Kamen Rider (Original Series)

Kamen Rider; 仮面ライダー
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Genre	Kamen Rider
Creator	Ishinomori Shoutarou
Writer	Igami Masaru and others
Director	Takemoto Kouichi; Orita Itaru; Yamada Minoru; Taguchi Katsuhiko; Okunaka Atsuo and others;
Starring	Fujioka Hiroshi; Sasaki Takeshi;
Narrator	Nakae Shinji
Opening theme	Let's Go!! Rider Kick; Rider Action;
Ending theme	Kamen Rider's Song; Rider Action; Lonely Kamen Rider;
Composer(s)	Kikuchi Shunsuke
No. of episodes	98
Production company(s)	Toei
Fan Rating	/ 5 Stars
Broadcast
Original channel	MBS TV
Time	7:30 pm Sat
Original run	April 3, 1971 – February 10, 1973
Chronology
Followed by	Kamen Rider V3

仮面ライダー

April 3, 1971 (1971-04-03) - February 10, 1973 (1973-02-10) (98 episodes)

The Original Kamen Rider series.

Kamen Rider was the third Showa Rider to have its TV series rereleased in Blu-ray format.

Box 1: December 9, 2015

Box 2: February 10, 2016

Box 3: April 13, 2016

Box 4: June 8, 2016

Trivia

Igami Masaru's son, Inoue Toshiki, became a writer for the Heisei Riders, Kuuga to Decade (except Den-O). He also wrote for the Kamen Rider The First and Kamen Rider The Next movies.
Amamoto Hideyo passed away on March 23, 2003. He made an appearance in Kamen Rider The First through archive footages with Maruyama Eiji doing the voice work.
On Kamen Rider Kabuto 25, there is a talk about the beginning of the Masked Rider Project 35 years ago. The talk refers to this series since it's the start of the Kamen Rider franchise.