Air date: January 29, 2006 (2006-01-29)
Important things that happened
- Hiyori narrates the prologue in which a meteorite crashed into Shibuya seven years ago. She implies that her family was killed in the incident.
- ZECT initiates the activation of the Masked Rider System to anticipate the threat against the Worms.
- Tendou mysteriously has a Rider Belt. He physically trained in advance because he knew he would use the belt someday.
- The Kabuto Zecter chooses Tendou over Kagami. Tendou transforms into Kabuto.
TV Asahi site
- Aracnea Worm Rubor (アラクネアワーム・ ルボア)
- A spider type Worm.
- This Worm molts to fight the ZECTroopers. Hiyori becomes its target when she witnesses it killing a detective.
- Aracnea Worm Nigritia (アラクネアワーム・ニグリティア)
- A spider type Worm.
- This Worm molts to fight the ZECTroopers.
TV Asahi site
- Grandmother said this... "Walking the Path of Heaven, the Man who will Rule Everything... My name is Tendou Souji."
- おばあちゃんはこう言ってた。天の道を行き、総てを司る男… 俺の名は天道総司。
- Grandmother was right. "If I wish so, fate will always be on my side."
- やっぱりおばあちゃんの言うとおりだ。 俺が望みさえすれば、運命は絶えず俺に味方する。
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Trivia
- Kabuto is the 35th anniversary for the Kamen Rider series.
- Hiyori uses the boyish term for "I" in Japanese, "boku".
- When Tendou announces his name, he points to Tokyo Tower and the sun. The path of heaven is another way of saying the path of the sun through the sky.
- When Tendou is exercising, he does his signature kick as Kabuto, which won't appear till episode 2.
- Hiyori appears at the beginning of the B part. After she meets Tendou, we see the flicker of the sun through some trees. Hiyori's last name means "Under the sun".
- Tamura Maroshi (Detective) was Zaidos on DaiRanger and various other toku roles.
Staff
Transcript
Kamen Rider Kabuto 01 Transcript
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