Kamen Rider Black

Kamen Rider Black
Genre	Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Science fiction Action/Adventure Dark Fantasy Drama Conspiracy
Created by	Shotaro Ishinomori
Based on	Have You Seen The Kamen Rider?! by Shotaro Ishinomori
Written by	Shōzō Uehara (eps 1-12) Noboru Sugimura (eps 13-51)
Directed by	Yoshiaki Kobayashi
Starring	Tetsuo Kurata Takahito Horiuchi Akemi Inoue Ayumi Taguchi Hitomi Yoshii Jun Yoshida
Voices of	Shōzō Iizuka Toshimichi Takahashi Masaki Terasoma
Narrated by	Kiyoshi Kobayashi Issei Masamune
Composer	Eiji Kawamura
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	51
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Toei Company Mainichi Broadcasting System
Original release
Network	JNN (MBS, TBS)
Release	October 4, 1987 (1987-10-04) – October 9, 1988 (1988-10-09)
Related
Kamen Rider Super-1 Kamen Rider Black RX
Manga
Written by	Shotaro Ishinomori
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1987 – 1989
Volumes	6
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Kamen Rider Black (仮面ライダーBLACK, Kamen Raidā Burakku) is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero-drama television series. It is the eighth installment in the Kamen Rider series and a co-production between Mainichi Broadcasting System and Toei. The series aired on all Japan News Network affiliates from October 4, 1987, to October 9, 1988. For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as Black Kamen Rider.

The series has spawned a manga adaptation that ran in Shōnen Sunday during its broadcast; a direct sequel, Kamen Rider Black RX, in 1988; and a reboot, Kamen Rider Black Sun, in 2022.