heroes Forever....
• Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie
• Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!
• Kamen Rider Black RX
  • Episode 41: Terror of the 100 Eyed Hag
  • Episode 42: The Four Commanders Are Banished
  • Episode 43: Defeated!! RX
  • Episode 44: Fight! All Riders
  • Episode 45: False Rider's Last Days
  • Episode 46: The Riders' All Out Charge
  • Episode 47/Finale: A Shining Tomorrow!
• Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
• Kamen Rider 1 Through RX: Big Gathering (archive footage only)
• OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders
• Kamen Rider Fourze
  • Episode 2: Space Superiority
  • Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max
  • Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen
• Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z
• Kamen Rider Gaim
  • Ressha Sentai ToQger Vs. Kamen Rider Gaim Spring Vacation Combining Special
  • Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai
• Kamen Rider Drive
  • Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Vs. Kamen Rider Drive Spring Vacation One-Hour Combining Special (photo only)
  • Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3
• Kamen Rider Ghost
  • Episode 17: Gorgeous! The Queen of Illusions! (Indirect mention only)
  • Episode 24: Appearance! The Mysterious Warrior!
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  • Last Chapter: 1 & Heisei (spirit)

External links

• Kamen Rider One at Wikipedia

See also

• Hung Chi Kiang - counterpart in Super Riders. See comparison page.
• Masked Rider Warrior Leader - counterpart in Masked Rider. See comparison page.
• Finis - Another Rider counterpart in Kamen Rider: Reiwa The First Generation