Kamen Rider Records

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A wiki page for collecting miscellaneous Kamen Rider trivia, records, and noteworthy firsts.

Records

  • Kamen Rider Ryuki holds the record for having the most Riders in its own universe, with 13. (15 if one would count the pseudo Riders Alternative and Alternative Zero among them.)
  • The Kamen Rider Delta suit, from Kamen Rider 555, holds the record for having the greatest amount of users, with 9 people having transformed into it.
  • Kamen Rider Den-O holds the record for having the greatest amount of movies based on its universe with 8.
  • Kamen Rider Decade holds the record for having the most Riders in one series, due to the cast encountering past Kamen Riders.
  • Kamen Rider Decade also holds the record for having the most female Kamen Riders in one series. In total, 3 female characters transformed into a Rider form: Akira from Hibiki's world turned into Amaki, Haruka Miwa from Diend's World turned into L'arc and Natsumi turned into Kamen Rider Kivaara.
  • Kamen Rider OOO holds the record for potentially having the most transformations available. Due to the nature of his Rider suit, he could transform himself into up to 128 different forms.
  • Longest Kamen Rider Series - Kamen Rider (98 Episodes)

Recurring Themes

  • Riders with most main Riders are technologically modified - All Showa-era Kamen Riders except Amazon and Black, Kamen Rider Shin, Kamen Rider ZO, Kamen Rider J
  • Riders with dragon-themed - Kamen Rider Agito, Kamen Rider Ryuki
  • Riders with insect-themed - All Showa-era Kamen Riders, Kamen Rider Kuuga, Kamen Rider Kabuto
  • Riders with Western mythical themed - Kamen Rider Kuuga, Kamen Rider Kiva, Kamen Rider OOO, Kamen Rider Wizard
  • Riders with space-themed - Kamen Rider Super-1, Kamen Rider Fourze
  • Riders with beetle-themed - Kamen Rider Stronger, Kamen Rider Kabuto
  • Grasshoppers: Kamen Rider 1 and 2, Skyrider, Kamen Rider Black, Black RX, the Alternatives from Kamen Rider Ryuki and the Hoppers from Kamen Rider Kabuto are based on this insect. Kamen Rider OOO has legs with a grasshopper motive.
  • Kamen Riders using cards: The Riders in Kamen Rider Ryuki, Kamen Rider Blade and Kamen Rider Decade all utilized cards to initiate transformations, summon weapons or use special techniques.
  • Multiform Kamen Riders: Kamen Rider Black RX, Kuuga, Agito, Kabuto, Den-O, Kiva, Double, OOO, Wizard and Gaim are all capable of taking on forms that are not upgrades per se, but rather specialized forms useful in certain situations. Most of the time, these Riders have a balanced form, a strong but slow form and a weak but fast form.
  • Riders directly gaining powers from their respective enemy races: Kamen Rider Ryuki, Kamen Rider Blade, Kamen Rider OOO and Birth and Kamen Rider Wizard and Beast.
  • Riders accidentally getting their powers: Kamen Rider Ryuki and Gaim just stumble on their transformation devices without having any prior knowledge of the supernatural conflict going on or being forced to transform by other people.

Firsts

Kamen Rider Ichigo

  • First Kamen Rider

Kamen Rider Nigo

  • First Rider who don't have own series

Kamen Rider Amazon

  • First Rider without Insect-Themed (Amazon based form piranha)

Kamen Rider Stronger

  • First Rider to be able to transform to an upgraded version of his Rider form.

Kamen Rider Black

  • First Rider without scarf

Kamen Rider Black RX

  • First Rider of the Heisei period.
  • First Rider to utilize a multiform system of specialized transformations.
  • First Rider to own a specialized car.
  • First Kamen Rider series to be adapted in the US.

Kamen Rider J

  • First Rider to achieve giant size. (Unless one counts the Kamen Rider VS Ultraman special)

Kamen Rider Kuuga

  • First Rider Series of the Heisei period.
  • First multiform Rider to have upgrades for his base forms.

Kamen Rider Agito

  • First series to use a dragon motive for one of the Kamen Riders. Agito is based on an eastern dragon.

Kamen Rider Ryuki

  • First series not to have the Kamen Riders be clear cut allies of justice.
  • First series to have truly villainous Kamen Riders.
  • First series with Riders without the bug-eye visors.
  • First series where the Riders do not have their own specialized motor cycles for most of the series.
  • First Rider series to use bat, crab, snake, bull, rhino, tiger, swan, phoenix and manta ray motifs for Kamen Riders.

Kamen Rider 555

Kamen Rider Blade

  • First series to use a playing card motif.
  • First series to feature a completely inhuman rider, as the previous inhuman riders were once fully human. Hajime, on the other hand, is one of the immortal Undead, who are unrelated to the human race.

Kamen Rider Hibiki

  • First series that does not use the bug-eye visor at all.
  • First series in which the Riders do not use any specialized vehicles throughout the entire series.
  • First series where the Riders do not shout Henshin upon transforming.
  • First series to have the main protagonist not to be a Rider himself.

Kamen Rider Kabuto

Kamen Rider Den-O

  • First series to feature train as the motif of this series.

Kamen Rider Kiva

Kamen Rider Decade

  • First Heisei-era anniversary series.
  • First series with a cliffhanger at the end of the series.
  • First series to feature pink-coloured Rider.

Kamen Rider W

  • First series to feature two individuals can transform into Rider.
  • First series set in imaginary city instead of Tokyo itself.
  • First series to feature a secondary Rider that can changed into a bike.

Kamen Rider OOO

Kamen Rider Fourze

Kamen Rider Wizard

Kamen Rider Gaim

  • First fruit-themed Rider series.

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